Guizhou, as a neighbor of Sichuan, is one of the places that I think is the most worthwhile driving besides Western Sichuan.
In winter, many places in western Sichuan are covered by heavy snow, and Guizhou has become the best choice for self-driving in winter.
There are magical karst landforms here, and the unique geographical environment has created magical mountains and rivers and high-quality hot springs.
Guizhou is also the province with the best expressway repair in the southwest region, and the latitude is low, so there is no need to worry about the road conditions in winter.
This time we chose the most popular RV to drive in Guizhou. RV is my mobile "home" for me.
About the itinerary
D1 Chengdu -- Liupanshui Accommodation: Liupanshui
D2 Liupanshui -- Qinglong 24 turns -- Xingyi Place: Xingyi
D3 Xingyi -- Maling River Canyon -- Ziyun Place: Ziyun
D4 Ziyun -- Getu River -- Guiyang Place: Guiyang
D5 Guiyang -- Xijiang Qianhu Miao Village Overnight: Xijiang Qianhu Miao Village
D6 Xijiang Qianhu Miao Village -- Xifeng Concentration Camp Overnight: Xifeng Hot Spring
D7 Xifeng -- Zunyi Meeting Site -- Shuanghe Valley Scenic Spot Behind Twelve Accommodation: Shuanghe Inn
D8 Shuanghe Valley Scenic Area--Chengdu
Qinglong 24 Turn Scenic Area
Maling River Canyon
Getu River Scenic Area
Guiyang Vientiane Hot Spring Resort Hotel
Xijiang Qianhu Miao Village
Xifeng Concentration Camp
Xifeng Hot Spring
Zunyi Conference Venue
Twelve Behind Shuanghe Valley Scenic Area
Qinglong 24 turns
Qinglong 24 turns is our first scenic spot in Guizhou, which was a lifeline of the Chinese War of Resistance.
Ershishidaoguai is located in Qinglong Mountain, Qinglong County, about 1 km away from the southern suburb of Qinglong County, and was called "Yaoguan" in ancient times.
It was built in the 24th year of the Republic of China (1935) and completed the following year. It was an important part and the only way of the Guizhou-Yunnan Highway at that time. It was the image logo of the famous Stilwell Highway, with a total length of about 4 kilometers. The highway was built according to the situation of the mountain, the project is difficult and dangerous, the mountain is steep, and the twenty-four bends are like a snake moving forward, with great momentum.
The straight-line distance between the first turn at the foot of the mountain and the twenty-fourth turn at the top of the mountain is about 350 meters, the vertical height is about 250 meters, and the inclination angle of the slope is about 60 degrees. Drive a car from bottom to top, and it takes about 8 minutes to climb the 24 turns; from top to bottom, it takes about 6 minutes. Although the slope is steep and the bend is sharp, there is no sense of panic.
During the "World War II", after the U.S. aid materials to China arrived in Kunming via the Yunnan-Burma Highway, they had to go through the "24 turns" of the Yunnan-Guizhou Line before being transported to the front line and Chongqing. It is responsible for the transportation of international aid materials to China, known as the "lifeline" of the Anti-Japanese War, and now there are relics such as the "U.S. Army Wall" and "U.S. Army Station".
In August 2014, Ershishidaoguai Anti-Japanese War Highway was listed in the first batch of (80) national anti-Japanese war memorial sites in the country;
In May 2017, the Ershishidaoguai Anti-Japanese War Highway was selected into the list of national red tourism classic scenic spots announced by 14 central ministries and commissions.
Continue to take the battery car in the scenic spot to the viewing platform on the opposite side, and you can overlook the whole Qinglong 24th turn without using a drone.
Moreover, a new Anti-Japanese War Museum has been newly built on the viewing platform, which contains precious materials left during the Anti-Japanese War.
Maling River Canyon
Maling River Canyon, located in Xingyi, is a very popular scenic spot.
I remember seeing a video on the Internet, hundreds of waterfalls pouring down, very spectacular.
However, such a scene can only be encountered in the summer of the wet season.
