Tengchong, meeting again after six years
Across the mountains, rivers and seas, and across the five continents of the world, never forget the original intention of travel.
——Remember to return to Tengchong after six years
Tengchong, a border town in Yunnan, is just an ordinary travel destination for many people.
Not as famous as Lijiang, nor as romantic as Dali,
Tengchong gives people the feeling that it is more isolated from the world.
But for me, Tengchong is special, it is the beginning of my real long-distance travel.
Six years ago, when I was still an ignorant freshman in college, I hadn't traveled very far, and was fooled by my classmates for a while.
I followed the outdoor club in the school at that time and took a long line in southwestern Yunnan, which opened the door to my new world.
However, the border line that will go, only stayed in Tengchong Heshun Ancient Town for a day and then left.
Unexpectedly, after six years, I came again, and this time, I came to Tengchong.
Six years later, when I returned to Tengchong and Heshun Ancient Town, nothing changed here.
On the contrary, I have changed a lot. Passing by from all over the world, I came back here again.
This time I came to Tengchong, not only to recall the past, but also to explore the intangible cultural heritage of Tengchong.
Therefore, I will write this travel note in three aspects: intangible cultural heritage, nature, and ancient towns. The complete itinerary will be written at the end~
Tengchong Intangible Heritage Culture and Natural Scenery
Xingyang Oil Paper Umbrella
Bowl clay pottery
Jietou handwritten paper
Liu Yongzhou shadow play
Heshun Ancient Town
Ginkgo Village
Beihai Wetland
Yunfeng Mountain
Longchuan River Rafting
Atami Onsen
West Yunnan Anti-Japanese War Memorial Hall
Xingyang Oil Paper Umbrella
When you come to Tengchong, the first intangible cultural heritage you want to see is the famous Xingyang Oil Paper Umbrella.
Xingyang Village in Gudong Town, Tengchong is an ancient village with more than 100 households. It is very close to Ginkgo Village and is famous for its exquisite and unique oil-paper umbrellas. Xingyang Village used to have a swamp where many reeds and moso bamboo grew all year round. Villagers living here for generations used the reeds and moso bamboo to weave paper umbrellas, rattan weaving, bamboo weaving and other production and daily necessities, and sold them in the market.
The village is not big, but almost every family can make oil-paper umbrellas, and most of them are handed down from generation to generation. The paper umbrellas they make are finely crafted, light and durable, and cheap. It is sold in various parts of western Yunnan and Myanmar, and is very popular among people.
In Chinese traditional customs, oil-paper umbrellas not only have the function of shielding from wind, rain and sun, but also have the meaning of "many children and grandchildren" because of the four herringbone characters in the traditional Chinese character "umbrella". In the local dialect of Xingyang Village, "paper" and "zi" have the same pronunciation. In the old days, women must have two oil-paper umbrellas in their wedding dowry, implying "early birth to a precious son".
Because I like to visit ancient towns, I usually bring oiled paper umbrellas as photo props. The oiled paper umbrellas in Xingyang Village are also quite beautiful oiled paper umbrellas I have seen.
I randomly chose one to visit. I didn’t expect the host to be extraordinarily enthusiastic. He took out a lot of treasures made of his oil-paper umbrellas and introduced them to us. He said that the most difficult thing to do is the umbrella head, especially the part where the umbrella stand is installed. I don’t pay attention. It is possible to do badly.
This is a plain umbrella, an umbrella that has not yet been patterned, but this type of oiled paper umbrella can also protect against wind and rain.
The characteristics of Xingyang oil-paper umbrellas are not only the handcrafted umbrella body and umbrella handle, but also the painting on the umbrella surface. The painting style of their home is very vivid, combining various flowers and birds, and each umbrella is free to play, with different patterns.
Speaking of which, the host opened a bunch of oil-paper umbrellas for us to appreciate. This is the real traditional oil-paper umbrella with exquisite craftsmanship.
I asked for one and wanted to take pictures. An oil-paper umbrella like the one in my hand costs about 200. According to the size of the umbrella and the pattern of the umbrella surface, the price ranges from 100-500. You can bring it if you like it. Take it back.
