Thousand-Island Scenery, a Lake’s Private Treasure | Five Routes to Unlock Autumn & Winter Fun at Qiandao Lake in Chun’an
Qiandao Lake Scenic Area
When majestic mountains sank into the lake and turned into 1,078 large and small islands scattered across the water, they formed the lake with the greatest number of islands on earth—Qiandao Lake. Together with Xian Island Lake in Yangxin, Hubei, and the Thousand Islands in Kingston, Canada, it is called one of the “Three Great Thousand-Island Lakes.” Qiandao Lake offers distinct scenery in every season and endless ways to play. Cycle around the lake amid mountains and reflections, or drift on the water at autumn and winter sunsets. The hills have become isles, the land has become a great lake—a thousand islands, a thousand moods.
Itinerary Suggestions
I’ve been to Qiandao Lake N+1 times, discovering a different way to play each time and always finding fresh surprises.
This 6-day, 5-night trip logged over 20 spots. Time was tight and I never wanted to stop exploring, so I’ve painstakingly organised five routes (each a 2-day-1-night plan) for friends who want a weekend getaway or holiday at Qiandao Lake.
5 Routes (5 × 2 days, 1 night)
1. Sports Route:
Day 1: Beer Town (adrenaline-pumping Burning Engine Racing + tandem teamwork at Wave Chaser) + Original Ecology Beer Experience Centre (dining) + No.66 Mountain Lodge (accommodation).
Day 2: Skyline Hot Air Balloon + Tianxiang Paragliding + Wild World Nature Adventure Park + Hollik Hotel or Club Med Joyview Thousand Island Lake Resort (both offer excellent food and lodging; Club Med especially shines for families).
2. Cycling Route:
Day 1: The Wu Lei route—Qianfen Line + Fairfield Hotel (board and lodging).
Route: about 80 km total; cycling distance can be tailored. Well-equipped bike rest stops with refreshments all along the way.
Itinerary: Qiandao Lake Square – Qiandao Lake Bridge – Jieshou Township – Jiangjia Town.
I started from Jieshou (near the Asian Games venues). En-route sights: Xiaojinshan Bridge, Red Leaf Bay, etc.
Day 2: Return.
3. Leisure Route:
Day 1: Dream Island + Xiling Study + Peninsula Camp (fireside tea) + Hollik Hotel (board and lodging).
Day 2: Ideal Garden + Moonlight Romance (night cruise) + Yuan Yiju Hotel (board and lodging).
4. Family Route:
Day 1: Club Med Joyview Thousand Island Lake Resort (all-inclusive food, drink, entertainment and accommodation) + Jieju Base (pick oranges in Jieshou).
Day 2: Return.
5. Self-Drive Route: Chunyang Line + Baixiao Line.
Plenty of temporary stops along the way where you can pull over for photos and refreshments.
I. Sports Route | So Alive at Qiandao Lake
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Qiandao Lake has long been famed as the “Finest Clear Water Under Heaven,” and Beer Town is a gem on its shore. With a strong European flair, it feels a little like Montreux on Lake Geneva. Strolling through the town gives you a sensation of travelling back in time. Few tourists come here, making it a rare photo paradise: a handful of elegant European-style buildings, quirky vintage cars, and colonnades entwined with flowers and vines—suddenly, Europe feels right next door.
Qiandao Lake Beer Town is modelled on the Qiandao Lake Brewery and combines industrial, commercial and tourism elements. It merges European atmosphere with Qiandao Lake’s own beer culture, using beer and music as its bond, the Beer Museum as its heart, beer spas as a special feature, and Burning Engine Racing as a highlight. Showcasing “fine brews, fine food, fine scenery and fine melodies,” it creates a beer playground that blends tourism, leisure, food and fun.
Burning Engine Racing ignites the passion for both beer and racing. A professional 1,000-metre lakeside karting track welcomes families, team building groups or outings with friends to experience speed and thrills.
