foreword
D1, fly from Guangzhou to Xining, rent a car and drive to Huzhu Tu Nationality Homeland Park, Sumenyuan
D2, Menyuan Rapeseed Flowers, back to Xining for accommodation
D3, chartered car tour, Chaka Salt Lake, stay in Chaka Town
D4, Gahaiyuan, Keluke Town, Delinghasu
D5, Keluke Lake, Emerald Lake, Suda Caidan
D6, South Eight Immortals, Water Yardang, U-shaped road, accommodation in Golmud
D7, G109, Kunlun Mountain Pass, Hoh Xil, Su Yushu
D8, local tour in Yushu, accommodation in Yushu
D9, via Maduo to Gonghe, accommodation
D10, Haibei, Atomic City, fly to Xi'an, stay near Xi'an Airport
D11, Xi'an to Guangzhou
In 2014, I participated in two trips to the outdoor club. I knew that the team leader "Big Bear" had a route to Hoh Xil, so I paid attention to Hoh Xil at that time. Later, it seemed that the route of the outdoor club could not be organized, and a few years passed in a flash. Last year, Hoh Xil was included in the World Natural Heritage List, which strengthened my determination to go to Hoh Xil, because this is the only place I have not been to among the 53 places in China that are included in the World Heritage List!
In order to go to Hoh Xil, I took five days to fly to Chengdu in June this year to go to Seda with an altitude of nearly 4,000 meters (the travel notes of Seda will be written later), to confirm that we can still go to the plateau, after all, we will go to the base camp of Mount Everest It was already fifteen years ago.
Starting from July 11th, our daughter gave us 12 days (no need for us to take care of her son). In order to save time, we directly bought an almost full-price air ticket to Xining on the morning of the 11th. Seeing that the price of car rentals keeps going up on the Internet, I hurriedly rented a car online for two days, planning to visit Huzhu and Menyuan first. When I was planning how to go to Hoh Xil for two people, a farmer who used to travel with us sent a WeChat message asking us what travel plans we had in July and August? So we informed of our plan to go to Hoh Xil, and soon we decided to travel with four people. In order to save money, I bought them a flight ticket to Xining with a transfer on the 10th, and asked them to stay at Xining Airport for one night and wait for us. After that, we contacted to confirm the chartered car. In 2010, we had chartered the car of Master Cao Qian, a national moral model, in Xining. Later, we learned that Master Cao had organized a tourist team on the Internet. Call Master Cao, Master Cao already has a task, and finally confirmed that his nephew Xiaoguan will serve us. After confirming the chartered car, I also bought the return ticket.
The cost of this trip in Qinghai Province is about 5,500 yuan per person, plus 4,189 yuan for transportation (air tickets and transit accommodation) for a total of 9,689 yuan (per capita for both of us). Because the air tickets are cheaper than ours, the average per capita is less than 9,000 yuan. Among them, Qinghai rents a car and charters a total of about 10,600 yuan, 2,650 yuan per capita; accommodation: because it is more expensive in peak season, our requirements are also higher, and the per capita is close to 1,500 yuan; food: it is more luxurious, 1,000 yuan per capita ( It also includes the chartered driver’s meal and delivery of some things to the Hoh Xil Protection Station); tickets, transportation fees in the scenic area: more than 300 per person (three people buy half-ticket).
D1, at 4 o'clock in the morning on July 11, we asked a friend to drive us to the airport to take the 6:30 flight to Xining. I arrived in Xining on time at ten o'clock, but I had to queue up to go through formalities at the car rental company, and I didn't get the car until after eleven o'clock. After picking up the car, go directly to Huzhu Tu Autonomous County. Huzhu Tu Nationality Homeland Garden (5A Scenic Spot) is actually composed of several scattered scenic spots. I didn’t do my homework carefully before, so I was a bit confused when I went there. Fortunately, by accident, I went to the Xiaozhuang Scenic Spot first (its main function is to provide farm meals). It happened to be the meal time. I parked the car in the parking lot of the scenic spot and chose a restaurant called "Senna Farmhouse" for lunch. At this time, I began to understand the general situation of the entire scenic spot and the order of visits.