Probably because there are relatively few people coming to Xingyang Village at this time, the whole village is very quiet, and the corn hanging on every household brings a different color to this village, which is famous for its oil-paper umbrellas.
Bowl clay pottery
Not far from Xingyang Village, you can find the second intangible cultural heritage of Tengchong, bowl kiln clay pottery. Wanyao Village is also a very quiet village in Tengchong. It is famous for burning paper clay pottery. There are several clay pottery workshops in this small village. Like Xingyang Village, I chose another house to visit.
Earthen pottery is easy to approach, not cold and arrogant like porcelain, nor can it be made arbitrarily like metal, which is hot and cold. Just like the history of Wanyao Village, more than 270 years ago, pottery artists came here and touched the soil here with their hands, pointing to the soil slopes next to several hills and saying that this is an excellent place to build kilns. Since then, I have taken root and lived here. Perhaps because of the unique conditions and simple folk customs, the clay pottery in Wanyao Village is simple, thick, gentle and delicate.
The original pottery products were mainly bowls, and the place name of the bowl kiln came from this. Wanyao clay pottery is known as the unique clay pottery origin in western Yunnan, and it is also an important part of Tengchong's intangible cultural heritage.
The pottery production process in Wanyao Village inherits the traditional handicraft industry. The process is to take soil, smash it, dilute it, and soften the clay, and then put the clay on the wheel for making various types of pottery, or knead the clay into various types by hand. The pottery blanks are air-dried and glazed before being fired in kilns. In this way, all the processes are purely manual craftsmanship, which can be said to be very valuable in today's modern and rapidly developing society.
In Wanyao Village, you can experience the process of making clay pottery by yourself. The one-time experience fee is only 20 yuan, which is simply the price of cabbage. In the city, the price is estimated to be several times higher.
Trying to make clay pottery for the first time is a bit like playing with mud, but it also requires patience and attention. If you don't pay attention, the clay on the high-speed turntable will be deformed. The temperature of the hands meets the clay pottery, making the soil warm instantly.
Simple earthenware bowls or vases generally take ten to twenty minutes to form, and then burn paper, and then paint. In Wanyao Village, you can see many earthenware painted with different patterns, full of Tengchong's unique artistic sense.
Some teapots made of clay pottery are very high-grade, and the price of buying clay pottery utensils here is probably the cheapest in China.
Jietou Handwritten Paper Museum
In Tengchong, there is another intangible cultural heritage skill, Gaoligong’s handmade paper. More than 60 kilometers away from the center of Tengchong, there is a Jietou handwritten paper museum, which tells about this magical intangible cultural heritage.
Wood and volcanic stone, Hua Li, a young architect who graduated from Yale, used these most common building materials in rural Tengchong to build a house in Xinzhuang Village, Jietou, which would not have appeared in this small remote village. This rural public building, which was used as a handmade paper museum, also won the "Public Architecture Award" from the American "Architectural Record" magazine.
Jietou Handmade Paper Museum is located in Xinzhuang Village, Jietou Town. This handmade papermaking technique has been rated as a national intangible cultural heritage. In the Gaoligong Handwritten Ancient Paper Museum, it introduces in detail how Jietou handwritten paper is made step by step in the form of pictures and objects.
The interior and exterior of the entire museum is dominated by wooden structures, which integrates the workshop group with the museum, and has a research and development center and an experience center. Through the study of ancient papermaking techniques, children can not only understand the historical inheritance of papermaking techniques, the relationship between paper and calligraphy and painting art, but also experience the great wisdom of Chinese ancestors in the coexistence of human civilization and nature. From a unique Angle, to touch the true meaning of art.
Not far from the museum, there is a papermaking workshop, which is also a villager here, and it is open for tourists to visit. There are more than 200 farmers in the whole village who are engaged in handwriting ancient paper, and it is also because of them that this ancient intangible cultural heritage method can be passed down.
In the papermaking workshop, you can also personally experience this ancient papermaking process to deepen your impression of this ancient papermaking method.
The papermaking process of handmade paper is generally divided into 20 processes: peeling—soaking—bleaching—cooking—crushing—papermaking—drying paper, and each step can be visited here at close range.
This thick stack of paper has just been soaked and bleached in water, and each time there are two large sheets.
