At the end of 2018, "Bao Bao" was 1 year old and 10 months old, and took him to Yun and Gui, accompanied by his grandmother (LP), Bao Dad (children), and Bao Ma (little daughter-in-law). Walking route: Xiamen → Guiyang → Xijiang Miao Village → Guiyang → Anshun → Kunming → Dali → Lijiang → Diqing (Tiger Leaping Gorge) → Dali → Kunming → Xiamen. Among them: Xiamen→Guiyang, Kunming→Xiamen take the plane; Guiyang→Anshun, Anshun→Kunming take the high-speed rail; rent a car for the rest of the itinerary (Guiyang, Anshun, Kunming). The travel expenses are fully covered by "Baby Dad", and I am only responsible for the route, so the cost is hard to describe.
2018.12.12 (D1), today's itinerary is Xiamen→Guiyang→Xijiang Miao Village, leave home at 6 o'clock in the morning for Gaoqi Airport, take Xiamen Airlines flight MF8421 to Guiyang. After checking in, going through the security check, and entering the waiting hall, the "baby" seemed extremely excited and insisted on leaving by himself without being held by adults.

The flight was delayed and arrived at Guiyang Longdongbao Airport late (11:00). After claiming your luggage, go straight to the underground parking lot along the inner passage of the airport building, where there is an "Ehii Car Rental" airport store, which is very convenient to go through formalities and pick up your car. Bao Dad booked a Peugeot SUV in advance, the rent was 130 yuan/day, and including insurance and other expenses, the total was less than 200 yuan/day. According to the scheduled plan, after picking up the car, drive straight to "Xijiang Qianhu Miao Village", which is located in Leishan County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, with a journey of about 200 kilometers.

Departure at 12:00, first stop at "Longli" for lunch and taste the local specialty "meat pie chicken". Out of Guiyang, go east along the "Guilong Avenue" and drive for about 1 hour to arrive at "Longli", which is under the jurisdiction of Qiannan Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture. The "Red Dragon" sculpture in front of the county government building is tall, majestic and magnificent. For lunch, choose "Hu Ji Restaurant" with good online reviews. Its signature dish is "Meat Pie Chicken", a "hot pot" in a large pot, which contains a whole chicken, a large piece of pork steamed cake, and fresh mushrooms, etc. side dishes. The meatloaf is delicious, the soup pot is full of flavor, and the stewed chicken is cooked well, and the meat can be torn off by gently pulling with chopsticks. We ate chicken, soup, mushrooms, meatloaf, and dried noodles as the main course. Everyone was very full. The price here is also very cheap, less than 100 yuan in total.

After dinner, drive straight to "Xijiang Qianhu Miao Village", and drive eastward on the G60 Shanghai-Kunming Expressway at "Longlidong" at 14:39. The roads are all two-lane, and the service area is not large. The weather forecast is "snow and sleet", and the roadside mountains and forests often flash "ice hangs" from time to time. "Baby Dad" has no experience in driving on ice and snow. We are worried about the icy road along the way. Fortunately, the temperature is always 3-5 ℃. The snow should also melt when it hits the ground. 16:18 Pass by "Kaili", which is the capital of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, and the architecture in the city is rich in national style. At 16:32, stop at the "Three Trees" service area and refuel the car.

Shortly after starting from "Three Trees", you will leave the Shanghai-Kunming Expressway, turn right and enter the S63 Carlyle Expressway and head south towards Xijiang and Leishan. Get off the expressway at the "Xijiang" toll station at 16:47, and drive into the west gate of "Xijiang Qianhu Miao Village" at 16:54. The parking lot is empty. The west gate of the Miao Village is located on the top of the mountain. The terrain is higher and the temperature is lower. The branches of the roadside trees are covered with thick ice shells, which are crystal clear like crystals.

The inn in the village has been booked in advance. The boss informed that the inn is located on the hillside. Take the scenic traffic bus and get off at "No. 1 Fengyu Bridge", and then you need to climb a section of stone steps. It is recommended to pack as lightly as possible. "Baby Dad" asked if he could drive straight there? The boss replied that only Miao people in the village are allowed to drive on the roads in the village. However, he can contact the car to pick it up on his behalf, but we have to pay for it ourselves. We agreed to ask for a car, so Miao Min's car came soon after. The driver loaded our luggage into his car and drove to wait inside the ticket gate of the scenic spot. We bought tickets to enter the scenic spot, and then boarded his car.

