In the Huangguoshu Waterfall Scenic Area in Anshun, Guizhou, there is a stone house called Stone Village, which is one of the tourist attractions in the Huangguoshu Scenic Area, but most tourists ignore this attraction. In fact, this is one of the eighteen strange things in Guizhou: the stone house is built against the mountain, and the stone tiles are used as roof belts. These houses are characteristic buildings of the Buyi people, who have a relatively large number of ethnic minorities in Anshun area. When it comes to the 18 monsters in Guizhou, we have to mention the "three kinds of monsters" that belong to Anshun besides the 18 monsters.

Anshun Impression: Three Kinds of Monsters

There are three kinds of weirdos in Anshun. One of them is called "the man in the factory". In the 1960s, there was a term called "Three Fronts Construction", and Guizhou was one of the "Three Fronts". "Third-tier construction" assists the economic development and construction of "large third-tier and small third-tier" cities by seconding some talented and capable people from other more developed cities. During the construction of the third front, a group of people came to Anshun. At that time, there were many aerospace factories in Anshun. These people from other provinces who entered the factory and worked in the factory were called "people in the factory". If you meet a local with a northeast accent in Anshun, it may be a "factory person".

The second kind of strange people in Anshun are called Chuanqing people, who were once characterized by wearing blue hats and blue clothes. In the column of ethnicity on their ID cards, it is not Chuanqing people but Chuanqing people. These Chuanqing people do not belong to any of the 56 ethnic groups. As for the reason, the main reason is that this part of the population does not meet the number required by a nation, so they are regarded as a group of people rather than a nation.

"Tunpu people" are called the third kind of weirdos in Anshun. Most of these people belonged to those who migrated due to wars at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty. They wore the improved Hanfu in Fengyang, Anhui Province: a hood on the head, two hangs on the ears, a sweep (four beeps) on the waist, and two curls on the feet. Although they are dressed in "outlandish clothes", they are authentic Han people.

Xu Xiake, a great geographer and traveler, once regarded these "Tunpu people" as "crested seedlings". In 1637 AD, Xu Xiake entered Guizhou from Guangxi and came to Anshun Huangguoshu Waterfall on April 23, 1638. However, the first thing he saw was Doupotang Waterfall, and then he appreciated Huangguoshu Waterfall under the guidance of a porter. Fall.

Xu Xiake visited Huangguoshu Scenic Area because he regretted that he could only see it from a distance but not up close, but he still let us appreciate the Huangguoshu Waterfall more than 300 years ago in his travel notes. There are three main scenic spots in Huangguoshu Waterfall Scenic Area: Huangguoshu Waterfall, Tianxing Bridge Scenic Area, and Doupotang Waterfall. Now, people not only have a long-distance viewing channel, but also a close-up route, and can even watch the waterfall at 360 degrees without dead ends. Speaking of it, modern people are relatively happy. According to the big data of Huangguoshu tourism, the best tourist route is the Great Waterfall --- Tianxing Bridge --- Doupo Pond: this route can be traveled at different peaks, and there is no need to queue for the "VIP channel" The way to play intelligently.

Board and lodging recommended

We chose to stay at the Huangguoshu Guest House, which is relatively close to the high-speed exit, only 2 kilometers away from the Huangguoshu Visitor Center, and only 300 meters away from the Huangguoshu Waterfall. You can walk directly to the Huangguoshu Waterfall from the Guest House. It costs about 400 yuan a night, which is relatively cost-effective in hotels in Huangguoshu Scenic Area. It is very close to the expressway of Huangguoshu Scenic Area, and you can walk to the entrance of the scenic spot. Each villa has several rooms, and each room has two beds. Although it is small, it has all internal organs. The living room is shared and there is enough space for activities. WIFI speed is also very fast, and buffet breakfast is included.

In fact, one day is enough to visit Huangguoshu, but it is recommended to stay in Huangguoshu for one night. The whole journey takes about 30,000 steps. It is still a test of physical strength. A good rest will make you feel better when you play.

Therefore, when we arrived at the Huangguoshu Guest House after a 2-hour drive from Guizhou Airport, we did not go to the scenic spot immediately. Instead, we had a good night's rest and planned to start the trip at 8 o'clock the next morning.

VIP channel

The VIP entrance passage of Huangguoshu Scenic Area is located a few hundred meters away from the lobby of Huangguoshu Guest House. This entrance is a fast passage, and there are almost no tourists. After entering the scenic spot, you can take a small sightseeing car to go directly to the Great Falls. Huangguoshu's ticket checking system adopts the "swipe face" method connected with the Ministry of Public Security. The tourists who can pass through this system are all "clean" people, and the time for passing the ticket checking can be greatly shortened.

