On June 5, 2021, Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province, Datong City, Shanxi Province, two-day self-driving tour

On June 5, 2021, Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province, Datong City, Shanxi Province, two-day self-driving tour

At 6:40 am on June 5, 2021, our husband and wife set off from Tianjin on time and drove to the Tianmo Film and Television Base in Huailai County, Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province. We arrived at 10:10. , but they are all under maintenance, and there is also a climbing training ground. The entire base is very deep and far away, and it is impossible without a car. There is a real desert in Tianmo Film and Television. After playing for about 1 hour, drive to Kaiyang Castle in Yangyuan County, Zhangjiakou City. As soon as I left the film and television base, I saw a place to play in Guanting Reservoir. It is very relaxing, with a wide water surface, reeds, fishing, boating, and people around to play yachts. It is very pleasant. We rested quietly here for half an hour and had a packed lunch. Departure at 12:20 to Yangyuan County. Arrive at 14:50. Kaiyang Castle is the most dilapidated castle I have ever seen. It is free and original. The surrounding areas of Kaiyang Castle are required to return farmland to forests. The apricot trees planted now mature between summer and summer, so in a few years, the local scenery, climate, and people's income should improve. Leave at 15:40 and go to Datong Earth Forest, Yunzhou District, Datong City, Shanxi Province. Yunzhou District is the former Datong County. Arrived at 16:50, the soil forest is very suitable for photography. At that time, the sky was lightly raining from time to time, and two rainbows appeared after a while, which further set off the beauty of the soil forest. We played in it for 1.5 hours and drove to the Volcanic Group Geopark. There is no place to stay or refuel near the earth forest. The volcanoes are in the urban area, and there are many accommodations and gas stations. The Volcanic Group National Geopark is on the right of the exit of the expressway, and the soil forest is on the left of the exit, in two directions. That night, we settled in the urban area of ​​Yunzhou District. The next day, at 8:45 in the morning, I entered the Volcanic Group National Geopark. It is free and very large. The volcanoes are far away, so it is impossible without a car. You can take pictures at the observation deck, and you can walk on the wooden plank road at Langwo Mountain. After playing for 3 hours, we went to Yong'an Temple in Hunyuan County, Datong City. The more famous scenic spots in Hunyuan County are two temples, Yong'an Temple and Yuanjue Temple, which are very close to each other and are both in the old city. Now, the entire county is repairing the old city of Hunzhou. Yong'an Temple and Yuanjue Temple are also really good. Yong'an Temple has well-preserved murals, and Yuanjue Temple has a well-preserved Liao Dynasty stone pagoda. We drove home at 14:40 in the afternoon and arrived safely at 19:20. The whole journey was driven 996 kilometers.

On the first day, Tianjin——Tianmo Film and Television Base, Huailai County, Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province——Guanting Reservoir——Kaiyang Ancient Castle, Yangyuan County, Zhangjiakou City——Datong Tulin, Yunzhou District, Datong City, Shanxi Province, live in Yunzhou on the day Area

On the second day, National Geological Park of Volcanic Groups - Yong'an Temple and Yuanjue Temple in Hunyuan County, Datong City - Tianjin

The following are the strategies I made before the trip, for reference only.

Kaiyang Ancient Castle is located in Futujiang Township, 20 kilometers southeast of Yangyuan County. It is an ancient county town and village in Yangyuan County. Therefore, Kaiyang has the saying that "the village in Kaiyangyuan County is the first". The earth city wall still retains the original outline, and some places are basically intact. The upper and lower sides of the city gate are built of blue bricks and strip bricks. The paving stones in the gate opening are as smooth as a mirror by pedestrians and horses. It is still the main passage for entry and exit. Kaiyang Fort retains the overall style of the thousand-year-old city, providing valuable material materials for the study of Tang Dynasty architecture.

