Shanghai Xinchang Ancient Town Travel Guide with Recommended Shopping and Eating Routes

This March in Shanghai you can not only enjoy cherry blossoms, but also peach blossoms. So in the scenic area of ??Xinchang Ancient Town in Shanghai, we can see the historical and cultural ancient town, and of course we can also see the peach blossoms in bloom. So what is there to do in this ancient town? Guide to visiting Xinchang Ancient Town in Shanghai

“The peach blossoms shine brightly.” The flowers in the thousand-acre peach garden in Nanhui Xinchang Ancient Town are gradually blooming, and it’s time to watch them. Xinchang Ancient Town is located in the middle of the Nanhui section of Hunan Highway. It is the nearest peach viewing area to downtown Shanghai.

Taoyuan, Xinchang Ancient Town, is the origin of the national high-quality peach "Xinfeng Honeydew". It has contiguous peach trees with bright colors and unique flowers. During the flower blooming period, standing on the flower viewing platform, you can have a panoramic view of the majestic sea of ??flowers. When the breeze blows, the flower branches sway and stir up layers of waves, which is called "a wonder of the world".

During the period when the peach blossoms are in full bloom, Xinchang Ancient Town will launch a variety of activities, including an exhibition of rural folk items. More than 100 pieces of folk items will interpret the century-old memories of Shanghai’s aborigines. Farmer Wedding Customs Exhibition, every day, there is an authentic folk custom wedding performance in the scenic area, where tourists can have a look at the local traditional folk customs.

World Wind Chimes Exhibition, there are two thatched corridors more than 50 meters long in the depths of Taoyuan. Nearly 200 wind chimes from all over the world are hung under the corridors. After admiring the flowers, sit on the bamboo chairs on the thatched corridors. It is a unique enjoyment to listen to the sound of wind chimes from all over the world.

Nanhui Shadow Puppetry has a history of a hundred years. In the "Little Wooden House" theater, visitors can enjoy the Nanhui folk tale - "Playing the Flute to the Cow" performed by rural shadow puppetry; farm games such as swinging, climbing bamboo poles, Throwing sandbags, pushing hoops, and kicking shuttlecocks are simple but interesting farm games that bring people back to their parents' childhood. There are three 45-minute performances every day on the Taojia Stage, where itinerant performances of acrobatics and stunts are performed.

In Taoyuan, the ancient town of Xinchang, visitors can also eat farmers’ home-cooked rice and buy farm products. There are more than a dozen small peach farmers in the depths of the peach forest. During the peach blossom period, they serve farm rice cooked with peach wood branches on earthen stoves, including leek noodles, cantaloupe pancakes, pickled rice, grass dumplings, and free-range rice dumplings. Chickens and seasonal vegetables, you can also fish with peach farmers, feed chickens and ducks, and experience authentic "farmhouse fun". A flower viewing service hotline is set up at 68170173. If you have any questions, you can make complaints.

Transportation:

Self-driving car rental: Self-driving route: urban area-inner ring elevated road-Nanpu Bridge-Longyang Road-Hunan Highway (passing Beicai Town, Zhoupu Town, Xiasha Town, Hangtou Town) - Xinchang Ancient Town Taoyuan; or: urban area - Inner Ring Elevated - S20 Outer Ring Expressway - S2 Hulu Expressway) - Hunan Highway - Xinchang Ancient Town Taoyuan. Recommended food routes in Xinchang Ancient Town, Shanghai

Zhuzhidou Chicken Soup Tofu

Store address: No. 457, Xinchang Street, Xinchang Town

Zhuzhidou Zhangji Chicken Soup Tofu Hua was founded in the 31st year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty. Over time, through the words and deeds of the founder, Mr. Lu Miaoxiang, the "Zhuzhidou Zhangji Chicken Soup Tofu Hua" was created in 2013.

The chicken soup tofu pudding that inherits the spirit of the ancestors is mainly made of local new soybeans and native chickens that have been raised in Taoyuan for about a year and a half. It adopts a century-old traditional handmade stone grinding production process and thickening technology, and The ingredients were improved and peach gum was added, and it was selected into the eight new products in 2018.

Nongshe Coffee

Store address: No. 457-1, Xinchang Street, Xinchang Town

"Nongshe" has only four rooms with different decoration styles. There are Japanese style, LOFT

Nordic style, and country courtyard style. The owner decorates and designs it himself. All the furniture in the guest room is made of custom-made solid wood, and the bedding is carefully selected and very elegant.

The public *** area has freshly ground coffee, tea, fine wine, books, music, projectors, kitchens and other facilities, and can provide aunt's private dishes. The owner loves traveling and food. In a house like this, can we share books, music, coffee, food, and wine together?

Fou + Cultural and Creative Experience Space

Store address: Xinchang Zhenhai No. 46, Quan Street

Fou+Cultural and Creative Experience Space was officially settled at No. 46, Haiquan Street in 2018. It is the first cultural and creative experience space in the ancient town.

This place integrates art derivatives of domestic and foreign artists, leisure teahouses, exclusive bookstores, training lectures, handicraft experience courses, etc., and is committed to fully integrating traditional Chinese culture with modern life, and providing a Consumers recommend lifestyles that are culturally creative and in line with contemporary aesthetics.

Dongcang soup dumplings

Store address: No. 69, Hongdong Street, Xinchang Town

Dongcang soup dumplings not only adhere to the ancient method, but also adapt to the times. New varieties such as scallop soup dumplings, shrimp soup dumplings, crab roe soup dumplings, and shrimp roe soup dumplings have been developed. Selected as one of the eight new products in 2018.

Nowadays, when mentioning "Dongcang Soup Dumplings", it has become a gourmet signature of Xinchang Ancient Town, carrying forward the food culture of Xinchang Ancient Town.

One Phase Yihui Book Bar

Store address: No. 65, Hongdong Street, Xinchang Town

Yi Phase Yihui Book Bar was founded on May 11, 2013. The store is** *It has two floors. The second floor is equipped with tatami mats and a large terrace. The store mainly sells coffee, tea, craft beer, whiskey, clothing, guqin playing experience, etc. It aims to create a comfortable comprehensive space and become a favorite for many people. base area.

The name of the store "One Phase One Meeting" comes from the Japanese tea ceremony, which means "a meeting that only happens once in a lifetime."

Xiatang Restaurant

Store address: No. 38, Xiatang Street, Hongqiao, Xinchang Town

Xiatang Restaurant is located in the core area of ??the northern section of Xinchang Ancient Town. A restaurant with strong Xinchang characteristics, the "Laobaba" dishes are spread by word of mouth among tourists in Xinchang.

At the dining tables in the corridor, tourists are enjoying "local cuisine"; the bluestone pavement carries the conversations of people passing by; and among the vegetation, it feels like time has traveled. Inside the Xinbu store, there are wooden ridges running across it. Looking out the window, the soft breeze is blowing and the water is flowing. Corridors, alleys, halls and halls, enjoying the leisure time of delicious food, while turning around, there is an ancient charm.