Winter is the low season here, but the scenery is still charming.
Above the canyon is the viaduct we walked through.
The only means of transportation in the scenic area is this sightseeing elevator.
It costs 40 yuan to go back and forth, but the distance is very short, so you can easily go to the end without sitting.
The Maling River Canyon is a deep fissure in the orogenic movement. There are waterfalls flowing in the valley, green bamboos hang upside down, and karst caves are connected. Ancient and famous trees on both sides of the valley are dotted in it, in various poses and with different expressions.
The fractures and folds of the rock formations are complex, which embodies the multi-layered and multi-type karst landscape. It competes with the Huangguoshu Waterfall on the east and west sides and the Stone Forest in Lunan, Yunnan, forming a karst scenery that covers China.
The sightseeing route of the scenic spot is very simple, that is, a circle around the bottom of the valley. Enter the scenic spot at the entrance of Xiaoqingshan in the scenic spot, take the sightseeing elevator down to the bottom of the valley, and enjoy the Yusabajiao Waterfall in the Yusabajiao Corridor, then turn left and walk along the path west of the river.
It is said that there are more than 100 waterfalls gathered within 100 kilometers here, which is also rare in the world.
Maling River Canyon is known as the concentrated expression of karst multi-layered landform landscape. The cliffs on both sides of the canyon face each other, and the valley is deep and fast. There are Wanma Roaring Waterfall, Pearl Waterfall, Veil Waterfall, Intermittent Five-fold Waterfall and Laoyue Waterfall in Tianxing Gallery Section. There are 13 waterfalls, including Xixin Waterfall, Lulian Waterfall, and Feiting Waterfall, one after another, with silver waterfalls flying down one after another. The rare ground fissures in the world have created the majestic, strange, dangerous and precipitous landscape of the Maling River Canyon Scenic Area, which is very conducive to the development of rafting exploration and sightseeing activities. The International Kayak Rafting Competition was held here.
The "Shima Ancient Road" in the southwest section of "Tea Horse Road" is mainly composed of Xingyi Ancient Post Road and Zhenfeng Ancient Post Road. An important post road on the "Xingyi Ancient Road" is on both sides of the Maling River. The plank road formed by connecting more than 1,700 stone ladders winds among the cliffs of the Maling River Canyon. It is only for single horses to pass. There is a "precipitous ladder" , "Tianxin Corridor", the bridge plinth in the middle of this broken bridge that was washed away by the river is skillfully pressed on the reef in the middle of the river, and then across the opposite cliff, it may be a relic left over from the ancient post road.
Getu River
“The karst landform of the Getu River in Ziyun, Guizhou is one of the most beautiful places in the world”
This is the evaluation of the Getu River by Richard Meyer, a famous French karst landform expert who has visited Ziyun three times.
I was also very lucky to follow this caravan self-driving group and was able to see its true face.
We set off from Chengdu in an RV, and it was already the third day to reach Getu River.
At the entrance of the scenic spot, first take their battery car to the pier, and then take a boat to the first stop: Dahe Miao Village.
A very original Miao Village, we also bought a local chicken in the village, and we ate chicken in Miao Village at noon.
Miao Village also has ethnic characteristic singing and dancing performances, as well as the stunt performance of "upping the mountain of knives and descending into the sea of fire".
Dahe Miao Village
Pass through Jiashan "A Line of Sky", go ashore and walk into Dahe Miao Village, which is known as a paradise. The village is surrounded by mountains, and the Getu River flows in front of the village. It is the paradise described by Tao Yuanming.
There is a unique Taoyuan scene everywhere here. The cliffs are regarded as homes, and the terraced fields are built against the mountains. They are built at sunrise and return at sunset. Chickens and dogs bark in the village, and life is simple and happy.
The natural ecological environment where Dahe Miao Village is located is unique. It is composed of strange peaks, river valleys, sandy bays, bamboo forests, villages, and pastoral fields.
There is also a unique Miao homestay performance.
When coming to Miao's house, wine is of course indispensable, and the girls sang a toast song when they came.
