14 Days in Shangrao

Arrive late afternoon and stay for the lantern glow over the cliff village; night slots sell out, so book ahead.

1. Wangxian Valley

Take the east cable car up and walk the high plank-road loop; be back at the lower station before the last car down.

1. Mount Sanqing

Sleep near the summit cable station and take the sunrise unhurried; descend by noon for a rest afternoon.

1. Mount Sanqing

The hillside village watches over rapeseed terraces and rooftop drying racks; the glass skywalk is optional but the view is not.

1. Huangling Village

Jiangling's stacked terraces are the spring flower centerpiece; Moon Bay's sandbar curve is five minutes away by car.

1. Jiangling Terraces
2. Moon Bay

Small-water-village day — stone lanes in Likeng in the morning, Jiangwan's ancestral halls after lunch.

1. Likeng Village
2. Jiangwan Village

Ancient camphor trees shade the upper village; walk down between the tea plots instead of taking the shuttle back.

1. Xiaoqi Village

The Song-era covered bridge is best in early light; Sixi-Yancun's merchant mansions pair well in the afternoon.

1. Rainbow Bridge
2. Sixi and Yancun Villages

An hour away, the porcelain capital's old kiln sites fill a day; watch the night market of the ceramics fair grounds.

1. Jingdezhen

A second morning for the imperial kiln museum, then back to Wuyuan for a quiet village dinner.

1. Jingdezhen

Camel-back danxia ridges all the way; the full loop takes four to five hours, so start with the first shuttle.

1. Guifeng

A cable car does the climbing; the granite spine walk above is Shangrao city's favorite weekend ridge.

1. Lingshan

Where Zhu Xi once debated; pair the academy courtyard with Hekou's tea-trade streets before the train back.

1. Ehu Academy
2. Hekou Ancient Town

A last seasonal morning by the water — cranes in winter, lotus in summer — then an easy afternoon for the train.

1. Poyang Lake