202103 Caiyunzhinan self-driving tour diary
The original plan for the spring of 2020 was completely postponed for a whole year by the new coronavirus epidemic. This is our dream trip to the whole territory of Caiyunzhinan. The self-driving trip is 41 days, and the total cost for 2 people is more than 16,000 yuan (1 person is 65 years old. The above-mentioned elderly people, one of whom is a level 4 disabled person over 65 years old), among which the highway fee is nearly 3,000 yuan, the refueling fee is nearly 5,500 yuan, and the entrance fee, Jingjiao ticket and cableway ticket are more than 2,200 yuan. The unexpected harvest of this trip is the Yuanmou soil forest, and the Haigeng Dam feeds the red-billed gulls. The highlights of this trip are Rape Flower Sea in Luoping, Xishuangbanna, Dehong, Tengchong, Nu River, Dulong River, Diqing Jinsha River Dawan and Meili Snow Mountain, Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, Sanxingdui and so on. Of course, there are also some regrets that did not go, such as: Jiulong Waterfall, Tengchong Volcano, Degong Highway, Dali Cangshan, Balagezong National Park, and Tiger Leaping Gorge.
We set off from home at 6:30 in the morning on Tuesday, March 2, 2021 to start a self-driving trip in Yunnan.
The air in Shijiazhuang was very bad that day, and there was heavy fog near Jingxing. I turned on the front and rear fog lights. There is snow on the trees on the mountain. After entering Shanxi, the weather improved and the sun appeared faintly. After passing Yangquan, the weather was fine. Along the way, we stop at 4 service areas, Luquan, Yuxian, Lingshi, and Xiangfen. The first two service areas only went to the toilet, and the last two service areas took a short rest. Arrive at Zhenguo Temple in Pingyao at 12:50 noon.
Zhenguo Temple was listed as a national key cultural relics protection unit in 1988. In 1997, Zhenguo Temple and Shuanglin Temple, as important components of Pingyao Ancient City, were listed as world cultural heritage. The Palace of Heavenly Kings is a Yuan Dynasty building.
There is an iron bell cast in the fifth year of Huangtong in the Jin Dynasty (AD 1145) on the bell tower on the side of the Tianwang Hall.
In the middle of the front yard is the Hall of Ten Thousand Buddhas, which was built in the Five Dynasties. It is a rare wooden structure in China during the Five Dynasties. It is quite rare in the temple buildings of the past dynasties. Among the existing wooden structures in my country, it is only later than the Nanchan and Foguang Temples in Mount Wutai. There are statues in all halls of Zhenguo Temple, among which the statues in the Hall of Ten Thousand Buddhas are the most precious. They were created during the Tianhui period of the Five Dynasties and the Northern Han Dynasty.
In the middle of the altar, there is a Xumi seat with a waist, on which Sakyamuni Buddha sits. There are 14 statues in the whole hall. Except for the three statues (Guanyin, Shancai, and Dragon Girl) that were shaped in the Ming Dynasty and repainted in oil paint in the Qing Dynasty, the rest are all original works of the Five Dynasties, reflecting the style of the Tang and Five Dynasties. We visited here for about half an hour.
After leaving Zhenguo Temple at 13:00, we decided to revise our travel itinerary. Originally scheduled to stay in Linfen, it was expected to arrive at 3:00 pm, and I felt that the accommodation was a bit early. Decided to stay in Hancheng City, the driving time is more than 3 hours.
When I came out of Zhenguo Temple, I saw that there was only one mark left on the fuel gauge. There were private gas stations along the road and I didn’t dare to refuel. I thought about refueling on the highway. On the expressway, Gaode said that there will be a gas station after 80 kilometers. If I don’t think so, I will get off the expressway in Jiexiu to find a gas station. Later, there was a sign 26 kilometers away from the Lingshi service area. It was still more than 10 highways before the fuel gauge came on, and the dashboard indicated that it was necessary to refuel. Refueling 44.13 liters in the Lingshi service area.
As soon as Hancheng got out of the expressway, he was stopped and asked to scan Shaanxi's health code to pass. You have to swipe the health code to find Yulong Hotel. The front desk reservation is 198 yuan, and Ctrip 98 yuan for a double bed without breakfast. I feel that the condition of the hotel is good and I will come back again if I have a chance. We ate Hancheng Chaos on Zhuangyuan Street.
Modify tomorrow's itinerary to stay in Nanjiang County. About 9 hours.
The next day, it costs 30 yuan for 2 people to eat buffet breakfast at the hotel. After dinner, depart for Nanjiang. Driving to Xi'an and seeing the road sign of Hanyang Mausoleum, I temporarily decided to go to Hanyang Mausoleum.
Hanyang Mausoleum is the joint burial cemetery of the fourth emperor of the Western Han Dynasty, Emperor Jing Liu Qi, and the Empress Wang. It is said to be the most complete cemetery of Western Han emperors discovered so far.
A large number of pottery figurines of figures, pottery animals, living utensils, building materials, chariot and horse utensils, weapons, etc. were unearthed in the underground palace. It is the reproduction and reappearance of the prosperous age of Wenjing more than 2,000 years ago, reflecting the exquisite and skilled production techniques of sculpture, textiles, metallurgy, and pottery during the Han Jingdi period of China. In addition, there is the Nanquemen ruins,
It is the earliest excavated, highest-level, largest-scale and best-preserved Sanchuque site. We visited the underground exhibition of Waizang Pit on the east side and the ruins of Nanque Gate. We walked around the mausoleum. Visit the Archaeological Museum. The total time is 2 hours. Tickets for Hanyang Mausoleum are 90 yuan, free for the 65-year-old.
Calculate the time can only go to Hanzhong. Modify the itinerary again and stay in Hanzhong. Refuel at the Qinling service area and rest for half an hour at the Yangxian service area at 4:10 pm. Arrive at Hanzhong City at about 5:30 p.m., check into the Mayflower Holiday Hotel.
Departure at 7 am on March 4th. Going to Langzhong City, I originally planned to take the Bazhong Line, but I clicked the wrong route during the navigation and took another route. Arrive at Tengwangge Park in the ancient city of Langzhong City at about 11:00.
