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This province has always been considered by me to be an embarrassing province that is not worth going to, and it is not suitable to go anywhere.
The first air ticket in early 2017 was to fly to Yinchuan, an unfamiliar city. During the one year in Ningxia intermittently until 2020, she has become my third hometown.
Ningxia Museum 2017.02.19
On the first Sunday in Ningxia, the Ningxia Museum and the provincial capital museums routinely check in. The museum can always let you walk into the history of this city as quickly as possible. The core of the ancient Xixia Kingdom should be within the scope of today's Ningxia, so it is actually quite interesting to learn about the history of Xixia and the rock paintings of Helan Mountain.
Helan Mountain Rock Paintings 2017.02.25
Yinchuan attractions buses are mainly in these two places: Yinchuan Railway Station Tourist Distribution Center (Jinfeng District), Crescent Square (Xingqing District). Basically, all scenic spots in Yinchuan have bus trips every day, and most of the one-way trips are 15 yuan/time, which is quite convenient.
Standing in the urban area of Yinchuan, you can see Helan Mountain from a distance. Helan Mountain is actually a large foothill with many mountain passes.
The ticket price of the scenic spot is 70 per person. There is a battery car in the scenic spot, so there is no need to buy it. The cement road that the battery car can reach is less than 10 minutes' walk, and the roads in the scenic spot behind are all rocky roads.
The Han Meilin Art Museum, which is the closest to the entrance in the scenic spot, is probably not open in the off-season. As the crowd entered the scenic spot, most of the snow on the mountain did not melt due to the snowfall in Yinchuan a few days ago. When there were too many people walking, the snow turned into ice and the road surface became very slippery.
The scenic spot is probably climbing among the rocks. The Helan Mountain petroglyphs are paintings carved on the rocks by the ethnic minorities in the ancient north. They express their yearning for a better life and reproduce the aesthetics, social customs and life interests of the time.
Famous anti-gold general in Song Dynasty——Yue Fei's famous novel "Manjianghong"
Jingkang's shame is still unresolved. When will the hatred of the courtiers be destroyed?
Drive a long car and step through the gap in Helan Mountain.
Let Helan Mountain be known to the world. The petroglyphs in the scenic area are more considerately marked with red dots to let you know that there are petroglyphs next to the red dot. If you look carefully, you can see the shapes of cows, sheep, monkeys, and the sun, which is quite interesting.
Blue sheep jumping in the mountains (the national second-class protected animal blue sheep) can be seen everywhere, and they are not afraid of life. They can also be seen jumping on very steep cliffs. It is really difficult to distinguish the color of the coat from the rocks.
The ice surface in the middle of the scenic area has the feeling of a world of ice and snow.
Walking along the plank road in the scenic area to the end is the Helan Waterfall. If you have enough time, you can continue to walk in. The more you go in, the more beautiful the natural scenery will be. At that time, when we walked to the ice waterfall, there were no traces of people, so we didn't dare to continue walking inside.
Zhenbeibao Western Cinema 2017.2.25&2019.9.21
Zhenbeibao Western Studios and Helanshan Rock Paintings are both located in the northwest of Yinchuan City, and can be completed in one day. Tourist buses and black cars at the entrance of the scenic spot are all ok.
This is a scenic spot that has been visited twice in two years.
In the past, this area was a frontier fortress, and now it has become a film and TV location base for western China and ancient themes. "Journey to the West", "Red Sorghum", "Yellow River Ballad", "New Dragon Inn", "Red River Valley" and many other film and television dramas were filmed here.
Tickets for the movie city are 80 for adults, divided into Mingcheng, Qingcheng and an old street.
Here are a few more photos of the scenic spot. I am used to watching the film and television city in the east, and look at the desert-style film and television city in the northwest. By the way, I will review some scenes in the film and television dramas in the Northwest. It is still very immersive.
Shuidonggou 2017.03.25
Shuidonggou is the earliest Paleolithic cultural site excavated in China. It is known as "the birthplace of Chinese prehistoric archaeology" and is said to be one of the 50 must-see attractions for foreigners to visit China.
Here is a history about Shuidonggou: 40,000 years ago, Shuidonggou was a habitat for human beings to multiply and survive. The changes in nature caused the people in Shuidonggou to disappear mysteriously. Until 1919, Belgian Kent passed Shuidonggou. He glanced under the cliff and found a rhinoceros skull fossil. This news was later known by French paleontologists Teilhard and Sang Zhihua, so in 1923, The two rode camels into Shuidonggou, and they stayed in Zhangsan's shop. During the excavation in the following dozens of days, a large number of stone tools were discovered, which revealed the secrets of the ancestors of Shuidonggou buried deep in the loess. story.
