A parent-child travel note in Xingyi that I saw before the trip to Guizhou, with long grass and ten thousand peaks, the natural destination for summer vacation is to go to the west of Guizhou. When I was doing the route, I was attracted by FAST again. The bad thing is that although the distance between Xingyi and Qiannan FAST in the southwestern part of Guizhou is not far away, the mountains are high and the roads are long. Traveled east.
Our itinerary totaled 9 days and 8 nights, starting from Moutai, going all the way through Zunyi, Fanjing Mountain, Xijiang, to Libo, Pingtang, and finally returning to Guiyang, with a total journey of 1,500 kilometers. The tasks in the first half of the day are basically climbing a mountain in the morning, driving for 3 hours in the afternoon, and changing to another accommodation in the evening. This itinerary is worthy of the "parent-child tour", it can only be regarded as a route "you can walk down with a baby". To sum it up in one sentence: Tired to death, far exceeding expectations.
Self-driving:
Guizhou is not big, so the points I selected this time are neither near nor far, about 2-3 hours by car. The local expressway network is well constructed, and most scenic spots can be reached directly at high speed. There may be more roads and fewer cars, although Common high-speed road construction occupies one lane, there is no traffic jam, and the scenery along the way is infinitely good. In addition, the tolls for foreign license plates are halved in Guizhou Expressway, and the city’s traffic restrictions are also relaxed for foreign license plates. It is more suitable for self-driving. We entered through Maotai this time, so the secretary went to Guiyang to pick up the car one day in advance, and then drove more than 200 kilometers to Maotai to meet us.
Food:
The diet in Guizhou is mainly hot and sour, and there are not many choices, and the local people have different understandings of what is not spicy. For children who cannot eat spicy food, they have to make do with a few meals of rice and white noodles, and sometimes they can only use the biscuits they bring. pad hunger. This may be the fault of Guizhou tour.
stay:
The routine of domestic mature scenic spots is the farthest distance, not me and you face to face, but the distance from the gate of the scenic spot to the scenic spot. Therefore, try to stay in a hotel in the scenic area or at the entrance of the scenic area, so as to avoid the flow of people into the scenic area every morning and save energy. Mount Fanjing, there are standard hotels at the entrance or in the scenic area of the seven-hole scenic area. If you book in advance, you should be able to have a room. Go to Kedu Town, the hub station of FAST Big Radio, rescue the guest house where the leaders are received in the town, and cancel the friendship. In several other places, the accommodation is not tight. If the requirements are not strict, you can decide as you go and be flexible.
Tickets:
Guizhou may be the most tourist-friendly province in the country, and the tickets for tourists from other provinces and cities in Guizhou are all discounted in half. Electronic channels or on-site purchases are very convenient.
The only thing I want to complain about is the tickets for Fanjingshan. Because of the current limit, the tickets are only sold on the Fanjingshan public account under the real-name system. There are only 8,000 tickets a day. You can only enter at any time, and you cannot enter the scenic spot in advance. Therefore, the biggest unknown of Fanjingshan tourism is whether it will be possible to make the trip the next day, or when to go. The process of grabbing tickets is really thrilling, comparable to Spring Festival train tickets. I waited early in the morning to swipe the ticket on WeChat. After finally waiting for the ticket to be available, I entered the information of the person who booked the ticket, and the ticket was gone long ago. If there are ordinary adults and senior citizens over 60 years old in the same group, different ticket types must be booked separately. Unless multiple mobile phones grab tickets at the same time, it is almost impossible to book tickets together, or the tickets are not booked at the same time. The current rule is that some tickets will be released on the official account every hour. We were lucky to meet the second ticket release and bought tickets for the ideal time slot. Later, I heard from the owner of the homestay that if you really don’t have a ticket, you can spend an extra 100 to ask the scalpers to queue up at the ticket office at 2 o’clock in the middle of the night to buy it, which is also an option. In addition, I also saw a ticket booking service on a certain ticket booking website. The price is double the price set by myself, and the advantage is that tickets are guaranteed. If the itinerary is tight, it is necessary to do homework planning in advance. We have also encountered tourists who had to give up on Mount Fanjing because they did not get tickets for two consecutive days. That would be a pity.
D1: Moutai, Zunyi
Zunyi is located in the north of Guizhou, bordering Sichuan. The first thing to watch is red tourism, the location of the Zunyi Conference, Sidu Chishui is also near Zunyi, and there is a river crossing in Maotai Town. The second is the ruins of the chieftain system of ethnic minorities, including the world cultural heritage, Hailongtun, and the tomb of Yang Can, a national security unit, not far from downtown Zunyi.