Energy-absorbing barriers, anti-rollover systems, collision safety protection, professional helmets and racing suits ensure your safety in every way. Don your helmet, race around the track, and all your worries are left behind—a great way to sharpen your focus. The track also hosts karting events large and small; keep an eye out if you’re interested, and enjoy world-class demo shows by top drivers and teams.
Outside the Burning Engine Racing Theme Park, sunset has spread across the entire lake surface. On the lake stands the Wave Chaser Water Sports Centre, built with an investment of over five million yuan, offering kayaking, paddleboarding, rowing and more. Against such a beautiful backdrop, a romantic kayaking experience in the afterglow is a must.
The sunset on this “orange sea” paints a filter of oil on the lake. Paddling a kayak on Qiandao Lake, you truly grasp the line “Rosy clouds and a lone duck fly together, autumn waters share the sky’s hue.” Though not at Prince Teng’s Pavilion, you taste the same poetry.
The charm of sunset clouds never grows old, not even after ten thousand views. Back on land, head to the Instagram-famous lighthouse. An S-shaped glass bridge connects to it, while the sky is ablaze and mountain shadows mingle—the lighthouse stands with a certain aloof grace.
Only Li Bai’s words can capture this scene: “Clear autumn water brightens the setting sun; flowing light fades over distant hills.” In that era when time flowed slowly and technology did not intrude, people poured their feelings into landscape, and all the plants and things brought pure joy.
Visiting Beer Town, you naturally want to learn the story of Qiandao Lake beer. The Qiandao Lake Beer Museum isn’t your typical educational gallery—it completely overturns the fixed museum concept. Alongside beer culture, it incorporates themes of beer and music, beer and art, beer and passion, beer and beauty, beer and cuisine, beer and lifestyle. The whole venue is lively and fun, ideal for family learning trips.
There are many photo spots inside. “Beer Saves the World” is especially photogenic. You can not only learn about beer but also taste a variety of brews for free—beer lovers are in for a treat.
Beyond the museum, there are drunk-driving simulators, a drunken room and other interactive experiences. Probably the only place where drunk driving is allowed!
“When life goes well, drink deep; don’t let the golden cup face the moon in vain.” The carefree spirit of Li Bai’s poem now lives in every toast and swig, and Qiandao Lake’s rich beer selection ensures you leave on a high note.
The food in Beer Town is wonderfully authentic. Dining at the “Original Ecology Beer Experience Centre” means enjoying Western cuisine, a restaurant that blends Chinese and Western flavours with Qiandao Lake’s beer culture and gathers the hottest dishes of the moment.
A whole wall of “wine” creates a deeply immersive mood. Exquisite, characteristic dishes whet my appetite after a full day of gorgeous sights. Beer, music and fine food—a combination that always makes you linger.
At Qiandao Lake, you naturally want to stay close to mountains and water, and No.66 Mountain Lodge gets to enjoy this scenery first. The owner’s love for the land of Fuwen Township and a longing for countryside living created this quiet corner.
Right in front of the lodge stretches a broad natural lake view. Truly, the brave enjoy the world first—this is a real-life “Peach Blossom Colony.”
Room names combine a variety of flower names with rustic terms like “ridge, hollow, slope, bend, valley” to form delightful, familiar names: Osmanthus Hollow, Azalea Slope, Crepe Myrtle Ridge, Cherry Blossom Valley, and so on. Interiors are spacious, with extremely well-appointed amenities. A huge bathtub lets you soak while drinking in the lake view outside—a veritable wellness retreat.
Timber floors with white soft furnishings make for supremely comfortable stays. Every window in the room looks onto the front lake; this lakeside mountain retreat is perfect for short breaks and weekend getaways, exuding the joy of “returning to nature once more.”