Tickets for the scenic spot are 100 oceans (including transportation), and the three of us who are over 60 years old are half-ticket. Take the traffic car in the scenic spot to go to the "Rainbow Tribe" first. There is a performance at 1:30, and the content of the performance is "Tusi invites relatives", "Tu nationality wedding", singing and dancing. We followed the rhythm of the show while watching the show while visiting. Then take a bus to visit the "Tianyoude" winery. During the visit, you can also taste the freshly steamed puree wine (more than 70 degrees), and finally bought a box (4 bottle 125ml) The locals commonly call it "Xiaohei" highland barley wine, which was later discovered to be too cheating! A small shop on the street in Xining only sells a bottle for 18 yuan. Going back to the parking place, the "Nutton Manor" is across the road. I went in and took a look, and found that it was similar to the previous scenic spots, and they were all newly built, which was meaningless. The last scenic spot next to it, "Folk Village", simply didn't go up. It was only around 4:30, so I decided to drive directly to Menyuan for accommodation.
The GPS uses the navigation set by Gaode map, and the GPS guides us to the shortest road. At that time, I was also a little confused, thinking that I was walking along the road along National Highway 227 in Datong County. As a result, some roads turned into very narrow country roads, and finally turned into gravel roads when I climbed the mountain, and I arrived in Osaka. Yahuo (about 3,700 meters above sea level), my partner wanted to take pictures of the altitude mark of the pass, and I also said that I would pass by here tomorrow without stopping. It wasn't until I went down the mountain that the GPS instructed to turn left, only then did I realize it wasn't that road. When I arrived in Menyuan County, I asked a few of the best hotels that were all fully booked, and finally stayed at the Haibei Hotel next to Jinyuan Square.
D2, after having breakfast on the street, I drove to Zhaobi Mountain not far from the south of Menyuan County. When I got to the middle of the mountain, I saw that the railing was half open, so I drove up the mountain without thinking too much. Zhaobi Mountain is currently building a scenic spot, and the mountain is still under construction. Although you can't see large golden rapeseed flowers on the mountain, there are various colors, rivers, snow mountains, cattle and sheep, and rising morning mist. The whole is a beautiful oil painting. When I went down the mountain, I found that the original railing had been put down and locked with a lock. After a lot of good words, it was Wu Yong, the military commander of the Water Margin! In the end, it still depends on that --------.
After coming out, I took pictures of rape flowers and highland barley on the hillside, then went back to the hotel to check out, left Menyuan County, and took National Highway 227 to Xining. Before going up to Banshan, I saw a large area of rapeseed flowers on the road, stopped to take pictures, and then spent 10 yuan/person to enter the rapeseed field to take pictures. When we arrived at the Banshan Observation Deck, it was still under construction, and cars were not allowed in, so we had to drive to a higher place where we could park and stop to take pictures. Because it rained yesterday, the water evaporated and formed fog as soon as the sun came out, so all the photos were foggy.
After going over Daban Mountain to Datong County for lunch, I arrived at the Jinjiang Inn next to the Xining City Hall at about 3:00 (luxury standard 294 yuan/room), after which I went to refuel and return the car, and then went back to the hotel to rest. By the way, I would like to make complaints about this Jinjiang Inn. This is the worst service attitude among so many Jinjiang Inns we have stayed at. The staff all have black faces, and they don’t even say "sorry" when they do something wrong. It is different from other Jinjiang Inns. The star store has a strong contrast.
I found on the Internet that there is a "small courtyard in the city" on Minzhu Street next to the hotel with good reviews, so I went out to find this restaurant during dinner time. People have no memory, and they forget the name of the restaurant when they leave the house. After walking for a long time on Minzhu Street, they couldn't find it, so they found it by asking people. The restaurant is in a large courtyard, the facade is very small, but the inside is different. I don’t know whether it’s because of our good character or luck, but this place is usually fully booked. Today, there happened to be a table that couldn’t come because of something. The three beauties who came in before us took up half of the table, and we immediately occupied the other half. I ordered his family's specialties, roasted yellow croaker, fried tripe, eggplant with lamb paste, and a plate of fried lettuce. Later, I saw the "Qinghai Three Burns" ordered by the beautiful woman at the same table. It looked really attractive, so I asked the boss to add this dish. I went to the street and bought a bottle of Xiaohei (125 grams of highland barley wine) to eat the vegetables, but several people tried their best to finish the vegetables. This restaurant is said to be very authentic Qinghai cuisine, which is delicious and filling, and it is worth recommending.