The inn is a single wooden building, located on the mountainside in the east of Miao Village. Lunch was too late and too full, and everyone said they were not hungry at night, so "Baby Dad" went out and bought some skewers, which was a makeshift meal. The guest room is equipped with tea sets and tea tables. After the meal, everyone makes tea. "Baby" listens very attentively to his mother's explanation of the "tea ceremony", and also tastes tea with his elders.

2018.12.13 (D2), I slept very well last night, and the air conditioner in the room was also very powerful. Although the outside temperature was quite low, the room was very warm. The inn provides breakfast, a bowl of wontons, an egg, and steamed custard specially for "baby". This is the "pastoral sightseeing area" of Miao Village. Outside the window are terraced fields, and in the distance are buildings on stilts. You can take photos with the terraced fields when you walk on the balcony.

After breakfast, leave the inn. According to the boss's suggestion, go up the mountain along the newly built Huanzhai Road in recent years. This is the back mountain route of Miao Village tourism. There are large-scale construction projects everywhere along the highway, all of which are hotels and inns. They are also invested by foreign bosses, and the local Miao people collect land rent. There is a viewing plank road at the height of the highway, with small pavilions and pavilions, and a large area of ​​terraced fields at the foot of the mountain, which feels very beautiful.

Going up again, bypassing a hill, a large area of ​​residential buildings suddenly appeared on the left side of the road, all of which are wooden stilted buildings with buckets, black tiles on the top of the mountain, brown wooden walls, densely occupying the entire hill at our feet, and even more There is a faint morning mist and smoke from the kitchen. What we see in front of us is like a fine brushwork ink painting, which makes us stop and watch for a long time. There is a solitary courtyard at the top of Miao Mountain. Passing Miao people said that it was the residence of the former "Miao King". After ten o'clock, the "baby" began to "rebel". Bao's mother said that he was hungry, so we didn't go any further, took some photos in a hurry, and then went back to the inn on the same road.

Start again at about 12:00 and go down the mountain along the small road. The innkeeper reminded to pay attention to the forks along the way. He said that going down the mountain is relatively simple, and you can always reach the main road if you go all the way down, but it is easy to get lost on the return journey. This inn was built by a company in another province renting the land of the local Miao people. I don't have any memory of the specific name, but I only remember that the owner is a young couple who are employees of the company. However, I recently learned from the Internet that this inn has since changed owners and is now called "Xijiang Yinqi Yizhai B&B". The new owner is a beautiful woman from the Northeast, single and long-legged. The inn is also next to a "Xijiang Haolai House". There are two lonely wooden buildings surrounded by farmland. The advantage is that the environment is quiet and can be reached directly by car. The disadvantage is that the location is remote and there are no restaurants around.

The path detours in front of and behind the house, and I carefully observe every fork in order to know the way back. I have traveled alone with backpacks for many years, and knowing the way is my strength. "Baby" is full of food and drink, and at this moment, he is also energetic. He is not afraid of hardships on the road, and the more dangerous the road is, the more he has to walk by himself. The houses in the cottages are all made of wood and densely packed together. In the event of a fire, it is inevitable that there will be serious disasters. The ancient villages have survived to this day, and the importance of fire prevention is indispensable. At present, we are also strictly guarding against death. There are fire warnings on the doors of every house, and the responsibility is assigned to the individual.

The road at the foot of the mountain is empty, and most of the roadside shops are closed. The Miao Village is surrounded by mountains and mountains, and there is a "White Water River" passing through the village. Both sides of the village are full of residential buildings. Layers of wooden buildings on stilts spread along the mountain. Occupying the entire hillside, the scene is spectacular. There are many bridges on the "Baishui River". We came to the south bank of the river through an unnamed bridge, and took a shortcut to No. 1 Fengyu Bridge. No. 1 to No. 6 Fengyu Bridge is the most famous bridge on the Baishui River. They run from east to west Arranged in order, the area where these six bridges are located is the most prosperous area of ​​Miao Village. We set up a tripod next to No. 1 Fengyu Bridge and took a selfie "family portrait" as a souvenir. No. 1 Wind and Rain Bridge is located at the easternmost end of the Miao Village downtown, adjacent to the farmland. The inn we stayed in is located on the mountainside about 400 meters further east.