Early the next morning, I rushed eagerly to the Skyline Hot Air Balloon. No need to fly to Yunnan—you can experience a “floating house adventure” with a bird’s-eye view of a thousand islands and 360° lake vistas. As mankind’s earliest aircraft, a wind-born balloon demands certain meteorological, geographical and environmental conditions, and Qiandao Lake provides the perfect launch experience.
Soaring over Qiandao Lake, overlooking the whole island panorama, a dreamlike cinematic feeling wells up.
Qiandao Lake Tianji Hot Air Balloon Club is licensed to operate light-than-air aircraft and is one of China’s best-equipped, most technically advanced balloon clubs, giving you complete peace of mind. If you’re keen on adventure, Tianxiang Paragliding is also worth a try. Ride the wind, soar across the blue sky and drink in the shifting views of Qiandao Lake—breathtaking!
Wild World Nature Adventure Park is an outdoor enthusiast’s paradise, an action park covering water, land and air scenarios. With its focus on light adventure, sportiness and themes, it delivers an unprecedented thrill.
The whole island resembles an adventure-movie set but with plenty of modern touches. Seasonal shifts in scenery are like skins in a game—each one a limited-edition colour belonging to Qiandao Lake.
You can ride mountain bikes, try Qiandao Flight, scale the Big Wall, tackle a jungle tower, do via ferrata, fly a delta wing, drive off-road vehicles, bounce on water mesh trampolines—adventures of every kind are here.
Finally, wrap up the marvellous experience at Wild World with a thrilling off-road mountain drive!
II. Cycling Route | Riding Wu Lei’s Qianfen Line
Qiandao Lake has long been called a “cycling paradise,” and autumn and winter are the best seasons to ride. The lake loop cycling trails consist of the Qianfen Greenway, the Chunyang Greenway and the Pailing Peninsula Greenway; among them, the Qianfen Line is the same route that actor Wu Lei rode. This time I chose the “Qiandao Lake Square – Qiandao Lake Bridge – Jieshou Township – Jiangjia Town” section, about 80 km in total. Ride according to your own strength. I set off from Jieshou, borrowed a bike at the Club Med resort next to the big Asian Games venue, and easily began a lakeside city ride with the wind.
Exiting the Club Med resort, wisteria flowers line both sides. It really is a Qiandao Lake cycling route—the holiday vibe is dialled all the way up.
Passing the Asian Games venues, I couldn’t help thinking of the thrilling cycling races held here during the Chun’an competition zone of the 19th Hangzhou Asian Games. The road cycling circuit was designed along Qiandao Lake, linking 14 townships in Chun’an and fully showcasing the natural scenery and shoreline landscapes. It’s one of Zhejiang Province’s first “Most Beautiful Greenways.”
I must say, the cycling greenway is incredibly friendly to riders. Pedaling through lake and mountain panoramas, slowly savouring the charm of Chun’an, it’s a classic case of “travelling inside a painting.” With expansive views all along, beautiful scenery stretches out on every side.
Xiaojinshan Bridge lies in the Qiandao Lake Xin’an River reservoir area, spanning the Xin’an River channel and nestling on the lakeshore. The greenway here offers cyclists a comfortable riding environment and great safety.
Distant mountains and near water form a perfect photo stop.
After so much lake and mountain scenery along the way, it still felt like late summer and early autumn. Only when I reached Red Leaf Bay did I notice the overlapping forests, the transition from green to gold, with red leaves quietly threading through. The bay’s surface is mirror-smooth, its water crystal clear, and forest reflections sharp and vivid. Islands interlace over complex terrain, with peaks, valleys and slopes—a “water maze.”
Deeper in, the hillsides are covered in colourful maple, oak and other autumn foliage, glowing yellow or red—spectacular beyond words. I could only sigh, Qiandao Lake’s autumn is especially enchanting!