D3, set off at about 6:40 after meeting with the driver Xiaoguan in the morning, avoiding the rush hour for work, and going to Huangyuan County to have breakfast. After breakfast, walk along Qinghai Lake to Chaka Salt Lake. The beautiful scenery of Qinghai Lake is endless. I came here more than ten years ago in early August 2001, and I was shocked by the gorgeous colors at that time. The azure blue of the lake and the sky is inlaid with white clouds, the golden rapeseed flowers by the lake, and the green grass are unforgettable. Today, the beauty remains the same, but with a more commercial atmosphere.
When we were about to leave Qinghai Lake, we suddenly saw many cars parked on the side of the road. We also asked Xiaoguan to stop to have a look. It turned out that there were countless adult Qinghai Lake Huangyu migrating against the current in the small river under the highway bridge. The scene was quite spectacular. ! Qinghai Lake is a saltwater lake. Adult yellow carps can grow in the lake, but their spawning and juvenile growth still need to be in fresh water. Therefore, at this time of year, mature yellow carp have to migrate against the current to freshwater rivers and streams. Lay eggs and reproduce. We were indeed lucky to meet! Huang carp in Qinghai Lake is now a national second-class protected fish. It is said that there are relevant personnel guarding it along the way to prevent birds from invading, and human fishing is strictly prohibited.
At around 12:00 noon, we had lunch at a roadside restaurant close to Chaka Salt Lake. After lunch, we went directly to the Chaka Salt Lake Scenic Area. Tickets are 70 yuan per person, half-ticket for 60-year-olds, and 100 yuan per person for the small train. Chaka Salt Lake is much bigger than I originally imagined, and there are many more tourists in it than I imagined! Queuing up to buy tickets, queuing up to enter, queuing up to take the small train, after more than an hour, I finally arrived at the terminal of the small train-the center of the scenic spot. Playing in it, taking pictures for nearly an hour, the background is full of people in the direction of the light, and the place with no one is backlit! In addition, there was a heavy rain yesterday, the water was much deeper, and the wind caused ripples, which greatly reduced the effect of "Mirror of the Sky".
The reason why Chaka Salt Lake can become a "mirror of the sky" is mainly because the water is shallow (normally only a few centimeters in many places) and has high salt content. After the rain, the water is deep and the specific gravity is low. As long as there is wind and water, it will not be calm, so sex lovers really should not come this season.
Leave Chaka Salt Lake to stay in Chaka Town. There are hotels of various grades in Chaka Town. Since it is very expensive in peak season, we chose a hotel with a standard room of 400 yuan per room (probably Samsung facilities). After resting for a while, we went downstairs to have dinner. There are many restaurants in Chaka Town Street, with all kinds of flavors. We ordered hand-caught sheep, which tasted good. Most of the land in Qinghai is saline-alkali. It is said that mutton that eats grass grown in saline-alkali land is of better quality and has no smell.
D4, have a buffet breakfast at the hotel and then go to Delingha. On the way, I passed the source of Gahai Sea, turned in and took a look. There is not much water, just a stretch of river beach and grass. Arrived in Delingha City at noon, I found a donkey meat restaurant for lunch at the food street. I ate donkey meat, donkey intestines, and donkey miscellaneous soup at 180 Dayang, which was affordable and delicious. The driver, Xiao Guan, has a Fa Xiao who works as an official in this city. After lunch, Xiao Guan’s Fa Xiao led us to the contracted hotel of their unit——Zhongde Hotel (268 yuan/standard room, which is already the current time) The most cost-effective itinerary) stay. After that, I set up navigation to go to the Alien Site in Delingha. In fact, I saw a post on the Internet in April saying that the road to the Alien Site was flooded, but I thought it had been a few months, so it should be fixed. ! It turned out to be blocked a few kilometers away from the alien ruins (still under construction). We were forced to go back the same way. Although they failed to reach the destination, they also visited the wolfberry garden along the way, allowing the two companions to see the growing wolfberries. The scenery along the way is good, and there are no cars on the road, which greatly satisfies the group of "photographers". Finally, we visited the small town of Keluke and returned to the urban area of Delingha. I wanted to visit the Haizi Poetry Exhibition Hall but the door was not open, so I had to visit the city and then go back to the hotel to rest. The hotel room can just see the Bayin River, and the view is good. Dinner will be settled at the hotel nearby. At night, the lights on both sides of the Bayin River are beautiful. I checked the map and found that the Bayin River landscape belt is only a few hundred meters away from the hotel, so I walked alone to take some photos and videos.