Moutai is an hour and a half drive from Zunyi, where the famous Moutai wine is produced, a Moutai factory, and half a Moutai town. There is a direct flight from Shanghai to Moutai. When I bought the ticket, I didn’t know the hidden big easter egg. It happened that Moutai had an event. Adults can buy two bottles of Zunyi Airport version Moutai with their boarding pass. It’s cheap! As soon as I got off the plane, I was given a big gift by the enthusiastic Guizhou people. Not only did I earn back the air ticket, but I also got a red envelope. In addition, if you live in Moutai International Hotel with your room card, you can line up to buy Feitian Moutai every day, but it depends on your luck.
Before arriving at Moutai Town, I was dazzled by the smell of Moutai that permeated the whole town. The town is not big, and this is the hottest area in Guizhou. If it is not hot, there will be no Moutai. The Chishui River passes through the town, and the center of the town is the 1915 Square, which is taken from the allusion that Moutai became famous when it participated in the Panama World Expo in 1915. The ruins of the Red Army crossing Chishui three times are on the other side of the river, you can climb up to see it, a historical attraction. There are hotels along the street in the whole town, only the ones that sell wine. It’s really not easy to find two people to eat. The underground parking lot in the square is very convenient. After visiting the surrounding area, I ate the local mutton pot.
After dinner, drive to another Tianniang scenic spot on the mountain. You can take the cable car to the viewing platform to overlook the entire Moutai Town from a high place, and the Moutai wine fermentation workshop all over the mountains. There is a theater in the scenic spot, and there are wine culture themed shows every night.
The main business of Maotai Town is not tourism, so there are a lot of tourists, and the warm wind is intoxicating. Except that it is hotter than expected, the overall tourism experience is good. After leaving Maotai Town in the afternoon, I drove directly back to Zunyi, and went to the Zunyi meeting site first. It was a completely different scene here. Check in the first batch of red tourism national security units, and take a look.
Stay at Shenzhen Airlines International Hotel in Zunyi at night. The price of the hotel is good, but the elevator is too slow and the parking garage is narrow. The Jiangtuanguo for dinner is really cheap and affordable, and it has not yet entered the rhythm of tourism.
D2: Zunyi
Hailongtun and the tomb of Yang Can are the only cultural tourism projects this time. In 2015, three Tusicheng ruins in China were officially included in the World Heritage List, and Hailongtun was one of them. Hailongtun is a military checkpoint set up by the chieftain of Bozhou in order to defend Bozhou City (now Zunyi) against the Mongolian soldiers on the dangerous terrain on the way to Guizhou in the north of Sichuan. , Completely ended the 725-year rule of Banzhou Chieftain. To put it bluntly, this is a military fortress, hidden in the mountains, easy to defend and difficult to attack. Even after tourism development, the steps up the mountain are still very violent, and there are several checkpoints to pass, including a 36-level giant staircase shaped like a ladder When people crawl on it, it becomes a miniature landscape, which is quite thrilling. The middle-aged man himself was quite self-aware, so he flinched, and the brave old man and the ignorant and fearless child went up. The mountain city is on the flat top of the mountain, and it occupies a huge area. It takes an hour to walk to the top of the mountain to reach the farthest ruins. All the warriors also accept it as soon as they see it, and come down the mountain in time. No wonder Hailongtun is so well-developed. When entering the scenic spot, it is a large-scale ancient town commercial street, connected by cars, there is a museum at the foot of the mountain to popularize the history of chieftains, and there are tour guides. Everything is available, but there are no tourists. Climbing a sea dragon requires considerable physical strength.
The tomb of Yang Can is relatively low-key. Yang Can is one of the 27 chieftains who has made great achievements in promoting the civilization of the Central Plains. The cemetery is a national security unit. It is very low-key. It is located in a field surrounded by water on three sides and mountains on the other side of downtown Zunyi. You can only drive to the other side of the river and cross a dirt bridge with a gravel road. Under the bridge is the famous Xiangjiang River. Follow the arrow on the side of the road and follow the field ridges to bypass several houses to get there.
The visit is free, and the explanation is free. The tomb itself is not big. It may be true that there are few tourists. very comfortable
After finishing the tomb of Yang Can, we drove for 3 hours and arrived at Fanjing Mountain that night. The foot of the mountain is very lively, full of hotel accommodation.