The "Tengwang Pavilion" in Langzhong is a thousand-year-old pavilion. It is located in the middle of Yutai Mountain beside the Jialing River in the northern suburb of the ancient city. It has a history of more than 1,300 years.
As we all know, there is a Tengwang Pavilion in Nanchang, Jiangxi. It was built by Li Yuanying when he was the governor of Hongzhou in the south of the Yangtze River (now Nanchang, Jiangxi). It is famous all over the world because Wang Bo wrote the preface. The Tengwang Pavilion in Langzhong was also built after Li Yuanying became the governor of Longzhou (now Langzhong, Sichuan). It does not seem to be so famous, but it is also famous for Du Fu's poems "Tengwang Pavilion" and "Yutai View".
After visiting for 1.5 hours, we drove to Huatian Building,
Park in the ancient city parking lot. It took 45 minutes to finish the tour. live
After staying at Youyijia Hotel, walk into the ancient city for sightseeing, first visit the Gongyuan
Then it was the Langzhong City Museum, and later it was the North Sichuan Road Administration
Zhongtian Building
Han Huan Hou Ancestral Hall
and Confucian Temple, etc.
Back near the hotel around 4:30 pm.
The plan is to go directly to Shunan Bamboo Sea tomorrow.
At 8 o'clock on March 5th, set off for the Sanhejie of Shunan Bamboo Sea, and navigate to the east gate of the scenic spot.
After getting off the expressway, the road to Shunan Zhuhai is very narrow and difficult to walk and meet cars. When I arrived at the gate of the scenic spot, I asked that it was the north gate. The staff said that the east gate had been closed due to rain a while ago, so the navigation guide We go to the north gate.
Shunan Bamboo Sea is a national 4A-level tourist attraction. It is also the largest natural bamboo forest scenic spot in the world. It is rare in the world and the only bamboo culture and bamboo ecological leisure and vacation destination in China that integrates bamboo scenery, mountains and rivers, lakes, waterfalls, and ancient temples, and also has a long history of cultural landscapes.
Tickets are free for those over 65 years old in the scenic spot, and there is no charge for driving into the scenic spot. We found a resort hotel in Sanhejie. Unfortunately, the hotel was full and there were no rooms. We randomly found a Zhuyuan family near us for 100 yuan for accommodation. The proprietress introduced us to visit scenic spots such as Xianyudong, Shibaozhai, Fairy Lake and Haizhonghai first this afternoon, and then visit other scenic spots tomorrow.
At about 2:50 in the afternoon, we went to Xianyudong, where we bought a bag of bamboo shoots for 15 yuan.
Xianyu Cave mainly has the Daxiong Hall, the Second Hall, and the Avalokitesvara Hall.
(Very tall standing statue of Guanyin)
There is also a huge reclining Buddha.
In fact, the two scenic spots of Xianyudong and Tianbaozhai are very close to each other. Tianbaozhai is mainly composed of thirty-six strategies and idioms carved on the rock walls in modern times.
Fairy Lake is an artificial small reservoir, and the water surface of the sea in the sea is quite large.
Get out of the Haizhonghai scenic spot and walk to the parking spot, and then go to the Xianyudong parking lot from the highway, which is actually quite close, about 400 meters away, and you will return to Zhuyuanren's house. The proprietress said that it is 5:30 and you can still go to the Emerald Corridor, and come back for dinner after the tour.
We arrived at the Emerald Promenade in 5 minutes, which disappointed me a lot. It was a very wide road lined with bamboo.
When I was preparing to leave on March 6, it started to rain lightly, so I went to the colorful waterfall first.
The workers on the ferry have not yet come to work. I called them up. 8 yuan per person, a total of 16 yuan. The tour takes about 1 hour.
We continued to drive around. There was heavy fog on the road and the front and rear fog lights were turned on. There were still many scenic spots under construction along the road, but there was a control card at the intersection to Moxi that prevented us from driving. We are not going. Decided to go to Huanglian River in Yunnan.
The route of the navigation is to avoid taking the high speed, but Gaode still guides to the high speed. After we found the problem, we exited the high speed at the second exit of the high speed. Then take the normal road.
There was a traffic jam on the road, and there was a car accident in the opposite lane. Our direction was one-way, and I saw that there was no car in the opposite lane. I dared to overtake to reduce the time of traffic jams. Go to a place and go on a short highway. Daguan County is built on the mountain and the road is not easy to walk.
The Huanglian River Scenic Area is dominated by waterfalls.
There are 47 large and small waterfalls, of which the largest drop reaches 142 meters. There are dreamlike clouds and strange peaks, majestic towering ancient trees, mountains and forests with birds and flowers, and the world's rare plant Davidia involucrata in the form of flying pigeons - "pigeon flower". , and the Miao village style that is as strong as wine.
I fell on my back at the scenic spot "Big Skateboard", and my clothes were all wet, so I couldn't insist on walking back. We visited the Huanglian River Scenic Area for 2.5 hours. Stay at Yunshuixuan Villa.
Eat free breakfast at the villa on March 7. After dinner, we took the secondary highway to Zhaotong, and got off at the Adu toll station on Zhaotong Nanshang Expressway. Continue to Huize Yulu, and arrive at the front door of Dadizhen at 11:30.
The Huize seam is more than 10 kilometers long, the widest part is more than 20 meters, the narrowest part is only 1.4 meters, and the highest is 486 meters.
The geomorphic types are complex and diverse, formed by the "mountain"-shaped strata due to the ups and downs of the earth's crust over hundreds of millions of years.
A millet river passes through the cracks, which is famous for its strangeness, danger, seclusion, depth and beauty. There are many stone buds, stone pillars, stone mantles and caves in the scenic area.
The whole ground fissure leads to a secluded, unpredictable place. The steep cliffs on both sides are covered with green all the year round, and the dew on the tip of the grass is shy. The main tourist attractions are
big thinker,
The Gate of Life, Phoenix Tail Drip Green, Turtle Crossing the River, One Line of Sky, Peacock Spreading its Tail, Golden Buddha Cave, Sleeping Beauty, Natural Waterfall, Ancient Grapevine, Immortal Guidance, etc.