The place name Delingha has been deeply imprinted in my mind for some time, maybe this name is very special? Maybe it's because of Haizi? In fact, all I knew about Haizi before was that he was a modern poet who committed suicide, and his sentence "I have a house facing the sea, and the spring is warm and the flowers are blooming." In Delingha" such a sentence. Until we passed the gate of Keluke Nongken Cultural and Custom Town on the way to the alien ruins, on the lintel was written "Sister, I am in Delingha tonight", the driver Xiaoguan asked me: "Uncle, what do you mean? At this time, I hurried to find "Du Niang", and found Haizi's poem called "Diary", in which there are two lines "Sister, I am in Delingha tonight", and the last line of the poem "Sister, I don't care about tonight" Human beings, I only want you" I think it should be the "golden line" of this poem, so that it can be widely spread!
D5, still not giving up on the alien ruins, after having a free buffet breakfast at the hotel, I plan to take the main road to the alien ruins via Keluke Lake. Keluke Lake tickets are 20 yuan, free of charge for those over 60 years old. The four of us bought a ticket and went in. There is really nothing to see in Luke Lake, so I turned around and took a few photos before coming out. I asked the staff of the scenic spot, and they all said that the road to the alien ruins was broken and I couldn't go there. But we still didn't give up, and continued to walk in according to the navigation route for a while, and asked the locals on the side of the road, and we were sure that we couldn't go, so we went to Dacaidan Town.
At noon, I ate ground pot chicken at 210 yuan in Dacaidan Town, and it was quite comfortable to eat. Then stay at Tiancheng Hotel (400 yuan/standard room including breakfast), rest until 4 pm before leaving for Emerald Lake. Emerald Lake is also a salt lake. Large pits were dug for salt mining. The water is salty and emerald in color, like emeralds inlaid on the ground, so beautiful! We drove to the innermost place where there was no one to take pictures, and then went out one by one, and didn't come out until almost six o'clock. Now Emerald Lake is still a free attraction, and it will be difficult to say next year.
For dinner, I ate hand-caught sheep and kebabs at the open-air table of the restaurant next to the hotel. The kebabs here are genuine and delicious!
D6, set the GPS to take the northern line from Dacaidan to Shuishang Yadan, passing through Nanbaxian Yadan. This Yadan landform has a very large range, starting from Nanbaxian all the way to Shuishang Yadan, but the distance from the road is different. This Yadan landform area is very large, and tickets are currently not accepted. Cars can also drive into the depths of Yadan, and people can also climb up the hills to have zero-distance contact with it.
Arrive at "Wusut Water Yardang Geopark" at about eleven o'clock. Tickets and sightseeing cars are 60 yuan each, half tickets for those over 60 years old. Take a sightseeing bus from the gate to the sightseeing station deep in the scenic spot. There are camels, ATVs, and horses here for you to continue to explore deeper into the scenic spot. This is good news for color lovers, because the water surface is large, and it takes a long distance to change the angle. We played and took pictures inside for more than an hour, and finally returned to the entrance of the scenic spot by sightseeing car. Take the car along the original road of National Highway 315 and return to the three-fork intersection where you turned into National Highway 315 when you came in the morning. There are several restaurants there. I chose a decent one, but there are too many people. It is estimated that it will take a long time to eat and cook. A bowl of noodles (in fact, I waited for a long time, because the noodles have to be cooked with a pressure cooker).
After lunch, go to Golmud City along National Highway 315, which is known as "the most beautiful U-shaped highway in China". Tourist cars will stop to take pictures when passing by, and we are no exception, but there are still cars passing by this road from time to time, and the speed is still very fast. , You really have to pay attention to safety when parking and taking pictures.
Arrive in Golmud City in the evening, choose James Joyce Coffetel Hotel next to the downtown square for accommodation (287 yuan/standard room). This James Joyce Coffetel Hotel is located on the top floors of Huaxing Business Daxia. There is a restaurant of the Four Seasons Hotel on the fifth floor of Daxia. For dinner, I ate roast leg of lamb in the Four Seasons restaurant. I ate 432 oceans. Because the journey tomorrow is very long, in order to save time, I plan to eat dry food for lunch. After dinner, I will go to the supermarket downstairs to buy food for tomorrow and instant noodles for the Sonam Dajie Protection Station. The original plan was to deliver some fresh vegetables, but the driver Xiaoguan said that there are too many people going, and the fresh vegetables will be wasted if they can’t finish them, so it’s better to send instant noodles.
