foreword
Before my daughter was too busy, I quickly decided on a week's travel time. Considering that the climate in the south is still unstable and it rains a lot this season, I finally decided to go to Shanxi and Hebei. I have been to these two provinces many times, but three new 5A scenic spots have been added in the past two years --- Yanmenguan in Shanxi, Baishi Mountain in Hebei and the ancient city of Guangfu. I have never been to these scenic spots. , By the way, climb the famous mountain in the east of Shanxi --- Zangshan, see the Xiangtangshan Grottoes, which is known as the fifth largest grotto in China, and the Zhaozhou Bridge, which is well known to women and children.
After constant weighing, it was finally decided to rent a car from Guangzhou to Taiyuan and drive by myself, and finally returned the car to Handan Airport, and flew back to Guangzhou from Handan. The actual itinerary is: After flying to Taiyuan, rent a car to visit Tibetan Mountain, stay in Daixian County, Shanxi; visit Yanmen Pass, stay in Laiyuan County; visit Baishi Mountain, visit Taihang Water Town, stay by Yishui Lake; meet friends in Shijiazhuang City for accommodation; visit Zhaozhou Bridge, Bianque Temple, stay in Xingtai City; visit Guangfu Ancient City, stay at Xiangtang Yunju Hotel in Xiangtangshan Scenic Area; visit Xiangtangshan Grottoes (North District) and (South District), return the car at Handan Airport, and fly back to Guangzhou. The total cost of this trip is about 11,000 yuan (for two people), including 7,220 yuan for transportation (3,820 yuan for round-trip air tickets, 2,409 yuan for car rental, 571 yuan for fuel, and 420 yuan for travel); about 1,200 yuan for food; 1,386 yuan for accommodation; tickets And the traffic in the scenic spot is 1058 yuan (one full ticket and one half ticket).
On the afternoon of Saturday (June 29), our daughter came home to pick up our grandson after get off work, and we set off. Take the flight to Taiyuan at 8:50 in the evening, and stay at the Xi'an Hotel near the airport booked on Ctrip. There is a pick-up service here, and it is relatively close to the car rental company, so it is convenient to pick up the car from the car rental company the next day.
D1, Taiyuan Airport---You Zangshan---Daixian County (accommodation)
In the morning, walk to the convenient point of Yihi Car Rental Company to pick up the car, then drive back to the entrance of the hotel to load the luggage, and leave for Cangshan Mountain, Yuxian County at about 8:10. I bought a deep-fried dough stick, plus the bread I brought from Guangzhou the day before, and ate breakfast while driving in the car. I arrived in Tibetan Mountain before 10:00.
Tibetan mountain was named Yushan in ancient times. The national AAAA scenic spot is located at the western foot of Taihang Mountain, 18 kilometers north of Yu County, Yangquan City, the east gate of Shanxi Province. According to legend, in the Spring and Autumn Period, Zhao Shuo, a senior official of the State of Jin, was killed by the Duke of Jin. Later generations renamed Yushan Mountain as Tibetan Mountain, and set up a temple to offer sacrifices. It has a history of more than 2,600 years. Tibetan mountains, with thousands of peaks and barriers, thousands of ravines containing smoke, dangerous rocks cut down, strange caves, towering pines and cypresses, gurgling streams, magnificent mountains and rivers, pleasant scenery in all seasons; ancient temple buildings with wonderful layout and decent density; all buildings The towers, platforms, halls, halls and pavilions are all built by the mountains and walls, perfectly matching the natural landscape, making people feel like they are in a painting, like entering a fairyland, so it is known as the number one mountain in eastern Shanxi.
After entering the gate, we took the scenic sightseeing bus to the tourist area, and from here we can take a big ring road. We first visited the "Tibetan Solitary Resort", and then climbed the stairs from the "South Tianmen" to the "Tianmen". Here we can walk down the mountain by stairs, and there is also a glass slide that saves time, effort and money. We chose the slide. There is a paid glass suspension bridge at the end of the slide. Both of us are not afraid of heights. We have walked a lot on the glass walkway, and there are too many people on the bridge. We went straight down the mountain. I found a shade under a tree and ate the bread distributed on the plane last night for lunch. Then I accidentally fell, my knee was bruised and bruised, and my right palm was also swollen. Fortunately, my wife brought lavender essential oil, applied essential oil on the bleeding area, and put plaster on the bruised palm after returning to the car. At that time, I was really worried that it would affect driving. Fortunately, the wound healed quickly after applying the essential oil, and the pain was not so painful the next day after applying the medicine on the palm.