We bought a half-price ticket for 17 yuan, and 15 yuan per person for a Jingjiao ticket. At 12 o'clock, take the scenic bus to the back door of Dadixie. Enter the scenic spot from the back door, and go down 1256 steps all the way to the bottom of the valley. Although it is a three-star scenic spot, the ground seam is still pretty good. In fact, I personally think that you can walk into the scenic spot from the front door without taking the scenic spot, walk to the end of the scenic spot, and then return the same way. Walking more than 1,000 steps has no scenery, and it will take your knees.
We played all the way and walked back to the front gate of the scenic spot at 2:30 in the afternoon. It was too late to calculate the time to reach the sea and grass mountain, so I had to stay in Huize.
On March 8, eat the breakfast provided by the hotel at a small shop near the hotel.
After breakfast, we went to visit the Jiangxi Guild Hall,
Jiangxi Guild Hall covers an area of 7545.92 square meters. The whole building integrates various scientific principles such as architecture, mechanics, aesthetics, acoustics, mathematics, yin and yang, visual difference, etc., as well as wood carving, stone carving and brick carving. It is known as the first ancient building in Yunnan Province in the Qing Dynasty. The essence of ancient architecture.
Today is March 8th. Women can bring a family member free of charge and free of charge. The gate tower of the guild hall and the stage are one building.
Inside the gatehouse is a big stage, which is very good. The guild hall enters the yard twice. We visited for half an hour.
Go out from the guild hall to the former residence of Tang Jiyao,
It belongs to the nature of the museum closed on Mondays. Had to take a picture of the gate. I walked back to find the Chuanshan Guild Hall, but no one nearby had heard of it, so I had to go back to the parking lot. When I entered the parking lot, I asked the administrator if he knew the Chuanshan Guild Hall, and he said it was here.
After a closer look, there are two buildings left, which seem to be still old, and the courtyard is empty and used as a parking lot.
It can be seen that not all guild halls in Huize are well protected.
I saw a water pipe rushing, and I asked the administrator if I could wash the car with water? He said it was well water for casual use. The two of us simply washed the mud on the car. It took almost an hour.
Depart from Huize County at 10:00 to Dahai Caoshan, and it takes about an hour.
Dahai Caoshan is located in the southeast of Dahai Township, Huize County. It belongs to the main peak section of Wumeng Mountain System. In spring and summer, grass grows and warblers fly, flocks of sheep are like clouds, and in autumn and winter, clouds and mist are flying and snowy. There are different grass mountains at different times.
Sometimes, it feels like you are in the depths of the Mongolian prairie; sometimes, it's like you are in the snow-covered plateau of Tibet. It is precisely because of the magical combination of "Mongolian style and Tibetan landscape" that it is recommended by the "National Human Geographic" magazine as one of the 108 most beautiful landmarks in the country.
The half-price ticket for Dahai Caoshan is 17 yuan, and the total of two tickets is 40 yuan. The ticket seller said that only two scenic spots will be stopped. We first arrived at Dishuiyan (viewing platform) by car.
Dishuiyan is 3540 meters above sea level. It is quite strenuous to walk to the viewing platform on foot. You can look around on the viewing platform, and you can have a panoramic view of the distant mountains and the near scenery.
When I came down from the viewing platform, I saw another Jingjiao car. I hurried down the mountain and took a bus to the second scenic spot. It was boring to see. It was all about buying barbecue and riding a horse. We didn’t get off the car and went back to the entrance of the scenic spot. , the time is 12 noon. There is a ski resort in Dahaicaoshan Scenic Area, and the driver of the ski resort will deliver the car for the opening of the scenic spot when it is not the ski season.
We set off to Dongchuan Red Land. The road is very difficult to walk. The road is full of potholes and large trucks. It is very difficult to overtake. If you don’t overtake, you will eat dirt. When we arrived at a fork in the road, the navigation told us to continue to move forward. We saw a big sign on the other road saying Red Land. We were a little confused. We entered a hotel on the side of the road and asked for directions. A kind aunt introduced us to the attractions and show the way. We went to Luoxiagou first according to her introduction,
I saw a thousand-year-old dragon tree in the distance, but I didn't go to it. I drove in when I arrived at the Duoyishu scenic spot, but I didn't find the exit and drove back. When turning around, it almost dragged the bottom.
Afterwards, I went to Lepuao and Luoluowan, and then returned to Jinxiu Garden, which felt very good and was under construction.
We went to Colorful Slope and Damakan. There is no sign on the colorful slope, so I don’t know it. When I arrived at Damakan, there was no signal on my mobile phone. I asked a local to tell us that we had to go back to Huashitou to Tangdian to get on the expressway if we wanted to go to Wuding. we go back again,
It's already 6pm. It is said that the most suitable seasons for photography in the Red Land are May-June and September-December, so the photos taken this time are not very ideal.
It was already 8 o'clock when we arrived at Chuhao Hotel in Wuding. The hotel is so big that it seems to be run by a government agency, but the hot water in the hotel is not hot. Li Jiqing didn't even dare to take a bath.
Depart for Lion Rock on March 9,
When I went to Lion Mountain, there was no one there. The ticket was 70 yuan, half the ticket for the age of 60 to 69. We only visited Zhengxu Temple,
The miraculous story about Zhu Yunwen, Emperor Jianwen of the Ming Dynasty who shaved his hair and took refuge here as a monk, and came to Lion Mountain to become a monk is well-known in Wuding Bazi, including women and children. There are many legends about Lion Mountain. We calculated that if we didn’t have enough time to visit the soil forest, we decided not to go to Lion Mountain and go to Yuanmou.
Take the Beijing-Kunming Expressway to the Yuanmou Tulin Expressway. In the Yuanmou service area for a while, Li Jiqing chatted with two Beijing ladies who rented a car from Kunming to Yuanmou for a while.
Let's go to Gurmoth Forest first,
Wumao soil forest tourism resources are very rich, with various shapes of soil pillars,
The deep and quiet valley ground fissures, the high-hanging cave Tianmen, the primitive and rough sand ditch desert, the strange colorful rocks and a wide variety of ancient plant fossils constitute the rich landscape in the scenic area.