The scenic spot is still very big. To be honest, I rejected it at the beginning. The scenic spot is surrounded by factory chimneys. The so-called ditch is a big pit sunken in a large area in front of it. It does not have the temperament that a 5A scenic spot should have. There is a tour route in the scenic area.
The first two stops are the Shuidonggou Ruins Museum and Zhangsan’s Small Shop. The museum is very small, so you can go in and walk around and then come out. There is an experience hall inside, which is quite interesting, and it is not equipped with 4D experience.
The third stop is Shuidonggou Village, which used to be the habitat for human beings to multiply and survive.
Going forward along the ruins is the Great Wall rammed with earth in the Ming Dynasty.
In order to prevent the northern Mongolian cavalry from going south, the Ming Dynasty built the Great Wall stretching from the Yalu River in the east to Jiayuguan in the west, and the Great Wall in Ningxia accounted for 1/10 of the total length. These earth-rammed Great Walls, which once blocked thousands of troops, have survived the erosion of wind, sand, rain and snow, and still retain their original features, winding and crawling in mountain streams and gullies.
Where are the magical animals all the way from the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty to the Cangbing Cave? The scenic spot has turned a birthplace of prehistoric civilization into a zoo.
After walking through the "wild animal area", it is the most anticipated scenic spot in the itinerary, the Tibetan soldier cave.
This scenic spot is indeed a surprise. The narrow place inside can only be passed by one person. If there are no fences and safety exit marks, it can be played as a maze and run around on the upper and lower floors.
In the Tibetan soldier cave about 3 kilometers long, there are also traps left by ancient times (not sure whether they are left by ancient times or the current commercial means), the design here is ingenious, and there are all kinds of small granaries needed by the army , arsenal, ammunition depot, all kinds of traps, hidden weapon tunnels, etc. for defense, and even the general's suite and meeting hall, everything is available.
It's like stepping on the top and smashing down a meteor hammer/big iron cage/a lot of stones, there are also rolling stones, movable doors, falling into a trap full of thorns, it's a bit interesting, regardless of the historical and cultural value, it's converted into a maze Or the haunted house is still very fun, the real-life tomb robbery 5D experience haha.
The commercial area outside the Cangbing Cave looks like it can also be used as a filming location.
Finally, I put a picture of the cutest uncle camel.
Tengger Desert 2017.04.02
During the Qingming holiday, Zhongwei went out of the province to Inner Mongolia Alxa League Left Banner, Tengger Desert for two days and one night, Zhongwei Gaomiao.
Shapotou, which was originally planned for the Qingming Festival, ended up camping in the Tengger Desert in order to drink, eat meat and watch the stars. In fact, Shapotou is also the edge of Tengger. If you are interested, come back later.
Most domestic desert hikers come to Yinchuan as a transit point to the Tengger Desert, so this trip is strictly in Inner Mongolia, but let’s put it in Ningxia.
The Tengger Desert is located in the southwest of Alxa Left Banner in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. It is 240 kilometers long from north to south and 160 kilometers wide from east to west, with a total area of about 43,000 square kilometers, making it the fourth largest desert in China.
Facing the sunrise train, history arrived at Zhongwei in two hours, drove to the Tengger Desert, and went out of the province so unexpectedly to Inner Mongolia, Alxa League Left Banner, changed to a surf car and went directly to the desert camp, from the highlands directly down The feeling, similar to the roller coaster experience, is still so exciting.
The next project is a self-driving kart, which is more fun than a surf car, and it’s fun to drive by yourself. Of course, the co-pilot is watched by a professional. Just step on the accelerator hard, and someone will control the steering wheel if you really can’t control it. Let yourself go.
Camel, in the desert is still a must experience. When I was riding, I kept fantasizing that I was going to rob the tomb. The camel walking behind me, as soon as I greeted him, he grinned at me, hum!
Sandboarding, compared to this time, the slope of sandboarding is still relatively long. I feel that sandboarding is just going downhill for a while, and climbing a crematorium.
Walking in the desert is to climb one step and slide down half a step. Climbing up is exhausting half life. The first trip went smoothly, but the second trip was uncontrollable and ate a mouthful of sand. When they reached the flat ground, they tried to brake in vain, and then fell. A dog eats shit.
Desert hot pot at noon, the desert at noon, direct sunlight, two pots of spicy and one pot of clear soup, a table of Beijingers eating old Beijing spicy hot pot, a table of foreigners eating spicy hot pot, Zhejiang people and a Russian foreigner said they can only eat clear soup.
After eating, I ran around and looked around, turned over a sandbag, and looked around in the vast desert, I was the only one left, the world was vast.
At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, I started the short journey in the desert. It can be considered that a newborn calf is not afraid of tigers. I took a trekking pole and set off. The only luck is that I filled the half bottle of pulse with water. At that time, I didn't realize what it was like to hike in the desert with a trekking pole and a bottle of water under the sun.
