CHINA 5A TRAVEL
Yannanfei works as one ticket, two worlds — the manicured tea resort and the weathered village of Qiaoxi — best taken slowly, buggy up and walking down. These notes blend the official routes with recent travelers' experience.
Suggested Itinerary
- One day — Tea Fields & Roundhouses
Viewing-deck panorama → 3.2-km boardwalk through the terraces → Variety Grand Garden and Yan'e Lake → lunch with the Hakka show at Weilong Restaurant → gongfu tea ceremony → Sacred Stone photo on the way out. - Two days — Resort Nights & Qiaoxi
Day 1: tea fields and gardens, then check into the Weilong Grand Hotel for the evening song-and-dance and sunrise mist from your balcony. Day 2: buggy out to Qiaoxi's 16 Qing mansions, then Ye Jianying Memorial Park or Lingguang Temple. - Half day — Essence Only
Buggy up to the viewing deck, walk the boardwalk loop, free tea tasting at the pavilions, Sacred Stone on exit — compact and restful.
What to See
Tea-Field Boardwalk
The 3.2-km wooden walkway threading the oolong terraces — mist at dawn, golden rows at dusk, viewpoints throughout.
Yannanfei Sacred Stone
The entrance-axis landmark carved "geese fly south, affection in tea" — the resort's standard photo stop and symbolic heart.
Yan'e Lake & Hundred Flowers Garden
A clear 30-mu lake of Grade-I drinking water ringed by hills, beside a nursery turning out hundreds of thousands of seasonal pots a year.
Longna Mountain Ecological Valley
Prime secondary forest with protected tree ferns, silver pheasants and the 168-m "Swordsman" Waterfall — the cool, quiet flank of the resort.
Wangcha Pavilion & Stone Teapots
A rest pavilion above the terraces where the official Tea Field Tour pauses for a cup, watched over by carved stone teapots on the mountain path.
Qiaoxi Ancient Village
Sixteen Qing Hakka mansions along a stream — Jishan and Baoshan buildings foremost — with old trees, stone lanes and forest walkways.
Photo Gallery
Tips from Real Travelers
Food & Drink
Salt-Baked Chicken
The Hakka canon's king — crisp-skinned and juicy, done best in the roundhouse Weilong Restaurant (盐焗鸡).
Stuffed Tofu
Hakka home cooking's soul dish — tender tofu parcels that echo the northern dumplings of the migrants' memory (酿豆腐).
Braised Pork with Preserved Mustard Greens
Melt-in-the-mouth belly over Meizhou's famous huicai — rich, salty-sweet, irresistible with rice (梅菜扣肉).
Yellow-Rice-Wine Chicken
Free-range chicken braised in sweet Hakka rice wine — the warming taste of a grandmother's kitchen (娘酒鸡).
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