Go back to the sightseeing station after the Lotus Temple, and drive to the next stop ~ Dai County at 13:20. I chose the "Capeton Select Hotel" with better conditions online, and checked in to rest after arriving. In the evening, I wanted to go out to buy some fruit, so I drove to the "Bianjing Tower" in the city center and walked around. The ticket office of "Bianjing Tower" was closed, so I had to take a few photos outside. After dinner, return to the hotel and eat special dishes of Dai County in the restaurant in the backyard of the hotel---boiled fish, donkey meat bowl, etc. Boiled fish seems to be the most famous dish in Dai County now. The fish is boiled in chicken broth after being oiled. It tastes very delicious!
D2, Daixian County --- You Yanmen Pass --- Laiyuan County (accommodation)
After breakfast at the hotel, go to "Bian Jing Lou" again. Bianjing Tower was first built in the 7th year of Hongwu (AD 1374) in the Ming Dynasty, burned down in the 7th year of Ming Chenghua (AD 1471), and rebuilt by adding a platform (AD 1476). During the Kangxi, Yongzheng, Jiaqing and Daoguang years of the Qing Dynasty, it was repaired. Despite hundreds of years of wind and rain erosion and many earthquake shocks, it is still intact. There are three huge plaques hanging on the upper floor of the building, "Shengwen Sida", "Wei Town Three Passes", and "Yanmen First Floor". Bianjing Tower is built on a tall brick cave platform with three floors and four eaves on the top of the mountain. It is tall and majestic. It is the largest pavilion-style building in Shanxi and the largest existing Drum Tower in China. As an ancient building in the Ming Dynasty, Bianjing Tower is a national key cultural relic protection unit.
We bought a ticket to visit the tower. The green brick slope on the tower clearly reveals the "age" of the ancient building. There is a protruding "official" character on every brick on the ground upstairs. Such a well-preserved ancient building like this There really aren't that many anymore. From the Bianjing Tower to the Confucian Temple in Dai County, the Confucian Temple also needs to buy tickets. We can already see the entire interior of the Confucian Temple at the gate.
Drive directly to Yanmen Pass, and pass the site of the Yanmen Pass ambush on the way. The Yanmen Pass ambush was an ambush fought by the 716th Regiment of the 120th Division, 358th Brigade and the 716th Regiment of the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army against the Japanese car transport team in the Yanmen Pass area during the Anti-Japanese War. A total of more than 500 Japanese soldiers were killed and wounded, more than 30 vehicles were destroyed, and the traffic between Fanzhi and Xinkou was once cut off, which cooperated with the Kuomintang army's Xinkou defensive operation. Today happened to be July 1st. When I came across a red scenic spot, I drove in to have a look. Some new party members from some unit took an oath to join the party on the site. We took a few photos and left. Climbing all the way to Yanmen Pass, I realized that the terrain here is complex. When there was no winding road in the past, cars could only run at the bottom of the ditch. It was too easy to lay an ambush.
Arrive at the North Gate (Houyaopu Post Station) of Yanmenguan Scenic Area (5A) at around 10:30, and take the sightseeing bus to the tourist area (there is no sightseeing bus at the South Gate, so you have to walk #far to get to the main tourist area). The Yanmenguan Scenic Area is not big, but it is not small. Those with physical strength can climb all the way up the mountain along the Great Wall. It took us an hour and a half to turn around a few towers in the central scenic area. When I came out, I bought a lot of things in "Bianmao Street", and finally found a restaurant for lunch. I ordered a local chicken stewed with wild mushrooms. It was expensive but had no flavor at all. It seems that this scenic spot is already "too mature "Are.
