Handan Free Travel | The Last Trip of August

In August this year, I traveled for a total of 15 days, including 9 days of intra-provincial travel and the remaining time for a trip to Hebei, covering Shijiazhuang and Handan. This travelogue mainly recalls my trip to Handan.

There are many places to visit in Handan. With only four days, we had to make choices among the attractions.

All trips during the summer vacation were self-driving with Ehi Car Rental. We arrived in Handan by high-speed rail, and the Ehi branch was right in the underground parking lot opposite the station. After exiting, we went directly to handle the paperwork and pick up the car — really convenient. As a young person who loves self-driving, I super like Ehi. The key point is that their prices are quite affordable, with many car models to choose from, and the cars are very new, which makes the drive more enjoyable.

If it were just an ordinary park, I wouldn't be interested. But I really like any park related to mountains.

Zhushan Park has different ticket prices. For the Handan area, it's 50 on holidays and 40 on weekdays; for the Xingtai area, it's 40 and 30 respectively. But for outsiders like us, it costs 100 yuan. It's rare to see a scenic spot that sets ticket prices based on city differentiation.

There are many things to do inside the park. As soon as we entered, we saw lots of amusement facilities. I noticed that the bumper cars seemed to be the most popular, with many people queuing there.

There are 23 free activities. As an older kid, I have no interest in any paid items, haha.

Anyway, every amusement project in the scenic area was packed with people. We bypassed them and went deeper into the park.

There is a water play park here. Walking on the wet ground felt interesting. I have an uncontrollable liking for water activities and couldn't resist trying them.

It can be seen that basically only children were playing inside, while adults waited outside. Continuing from there, we saw a small zoo.

The park's waterfalls and fountains. The water in the park was quite clear, with some fallen leaves on the surface.

Going further, we saw a Spinosaurus. Why do I recognize so many dinosaurs? It's because I spent the summer vacation watching dinosaurs with my niece. No exaggeration, I think I can now recognize about 50 to 60 kinds of dinosaurs.

This colorful slide is also a very popular attraction. It's crowded on weekends. If you want to play, you basically have to queue for an air cushion, and the waiting time is at least 30 minutes.

There are also many internet-famous bridges. I have no interest in these games and didn't play at all. Mainly because I always worry about falling off.

Here is a water city with a history of many years. There is a city wall, although it was rebuilt, it was rebuilt during the Ming Dynasty. The entire city wall is well preserved.

This section of the city wall looks quite old. Knowing its long history made me feel like I was having a dialogue with history, which was very meaningful.

There are also a few sculptures here. I don't know their specific meaning, but you can take some photos.

It's clear that this place is relatively niche. Walking along the road by the city wall, we saw very few tourists, just a sparse few.

There is a river in the scenic area, with rippling blue waves, very beautiful. I feel that having this river adds a lot to the attraction.

Before this, I really didn't know who Yang Luchan was. After hearing the introduction, I learned that he was a grandmaster and a representative figure in Tai Chi. Knowing this, looking at Mr. Yang's photo, I thought: Hey, he really looks like he has martial arts skills.

There are step-by-step diagrams of Tai Chi inside. They look very impressive. Many people (including me) couldn't resist posing according to the steps. I even had my friend take pictures of my poses, and they were totally different from others — not imposing at all.

I really didn't know much about Handan and hadn't read any related materials before. When I arrived here, I knew nothing. The area is very large, about 5600 square meters, reportedly with over 160 rooms. So, ordinary people are just ordinary; in any era, there are people who are wealthy and enjoy life.

To help tourists better understand the attraction, the designers put a lot of effort into it, setting up many details to recreate the scene at that time. We saw the main hall, where trials were held. After entering, I immediately felt tense, as if justice was in the air.

The display of torture instruments here made me scared. Thinking about the punishment methods back then, they were too cruel. Especially the dragon-head and tiger-head decapitation machines, which looked terrifying. And the Qing dynasty waist knife, probably the kind of knife used in public squares to chop off heads with one stroke.

After coming to Handan, I realized there are so many former residences here. This place is on Yingchun Street in the ancient city. The residence is not very large, about 6000 square meters. But thinking about living in a 6000-square-meter house at that time was huge.

Now look at people like me, still living in a small 100-square-meter apartment.

If you visit more of these former residences, you'll find that each owner had different tastes. The room layouts and courtyard setups are all different.

Ancient people probably didn't want to show off their wealth. I noticed that the gates were not big, but once inside, you find a hidden world. How could it be so large and so grand?

Handan seems to have produced many martial arts masters. Because I saw in the introductions of several former residences, most mentioned that the owners practiced martial arts. I originally thought that former residence owners were mostly government officials or businessmen. I didn't expect that martial arts masters also had such large residences. My friend reminded me, how do you know they weren't in business?

The pomegranate tree in the courtyard is also very old. Next to it, there is an introduction saying it might be 160 years old. My friend said, it seems this pomegranate tree has seen more of the world than us.

When we came, there were already pomegranates on the tree. People like me, seeing food, want to pick it. Of course, I knew I couldn't. I fantasized about what kind of delicacy it would be.

Hongji Bridge is actually not big, with two sculptures on it. We just checked in here and left. Mainly, there wasn't much to see.

The greenery on both sides of the road is very well done, with tall trees and holly on the edges, very beautiful.

After that, we went to Ganlu Temple. I don't know if this Ganlu Temple is the one from the drama 'Empresses in the Palace'. Because we arrived late, we only looked at the entrance and didn't go inside.

I originally wanted to visit Fantawild in Handan, but thinking that Fantawild is available everywhere, I didn't go. We could have driven directly to Shijiazhuang. But later we thought it might be better to take a high-speed train. So we returned the car to the Ehi branch in Handan, took the high-speed rail to Shijiazhuang, and rented another car at the Ehi branch in Shijiazhuang High-Speed Rail Station, which was a seamless connection, haha.

Travelogue Directory: 1. Zhushan Park 2. Yongnian Guangfu City 3. Yang Luchan's Former Residence 4. Guangping Prefecture Office 5. Wu Yuxiang's Former Residence 6. Hongji Bridge Tourism Information Hotel Index Guide Index Airfare Index Website Navigation Travel Index Cruise Index Corporate Travel Index Membership Cooperation Distribution Alliance Friendly Links Corporate Gift Card Procurement Insurance Agency Agency Cooperation Hotel Join Destination and Scenic Area Cooperation More Membership Cooperation About Ctrip About Ctrip Ctrip Hot News Contact Us Careers User Agreement Privacy Policy Business License Security Center Ctrip Content Center Intellectual Property Trip.com Group Algorithm Publicity