D3: Mount Fanjing
Mount Fanjing is located in the northwest of Guizhou. It is the transition zone from the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau to the hills of western Hunan. It is very close to Hunan. It can also be visited on the same line as Fenghuang in Zhangjiajie. This is also a world natural heritage in Guizhou, with a special geological structure. It was just included in the World Heritage List in 2018.
We entered the scenic spot early in the morning according to the time agreed on the ticket.
Although the process of grabbing tickets was all kinds of thrills, with one ticket in hand, I still feel that the time-based management of the scenic spot is very reasonable. The reception capacity of the scenic spot is limited. Instead of crowding tourists in the scenic spot, it is better to enter in an orderly manner at different times to ensure the experience. Because of the control of the number of people, although entering the scenic spot, you need to check the ticket, take the bus, transfer to the cable car, and there are queues in all links, but the time is not long, and it is still very efficient. After getting off the cable car, you need to walk up the mountain on a plank road that is 750 meters long and almost 60 floors high. There are a lot of steps and a little hard work, but after experiencing the devastation of Hailongtun the day before, the steps of Fanjing Mountain are still bearable.
It is raining and the road is slippery up the mountain. Encourage the children to walk by themselves, counting the spider webs on the roadside all the way, and climbing to the top smoothly after walking and resting. The view on the top of the mountain is very spectacular. If you are not satisfied, there are Hongyun Jinding and Laojinding that you can continue to challenge. The Laojinding has some historical relics and can overlook the entire mountaintop. . Hongyun Jinding is a solitary peak that rises from the ground, with a drop of about 100 meters. The peak is split into two miraculously. There is a temple in each, connected by a bridge in the middle. It is a pity that tourists can climb up the iron rope. Hours closed, opening hours unknown. The weather was bad when going up the mountain, and after a circle, the clouds basically opened up and the sun rose, which is considered good luck.
If you don't climb the Golden Summit, you will take the baby for about 5 hours to complete the journey. Drive down the mountain for another three hours and stay in Qianhu Miao Village in Xijiang.
D4: This trip is the worst, Xijiang Qianhu Miao Village
Xijiang Qianhu Miao Village was the first line of tourism in Southeast Guizhou n years ago, and it is a large-scale Miao village. The news is blocked, but they don’t know that these years, this place has completely become an Internet celebrity place. The whole scenic spot has been completely commercialized like Lijiang and Dali. The original life of the Miao people at that time can no longer be found. Our friend Xiaoyu went to a few years ago and could see the local barber shop shaving his head with a scythe. Now in Xijiang, it is impossible. It is worthwhile to convert the barber shop into a homestay. I originally wanted to stay in the scenic spot one night in advance to avoid the flow of people, but I didn't know that night is the happiest time in Miao Village, and the venue does not leave for 24 hours.
This time I also chose a B&B located in a central location. There is no view, there is a constant flow of people, and the wooden structure of the house can still hear tourists going up and down until midnight. It is hard to sleep all night. It is really a mistake. !
The next day I got up early and wanted to visit the stockade. The scenic area was already crowded with tourists who were high enough for the whole night. I hurriedly found a clothing store, rented a set of Miao clothes, took a few photos for the children, and fled. . It can also be regarded as punching in the Xijiang Miao Village.
The only gain is that the structure of the Miao Village is densely implanted in the mind, and when you see the villages that live on the mountain along the way, you can identify whether it is a Miao Village at a glance. If you are still interested in Miao Village, I recommend Langde Shangzhai not far from Xijiang, the national security unit, I hope it has not been commercialized.
D5: Maolan
Maolan Reserve is a typical Guizhou karst landform, with various forms. It is the largest karst virgin forest in the world, and it is also a rare virgin forest in the same latitude of 25 degrees north latitude. It is the first in Guizhou. The area included in the World Natural Heritage List is the emerald of the earth. The area of the reserve is very large, and it is recommended to stay for more than 3 days for in-depth tours.
The protected area can be entered by car. There is no gas station in the protected area, so pay attention to the amount of fuel when driving by yourself. The full-price ticket of 50 yuan is very reasonable, and you can stay for a week. In fact, only a few scenic spots need to be checked, and the management is not strict. The Qinglongtan Wuyan Bridge in the protected area is regarded as the hub area for sightseeing, and the accommodation is basically concentrated here. Because there is no large-scale development, the service is mainly based on the spontaneous operation of local villagers. The accommodation is in the farmer's inn. The conditions are similar, a little crude, and the sanitation is acceptable. If you bring a baby, you need to do some sanitation and reprocessing, but the price is very fair. , every family is like this. The locals are also very hospitable. They live in her house, eat at her house, go out to play, drill caves or go through the forest. Each of their families can be a guide, and they can entrust them with food, housing and transportation. For them, it can be regarded as a kind of income, which is very real.
