I have been traveling abroad, and some miss the beauty of the motherland; I have been wandering in the city for a long time, and some have forgotten what real travel is. Find out the hiking bags and hiking shoes that have not been used for several years, bring your camera, and go to western Sichuan for a real free trip in late autumn. There is no plan, and I travel entirely by public transportation. I often have to travel by car for ten hours a day and change cars in several counties. However, I enjoyed the 13 days of freedom and regained the feeling of traveling with backpacks in the past. Share the detailed strategy of this trip with everyone, I hope you also like the days of packers.
D1: Shenzhen - Chengdu
From Shenzhen to Chengdu, the cheapest time is a few hundred yuan, the first choice for poor travel. Arrive at Shuangliu Airport around 2pm. While waiting for luggage, I booked the hotel at the airport and the itinerary to Bipenggou the next day. I took a taxi from Shuangliu Airport to Chengdu, and it took half an hour to arrive at Jinlia Duoqing Hotel, which is located near Wuhou Temple. . After a short rest, go out to visit Wuhou Temple and Jinli around 3:30, and you will be there in three minutes from the hotel. Wuhou Temple and Jinli are next to each other, so it is very convenient to visit. There are many foreign tourists in Wuhou Temple, and the internationalization of the stories of the Three Kingdoms is good. It is a good choice to listen to free explanations on your mobile phone while walking.
Jinli is full of snacks and tourists, and the prices inside are high. The night falls and the red lanterns are the most beautiful. The latticed wooden windows and gray tile cornices on the upstairs have a strong ancient flavor against the backdrop of the lanterns. Come back later, you can still see the golden ginkgo, maybe it's a different feeling. I randomly found an open-air teahouse to drink tea. The singers on the stage sang casually, but the consumption outside the stage was a little expensive. In the past, a bowl of tea cost 5 yuan, but now it costs 38 yuan. It was later discovered that the closer the restaurant is to the entrance, the better the singer sings. In the evening, I ate the string of travel notes, the mandarin duck pot, the soup base is good, the ingredients can meet the needs of the taste buds, and the waiters are also very thoughtful and meticulous. Nice experience.
D2: Chengdu - Taoping Qiang Village - Bipenggou
Depart from the parking lot of Wuhou Temple at 7:30 in the morning, take the through train to the scenic spot seen in the airport, have lunch at Taoping Qiang Village, and arrive at Bipenggou in the afternoon. The 60 yuan ticket for the old village of Taoping Qiang Village is a bit expensive, and I didn’t have time, so I didn’t go in. I just had a meal in the new village. The apples here are good, very crisp and sweet, but they are too expensive. You can see apple trees full of apples. After staying for a short time, I hurriedly ate a big bowl of tomato and egg noodles at a well-decorated restaurant by the roadside, which was unexpectedly delicious. In the square of Taoping Qiang Village, I saw a group of Qiang women rehearsing their dance. Although they were not dressed, the joy was contagious.
Arrive at the entrance of Bipenggou Scenic Area at around 2:00 pm, book a hotel in the scenic area to handle tickets and check-in procedures at a special window, and a special car will send it to the Namu Lake Hot Spring Hotel on the mountainside. The temperature dropped significantly, so I quickly put on thick coats, gloves and hats; at an altitude of 2,900 meters, the air is much thinner, and I would pant when carrying luggage. Namu Lake Hot Spring Hotel is 1180 yuan per night. It is very expensive and worthwhile. The rooms have hot spring pools. The smell of sulfur seems to be real hot springs.
After putting away the luggage, I hiked along the trail to Longwanghai alone. There are some yellow leaves along the way, the lakeside is overgrown with shrubs, and the lake water is like jade. It feels a bit like Jiuzhaigou. No wonder it was selected as one of the 2013 National Geographic's 100 Scenic Spots in Sichuan. It's a pity that it's a cloudy day, without the color palette of the sun, and more with the style of ink painting. The Jinghai beside the Dragon King Sea, as its name suggests, the lake is so quiet that there is no ripple, and it is quietly guarded by the side, occasionally seeing wild ducks and waterfowl walking through it. The hotel is 6 kilometers away from Longwanghai, because you can take the shuttle bus in the scenic area at any time, and no one walks alone.