The soil forests are mostly in the shape of castles, screens, curtains, and columns. The soil columns are of different heights and well-arranged. The general height is between 5 and 15 meters, and the highest is 42.8 meters. It is precisely because of the uncanny workmanship and careful carving of nature that it has created all kinds of strange sand sculptures and clay sculptures and weird and confusing geological features.
It constitutes the fascinating art palace of Yuanmou Earth Forest. The half ticket is 35 yuan, and the whole journey takes 2 hours to walk.
It takes about an hour to drive from Wumao Earth Forest to Langbapu Earth Forest. When the distance to the soil forest is 8-9 kilometers, there is a big road sign to the soil forest for 8 kilometers, but the navigation points to another road to the soil forest for 9.2 kilometers. We had no choice but to follow the instructions of the navigation. There is a section of the road that is very narrow and we cannot miss the car.
When we arrived at Langbapu Tulin, there were not many tourists and there was only one big car in the parking lot.
The Langbapu soil forest is tall and dense, with a complete range of types. The conical soil pillars are particularly well-developed, generally ranging from 8 to 25 meters high, and the highest is 42.8 meters, ranking the crown of single soil pillars in Yuanmou soil forest.
In shape, there are conical, peak cluster, snow peak,
Various shapes such as city walls. The snow-peak-shaped soil forest is large in scale, up to 40 meters high; in terms of color, the top is mainly purple-red, the middle and upper parts are gray, and the middle and lower parts are yellow-based, with brown-red, gray-white, brown-yellow, gray-black, Fuchsia and other multi-color composition. Seen from a distance, it looks like a magnificent palace. Seen up close, some look like majestic warriors, ready to go,
Some soil pillars are like cones and swords, pointing directly at the blue sky; some are like graceful girls, gazing into the distance; some are like people, animals, and birds; . Some soil pillars are overgrown with weeds or wild flowers; some are piled up with sand and stones, with bare bodies... It is breathtaking.
The half-price ticket is 25 yuan, and the fare for two Jingjiao tickets is 40 yuan (3 kilometers round trip). In order to save time, we first chose to take the scene to deliver the car. Started at 2:30 and came out at 5:30, a total of 3 hours. Strongly recommend Yuanmou Earth Forest! Well worth going to! !
We came out from the scenic spot to Dayao County. Gaode navigated first, and then there was no sound. As a result, we walked on the road indicated by the road sign when we came. When we arrived at the fork, I found something wrong. I stopped and reset the navigation, and then walked back to the noon to go surfing. Papu soil forest road. It's like walking a long way. It was 6 o'clock at this time. It is expected to arrive at Dayao at 8 o'clock.
This is Yuanda Road (from Yuanmou to Dayao), the road condition is very bad with potholes and the average speed is 40mph. Also, the road to Dayao is very narrow, only the width of a car.
Go to Dayao and stay at Yihe Hotel. The hotel is okay, especially the hot water is very good, but the ambient temperature is not too hot.
On the morning of March 10, head to Three Pools Waterfall.
Half an hour to the attraction. Santan Waterfall is a group of waterfalls. There are 33 waterfalls in the river channel less than 4 kilometers long. The order is from upstream to downstream. The first stage is 19 meters high, and the water mist is misty and beautiful; the second stage is 121 meters high. , the third level is 82 meters high, the second pool and the third pool are full of water polo flying all day long, shrouded in mist, silky rain, eloquent, and the sound of waterfalls is full of ears. The three-level waterfall is integrated, and the river flows down along the section, forming three deep pools, hence the name "Three Pools". With a total drop of 220.28 meters, Santan Waterfall is the highest waterfall in the southwest.
We can only look at the Santan Waterfall from a distance across the deep ditch. After taking pictures, we return to Dayao on the same road and continue to Zixi Mountain in Chuxiong. The secondary road is easy to travel. Arrive at the north gate of Zixi Mountain at 11:00 noon. Ask about free tickets, you can drive into the park.
Zixi Mountain is located in the southwest of Chuxiong City, more than 20 kilometers away from the urban area, beside the 320 National Highway, the traffic is very convenient. The total area of the scenic area is 16,000 hectares, the forest coverage rate reaches 96%, and the main peak is 2,500 meters above sea level. It is the largest natural park in Yunnan Province. Zixi Mountain is rich in camellias. According to the research of contemporary botanists, there were artificially planted camellias in the mountains at least 1,000 years ago. The existing "Tongzimian" tree can bloom two-color flowers, and the first one is red. The flower, which blooms white later, has become a spectacle of camellia, and is the earliest known artificial cultivation of camellia in China. Zixi camellia is not only young, but also has many varieties and complete colors, which is second to none in Yunnan. There is a folk saying that "Yunnan tea is the best in the world, and Zixi tea is the best in Yunnan", which is not absurd.
Let's go to Xiangguo Garden first to take photos of horse cherry, rhododendron, camellia and peach blossom. Look at the ancient trees and go to the boutique garden of the tea garden.
From Zixi Mountain, we drove to Kunming Century Shuihui Hot Spring Hotel in Kunming, where the hotel is connected to the bathing center.
On the morning of March 11th, I had a buffet breakfast at the hotel. The breakfast was very rich.
Walk for 27 minutes to visit the Yunnan Provincial Museum. The staff introduced that the treasure of the town hall is the "Bronze Bull and Tiger Case" from the Warring States Period. we saw
Three bronze figurines of the Western Han Dynasty,
The cover of the stacked drum and shell container of the battle scene of the Dian Kingdom in the Western Han Dynasty, the bronze drum with the cow pattern of the Western Han Dynasty, the seal of the King of Dian (replica),
Song Dynasty silver-backlit gold Acuo [cuó] Ye Guanyin statue, five-color offering tower,
Song Dynasty Dali State silver gilt inlaid bead Garuda,
Ming Dynasty gold inlaid red sapphire crown and so on. There is also a Polish agate exhibition on the first floor of the museum,
Some agates are quite large. We shared about 2 hours.