There are several routes of varying difficulty to choose from. It takes a whole day for the more difficult route to cross the real primitive jungle. It is said that the road was cut out by the guide with an axe. I saw families with older children choosing this route. We chose a karst cave crossing route that took about half a day, and we also needed a guide. Although the condition of the road surface is slightly better, there are stone steps, but after all, the road is built by the local villagers themselves. Some places are more difficult to walk, and you need to pull the rope. It is rainy in the mountainous area, and the road surface is also slippery after the rain. You need to be very careful. It is difficult to take children with you. . After going up the mountain, the karst caves are connected one by one, and the interior is still the original appearance without any development. The appearance of the karst caves can only be observed by the light of the flashlight. There are traces of the villagers' early life hiding from bandits in the caves.
Our tour guide is the younger sister of the homestay owner. She has lived here since she was a child. She has been a guide since she was 11 years old. She knows every stone here. This route passes through 4 karst caves in total, black hole-Nine Caves-Shenxian Cave-Golden Lion Cave. The children are afraid of the dark. When they walked through the first hole, they cried out in fright and comforted them all the way. By the last hole, they can already take their own The flashlight took the lead in playing in the hole. Later data showed that the Jiudongtian cave here is the oldest and best preserved cave in Guizhou, without any artificial carvings.
The other Qinglongtan routes and Crab Ditch routes are relatively leisurely wading routes, and the journeys are not too long. Children can go into the water or catch crabs along the stream. The water is relatively cold. ,very comfortable.
D6: Maolan
The Shishang Forest route is on the outskirts, so we chose to drop by on the day we left Maolan. This route is a mountaineering road, climbing high to see the karst peak forest landform. This should be the last mountain to climb on this trip. There are a total of 1300 steps. The legs are numb. The children are full of energy. They go up and down the mountain every day and don’t know how to appreciate it or what to draw. When they reach the top of the mountain, there is a small platform. The iron tower, plus a grandmother who sells watermelon, a piece of sweet watermelon, the children are very happy and energetic. It's a bit shaky to climb up the iron tower on the top of the mountain, but the scenery here is infinite and worth seeing.
Leaving Shishang Forest, we officially bid farewell to Maolan and set off for the 5A Scenic Area, Big and Small Seven Holes. The Big and Small Seven Holes were originally two separate scenic spots, but resources have been integrated into a super-large scenic spot. There are east and west gates in the scenic area, and the east gate can take into account the seven holes. It is recommended to stay near the east gate, and you can directly go to the hotel in the scenic area (this must be strongly recommended, God knows that the farthest distance is the way in and out of the scenic area), we did not If you book it, you can only live in the nearby charming town outside the scenic spot, and there are many choices of food and accommodation.
Although it is merged into one scenic spot, it is recommended to play the large and small seven holes separately. The big seven holes are point-shaped tours, which are enough for 2 hours, and the small seven holes are linear tours, which take a whole day. We had plenty of time that day, so we went to Daqikong first. The whole scenic spot of Daqikong is not big, and you can enter it on foot or by boat. It is recommended to take a boat to and fro.
D7: Small seven holes
This is known as one of the most beautiful scenic spots in China. Xiaoqikong needs to take a scenic car. It feels a bit like Jiuzhaigou. There is a distance between each scenic spot. We enter the east gate and take the car directly to the westernmost one. Attractions, play all the way from the west to the east, so that you don't have to go uphill, which saves effort.
The small seven holes are very hydrophilic. In order to facilitate playing in the water, it is recommended to wear plastic shoes, which is convenient for entering the water. The material of children’s clothes should be quick-drying. The places where they play in the water are one after another. If children fall into the water intentionally or unintentionally, it is not enough to bring a few sets of clothes , or quick-drying clothes are more practical, and we also thought of various methods to dry the clothes when they were wet
The green water in Wolongtan is as beautiful as a fake, and the waterfall is also very good. The rafting in Wolong Valley is mainly for rowing down smoothly. There are three man-made drops. , I am not used to using bamboo poles as pulp, manual work.
Leave the rafting and take the car to Cuigu Waterfall. The waterfall here is still very beautiful. There are many places to play in the water below. Children like it. The staff density is very high. The moss on the stones are all cleaned and they are not afraid of slipping.