I also drove away at about 1:30 and went to Laiyuan County, Hebei. At four o'clock, I saw the road sign of Pingxingguan Scenic Spot on the expressway, so I got off the expressway to visit the Pingxingguan Scenic Spot. At the last moment when the staff got off work, I entered the Pingxingguan Great Victory Memorial Hall and visited it in a hurry. After a while, I went to see Qiaogou where the battle took place and Laoye Temple, the commanding height that the Japanese army wanted to fight for. The Pingxingguan Scenic Area is undergoing large-scale construction. The local area intends to further expand the Pingxingguan Great Victory Site from the theme of the Anti-Japanese War to the theme of military culture, and build a new tourism brand that integrates education, leisure and entertainment—Military Cultural Park. After an hour of touring, we got on the highway again, and arrived at Chaoman Hotel in Laiyuan County in the evening. For dinner, we ate donkey meat at the donkey meat restaurant next to the hotel. During the period, it rained heavily, which we rarely see in the north.
D3, Laiyuan --- Tour Baishi Mountain --- Tour Taihang Water Town --- farmhouse next to Yishui Lake Scenic Area (accommodation)
At about 9:30 in the morning, I arrived at the second 5A scenic spot of this trip --- Baishi Mountain Scenic Area. Tickets are free for those over 60 years old, and the cable car is half-ticket. Baishi Mountain is located 15 kilometers south of Laiyuan County, Hebei Province. It is located at the northernmost tip of the Taihang Mountains. Baishi Mountain is a part of Beijing Fangshan World Geopark and has the unique Daliyan peak forest landform in China. In the scenic area, Jiang Taigong is fishing, Bajie is carrying his wife, lover's stone, fairy drying boots, etc. are all unique and unique.
After entering the scenic spot, go up the slope and take the cable car up the mountain. After getting off the cable car, take a sightseeing car to the leek garden. There are three tour routes from here, most tourists take the middle route to Feiyunkou and then return the same way. We plan to take a loop line, the middle line goes to Feiyunkou, then take the cable car down to the middle of the mountain, pass the God of Taihang, the Immortal Boots, and the cliff promenade, and then take the cable car to the leek garden cable car station and go back up to the leek garden. As a result, when we got to the lower station of the leek garden cable car, because the cable car was out of service due to thunder, we had to drag our tired body to climb the stairs for nearly an hour. In fact, the most reasonable route should be to go in the opposite direction of our route, go downhill and uphill when the physical fitness is still good, and finally return to the center line and take a (basically) flat road back to the leek garden.
After returning to the leek garden, we took the scenic bus down the mountain (30 yuan/person, cheaper than the cable car and less walking), and got down to the bottom of the mountain after four o'clock. It took us more than six hours to walk on the mountain. It was raining when we got back to our car. Navigate to "Love Township-Taihang Water Town" in Yixian County and arrive at almost six o'clock. This "water town" is a quaint town built by Country Garden Group beside Yishui Lake, and it was developed purely for tourism. I planned to stay here, but when I arrived at the visitor center, I found that the entire town was without power, and there was no mobile phone signal! We had to go around the town and take a few photos. When we were about to leave, the mobile phone signal was restored. I don’t know if the power has been restored. We drove to Xindonggu County Village next to Yishui Lake, and found a farm inn with a large lake. We also ate dinner in the inn.
In the evening, I called my friends who used to live in Shijiazhuang, and they happened to be in Shijiazhuang now (because they have to help their son who works in Changsha with the children for a long time), so I decided to go to Shijiazhuang to get together with them the next day.
D4, Yishui Lake～Shijiazhuang meeting friends (accommodation)
After breakfast, I went to Yishui Lake to have a look, and started to go to Shijiazhuang around 9 o'clock. On the way, I passed a market and bought some fruits. I arrived at the Home Inn Sports North store near the former North China Pharmaceutical Factory in the center of Shijiazhuang at about noon. I had lunch at Home Inns casually. In the afternoon, friends and couples from Shijiazhuang came to the hotel to chat for a while, and then went to a nearby restaurant to eat and drink to catch up.
D5, Shijiazhuang---Visit Zhaozhou Bridge---Visit Bianque Temple---Su Xingtai
I set off for Zhaozhou Bridge in the morning. Because the navigation was not clear on the highway, I went around a circle and ate a piece of "beef jerky"-a violation penalty ticket (received afterwards). Arrive at the Zhaozhou Bridge Scenic Spot in Zhao County at 9 o'clock (actually, the Zhaozhou Bridge is surrounded and charged).