D3: Bipenggou
I had breakfast at the hotel at 8 o'clock in the morning, and saw several shuttle buses full of tourists heading towards Shanghai. Take the hotel's special car at 9 o'clock and arrive in Shanghai in about 20 minutes. The Shanghai sub-service point has no scenery, so I directly bought a battery ticket for going up to the Moon Bay service point. It costs 20 yuan for a one-way trip and 40 yuan for a round trip. The journey takes 10 minutes and the distance is 4.5 kilometers. If you have good physical strength, you can walk up slowly. There are good trails built in the scenic area, which is convenient for tourists to choose to pass.
At nine o'clock in the morning, the mountains were shrouded in clouds and mist, and I was somewhat disappointed to see the yellow leaves on the side of the road. The driver brother comforted me and said that it would be beautiful when the sun came out. Sure enough, half way through the car, the sun was shining on the pine forest, and the pine forest was golden, with the snow-capped mountains in the distance as the background. After getting off the bus, I couldn't wait to go to Panyang Lake.
Panyang Lake is one of the core attractions of Bipenggou. Walking to the front, the first thing you see is the waterfall formed by the dam blocking the lake. The white water curtain, yellow forest belt, and black rocks are matched together to kill many lakesides. The original ecological trails are preserved, and wooden trestle bridges are built in the wetlands and watersides, around the lake. 360-degree views of the lake and snow-capped mountains for a week.
It is 5 kilometers from Panyang Lake to Yanziyan Nest, all the way uphill, in order not to miss any autumn scenery, we chose to walk. Along the way through the pine forest, the golden pine needles are flying all over the sky with the wind, falling on the moss, trails, and streams, and flowing down the river. Along the way, there are constant small and large landscapes, such as alpine pine forests, snow-water streams, golden mountain forests, snow-white peaks, and wetland plank roads, making people unbearable to walk too fast. In just 5 kilometers, we walked for nearly 3 hours.
After finally walking to the Swallow Rock Nest Scenic Area, I found that there are caves here, with high mountains and flowing water, flying waterfalls, and a large alpine meadow. I went down the mountain at around 4:00 p.m., and missed watching the sunset on the mountain. I could only watch the scenery outside the window while eating and drinking, with countless regrets in my heart.
D4: Bipenggou - Li County - Wenchuan - Heishui
Check out at 11 noon and arrive at Blackwater at 5:30 pm. The colorful forest is well-deserved of its reputation, spread along the two sides of the valley, and the forests are all dyed. A touching episode, when we arrived in Wenchuan, the last bus to Heishui had left for 10 minutes. The conductor was very helpful and called to ask the driver if he had gone far, but the car came back to pick us up. I didn't have time to eat lunch, so I caught the bus and went directly to Heishui. Fortunately, there is a small shop on the road to buy some dry food and drinks, and eat three Tibetan shortbread in one go. Passengers in the Tibetan area of the car love to chat, and they can chat all the way without knowing each other. The atmosphere is very good, and they are very patient with the driver and others.
In the evening, Heishui County was very cold and there were no people there. We all went to Naizigou and Yangronggou. We took a bus at the station to go to the sheep’s antler Hade, which was highly recommended by our friends in Chengdu. Yangronghade was originally a Tibetan village in Yangronggou, but now it has become a homestay. Even if you live in every household, it is managed by the village. It is very cheap to live in Heishui County, but it is troublesome to go back and forth. It is slightly more expensive to live in Antler Hade, seven to eight hundred yuan per night in peak season, but the conditions are very good, there is floor heating and hot water, and the room is clean. The most important thing is that the antler ditch itself is Looking at the scenic spots in Cailin, towards the direction of Heishui is the Dagu Glacier, and towards the other side are Naizigou and Maiya Lake.
D5: Antler Hade - Naizigou - Wanghongshu - Dagu Iceberg
The autumn of Heishui has a completely different color from its name. Eighty miles of colorful forests are endless and colorful. Standing on the mountain and taking pictures of the colorful forest, the sheep antler Hader seems to be just an embellishment. The antler village is located in the antler ditch next to Naizigou, backed by a large colorful forest. The village is full of Tibetan-style dwellings with rich customs. There is also a white pagoda praying for peace and auspiciousness next to the village. This extremely beautiful painting has attracted countless photographers who can't stop taking pictures from all angles. In the evening, there was no sunshine and it was raining lightly. I was regretting that I couldn't continue to take pictures of the scenery. After a while, I heard the Tibetan compatriots around me shouting excitedly: "There is a rainbow..." There was a burst of boiling in the stockade, and when I looked up, I saw a rainbow across the stockade, which is really a beauty that cannot be met. The stockade here is clean and hygienic, and it is a good choice to experience Tibetan style. When the temperature drops at night, you can also warm up around the stove and make tea. It is very enjoyable to sit for a night.