Dismount and stroll by the lake, feeling the sun and breeze, taking deep breaths of fresh oxygen. If you come to Qiandao Lake in autumn or winter, be sure to wander at Red Leaf Bay. The clear lake shimmered with tiny light fragments, layers of green gilded with gold, reflections tinged red and green, drawing you irresistibly into the autumn colours before you.
The ride continues. Roll up to the Pailing Peninsula bike rest stop and take another lakeside break. Sun umbrellas are set up at the water’s edge, perfect for those who love sunbathing—just laze there and soak up the rays.
Inside, the stop is equally inviting. Its camping-style design feels like a winter sun-drenched glasshouse—once you sit down, you won’t want to leave.
Refreshments are available to quickly replenish your energy. Sipping a hot mocha in the winter sun is sheer bliss. Travelling with fellow explorers? Here you can combine camping, coffee, film screenings, get-togethers and more.
It’s said that over 300,000 visitors cycle at Qiandao Lake each year. The greenways have long been a top choice for cyclists. In every season, the villages, lakes and mountains lining the route offer changing scenes and colours, delivering a flowing visual feast to everyone who loves to ride.
III. Leisure Route | A Thousand Faces of Qiandao, Ancient Meets Modern
If you simply want to laze around Qiandao Lake for a few days, this itinerary is unmissable. You can thoroughly enjoy the lake’s beauty, take your time to feel its cultural charm, or gather friends for fireside tea and sample authentic local cuisine. The most comfortable journey is to blend into local life.
At Qiandao Lake, there’s a brand-new metaverse immersive experience park—Qiandao Lake Dream Island. It became an instant hit upon opening and is a must-visit spot. Hailed as “the 1,079th island of Qiandao Lake,” it is China’s first metaverse scenic area. In the outdoor central square, a giant art sculpture modelled on the Qiandao Lake bighead carp bursts with whimsical colour, already a landmark and photo hotspot.
Step indoors, and an immersive underwater world unfolds. The gigantic waterfall pouring down delivers a huge visual impact; as the water rushes towards you, you can’t help but react instinctively. Gradually, a passage appears in the falling water, guiding you into a dream journey.
“Fish” swim back and forth around you. Artfully designed underwater caves, and this nearly 2,000-square-metre Dream Island, bring countless startling visual experiences.
Follow a lotus leaf onto the island. Gold sand on the shore glistens as you walk. Hear the voices of nature, smell the fragrance of flowers and plants. Flowers bloom at a touch, a forest floats in mid-air, and birds, butterflies, monkeys, peacocks and other creatures frolic around visitors—just like a fairyland in a storybook.
The underwater ancient city finally appears before your eyes. Vendors’ cries ring out; children play on the streets; the bounding “bamboo horse” and swaying “green lion” in the gatehouse all display the essence of Qiandao Lake’s intangible heritage. The scene shifts to a lane and the city’s virtue memorial archway, faithfully recreated with striking realism.
And now, the time tunnel you’ve been waiting for—the time code leading to the underwater ancient city. Dive into the depths of Qiandao Lake and experience a journey through time.
Follow the fish forward, ride a golden turtle and drift through, learning Qiandao Lake’s past and present. The “Time Tunnel” project comprises three major parts: the Underwater Ancient City, Soaring over Qiandao Lake, and Four Seasons Romance. Inside the “tunnel,” you can enjoy not only the lake’s natural beauty but also the ancient city and Xin’an culture.
The application of high-tech sound, light and electricity brings a reality-breaking “immersive interactive experience” and produces plenty of fantasy-like photos.
After marvelling at the magnificent Dream Island and time tunnel, don’t forget to visit the province’s first “Xiling Study,” which opened last year at Qiandao Lake. Xiling Seal Society is the longest-standing literati society in China and the world’s most enduring, influential and accomplished organisation for stone seal and epigraphy studies, renowned as the “Number One Society Under Heaven.”
Xiling Study sits on Qiandao Lake’s Xiushui Street, a provincial cultural and creative district that blends tourism, leisure, folk performances, cultural experiences and specialty shopping. If you have time, the whole street is worth exploring.