Zhaozhou Bridge is very famous, because it has been written in elementary school textbooks for decades, so almost everyone in China knows it. But the Zhaozhou Bridge that we see now has been "renewed" after the renovation (almost rebuilt) in the 1950s. Even the craftsmanship is modern. Only 60 of the more than 460 square meters of stone on the bridge are original stones. It is hard to say that this is still an ancient building. bridge up. It is said that many people are heartbroken after seeing the "renewed" Zhaozhou Bridge. No wonder the locals were asked about Zhaozhou Bridge, and the answers were surprisingly consistent: "It's famous, but it's not worth seeing."
After seeing the Zhaozhou Bridge, we went to the Bianque Temple in Xingtai City. It was already noon when we arrived at the Bianque Temple. The weather was very hot and there were few tourists. We found a farm restaurant and had some dumplings (no rice). After lunch, I bought a ticket to visit the temple.
Bian Que (407 BC - 310 BC), surnamed Qin, first name Huan, courtesy name Yueren, respected Bian Que, and nicknamed Luyi. Bian Que was a famous medical scientist in the Warring States Period, ranking first among the five ancient Chinese medical scientists.
Bianque Temple (also known as Bianque Temple) is located 22 kilometers northwest of Neiqiu County, Xingtai City, Hebei Province, covering an area of 150,000 square meters. level tourist area. According to the "Neiqiu County Chronicles", the Bianque Temple existed in the Han and Tang Dynasties, but it is unknown when it was built. Since the Han Dynasty to the present, it has been repaired in all dynasties, and it is now a Yuan Dynasty building.
Although the Bian Que Temple covers a large area, there are not many buildings inside. We spent about an hour visiting the entire scenic spot. There is still a tomb of Bian Que in the Bian Que Temple. It has been more than two thousand years. Kind of weird.
Drive more than an hour from Bianque Temple to Xisiduo Hotel in the center of Xingtai for accommodation and rest. Dinner is at the "Wutong Courtyard" on the third floor of Tianyi Square near the hotel. Mushroom soup, etc., cost 103 yuan.
D6, Xingtai --- tour the ancient city of Guangfu in Handan --- Xiangtang Mountain Xiangtang Yunju (accommodation)
The hotel packs breakfast. I didn’t start until 9 o’clock in the morning this morning, and arrived at the south gate of the ancient city of Guangfu at about 10:30. After parking the car, we first went to the gate tower of the South City, then walked into the city, and when we encountered a sightseeing bus (20 yuan/person), we took it decisively. The sightseeing cars in this ancient city have several different colors, which belong to different small groups. You can get off at the scenic spots in the city and then take the same small group car to go to other scenic spots (no need to buy tickets).
Guangfu City has a history of more than 2,600 years. The existing city wall was rebuilt in the Ming Dynasty, with a height of 12 meters and a width of 8 meters. The city covers an area of 1.5 square kilometers. The city wall is basically intact, with a total perimeter of nine miles and thirteen steps, and a moat that runs smoothly and completely surrounds the ancient city. The ancient city of Guangfu is surrounded by 10,000 mu of low land and endless reeds, surrounded by water, and has a rare and beautiful water town scenery in the north. This is also the birthplace of Yang style and Wu style Taijiquan. The former residences of Yang Luchan, the founder of Yang-style Taijiquan, and Wu Yuxiang, the founder of Wu-style Taijiquan, are well preserved. The Hongji Bridge outside the ancient city is said to be the sister bridge of Zhaozhou Bridge, so the ancient city of Guangfu is a famous city integrating the ancient city, water city and Taiji city, rich in cultural connotations.
We took a sightseeing bus to visit the scenic spots in the ancient city and Hongji Bridge outside the city. Hongji Bridge is only more than one meter shorter than Zhaozhou Bridge. It is far less famous than Zhaozhou Bridge, but it is a real ancient bridge. The existing one The stone bridge was built in the Ming Dynasty and underwent large-scale repairs in the Qing Dynasty, but it still maintains a simple and simple style, revealing the vicissitudes of the years. After visiting the scenic spots, we drove back to our car and had lunch at the food street outside the east gate of the ancient city. Finally, drive into the ancient city from the south gate, drive out from the west gate, and experience the charm of the ancient city again.
I came to the Xiangtang Mountain Scenic Area at about 3:30, booked the Xiangtang Yunju Hotel in the scenic area online, and drove directly into the scenic area to check in at the hotel. The hotel is very comfortable, just rest in the hotel. For dinner, I ate chicken, ground vegetables and eggs, white fungus pear soup, and beer in the hotel restaurant for a total of 115 yuan, which felt very worthwhile. The air around the hotel is very good. After dinner, I wandered around the hotel until dark before returning to the room.
