Friday, June 21, 2013

40 Best Scenic Spots Recommended by CNN III: Zhejiang Yunhe Terraces

Terrace, a magnificent buildings created by human, it demonstrate the great intelligence of the labouring people. I think you will be shocked when you take a China travel tour to visit the terrace. When you travel to Guilin, you will appreciate the splendid Longji Terraced Fields. Besides it, the another wonderful terrace, maybe not many people know about it, but it's also gorgeous.


Chapter Three


Zhejiang Yunhe Terraces


Brief Introduction of Yunhe Terrace Fields

Zhejiang Yunhe Terraces is a good place to visit if you take a China tour. Zhejiang Yunhe Terraces scenic region, are located in the Chongtou town, 5km away from Yunhe county Zhejiang province, the largest terraces in East China. Typical characteristics are large size, strong shocking, unique landscape in four seasons. Yunhe literally means auspicious clouds in Chinese. For thousands of years, Yunhe and surrounding terraces are become home to local farmers relying to existence. 
Overlook the Zhejiang Yunhe Terraces, you can visit it by taking a China tour to Zhejiang.
Overlook the Zhejiang Yunhe Terraces

Yunhe Meiyuan Terrace fields is a large scale terraces group. As a natural scenic spot, Meiyuan terrace is 5km away from Chongtou town, 20km away from Yunhe county, connecting with a three-level oilway, 12km away from Lilong first-level highway. With a comparatively convenient transportation, Yuhe Meiyuan Terrace is easily accessible. Photographers can take pictures on the roads. The main point shootings are Wuping village and Xiayang village with long shot line and can accommodate a large number of tourists.


Beautiful Scenery of Yunhe Terraces Scenery

Yunhe terraces run a high reputation of the most beautiful terraces in China. Natural landscape includes terrace fields, sea of clouds, mountain villages, sea of bamboos, ravine steams, waterfalls and soft rime, etc. If you go there in your China tour, you will be taken to a wonderland, fascinated by its amazing spectacles. Layers upon layers mazed terraces, winding in the mountains at an altitude of 200-1400 meters high, can stack up to 700 layers. Yunhe terrace fields twine up from the foot of mountains like chain belts, tier upon tier, strewn at random
Farmers are Working in the Fields, you can experience it in a China travel tour.
Farmers are Working in the Fields
discretion. The lines are like floating clouds and flowing water, natural and smooth, majestic and breathtaking. Harmonic with exquisite bright terrace fields and grand mountains, Yuhe terraces are formed to a enchanting world of curve. Because of high altitude, the water in the fields and in the river evaporating up and affected by the air flow, forms a sea of clouds around the terraces. Moisture in the valley are absorbed by trees into cloud misty rain, curling up in the mountains. The cloud and mist makes the whole terraces partly hidden and partly visible, formed a changeable natural scroll painting. In late spring and early summer, beautiful and colorful vast sea of clouds, sometimes repose on mountains and rivers like a lamblike maiden, sometimes run mountains high like raging tide. High altitude of Yunhe Terrace fields floating in the vast sea of clouds, constitute a marvelous spectacle. You won’t miss it in you leisure China tour.




The Climate of Yunhe Terrace Scenic Spot

The climate of Yunhe terrace scenic spot is subtropical monsoon climate with four distinctive seasons. It is warm and humid. Because of complicated topography and disparity in altitude, the vertical distribution of climate is obvious. The annual average temperate is 16.5 degree with an
Autumn Scenery of Yunhe terraces, enjoy it by your leisure China travel tour.
Autumn Scenery of Yunhe terraces
average of 227 days frost-free period. The average annual sunshine is enough about 1774.4 hours  but the temperate between day and night is relatively big, you had better prepare for it in you China tour. Annual precipitation is 1780-1900mm with amount rainfall, mainly concentrated from May to October. Please note that among May to October, typhoon landing may cause heavy rain and mountain torrents as well as unusually severe weather such as gale and hailstone. You should pay attention these if you plan to take a China tour to Yunhe terraces. 



The Transportation of Yunhe County

There is no train no airplane straightly to Yunhe county at present. In your China Yunhe tour, you should arrive in Lishui city at first by tain, then take a local bus to Yunhe county. When reaching Yunhe, you can take a taxi or a country bus to the terrace spot and just tell the driver which terrace you want to go to. 

A bus route is helpful to your China tour to Yunhe Terraces.
Lishui city-----Lishui railway station------Yunhe county-----Yunhe passenger depot---No.10 public bus(Yunhe county to Zhangjiadi 6:30-17:00 every one hour)


Yunhe Specialty
Snow Pears on the Tree, taste it with your China Travel Agency in a China Travel and China Tour Packages.
Snow Pears on the Tree

Classic kinds of Yunhe local tea are Yunhe Lvyu tea, Xiangong Xuehao tea, Xianhu Qinglong tea. Yunhe snow pear is the county traditional fruit since 1452. Yunhe snow pear is hugely popular with people because of its big size, thin flesh, plenty juice and sweet and fragility taste. Other specialties are Yunhe Changqun Zhusun which is a kind of fungoid, Yunhe chestnut, mushroom and black fungus. Besides, Yunhe wooden toy industry, an emerging industry, sell well in more than 70 countries and regions. You can have a try when you take a Yunhe Terrace tour.


When you take a China tour to Zhejiang Yunhe terraces, please pay attention to the notes.
Notes: 
Open hour: 8:00-16:30
Tickets: 80RMB/person
Collecting tickets: the scenic area tourist reception center
Reservation for special populations:
  A: children under 1.2m are free pass
  B: Children between 1.2m and 1.5m fare 40RMB/person; the old between 60 and 69 fare 40RMB/person; military officers and teachers fare 40RMB/person with valid documentation.
5. Considering safety and scenic area order, outside vehicles are not allowed into scenic region. Tourists need to take a scenic spot bus into and the transfer fee in 20RMB/person. Outside vehicles can be parked in the tourist reception center free of charge.

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