Best villages in Tai'an to visit (2)

5. Zhangpingwa Village

Embosomed in hills, the village has been developed into a characteristic rural tourism resort providing sightseeing, fruit picking, fishing and agritainment (farm-based entertainment).

The village has a 1,000-mu fruit-picking orchard, as well as five homestays and 30 agritainment farms. It also plans to build a six-kilometer-long sightseeing belt around the mountains to develop the tourist activities of valley rafting, outdoor climbing, and cycling in the area.

It is also well-known for the spiral well, constructed by villagers from 1967 to 1977, with a perimeter of 26 meters and a depth of 26 m. The well is a symbol of the villager's hard working spirit.  

Location: Xintai, Tai'an, Shandong province

The spiral well of Zhangpingwa Village. [Photo/WeChat account: SDTXTA]