Going up the mountain of knives and going down into the sea of fire is also the finale performance of Miao Village.
Aerial photography of Dahe Miao Village, isn't this a paradise.
Then continue to make boats from Miao Village, which are the three most amazing caves in Getu River. The most amazing thing is that the river flows into the cave and disappears, and then a beam of light falls from the sky. The locals say that there is a big waterfall inside the cave, which flows into an underground river.
The rock wall is steep, and there is a large cave at the top and bottom. The upper one is called "Chuanshang Cave". Through the mountain, you can see the sky on the other side of the cave. The lower cave near the water is the Swallow Cave.
From the Qingming Festival of the lunar calendar to the Chongyang Festival in September, there are hundreds of thousands of swallows flying in the cave, building nests and inhabiting it, so it is commonly known as "Swallow Palace". The entire mountain has been carved by nature for tens of thousands of years, creating a magnificent landscape painting.
Yanwang Palace is 116 meters high, 25 meters wide and about 12 kilometers long. As soon as you enter the cave, the air immediately cools down. There are many dense nests of swallows on the top of the cave. Countless swallows live in the cave, come out early and return late, and multiply.
There is also a special "Spiderman" performance in the cave. A young lady is wearing a red dress and climbs along the cliff from the river. We are terrified to see it, and the Spiderman will sweat, but seeing her skilled skills, I am also relieved.
There are about 1,000 people in the four Miao villages on both sides of the Getu River. In the past, due to the lack of land and insufficient food, the Miao compatriots in Getu had to do small business, hunt and climb rocks to dig herbs, and collect bird’s nests for food in addition to farming.
Because rock climbing is a very dangerous livelihood, although there are more than 1,000 people living in Getu River, no more than 5 people in each generation can make a living by rock climbing. According to the old people, the "Spider-Man" has a history of 7 generations.
Guiyang Vientiane Hot Spring Hotel
When you come to Guizhou, how can you miss its hot springs?
We passed by Guiyang and stayed at the Vientiane Hot Spring Hotel in Guiyang.
This hotel is located near Guiyang Airport. It is still relatively large. It is a hot spring health complex integrating hot spring health and vacation.
The hotel has a total of 40 feeding pools and more than 10 original soup pools, each of which has a different functional area.
This is an indoor cave hot spring area, simulating the most common cave landform in Guizhou.
Walking in is like soaking in a hot spring in a cave.
The pool bar is not open this winter, it is estimated that it will be more lively in summer.
Xijiang Qianhu Miao Village
Xijiang Qianhu Miao Village is a place where the "primitive ecology" culture of the Miao people is preserved intact. It is composed of more than 10 natural villages built on the mountain.
, is currently the largest Miao village in China and even in the world.
It is a place to appreciate and understand the long history and development of the Miao nationality in China.
Xijiang is famous all over the world for its annual Miao New Year Festival, Eating New Festival, and Guzang Festival once every thirteen years.
Xijiang Qianhu Miao Village is an open-air museum that exhibits an epic of the development of the Miao nationality.
It has become a grandstand for watching and studying the traditional culture of the Miao people.
The buildings of the Miao nationality in Qianhu Miao Village in Xijiang are mainly wooden stilted buildings with a bucket-shaped roof structure.
Standing on the viewing platform of Xijiang, overlooking the entire Miao Village is very spectacular, and there is a beauty that shocks the soul.
Xijiang Miao stilted buildings originated from the southern stilt-style buildings of ancient residents, using a combination of multiple structures such as rectangles, triangles, and rhombuses.
The network system that constitutes the three-dimensional space is integrated with the surrounding green mountains, green waters and pastoral scenery, harmonious and unified, and complements each other. It is a living fossil of ancient Chinese residential buildings and has high aesthetic value in architecture and other aspects.
Shuttle on the streets of Xijiang Miao Village,
Sometimes I have a feeling of time travel.
The world is changing so fast, Xijiang seems to have pressed the pause button.
The food street in Xijiang Qianhu Miao Village, all kinds of barbecue and the like, are not very special.
However, the fish in sour soup here is still highly recommended.
