Wuyuan (婺源) in Jiangxi Province, a place known as the most beautiful countryside in China, shows its unique charm in autumn. Golden rice paddies, flaming red maple leaves, colourful sunshine autumn scenery, it can be said that every place in Wuyuan in autumn is intoxicating.
Autumn in Wuyuan begins in early September and lasts until early December. However, the best period to enjoy autumn is mainly concentrated in mid-late September to mid-November. At this time, the rice grains are ripe, the maple leaves are getting red, and the sunshine autumn scene is spectacular.
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Attractions in Wuyuan’s autumn
Huangling (篁岭的秋)
The art of sunshine autumn, the colour of life
Hanging on the cliff, Huangling Ancient Village is a unique Chinese style painting of “houses enjoying the autumn sun”. Hundreds of Huizhou ancient houses in the 100-meter difference in the slope in order, round sun plaque in the colourful harvest fruit combination, painted the world’s unique ‘sunshine autumn’ agricultural landscape, the most beautiful countryside symbols in China.
In autumn sunshine, the villagers will be harvested peppers, corn, pumpkins and other crops drying on their own roofs, drying racks, colourful, staggered, as if it is the perfect fusion of nature and human ingenuity.
Walking in the ancient alley of Tianjie, lined with ancient Huizhou-style buildings, under the feet of the green stone road, the ear is the wind blowing over the crops on the sun-baked racks issued a slight sound, everything seems so harmonious and beautiful.
Huangling sunshine autumn is not only a landscape, but also a kind of art of life, let a person feel the joy of harvest and the warmth of life.
Jiangling (江岭的秋)
Terraced sea of clouds, golden poetry
Autumn must go to Jiangling once, so beautiful that you forget what she looks like in spring!
Standing in a high place overlooking, layers and layers of terraced fields like chain like belt, from the foot of the mountain coiled to the top of the mountain, and the distant green mountains, near the emblematic residential intermingled, constituting a stunning idyllic painting.
And when the morning mist rises, the sea of clouds tossing, the whole Jiangling seems to be in a fairyland, let people linger.
There are red maples on fire
There are terraced rice paddies
Here are sunrise, sea of clouds and starry sky.
There are villages hidden in the mountains.
There’s a heavenly place where you can catch the moon and pick the stars.
This is what autumn should be like 🍂~.
Shicheng (石城的秋)
The maple leaves are like fire and the forest is full of colour
Wuyuan Shicheng has been awarded as ‘China’s top ten most beautiful and popular maple-appreciation places’, ‘the first maple-appreciation fairyland in East China’, and ‘the red maple township – the white stone city’.
The maple leaves in Shicheng have slowly turned red under the autumn frost, while the smoke rises in the early morning, making the Matou Wall look like a fairy palace!
The black tiles and white walls, traces of water leakage generated with the passage of time and covered with moss are simply natural works of art, and paired with the red maple in November, it is the most rural beauty with Chinese characteristics.
Changxi village (长溪村婺源)
Niche and quiet maple-viewing resort
Changxi Village is known as the ‘Township of Red Maple’ and is one of the maple-viewing spots in China. Hiking through the Shicheng route, along the way, you can enjoy the landscape, tea plantations, field scenery, and feel the tranquility and beauty of nature.
Longchitai (龙池汰的秋)
A virgin land of autumn colours hidden deep in the mountains
Longchitai is located at the junction of Xiuning and Wuyuan, a small mountain village in Xitou Township on the east line of Wuyuan Tourism. It is hidden on the top of a big mountain, surrounded by mountains, with a tall maple forest towering at the entrance of the village.
Longchitai is a small village with only eighty families and more than 300 people. The village is full of old houses of Huizhou style. In the autumn and winter seasons, the maple leaves of Longchitai are in full swing, and they contrast with the ancient and simple houses and the smoke curling up from the cooking stove, forming a moving rural picture scroll. The autumn scenery here is serene and far-reaching, making you feel as if you were in a paradise beyond the world.
Longwei Village (龙尾婺源)
A quiet place like a paradise with a stream running through it.
Longwei Village, named after the stream that runs through it, is as quiet as a paradise and is a good place to relax. In autumn and winter, the scenery of Longwei Village is even more peaceful and harmonious.
The babbling brook, ancient trees, and Huizhou-style buildings dotted with pink walls and tiles form a harmonious picture. Strolling here, you can feel the tranquility and beauty of the countryside, as if time has slowed down here.
Moon Bay (月亮湾婺源)
Picturesque Morning Mist
Moon Bay is a classic attraction in Wuyuan, famous for its picturesque morning mist. In the early mornings of autumn and winter, Moon Bay is often covered by a layer of mist, making the distant mountains and the near water look hazy and mysterious.
At this time, if there is a flat boat paddling across the water, it adds a bit of poetry. Standing on the viewing platform, you can enjoy taking pictures of the picturesque scenery and feel the nature’s ingenious workmanship.
Wuyuan transportation guide
You can choose to travel to Wuyuan by plane, high-speed railway, bus and other modes of transport. There are airports around Wuyuan such as Huangshan, Jingdezhen, Sanqingshan, etc. You can arrive at the surrounding airports by plane and then transfer to high speed train to arrive at Wuyuan.
Wuyuan new bus station and Wuyuan high-speed railway station have direct travelling bus to Huangling scenic spot, which is very convenient. Self-driving tourists can drive to each attraction according to the navigation.
Deep in the white clouds, a glance of ten thousand years. Autumn in Wuyuan is colourful, deep and warm. In the late autumn season, let’s go into wuyuan together, to feel that belongs to the autumn and winter of the quiet beauty and splendour.