Drive from the hotel to the Haigeng Dam, and when you get on the dam, you can see red-billed gulls flying in the distance.
Red-billed gulls are also densely packed in the water of Dianchi Lake.
I took a blind shot with my phone and camera.
He also took pictures and held up food to feed the red-headed gulls,
The level is limited and I didn't take a few good photos.
I feel that the Golden Horse and Jade Rooster is not easy to park, and the feeling of feeding red-billed gulls in Cuihu Park may not be as good as Haigeng Dam. Simply go to Luliang to stay.
Arrived at Luliang Happy Business Hotel at 5:00 pm. The land in Luliang County seems to be very tight. The most interesting thing is that the hotel's parking lot is underground, and the car goes down to the underground parking lot through the elevator. The elevator is like a big slab like those used on building construction sites, but fortunately it's only one floor.
There are very few restaurants in Luliang County to eat, and it takes two streets to eat.
On March 12th, we went to the colorful sand forest in Luliang, and the ticket was half priced at 35 yuan.
Luliang Colored Sand Forest is a national AAAA-level tourist area, 18 kilometers away from Luliang County. The 108 named scenic spots are distributed in the "Y" shaped canyon, with a total area of 180 hectares. The sand forest is formed by weathering and erosion, and it is in the shape of mountains and hills;
And because red, yellow, and white are the main colors, mixed with blue, blue, black, and gray, and the seasons, climates, sunshine, and viewing angles are different, it produces colorful tones.
Hence the name Colored Sand Forest, which is a famous geotourism landscape.
Part of the rocks in the scenic area can be seen to have different colors. I personally feel that the scenery of the scenic area is much worse than that of the soil forest.
There are some sand sculptures in the innermost part of the scenic spot, and the level is relatively average. We shared 3 hours from in to out.
Outside the scenic area, we discussed giving up the tour of Yingwu Mountain and Phoenix Valley and went directly to Luoping.
Here is a description of rapeseed flowers in Luoping: The sea of rapeseed flowers in the karst peaks in Luoping Bazi fully demonstrates the unique charm of nature. Every year around the Spring Festival, Luoping Bazi becomes a sea of rape flowers. The 800,000 mu of rape blossoms are full of the fragrance of spring and singing the harvest song, which makes the whole Luoping County wrapped in the sea of flowers. Jinji Peak is one of the best places to view the sea of flowers. Standing on Jinji Mountain, you can see rapeseed flowers all over the mountains, beautiful peaks, cottages, roads, streams... everything in the world is integrated into the ocean of flowers, yellow flowers and green leaves complement each other, and the colors are bright. It is bright and bright, and the sunshine like a golden shuttle brushes across the sea of flowers, giving off a golden luster, which makes people's heart beat endlessly.
Arrive at Jinji Peak from the scenic spot before 2:30 p.m., buy a half-price ticket for 10 yuan, and enter the scenic spot on foot.
The scenery is really good, the large tracts of rapeseed flowers are yellow. We first went up a small hill along the boardwalk, and then we walked along the road and walked through the intersection sandwiched by two small hills. We saw a viewing platform and a plank road on the height of Laojian Mountain in the distance. My wife wanted to go, so a Jingjiao car happened to come over. We bought 2 tickets totaling 60 yuan and took the bus to the foot of Laojianshan. The driver said that we would take the bus here before 6:30 p.m. and go back to the exit.
We went up the mountain, took pictures, went down the mountain and waited for the bus, and returned to the entrance of the scenic spot at 5 o'clock. Overnight at Luoping Shengang Hotel.
On the morning of March 13th, the restaurant owner told us that Jiulong Waterfall was closed.
Drive to the screw field scenic area, heavy fog.
Scenic spots are free. Wait for about half an hour for the fog to dissipate and take pictures.
It takes about an hour in the scenic spot.
Go to Guizhou Xingyi Wanfeng Forest Scenic Area, passing through Jiulong Waterfall,
A photo was taken from a distance. The road is still relatively easy to walk.
Wanfenglin Scenic Spot is located in the southeast of Xingyi City, Guizhou Province. It is grand and magnificent, with peculiar peak shapes and beautiful overall shape. It is the largest and most typical karst peak forest in China.
Wanfenglin Tourist Scenic Spot has successively won titles such as "National Key Scenic Area" and "China's Five Most Beautiful Peak Forests".
We arrived at Wanfenglin at 12 o'clock, free of charge, and bought a Jingjiao ticket for 50 yuan. There are 8 observation decks in Jingjiao, such as:
Bagua Tian, Liuliu Dashun Peak, etc. Share 2 hours.
At 2:30 in the afternoon, we drove to the Malinghe Canyon Scenic Area,
Maling River Canyon is located in Xingyi City, Guizhou Province. It is a national key scenic spot and a national AAAA-level scenic spot. The canyon is 74.8 kilometers long, 50-150 meters wide, and 280 meters deep.
Known as "the cracks in the sky and the ground" and "the most beautiful scar on the earth", hundreds of waterfalls in the valley, 3 million square meters of travertine waterfalls and various rare plants are the biggest attractions. Free admission. It took us 1 hour and 40 minutes to walk the whole way. The waterfall in the front part of the scenic area is small and even the photos taken by mobile phones are not clear. The scenic spot only opens the plank road on the west bank, and the plank road on the opposite bank is closed.
The more beautiful ones are Pearl Waterfall and Ten Thousand Horses Pentium Waterfall. The scenic spot can only go back the same way.
When I arrived at Ganxing Hotel, the TV in the room couldn’t be turned on, and the mobile phone couldn’t connect to the Internet. The waiter changed the room, and the hot water had to be left for a while to heat up. It was very hot!
Free breakfast at the hotel on the morning of March 14th. Free car wash and dry yourself at PetroChina gas station in Xingyi City.
At the entrance of the former scenic spot of Bamei guided by the navigation at 2 o'clock, the security guard at the gate said that you need to go to the 7-kilometer tourist center to buy tickets, take a scenic spot, and take a car to enter the scenic spot.
