Rediscovering the beauty of Beijing, I drove to the Yinshan Tower Forest in Changping District of Beijing with my friends this week. I seemed to be alone, standing between the high and low tower forests built over the years and carefully admiring the octagonal shape. The exquisite reliefs on the tower, the dark clouds after the rain floating on the tower forest, the Yinshan tower forest is even more shocking and magnificent, I feel the moist atmosphere in the forest, and taste the beauty of the vicissitudes of time brought to it.
Unexpectedly, there are so many fun things to do in Changping, which is only more than an hour’s drive away from the core area of Beijing. I would like to share with you a weekend travel guide, so you can take this guide and start walking!
——Yinshan Pagoda Forest, a small tourist destination in Beijing, has a magnificent group of ancient pagodas, which was once one of the eight scenic spots in Yanping!
Yinshan Pagoda Forest is a famous scenic spot with the most existing Liao pagodas in Beijing. The pagodas have a history of more than 600 years since the Jin and Yuan Dynasties, Ming and Qing Dynasties. The pagodas have been built over the years for 600 years. There are countless mountain pagodas." It has a long history, but it is well preserved. It is said that because of the high mountains and long roads and inaccessible people, it survived the turbulent years.
Every pagoda is worth appreciating and feeling slowly. The base of the pagoda is carved with bricks and has a lotus xumizuo, and there are fake coupon doors on all sides of the pagoda, and Buddha statues are carved with bricks inside the door. The other four carved windows, each window is different, there are rhombus, square, and many mortise and tenon clearly visible bucket arches, as if they were made of wood. At the corner of each floor, there is a statue of Buddha nodding his head and lowering his eyebrows. Quite exquisite.
Some pagodas have seven floors and some have thirteen floors. The seven-story so-called seven-level pagoda, seven represents the seven treasures of Buddhism-gold, silver, glass, clam, agate, pearls, and roses. Thirteen is considered an auspicious number in Buddhism, representing the completion of merit and virtue. The pagodas with different floors in the Yinshan Pagoda Forest are determined according to the level and cultivation level of the monks.
——Barbecue in the pit in the lunch area, is this the deluxe version of Beggar’s Chicken?
Come to Yinshan Tallinn in Changping to play, and recommend a barbecue meal that you can’t miss-the barbecue in the pit! Handmade earthen stove oven, baked for 3 hours, the outside is charred and the inside is tender. Sitting on the second-floor terrace and watching the traffic passing through the mountains, eating a barbecue meal is so pleasant!
The barbecue in the pit is what the boss calls it, because the boss specially made an earthen oven in the small vegetable garden in the backyard, marinated the barbecue ingredients one day in advance, so that the grilled food is full of flavor, and collected walnut wood and chestnuts from the mountains Wood is used as the wood for the barbecue, and the fire is heated, and then the food is carefully wrapped in tin foil and put into the oven. Is there a sense of sight of the deluxe version of Beggar's Chicken in martial arts novels? However, in addition to beggar chicken, there are also various barbecue delicacies.
After 3 hours, the food is out of the oven! After tearing off the hot tin foil, the aroma of the barbecue comes out, and if you can’t control yourself, it’s easy to saliva! ! Barbecue gluttonous feast, in addition to the traditional grilled lamb chops, there are also roasted pig's trotters, roasted pork belly, roasted chicken feet, roasted potatoes and sweet potatoes... If you have other favorites, you can also say hello to the boss in advance! In addition, the boss will also serve a variety of hot and cold seasonal dishes, such as cold okra, cold perilla, steamed corn and purple sweet potato... Corn is strongly recommended, and the taste of childhood is back!
If you want to find the barbecue in the pit, you can’t search for the barbecue in the pit. In fact, this farmhouse is called "Shanli Renjia". It is located on Yinshan Road, Humen Village, Xingshou Town, Changping District. It is 290 meters away from Humen Village, just beside the road. , There is also a very spacious terrace on the second floor with an excellent view. Standing on the terrace, you can see the green hills in the distance and the speeding traffic. Don’t feel too comfortable eating a barbecue meal!