From 3 o'clock in the afternoon to 7 o'clock in the afternoon, 10km, 3w steps, I climbed a high slope at the beginning, and I was ridiculed by my fellow uncles. After walking for a while, it became easier and easier. I was still walking in the front part of the group. I walked for almost two hours and drank most of the water. I felt pretty good and didn’t feel tired. I have to go back as far as I can in a while, and I feel a little desperate.
In fact, I have no sense of direction at all in the desert, and I always think that I am moving in a straight line. Looking at the compass on the alpenstock from the beginning to the south, then the north and the southeast, I can only think that the compass is broken. . The team leader said that we have been walking towards the south. It takes about two days to walk across the Tengger Desert from north to south, and a month and a half to walk east to west (this crossing time needs to be verified, and it seems to be wrong).
It seems that the time is almost up, and there is still a short distance from the finish line, so we can only turn back, and I am afraid that if we go back later, we will only have soup for dinner. The return trip was hopeless. I thought I could go for a long time. On the return trip, there were endless sandbags one after another. I was only desperate. I kept the last sip of water in my hand until I finally saw the camp. Later, I was too lazy to fall down, and my friends even threw their socks in the desert... At the beginning, I was cautious when I went uphill and downhill. After that, I basically found a direction and walked with my eyes closed. Walking in big strides, in fact, it feels quite refreshing to walk downhill in big strides, and the feeling of being ecstatic, in addition to being able to fill a shoe with sand.
When I was able to see the camp, I felt my whole body regained my energy. At this time, the sun was setting and the temperature had dropped. I drank the last sip of water in the bottle and felt my whole body was reborn.
When I arrived at the camp, I drank water wildly, and then the people on the slope shouted that the sun was about to set, so I hurried up, so I was overdrawn and climbed the Jueming Slope again, and saw the sunset in the desert at the last moment.
I have already started preparing for the barbecue at night. At this moment, I almost feel like I can eat a sheep. I hurried downhill and ate a bowl of mutton noodles. The best bowl of noodles in my life, even if it is a meal, I opened a can The pineapple beer probably couldn't be more refreshing.
It's a pity that I didn't recall the feeling of drinking and eating meat in the desert of Dunhuang back then. After eating the barbecue, a bonfire was set up next to it. , So I left the group and ran on the sandbag to watch the stars.
In the starry sky in mid-April, the moon is very bright, and the stars are not amazing. Lying on the sand, the temperature dropped, and it was very cold. I listened to everyone singing around the bonfire and saw a shooting star. The Big Dipper was above my head. I haven't seen such a clear Big Dipper. If there is no moon, I should still be able to see many stars.
It's really cold, and I can't find the feeling of blending into the world at all. After a while, my friends also came up, and found another piece of sand to continue watching the stars. After chatting for a while, the wind started to get stronger. Buried by sand and dust, I had to go back to the camp, tidy up the tent and go to sleep. The third tent in my life, the moment I hid in the sleeping bag was satisfied, and my whole body was warmed up. After chatting with my friends for a while, I was so tired that I fell asleep.
I woke up countless times in the middle of the night, no matter how I slept, it was cold. I touched my face a few times and it was frozen. At that moment, I experienced a deep feeling of facial paralysis. The small window of the tent was not closed. The desert wind was very strong in the early morning. The temperature difference is just extreme.
At 6:00 the next morning, the alarm clock rang, and the sky didn’t look like it was about to rise. After 20 minutes, I still got up, shivering and freezing like a dog, and climbed onto the sandbag to wait for the sunrise. The silhouette shot in the distance is still a bit interesting. After the desert sunset last night, I watched a desert sunrise.
At about 8:30, everyone got up one after another and had breakfast. Basically, they huddled into a pile in the morning to warm themselves up. After ten o’clock, they continued to ride the surf car out of the desert. This process was very cool, sitting in the front row, The seat belt is broken, and there is a pile of luggage beside the driver's seat. In order to prevent the luggage from rolling down and hitting the driver's hand controlling the steering wheel, he has to hold the luggage from time to time, and is busy taking pictures. This feels like the moment a roller coaster dives down. Safety It doesn't matter.
After leaving the desert, I returned to Zhongwei, ran to the vicinity of the train station, and went to Gaomiao in a hurry.
Gaomiao is a temple that combines three religions. Not only Buddha and Bodhisattva are enshrined here, but also Jade Emperor, Virgin Mary, Wenchang, and Guan Gong. The cultures of Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism gather here. The Gaomiao Hell Palace is very famous. The statues here describe the various criminal laws of the 18th floor of hell. The dark lights and sound effects are a bit scary.
In line with the unity of the three temples, there are 18 floors of hell. The real scene is not scary, but the soundtrack sounds a little scary.
