Travel strategy of Benxi Manchu Autonomous County (I am an authentic small city native)
tourist attractions
Benxi Water Cave
Guanyin Mountain (free)
Guanyinge Reservoir
Guanmen Mountain
Tanggou (Huaxi Mu)
Green Stone Valley
Tiesha Mountain
big stone lake
old ditch
lake (free)
There is a bus to Xiaoshi in front of Benxi Railway Station at 11.5 per person, so you don’t need to take a carpool. It takes 40 minutes to get to Xiaoshi, and you can also stop by passing by Benxi Water Cave on the way. Xiaoshi-Benxi Water Cave is also a small city and Benxi City It’s very convenient to take a full bus, and it’s only 10 yuan to take a taxi.
The left side of the small city is Guanyin Mountain. It takes 20 minutes to climb to the top of the mountain and you can overlook the whole small town. During the climbing process, you will see many squirrels. This is the place where our locals exercise in the morning, and it is also the most popular place in the small city. place.
The Guanyinge Reservoir is the second largest reservoir in Liaoning. There is no bus, and it costs 15 yuan to get there by taxi from the town. It is quite scary to climb the dam and look down. If the gate is opened and the water is released, it is of course very cool. When I was a child, my parents would catch fish in the river under the dam every time the gates were opened to release water, and I ate fish every day, which caused me to get hurt from eating fish, and now I don’t take the initiative to eat fish. The fish cooked in the hometown folk village in Baxia is delicious. I like fried fish roe with eggs. The big pancakes with cornmeal are very fragrant. Manchu sour soup, perilla leaves, and Bole leaves are all available (I will introduce the local specialties in detail later) The fish scales can be deep-fried so crispy that they can be eaten as a dish. You can also rent a stall for barbecue in the courtyard, which is also a good choice.
Guanmen Mountain, Tanggou, and Green Stone Valley are in one direction. It takes about 20 minutes to drive to Guanmen Mountain from a small town. It takes about 2 hours to climb the Xiaohuang Mountain in Guanmen Mountain. The water in Zhuanxin Lake is very clear. The water in the whole mountain is drinkable, and you don’t have diarrhea after drinking it. When your family goes up the mountain to pick mushrooms and vegetables Generally, you don’t bring any water, and drink directly from the mountains. If the maple leaves are red on the eleventh day, the maple king is really red. It is recommended to take a day to play.
Tanggou is the most famous hot spring place in Benxi County. Before it developed, many people in the town would go to any small shop in Tanggou to take a bath in the hot spring. The water is very slippery and natural. Now the most famous one is Huaxi Mu. My friends and I sometimes go back on weekends. In the morning, we take the bus at 7 o’clock in the morning to get to Huaxi Mu for about 40 minutes. The door is opened at 8 and the hot spring is also available. It won’t take a long time to soak, and it will be very tiring if you soak for a long time. It’s just a trip to the hot springs with various scents. Usually after 10 o’clock, go to the rest hall to take a rest, take something to eat and sleep, usually one or two in the afternoon Take a bus back to the small city around 1:00. If it is not a holiday, you can choose to live there for 500 a night, including hot spring tickets (normal price 158/piece), which is still very suitable. Spring and autumn are the peak seasons, you won't catch a cold if you soak in winter, and there is no temperature difference in summer. Anyway, I go all year round.
Green Stone Valley is a bit inside Tanggou, and you can also take a bus for 10 yuan and 40 minutes to arrive. The main reason is that the stones are covered with moss and are as beautiful as emeralds under the sunlight in the clear water. The whole scenic spot is not big, and it is recommended to spend half a day.
Tiecha Mountain, Dashi Lake, Laobiangou, and Huli are a line. Tiecha Mountain is the birthplace of Northeast Taoism. The main activities are mountain climbing. The steps are very high and it is very tiring to climb. About 7 yuan. However, it is recommended to travel by car in Laobiangou Lake of Dashi Lake. There are few buses and it is not direct. It is about an hour's drive from the small town. The lake is nearby, and there is a maple queen comparable to the Maple King of Guanmen Mountain. Dashi Lake is one of my favorite scenic spots. As a local, I used to think that there is something to see in autumn, and I prefer green mountains in summer. But one year, when the maple leaves were red, I accompanied friends from other places to visit all the scenic spots in the county. After a while, I fell in love with the beauty of Dashi Lake. The scenic spot of Dashi Lake is actually very small, but the whole scenic spot is surrounded by the lake, and the colorful leaves reflected in the water is a natural water painting. I used a mobile phone worth 800 yuan to take pictures in the water. The effect of the painting can be seen to be really beautiful. There is a small maple grove that is not that deep red, it is bright red and very beautiful. The four lakes I heard from my mother said that they had tried the iron pendant before, and the 10-meter rope did not reach the bottom. Although it is small, the water is really deep, which is amazing. It is recommended to play for half a day at Dashi Lake. The road is relatively flat and suitable for the elderly, but the water is relatively small, so it is the lowest ranked one compared to other attractions. It is recommended to play for half a day, which can be arranged with Dashi Lake at the end of the day.