D7, today is the highlight of this itinerary, the only place among the 53 world heritage sites in China that has not been visited - Hoh Xil! In 2010, I took the Lhasa-Xining Qinghai-Tibet Line train and passed Hoh Xil, and saw Tibetan antelopes from a distance, but I never went to Hoh Xil in a down-to-earth manner.
The original plan was to stay in Qumalai County (about 4,200 meters above sea level) after going to Suonan Dajie Protection Station. The driver Xiaoguan suggested that it is better to rush to Yushu (about 3,700 meters above sea level), which can reduce the chance of altitude sickness. So we had to start early on this day. Fortunately, the hotel's free buffet breakfast was available very early, and we drove from the downstairs of the hotel at about 6:40.
National Highway G109, also known as the Qinghai-Tibet Highway, has a lot of large vehicles. At 9 o'clock, I stopped for a while at a parking spot overlooking the snow-capped mountains, and then I sat in the driver's seat. The altitude is constantly rising, and there is a convoy of troops passing by. At an altitude of about 4,200 meters, there are large flat areas on both sides of the road. There are a large number of PLA troops stationed and trained. There are endless artillery and tanks. It is a new force ready to deal with the provocation of India's Asan. During the Langdong conflict, many people questioned China's weakness. In fact, in addition to international and diplomatic reasons, there is another reason--unprepared! The Sino-Indian border is a high-altitude area. The strength and equipment of Tibet's garrison alone does not have an advantage. Troops transferred from the plains must have a period of adaptation to the plateau. Now the People's Liberation Army has a large number of troops stationed and trained on the plateau, which is also a deterrent to Indian Asan.
At around ten o'clock, we finally arrived at the highest point of the day - the Kunlun Mountain Pass at an altitude of 4,768 meters. We stopped to take pictures. After a few days of adaptation to the plateau with an altitude of more than 3,000, everyone was just a little out of breath, and there was no reaction. There are statues and monuments of Sonam Dajie at the Kunlun Mountain Pass, stone tablets engraved with various names obtained by the Hoh Xil Reserve, as well as sculptures of the Tibetan antelope, the symbol of Hoh Xil, and prayer flags that will never be missing at the mountain passes in Tibetan areas.
After lingering at the Kunlun Mountain Pass for more than ten minutes, I boarded the car and continued on my way. At this time, we officially entered the Hoh Xil Reserve. Only a few minutes after entering Hoh Xil, we saw a group of Tibetan antelopes under the Qinghai-Tibet Railway Bridge for the first time! Everyone was very excited to get out of the car to take pictures, but unfortunately it was far away, and the photos taken by mobile phones were not ideal. Only my Kodak camera with 65x optical zoom could take clear images, and there were sporadic Tibetan antelopes on the road afterwards. Arrive at the first protection station in the Hoh Xil Reserve at 11:00 - Budongquan Protection Station. I thought that the non-frozen spring was a scenic spot, but the staff at the protection station told us that the non-freeze spring is just a spring, and it is now within the scope of the protection area, so we can't go in. There is a snow mountain viewing platform not far in front of us. So we took a few photos at the Budongquan Protection Station and continued on the road. For some reason, we missed the Snow Mountain Viewing Platform and drove all the way to the Sonam Dajie Protection Station.
I uploaded a video of Huang fish migrating in Qinghai Lake, but I can't open it, and I don't know how to delete it.
Suonan Dajie Wildlife Rescue Center, also known as Suonan Dajie Wildlife Rescue Center, is the first natural ecological environment protection station in China. It was funded by non-governmental organizations and assisted by the Western Working Committee of Zhiduo County in September 1997. On the 10th, the Sonam Dajie Nature Reserve, which was established at the foot of Kunlun Mountains on the east side of Hoh Xil, was the forefront base of anti-poaching work in Hoh Xil at that time. Its establishment has promoted the process of protecting the Hoh Xil Tibetan antelope.
After arriving at the protection station, we gave the two boxes of prepared instant noodles to the protection station. The Tibetan guy who received us took us to visit the small museum of the protection station, which displayed many specimens of wild animals in Hoh Xil. After visiting the small museum, we planned to have our own lunch (instant noodles, etc.) here. Seeing that it was windy outside, the young man led us into the interior of the protection station and let us use the boiling water of the protection station. After lunch, we left all the fruits we brought to the protection station. When I was about to leave, I saw a young man coming to Tibet on a bicycle, and I borrowed the young man's bicycle and helmet to take a round of photos.