Western Xia Royal Tomb 2017.05.13
The introduction of Baidu Xixia Royal Tomb is as follows:
The Xixia Mausoleum is the tomb of the emperors and royal tombs of the Xixia Dynasty. It is praised by the world as "mysterious miracle" and "Oriental Pyramid".
It is one of the largest and most complete imperial cemeteries in China, and it is also the largest existing Xixia cultural site.
In fact, everyone says that the Tomb of the Western Xia Dynasty is a scenic spot that regrets not coming, but even more regrets coming. Hahaha, people who are not interested in history really see a few bumpkins.
I was watching Wang Kai's "Qing Ping Le" recently, and I happened to see Li Yuanhao proclaiming himself emperor and establishing the Great White Kingdom, known as Xixia in history. There are 9 tombs of emperors and 271 tombs of princes and relatives buried here.
Li Yuanhao and his empire disappeared in the long river of history, only these tombs still tell the story of the past.
In addition, I have been watching Pan Yueming's "Longling Miku" recently. The leader of the mountain mover, Partridge Whistle, and Master Liaochen, the captain of Mojin, were looking for the legendary Muchen Bead in Heishui City in Xixia. This makes me very excited for Tomb Raiders fans.
The tour route is Museum-Art Museum-Xixia Stele Forest-No. 3 Tomb-No. 1 and No. 2 Shuangling Tombs. The Xixia Royal Tomb is the only scenic spot in Ningxia. It is recommended to buy a battery ticket, otherwise the 5km round trip in the scenic area will die.
After walking the No. 3 Mausoleum, I went to Shuangling by battery car. When I arrived at the scenic spot, no one got out of the car and said that it was enough to pass by. Sure enough, most people who are not interested in history have already developed aesthetic fatigue for bumpkins.
Just me and an old man got off the bus. It is rare to come across this kind of scenic spot in China that looks like there are no people in a hundred miles. The other party took a photo as a souvenir, haha is also quite amazing.
Nanguan Great Mosque 2017.03.11
Nanguan Mosque is one of the largest mosques in Ningxia, located in Yinchuan City. It has a high status in the hearts of the Hui people in Ningxia. In the past, it was possible to go in and visit, and the ticket was 10 yuan per person. In recent years, it seems that the exterior scenes are free to visit, and tourists in the hall are not allowed to enter.
Chinese Homecoming Cultural Park 2017.03.11
The Chinese Homecoming Cultural Park can be reached by taking the 302 bus from Yinchuan City, and it can be completed within a day with the Nanguan Great Mosque.
On the way from the Nanguan Grand Mosque to the 302 bus station, I passed by the South Gate Square. The building looks familiar. Haha.
There are several 302 cars parked directly under the south gate, and the departure interval is not long. It seems that the current way to travel to the China Homecoming Cultural Park is 302, except for self-driving. The fare of 1 yuan seems to be 49 stops from the departure station at the south gate. It takes nearly an hour and a half to reach the terminal station, China Homecoming Cultural Park. It's also quite amazing to sit in a foreign country on a bus full of foreign languages and look out the window from the city to the countryside.
After getting out of the car, I have been regretting that it is cloudy when I go out to play. It is a pity that the background of the white and holy mosque is actually gray.
It’s quite big inside. I don’t know if it’s because of the off-season or if it’s still under construction. There aren’t many people inside. One of the main buildings is closed and two are under construction. With that, a lot of fun is missing.
But the white mosque still has a few moments that make people feel in a foreign country.
You have to take off your shoes when you enter the main building, and women need to wrap their hair up, which is what the Hui people look like in their impression. Many attires are not allowed to enter if they are not standardized. It's still stunning inside.
After the business trip project is over, I am afraid that I will never go to Ningxia again in this life, so I will leave a text to commemorate the years I wasted in this distant northwest city when I was in my twenties.
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Various wave modes opened in 2014~
14 years: Zhejiang [Ningbo, Shaoxing], Shaanxi Xi'an, Jiangsu Changshu, Jiangxi [Nanchang, Shangrao]
15 years: Harbin, Jilin [Jilin, Changchun], Yunnan [Kunming, Dali, Lijiang, Chuxiong], Shanghai
16 years: Shanghai, Gansu [Lanzhou, Zhangye, Jiayuguan, Dunhuang], Qinghai [Xining, Delingha, Heimahe Township], Tibet [Lhasa, Damxung, Nyingchi, Gyantse, Shigatse], Guilin, Guangxi, Guizhou [Anshun, Qiandongnan], Zhangjiajie, Hunan, Jeju Island, South Korea, Fukuoka, Japan
17 years: Ningxia [Yinchuan, Zhongwei], Inner Mongolia [Hohhot, Baotou, Ordos], Fujian [Xiamen, Longyan Yongding], Xinjiang [Kuqa, Yili, Kashi, Urumqi, Turpan, Kanas, Bayingoleng], Jiangsu Nanjing, Chongqing
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