The Bamei Scenic Area in Guangnan County is called "the last paradise" because of its unique karst topography, karst caves, rivers and villages, which resemble the Peach Blossom Spring described by Jin Dynasty writer Tao Yuanming. The half price of a ticket for the scenic spot is 40 yuan, the fare for the scenic spot is 50 yuan, and the ticket fee for the three sections is 30 yuan each. Scenic spot transportation fee (50+90)*2=280 yuan, a total of 320 yuan.
Take the Jingjiao bus to the entrance of the cave,
Enter the scenic spot by motor boat,
There are big banyan trees, waterwheels and other scenic spots. The whole feeling is not good. I think the scenic area is over-developed and there are too many artificial things.
New residential and artificial plank roads will be built in the scenic area. Near the big waterwheel, there were several 4- and 5-year-old boys playing in the water with their buttocks bare. I asked the owner of the residential house that the accommodation fee is 180 yuan per room.
I walked a section of plank road before taking the second boat, and walked a long plank road before taking the third boat without any scenery.
Arrived at the Visitor Center by the third boat. Personally, I don't think Bamei is worth going to!
It took less than an hour to drive to Huifeng Business Hotel in Guangnan County. There was no room in the hotel, so we were introduced to Jinyuan Business Hotel not far away.
On the morning of March 15th, I drove to Puzhehei. Arrive at the visitor center at 10:30. A man approached me and said that he could drive me into the scenic spot without buying tickets for the scenic spot and Jingjiao bus, and introduced accommodation. The cost is 50 yuan. His daughter-in-law took us to Puzhehei Village and introduced two homestays. After that, the one called Fuzhaoge bargained for a standard room of 120 yuan.
Wenshan Prefecture Qiubei Puzhehei Scenic Spot is located in Qiubei County, Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China, 13 kilometers away from the county seat. It is a national-level scenic spot and a national AAAAA-level tourist attraction. The total area of the scenic spot is 388 square kilometers, and the core scenic spot is 165 square kilometers. It belongs to the karst area in southeastern Yunnan and is a typical karst karst landform. Known for its great landscape. It is said that in Puzhehei summer, it is better to fill the lake with lotus flowers and fight water fights by boat.
Let's climb Qinglong Mountain first,
Afterwards, it took 2 hours to go to Sansheng Sanshi Shili Peach Blossom Scenic Spot. I bought a pound of strawberries. It was very hot and I went back to the inn and put on a short-sleeved shirt. 15:45 We went to the Puzhehei consultation point. The staff introduced us to buy a 60 yuan Jingjiao ticket and a ticket for the Swan Lake scenic spot. We took the bus to the visitor center and then changed cars to visit the Xihuang Wetland attractions. Get off at Gate No. 1 of Swan Lake.
Visit the scenic spot of Swan Lake on foot for 3.1 kilometers, and then return to Puzhehei Village Station by car before 18:00. We left Gate 2 of Swan Lake at 17:34 and waited until 18:00 to take the last Jingjiao bus back to Puzhehei Village.
Walk in the village and return to the inn at 19:20.
On the morning of March 16, we had breakfast at Fuzhao Pavilion.
It takes an hour to drive to Yunshang Tiankeng. No one in the scenic spot has no car and no need to spend tickets.
It seems to be deserted. We climbed the mountain for 27 minutes and arrived at a tiankeng.
It’s no wonder no one came because the sight line was bad. I took two photos and walked back.
When driving from Yunshang Tiankeng to Jianshui, I passed a small mountain village. Several women were standing in the middle of the road. They stopped my car and said something I could not understand. Later, a young woman who could speak Mandarin came over and said to me , What kind of festival is it in the village? Just donate one yuan for passing vehicles. I gave her 2 yuan, and they tied a red string on my reflector. Just let us go.
Drive to Jianshui. Asanlong stop on the expressway, come on.
Arrive at Jianshui at 13:30 and enter the parking lot near Little Tiananmen (Chaoyang Building).
Chaoyang Tower dominates the center of the county seat and was built more than 600 years ago in the 22nd year of Hongwu (1389) in the Ming Dynasty. It is one of the main symbols of the long history of Jianshui, an important town in southern Yunnan, and a symbol of an old important town on the border of the motherland.
Jianshui Street View
We bought a catty of pipa on the street.
Visit Zhu's Garden,
Jianshui Zhujia Garden Scenic Spot is located in the middle section of Hanlin Street in the center of Jianshui Ancient City. It is a century-old private house built by the Zhu clan in the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty, which took more than 30 years. The whole building faces north and covers an area of more than 20,000 square meters. meters, of which the building area is more than 5,000 square meters. There are 214 large and small houses and 42 patios. The main building is divided into inner courtyard,
ancestral hall,
back yard.
There are ancestral halls, embroidered threads, shops, waterside pavilions, flower halls, ponds, and bamboo forests in the courtyard. Here you can learn about the architectural style of Southwestern folk houses. Half-price tickets are 18 yuan.
The four courtyards of plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum are amazing. Visit for 2 hours. I went out and ate a portion of the famous Jianshui tofu for 5 yuan and 10 pieces on the street, but I didn't have much energy.
Drive for more than 10 minutes to Shuanglong Bridge. Jianshui Seventeen-Arch Bridge, commonly known as Shuanglong Bridge,
Located 5 kilometers west of Jianshui Ancient City, it straddles the confluence of Lujiang River and Tachong River.
This ancient bridge was built in the Qing Dynasty and is a famous historic site in Yunnan. The ancient bridge has 17 holes connected to each other. There are three floors of pavilions on the bridge. It looks old and magnificent. It looks like a boat floating on the water from a distance. big ship. Tour for 30 minutes.
Drive to Tuanshan folk houses. There is a township bridge on the road.
Tuanshan Folk House is located 13 kilometers west of Jianshui Ancient City.
Tuanshan Village is a typical Han immigrant village in southern Yunnan, with a history of more than 600 years. There are 15 well-preserved large-scale residential buildings, 3 gates, 3 temples, 1 ancestral hall, and 1 ancestral tomb, covering an area of 18384.5 square meters. , construction area of 16158 square meters.
