Shh~ This secret place has an astonishing charm

If you like to immerse yourself in the atmosphere of martial arts novels/dramas, If you love the fashion of wearing Hanfu, If you long to escape from skyscrapers and pursue the mysterious scenery of the wild, Then you will be deeply attracted by this place. This treasure-like ancient style shooting spot is located in Luoyang Town, Ruyuan Yao Autonomous County, Shaoguan City, Guangdong Province. It is convenient to get there by self-driving, bus, or high-speed rail. It takes about 3 hours to get to the scenic area from Guangzhou. If you choose high-speed rail, you can get off at Shaoguan Station or Shaoguan East Station. The ticket price is 50 yuan for on-site purchase and 42 yuan for online purchase one day in advance. Children, students, and the elderly are 22.5 yuan respectively, and additional tickets are required for the play project. This place is known as the 'Fairy Gate Strange Gorge', located in Guangdong, and was praised by the Tang Dynasty prime minister Zhang Jiuling as a string of pearls in the Nanling Mountains. The Fairy Gate Strange Gorge has the Fairy Gate, Xijing Ancient Road, waterfall, drifting, and also the Lingxiao Palace, where you can burn incense and pray for blessings. Coming here, you will sigh that this is not only between mountains and rivers, but also a fairyland on earth. ⭕️Attractions ❶ Experience Guangdong's first bamboo raft drifting - Lovers' Gorge, the whole journey is about 3 kilometers, round trip is about 90 minutes. Many tourists dressed in Hanfu come here to take ancient style photos, full of fairy spirit. Price: Ticket + bamboo raft package 96 yuan, independent bamboo raft 90 yuan. ❷ Step on the Xijing Ancient Road, which is the only passage between Lingnan and the Central Plains, the window for the Central Plains culture to enter Lingnan, and the official road for ancient scholars and scholars to go to Beijing for exams. ❸ Explore the Fairy Gate Wonder/Fairy Bridge: Tang Dynasty prime minister Zhang Jiuling once called it 'the first gate in the world'. The 138-meter-high sinkhole and the 198-meter-long bridge are shocking. ❹ Worship at Lingxiao Palace: Located at the peak of Fairy Gate, it is said that Taishang Laojun once made elixir here to save all beings, and later sent his disciple Liao Chong to build a view here, attracting many Taoist mortals to come and cultivate into immortals. You can burn incense and pray for blessings here. ❺ Experience the Fairy Gate slide: The total length is 666 meters, starting from the side of Lingxiao Palace at the peak of Fairy Gate, and extending to the entrance of Fairy Gate. This is an exciting slide journey, and you can also enjoy various beautiful scenery along the way, the whole journey takes 5-10 minutes. The price is 30 yuan. ❻ Visit the Water Curtain Cave (Waterfall): It has a strong sense of the Water Curtain Cave in 'Journey to the West', and you can see spiritual monkeys from time to time nearby, which adds more color to the myth of Journey to the West. ❼ Visit the God of Wealth Cave: It is a typical karst landform, with many strangely shaped stalactites, stone mantles, stone bamboo shoots, stone flowers, etc. It is said that Cao Guojiu, one of the Eight Immortals, became immortal here. ⭕️Food There is a restaurant called Baxian Banquet in the scenic area, which features a series of Baxian Banquet dishes, such as ancient mother chicken, pan-fried stuffed tofu, large cloth tofu skin, old fire soup, etc., all made with fresh ingredients of the day. The average consumption per person is about 50 yuan. ⭕️Travel tips ◼️ The road to Fairy Gate Strange Gorge is quite winding, and tourists who are prone to motion sickness are advised to prepare motion sickness medicine in advance, and tourists with general driving skills are best not to drive by themselves. ◼️ Remember to bring dry food and water. ◼️ The scenic area provides Hanfu rental service, the price is about 30 yuan per set, suitable for tourists who want to take ancient style photos. ◼️ There is no accommodation service in the scenic area, and tourists who need accommodation can choose to stay in the nearby reservoir.