There is a plaque of "哿嗡僦" at the head of the "No. 1 Fengyu Bridge". In Miao language, the bridge is called "僦", and the dragon is called "嗡". "哿嗡僦" means "Longtan Bridge", because there is a "Longtan". Cross the bridge and enter the "bustling market" on the north bank of the Baishui River. However, the busy market is not lively at the moment. Although the shops are open, there are few customers. There are few pedestrians on the road, and most of them are local Miao people. It is said that there is a world of difference between Miao Village's low and peak seasons. The inns and B&Bs are overwhelmed in the peak season, but there are few people in the off-season. It's the off-season now, and even some signature folk customs are gone. Yesterday, I didn't encounter "blocking wine" when I entered the village, and I didn't see "long table banquet" when I went shopping today. For lunch, we chose the "Modela" restaurant. Only our family dined in such a big restaurant, and there was only one person in the kitchen. It took nearly an hour from the beginning of ordering to the final dishes. This is a special Miao restaurant, and there is a kind of Miao bacon that is very delicious.

Leave the restaurant at 14:15, take the "No. 4 Wind and Rain Bridge" to cross the "White Water River", and go to the large viewing platform on the south bank, from where you can overlook the whole picture of Miao Village. The Wind and Rain Bridge is actually a covered bridge. The bridge is made of reinforced concrete, and the bridge deck is built with corridors and pavilions. The scenery around the No. 4 bridge is quite good. We stayed on the bridge and took pictures. This bridge also has a Miao name called "僦岽乧". It is said that three rare Chinese characters were found according to the pronunciation of the Miao language, which can be roughly read as "Jiudongdou". "僦" means "bridge", and "岽乧" means "reading". There used to be a "Xijiang National Middle School" in the south of the bridge, so the Miao language name of this bridge is "Xuezi Bridge".

After crossing the bridge, take the flat road first, and then climb up the stone steps. Because there are road signs, it is not difficult to find the way. The stone path meanders among the dense wooden buildings, passing through many small buildings with unique shapes, all of which are hotels and inns. At the end of the stone steps is a road, connecting the "Ximen Ticket Gate" on the top of the mountain and the "No. 1 Fengyu Bridge" at the foot of the mountain. There is a small viewing platform on the side of the road, from which you can overlook the villages and dwellings on the opposite Miao Mountain. The fly in the ointment is that it is covered by trees, so the viewing effect is not the best.

This platform is not the viewing platform we are looking for. The roadside signs show that the real "Xijiang Miao Village viewing platform" is still at a higher place ahead. We continued uphill along the road and arrived at the real big viewing platform at 15:00. It is a small square on the top of the mountain surrounded by wooden buildings on three sides. There are restaurants and hotels. Only the front has a wide view and faces the core area of ​​Miao Village. : The size and shape of the two are almost identical, and the appearance looks like a small mountain bag with two breasts. Rows upon rows of stilted wooden houses are stacked and staggered, built along the mountain, spreading from the Baishui River at the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain, tightly wrapping the two hills. They seem to be chaotic at first glance, but they are complicated but not chaotic when viewed closely, and they are gathered but orderly, giving people a strong shock. This is the number one scenic spot of Xijiang Miao Village. A tour guide of a tour group is explaining. She said that "Xijiang Miao Village" is composed of more than ten natural villages. It is the largest Miao settlement in China and even in the world. village. However, the scenery in front of me is just a large and complete building complex, so I can't even notice that there are more than ten independent villages inside.

There are Miao costumes for rent in the square, and you can also see many "Miao compatriots" doing activities in the square. Xijiang Miao village has a characteristic. Whenever you meet people wearing gorgeous Miao costumes, 100% of them are foreign tourists. The daily wear of local villagers There is no difference from the Han people outside the mountains, only a few middle-aged and elderly women still wear Miao clothes, but the shapes and colors are much simpler.