If there are many people, it is also a very special experience to experience the long table banquet with Miao Village characteristics.
"Beautiful Xijiang"
There is a fee for the large-scale song and dance performance of "Beautiful Xijiang" in the evening
Every day from 20:00 to 21:10, it is also at the performance venue.
There are two types of ticket prices, 160 yuan per person for zone A directly opposite the stage, and 140 yuan per person for zone B on both sides of the stage.
This show is more professional than during the day, and the lighting at night is very dazzling and the effect is better.
The beautiful Miao girls are even more dazzling under the lighting effect of the stage.
Travel information
Public transportation: Take the bullet train from Guiyang North to Kaili South, and leave the Kaili South FIT Center to carpool or charter a car to Xijiang Qianhu Miao Village. The general price is 40 yuan per person. If the whole trip goes well, you can reach Xijiang Qianhu Miao Village in 2 hours.
Self-driving: Enter from the west exit of Kaili Expressway Company, go east through Kaili City, and go straight ahead. West Exit—Administrative Center—Jinquanhu Park—Sankeshu Town—Guading Town—Langli Intersection. Generally, it only takes about 30 minutes to 40 minutes from Kaili to Xijiang, and the whole journey takes about 3 hours.
Xijiang Qianhu Miao Village ticket information:
Xijiang Qianhu Miao Village ticket + 4-way sightseeing car experience adult ticket: 110 yuan
Xifeng Concentration Camp
Xifeng Concentration Camp is located 6 kilometers south of Xifeng County, Guiyang City. It was the largest secret prison set up by the Kuomintang during the Anti-Japanese War to detain communists and patriotic progressives. Four concentration camps.
Xifeng Concentration Camp is the largest, most strictly managed, and highest-ranking prison among the three secret prisons built by the Kuomintang. The other two are Wanglongmen Prison and Baigongguan Prison. The former is called the "university" in the concentration camp, and the latter The latter are called "middle school" and "primary school", which shows its high level and large scale.
Xifeng Concentration Camp is located in Yanglangba Maodong, 6 kilometers south of Xifeng County, covering an area of 57,124.4 square meters. People also call it Maodong Concentration Camp, which is the cave of Tibetan tigers. In addition to the headquarters of the Maodong Concentration Camp, there is also the Xuantian Cave, which was specially used to detain General Yang Hucheng and his family members. Moreover, Chiang Kai-shek ordered the transfer of all 16 institutions, including the special training class directly under the military command, to Xifeng County. In a county with only 2,000 people, there are actually 15,000 military commanders stationed there, nearly eight times the population of the county.
The military special agents named the eight cells of the Xifeng Concentration Camp with the words "loyalty, filial piety, benevolence, love, faith, righteousness, peace, and peace". Wait, plus the "Te Zhai" cell, there are 9 buildings and 52 cells in total. Except for the "Yi Zhai" where female prisoners were detained and the "Special Zhai" where non-communists and patriots were detained, the other seven prison cells were all set up inside the inner wall. There is a natural karst cave in the wall, that is, the cat cave, which is specially used by the spies for torture. In the cat cave, no matter how much the tortured people shout, they cannot be heard from outside. How many people died in the cat cave? There is no way to verify it. When the Kuomintang agents withdrew in 1946, the cat cave was sealed.
The first director of the Xifeng Concentration Camp was Major General He Zizhen, a vicious, bloodthirsty executioner known as a butcher. "Major General Zhou Yanghao, the prototype of the spy chief Shen Yangzhai in the novel "Red Rock".
Zhou Yanghao, Shen Zui and Xu Yuanju were called the "Three Musketeers of Military Reunification" by the Kuomintang. Zhou Yanghao was from the same town as the spy chiefs Dai Li and Mao Renfeng, and married Mao Renfeng's niece. After liberation, Zhou Yanghao was imprisoned in the Fushun War Criminals Management Center for more than 20 years until he was pardoned in 1975. But the heinous He Zizhen disappeared.