Its regular shape, flexible layout, rich spatial landscape, elegant interior and exterior beauty, exquisite architecture and exquisite workmanship show the typical characteristics of residential buildings in southern Yunnan and represent the highest level of local local architectural development in Yunnan.
The World Monumental Heritage Foundation (WMF) announced it as a world monumental architectural heritage, confirming that Tuanshan Ancient Village is an extremely rare example of untouched human precious heritage in the world.
Half-price tickets for Tuanshan folk houses are 18 yuan. After visiting several yards, the last three yards were closed after get off work.
Return to Jianshui Jinshiyuan Hotel for 118 yuan.
On March 17th, the hotel stayed in a car full of Shanghai tourists chirping to death.
Drive on National Highway 245 to Yuanyang Rice Terraces. We followed a car from Kunming all the way on the mountain road and dumped the car from Tianjin behind, and we separated when we arrived in Yuanyang County.
Yuanyang Terraced Fields is the core area of Honghe Hani Terraced Fields. The Honghe Hani Terraced Fields are located in the south of Yunnan Province and spread across the four counties of Yuanyang, Honghe, Jinping, and Lvchun in Honghe Prefecture, with a total area of about 1 million mu. Yuanyang County alone has 170,000 mu of terraced fields. The Yuanyang Rice Terraces are landscape and pastoral paintings that have been "sculpted" by the Hani people for more than 1,300 years. On June 22, 2013 (the Year of Guisi), the Honghe Hani Rice Terraces were successfully included in the World Heritage List at the 37th World Heritage Conference, becoming China's 45th World Heritage Site.
We followed the navigation to Longshuba Terraced Fields first. There was a section of the road that was very narrow. When we arrived at Longshuba, we couldn’t find the best location for shooting. The nearby terraced fields were not beautiful. There were red floating objects in some fields. Ask the local farmers what they said about me. I didn't understand either, and then we went to Jingkou Village.
There are three major scenic spots in Yuanyang Terraced Fields: Bada Scenic Area, Tiger Mouth Scenic Area and Duoyishu Scenic Area.
Yuanyang Terraced Fields Scenic Area has a layer of smog on the whole, because if it is "fog", it will dissipate after the sun comes out, but the smog in Yuanyang has never dissipated, and the distant view has always been foggy.
The Jingkou Terraced Fields look pretty good, with reflections from the water in the terraced fields. Going to the Laoyingzui Terraced Fields is also good.
Didn't feel good for two more stops before reaching the Bada attraction. When I arrived at the Bada scenic spot, I bought a half ticket for 35 yuan. The location of the viewing platform is good, and the area of the terraced fields seen is very large, but the time is wrong, the terraced fields cannot see the reflection of the water, and the shooting is dull and boring.
At the Duoyishu scenic spot, I saw a green fence outside the scenic spot. The scenic spot is being repaired and some viewing platforms are open. There are not many people visiting, and the area is not as large as that of Bada. It is said to be the best scenic spot for sunrise shooting. It is indeed the usual scenery. It looks average.
The time is less than 3 p.m., go to Honghe County, and after the navigation is set, it shows that it will arrive in more than 2 hours. As a result, the navigation on the Yuanlu Secondary Highway told me to get off the road. I thought it was a shortcut, so I got off on the trail. Pass through Qilintai Village and go straight for about 1.5 hours. When you make a wrong pass at the narrowest part of the road, you need to reverse to a place where two cars can pass. The navigation prompts that the route is reached, please turn around and return. This navigation error made us walk for nearly 3 hours in vain. At 18:00, go to Yuanlv Secondary Highway and reset the navigation to Honghe County Business Hotel.
19;15 to reach the destination. The standard room of the hotel is 78 yuan, and the hotel's network is not good.
After breakfast on March 18, drive to the Samaba Rice Terrace Scenic Spot, the journey takes one hour.
We took a few photos on the mountain road and it was pretty good, but the scene was a little small.
We arrived at the gate of the scenic spot at nine o'clock, and the scenic spot is free of tickets at the age of 60. This is the first time after entering Yunnan.
The Jingjiao bus in the scenic spot is divided into two sections, the first section is 5 yuan to the viewing platform, and the second section is 10 yuan to go down the mountain to the field. The conductor suggested that we buy a 5 yuan Jingjiao ticket first. We can go down to the viewing platform and come back by car, or take the car down and buy a Jingjiao ticket for going down the mountain. When we come back, we can choose to take a car or walk back to the gate of the scenic spot. We took a few photos on the viewing platform, because we arrived late, the sun was already high, and the scenery was relatively ordinary. I heard from the ticket inspector that it is better to take pictures at sunrise in this scenic spot. The scenic spot opens at 6:30 in the morning, and you can drive into the gate to the viewing platform before 8:00. I regret that I should go to the scenic spot first without eating. Hey, there is no regret medicine.
We negotiated to take the national highway from Honghe to Yuanjiang first, and then take the expressway to Mojiang, and then we will talk about it according to the situation.
The national highway in Honghe County is very easy to travel, and the road condition is good because there are few vehicles on the asphalt road. The road into the Yuanjiang border has become a cement road, and the road is narrow, but fortunately there are few cars. We are approaching Yuanjiang at Nansa Station to get on the expressway and get off at Mojiang. The Tropic of Cancer sign garden is quite strange. Only large cars are allowed in the parking lot and small cars are not allowed. Someone asked us to park on the side of the road.
Mojiang Hani Autonomous County is located between 22.51-23.59 north latitude and 101.07-102.04 east longitude, and the Tropic of Cancer passes through the county seat. After being approved by the state, the provincial government built a tropic of cancer symbol park in Mojiang County, which integrates astronomy, geography, plants and popular science knowledge, garden art and tourism culture.
I think the sign of the Tropic of Cancer is that a mountain top has been built and a lot of scenery is still being repaired. The Tropic of Cancer of Mojiang is 23°26'.
We arrived at Mojiang around 1:30 pm and left around 3:00. I booked the Pu'er Amber Business Hotel online for 113 yuan, and Ctrip gave a discount of 7 cents.
We refuel at the concentric parking area. Get off the expressway from Pu'er South Station and check into the hotel directly. The three-pointed cakes and gray water cakes eaten on the street.