At 15:20, evacuate from the viewing platform, go downhill along the road to "No. 1 Wind and Rain Bridge", and then return directly to the inn. The "baby" is tired from the long journey and needs to take a nap at this time. We set off again at 17:30. Both ladies had a soft spot for the "Miao Palace", so we went directly. The owner of the inn told us to go up the mountain along the Huanzhai Highway that we walked this morning. When we reach the highest point, we can see a stone path on the left hand side. Go straight along this road and you will find the "Miaowang Palace". It was easy for us to find the slate path. However, walking further was like a maze, with forks everywhere, and wooden buildings on stilts everywhere. This is already the third expedition today, and the "baby" has no sense of novelty, and he is no longer willing to go by himself, and has to be hugged by his father the whole time. At 18:10, I finally found the "Miao Wang Palace", but it was already closed and could not be entered. A nearby resident reassured us that "it doesn't matter if you don't go in, there is actually nothing to see inside", which is what we always heard from others when we asked all the way.

The road down the mountain is still a maze. Fortunately, we met a young man who took us to the busy city down the mountain. Dinner is to eat noodles on the street, the baby and the mother share a bowl, and go back to the inn directly after the meal. The "Miao Village Lantern Scenery" is a must in Xijiang, but to see the lanterns, you have to climb the mountain again to go to the viewing platform. Everyone feels tired and doesn't want to move anymore. Only "Baby Dad" went alone. Afterwards, he repeatedly claimed that the trip was worthwhile .
2018.12.14 (D3), now plan to evacuate Miao Village and go to Anshun via Guiyang. After breakfast, please ask the innkeeper to help us contact the car. The car arrived shortly after 9:00, and it was still the same driver who picked us up the village the day before yesterday. The Huanzhai Highway has not yet been repaired to connect the inn with No. 1 Fengyu Bridge. Cars have to go in the opposite direction, first go up the back mountain, then down the mountain to enter the village. At 9:16, pass the No. 4 Fengyu Bridge to cross the Baishui River, and then go east along the river bank, detour After a large circle, we arrived at No. 1 Fengyu Bridge. At the head of the bridge, there is a platform for the scenic traffic bus. All tourists who take the traffic bus to and from Miao Village via the "Ximen" must get on and get off here.

Going further from the traffic station platform is the mountaineering road leading to the west gate of the scenic spot. We also walked this road yesterday from the "observation platform" back to the inn. At 9:27, I saw a gate decorated with horns and bronze drums. It is the "Ximen" terminus of the traffic vehicles in the scenic spot. Not far away is the "Ximen Parking Lot", where our own cars are parked.

We left Miao Village at 9:35, followed the route we took the day before yesterday, arrived in Guiyang at noon, and drove straight to Guiyang North Station. We were going to take the G1533 high-speed train to Anshun, and stopped at North Station at 16:19. The North Station store of "Ehii Car Rental" is still some distance away from the station. "Baby Dad" will send everyone to the security checkpoint of the station first, unload all the luggage, and then return the car alone, and the others will wait for "Baby Dad" to return. Go through the security check again and enter the station. Lunch is settled in the waiting hall. The set meal is so-so, but the price is not expensive. Not long after the meal, the broadcast informed G1533 to start the ticket check, and the "baby" immediately became energetic, striving to be a "little helper" to help the adults push the luggage. Arrived at Anshun West Railway Station at 16:55, there is also "Ehii Car Rental" in the station, and I rented an SUV again, the charge is similar to that of Guiyang.

The pre-booked "Yuantong Heyue Resort Hotel" is located in Xixiu District, Anshun. The hotel facilities are quite good, the central air conditioning is powerful, and the parking space is sufficient. It is very suitable for self-driving travel. As soon as "Baby" entered the door, he fell in love with the "Christmas tree" placed in the hotel lobby, and insisted on taking the pendant that fell from the tree back to the room to play, but the receptionist lady did not stop it. In the evening, "Papa Bao" bought "Pancake Fruit" from the nearby snack street for everyone's dinner. It was delicious.

