Witnessing mountains, seeing water, and reminiscing about hometown nostalgia. Jiangxi’s Wuyuan Huangling Village has been creating an authentic rural experience under the guidance of high-quality rural tourism development. Building upon the successful creation of rural tourism IPs such as “Huangling Autumn Harvest” and “Terraced Field Flower Sea,” the village has continuously explored the local customs, scenery, flavors, and accommodations to recreate the “Chinese Hometown Nostalgia Experience” rural tourism IP. It attracts more people to experience the slow rural life in Huangling’s accommodations, mountains, and fields, and feel the nostalgic charm of their memories.

Restoring scenes of old residences

Based on the 580-year-old historical ancient village foundation, Wuyuan Huangling Village has restored nostalgic themed scenes that can be seen everywhere. Take a turn at the traditional “agricultural windmill” at the village entrance, watch a retro movie, and reminisce about childhood innocence. Then, visit the Folk Customs Exhibition Hall, touch old objects, and see the old rural village, rekindling memories of nostalgia. Liusun Hall, the 8090s rural old residence, the Photography Bar old photo studio......restore the natural and rustic characteristics of rural residences, presenting the authentic appearance of the countryside.

Inheriting traditional folk customs

Villagers follow the changes of the seasons and engage in autumn sun-drying activities at the Sun-drying Workshop and Wuguifang. Visitors can experience the entire process of autumn sun-drying and feel the authentic rural life of harvesting in the morning sun. Traditional festivals are the most lively and grand celebrations for the villagers. During festivals such as the Spring Festival, Lantern Festival, and Dragon Boat Festival, a series of local folk activities are held, including Huizhou wedding customs, Nuo dance, Huizhou opera, intangible cultural heritage board dragon lanterns, allowing visitors to experience the charm of traditional folk culture.

Preserving the taste of nostalgia

From the fried rice candy made by the elders in ancient Huizhou residences to the popcorn machines that only appeared in childhood memories, to the various flavors from the workshops at the Sun-drying Workshop that are reminiscent of the past, visitors can have an immersive experience of the local folk customs of sun-drying households.

In addition to various authentic local snacks, Huangling Village offers local specialty banquets, sun-drying feasts, and long-table banquets cooked by local village chefs. The Huangling rural banquets are filled with deep affection and nostalgia, allowing visitors to deeply experience the local customs of Wuyuan’s rural banquets.

Refreshing eco-friendly accommodations

In Huangling this year, based on upgrading and consolidating the original characteristic homestays, new accommodations have been developed, creating the rural hidden gem villa, Yishanju Beautiful Residence. The village and old houses have been given a refreshing makeover while preserving the deep-rooted cultural characteristics of the countryside and retaining their original charm. By utilizing new design techniques, comfortable and nostalgic rural accommodations have been created.

Hanging on the cliffs, Huangling Ancient Village embodies ancient Huizhou culture, traditional intangible heritage, and local folk customs. Today, Huangling has become a picturesque rural landscape imbued with a strong sense of nostalgia... It is also a “most beautiful hometown nostalgia experience destination” that integrates rural life, folk culture, and modern slow living concepts.