From 1938 to 1946, during the 8 years of the Xifeng Concentration Camp, 1,220 CCP members, patriots, progressive youths, and a small number of wronged by the Kuomintang were imprisoned. Among them, 140 were released, and more than 600 were killed or tortured to death. , more than 400 people are missing.
Walking into the gloomy and terrifying concentration camp and seeing the dark and damp prison cells, one can't help but think of the heroes who have been tortured so badly, squeezed on the beds like sardine cans, how did they survive the long night for several years? Seeing the wooden cages in the yard, I couldn't help but think of the martyrs who were stuffed into the wooden cages and were punished by being exposed to the sun at a high temperature of 30 to 40 degrees. When it was over, often a few straight corpses were pulled out. Walking into the concentration camp, I can't help but think of Han Zidong, who pretended to be crazy, how he pretended to be crazy in front of the secret agents for more than ten years...
Zhang Luping is not the youngest martyr. The youngest martyr is Song Zhenzhong, the prototype of the "little radish head" in the novel "Red Rock", the youngest son of General Yang Hucheng's secretary Song Qiyun and his wife. He spent 8 years in prison with his parents, and was only 9 years old when he was killed by secret agents in Daigong Temple.
Before leaving, I did not forget to present a bouquet of flowers to the martyrs.
Xifeng Hot Spring
Xifeng Hot Spring is a famous and classic hot spring in Guizhou. It is only an hour's drive from Guiyang, so it is almost hard to find a room here on weekends.
Xifeng Hot Spring is also one of the eight famous hot springs in the country, and is a famous tourist resort in Guizhou Province.
Xifeng Hot Spring is famous all over the world for its natural radon spring with a daily gushing volume of more than 1,000 tons and a perennial water temperature of 53-56 °C. , "One Mushen Tang is free from all diseases" and other reputations.
Here, the history and culture are long and the cultural landscape is unique. According to research, the discovery of Xifeng Hot Spring can be traced back to the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, with a history of more than 600 years. It was originally named "Holy Water", also known as "Hot Water" and "Cinnabar Spring". In November 1945, it was officially named Xifeng Hot Spring.
Here, the facilities, equipment and services are first-class, and the industry features are distinctive. There are more than 200 open-air pools, package pools, indoor pools and pot pools of different sizes and characteristics.
There is also an infinity pool that is also a hot spring, which is very spectacular.
Red Holy Land: Zunyi Conference Site
Arriving in Zunyi, the sky blue felt like a plateau.
We parked the car in the parking lot of the bus station and took a taxi to the Zunyi conference site, because the old town is too small and it is difficult for us to park so many RVs.
Even the taxi master said that Guizhou has had such a rare weather recently. It seems that Zunyi is really a blessed place for us.
After coming to Guizhou for so many days, the Zunyi conference site is the most popular place.
The Zunyi Conference site is located at No. 80, Hongqi Road (Jiaoyin Road), the old city of Zunyi City, and the old place is called Pipa Bridge.
The meeting site is a two-story building facing south, which is a brick and wood structure building combining Chinese and Western styles. It is covered with small gray tiles, and a "tiger window" is opened on the gable roof.
The whole building is divided into two parts: the main building and the courtyard. There are corridors around the main building, and there are ten arches between the pillars under the eaves of the building, which retains the structural style of ancient Chinese architecture "made in the Ming Dynasty". There are shuttle doors and windows upstairs. The top of the eaves column is decorated with chalky soil plastic flowers. There is a corner staircase at both ends of the east and west, and a wooden fence is added outside. The doors and windows are painted ocher, inlaid with stained glass, and there are board doors on the outer layer of the windows. Each room in the building has a closet. The entire main building is 25.75 meters wide from west to west, 16.95 meters deep and 12 meters high, covering an area of 528 square meters. The house was originally the private official residence of Bai Huizhang, the commander of the Second Division of the 25th Army of the Guizhou Army. It was the most magnificent building in Zunyi City in the 1930s.