2018.12.15 (D4), the hotel's breakfast content is acceptable, and the baby eats happily, so adults are not allowed to feed it. My family has relatives in Anshun, especially an elder who is over 90 years old. Therefore, this trip to Anshun is considered to be a visit to relatives as well as travel, and the schedule is loose.

Cousin Y.Z. and cousin X.M. came to the hotel in the morning, and the relatives got together and talked happily. X.M. invited us to her home tonight, and she arranged for all the relatives in Anshun to gather together. Naturally, we couldn't wish for it. The elders are getting old, and timely medical insurance has become a necessity in life. They are currently living in a public "medical care center" for a long time. We went to visit the "Medical Care Center" in the afternoon, and then went to a family reunion together with the elderly. X.M. prepared a sumptuous dish, and the elders were also very happy, and immediately announced that "tomorrow night, I will invite everyone to go out for dinner at my own expense." I used a tripod to take a group photo with myself, but the "baby" was always moving around. In the end, it was Baoma who gave him a mobile phone, so I finally finished the shooting. If you are obsessed with mobile phones when you are less than two years old, your baby can be regarded as "advancing with the times".

2018.12.16 (D5), we arranged to visit the "Dragon Palace" today. Y.Z. volunteered to be our tour guide. He said that the current "Dragon Palace" scenic spot has set up the ticket office far away from the "Dragon Palace". Then take a sightseeing bus in the scenic spot and drive for about 4 kilometers before arriving at the real "Dragon Palace", which is expensive and inconvenient. However, the expansion of the scenic spot also includes some villages. "Dragon Palace" is located next to Longtan Village. He knows the way to enter the village and can drive our car directly to the gate of Dragon Palace.
Depart at 10:20, Y.Z. drive, go south on G60 Shanghai-Kunming Expressway at "Anshun South", get off at "Dragon Palace" at 10:45, and turn into county road X007. X007 is a tourist road, and there are big characters "Dragon" and "Gong" on the hills on both sides, like the natural gate of the scenic spot. At 11:10, arrive at the ticket office of the Dragon Palace Scenic Area. There is a wide parking lot here, which is also the boarding point for the scenic bus. We only bought tickets but not sightseeing tickets. We continued to drive by Y.Z. and arrived at Longtan Village at 11:30. There is a parking lot at the entrance of the village, but we are not allowed to drive in, so we have to imitate others and park the car on the side of the road. I came here with Papa Bao in 1999. At that time, the "Dragon Palace" had only one small gate (ticket gate), and a small wooden booth outside the gate was the ticket office, and there was a conductor sitting inside. Today's scenic ticket office is grand and luxurious, but it is 4 kilometers away from the Dragon Palace ticket gate.

The signature attractions of Dragon Palace are "Longmen Waterfall" and "Shuidong Dragon Palace". We first went to watch the waterfall. "Dragon Gate" is an open grotto, about 50 meters high. "Flying Waterfall" is the waterfall in the cave. A waterfall in the cave with a drop of 38 meters is formed inside the grotto. I came here in 1999 when there was abundant water, and the water from the "Tianchi" poured through the "skylight", like a white dragon breaking through the mountain wall, and the sound of the water falling into the bottom of the cave was like thunder, and the tumbling waves caused water foam to fly across the sky. You can't get close to the hole. However, at this moment, it is winter dry water, the waterfall has lost its previous mania, and the trickle flows along the cave wall, looking like a simple train hanging high.

There is a small path connecting to the "Tianchi" in the back mountain nearby, and there is also a climbing elevator next to the grotto. We chose to buy a ticket and take the elevator. Arrive at the top of the mountain, get out of the elevator, and walk down a short wooden staircase to the "Tianchi". There is a "waterfall viewing platform" by the pool, and the cave on the left side of the platform is the "skylight" of the grottoes at the foot of the mountain. "Tianchi" is in the shape of a long ellipse, and the water in the pool is more than 30 meters deep. It was originally a limestone cave where the underground river of the Dragon Palace passed through. Later, due to the collapse of the cave roof, it became a deep pool. There are steep cliffs around Tianchi Lake, and the cave under the cliff on the opposite bank is the outlet of the underground river, which is also the entrance of the Dragon Palace Water Cave.

