It has been more than 20 years since I graduated from university, and the children are almost grown up; suddenly someone proposed that the eight people in the same dormitory have a party (it seems that they have never traveled long distances together before, and we went to Chongming for a day trip the year before last), originally Going to Xiamen or Quanzhou was rejected by me - I have been there countless times, and I can find another place.
At the beginning, I suggested going to Chaoshan because of reading food books, and everyone agreed. Unfortunately, when I learned that the temperature in the summer vacation was as high as 40 degrees, I gave up decisively. I simply went to a summer resort, and Guizhou became the destination. When it was time to book a train ticket, someone They suggested that mountain climbing was too tiring and they wanted to go on a cruise. Unfortunately, the three in Fujian could not go together without passports, so they had a lot of discussions about travel destinations. In the end, one of them was unable to travel due to physical reasons, and everyone decided to go to Guizhou.
Every time I travel, I basically do the strategy. It is really difficult to unify the opinions of seven or eight people, and it starts from Shanghai and Fujian, and travels together in the third place.
After going on and off for a month, I finally decided on two plans for them to choose. I originally asked me to book both the train ticket and the air ticket for the trip, but the ID card number was not given for a long time. The minority obeyed the majority, so I chose Shanghai-Anshun on the Internet. Spring Airlines decided to let them book their own air tickets because of the special air tickets; I bought the tickets online first, and then sent the screenshots to the group, and everyone started to take action one after another; Buy by yourself, then inform the merchant of your name, and everyone will be arranged together.
2019.07.11 Another child joined us. I originally thought that there were only eight students in our dormitory. Two of them were unable to go due to health/work reasons. However, three children were added, and they are actually adults, so they also brought along The son went together; six mothers + four children, a total of ten people, gathered in Guiyang to start a three-day tour of Libo, Xijiang Qianhu Miao Village, and Huangguoshu Waterfall.
2019.07.12 The high-speed rail in Guiyang was opened, connecting Kaili (to Xijiang Qianhu Miao Village) and Anshun (to Huangguoshu Waterfall), which can shorten the travel time and allow more viewing and experience activities. Since I didn’t travel by myself, I sent the bus tour and high-speed rail + bus tour to the group, and let everyone decide together. Unexpectedly, most people said that which line to go is OK, and there is no specific choice, so they had to share the map, Libo The introduction of Xiaoqikong & Dragon Palace was sent to the group, waiting for everyone's choice...
2019.07.19 In the end, everyone chose the high-speed rail + bus trip with a shorter driving time to go to Xijiang Qianhu Miao Village, Dragon Palace and Huangguoshu Waterfall.
2019.07.30 Shanghai - Anshun
2019.07.30 I haven't traveled for a year and a half. The children have been admitted to the university + the classmates in the university dormitory have not been together for a long time. This time I chose to go to Guizhou together.
I chose Spring Airlines to fly from Shanghai to Anshun, and booked a flight ticket on Ctrip in advance. Yesterday, I received a text message from Ctrip—a gift of an reserved security check channel at the airport; I departed from home two and a half hours in advance, and taxied to the Jing’an Temple terminal— —Airport Line 2 goes straight to Pudong Airport T2—checks in luggage—makes an appointment for security checks—boards, and everything goes smoothly; the original scheduled departure at 17:20 was delayed to 17:37, but the arrival time was brought forward to 20:10 (20 :25).
After leaving the airport, take a Taxi to the hotel, take a short break to visit the night market and eat supper. Huangguoshu Airport is really small, and there is only one carousel to pick up luggage. No wonder there are not flights from Shanghai to Anshun every day; the airport is only 7 kilometers away from the hotel, and the online search for Taxi is only a dozen yuan. I called Didi Express, but unfortunately there is no car answering , I saw many people outside the airport soliciting passengers for rides. After asking, the price would be doubled. At first, I wanted to wait, but it started to rain. Finally, the five of us spent a total of 40 yuan to arrive in a commercial vehicle. hotel.
The hotel is rather old, but it is still clean. It is located in the busy city, with shops downstairs, and there are many snacks; Spring Airlines does not provide meals, so I brought a bread mat for my hunger, and put my luggage in the room (booked a standard room and a triple room) Private room, because the guests continue to live, we get two standard rooms and a double room, my son lives in the double room alone, my classmates and I live in the standard room, and we can chat at night) After that, we went downstairs to eat up.