After leaving Sonam Dajie Protection Station, return along the original road of G109 (Qinghai-Tibet Highway). Soon I saw the Tibetan wild ass again, and there was the Tibetan antelope next to it. I was lucky to take a picture of the Tibetan antelope and the Tibetan wild donkey in the same frame, and soon saw a group of wild yaks. On the return trip, I finally saw the Snow Mountain Observation Deck. Naturally, I stopped to take pictures. Afterwards, I drove along G109 back to Budongquan, then turned to G215 and headed towards Yushu.
A long section of the G215 National Highway is also a no-man's land. On the way, there are also groups of Tibetan antelopes and Tibetan wild donkeys. Some are still very close to the road. Finally, I saw an elegant black-necked crane. Both the black-necked crane and the red-crowned crane have a red top on their heads. The difference is that the neck of the black-necked crane is completely black, while the red-crowned crane has a section of white feathers on its neck. Black-necked cranes inhabit swamps, lakes and river beaches on plateaus at an altitude of 2,500 to 5,000 meters. They live on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in summer and winter in Yunnan and other places.
After driving for about three hours, I handed the steering wheel back to Xiaoguan. Xiaoguan told us that it is easy to see wild wolves near the evening. We kept an eye on the ravine between the two mountains on the roadside, but we still didn’t see wild wolves. Instead, we saw a lot of wild dogs (stray dogs). The closer we got to Yushu, the more there were. . Xiaoguan said that some time ago, Yushu organized people to catch wild dogs, and they caught six to seven thousand. When we passed through Zhiduo County, we also saw a big dog cage full of wild dogs.
Passing Qumalai, crossing the Tianhe River, after a lot of governance, when it was getting dark, we arrived at Jiegu Town, the seat of Yushu State Capital. Xiao Guan first took us to a familiar hotel, which looked okay on the outside, and went upstairs to check the room, but as soon as we went up the stairs, we were smelled back by the unpleasant smell, and left without looking at the room. What we didn't expect was that we searched for several higher-grade hotels one after another, but there were no rooms. Finally, we found this hotel called "Sloppy" to have rooms. This hotel has no elevator and costs 398 yuan per standard room. We have a lot of luggage, and it is easier to cause altitude sickness when moving heavy objects upstairs at high altitudes. Fortunately, everyone is fine. It was very late to settle down, and immediately went to the beef noodle restaurant at the street corner to eat a bowl of beef noodles. We were also the last group of diners of the day.
D8, I slept for more than an hour today, and I didn’t go out until 8:30 to have breakfast at the beef noodle restaurant where I ate noodles last night (this restaurant also just opened). After breakfast, go to the Xinzhai Kanamani (Mani) stone pile, which is only three kilometers away from Jiegu Town, and go there at about half past nine.
The Xinzhai Mani pile is said to be the largest Mani stone pile in the world. These scripture stones are of different sizes and shapes. The big ones are like tabletops, and the small ones are just like eggs. The content engraved on the Mani stone is generally related to Tibetan Buddhism. There are Buddhist scriptures, most of which are six-character mantras, as well as other auspicious languages, as well as statues of Buddhas and gods, as well as animals or ghosts and ghosts, which are very rich in content. The founder of Manidui in Xinzhai, Gyana Living Buddha is a Kham person. He once practiced in Mount Emei and Mount Wutai, and then traveled around and worshiped holy places in Tibetan areas. When I came to Xinzhai Village more than 200 years ago, I found a Mani stone that naturally appeared in the Six-Character Scripture, so I lived in the village based on this, and spent my life carving Mani Stone together with monks and laymen. In the early days of liberation, the Mani stone pile formed a large-scale Mani Stone Sutra City with a length of 450 meters from east to west, a width of 100 meters from north to south, and a height of 3 meters. Covering an area of 25 mu, there are about 2.5 billion mani and scripture stones.
The current Mani stone pile is 283 meters long from east to west, 74 meters wide from north to south, and 2.5 meters high. Sutras and more than a dozen pagodas. In the Buddhist hall of Shijing City, there are also statues of the first Gyana Living Buddha who founded Shijing City and self-showing Mani stones.