At Xiling Study, you can view calligraphy and painting exhibitions, borrow books, and also try your hand at calligraphy, playing the guqin or chess—all refined pastimes.
The study is furnished in an antique style, with everything from qin and chess to calligraphy and painting. Stroll through and soak up the literary and cultural atmosphere, deepening your appreciation of Chinese traditional culture.
In autumn and winter, “fired-hearth tea” can’t be missed, and Qiandao Lake’s Peninsula Camp pushes the cosy vibe to the max. Gather with a few good friends, sip tea and chat, instantly breaking winter’s dullness.
Persimmons, oranges, sweet potatoes and corn are placed on the grill—this is the simple joy of winter!
Accommodation choices at Qiandao Lake are so many it’s easy to be spoilt for choice. I opted for the Hollik Hotel opposite the Asian Games venues, where every building is a villa in classic Huizhou style. Set by the water and mountains with Jiangnan elegance, it’s a true landscape retreat.
The hotel has the Yue Restaurant and the Lvqi multifunction hall, implementing a “farm to table” concept with local supply chains. The chef uses fresh seasonal local vegetables and a range of ingredients to meticulously craft Qiandao Lake flavours—truly “comfortable to live, authentic to eat.”
All ingredients are very fresh, dishes beautifully plated and full of colour, aroma and taste. A dinner this rich is deeply satisfying.
The next morning you can head straight to the Ideal Garden, a picturesque secret garden embraced by Qiandao Lake. With master sculptor works as the main thread, it uses natural elements of “flowers, grass, forest and lake” to create a dreamy leisure destination defined by “art sculpture + natural ecology + diverse activities.” Walking into the garden, an intense artistic ambience makes it feel like an oil painting slowly spreading before your eyes.
Flower seas bloom in every season, like an artist’s palette using the earth as canvas and the four seasons as inspiration, painting freely moment by moment.
Deep within the Ideal Garden hides the 8,000-square-metre 51Camp Ideal Garden Campsite, perfect for holiday relaxation near the city.
Flowery fields and sculpture parks, a multitude of instagrammable spots scattered all around—my camera couldn’t even capture all its beauty.
At sunset, take a cruise to chase the sunset and, on the island, chase the moonlight. Never did I imagine my most romantic sunset viewing of the year would be on a Qiandao Lake cruise. We boarded at 4:30 pm for Moonlight Island, catching the sunset. On the deck, breeze in our hair, amid that brilliant yet warm glow, I witnessed the leisurely scene of “a pair of white birds stand by the water, startled by a person they take flight into the reeds,” and the delight of “half the river shimmers, half glows red”… and so much more.
As the last red of the sky faded and night spread fully, the island’s lyrical show began.
Moonlight Island is formed by four separate islets—Lock Island, Bird Island, True Delight Island and Rare Stone Island—the name coming from the moon-shaped bay created by five islands. The islets are linked by three distinctive floating bridges.
The night tour consists of a “Themed Light Show” and an “International Light Art Biennale”. With a mood of “admiring the moon, chasing the moon, chasing dreams, realising dreams”, it highlights Qiandao Lake’s landscape culture and moonlight theme. A total of 27 light-art photo spots make this a night-time romantic feast!
Tips:
1. Tickets: 99 yuan for the ferry plus Moonlight Island admission (prices vary by time).
2. Address: Navigate to Qiandao Lake Earl Pier; board from the Earl Cruise Pier. The pier has an underground car park. Sailing time about 20 minutes.
3. Recommended boarding: Sunset in winter is quite early, around 5:00 pm. If you want to watch sunset from the boat, choose the 4:30 ticket. (Tickets at this time offer better value.)
4. Moonlight Island is mainly a night tour. After disembarking, first enjoy the sunset and evening glow, then start the night tour once the island lights come on.