Huangguoshu Waterfall

The water of the Huangguoshu Waterfall comes from the Baishui River, and the water is so rapid that it pours down at a height of tens of meters. From a distance, the waterfall hangs over the front river, but from a close look, it is as swift as a silver dragon. The sound is loud and loud, and you can hear it from a long distance The sound of the waterfall. Tourists can walk along the play plank road all the way, looking down, facing up, looking up, and looking back at the beauty of the Great Falls from all angles. There is a Baihong Bridge at the entrance of the Great Falls, and at the head of the Baihong Bridge stands a Xiake Pavilion. Presumably, Xu Xiake watched the Great Falls from a distance near this pavilion.

The route instructions of the scenic spot are very clear, even if you don't know how to go, you can reach your destination by following the instructions.

There are different viewing platforms on the tourist plank road on the mountain to overlook the big waterfall. The view is wide and unobstructed by wild trees, but the majestic and beautiful waterfall can be seen, and the sound is thunderous. Going down the mountain road all the way, when you get closer to the front of the big waterfall, the fine water droplets flying from the waterfall on the other side will come in the wind. If you encounter someone selling a raincoat for 5 yuan, don’t think that they are cheating For your money, at this point, you really need a raincoat.

The raincoat is an important tool to prevent getting wet when visiting the Water Curtain Cave --- the Water Curtain Cave is a landscape that cannot be missed when visiting the Great Falls. There are 6 cave windows and 5 cave halls with a total length of 134 meters. Watch the magnificence of the Great Falls. In the Water Curtain Cave, the water on the ground flows like a brook, and water drops drip from the top of the cave from time to time. When you walk to the back of the waterfall, if the sun is shining, you can see rainbows on the waterfall, which is very beautiful.

The most crowded location of the Great Falls is the viewing platform at the head of the cable bridge. From this angle, you can look up and look up at the Great Falls from the falling point of the Great Falls, and it is also the best place to watch the Great Falls. Because of the long road and beautiful scenery of the Great Falls, you can enjoy it here for half a day and you will be satisfied.

Chinese food: Wisteria Court

After admiring the beautiful scenery of the Great Falls, you can take the 350-meter-long escalator to the Wisteria Garden Restaurant for dinner. The Wisteria Court restaurant is very large, enough to accommodate hundreds of people dining at the same time.

There are some rooms in the Wisteria Court Hotel that can see the waterfall from a distance.

Bolian Hotel

There is a very high-end hotel near the Wisteria Garden, called Bolian Hotel. It is said that the design of this hotel is the same as that of the Burj Al Arab in Dubai. Although it looks ordinary from the outside, but because it pays more attention to soft decoration and service, the price is also very high. The cheapest room is more than 2,000 yuan.

This hot spring hotel has created Zen culture and tea culture. When you enter the tea room, you can know that the ingredients are expensive just from the smell of the aroma. Although we think that the price of the hotel is relatively high from the outside, it is said that many tourists choose to stay here because they like the high-end service here.

According to big data, you must finish your meal before 1 o'clock, and then quickly go to the waiting point of the tourist center to take the shuttle bus to Tianxing Bridge, otherwise wait until other tour groups have finished eating. When tourists flock in, queuing also takes some time.

Tianxing Bridge Scenic Area

Tianxing Bridge Scenic Spot is located in the lower reaches of the Great Falls, integrating mountains, water, forests, and caves. It is the shooting location of Gaolaozhuang, Pansi Cave, and Bailongma Chushui in the 86 edition of "Journey to the West".

The name of Tianxing Bridge has its origins. There is a scenic spot in the scenic area called Qiaoshangqiaoshangqiao, which is enough to illustrate the characteristics of Tianxing Bridge. Because of its karst landform, underground rivers are densely covered. When tourists walk on the Tianxing Bridge, they are actually walking on the underground river, which is equivalent to walking on the bridge. The second bridge is a naturally formed stone beam. After reinforcement, it becomes a bridge for tourists to cross the river. There is a huge stone between this bridge and the water flow. This huge stone was once used as a bridge, but it is a long time ago. , the stone fell down, and the image of the three bridges describes the characteristics of Tianxing Bridge. Because there are so many large and small scenic spots in Tianxingqiao scenic spot, as many as stars in the sky, so such a scenic spot is named Tianxingqiao.

It is said that the first training place for tour guides in Guizhou is the Huangguoshu Scenic Spot before taking up their posts. Only when they have brought tourists well in this scenic spot can they go to other scenic spots. This is because the Huangguoshu Scenic Spot is densely covered with dark rivers, and the safety awareness of tour guides is very high. high. For example, in "Journey to the West", the Maoshuitan where the white dragon horse came out of the water was filmed. When the river surges in summer, a water column more than two meters high can be ejected from the ground.

There is a Tianxing Cave in the Tianxing Bridge Scenic Area. The stalagmites and stalactites in the cave are densely covered. Under the light, it looks extremely mysterious and spectacular. You have to marvel at the uncanny craftsmanship of nature.