Tianmo Film and Television: In Huailai County, about 70 kilometers away from Beijing, there is a natural desert covering an area of ​​1,300 mu. It is located at the foot of Yanshan Mountain on the south side of Guanting Reservoir, the hometown of the famous Baleng Begonia. Xiaonan Xinbao Town Longbaoshan Village, Xiaonan Xinbao Town. On the left hand side of the film and television park, there is a real desert. From here, drive to the top of the mountain, and there is an ancient desert city in the northwest, especially like some scenes in Westward Journey. The location on the mountain has a lot of scenery created for filming. Tianmo Film and Television City Zhangjiakou Tianmo Natural Scenic Area, Longbao Mountain, Xiaonanbao Town, Huailai County, Zhangjiakou City, is more than 70 kilometers away from Beijing. The Beijing-Tibet Expressway takes less than 2 hours. In recent years, more than 300 film and television films, including "The Great Battle", "The Mummy 3", "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "Journey to the West", "Returning the Pearl", "The Granary of the World", "Moment in Beijing", "Flying Armor of the Dragon Gate", etc. Filmed here.

Datong City is located in the center of the Datong Basin in the northern part of Shanxi Province. It has been an important military town and strategic place since ancient times. , Beikong Desert. It is the screen of the capital and the guarantee of the Central Plains". Mapu Mountain in the east of Datong is the battlefield where Liu Bang and the Xiongnu fought for seven days and nights in the Han Dynasty; Jinshatan (belonging to the boundary of Shuozhou City, Shanxi Province) is the battlefield where the generals of the Yang family fought bloody battles.

Datong Soil Forest in Shanxi Province: Duzhuang Village, Duzhuang Township, Yunzhou District, Datong City, 08:00-19:00 throughout the year

The uncanny craftsmanship of nature has created the weird and blurred landforms of the soil forest. When you walk in here, it is difficult to understand whether you have landed on Mars or are trapped in a magic and fairy world. This is Datong Earth Forest, which is called "Shibangou" by the locals. It is the only known earth forest scenic spot in North China.

Looking around, the peculiarity of the soil forest is dazzling, like an old castle but not a castle, like a sculpture but not a sculpture. Some canines are criss-crossed, standing thousands of feet, which must be the edge of heaven and earth; some are continuous, like the reappearance of the ancient Great Wall; some live alone, like hermits leisurely; The south of the soil forest stretches into a piece of tranquil waters. Standing on the shore and looking out, the soil forest reflected in the water is even more confusing and confusing like a Brahma world. Under different sunlight, the soil forest presents different styles, either glittering with gold, or red like flames, magnificent and magnificent, which is favored by many photographers.

The best time to shoot soil forest landscapes is at sunrise or sunset. The sun is strong at noon and the shooting effect is not good.

The soil forest, also known as Shibangou and Fox Valley, is located about ten kilometers south of Datong City. It is the only known soil forest scenic spot in North China. The soil forest is located in an area about one kilometer from east to west and about three kilometers from north to south. The soil pillars and walls in the soil forest are naturally formed in various shapes, just like sculptures, which is amazing. Compared with Xinjiang's wind-eroded landform "Devil City", this place is more like a miniature version.

The best time to shoot soil forest landscape is at sunrise or sunset, when the sun is strong at noon, the effect of shooting is not good. Play for more than 1 hour. 1. Scene shooting: You can use the wide-angle end of the mobile phone to shoot. If you catch up with the blue sky and white clouds, this kind of picture is very imposing. It is also very tasteful to make black and white photos in the later stage. 2. Photographing people: try not to stand rigidly in front of the soil forest, as it will look like an ordinary tourist photo. It is recommended to set the continuous shooting function of the mobile phone, and adopt dynamic postures such as running, jumping, and walking, so that the shooting will be more natural. You can also use the reeds as the foreground, which is different from the real and the real. In the later stage, the saturation of the picture is slightly reduced to form a different commemorative photo.

Soil forest landforms are semi-consolidated or very loose soil deposits, which are mainly formed by flowing water erosion and gravity collapse, while Yadan landforms are mainly formed by wind erosion, salt weathering and gravity collapse. The toilets in the scenic area are extremely simple and the sanitary conditions are very poor.

1/ Enter from the gate and walk along a small path. You can go to the right first to be in the soil forest, which is very suitable for taking pictures; 2/ It is best to go at sunset, the color view is very good, just check the local sunset time in advance 3/ You can choose to wear black and yellow clothes to take pictures and look good.