The lampshades in the house are made of handmade paper, which is very strong and very artistic. It also made me understand that paper can be used not only for writing, but also as decorations. What is conveyed on the lamp is also the inheritance of an ancient technique.
As time goes by, the papermaking process is constantly updated, and paper mills around the world have also caused major pollution to the environment. But in the ancient city of Tengchong, the ancient papermaking technique still lives in harmony with the environment, and the paper produced by generations of craftsmen in obscurity has left its own mark in the art inheritance.
Liu Yongzhou shadow play
In Tengchong, there is also a folk art treasure - shadow puppetry. As the ancestor of "handmade film" and modern film, shadow puppetry has brought endless joy to the local people since it was spread to Tengchong. In the urban area of Tengchong, you can still see this intangible cultural heritage that is about to be lost, which is the Liu Yongzhou Shadow Puppet Theater.
Formerly known as "shadow play" or "light shadow play", it is a kind of folk drama that uses light to illuminate silhouettes of characters made of animal skin or cardboard to perform stories. Shadow puppets are mainly carved out of sheepskin, cowhide and donkey skin. The biggest feature of shadow puppetry is that it has relaxed and cheerful sound effects and compact and changeable performance styles. It covers a wide range of themes, including ancient wars and fairy tales. It is deeply loved by the common people and respected by the art world.
However, with the passage of time, Tengchong shadow puppetry has gradually lost its original brilliance just like shadow puppetry art in other places... But there is an ancient and rare old man who has been "guarding" this folk art that is on the verge of disappearing. He is Gudong Town, Tengchong City. Liu Yongzhou is the fourth generation successor of Liujiazhai Shadow Play.
In the Liu Yongzhou Shadow Puppet Theater, you can not only see the shadow puppetry with Tengchong characteristics, but also the production process behind the shadow puppetry. The production process of the shadow puppetry is also relatively cumbersome. It needs to draw the outline of the characters on a thin piece of paper with paint. form.
Liu Yongzhou comes from a family of shadow puppets and is a "Senior National Folk Artist in Yunnan Province". His carved shadow puppets have been collected by the Yunnan Nationalities Museum and Columbia University in the United States. These shadow puppets can be matched with thousands of human figures.
In the Shadow Puppet Theater, you can also see many oil-paper umbrellas, which are a perfect combination of intangible cultural heritage skills.
Tengchong Intangible Heritage Shadow Puppetry is an art of dancing, and its inheritors must not only be able to dance, but also be able to make shadow puppets, and they must also be able to play and sing. Now there are more than ten people who learn shadow puppet making, but there are fewer and fewer people who can perform shadow puppetry, and there are even fewer people who play, play, sing and perform plenary sessions. As an important intangible cultural heritage of Tengchong, perhaps we should think about how to inherit and develop it.
Heshun Ancient Town
After finishing the intangible cultural heritage tour, I will come to Heshun Ancient Town in Tengchong to take a look as usual. Heshun Ancient Town is the starting point that led me to know Tengchong. After six years, I came back again, and left my own figure under the four characters of Heshun and Harmony that I was familiar with.
Heshun Ancient Town is located 4 kilometers west of Tengchong County. It is a famous hometown of overseas Chinese in Yunnan Province. It is also an important town on the Ancient Tea Horse Road and a must pass on the Southwest Silk Road. Because the small river passed by the village, it was renamed "Heshun", which later took the meaning of "Shi He Min Shun", and became the current Heshun Town.
A day in Heshun Ancient Town starts with a bowl of thin bean flour on the street, served with fried dough sticks. This is the classic breakfast of Heshun. There are small bean flour shops that can be seen everywhere. I still prefer the stalls set up by local grandmas. The hot thin bean flour tastes a bit like mashed potatoes, which is very delicious.
The buildings of Heshun Ancient Town are built around the mountains. Ancestral halls, archways, and ancient houses from the Ming and Qing Dynasties are all over the ancient town, which is quite a bit like the ancient town of Suzhou and Hangzhou.
The most special feature of Heshun Ancient Town is this large piece of pheasant lake. The name is very interesting, but the scenery is definitely one of the best. Many people who come to the ancient town tend to focus on the old buildings and charming small streets and alleys of the ancient town, but ignore the wild duck lake on the side of the ancient town.