I did my homework before, and I know that the snacks in Guizhou include silk baby, mutton powder, jelly, etc.; It's quite enough, you can try it tomorrow or the day after tomorrow; it's raining at night and it's a bit cold, and you want to eat something hot. When you see spicy stewed noodles, you go in and taste it. , Very fragrant, the stewed beans, potatoes, kelp, gluten, etc. are a bit spicy, add it to the noodles, and a bowl of spicy stewed noodles will be on the table. A bowl of 10 yuan is definitely full.
I always feel a little uncomfortable after eating spicy food, so I ordered a bowl of sweet wine cake downstairs in the hotel, which is actually wine glutinous rice balls mixed with brown sugar water.
After eating and drinking, I went back to the hotel upstairs to wash up, and chatted with my companions until the early hours of the morning before falling asleep.
2019.07.31 Anshun Wu Temple, Confucian Temple, Rulin Street, Guiyang Jiaxiu Tower
2019.07.31 Last night, I should have fallen asleep in the early hours of this morning, but the biological clock has been formed, and I woke up at six o'clock. It was still early and continued to sleep until I got up at almost eight o'clock and recorded drips.
Greet everyone to get up at nine o'clock. Now that we have arrived at the "transit station" Anshun, we will take a stroll around; After eating tofu nao & ice powder and pea cakes from the old store, I bought a postcard and sent it, and it was already eleven o’clock when I went back to the hotel; I tasted Guizhou’s desserts downstairs - sponge cake powder, ice cream, and called a car to arrive at the train I didn’t expect that the hard seats at 13:01 and 13:37 were sold out, and the ticket sales had already stopped at 13:01. After consulting everyone’s opinions, I made the decision—it took more than an hour’s driving time, and I arrived at the station. So I bought a ticket without a seat, and after entering the car, I found an open space (the dining car was the third car after our car, and it was full after arriving). Just stand there.
The Wu Temple in Anshun was built in the Ming Dynasty to worship Guan Gong. They are all wooden ancient buildings. The carved beams and painted buildings are quite tasteful, but they were rebuilt after being destroyed by fire. A large maintenance site bypasses and comes to the Confucian Temple where Confucius is worshipped. It was also built in the Ming Dynasty. There are many martial arts temples in the place. There are two openworked dragon and auspicious cloud stone pillars that are unique in the country. The carvings are very exquisite, so it is no wonder that a ten-yuan ticket is charged (half price for people from other provinces); the Confucian Temple passes Rulin Road, and it is also a short walk from Gufu Street (near Zhonghua South Road) where we live. In just a few minutes, next to it is the historical and ancient buildings under construction & the filming location of "To Youth" - Rulin Road, which has been demolished in sevens and eighties. Occasionally, there are a few open gourmet snack bars - Fried Melon Seeds , pea cakes, ice powder, etc., I ate two yuan a piece of fried pea cakes, which were crunchy and fragrant.
The train arrived at Guiyang Station, took the subway line 1 to the hotel, washed and rested for a while, departed from the hotel at six o'clock and went to Shaanxi Road Snack Street for dinner. Tofu balls, cake porridge, iced taro balls, sweet wine cakes, fish in sour soup, spicy duck neck, braised edamame and watermelon, special snacks will fill the stomach. The food in Guizhou has a strong taste, spicy, sour and sweet, and the taste is positive and strong, so that the taste buds can fully enjoy it. After I was full, I went shopping in the urban area of Guiyang. Starting tomorrow, I will join a three-day tour group. After that, I will go back to Shanghai directly from Anshun. I have no chance to go shopping in Guiyang, so I took a taxi to Jiaxiu Tower.
Jiaxiu Tower is a landmark building in Guiyang. The existing building was rebuilt during the Xuantong period of the Qing Dynasty. The three-story building stands on the Aoji Stone, with the Nanming River flowing underneath. Walking across the Fuyu Bridge connecting Jiaxiu Tower, you will find Cuiwei Garden. The pavilions and waterside pavilions in the garden have a Jiangnan style; unfortunately, the garden has been closed when we came at night; the night view of Jiaxiu Tower is very beautiful, and there are many tourists. Looking across the Nanming River, the lights are brilliant.
After shopping around, walking along the Nanming River for a while, and returning to the hotel, the other five students and their family members are also here, ready to go, looking forward to tomorrow's itinerary.