[Soil Forest] As the name suggests, a forest composed of soil hahaha. Soil forest is a special landform feature, which is formed by the erosion of river-facies clay and gravel by rainwater, and is divided into thousands of ravines under the erosion of surface water. In order to protect the landscape, the scenic area is divided into areas where tourists walk and areas where they are prohibited from stepping, just follow the signs and walk. Suggestions for taking pictures: 1. If you have the conditions, you can bring spacesuit props to take a "Mars blockbuster" here, because the overall color atmosphere here is a bit like the Mars camp in Qinghai. 2. This place has a very western feel. It is recommended to dress in a western style. The colors are black, white, and red. Tickets: 50/person Location: 30km from the city center [Volcanic Group] Due to its border with Ulanqab, Datong has a similar volcanic group to Ulan Hada Volcano, but it is relatively less famous. Several volcanoes with relatively large volcanic groups include Langwo Mountain, Heishan Mountain, Jinshan Mountain, and Gelao Mountain. Photo spots: 1. You can climb up to the pavilion of volcanic rocks and look at the surrounding volcanoes. Some angles can make you feel like Mount Fuji. 2. Climb up to Langwo Mountain and feel the volcano at close range. On Haotian Mountain), feel the atmosphere of the temple tower and the volcano in the same frame Location: Datong Volcanic Group National Geopark, 30-40km from the city center.

The Datong Volcanic Group is one of the Quaternary Volcanic Groups in my country. It stopped erupting about 60,000 years ago. At present, there are more than 30 known ones, which are mainly distributed in the east of the Datong Basin. They are divided into east, west, and There are four areas in the south and north. Among them, the volcano in the west area, located in the northeast of Datong County today, is the most dense and spectacular part of the volcanic cone landscape. Most of their altitudes are between 1100 meters and 1400 meters above sea level, probably because of the flat and wide valley landforms, these volcanic cones rise up like underground ghosts, and most of them show a kind of mighty and mysterious.

Among the volcanoes in the western area, the crater with the largest diameter is Langwo Mountain, which reaches about 500 meters and is almost a perfect circle. The crater is as deep as 30 to 50 meters on average. This is also the deepest crater in the Datong Volcanic Group. Haotian Mountain is a relatively complete natural dimensional body of the crater in the western part of Datong. From a bird's-eye view, you can find a little trace left by water erosion on the mountain for less than hundreds of thousands of years. It is located in the northeast suburb of Datong County, and has become a relatively remarkable natural landmark of this small county.

Jinshan Volcanic Cone is more like a bright "comet" burning in the summer night sky. And it's white and shiny. Looking down at Gelao Mountain from a high altitude, it is shaped like a golden "peach heart". Because it is surrounded by radial water-eroded groove textures, the "golden light" emitted from the "peach heart" is even more beautiful. charming. The Dongpingshan volcanic cone is far away from the concentrated area of ​​volcanoes in the west area. It is located about two kilometers away from the due east of Datong County. Because the lava flowed towards the southeast during the eruption, a volcanic cone was left in the southeast of the volcanic cone. There is an obvious gap, which makes the entire volcanic cone look like a lifelike giant horseshoe.

The Datong Volcanic Group is widely distributed, mainly in the outer suburbs of the eastern part of the Datong Basin and the middle valley of the Sanggan River. There are some villages around, so you need to return to the county seat for board and lodging. The May Day holiday is still in the forest fire prevention period, and all other personnel and vehicles are advised to return, and they can visit Haotian Temple. Datong Volcanic Group Geopark is one of the six famous volcanic groups in my country and the only extinct volcano group developed on the Loess Plateau. It is also a rare natural heritage in the East Asian continent. There are more than 30 known volcanoes. There are many volcanic ruins in the park, some of which have built plank roads, and you can have a panoramic view of the surrounding scenery on the top of the crater, and you can see the small mountains at a glance.

Enter from Haotian Temple and navigate Jinshan or Langwoshan. It is very suitable for self-driving tours. The distance between each scenic spot is quite far. It is very inconvenient without a car. The combination of volcanoes and the Loess Plateau is rare.