——Lake of Tranquility Resort Hotel, soak in the private hot springs in the wooden villas and forests!
The beginning of autumn has come, one autumn rain and one cold, in the most comfortable season in Beijing, always thinking about finding a romantic hot spring private soup, and slowly enjoying the soft time in autumn. When you come to Yinshan Tallinn, if you want to soak in hot water, it is recommended to go to Beijing Jingzhi Lake Resort Hotel.
Staying at Tranquility Lake Resort Hotel, you don’t have to worry about arranging your itinerary, because Tranquility Lake itself has too many fun experiences to explore. It is colorful all year round. In summer, in the 2,000-acre Jingzhihu Private Forest Park, you can feel the tranquility of Birdsong Mountain. The large lavender fields and rose gardens are also good places to take pictures in summer. If you catch up with the lotus blooming season, you can come here to enjoy the lotus, see the koi swimming among the lotus leaves, and the swans swimming on the water.
We especially recommend the wooden villas of Tranquil Lake Resort Hotel, which are located by the lake and contract the entire courtyard. There are many types of wooden villas, including couple villas, 110-square-meter two-bedroom and one-living wooden houses, 140-square-meter three-bedroom family wooden houses, and 290 square meters. A flat wooden house for guests, with a European-style pastoral style. Living here, you can not only smell the aroma of wood, but also enjoy a private soup in the private courtyard where the bamboo shadows dance while looking at the lake.
However, wooden villas with outdoor private baths are very popular, and it is hard to find a room. If you do not book a wooden villa, you can also go to the public 23 indoor and outdoor soup pools. The hot springs are all taken from underground mineral water, and there are violet baths and green tea baths. , aloe vera bath and other herbal baths, as well as medicinal baths such as sulfur springs and Tibetan medicinal baths, as well as popular Japanese rock baths.
A boutique B&B where you can eat special chestnut feasts——Caomu Yuanju
If you want to find a poetic and picturesque boutique B&B to stay in, I recommend Caomu Yuanju near Yinshan Tallinn. "Get close to nature, listen to the frogs and cicadas, be close to the mountains and fields, and connect with the vegetation." Because of such a vision, the owner of the homestay named the place "Grass and Trees". Caomu Yuanju is a series of homestays, including many single-family courtyards in Humen Village, Yanshou Town, Changping District.
In each single-family courtyard, there are blue bricks and gray tiles, wooden doors and windows, which are simple and full of pastoral atmosphere. The former B&Bs were the idle houses of the villagers in Humen Village. After being artistically built, the small courtyard is green and the rooms are uniquely designed and warm. Living here is full of fun and steals half a day of leisure.
The grass and trees are surrounded by trees, and the names of different courtyards are also named after planting different trees, such as my favorite "persimmon is red". Going uphill along the path full of vegetation, you will come to the courtyard with red persimmons. Push the door and enter. There are two rooms and one living room on the right hand side. Listen to the gurgling water and have a great view. Listening to the singing of cicadas, living in the yard planted with persimmon trees, you can see the scene of persimmons covering the branches in autumn, and hope that everything will go well.
The interior design of the nearby "Yinxin Pavilion" is my favorite. The main colors of yellow and black also echo the ancient ginkgo trees in the courtyard. I want to sit in the courtyard with ginkgo trees and chat with my family in autumn. , so uncomfortable.
Humen Village also has a very distinctive chestnut banquet, where chestnuts are added to dishes, whether it is stewed chicken, porridge, or cold dishes, it has a different taste.
Before heading home, you can take a stroll around the most famous winery in Changping—Beijing Huadu Brewing Food Co., Ltd. It used to be the source of royal wine, and now you can customize your own exclusive wine here. !