Next is the "boat tour of Dragon Palace", which is the essence of Dragon Palace tourism. "Dragon Palace" is a limestone cave. There are many such caves in China, and many of them are more spectacular and beautiful than "Dragon Palace". , which is unique in the country. The "Dragon Palace" is actually an underground underground river with a total length of 15 kilometers. Only 1240 meters of it are currently open to tourism.
12:48 Depart by boat and drive into the cave under the cliff on the opposite bank. The word "Dragon Palace" is engraved on the cliff at the entrance of the cave. Y.Z. did not board the boat. He said that there is also an exit of the scenic spot in Tianchi, and he is going to drive our car here, so that we can get on here after the boat tour.

The "Yijinlong Palace" has a total length of 840 meters. It is composed of five parts: the Dragon Welcome Hall, the Relief Mural Hall, the Five Dragons Protecting the Treasure Hall, the Crystal Palace, and the Gaoxia Yougu Palace. Traveling through the cave by boat, large and small stalactites hang down from the top of the head. They have different shapes and various postures. The baby had never seen such a bizarre scene, and was stunned for a moment.

The end point of "Entering the Dragon Palace" is a tall and wide cave hall. In 1999, I turned around and returned to Tianchi during my boat trip to the Dragon Palace. However, today's Dragon Palace has added "two entrances". We abandoned the boat and landed, walked along the dark plank road in the cave, passed an open-air cave entrance, and then walked along the plank road into another dark cave hall. There are also piers and yachts here, which is the starting point of "Second Entry into the Dragon Palace".

The second entrance to the Dragon Palace is also the channel of the underground river of the Dragon Palace, about 400 meters long, in the shape of a corridor, connecting four cave halls along the way. The small boat speeds along the winding river, the surrounding cliffs look like knives, and with special lights, it seems to be passing through a "time and space tunnel". The boat turned back at the end of the "Second Entry to the Dragon Palace". We landed, walked, and then took the boat retrograde to "One Entry to the Dragon Palace". At 13:33, we sailed out of the entrance of the Dragon Palace and returned to Tianchi.

We went ashore to find Y.Z. He had already driven the car over, and we set off again to "Xuantang". "Xuantang" is a circular pond, 5.5 kilometers away from the Dragon Palace. There is a hole in the bottom of the pond, which is a typical karst funnel landform. The water of "Xuantang" comes from a short "Tongxuan River", which originates from a cave (exit of an underground underground river) next to the ticket office of Dragon Palace Scenic Area. An underground underground river causes the water surface of the Xuantang to rotate continuously, so the pond is called "Xuantang". When I came here in 1999, there was plenty of water in the summer, and there was a lot of duckweed on the water surface. You can clearly see the pond water rotating. However, the water is dry in winter at this moment, and there are not many floating objects on the water surface. You must pay close attention to the movement of the pond water.
There is nothing to see in Xuantang this season, Y.Z. said that there is a "Guanyin Cave" nearby, so he followed him there. "Xuantang Guanyin Cave" is a Buddhist temple. Two natural karst caves, one upper and one lower, are connected to each other, forming the two main halls of the temple: the lower cave is called "Daxiong Hall", and there are three Buddhas (Tathagata Buddha, Pharmacist Buddha, Amitabha Buddha) and Eighteen arhats; the upper cave is called "Avalokitesvara Hall", dedicated to Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, the Boy of Good Fortune and the Dragon Girl. "White Clothed Avalokitesvara" is 12.6 meters high and is the largest Avalokitesvara in a cave in China.

Leave Xuantang at 15:10 and return directly to "Yuantong Heyue Resort Hotel". Y.Z. will arrange lunch on the way. Save strength. In the end, a compromise was reached, and a simple meal of noodles was considered lunch. The evening party is arranged at "Guifei Dumpling Restaurant", where the elders entertain all the younger generations in Anshun. We all lived in the north in the early years, and it is natural to have a gathering to eat dumplings, but who knows, Anshun is not like Xiamen, the dumpling restaurant Just eating dumplings, there is still a whole table of dishes at the party, and the dumplings are just for decoration. When I arrived in Guizhou, I naturally wanted to try Guizhou cuisine. As a northerner, I was reluctant to let go of the delicious dumplings, so dinner was very filling.