The gate of the meeting site faces the street, and there were originally eight shops on both sides of the gate, which were the shops of Bai Huizhang's family. Entering the gate, passing through the hall, facing a huge brick archway, there are colored porcelain fragments inscribed on it, the front is "Welcome Lu", and the back is "Shen Du". Passing the archway is a small courtyard. On the south side of the courtyard, there is a small door leading to the inner courtyard of Baijia, and on the north side is the main building.
In 1935, the Communist Party of China held the famous "Zunyi Conference" in Zunyi, which became a turning point of the party's life and death. Zunyi was affectionately called "the city of turning point and the capital of meeting".
84 years ago, the Red Army, overcoming all obstacles, held a meeting here that was related to the life and death of the Party and the Red Army. This is the famous "Zunyi Meeting" that has gone down in history. Since then, the history of the Chinese revolution has turned at this turning point. The people who participated in the meeting at that time could not have imagined that their actions left an unforgettable history for future generations and also left precious red tourism resources.
According to the staff of the Zunyi Conference Memorial Hall, the Zunyi Conference site is now an important national tourist attraction, a national key cultural relic protection unit, a classic red tourism scenic spot and a patriotic education base.
In the memorial hall, there are more detailed materials about the Zunyi Conference and the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army at that time.
The "Long March" was a strategic shift of the main force of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army from the bases in the north and south of the Yangtze River to the bases in northern Shaanxi during the Second Civil Revolutionary War. Started in October 1934 and ended in October 1936. It took two years and traveled 25,000 miles.
From the Zunyi meeting site, it is the famous food street in Zunyi - Laosha Lane.
A street of about 50 meters, full of delicious food on both sides, bustling crowds, full of incense.
Behind Twelve. Shuanghe Valley Scenic Area
The first time I heard the name behind Twelve, I actually felt quite strange.
After going there, I found out that this is the treasure place of northern Guizhou.
In Guizhou, it is also considered an unpopular niche travel destination, and there are not many tourists, but the scenery is definitely world-class.
Here is the world's longest cave spanning 700 million years.
What kind of karst landform makes the canyons stretch here, and the tiankeng is densely covered with fissures.
In the evening we stayed at the Shuanghe Inn in the scenic area,
This inn is very distinctive. All the rooms are made from local materials and rebuilt on the basis of the old houses.
In 2016, Shuanghe Inn was selected as the "Best Boutique Inn" by "China National Tourism".
These rooms are unique in the architectural style of northern Guizhou houses, and are said to be the works of Zhang Yimou's royal designer Guo Yunfei.
Shuanghe Inn is also a subordinate hotel of the scenic area behind the 20th. This should be the most decorated hotel group in the whole area. I really like the green mountains, green waters and poetic fields, so it is very suitable for staying for a long time.
The combination of "twelve" is the word "king", and "behind" means hidden and unknown. Perhaps, "behind twelve" means "the hidden king of scenery"!
Shuanghe Cave--the longest dolomite cave in Asia. Shuanghe Cave has more than 30 cave entrances and more than 200 branch caves. A set of caves in the cave; it is the Guizhou Karst Natural Cave Museum.
The underground river valley of Shuanghe Valley, Tiankeng Waterfall, and the densely covered underground terraced fields are the most amazing;
There are also rare cave creatures such as blind fish and wild salamander in the cave. People have to sigh that the original cave scenery can be so fascinating!
This is the only large underground crack found in China so far. The crack gradually becomes narrower and wider from top to bottom. The narrowest part can only allow one person to pass sideways;
Walking in the big crack, it seems that you have stepped into hundreds of millions of years ago. Here, the time and space of 700 million years seem to be just a door.
Walking up the plank road, passing through stalactites and dark rivers, you can approach the gate of the center of the earth. We will stop here quietly to watch, and he will quietly continue to let time go by.
epilogue
In fact, I have been to Guizhou many times, but this time, except for Xijiang Qianhu Miao Village, it is my first time to visit.
The shock to me is also very great. I lament this magical landform. It turns out that there are so many magical places in Guizhou.
I also sighed that the great rivers and mountains of the motherland are so beautiful.
Everyone can't go abroad this year, why not take a good look at the beautiful scenery of our motherland!