2019.08.01 Qianhu Miao Village in Xijiang (change into Miao clothes, batik)
2019.08.01 After having breakfast in Shaxian County next to the hotel in the morning, I originally planned to take the subway to the high-speed railway station in Guanshanhu District, Guiyang New District, which was just completed last year. However, the escalator was out of service due to heavy rain when I passed the street crossing tunnel yesterday. I asked the tour guide on the Internet that it was inconvenient to get to the entrance of the high-speed rail from the subway station, so our group of ten people called three Didi expresses to arrive at the high-speed rail station one after another.
The Guiyang high-speed rail station was just completed at the end of last year. It is located in the new district. Starting from the old city where we live, we have to cross two tunnels. We came to the high-speed rail station early and waited. When we got on the "Harmony", we found that there were only ten of us + four other group members. + One tour guide, only 15 passengers in our group are on the whole train, and the other seven carriages are empty, enjoying the treatment of a distinguished guest; it takes more than 30 minutes to arrive at Kaili South from Guiyang, and then take a bus for more than one I came to the largest Miao village in the world - Xijiang Qianhu Miao village in an hour. If you take the bus directly, it will take twice as long and the boat will be tiring. This high-speed rail travel line was just opened on July 12 this year. We are considered "early adopters" ".
After exiting the high-speed railway station, I transferred to a minibus and drove for more than an hour before arriving at Qianhu Miao Village in Xijiang. The Miao Village has a history of more than 600 years and is the gathering place for the five migrations of the Miao people. The main tourist destination, it was rated as a national 4A-level scenic spot in 2011, and now it is building a 5A-level scenic spot; this is the largest Miao village in the world, with more than 1,000 households and more than 6,000 people; when you enter the Miao village, you will feel strong There are rows of stilted buildings, inns, shops along the Baishui River... There are seven bridges on the river. The name of the bridge is in Miao language, like the book of heaven. For tourists, it is bridge No. 1 to bridge No. 7; It is to understand the living habits of the Miao people, festival customs, etc., and visit the Miao Museum to get some information: Diaojiaolou does not need to lay foundations, only a few large wooden pillars are needed. Special dishes - black haired pork, ice noodles, edamame, I tasted them all when I was shopping at the snack street at night, and they were all good. Fish in sour soup, bacon, capers... are also their specialties; Batik is a very good experience item, and it is also a gift from this group. The colorful embroidered clothing, with silver collars and silver headdresses, has a unique ethnic style. Both men and women have an experience. The original son is not very good I am willing, but I can’t help everyone’s persuasion. In the end, everyone took a group photo and took a photo alone. It was the first time I experienced batik. I first drew the pattern with a pencil, and then burned it with a honeycomb and smeared it on the drawn lines. Then dye it with Radix Isatidis, and then burn the wax at high temperature, and the final product is finished (white flowers on a blue background, the drawn lines will appear white after being painted with wax and will not be dyed). Each work is unique; dinner is a Miao reception In the long table banquet for VIPs, everyone sits at a long table full of dishes. In fact, there is a small table of dishes for every four or five people. After the dishes are served, there will be Miao men playing Lusheng and Miao women singing along with the music While holding wine bowls to toast, the three Miao women pour rice wine from high to low like a ladder, like a mountain and flowing water. Guests cannot touch the wine glasses, otherwise they will be toasted continuously. The sign is OK and they will stop. Although the rice wine is sweet, it has a strong stamina. It can be regarded as a taste of the customs of the Miao people. There are covered bridges with unique Miao architectural style, and the scenery is unique and spectacular. Tourists usually stay one night when they come to Miao Village.
2019.08.02 Xijiang Qianhu Miao Village (making rice cakes), Dragon Palace
2019.08.02 Last night, I went to bed at almost twelve o’clock, and my biological clock woke up at six o’clock. The arrangement this morning was to experience making glutinous rice cakes. The time was quite late, so I could move freely; so I took advantage of the fresh air in the morning and went out for a walk; Last night, I felt that the overall view of the Miao Village from the viewing point was good, so I walked up again; when I arrived at the viewing platform, I looked up and saw that there were plank roads on the mountain and there were people, and I could see the small mountains at a glance, so I tried to find out how to go up the mountain and acted; the wooden fence was made The plank road is located halfway up the mountain, overlooking the entire Miao village. There are many trees in the mountain, and the chirping of small insects is everywhere. Occasionally, cute little squirrels can be seen jumping up and down on the branches; Shrouded in mist, it was a fairyland; walking for nearly 40 minutes, I didn’t meet a single tourist, and it’s no wonder that there were no instructions on the plank road up the mountain. It felt great to breathe the oxygen bar; there was no road at the end, and the plank road was not set up. I didn't want to go back from the original road, so I found the route to open an inn on the mountain - go down the steps on Qingshiban Road, and walk to the hotel for a few minutes.