2018.12.17 (D6), today we visited "Huangguoshu Scenic Area", which is located in Ningbuyi Autonomous County, Anshun City, 45 kilometers away from Anshun City. Depart at 10:30, still take the G60 Shanghai-Kunming Expressway to the south, pass the "Dragon Palace", get off the expressway at the "Huangguoshu" toll station, and arrive at the parking lot of the scenic ticket center at 11:15. Today's Huangguoshu Scenic Area includes three areas: "Dupotang Waterfall", "Huangguoshu Great Waterfall" and "Tianxing Bridge". There are special scenic traffic vehicles inside, and foreign vehicles are not allowed to enter. As soon as we parked the car, a local villager came forward to strike up a conversation, claiming that we had a baby with us, and it would be better to charter his car, which would definitely be more convenient than the scenic transportation. "Baby Dad" found it acceptable after asking the price, so he only bought tickets for the scenic spot, not a traffic ticket, and chartered the villager's car to enter the scenic spot.

The first stop is "Doupotang Waterfall". The driver asked us to get off at a small intersection and told us to go straight ahead until we reached the viewing platform of the waterfall. Will drive over to meet you. Doupotang Waterfall is located 1 km upstream of Huangguoshu Waterfall. The waterfall is 21 meters high and 105 meters wide at the top of the waterfall. It is the widest waterfall in the Huangguoshu Waterfall Group. When I came to Anshun in 1999, it had not yet been developed. Therefore, today is also my first visit to "Dupo Pond". The waterfall is beautiful and it is worthwhile to visit.

We left Doupotang at 12:30. According to the driver’s suggestion, instead of going to the Huangguoshu Waterfall, which is only one kilometer downstream, we crossed Huangguoshu and drove 7 kilometers south to the “Tianxing Bridge”. He said that this arrangement is more reasonable. Tianxing Bridge is also a karst landform, mainly a stone forest landscape, which is divided into three interconnected areas, namely: Tianxing Basin Scenic Area, Tianxing Cave Scenic Area and Water Stone Forest Scenic Area. It was already lunch time when we arrived. The driver stopped at the entrance of a restaurant next to the parking lot, claiming that he had shares here and could give us a discount. We just followed suit and decided to have lunch here. The prices of the meals are clearly marked, and we didn't ask for a discount, because the front desk gave you a discount, and the kitchen made deductions. In fact, it's all the same. The food and drink in the scenic area can't be expected to be cheap, but we don't feel like being ripped off, so that's fine.
After dinner, it was about 13:50. We entered the scenic spot, and first came to the "Tianxing Bonsai". The water here is born for stones. Absorbed and reflected in the clear water. The tour guide of a tour group is explaining. She guides tourists to look at rocks and water from different angles, compare what they see with Lijiang River and Wuyi, and simulate it as a natural landscape bonsai. There is also a stone path that runs between stone walls, trenches, and crevices. There is a section of the road called "Several Steps", which means that every stone under your feet is counted as a step, and a step is also regarded as a day. There are 365 pieces in total. Stones of different shapes represent a whole year, and every visitor can find the stone that belongs to his (her) own birth month and day here.

There is a difference between a half-time tour and a full-time tour of Tianxing Bridge. The end point of the "half-way tour" is "Tianxing Lake". There are facilities such as a tourist rest hall and a canteen by the lake, and there is also a clearly marked "half-way tour exit" nearby.

We followed the road signs for the whole tour and continued to move forward. The bustling people around us suddenly disappeared. This is because the large group of tour groups walked halfway, and only a few of us were left in the silent mountains. A quiet plank road in the water, and then a chain suspension bridge across the valley, deep valleys and dense forests began to appear in front of you, and the scenery became more and more beautiful. People walking in the scenery are like swimming in the middle of a painting. We have now entered the "Tianxing Cave View" area, and the baby is very excited, especially when walking on the rickety suspension bridge, adults feel a little unstable, but he runs very vigorously.