In the evening, check into the Yuan Yiju Hotel opposite Moonlight Island. You can enjoy a 180° view of Qiandao Lake’s matchless waterscape; the hotel’s multifunctional banquet hall, outdoor pool, tea rooms and some guest rooms all offer sweeping lake views.
Integrating the lake view into the hotel is one of its hallmarks. Entering the lobby, Chinese ink-wash-inspired tones with accents of vermillion, emerald and indigo infuse the whole space with an elegant blend of East and West.
The guest rooms also incorporate New Chinese style, with generous floor-to-ceiling windows and an unobstructed lake view.
Each room is additionally equipped with a tea set and table, so you can brew a pot of tea while gazing at the lake and let body and mind relax.
The hotel chefs are explorers of local specialty ingredients and innovators of traditional flavours, presenting all of Qiandao Lake’s local delicacies on the table. Just one authentic Qiandao Lake fish head dish was enough to make my mouth water.
IV. Family Route | Let’s Chase the Wind Together
Qiandao Lake is truly a place that suits all kinds of travel, especially for families who prioritise experience and convenience. Here you can find a truly laid-back holiday. The Club Med Joyview Thousand Island Lake Resort, located in the Qiandao Lake sub-village of the Hangzhou Asian Games, champions a “no-brainer” holiday: no need for planning, just pure relaxation, all-inclusive. The combination of an Asian Games village and a resort delivers outstanding value. From above, the hotel’s architecture is a modern Huizhou style with black tiles and white walls, full of Jiangnan charm, and its trident-like logo is distinctive and attractive.
The Monkey King family-themed room is tailor-made for family trips. The scenic balcony overlooks the entire lake, and perfect natural light makes the stay even cosier. The 2.4-metre super-king bed with a soft mattress feels like sinking into a cloud. A long landscape painting above the headboard echoes the views outside, while wooden floors and furnishings warm the room.
Cartoon elements are everywhere, helping little ones quickly settle in and reducing any wariness of unfamiliar surroundings.
The little Monkey King illustrations are witty and cute—even adults find them adorable. Travelling with kids suddenly doesn’t feel so exhausting.
All meals are served at the international restaurant—Caiyu Restaurant. Both Chinese and Western cuisines are available, so even without leaving the hotel you can sample dishes from different culinary traditions. The restaurant features panoramic glass windows throughout and there are terrace tables outside, facing mountains and lake. Dining in beautiful scenery boosts the appetite.
Most importantly, you can freely order Chinese or Western dishes: French pastries, Western delicacies, signature Qiandao Lake Chinese cuisine, Japanese, Southeast Asian and a spectrum of international flavours.
The restaurant’s chefs are top-notch “kitchen gods.” Familiar with local specialty ingredients, they work their magic to create incredible taste pleasures in both Chinese and Western cooking.
For Club Med Joyview Thousand Island Lake Resort, rich and varied recreational activities are their forte. Gym, yoga studio, children’s playground, spa, swimming pool—everything is available, and you can sign up or reserve in advance.
Of course, there are plenty of leisure options near the hotel too, cycling being one, with wisteria blossoms looking their best along the way.
The recent weather is also perfect for hiking. Strolling by the hills and lake reveals many off-the-beaten-path views; it seems the less famous the spot, the more beautiful the scenery.
Qiandao Lake’s autumn and winter beauty even rivals spring and summer. The hotel’s location in the outstanding Qiandao Lake Huamei Resort has been selected for the United Nations “100+ Global Classic Cases of Biodiversity.” Club Med Joyview truly has an eye for the perfect site.
Along the hiking trail, the scenery shifts with every perspective. Looking out, the Asian Games sub-venue is not far away.
What surprised me most is that they even offer childcare services. Under the guidance of a G.O (Gentle Organiser), families can enjoy planned parent-child hikes, handicrafts or games—every detail is well arranged.