Starting from the sheep antler village, drive to the upstream direction, along the way there are endless colorful forests, red, yellow, orange, bright, and deep colors are intertwined layer by layer, and the green water is in harmony with each other. There is also a mangrove tree in the middle of the mountain in Ganshiba Village. Every autumn, the leaves are particularly bright red. It is said that this tree that has become an Internet celebrity attracts a large number of tourists, and a cement road has been built in the local area to facilitate traffic, but the road is too narrow and there are often traffic jams. From low to high, it looks like a tree on the horizon. Wild monkeys can also be seen around the mangrove tree, and the environment is well protected.
Dagu Iceberg is a ten-minute drive from Antler Hade, and you need to take a sightseeing bus from the entrance of the scenic spot to the glacier cableway station. The sightseeing bus is 34 kilometers away. It will stop at 4 main scenic spots throughout the journey so that tourists can get off the bus and take pictures. The scenery on the way is also good. It takes about 1.5 hours to reach the glacier cableway station. We chose to take the cableway directly to the glacier, and it took about 20 minutes to arrive. This cable car should be one of the highest cable cars in the world, but the tickets plus tickets and cableway tickets are also very expensive.
People with excellent physical strength can also choose to hike, but they still have to go in by car, otherwise it is too far away, and it is impossible to finish it in a day, and pay attention to non-slip. Dagu Glacier is above 4,800 meters above sea level, and the air is obviously thin, so even a little activity feels strenuous. Except for a few black exposed rocks, there are white snow-capped mountains all around, and white clouds seem to float in front of us. This is the fastest way for us to climb the snow-capped mountains for the first time.
D6: Blackwater Antler Village — Maerkang
Today is the weekend, so I have time to enjoy it slowly in the village. The beautiful small village tour group uses this place as a tourist attraction. Cars come here for free. If there are too many cars, the traffic police are dispatched to direct the traffic at the gate of the village. The windows and doors of Tibetan houses are brightly colored, just dotted with gray stone walls, and with the colorful forest as the background, what a beautiful word. It's a pity that the sun has been hiding, and I didn't take any satisfactory photos. After seeing the photos taken by other people in good weather, I want to go again.
I bought the bus tickets from Heishui to Maerkang in advance online, and called the customer service at the station, and they were able to help us pick up the tickets at the station, so that we would not have to go to the station in Heishui County, and we could take the bus directly at the entrance of Yangrong Village. All the way through Naizigou and Hongyuan, the colorful forest in Naizigou is a bit overdone, and a lot of leaves have fallen. The yellow leaves of the grass near Hongyuan are not bad. If you drive or charter a car from Li County to Heishui, it will be closer and more beautiful to choose Hongyuan. When we came from Wenchuan, not only did we take a detour, but the scenery was not so good. When passing by Yangkou, I stopped and bought the local Huaniu yogurt, which is really pure natural thick milk flavor, without sugar, it is worth a try.
When I arrived in Malkang, it was already afternoon, it was a bit cold, but it was very clean. The capital of Aba Prefecture gave me a very good impression. Take a one-yuan bus to the pedestrian street in the city center, first go to the supermarket to buy yogurt, water and bread, and prepare breakfast for the next day, then go to Jiarong Cultural Food Street, find a hot pot restaurant, and have a meal of mushroom soup Hot pot, and drank highland barley wine for six yuan a tael. That night, I stayed at the Rongcheng Hotel next to the Malkang Bus Station, so that I could take the 7:20 shuttle bus to Seda the next day.