Tomorrow we will arrive at the long-awaited Xishuangbanna!
March 19 departure target Xishuangbanna (Jinghong). It takes about one hour to get to the north gate of Wild Elephant Valley via Pu'er Expressway.
Xishuangbanna Wild Elephant Valley is located in the Mengyangzi Reserve of Xishuangbanna National Nature Reserve and the UNESCO Man and Biosphere Reserve, 22 kilometers away from Jinghong City. National Park. Half-price tickets are 30 yuan.
In order to see wild elephants, we strive to go to Wild Elephant Valley earlier. After entering the scenic spot, we saw the administrator teasing two gibbons, one gray and one black, on the plank road.
Among them, the right arm of the gray ape was amputated. The administrator said that there were wild elephants 50 meters ahead. We ran excitedly and saw more than a dozen wild elephants playing under a tree a little far away.
Due to the occlusion of the branches and leaves of the trees, the wild elephants appear and disappear from time to time, which is very difficult to take pictures. We lingered here for about an hour. Then go back and pass the first section of the plank road, and there are gibbons playing. Then we visited
orchid garden,
Butterfly Garden, walk to the southernmost elephant school to watch elephant performances.
I have seen some people's remarks that animal performances are cruel to animals, and I feel a little bit the same.
After watching the elephant show, we went back the same way and passed the first plank road back to the north gate. The weather is already too hot, so I changed my shorts in the parking lot. Booked a hotel on Ctrip.
Drive through the South Gate and get on the expressway. It takes nearly an hour to Manting Park and buys a half-price ticket for 20 yuan.
There are hills and rivers in Manting Park, as well as cultural landscapes with strong ethnic characteristics. It is a natural village-style park. It used to be the Royal Garden of the Dai King with a history of more than 1,300 years. The scenic spot embodies the
The three main themes are "Dai Royal Culture, Buddhist Culture, and Dai Folk Culture". Manting Park is the oldest park in Xishuangbanna. The Dai people used to call her "Chunhuan", which means "the garden of the soul". The soul of the princess, hence the name.
Pretty girl in the park.
We saw some unnamed tropical plants and flowers.
There is also a Buddhist cultural area in the park, including Wabajie and Baita, the main Buddhist temple in Xishuangbanna, which is famous in Southeast Asia.
It's still too hot! We bought two popsicles. There is also an elephant show in the innermost part of the park. We didn't have the strength to go any further because of the heat, so we decided to stop here and go back to the hotel today.
Follow the navigation to the reserved hotel. The navigation said it, but we drove past without seeing it. The navigation said that please turn around if you deviate from the route. I hiked back to find the hotel in a subdivision with no sign of the hotel on the street at all. Then I drove through the one-way street and made a U-turn to find the hotel to check into.
Eat pineapple rice, porcini mushrooms and hot and sour fish on the street.
On the morning of March 20th, go to the Tropical Flower Garden, and the half-price ticket is 20 yuan. The ticket inspector had a problem and asked us to wear masks. I said that it is meaningless to ask you to wear masks in the open air in your scenic spot. She said that it was a requirement from the superior. Despite a small unpleasantness,
The tropical flower garden is still very nice.
--cocoa--
The flower garden collects and preserves tropical special economic trees,
tropical flowers,
--Lucuma--
There are nearly 1,000 species of tropical crop germplasm resources such as tropical fruits, and it has become an important garden for preserving tropical crop germplasm resources by the Provincial Thermal Crop Research Institute. It is a themed botanical garden integrating scientific research, popular science, and tourism.
There are many plants and flowers in the park that we know for the first time, and some we have never heard of. There are also some tropical fruits that don't know how to grow.
--see blood seal throat--
We toured the park for three hours. There is also a charge for the parking lot in the scenic spot, and Manting Park does not charge for parking.
At 12 o'clock, we set off to Wangtianshu Scenic Area, which is more than 100 kilometers away. We took a nap on the highway, and we arrived at the ticket office of Wangtianshu Scenic Area at nearly 15:00. Buy a half-price ticket for 27 yuan.
Wangtianshu Scenic Spot is located in Bubeng National Nature Reserve in the northeast of Mengla County, Xishuangbanna Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province. It covers an area of 864.4 hectares and is 14 kilometers away from the county seat.
There is an air corridor (including the canopy corridor and the glass corridor bridge) in the scenic area. The corridor is 500 meters long and is built by connecting tall Wangtian trees with thick iron cables.
It is suspended by steel ropes, nylon ropes and nets are used as guardrails, and aluminum alloy ladders are used as pedals. Each section is connected with a wooden platform built on the tree trunk.
Challenge the world's highest canopy air corridor
In the 1990s, in order to observe the Wangtianshu tropical rainforest at close range and from multiple angles, American botanist Moore and the local government unexpectedly built this 36-meter-high volley, hundreds of meters long, with the canopy connecting the canopy. "Wangtianshu Air Corridor",
Now it has become the world's focus for many people who have traveled thousands of miles to observe and experience China's tropical rainforest.
The scenic spot provides free scenic transportation from the ticket office to the scenic spot (about 5 or 6 minutes). If you are interested, you can take a boat to the one-way ticket for about 40 yuan. Go to the entrance of the air corridor and buy two tickets for a total of 240 yuan. I bought a group photo for 40 yuan.
Walk out of the air corridor and enter the Philip Trail, which is said to be 2 kilometers long. The Philip Trail commemorates Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, chairman of the World Wildlife Fund. In 1986, Prince Philip personally went to Xishuangbanna for research and finally confirmed the existence of Wangtianshu, a typical tree species of dipterocarpaceae.
After returning to China, he actively promoted it to his colleagues and wrote a book, which confirmed to the world that there is indeed a tropical rainforest near 21 degrees north latitude, and made my country one of the three regions with tropical rainforests in the world.
We walked and played and walked out of the scenic spot at 16:45, and waited for the Jingjiao bus to arrive at 17:00. We decided to live in Mengla. We found Xishuang Jingtai Hotel on Ctrip for 102 yuan, and Ctrip gave us a discount of 1.11 yuan.
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