Generally, local believers will circle the Mani stone pile three times when they come here. Since the location where we got off the car and the last parking position of the driver Xiaoguan is at the two ends of the Mani stone pile, we also circled and a half. Behind the Mani stone pile (on the side of the mountain) there are many sellers of scripture stones, and many believers are trading with them, probably asking someone to put them on the Mani stone pile after buying them.
After visiting the Mani stone pile, we came to the Tang Zeng Sun scripture stone in Tongtian River. According to legend, when the Tang monk was learning Buddhist scriptures, he crossed the Tongtian River and was assisted by a giant tortoise. The giant tortoise asked Tang Monk to go to Xitian Tathagata to find out when it could achieve a positive result. However, after Tang Seng arrived in Xitian, he was busy learning Buddhist scriptures and forgot to consult about the giant tortoise becoming a fairy. After learning the scriptures and passing through the Tongtian River, the giant tortoise crossed the river carrying the Tang monk and his disciples again. He walked to the middle of the river and asked about the entrustment. The Tang monk told the truth, and the giant tortoise sank to the bottom of the water in anger. The Tang monk and his disciples fell into the water, and the Buddhist scriptures were completely wet. The master and apprentice picked up the Buddhist scriptures and put them on the rocks by the river to dry. When it was about to dry, a gust of wind blew, and Buddhist scriptures were flying all over the sky. The master and apprentice stopped and caught them slowly, but there were still a large number of Buddhist scriptures scattered on both sides of the Tongtian River. The scattered Buddhist scriptures have become the current Mani stone.
Returning to the entrance where the Zhaqu River merges into the Tongtian River from the Sutra-Drying Stone, we can see the clear and turbid boundary between the two rivers. Continue on and turn into Lebagou. There are ancient Buddhist cultural stone carvings in the valley. According to legend, it is the historical and cultural relics left by Princess Wencheng and Princess Jincheng when they entered Tibet successively. In the ditch, there are also religious and cultural stone carvings all over the mountains and plains carved by local Buddhist believers in modern times. In addition, the scenery in Lebagou is also very beautiful, with trickling streams, green hillsides, and yaks all over the mountains. After crossing the entire Lebagou to the Princess Wencheng Temple in Benagou, it was raining heavily at this time, so I went into the temple to have a look in the rain.
Princess Wencheng Temple, also known as "Gasa Princess Temple", is said to have been built by Tibetans in the Tang Dynasty to commemorate Princess Wencheng. It has a history of more than 1,300 years. According to legend, Benagou in Yushu County was the place where Princess Wencheng stayed the longest on her way to Tibet. The Tibetan leaders and people here once held a grand welcome ceremony for her. Princess Wencheng was deeply moved and decided to stay longer and teach the local people farming and weaving techniques.
After leaving the Wencheng Princess Temple, you will arrive at the Changu Temple and turn into the Batang Grassland. The Batang Grassland is the largest plain near Yushu, and the Yushu Airport is also here. A small hill in the grassland is the former sky burial platform in the Yushu area. In order not to affect the take-off and landing of the aircraft, it has been moved to another place. On the platform to the south of the Batang Grassland is the barracks and airport of Ma Bufang, the Majia Army of Qinghai. The side roads on the prairie are full of colorful flowers, which makes the "nympho" who are traveling together linger and forget to return. In the end, the driver Xiaoguan deliberately drove 200 meters longer and returned to the Changu Temple, saying that he made a complete circle, which was considered complete.
It was more than two o'clock when we returned to Yushu City. There were remnants of the Yushu earthquake at the intersection of entering the city. We spent some time taking pictures there. We couldn't find a place to eat along the way. We went back to the downstairs of the hotel where we were staying. It was okay. Some restaurants are still open. It was almost four o'clock after lunch, and everyone went back to their rooms to rest. At dinner, it turned out that the driver Xiaoguan said that Yushu asked his Tibetan friend to take us to have a Tibetan meal. As a result, his friend was not in Yushu these two days, so Xiaoguan had to take us to have a Chinese meal. Since lunch was too late, everyone had no appetite, Xiao Guan secretly went to pay for the meal, and insisted that he treat the guests.