D7: Maerkang - Seda
I got up at 6 o'clock in the morning, and the shuttle bus departed from Malkang at 7:20, and it took six hours to walk. There were a few lamas in the car, chanting scriptures, the scenery on the road was beautiful, but they couldn't resist the drowsiness, and they slept half of the time. The bus is comfortable and the seats are spacious. All the way from Malkang to Seda is along the river valley, taking the National Highway 317. The scenery is good, and you can see golden forests along the way, distributed along the hillside. The road is very narrow, and there are many sharp bends. Every time you meet with a large vehicle in the opposite direction, you have to test the driver's skills. Often the distance between the two vehicles is only a fist or two, which really makes people sweat. When resting on the side of the road, I took a photo of a young man from Seda Buddhist College who was in the same car, which has a certain Andy Lau temperament.
When I arrived at Sertar, I found out that the bus first went to Sertar Larung Wuming Buddhist College, and then drove 18 kilometers to the county seat. But we have already booked accommodation in the county seat, so we can only go directly to the county seat. Arrive at the county seat at around 1:30, and live in the Seda Blue House International Youth Hostel, where there are 30 yuan per bed room. After settling in, I ate a bowl of beef rice noodles on the street, and then went to the Buddhist Academy. You can take the No. 1 bus at the county passenger station to the county square (2 yuan per person), and take the No. 3 bus to the Buddhist Academy (4 yuan per person). The transportation is quite convenient. To go to the Buddhist Academy, you can also carpool near the square in Seda County, 6 yuan per person. The Buddhist Academy also has a bus from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain, 3 yuan per person. To enter Seda Buddhist College, you need to swipe your ID card, which is unexpected.
Seda Larong Wuming Buddhist College is 3,800 meters above sea level, and the weather is very cold. Standing on the viewing platform and waiting for the sunset lights of the whole valley of Seda Buddha College, I put on all the down jackets and jackets. Most of the people waiting here are photography enthusiasts. Everyone chats while waiting, and the time is easier to pass. A lot of street lights were installed along the way, covering the lights of the red houses. As night fell, the feeling of official announcements could not be captured. The shuttle back to the county was gone, the taxi was gone, and there seemed to be no one in the carpool. I happened to see the photography group of the Rangers. Because they often participated in the activities of the Rangers, they had the cheek to rub their chartered car back to Seda County. When we got back to the county town, it was past eight o'clock in the evening, and most of the eateries were closed, so we bought a few steamed stuffed buns for dinner at the steamed stuffed bun shop next door.
D8: Seda Larung Wuming Buddhist College
I went out at 8 o'clock in the morning, and had breakfast at the bun shop next door to the youth hostel. I took a taxi to the station to buy a ticket to Xinduqiao the next day. I gave up taking the morning panoramic view of the Buddhist Academy and carpooled slowly in the square to the Buddhist Academy. I learned from the Tibetan friends who carpooled with us that they were going to catch the Dharma Conference, which is the most important Bliss Dharma Conference of the year, about life and death. It can also be seen from their clothes that they attach great importance to this puja. Both adults and children are wearing new clothes.
The weather was cloudy and sometimes sunny. We did not take the bus up the mountain. We walked up the mountain along the trail, occasionally turned into a small corner of the path to find out, and took pictures while walking. It took three hours to reach the top of the mountain. Most of the lamas and Juem here are unwilling to be photographed. If you do not have permission when taking pictures, try to avoid taking close-up photos of the locals. What shocked me the most was the cabins where these practitioners in Seda live. The entire valley is densely packed with a large area. It is really not easy to practice in such a simple environment.
At noon, I ate a buffet in the dining hall of the Larong Hotel. It is no exaggeration to say that this is the best meal I have eaten since I entered Sichuan. 49 yuan per person, in order to avoid waste, a deposit of 20 yuan is also charged per person, and it will be refunded only after eating and confirming that there is no waste. The food in Zhaitang is Cantonese style. There are about ten hot dishes, various soups, sweet and salty, rice porridge and miscellaneous grains as the staple food. In fact, most of the practitioners in the Buddhist Academy cook their own meals, or eat in some small restaurants, which are still very expensive for them.
While eating, it was snowing outside, and there was sunshine. Sitting in the warm dining hall and watching the sun and snow outside the window is so comfortable. It was too comfortable, and I missed the time to watch the sky burial. I had seen all the scenes of the sky burial before, so I just gave up. In the afternoon, I went back to Seda County to visit the Seda Gesar Art Center. There is also a performance by King Gesar here. It is said that tickets cannot be bought yet. In the evening, I went to a snack bar called Yibai in Seda County, and ate the best noodles here, which the owner of the youth hostel said. After we came back, we chatted in the living room. A young man from Zhongshan traveled here alone with kitchen utensils and ingredients. After listening to the boss’s introduction of the local situation, there were three girls who had visited the Northwest, and another girl had been out for two months and walked alone. .
