Picking at Ningguo Forest Family Farm Stay: Most of These Things I've Never Seen Before—How Many Have You Picked?

Nine-Day Silver Waterfall, namely the Xialin Scenic Area in Zhongxi Town, Ningguo City, is located within Xialin Village, Zhongxi Town, Ningguo City. It boasts natural landscapes such as numerous waterfalls, strange rocks, cliffs, caves, and unique pools, along with rich flora and fauna resources. In particular, it is renowned for its many waterfalls and enjoys the reputation of being the largest waterfall group in southern Anhui.

The Ningguo City Forest Family Manor Farm Stay is situated within the Nine-Day Silver Waterfall Scenic Area. To the west, it overlooks the wonders of Mount Huangshan, and to the south, it offers views of the beautiful scenery of West Lake. Within the area, there are countless strange peaks and secluded caves, thousands of solitary cliffs and precipices; ravines and canyons are steep and dangerous, with flying waterfalls and flowing springs densely distributed; wild vines and ancient trees reach the sky, and the bamboo sea and pine waves resonate together. Its unique landscape is renowned throughout southern Anhui and is captivating!

The cuisine includes traditional sauce-flavored meat, minced pork with dried plum vegetables, clay pot chicken soup, open-flame old tofu, seasonal wild vegetables, Huizhou stinky mandarin fish, tea garden dried tofu, iron pot rice cooked on a wood-fired stove, flavored bamboo tube rice, red yeast rice wine, farmhouse fruit wine... and seasonal dishes such as winter bamboo shoots braised with pork, dried bamboo shoots braised with pork, and red bamboo shoots braised with pork.

There is also a great pleasure: seasonal picking. The things picked here are different from elsewhere, such as southern Anhui small wheat plums, mountain strawberries, Xialin small green tea, August melon, and bamboo winter shoots. These may not be seen in daily life, let alone picked. Only by trying it yourself can you experience the joy!

Southern Anhui small wheat plums (picked around the Dragon Boat Festival)

Growing mountain strawberries (picked around May Day)

High-mountain tea—Xialin small green

Mulberries (picked in May)

Water celery by the creek (picked in spring and winter)

Duck-foot celery (harvested in late spring and early summer)

Mountain bitter herb (harvested in spring, summer, and autumn)

August melon in the mountain forest (eaten after the Mid-Autumn Festival)

Bamboo winter shoots (from the Double Ninth Festival to the Beginning of Spring, best in winter)

In addition, the owner is also a calligraphy and painting enthusiast, occasionally writing and painting to make friends through culture. He looks forward to literati and scholars coming here to wield their brushes and express their feelings, bringing joy to the journey!

If you want to escape the busyness of the city and find a place of leisure; if you want to walk into the forest, get close to the trees, and get to know them; if you want to stay in a farmhouse, eat farmhouse dishes, search for forest wild fruits, and drink Xialin wild tea, come here. Everything here comes from nature. You can taste a different flavor and find a long-lost feeling.