Because of parking, I happened to enter the ancient town from the east side of the ancient town through the dam of Yeya Lake. This is another world of Heshun, wild ducks, egrets, wetlands... What a vivid picture of rural scenery.
Walking into the town again, I found that there is no difference between this place and the one I came to six years ago. Time seems to have stood still here. The old houses and the uneven stone roads are full of the taste of an antique town.
The morning in the ancient town is usually the busiest. At the corner, I came to the market center of the ancient town, that is, the vegetable market in the ancient town. Various stalls were displayed, some of which were ingredients that were not often seen in my own city. At this moment, I seemed to blend in into the lives of the locals.
Heshun Ancient Town was once rated as a charming town in China. Except for the increasing number of homestays, nothing has changed here, and it is still as quiet and peaceful as before. It has the gracefulness of the ancient town in the south of the Yangtze River, and the exotic style of the hometown of overseas Chinese. Walking in the sun, I just want to stroll slowly in the ancient town.
There are also many traces of history in the ancient town of Heshun, Kui Pavilion, Baisuifang, Liu's Ancestral Hall, Wenchang Palace... Walk into Heshun. It's like walking into a cultural maze. On the ancient volcanic terraces, thousands of characteristic dwellings stand beside mountains and rivers, row upon row, and you can touch the mottled years and rich cultural atmosphere with every gesture.
It is also a very magical thing to come to the place I passed by. Heshun, this border town, under the Gaoligong Mountain, quietly tells its own story to the people who come and go.
Yunfeng Mountain
In addition to intangible cultural heritage and cultural relics, Tengchong also has a lot of beautiful natural scenery, which brings us to a different secret of Tengchong. Yunfeng Mountain, the holy land of Taoism in Tengchong, on Yunfeng Mountain, you can have a panoramic view of the green mountains and beautiful peaks.
If you want to get to the top of Yunfeng Mountain, you need to take a cable car. There is a long way from the entrance of the scenic spot to the place where you take the cable car. Walking around and taking pictures, you can breathe a lot of fresh air.
On the cable car, you can enjoy the magnificent landscape of Yunfeng Mountain, the layers of trees, and the green eyes, which make people feel comfortable.
After getting off the cable car, you can see the temple on the mountainside of Yunfeng Mountain. Yunfeng Mountain is 2,448 meters above sea level. The peak of the mountain is straight into the sky, and the waist of the peak is often shrouded in clouds and mist. Because it is a holy place of Quanzhen Taoism, it is said that the Taoist temple on the top of the mountain is very spiritual, so it is also called Lingyan Mountain.
But this temple is not the top of the mountain. After getting off the cable car, we are still halfway up the mountain. We have to go around this temple and continue to climb.
The uphill road of Yunfeng Mountain is not easy to walk, it is very steep, with a very steep slope, one step at a time, known as the Yunfeng Ladder, when climbing, you must always hold the iron chain next to it.
After climbing for more than half an hour, the dawn of victory finally appeared. The Yunfeng Temple on the top of the mountain was the final destination, but judging by the steepness of the stairs, it was really not easy to go up.
Looking back at the scenery down the mountain from the top of the mountain, the clouds and mist are really beautiful. The green hills are undulating, the middle peaks are straight, and the green peaks are like a sea of floating clouds. The mountainside is surrounded by misty clouds and mist, and the whole mountain peak is like a fairyland on earth. Climbing to the top of Yunfeng, no matter watching the sun, clouds or mountains, will make people shake their minds and experience the wonderful feeling of "flying like a fairy".
Some people will make a special trip to worship, because it is said that this Taoist temple is quite effective.
Yunfeng Mountain has long been one of the scenic spots in Tengchong. If you have friends who like sports, you can try to climb this Yunfeng Mountain.
Ginkgo Village
In the past two years, Tengchong has become a holy place for online celebrities to check in because of Ginkgo Village in late autumn, so when you come to Tengchong, you have to come to Ginkgo Village to have a look. It's just that the season is still early, and the ginkgo trees haven't all turned yellow yet.