D9, today I plan to rush to Gonghe, the capital of the Tibetan self-made state in Hainan, and the journey is relatively long. In the morning, everyone made a cup of barley milk tea bought last night, and ate the leftover biscuits for breakfast. Departure at 7 o'clock, it was raining, but the whole city was still quiet, and I went directly from Yushu on the high-speed G0613 to the north. On the way, we passed the highest altitude of this itinerary - Bayan Har Mountain. The two signs are 4824m and 4829m respectively. When we were about to reach Maqu County, we got out of the expressway, took a few photos in front of the sign of the Yellow River Source Park in Sanjiangyuan National Park in Maqu County, took the ordinary road to Huashixia Town, and had lunch in Huashixia Town. After lunch, I drove the car and took the national road. After a short walk, I was attracted by the thick and colorful wild flowers on the roadside. The moment the car door was opened, a strong aroma hit my face, and I almost fell drunk. The flowers here are not only dense, but also fragrant, and the whole space is filled with intoxicating floral fragrance. The nympho set up all kinds of "pushi" to take pictures.
Moving on, we drove into a grassland on the way, planning to get rid of the watermelon that I had bought for several days, but when I cut it open, it was already broken, which depressed the crowd waiting to eat melon to death. Arrived at Gonghe County, the capital of Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture at about five or six o'clock, learned the lesson from Yushu the day before yesterday, and booked the GreenTree Inn in Gonghe in advance. Each order has different prices. The peak tourist season in Qinghai is really expensive and tense.
I finally returned to a place where the altitude is not too high (Gonghe is 2850 meters above sea level). I had dinner at a halal restaurant in the food street opposite the hotel. I ordered a bottle of "Tianyoude" highland barley liquor and the driver Close to drink (some halal restaurants do not allow alcohol).
D10, the plan for this day is to go to Jinyintan Atomic City. Originally, on the first day of the chartered car, you should go to Atomic City first, so that you don’t need to detour. In order to get to Chaka Salt Lake on a sunny day, you will go directly to Chaka Salt Lake on the first day No, Atomic City had to take a detour. The weather forecast shows that there will be heavy rain in Xining today. We have to go through Xining to get to the airport to play the Atomic City. "Weather forecast" ---- cheating!
It took more than two hours to drive to the Atomic City Memorial Hall in Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. Registration ID card is free to visit, and you can buy a visit ticket to the Atomic City (full ticket 30 yuan/person) at the registration ID card office. Buy the tickets for the Atomic City and then visit the Memorial Hall. The Memorial Hall displays many items from the past and introduces the history of the Atomic City from construction to retirement. Finally, some of the unsung heroes of the year can be exposed, but most of the ordinary people who sacrificed their youth The builders are still unknown, and the only private photo (of the four girls) was taken in violation of discipline. When the museum collected the photos, they had to promise repeatedly that they would not be held accountable before they dared to take them out. After visiting the memorial hall, we drove to the Atomic City (the scientific research and test base of the year) more than ten kilometers away.
This place to visit as a scenic spot is the sixth branch of the original Atomic City base, which was refurbished for people to visit after it was abandoned. Take the car from the scenic spot to enter from the gate, and a new "Glory Wall" has been built inside, with statues of scientists who have made outstanding contributions to China's nuclear industry. It also retains the observation bunker where the atomic bomb detonation test was carried out in that year (detonation test - except for the non-nuclear charge, the rest are exactly the same as the real bomb. The main purpose is to test whether the bombardment and extrusion of the detonating device on the nuclear charge meet the standard for initiating a nuclear reaction.), what you see now are bunker-like buildings above the ground, and it is said that there are still many former underground laboratories that have not been repaired. Today is the first time I saw a simulation model of an atomic bomb. I didn’t expect such a powerful atomic bomb to be so small. It was an eye-opener!
After visiting the Atomic City scenic spot, it was almost noon, and we drove back to the Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (which should have been the living area of Atomic City) for lunch. After lunch, we went directly to the expressway via Xining to Caojiabao Airport near Haidong City. Since there is almost no discount on air tickets from Xining to Guangzhou directly, in order to save money, we first flew from Xining to Xi'an, and then flew back to Guangzhou early the next morning. Arrived at Xi'an Airport in the evening, I found a family hotel with good reviews on the Internet in advance, with pick-up and drop-off service. After arriving at the hotel, I washed and slept directly.
D11, at 5:30 in the morning, we were driven to the terminal by the proprietress of the hotel before dawn. Take the flight at 7:30, arrive in Guangzhou at 10:10, and return to the hot home before noon.