D9: Seda - Xindu Bridge - Litang
We got up at 5:30 in the morning, and the owner of the youth hostel drove us to the station at 6:30, and took the 6:30 bus to Xinduqiao. The sky is still dark, but the stars are shining brightly. I feel what it means to travel under the stars and the moon. After dawn, I saw beautiful scenery along the way, clear weather, blue sky and white clouds, alpine grasslands after snow, but too many curves, easy to motion sickness. On the way, I bought a piece of rice jade at Luhuo Bus Station for 8 yuan. The strange thing is that there is a charge for the restroom at the station. Arrive at Daofu Bus Station at noon. It looks much taller, bigger and newer. The buffet is 25 yuan per person. Arrive at Xinduqiao at two o'clock in the afternoon, the weather is not sunny, the leaves have fallen, and the scenery is average. We temporarily decided to go to Litang, so that we can get to Daocheng early the next day. After being sold piglets once, I took a ride back to Litang. Although 80 yuan per person was not expensive, 30 yuan was earned by the dealer, but the driver didn't get much money. Arrived in Litang already at half past six in the evening. I randomly found a hotel on the street to stay in, and the conditions were very average. Here is one of the highest county towns, plus the bumps along the way, I feel a headache before going to bed at night.
D10: Litang - Daocheng - Yading
Carpooling from Litang to Daocheng, it is not easy to gather people in the off-season, and we don’t start until after nine o’clock. I met Long Ge, a professional plateau hiker, who walked the plateau alone with a load of more than 30 kilograms. On the way, we pass Rabbit Ear Mountain, which is 4696 meters above sea level. There are a pair of rabbit ear-shaped stones on the ridge, hence the name. To Daocheng, and then carpool to Aden. Brother Long was with us all the way, and the driver had to wait until two o'clock in order to find someone to carpool. The weather in Daocheng was very good, and there were no clouds in the sky. After lunch, we went around the most beautiful county in China, and it was not bad. On the way, I found that there is a shuttle bus from Kangding Airport to Yading Shangri-La Town, and many hotels are closed waiting for the peak season next year.
A 280 yuan ticket for the Yading Scenic Spot plus a shuttle bus, and a 40-minute sightseeing bus ride from the entrance of the scenic spot to Yading Village, all the way up and down the winding mountain road. It's a pity that when we arrived in Aden, we missed the good light for shooting. According to the recommendation of the driver of the sightseeing bus in the scenic spot, we should stay at Station No. 4. The name of the store is Nature Camp. It is facing Xiannairi Mountain. The view is very good. The price in the off-season is about 300 yuan. There are more accommodations at Station 2 because there are many shops and restaurants. Station No. 1 is the highest, and you must avoid high-resistance when staying at night. Stations 1, 2, and 3 are basically connected together and can be walked.
D11: Long-distance hiking in Yading Scenic Area
One day, it was autumn when I went, and it was winter when I returned.
Depart at 8 o'clock in the morning, take a sightseeing car to Zhaguanbeng (3800 above sea level), go to Chonggu Temple (3900) and transfer to a battery car to Luorong Niuchang (4180). Chonggu Temple temperature -8.6 degrees. The plank roads and meadows of the Luorong Cattle Farm were covered with frost, and the feet were very cold. The pastures are yellow and covered with crystal frost flowers, the light blue stream runs through, and there are green chrysanthemums floating at the bottom of the water. Not far away, Yangmai Yongshen Mountain and Shanuoduoji Mountain are reflected in the water. The larch in the foothills has turned yellow. It is transparent, the color is not bright enough, but it is still a picture of autumn colors.
It is a 5-kilometer hiking route from Luorong Cow Farm to Milk Sea (4500), with a round trip of 10 kilometers. For those of us who often hike through no-man’s land, it is not a corrupt route, but it is still 1 km away from Milk Sea. It started to snow in some places. Hiking in the snow is not as romantic and fun as in TV dramas. The wind is heavy and the snow is heavy. There is nowhere to hide, and walking is easy to fall. When we arrived at the Lake of Milk, there was a vast expanse of whiteness, only snowflakes were spread on the ice surface of Haizi like milk, and the lake was almost invisible. When we arrived at the Five-Color Sea, the snow was even heavier, and the original color of the lake was completely lost. There was only one color—white.