There are more than 2,000 acres of ginkgo trees planted in Tengchong, Yunnan, and many of them are ancient trees over 300 years old. Wrapped tightly, stepping on the ginkgo leaves all over the ground, walking around, feeling the simple atmosphere of Ginkgo Village.
There is a ginkgo tree in the village, which has a history of more than 1,600 years. For thousands of years, the ginkgo king has accumulated the essence of the earth and grown stronger and stronger.
Ginkgo Village is located in Jiangdong Village, Gudong Town, Tengchong. It is named Ginkgo Village because of the ancient ginkgo forest in Yunnan. As an ancient village in the western Yunnan border, Ginkgo Village has a contiguous ginkgo forest of more than 10,000 mu and more than 30,000 trees, of which more than 10 trees are more than 1,000 years old and more than 1,200 trees are more than 100 years old.
It's just that I came early, and many ginkgo leaves haven't turned yellow. If you want to watch the large-scale yellow ginkgo forest, the best time is from the end of October to the beginning of November.
The yellowed Ginkgo Village in Tengchong is a paradise for photography lovers. The movie "Martial Arts" and the variety show "Extreme Challenge" have all been filmed here. There are about 33,000 ginkgo trees in Ginkgo Village, which is the largest, most concentrated and oldest ginkgo forest found in Yunnan so far.
The century-old ginkgo trees all over the village look very simple, like walking into a village in an ancient novel, and the alleys in the village are a bit like the alleys in autumn in Japan. Free and elegant between golden and yellow, I am impressed by the beauty of the golden ginkgo trees.
Due to the unique geographical climate, the "flowering period" of Gingko Village is longer than that of other places. In late autumn, yellow leaves are flying in front of and behind houses, on paths, on stone walls, on tile houses, in ditches, and in vegetable fields... , golden all over the place. Even this time, the road has already been sprinkled with ginkgo leaves. It's like walking into a golden fairy tale world.
In Ginkgo Village, you can also soak in the local hot springs, lie in the soup pool and look at the ginkgo trees, which is simply a fairyland-like enjoyment.
The glass plank road in Ginkgo Village can overlook the Ginkgo Village in the distance. If I come later, I can imagine the golden eyes, how spectacular the scene is.
Beihai Wetland
What amazed me the most during this trip was the Beihai Wetland, an absolute holy land, lakes under the mountains, spreading aquatic plants, fresh air, full of negative oxygen ions.
The Beihai Wetland is the only national wetland reserve in Yunnan. It belongs to the plateau volcanic barrier lake ecosystem. It is surrounded by mountains. There are various flowers and grasses floating on the water. It is hard to tell whether it is a grassland or a lake. It is like a colorful giant tapestry, which is gorgeous and magical. .
Walking on the boardwalk, admiring this clear wetland lake, you can see a few migratory birds migrating past from time to time. If it is in late autumn, you can see the spectacular scene of hundreds of thousands of birds flocking.
In the middle of the vast grassland is the Beihai Wetland. You can see many fish and shrimps in the small river in the grassland. One or two birds fly from the reeds in the distance to catch fish and shrimps in the grassland. The grassland under the sun looks very green. Bright, and the wetland lakes are blue like gems.
The Beihai wetland is of great protection value and is a veritable water grassland. The best viewing time is at sunset, when the blue of the sky and the blue of the wetland complement each other.
Longchuan River Rafting
When you hear the word rafting, do you think of the turbulent and steep scenes, and the rafting on the Longchuan River in Tengchong has redefined my understanding of rafting. Before going rafting, I was worried that I would get wet. Later, the proprietress of the inn told me that the shoes were at most wet, and the body would not be wet, so I took the camera up with confidence.
Longchuan River rafting is divided into bamboo rafting, banana boat rafting and kayak rafting. I choose the relatively safe banana boat rafting, and people sit on this inflatable raft.
Compared with the canyon rafting in the east, the Longchuan River rafting has a small drop, curved river, and gentle water flow. The widest part of the river is nearly 100 meters, and the deepest point is 10 meters. There are boatmen to help row the boat, which is relatively safe.