Walking on the Tianxing Bridge, you can hear the sound of waterfalls all the way, and all kinds of stone forests are impacted by the water flow, and then flow to the dark river of unknown depth. The famous writer Liang Heng once described these stone forests on the water: "After the water flows out of the Maoshuitan, it splashes on a rocky beach and hits various stone pillars and stalagmites. This scene is called the stone forest on the water."

However, the most spectacular part of the Tianxing Bridge Scenic Area is still the waterfall --- a variety of waterfalls: falling waves and snow, silver chain falling into the pool waterfall, Xingxia waterfall... Every waterfall is particularly beautiful When it is particularly spectacular, it is when the tour guide is most nervous. They keep their eyes on the tourists, for fear that the tourists will do things that are not conducive to their own safety in order to take beautiful photos. These waterfalls in Tianxing Bridge, just from the name, one can imagine the beauty, magnificence and momentum of the waterfalls. That is the dazzling and intoxicating beauty of the waterfall.

After walking the Tianxing Bridge, you can return to the station without going back. You only need to spend 10 yuan to take a short cut by cable car. A cable car can only take 2 people at a time. Looking down at the water flow of Huangguoshu on the cable car, it feels like aerial photography. That condescending feeling is definitely different from the feeling of walking on a flat road.

Doupotang Waterfall

When you return to the station, you can take the shuttle bus to Doupotang. During the period, the bus will stop at Dabao Station, so you don’t need to get off the bus.

Doupotang Waterfall, one of the three famous scenic spots in Huangguoshu, is famous for the 86 edition of "Journey to the West" at the end of which there is a segment of four masters and apprentices walking over the waterfall. It takes about ten minutes to take a shuttle bus from Tianxing Bridge to Doupotang Waterfall, which is located upstream of Huangguoshu Waterfall. The distance from the parking spot to the viewing platform is very short, and it only takes about five minutes to walk.

Doupotang Waterfall is the widest waterfall on the top of Huangguoshu Waterfall, and it is also the first waterfall that Xu Xiake saw in Huangguoshu. In his writing, Doupotang Waterfall "has water flowing down the cliff from the northeastern mountain armpit, smashing into the deep abyss, but it is seen that the upper part is white and wide, and the lower part is not seen, and it is covered by the opposite cliff. The distance is also", his description allows us to see the wonderful scenery of Doupotang Waterfall more than 300 years ago. According to the flow direction of the Baishui River, first there is the Steep Pond, then there is the Great Waterfall, and finally the Tianxing Bridge ends. It is said that the upper reaches of Huangguoshu Scenic Area is a large reservoir. Therefore, the water flow of the waterfall is extremely turbulent all year round, and the water flow is continuous throughout the year, especially in the summer rainy season.

In recent years, it is said that Jiuzhaigou Waterfall and Huangguoshu Waterfall are competing for the filming location of the scene where the four masters and apprentices cross the waterfall at the end of "Journey to the West". As for which waterfall was filmed, there is still no clear conclusion. In order to find the truth, I once sent verification messages to the four leading actors of "Journey to the West", but unfortunately, none of them responded. In fact, it doesn't really matter where it was shot.

People would rather travel thousands of miles to see the true face of this majestic and spectacular waterfall group. It is not just a credit to "Journey to the West", this attraction actually comes from itself.

After visiting the steep slope pond, it is equivalent to visiting the three most famous landscapes of Huangguoshu. Of course, the Huangguoshu scenic spot is too big, and it will take several days to visit in detail.

It only takes a few minutes to walk from the Doupotang Waterfall to the stop of the VIP channel sightseeing car when you depart in the morning. It feels really comfortable to return to the hotel without having to squeeze the bus with the tourists. In order to better serve tourists, Huangguoshu Waterfall Scenic Area can also provide customized services according to tourists themselves, so the experience will probably be more enjoyable.

 

Raiders tips:

Adult ticket for Huangguoshu Scenic Area + adult ticket for scenic sightseeing car 230 yuan

Cableway 10 yuan

Guizhou is cool in the morning and evening during this time period, remember to bring a coat.

Transportation: Huangguoshu National Key Scenic Spot is located in the southwest of Guizhou Province, 128 kilometers away from the provincial capital Guiyang City, 45 kilometers away from Anshun City, the western tourist center city, and 390 kilometers away from Kunming. National Highway 320, Guiyang-Huangguoshu (Guiyang-Huangguoshu) High-grade Highway, and Shanghai-Kunming (Shanghai-Kunming) Expressway directly lead to the scenic spot.

Highway: Shanghai-Kunming Expressway (Shanghai-Kunming): Kunming-Qujing-Shengjingguan-Qinglong-Guanling-Huangguoshu-Zhenning-Anshun-Pingba-Qingzhen-Guiyang-Kaili-Huaihua-Changsha; 390 kilometers west of Kunming , took about 4 hours; 128 kilometers east of Guiyang, took about 1 hour and 30 minutes.