The three holy mountains in Aden are composed of three snow-capped peaks: Xiannairi, Yangmaiyong, and Shanuoduoji, which respectively represent Guanyin Bodhisattva, Manjusri Bodhisattva, and Vajrapani Bodhisattva. It is not easy for ordinary tourists to see them all. Chonggu Temple - Luorong Niuchang: 5 km, Chonggu Temple - Xiannairi Viewpoint: 1.5 km, Luorong Niu Farm - Five Color Sea: 4.5 km, Luorong Niu Farm - Milk Sea: 5 km. The return trip to the Five Colors Sea is all about walking in the snow, and the autumn colors on the way here are all replaced with silver clothes. It can be regarded as a trip to gain two seasons of scenery and earn money.
D11: Short-term hike in Yading Scenic Area
The weather is very good, and there is no cloud in another cloud. I plan to take the small ring road in the scenic spot. Chonggu Temple - Xiannairi Observation Deck, and Chonggu Meadow.
The small ring road is not long, and it takes about half an hour to forty minutes to go up the mountain. One is a steel-structured trail that goes up along the river; the other is a trail in the forest, partially paved with logs as steps, with tall larch trees on both sides, and pine needles flying all over the sky, covering the path. You can take different paths up and down the mountain and feel different feelings.
Although the Pearl Sea next to Xiannairi Mountain is not large, it is the best place to take pictures of the mountain, especially when the sun has not yet reached Haizi, the reflection of the mountain is in the water, and it is difficult to distinguish the real from the real. After the sun shone on Haizi, a thin mist lingered on the water surface, but it dissipated soon. After autumn, the Chonggu meadow is already a yellow color, and the blue alpine snow water flows through it. Walk on the wooden plank road or sit on the ground to have lunch or snacks, bask in the afternoon sun, look at the sacred mountain not far away, and sweep away the frustration of yesterday's bad weather.
D12: Aden - Daocheng
In a scenic spot as large as Yading, there is no shuttle bus to Daocheng, and the carpool costs 50 yuan per person. Although it is not far away, it takes more than an hour. We waited for an hour by carpool. One of the people who shared the car was from Daocheng. I asked him if he had any good restaurant recommendations. He said that the home-cooked restaurant in Qionglai was good. It just so happened that the hotel we booked was Daocheng Xueyu Garden Hot Spring Hotel, which was the number one restaurant in Daocheng. The restaurant was where we were staying. The hotel is ten meters away. The delicious grilled fish beat all the grilled fish I have eaten in Shenzhen. I also ordered vegetarian fried matsutake and tomato scrambled egg soup. We were all full. After walking around the Xueshan Square in Daocheng, I went back to the hotel to soak in the hot springs. I originally booked the cheapest room at 400 yuan, but the hotel upgraded us to deluxe rooms and gave us breakfast. It was really nice. Leisure day.
D13: Daocheng - Chengdu - Shenzhen
I booked a flight ticket from Daocheng to Shenzhen on the Internet, but no matter what, I could only transfer. Fortunately, the fare is not expensive, more than 2,000 yuan for a two-way trip, so I bought it quickly. It costs 5,000 to 6,000 during the peak season. There is an airport bus in front of Daocheng Xueyu Garden Hot Spring Hotel, 30 yuan per person, but there are only two buses. I got up early in the morning to eat, and then took the airport bus to Daocheng Yading Airport. This is the highest civilian airport in the world, 4411 meters, and I am a little out of breath when I walk fast. The reason why we spent a lot of money to fly back to Chengdu is because winter is here, and many snow-capped mountains and passes on the road are frozen, so it takes more time to travel by car.
Compared with traveling in brocade clothes, this trip in west Sichuan looks a bit awkward, but I feel better. I seem to be very tired when I wake up. During the thirteen days and nights, no matter whether it was under the calm sunshine or in the wind and snow, whether it was staying in a five-star hotel or a youth hostel, whether it was eating instant noodles or feasting, I felt no difference. Part of traveling life, enjoying that moment, enjoying the present.