Although less thrilling and exciting, there are many relics along the Longchuan River rafting, including Yuelaotan, Hewan Hot Spring, Lotus Roots, Mountains and Waters, Millennium Love, Jinniu Gorge, Huayun Tingquan, Enlightenment Stone Zen, Spring Breeze Bridge, Xueyueliu Sixteen folk stories and natural landscapes including Yan, Yuwang Cave, Niya Water Curtain, Anzhi Tinglan, Puji Pond, and Yongji Bridge.
Even in the most turbulent area of the river, the banana boat only shakes up and down slightly, and will not capsize, so you can float with confidence.
The reeds on the bank of the river flutter in the wind. This scene is picturesque and beautiful. If the weather is good, it will be even more perfect.
Driving at the foot of the mysterious and colorful Gaoligong Mountain, the river is meandering but not rushing. In this wonderful landscape painting, you can not only see the traditional villages dotted around, but also enjoy the clear springs flowing in the valley and the pebbles on the river bed .
Atami Onsen
I should be tired after playing so much. It’s time to soak in a hot spring. After all, Tengchong is also a hometown of hot springs. How can a tiring journey be without the blessing of hot springs? Atami Hot Spring is a place for me to relax.
Rehai Hot Spring is located in Qingshui Township in the southwest of Tengchong, very close to the airport. There are more than 80 gas springs and hot springs in it. Among them, the water temperature of 10 hot spring groups is above 90°C. When you walk into Atami Hot Spring, you can see hot springs gushing everywhere, and the hot air shrouds the place in a white mist.
The pouring hot spring waterfall is steaming, and as soon as you get close to it, you can smell the sulfur smell in the air. I don’t know how much hot spring energy is hidden in the underground of the whole scenic spot, as if walking on a pressure cooker cover that is about to explode .
Follow the stream all the way forward, and if you want to reach the core of Rehai Scenic Area, you have to climb mountains and ridges.
Yunnan is rich in geothermal resources, accounting for a quarter of the known hot springs in the country, and Tengchong is the most concentrated. Tengchong is one of the three major geothermal areas in my country. There are more than 80 hot springs and boiling springs all over the place, among which Atami is the most representative.
Atami Hot Spring is the second largest hot spring field in China. It is composed of Atami Stone, Big Rolling Pot, Bathing Valley, Pearl Spring, Beauty Pool, etc. The highest water temperature reaches 102 degrees. It is the best place for geothermal recuperation in China.
There are many hot springs in Nakano in Resea Scenic Area, such as Glasses Spring, Beauty Pool, Pregnancy Well, etc. Each spring has its own name and story.
Climbing all the way up, I didn't expect that it would take so much effort to soak in a hot spring. Walking through this long ladder, you can reach the most classic big rolling pot of Atami Hot Spring.
There are many gas springs and hot springs in the hot sea. The most spectacular one is the big boiling pot. The water quality of the big boiling pot is blue and the color is very beautiful, but there is a strong sulfur smell lingering around it.
After finally climbing to the highest point of Atami Hot Spring, I can finally use the sulfur hot spring water here to soak my feet. Beside the big boiling pot, there is a towering tree with many chairs and foot soaking buckets placed under it. For tourists.
West Yunnan Anti-Japanese War Memorial Hall
When you come to Tengchong, you must come to pay homage to the history. The city of Tengchong is inseparable from the memories of the Anti-Japanese War in Western Yunnan. To understand the history of Tengchong, the best place is the Anti-Japanese War Memorial Hall in Western Yunnan.
The Western Dian Anti-Japanese War Memorial Hall is a martyr cemetery built by the people of Tengchong to commemorate the fallen soldiers and the victims of the 20th Group Army of the Chinese Expeditionary Army in the Anti-Japanese War. It is mainly composed of gates, corridors, martyrs' shrines, martyrs' tombs, exhibition halls, and memorial towers.
Walking into Tengchong, walking into the Anti-Japanese War Memorial Hall in Western Yunnan, and the National Cemetery, the anti-Japanese soldiers and civilians bravely went to the national calamity, and the tragedy of seeing death as home is vividly remembered...