There are even several claw machines. I have to say, when it comes to family holidays, Club Med really knows its business.
The indoor pool area has separate zones for adults and children; outside, an infinity pool meets the mountains and lake.
On the resort’s third floor is the main bar—Yiba. Every evening there are different activities, with a luxury, atmospheric vibe. From 9:30 to midnight, it serves a wide range of beverages and selected cocktails. Popping in for a drink is wonderfully relaxing.
Evening activities are also colourful and varied. You don’t have to worry about boredom when holidaying with little ones.
Visiting Qiandao Lake in this season, of course you must go orange-picking in Jieshou. Jieshou oranges are famous throughout Chun’an, known as the “home of citrus.” The fruit is extremely juicy, glossy, high in sugar and tastes great. Every autumn and winter, golden-orange “little lanterns” cover Jieshou’s hills, layers of gold making the very air sweet with citrus.
Be a “farmer” for half a day, carrying a straw basket and filling it with half an autumn. The orange-coloured sunset and the oranges on the trees enhance each other, creating a most picturesque scene.
The golden-yellow oranges represent both the colour of ripeness and the symbol of harvest. When the oranges are ripe, the entire winter’s sweetness is captured in that splash of yellow.
The joy of hand-picking is beyond words. The people of Jieshou are simply too blessed.
Sitting by the lake, tasting a fresh segment of orange—beautiful views and sweet fruit, the mountain-village pleasures linger. One sweet segment of a Jieshou orange fulfils an island’s dream of autumn and winter.
V. Self-Drive Route | Hidden Gems, Through Mountains and Lakes
Had my itinerary not been so flexible, I would never have imagined Qiandao Lake had so many ways to play. Lakeside cycling has already made it famous, but self-drive tours are just as beloved. There are three popular loop roads around the lake: Chunkai Line, Chunyang Line and Baixiao Line. This time I chose Baixiao Line, and sure enough, it yielded many gem-like photo spots.
The Baixiao Line is a section of Qiandao Lake’s southern lake road. It starts at the Baisha Bridge in Jiande and ends at Lishang Township in Chun’an County, stretching about 40 kilometres. There are roadside rest spots where you can stop for photos. Along the way, forests and lakes present ever-changing scenery—arguably the most beautiful self-drive route around the lake.
You’ll pass the Nongfu Spring factory, next to which is the Stone Forest Train Park, where an abandoned railway track invites you to stop and take photos. There’s also China’s first independently designed hydropower station—the Xin’an River Hydropower Station (admission 38 yuan).
The railway crossing here, nicknamed “Little Kamakura,” has been trending for a long time. Every day, a green train blows its whistle and chugs slowly along, just like a scene from a Miyazaki animation, full of Japanese atmosphere.
People say self-driving is the best way to explore Qiandao Lake. If you’re travelling from the Yangtze River Delta, definitely try a road trip; stop whenever you like, snap photos, and capture all the scenery along the way.
I’ve collected so many life-best photos at Qiandao Lake!
The mountains have become islands, the roads have become watery pools—this is why we call it the Thousand-Island Lake. You must visit Qiandao Lake at least once, to see the clouds mirrored in the sky and the lake and mountains in their full glory.
Vast and brimming, the blue water cradles a thousand islands. Every visit to Qiandao Lake reveals a different poetry and distant horizon.
Half earthly joys, half poetic lake views. Qiandao Lake’s fame has spread far and wide. Renowned for its exquisite lake water for more than 40 years, Chun’an today, beyond scenery that draws endless praise, is accelerating into a “world-class Thousand Island Lake” and opening new frontiers in sports leisure, family study trips and outdoor adventure. A Qiandao Lake that places more emphasis on travel experiences, deeper cultural exploration and endless ways to play leaps right before your eyes.
No matter which season you come to Qiandao Lake, no matter which way you choose to discover it, with its thousand-plus islands, you’ll surely have a thousand-plus reasons to be here.
