During the National Day holiday, the well-known scenic spots were crowded with tourists, so I found a comfortable place to stroll for a few days, and came to the earth dam in Maojia Village, Huize County, which is known as the largest earth dam in Asia.
It is very convenient to get to Huize. It takes more than three hours to get to Huize from Kunming North Bus Terminal (ticket 85 yuan).
Huize County is long and narrow. The Maojia Village Reservoir at the entrance of the county is surrounded by mountains and has dozens of miles of water, which is formed by a dam made of artificial soil into a clear water.
The largest earth dam in Asia (Huize people call it Maojiacun Dam), located in the middle reaches of the Yili River in Huize County, is the second largest earth dam in the world and the largest in Asia. It was first built in the 1950s, and the State Administration of Hydropower and Soviet experts surveyed and selected the site; the 100,000 troops started construction in 1958 and it took ten years to complete. The dam type is a clay core wall type dam with various soil widths. It is 463.5 meters long and 8 meters wide at the top. The reservoir is more than 20 kilometers long from north to south, with a water surface of nearly 20 kilometers and a total storage capacity of 553 million cubic meters. The designed power generation capacity is 1.6 billion kWh, the annual average is 1.2 billion kWh, and the irrigated area is 130,000 mu. There are commemorative signs left by the builders on the dam, which are "three red flags", one is "People's Commune", the other is "Great Leap Forward", and the third is "General Line". The five characters "Gaoxia out of Pinghu", in Mao style, borrowed Mao Zedong's poems to build embankments and build canals. The Yili River four-level trapezoidal power station was built. In the 1960s and 1970s, it solved the electricity problem in northeastern Yunnan and Kunming.
With its unique climate, location, and environment, Maojiacun Reservoir has become the training base for the national rowing team. Every winter, there will be rowing teams going to the reservoir for training, which has become a beautiful landscape.
Coming from Kunming, there are continuous mountains on both sides of the expressway, entering the Maojia Village Reservoir area, where mountains and rivers blend together and the environment is pleasant, making it a rare place for leisure and tourism.
On the shore, there are sparse houses located halfway up the mountain. On the bank of the reservoir, there are leisurely fishermen, some grazing people leisurely, and there are busy farmers with bright smiles.
It takes nearly 10 minutes to drive from the reservoir to the county seat. Huize has a long history. The world’s largest copper coin "Jiajing Tongbao" in the park shows the ancient atmosphere of Huize. When you come to Huize and don’t know how to mint coins, it’s like going to Beijing without knowing it. Knowing the Great Wall, going to Hangzhou but not knowing the West Lake, going to Kunming not knowing the Dianchi Lake is the same.
On Dongzhi Street, there are the ruins of the ancient city, as well as Huize’s famous snack—fried yams. The one along Dongzhi Street is the most famous. It is said that a small shop selling fried yams can earn more than 1 million yuan a year. There is also a saying "Eat potatoes, grow children", which means that eating more potatoes can make you look more handsome. This slogan has invisible lethality.
In Huize, there is also a special product - truffle, which is called "Fulin" by the locals. It's the one below, it's pitch black. But it can emit a strange fragrance, which is not very expensive in Huize City, about 200 yuan per kilogram. In other places that is simply a luxury.
Huize, this ancient city, gave birth to Tang Jiyao, the King of Yunnan during the Republic of China. Yunnan University was built by his old man. The school motto of Yunda is "To the world, Huize hundreds of families", which involves the word Huize .
In Huize, there is another must-see scenic spot, the sea grass mountain, the lawn on the top of the mountain stretching for dozens of miles, dotted with leisurely cattle and sheep.
In Huize, there is another thing worth introducing is the soft-seeded pomegranate, which tastes very good. Friends who come to play can buy some to take home as a gift to relatives and friends.
Play time, 2 days is enough.
Consumption, within 500, the purchase of special products does not count.
Stay in Huize: You can refer to Huize Guild Hall and Manhai Hotel, which are the best hotels in Huize. The price is more than 200.
Stay near Kunming Airport: Refer to Hangcheng Garden International Hotel, the environment is great, with free airport pick-up and drop-off, the price is in the early 300s, this price is very worthwhile at the same price in the surrounding area.
Some pictures are from the Internet.