Leaving Cuigu, going straight to the water forest, the route through the water, all the way down the paved stones, the surface of the stones has been treated, not slippery at all, stepping on the water is very fun, but unfortunately tourists can only follow others , There are too many tourists in well-known scenic spots.
All the way back, the 68-level waterfall is so spectacular. Some waterfalls pass directly over the tourists' heads, and some waterfalls pass by the tourists. The water mist and rainbow are very beautiful. Go all the way to the small seven-hole bridge marked, the ancient bridge is full of people, come here for a visit.
Although Xiaoqikong is small in size, there are various forms of landscape that Maolan can see, such as karst caves, streams, waterfalls, pools, stone forests, water forests, funnel forests, and Xiaoqikong, all of which have been carefully developed. A well-paved plank road, a hydrophilic route with clean moss, suitable lighting, various interactive water sports, boating, rafting, treading water, suitable for all ages, and the travel routes are carefully designed. , the entire scenic spot can be said to be an exquisite and luxurious version of the Maolan scenic spot, but the herd size of Xiaoqikong in the peak season is still a bit scary. Almost all the scenic spots are moving step by step under the attack of other tourists. I still miss this time very much. Maolan's raw and freewheeling ah!
D8: FAST
FAST is the abbreviation of the world's largest 500m-aperture radio telescope. The Chinese proposed the concept more than 20 years ago, and built it in 2016 in the southern mountainous area of Qiannan using karst natural landforms. Go to the FAST transfer station in a small town called Kedu, not far from Xiaoqikong but a 3-hour drive. In the middle of the expressway from Libo to Kedu, there is still a section of the bridge between the two sides of the river that is not connected. It takes about 50 kilometers to climb the mountain road, which is a little dangerous. It is estimated to be another world-class project! According to the locals, the bridge will be ready to pass in November this year, so happy!
After coming out of Xiaoqikong, it was completely dark when we climbed the mountain to Kedu. After exploring all the way, passing through several small villages in the mountains, we suddenly came across a modern town full of sound and light elements. La! Staying at Tianyan Guest House, the evening buffet is also good, very good hotel, decided to stay one more night that night, give up other attractions, and have a good rest here.
The next morning, head straight to the visitor center. FAST is hidden in the deep mountains, and the reception center is in Kedu Town. After watching the popular science introduction in the town’s exhibition hall theater, I stored all the electronic equipment and then took a car to the viewing platform on the mountain to see the big mouth directly on the karst depression at close range. pot. If you don’t have a mobile phone, the film camera model that you can rent in the scenic spot is nikon F3. Please study the use of this model in advance to avoid our tragedy from recurring. Take a car to the mountain, you can hike 900 steps to the viewing platform to see the sky eye, absolutely shocking, super engineering. Yamashita's science popularization was not bad. The children who were afraid of the dark had never been to a theater before, but this time they broke through and watched two movies in one go, still in spherical 4D. Travel the universe and have fun.
The dinner in Kedu town is still very affordable. My mother said that this is the most comfortable hotel, the best meal, and the most relaxing itinerary.
D9: Qingyan Ancient Town
The road from Kedu to Guiyang is easier, and we will visit Qingyan Ancient Town in the south of Guiyang, a small town developed due to military needs. The town is not big, eating, shopping, shopping, the most parent-child day.
The town is basically full of tourists from Guiyang, and there are more people on weekends and weekends. It can be regarded as knowing the history here, and the food tastes very Guizhou.
Write at the end:
Although it claims to have traveled all over China except Tibet, Guizhou just went to the province of Huangguoshu for a quick check-in a few years ago, and they still have a stereotyped impression of Guizhou as "the place where donkey friends go", without enough interest and seriousness. Know. Unexpectedly, this unintentional trip to the east of Guizhou was beyond my expectation. Whether it is the scenery itself or the management of the scenic spot, I can feel the full sincerity from the tourism industry and local ordinary people. Because of the unhappiness of entering Sichuan last summer, I vowed not to take my baby on a trip to the inland provinces. Now it seems that I am too naïve. After my baby has grown up, I have been able to dig out interesting places and learn new knowledge every time during these long-term domestic trips. Some of them may still be half-knowledgeable (I knelt down on astrophysics). This is the charm of our country. Well, it's like a great natural and cultural treasure, no matter how hard you dig, you can't finish it. The more you understand, the deeper you understand, and the more intoxicated you become.