After breakfast, it was still early, so I went for a stroll by the Baishui River; it just so happened that there was a Miao singing and dancing performance, so I sat on the bridge and watched the performance while resting.
After checking out at ten o’clock, we went to the hotel where we had dinner last night to experience making glutinous rice cakes. Last night, we ate glutinous rice cakes wrapped in sesame brown sugar and soybean flour at the snack bar. It was quite fragrant and sticky; steamed glutinous rice Put it in a wooden basin and beat it back and forth with two wooden sticks until the rice grains are pulped and sticky; the wooden sticks are very heavy, and it takes a little effort to lift them up, so you must lift them up quickly, otherwise the rice will stick The pulp is hard to break and hit again. Due to repeated beating, the rice pulp has become hot. Put on disposable gloves, apply cooking oil, take a small piece, stretch it thin like a round ball, and wrap the sesame powder in the Inside, it tastes delicious, especially if you beat it by yourself.
After leaving Miao Village, take the 12:00 bus to the high-speed rail station, and arrive at the station before 1:00. The 2:00 train takes 40 minutes from Kaili South to Anshun West, but the waiting time is 1 hour. The bus and high-speed rail The connection is not perfect and needs to be improved.
Arrived at Anshun West at 3:00, but unfortunately the minibus that picked us up was a bit unreliable, late + unfamiliar with the vehicle, it took a long time, we arrived at Dragon Palace at 5:00, and tourists could not enter in an hour.
Dragon Palace is a national 5A-level scenic spot. It has the most in the world - the most flood and drought caves, the largest plant (rice and black glutinous rice) Chinese character dragon, the lowest natural radiation; the rapid-flowing waterfall, splashing bursts of water, The 38-meter-high waterfall gushes down from the 50-meter hole, flying down 3,000 feet. It is suspected that the Milky Way falls for nine days. It is the largest karst cave waterfall in China; Dragon Palace Tianchi is the turning point of the Dragon Palace underground river, due to the widening of the river , The groundwater continues to dissolve the rock mass, eventually leading to the collapse of the cave roof to form Tianchi. We entered the cave by boat, and the various stalactites (calcium carbonate) transformed into various animals and plants according to the imagination of tourists. It is narrow enough for only one boat to pass through, and some places are so low that boats have to bow their heads when passing by. There is also the word "Dragon Palace" written by Mr. Liu Haisu when he was ninety years old at the entrance of the cave. The cruise ship does not return after the end of the cruise, and the journey continues, and there is a "tiger cave" waiting for tourists to visit; entering the cave is cool and breezy, with strange stalactites, spacious halls, mountains, plants growing on stones... lamenting the uncanny craftsmanship of nature.
After visiting the flood and drought caves, we came to the entrance to visit the largest character "Dragon" made of green rice and black glutinous rice.
After the itinerary of Dragon Palace, we came to the hotel to check in, and then our group of ten people had dinner for the first time; the tables in the restaurant were not so big, so we simply had a table for six adults and four children for hot pot. Another group trip to Vietnam next year is scheduled.
2019.08.03 Huangguoshu Scenic Area (Dupotang Waterfall, Tianxing Bridge, Huangguoshu Waterfall)
2019.08.03 I slept until the phone rang in the morning, and got up to have breakfast. I was scheduled to leave at 7:30, but I didn’t leave until 8:00.