D7, Youxiangtangshan Grottoes (North District)---Youxiangtangshan Grottoes
There are not many people staying in the hotel, and each person has a breakfast. Even so, I still think the breakfast is pretty good. After breakfast, I bought a ticket to go up the mountain, half price for hotel guests, but it was useless to me. On this day, Xiangtang Mountain held a martial arts competition and occupied the square, so we had to go around the square and go up the mountain. Climbing to the Xiangtang Mountain Grottoes halfway up the mountain, there are only a few tourists in the scenic area. The view on the mountain is good and the air is fresh. We looked at each cave slowly, which was very pleasant. The Buddha statues in the grottoes are very exquisite, but unfortunately, many Buddha statues or Buddha heads are missing.
The Xiangtangshan Grottoes were first excavated in the Northern Qi Dynasty (500-577 AD). Later, the Sui, Tang, Song, Yuan, and Ming dynasties all added chisels. The grottoes are all carved in the best quality rocks of Gushan Mountain, which has beautiful mountains and clear waters and a beautiful environment. The grotto is deep and deep, and when people clap their hands and shake their sleeves in the cave, they can emit a loud echo, hence the name "Xiangtang". The Xiangtangshan Grottoes have experienced several major disasters (Buddha extermination) in history. In the early Republic of China, the Xiangtangshan Grottoes suffered an almost fatal blow. The theft and sale of cultural relic dealers caused a large number of exquisite cultural relics from Xiangtangshan Grottoes to be lost overseas. Up to now, there are more than 100 pieces of Xiangtangshan Grottoes known to have been lost overseas. It is said that Yuan Shikai’s rebellious son Yuan Keding is also one of the culprits. On the contrary, due to Premier Zhou Enlai's repeated instructions during the Cultural Revolution, the Xiangtangshan Grottoes were not damaged again.
On the way down the mountain, we visited the ruins of Changle Temple. Changle Temple was first built in the Northern Qi Dynasty. It covered an area of several hundred acres in its glory and was known as "the first ancient temple in Heshuo". In 1946, a local ignorant man led a group of students to demolish the hall of Changraku Temple, and built the school classrooms with the demolished bricks and wood. Then another fire turned this famous temple through the ages into a pile of ruins. Today's Changle Temple is still the same as it was after the fire: near the ruined walls, there are Buddha statues without heads and arms, half stone buildings and broken incense burners.
When we went down the mountain to the square, the martial arts competition was over, so we stopped in the square for a while and took a few photos. My wife also asked a martial arts master to be a model (see the picture below). Back to the hotel to rest for a while, then check out. Because I thought the food and beverages in the hotel were good, I had lunch in the restaurant of the hotel after checking out.
After lunch, there is still a lot of time, so I drove all the way to see where there are other places to play, and finally arrived at the Xiangtangshan Grottoes (South District). I bought a ticket to visit the Xiangtangshan Grottoes Museum, and visited Nanxiangtang Temple and Xiangtangshan Grottoes (South District) under the scorching sun. There is also an ancient pagoda similar to that of Changle Temple, and the Xiangtangshan Grottoes Art Research Institute is also it's here. Although there are fewer caves here, they are equally exquisite. The flying murals above the caves are quite beautiful.
After visiting the Xiangtangshan Grottoes (South District), it was already past 3 pm. I drove to Handan Airport, filled up the gas near the airport, and returned the car at the airport. Our flight was at 8:00 p.m., and it was around 4:00 p.m. when we returned the car at the airport. We thought we would rest and have dinner at the airport after the airport, but we didn’t expect Handan Airport to be so small, without air-conditioning, or even a place to sit. Tickets and luggage can only be checked two hours before the flight takes off, which is very frustrating. In desperation, I entered the only small shop selling drinks in the departure hall, found a seat, sat down and ordered two drinks to wait for time. In the end, the flight was delayed for nearly two hours, and we didn't return to Guangzhou until after twelve o'clock. The experience gained is that we should try not to start from small airports in the future. First, time is hard to bear, and second, small airports have to give way to the main route, which greatly increases the probability of failure.