Going further is the "Tianxing Cave", which has various stalagmites, stalactites, and colorful lights. However, this cave is only a small karst cave with average scenery and a little stuffy. In the off-season of tourism, there is no one in the cave except us. Not long after we left, Baoma began to complain about being deserted and boring, and didn't want to go any further. Except for Bao Bao and Bao Ma, everyone in our group revisited their old places. Since she didn't want to leave, everyone didn't object, so they turned back on the spot and returned to "Tianxing Lake".

Leaving the scenic spot through the exit of the "half tour", walked on the highway, and called for a car. The driver heard that we were returning from Tianxing Cave, and repeatedly claimed that it was a pity because there was an exit of "full tour" after passing Tianxing Cave. You can also drive there to meet us and never have to go back.
The next stop is the "Huangguoshu Waterfall" area. There are waterfalls, bonsai gardens, water curtain caves, rhinoceros beach, horseshoe beach and other scenic spots. The location is about 6 kilometers north of Tianxing bridge. "Huangguoshu Waterfall" is 77.8 meters high and is known as the largest waterfall in China. The water pours from the top of the high cliff and pours into the deep pool below the cliff. You can hear the loud rumble from a long distance away. We followed a tour group to listen to the explanation. The tour guide said that the shape of Huangguoshu Waterfall changes with the flow of the river. In summer, the highest water volume reaches 1500 cubic meters per second. In spring), the water flow is only about 20 cubic meters per second, and the waterfall is divided into four branches: the first branch on the left has the smallest water volume, and the water potential is relatively scattered; the second branch has the largest water volume, and the water potential is equal in width; The water potential is wide at the top and narrow at the bottom; the water volume of the fourth branch ranks third, and the water potential is narrow at the top and wide at the bottom. At this moment, it is the dry season in winter, and the waterfall appears to have four branches, but because of the recent rain, the water volume should be higher than 20 cubic meters per second, and the fourth water flow has a few more thin branches. I visited Huangguoshu in 1999 during the summer season of abundant water. The shock of the waterfall is still unforgettable to me. The waterfall was extremely spectacular that year. The wind in front of the waterfall was driven away and turned into a "waterfall rain" all over the sky, which scattered in all directions, making us drenched in water even though we were far away.

The most peculiar thing about Huangguoshu Waterfall is that there is a "water curtain hole" across the waterfall at a height of 40-47 meters at half its waist. It is hidden behind the waterfall, with a total length of 134 meters, including six windows, There are five cave halls. In the pedestrian cave, you can see the water curtain outside the window like a curtain through the window, so it is called "Water Curtain Cave".

The "Shuilian Cave" is located halfway up the hillside, and the entrance of the scenic spot is at roughly the same height. Therefore, after entering the scenic spot, we walked a flat road to reach the Shuilian Cave. Enter the cave from the east side and cross the waterfall to exit the cave at the west exit, then walk down the stone steps and arrive at the "rhinoceros pool" under the waterfall.

Walk past Rhino Pond, then "Horseshoe Beach", cross another bridge, and then climb the mountain. This is because the exit of the scenic spot is on the mountain. If you don't want to climb the mountain, you can take the "Huangguoshu Escalator", but you need to buy additional tickets . We paid to take the escalator, and at the top was the "bonsai garden". It was getting late at this moment, so we didn't stay, and went directly to the road. Then call for a chartered car, drive to the parking lot of the scenic spot, settle the fare with the driver, and then transfer to our own car and go straight back to Anshun City. In the evening, Y.Z. set up a family banquet, and there were sumptuous dishes, and all Anshun relatives gathered together again. It is the third day in a row that the elders have gathered with us. The elderly in their nineties are so healthy, which is also the blessing of our juniors. Y.Z.’s little grandson has a special dollhouse. The baby refuses to come out once he enters it. He eats and plays while eating dinner. After dinner, he still refuses to leave. After repeated urging, he just got up and returned to "Yuantong Heyue Resort Hotel" at 22:00 later.