The Anti-Japanese War Memorial Hall in West Dian has more than 100,000 objects of the Anti-Japanese War, 18,000 objects on display, and more than 1,500 pictures. The exhibition hall adopts the method of multi-space three-dimensional exhibition, mainly based on the real objects of the Anti-Japanese War, supplemented by pictures, text and video materials, vividly telling the tragic history of that period.
The exhibition hall is divided into: the rear of the Anti-Japanese War, the front line of defending against the enemy, the confrontation of the Nujiang River, the counterattack of the Jedi, the expulsion of the bandits, the survival of veterans, and the prayer and equality.
It is precisely because of these great Chinese expeditionary forces that the security of our country and people has been defended. The heavy historical years make me slow down.
Next to the memorial hall is the famous National War Cemetery. "Shang" represents the death of many underage men, which is a national disaster. In Tengchong, the National War Cemetery is the home of the martyrs, and it is also a place where we pay our respects with admiration.
Sui Sui Nian Raiders
1. Traffic
The air ticket after October 1 is simply the price of cabbage, about 1200 per person for a round trip. I didn’t expect Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai Fei Tengchong to be so cheap, and it’s a direct flight. It takes three hours to get there. The return price above is for two people.
2. Accommodation
The three-day stay is mainly in the ancient town of Heshun. There are many choices of inns in the ancient town. Once the eleventh festival is over, the rooms here will not be so tight.
I booked the Heshunxi Yunchuqi Inn. There is a terrace on the roof, overlooking the Yeji Lake, and the view is very good.
The yard is also full of succulents, full of warmth.
3. Itinerary
This time I came to Tengchong for a total of three days.
Day1: Heshun Ancient Town - Anti-Japanese War Memorial Hall in Southwest Yunnan - Atami Hot Spring
Day2: Jietou Handwritten Paper Museum - Longchuan River Rafting - Beihai Wetland - Liu Yongzhou Shadow Puppetry
Day3: Yunfeng Mountain - Ginkgo Village - Xingyang Oil Paper Umbrella - Bowl Kiln Pottery
Because the distance between scenic spots is relatively long, you must bring your driver's license to rent a car, otherwise you can only take a taxi or charter a car, but self-driving is obviously more cost-effective.
4. Tickets
After the whole trip to Tengchong, what surprised me the most was the tickets. Although the whole trip was not expensive, I didn’t expect the tickets to Tengchong to be really expensive, and I almost caught up with the round-trip tickets.
Yunfeng Mountain: 40 yuan, round-trip cableway: 144 yuan
Ginkgo Village: brought in by the villagers, 20 yuan
Heshun Ancient Town: 55 yuan
Rafting on the Longchuan River: 100 yuan
Beihai wetland: 55 yuan
Liu Yongzhou shadow puppet show, 68 yuan to watch the performance, free to visit
Atami Hot Spring: 200 yuan
Counting the miscellaneous entertainment items, it is almost a thousand.
5. Food
The famous winnowing banquet in southwestern Yunnan, you must try it when you come to Tengchong, different kinds of hand-picked rice, served with seven or eight dishes, there are pineapple rice, ghost chicken, grilled fish with lemongrass, red dry bar, grilled pork belly, Baosi, The watermelon in the middle is colorful hand pilaf. I was very surprised when it was first served. It was the most satisfying meal I have ever eaten in Tengchong!
Tengchong Dajiujia, one of the most famous traditional snacks in Tengchong, Yunnan. It was rated as one of the top ten classic dishes in Yunnan. I ate it for breakfast and lunch. It’s actually just noodles with plenty of sauce. It’s a bit salty for breakfast, so it’s suitable for lunch and dinner.
Yunnan rice noodles, at the beginning of the day in Tengchong, the rice noodles on the streets of Tengchong are relatively simple, unlike the cross-bridge rice noodles, which are a bowl of rice noodles with sauced meat and various spicy sauces, it is a bowl of happy rice noodles.
I didn’t expect to eat a Chongqing hot pot in Yunnan, because the food in Yunnan is generally more spicy, so the taste of the hot pot is not bad. After watching the shadow puppet show, there is a restaurant just beside the road.
The End
Times are changing, but Tengchong still retains its simplicity and original flavor.
Maybe one day in the future, I will come back again,
What kind of Tengchong did you see?