In less than an hour, we came to Huangguoshu, a national 5A-level scenic spot. The whole scenic spot is composed of Doupotang, Tianxing Bridge and Huangguoshu Waterfall. The water flies out of the stream like white cotton like drizzle, and the sound is like the roar of beasts; Tianxing bridge is divided into upper and lower sections, with dense stalagmites, lush vegetation, and water scenery, integrating mountains, water, forests and caves; the entrance There is a birthstone marked from January 1st to December 31st (the bottom is a river), but the signs on February 29th and August 28th are not seen, and tourists will take pictures beside their birthstones Strange rocks with various plants on them, water lilies in the pond and cactus on the top of the strange rocks; small rivers will flow through the stone road under the feet at any time, and waterfalls of different sizes will appear beside the small rivers. There are "a line of sky" and "head-down stone"... The dry karst cave - Tianxing Cave, once again appreciates the uncanny workmanship of nature; Huangguoshu Waterfall is known as the largest waterfall in Asia. The river flowing down is like white cotton, and the sound of the water flowing and splashing is like the roar of a madman... Although it is more than 100 meters high, it is not as good as imagined, compared with the Hukou Waterfall in Shaanxi and the Sandie Spring in Lushan Mountain. Less shocking, maybe you have seen too many waterfalls. If you look at the waterfall for the first time, you will definitely feel majestic.
Sometimes the sun is bright and white clouds are hanging in the sky, sometimes the clouds are dense and it rains, the sun rises in the east and rains in the west, the body feels quite stuffy under the sun, but it feels cool after the rain.
There are 18 waterfalls in the entire scenic area, the widest Doupotang Waterfall (103 meters), the most beautiful Yinlian Zhuitan Waterfall, the largest Huangguoshu Waterfall in Asia (more than 70 meters high and more than 100 meters wide); the 86 edition of "Journey to the West" "The opening song was filmed at Doupotang Waterfall, Zhu Bajie's hometown Gaolaozhuang is located next to Tianxing Lake, and there is also Pansi Cave at the entrance... many elements of Journey to the West; the scenery is good, but the hardware facilities and management are too backward— ——When going down the stairs to the waterfall, it was really a "disaster". The crowd crowded shoulder to shoulder and stopped in one place for more than ten to twenty minutes. Their chests were pressed against their backs, and they moved in small steps. Waiting for the sightseeing bus is even more frightening: more than an hour, crowded with people, and even parents with children jump in line. Although Guizhou is a summer resort, thousands of people gather together and lack ventilation facilities + the queue time is too long. Complaints abound, almost quarrels & fights... This year, Guizhou launched a half-price discount for people from other provinces, but the reception capacity cannot keep up and the management measures are not in place.
At noon, I went to Huangguoshu Folklore Museum near Gaolaozhuang. I found an intern who gave a free explanation at the door, and listened to the explanation while watching the exhibition: Shuibuyi of the Miao nationality in the high mountain—the Miao nationality lived on the mountain, the ancestor was Chiyou, and the clothes were embroidered& Silver ornaments are mainly used (in ancient times, it was easy to carry wealth and flee/migrate during wars), while the Buyi people lived by the water, and the ancestor of the humanities was Bu Luotuo, with relatively simple clothes, and the older the head scarves, the more circles they wear; and The Tunpu people were left behind when Zhu Yuanzhang led the Han people to Yungui to quell the Miao riots during the Ming Dynasty. It has a history of more than 600 years. Their women wear white hats to commemorate their husbands who died in the war. "Son, there are also blades hidden in the upper of the shoes, so that they can kill themselves without being humiliated after losing the battle; the origin of the place name of Huangguoshu--the local area is rich in a kind of yellow fruit, the tree is like a huge banyan tree, and the fruit is ripe in autumn. Hence the name.
2019.08.04 Arrive in Shanghai
Yesterday, I visited Huangguoshu Scenic Area for a whole day. The last destination of the group was Guiyang. Since the seven of us bought the tickets departing from Anshun that night, the tour guide let us get off at Anshun. After a simple dinner, we took a taxi to catch up. Go to the airport to take a red-eye flight to end this trip in Guizhou.
There are also three people from Fujian who follow the bus back to Guiyang and continue today's tour in Huaxi Yelang Valley.
After a reunion, we always have to say goodbye. During a few days’ itinerary, six of us in the dormitory of the university plus four children came to Guizhou for a short trip to eat, live and travel together. Although the journey was exhausting, the reunion was always happy. Visited the unique Wen & Wu Temple in Anshun, appreciated the exquisite wood carvings and stone carvings, and experienced Miao clothes changing + batik + making rice cakes in the Xijiang Qianhu Miao Village with a strong commercial atmosphere, and entered the water and drought cave by boat + walking Dragon Palace, admiring the uncanny workmanship of nature, walking in Huangguoshu Scenic Area for a whole day, enjoying the surrounding mountains, gurgling water, lush trees, strange rocks, flying pearls and splashing jade; looking forward to meeting again, and tentatively planning a trip to the seaside in Vietnam next summer !