Shiping County is located in the south of Yunnan Province and the northwest of Honghe Prefecture. It is adjacent to Jianshui County in the east, Honghe County in the south, Yuanjiang County and Xinping County in the west, Eshan County and Tonghai County in the north. It is Honghe Prefecture connecting Yuxi City and leading to Pu'er , a major channel in Xishuangbanna.
The ancient city of Shiping is known as the "Museum of Residential Architecture in the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Southern Yunnan". It has preserved relatively complete ancient buildings. Yilong Lake, the pearl of the plateau, has nurtured the children of Shiping for generations. Here is a place with a profound cultural background and a collection of humanities. In the north of the county, a long railway track connects Shiping Jianshui, and the most beautiful journey of nostalgia begins here.
The orange-yellow ancient city tourist train carries heavy historical and cultural value, and is also full of scenery along the way, becoming another golden route for Jianshui ancient city tourism.
Jianshui, Shiping counties and Yunnan meter-gauge railway operation and development company jointly participated in the departure ceremony of the first meter-gauge sightseeing train from Shiping to Jianshui at Shiping Station .
The train is the memory of many people. The old people come to recall that when they were young, they took the train to shuttle at each station. Those who were once held by their parents on the train are now parents. They bring their children to experience the feeling of being thrown into the window to occupy the seat The scene is full of memories.
Tourists from all over the country boarded the small train and experienced this novel journey with the "Zhuangyuan". In less than 3 hours, tourists not only enjoyed the beautiful scenery of lakes and mountains beside Yilong Lake, but also saw historical and cultural relics such as Tuanshan, Xianghui Bridge, and Shuanglong Bridge, and personally experienced the pastoral scenery and strong atmosphere along the way. Nostalgia. In addition, you can also taste Shiping's special snacks and listen to the beautiful singing of the "Zhuangyuan" flight attendants.
On May 1, 1915, Gebishi Railway started construction. The Bishi Railway is an important section connecting the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway. Gebishi Railway, also known as Gebilinping Railway, is one of the earliest private railways in China. It was built in 1915. It was originally an inch-gauge railway. After reconstruction in 1970, it was transformed from inch-gauge to meter-gauge. It has a history of 100 years. One hundred years later, in order to enhance the tourism and cultural content of Jianshui ancient city, and carry forward the glory of the century-old meter-gauge railway.
The Bishi Railway was first built in 1915 and completed in 1936. In the eyes of the older generation, the construction of this railway ended the era of Shiping people carrying horses. However, due to historical reasons, this railway stopped passenger transport in 2003 and freight transport in 2010. Since then, Shiping has never heard of it again. To the roar of the train, the memory of history pressed the pause button.
In December 2019, the Shiping County Party Committee and the county government decided to repair the line from Shiping Station to Jianshui Tuanshan Station of the Bishi meter-gauge railway. Only then did the Shiping Zhuangyuan train reappear.
Every morning at 8:30, the first trip of the day, the "Zhuangyuan" Shiping meter-gauge train, departs on time from the century-old Shiping Station. mountain flowers.
According to reports, the Shiping meter-gauge train is 29.1 kilometers one way. The starting station is Shiping Station, and the terminal station is Tuanshan Station. It stops at Longjing Station and Baxin Station on the way.
"Ancient City Yellow" Jianshui Ancient City Train, among the three meter-gauge trains, the one with the deepest "qualification" is the Jianshui Ancient City Train in Jianshui County, which runs from Lin'an to Tuanshan.
The history of the Jianshui meter-gauge train: According to online information: more than a hundred years ago, when the French were planning to build the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway, many people of insight in Yunnan felt the loss of sovereignty, so they actively thought about a way out.
In 1912, Yunnanese Li Guanghan and others jointly requested the construction of the Ge (Old) Meng (Zi) Lin (An, now Jianshui) (Shi) Ping Railway belonging to the Yunnan people. This move was supported by the local Yunnan. In 1914, Chen Heting was appointed as the prime minister of the Bishi Railway. He changed the company into a private business, becoming the first private railway in China. In order to prevent the French from coveting Yunnan's mineral resources through the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway, he decisively decided to implement a gauge of 600 mm inch track.
However, when building the section from Jijie to Lin’an, Sappho, the chief engineer of the Gebi Railway, suggested that the construction should be based on meter gauge, but the inch gauge should be laid first. One day, when the country is strong and the Yunnan-Vietnam meter gauge railway is taken back, the Gebishi Railway can be converted into It is a meter gauge, connected with the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway.
The operation of the Jianshui rice-gauge train has brought a new look to Jianshui tourism. The Jianshui ancient city train departs from Lin'an Station, passes the mirror-like Shuanglong Bridge and Xianghui Bridge, and arrives at the ancient Tuanshan Village. The whole journey is nearly 13 kilometers. The picture shows Xianghuiqiao Railway Station.
Accompanied by the old-fashioned train sound of "哐嘡嘡嘡嘡嘡哘嘡" all the way, the small train is moving forward at a speed of 20km/h. After a morning's drive, we passed the famous Jianshui Seventeen-Arch Bridge, Xianghuiqiao Station, and Tuanshan Ancient Village on the way. The scenery everywhere is unique and worth visiting.
The Jianshui Shuanglong Bridge passed by the small train, commonly known as the "Seventeen-Arch Bridge", is a large stone arch bridge with three pavilions and seventeen holes. It is located 5 miles west of the ancient city of Jianshui, across the confluence of Lujiang River and Tachong River.
The so-called "Shuanglong" means that the two rivers of Tachong and Lujiang converge together, and there is a bridge to lock the "Double Dragon", hence the name. Looking at the Shuanglong Bridge from a distance, the 17 bridge holes are lined up, and the holes are connected, majestic and magnificent, like a Changhong lying on the waves.
The existing Xianghui bridge is a three-hole stone arch bridge, built in the 19th year of Jiaqing in the Qing Dynasty (1814). The main bridge is 30 meters long, the approach bridges at the east and west ends are 25.3 meters long, and the length of the bridge corridor and the width of the bridge deck are both 7 meters. . The bridge deck is completely covered by the main pavilion and the secondary pavilion named "Wenxing Pavilion", which is the only wind and rain covered bridge in Jianshui area.
In addition, I went to Bisezhai, Mengzi on the first day. One day in 1909, the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway was laid and the railway station was built. A French official stationed in Mengzi saw that it was surrounded by mountains and facing the sea, and named it "Bise Village". The small village got its name from the station, and its fate was also linked to the train.
Later, because of "Fang Hua" directed by Feng Xiaogang, it became popular all of a sudden, and people from all over the country came here to check in.
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Jianshui meter-gauge train attractions address
In Lin'an Station, Jianshui Ancient City, at the intersection of Yinghui Road and Donglin Road, Jianshui County, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture
opening hours
09:00-10:50 throughout the year; another fixed time is 14:30-16:20. The return time is 13:00-13:45, 17:50-18:35 respectively.
Ticket price: 100 yuan/person for hard seat, 120 yuan/person for soft seat
Preferential policy: You can enjoy a half-price discount when purchasing tickets with your valid student ID card, senior ID card, military officer ID card, soldier ID card, and disability ID card.