These scenic spots are all beautiful, crystal clear, very clean, very cool, you can play in the water in summer, and enjoy the maple leaves in autumn, which is much more beautiful than the red leaves in Xiangshan, Beijing.
Accommodation: It is recommended to mainly stay in the town, which is relatively cheap and convenient to travel. The whole small town is not big, you can walk, and you can take a stroll along Binhe Road.
Food: Let me introduce the main point. When everyone mentions Xiaoshi, the first thing that comes to mind is mutton soup. The mutton soup in Xiaoshi is mainly goat meat with haggis and sheep blood. Put any seasoning, and drink the original flavor of lamb, and the most famous is the little lamb soup. In fact, we locals don’t go to the little lamb soup restaurant very much. My family usually goes to the Sunshine Market to buy mutton and haggis. 25 / Bowl, will come with soup, just boil it at home, don’t need to put anything, when eating, add green onion, coriander, seasoning and pepper according to your own taste. If you don’t want to do it, go to any mutton soup restaurant near the hospital of traditional Chinese medicine to drink a bowl. Note that our so-called bowl of mutton soup is not the kind we eat and put, it’s a piece of dry food (mutton, haggis, and blood) for you. Bowls, you can have as much soup as you want, and drink it in a small pot, so when ordering, you must not order the number of bowls according to the number of people, you will not be able to finish it.
Baked Potato Chips: The locals have everything from snacks to big snacks. Many foreigners don’t know this, but it’s a snack we ate every day when we were in school. Order a baked potato chip for 0.5 yuan and a bowl of rice for 0.5 yuan Yuan solved it, and lunch was delicious. Of course, it is still a must-eat when I get home now. I will definitely miss it if I don’t eat it for a long time. It is a snack I love more than mutton soup. Baked potato chips are not just potatoes, you can add bean curd, bean sausage and other soy products, you can also add sausages, fish balls and vegetable skewers, etc. You will be full for 5 yuan and 10 yuan. Recommend Liu Ji Potato Chips from Linyegang.
Cricket tofu is a Manchu specialty. There are very few crickets now, so I use river shrimp instead. Use a blender to puree the river shrimp, and make soup with cabbage to make shrimp tofu. It is located in the innermost part of Juhongyuan Food City opposite Hualong. There are 16/portions for sale at the stall, which is very fresh and light, suitable for all ages.
Sour soup is a Manchu specialty. It has a sour taste and is served with egg sauce. It can usually be eaten in local restaurants (although my mother often makes it, I didn’t like it since I was a child and felt sour).
Suziye is sticky food stuffed with glutinous rice and red bean. Suziye is just right on the bread in a steamer. It is similar to rice cakes but has the fragrance of Suziye.
Bole Ye is a vegetable dumpling wrapped with mulberry leaves and mixed with cornmeal and white flour, but it has the fragrance of the leaves and the taste of the noodles is different.
Both Suziye and Boleye are sold at the entrance of Hualong Shopping Mall in Xiaoshi. Hualong Shopping Center is the center of Xiaoshi. There is a supermarket inside and various snacks nearby. If you have eaten Xiaoshi’s baked bean curd, you will feel that it is the best baked bean curd in China. It costs 1 yuan and 1 handful, which is very cheap.
If you want to experience the local life, it is recommended to visit the Sunshine Market: for the mountain vegetables around May Day, every local family will go to the Sunshine Market to buy mountain vegetables in the afternoon when the mountain vegetables are in season. (thorn sprouts, celery, bracken, and various dishes whose names I can’t remember), my mother will buy a lot and freeze them in the refrigerator (I like celery, stir-fried vegetables, dumplings, and steamed buns are all good eat). There is also a kind of wild fruit soft jujube, green jujube, but with the taste of kiwi, you can also try it. Around November is the season for harvesting mushrooms. It is also in the afternoon, and there will be a street in front of the Sunshine Market for sale. You don't have to worry about being ripped off when you buy vegetables here.
