Two Scenic Spots in Chongming Open! Let’s Go Out for Flowers, Strawberries, and Fresh Food

2022-03-22 14:14

Ruihua Orchard and Yingzhou Park in Chongming are open. it's just the right time to travel on a beautiful spring day!

Crossing the Yangtze River Tunnel and the Yangtze River Bridge, Chongming is right in front of you.

With the birds flying, the grass growing, the apricots being white and the willows being green, it is extremely beautiful.

We have customized a two-day and one-night spring tourist route for you, which is not only picturesque, but also cost-effective for hotel activities! Just arrange for it!



DAY1

Morning

Let’s start from Shanghai downtown to Chongming for the scenery along the roads.

On the way to Chongming, it is a journey to find spring. Driving on the Yangtze River Bridge, squinting at the blue sky, white clouds, and sparkling river, you must like the comfort while driving above the river. At this time, cherry blossoms have blossomed on both sides of the roads in Chongming. Magnolias gracefully adorn the road. Maybe you will also meet a rape field. If you like it, be sure to take pictures of the beautiful spring scenery as a memory.

Afternoon

Lunch at Jinxiu Hotel

Tour around Chongming Academy and Yingzhou Park

The first stop in Chongming is to have a meal of Chongming delicacies. Jinxiu Hotel is an old-brand hotel in Chongming. It is distributed in the style of garden villas, full of flowers and trees. The chefs here have won numerous awards for their superb skills. Therefore, their ways of cooking Chongming cuisine are unique on the island. Since its establishment in the 1990s, the delicious food has always enjoyed a good reputation both inside and outside the island, and it is also the first choice for local families to have family dinners and gatherings.

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Address: No. 68, South Xinchong Road, Chengqiao Town, Chongming District

Tel.: 021-69699888

After a good meal, you can take a leisurely walk. It's only a few minutes walk to the Chongming Academy (also known as the Chongming Museum). It is the only landmark of humanistic architecture in Chongming and one of the only three Confucian temples in Shanghai. The existing buildings of Chongming Academy mainly include the East and West Memorial Archways, Lingxing Gate, Panchi Pond, Dengyun Bridge, the East and West Official Halls, Zhongyi Xiaoti Temple, and Dacheng Hall, which are magnificent in momentum and scale. In addition, there are Confucian Gate, doors of etiquette, stele corridors, and other buildings and structures, which are either exquisite and unique, or gorgeous and elegant. The buildings of Tang Zhao Memorial Temple, Shen Zhongjiegong Memorial Temple, and Yingzhou Academy are simple, elegant, and exquisite. It systematically introduces the long history and cultural heritage of Chongming, as well as displays the ancient cultural relics, so that you can enjoy the unique charm of the most complete Confucius temple.

Chongming Academy

Address: No. 696, Aoshan Road, Chengqiao Town, Chongming District

Tel.: 021-69696501

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Or you can take a stroll in Yingzhou Park opposite the Chongming Academy. You will love the comfort of Yingzhou Park near the dock and the river. This is also a park full of childhood memories of many Chongming people. It is small and exquisite, but the trees are flourishing in it. At this time, more flowers are blooming in the exquisite green plant pavilion corridor in the park. Many local people perform Taiji and yoga, or play chess and sing Yueju Opera here, so you can experience the leisurely and slow life of Chongming people. Or you can just listen to the sound of river water and boats, which is a different kind of leisure life.

Yingzhou Park

Address: No. 679, Aoshan Road, Chongming District

Tel.: 021-69691116

Evening

Tour around Xincheng Park

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Dinner and accommodation at Xinchong Hotel

The architecture of Xinchong Hotel adopts a modern British style. Once you enter the hall, you can see the Burmese jade bowl, rock powder painting, nanmu carving, and other works of art, which are extremely noble. The guest rooms here have won the "Best Sleep Award" from Huiping.com and the "Best Hotel Room Award of the Year" from Ctrip. In addition to the conference hall, tennis court, coffee shop, etc., the dining room in the hotel is also unique and excellent. It mainly focuses on Cantonese cuisine, Shanghai cuisine, and local cuisine, inheriting the essence of Chongming’s three islands’ cuisines.

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Xinchong Hotel

Address: No. 777, Gulangyu Road, Chongming

Tel.: 021-5969596

Remember to finish dinner early, and go jogging in Xincheng Park before it is too late to witness the afterglow of sunset pouring on this quiet land. Now the Xincheng Park has become the landmark landscape and a beautiful business card of Chongming New Town, and also the most distinctive waterfront landscape in the urban area of Chongming. The park's theme of the natural and ecological urban park is composed of the "city stage around the lake" to show new culture and new life, the "energy-saving green buildings" and the "water for celebration" to demonstrate ecology and technology.

Address: 170 meters south from Chongming Avenue

DAY2

Morning

Visit Ruihua Orchard

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Lunch at Guocubic Water Restaurant or BBQ in Ruihua Orchard

The next day, you can drive to Ruihua Orchard, which covers an area of more than 1,500 mu and integrates the functions of modern ecological fruit demonstration, fruit brand production, leisure, picking, sightseeing, vacation, and popular science education. The orchard is mainly divided into fruit and vegetable picking area, leisure angling area, quality development area, self-service barbecue area, children's playground and rose sea viewing area. In March and April of each year, the pink peach blossoms in Ruihua Orchard are in full bloom, where tourists can enjoy the gorgeous beauty.

In the orchard, you can feast not only your eyes, but also your mouth. Strawberries, the star product of Ruihua Orchard, have been favored by everyone. The orchard uses overhead three-dimensional cultivation technology to plant strawberries. The fruits are suspended in the air, not in contact with the ground soil, so they are particularly clean. This is the season to eat strawberries. Every strawberry here is super sweet.

At noon, you can have a meal at Guocubic Water Restaurant, which is located on the bank of Yuehu Lake with beautiful orchard scenery. The restaurant is divided into two floors and mainly promotes Chongming's specialty dishes, where you can have a panoramic view of the orchard while enjoying your meal. Besides, the barbecue site in Ruihua Orchard can accommodate more than 100 people at a barbecue at the same time. It is a good place to relax and integrate into nature with family and friends.



Afternoon

Return

There are discounts, beautiful scenery, and delicious food. More importantly, there is a green ecological environment and fresh air.

Hurry to arrange a trip to Chongming!

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