The Datong Volcanic Group is one of the Quaternary Volcanic Groups in my country. At present, there are more than 30 known, mainly distributed in the eastern part of the Datong Basin, which can be divided into four areas: east, west, south and north. The eastern district is in the area of ​​Xubao and Shenquan Temple. Finger Claw Garden in the West District and Xiping North Area. The southern area is south of the Sanggan River. The North District is a mountain north of Datong City. According to the external morphological characteristics of volcanoes, they can be divided into four categories: one is dome-shaped, which is composed of basalt and has no crater, such as Gushan and Emaopimple. The second is shell-like, composed of basalt, such as Xiaojiayaotou volcano and Daxinzhuang volcano. The third is semicircular, which is formed by volcanic eruptions erupting along the fissures in front of the mountain and flowing along the hillside. The fourth is horseshoe-shaped, composed of interlayers of basalt flows and volcanic debris. There is a cross-section at the foot of Jinshan Mountain. You can see volcanic caves when you hike to the top of the mountain. Be careful when going down the mountain.

Yong'an Temple is located in the North Lane of Drum Tower in Hunyuan County. The temple faces south from the north. It is a group of magnificent Yuan Dynasty buildings with grand buildings and palaces.

The temple runs from north to south, and is divided into front, middle and back courtyards. The existing mountain gate, central hall, main hall, and east and west wing halls are all built in the Yuan Dynasty. Its architectural layout is centered on the central axis, which is symmetrical on both sides. Entering the mountain gate, there are statues of Hun and Ha on both sides. The main hall is called "Zhuanfa Zhengzong Hall", also known as the Daxiong Hall. It is five feet wide and three rooms deep. In the middle of the hall, there is a Buddha statue of the third generation enshrined on the Buddhist altar, with four Bodhisattvas and two gods protecting the Dharma on the east and west sides. Miao plastic. In addition, the four walls of the hall are covered with huge murals with a height of three meters and a length of more than fifty meters. The painting skills are amazing. In addition to the murals in Yong'an Temple, the Yuan Dynasty stone building and Liangtong Yuan stele, the inscription of the Zen master in Yong'an Temple, the burning and repairing stele of Yong'an Temple, and the rebuilding of the Ksitigarbha Hall in Ming Wanli Gengyin Year (1590) are all precious cultural relics. It is a pity that these Cultural relics suffered bad luck during the "Cultural Revolution".

External: simple and exquisite, the main hall is large in scale and high in specifications; tigers roar and dragons chant and majestic inscriptions are majestic; it makes me cry. Interior: The murals of the Yuan Dynasty are full of characters, with delicate brushstrokes, and are perfectly preserved; the decoration of the caisson and beams is the most exquisite I have ever seen, and the specifications are so high. It's a pity that you can't take pictures. I bought the picture album of the manager Zhang Jianxin, and I will read it slowly in the future. External environment: road construction, a mess. Suggestion: Be sure to ask Teacher Zhang to unlock and show you the murals. He will explain. Tickets are 20 yuan. There are experienced full-time librarians in the main hall to open the door to explain, and it is strictly forbidden to take pictures inside. The temple was built in the Jin Dynasty, the main hall was in the Yuan Dynasty, and the large murals in the Yuan Dynasty are exquisite and well preserved. Its 700-year-old Dharma transmission hall houses amazing murals handed down from generation to generation. 8:00-18:00 all year round

The more famous scenic spots in Hunyuan County are two temples, Yong'an Temple and Yuanjue Temple, which are also called big and small temples by the locals. The temple was first built in the Jin Dynasty, and was rebuilt in the Yuan Dynasty. After several generations, the main building is now the authentic hall for preaching the Dharma. There is a picture of a pilgrimage of hundreds of immortals. On the north side of the mural, there are ten Ming kings riding strange birds and beasts. Except for the fifth Ming king on the right, who looks kind, the other nine Ming kings are all green-faced and long-toothed. The one who looked at him carefully, but he also had six green arms, and his perverted appearance was even more terrifying than the other nine Harbin Yaos. On the east and west walls and part of the south wall, there are three rows depicting the scenes of Confucian, Buddhist and Taoist gods rushing to the pilgrimage. The staff who visited me told me that a total of 882 gods are depicted on this mural, covering almost all the gods listed in the Heavenly Palace on Earth. When he left, he looked back at the gate of the temple, but was surprised to find that there were two Erlong walls on the gate. A brown-yellow dragon and a purple-red dragon are entrenched on the blue stone wall stepping on the tumbling cloud wheel, as if competing for a scorching fireball. The main hall in the temple is the original wooden structure of the Jin Dynasty, a national treasure building, and a national key cultural relic protection unit.