It’s April in the world, the earth is warming up, flowers are blooming, stubborn forsythia flowers are blooming all over the mountains and cliffs, swaying with the wind, and the eyes are golden

Decorate the Taihang Mountains and amaze the spring of Changzhi;

Travel Destination: Shanxi Baquan Gorge

Accommodation: Diaoyutai Hotel

Highlights of the itinerary: College Students Youth Electronic Music Festival

Travel expenses: 500 yuan / person

Baquan Gorge in Taihang Mountains

Baquan Gorge, located in Huguan County, Changzhi City, is the trump card scenic spot of the four major scenic spots of Taihang Xiongxia, Babaili Taihang Gallery and Taihang Mountain; (WiFi coverage) Baquan Gorge is the essence of Taihang Mountain Grand Canyon, with a total length of 13 kilometers and the highest The altitude is more than 1700 meters. There are not only cliffs cut by knives and axes, rocks in various poses, waterfalls like silver, deep pools with rippling blue waves, but also fascinating legends. During the walk in April, the spring is full, the flowing water is gurgling, majestic and dangerous, and you can lament the uncanny craftsmanship of nature;

Transportation (airplane, high-speed rail, self-driving)

For domestic cities, you can choose high-speed rail—get off at Anyang Station, and then take a 1.5-hour bus

You can also choose to fly - Changzhi Wangcun Airport, and then take a car for 1 hour to the scenic spot;

It takes 1.5 hours to drive from downtown Changzhi.

Tickets + package tickets, and recommended itineraries

Come to Baquanxia, ​​if you only have half a day, then I suggest you choose Line A, the pass is 180 yuan (including sightseeing car + boat ticket + cable car + elevator) can be all water, land and air, hiking, battery car, cruise ship, cableway with turning, and 208 meters high sightseeing elevator. You can actually swim on the ground, float on the water, and watch the sky, without going back the whole way

Route: Take a 5-minute battery car to arrive at the cruise ship dock, take a boat tour for about 10 minutes - walk for 1 hour after getting off the boat, and enjoy waterfalls and flowing springs along the way. ——Then take the turning cable car up, the whole journey is about 30 minutes——arrive at Yuhuang Square——walk down the mountain for about 30 minutes (relatively steep)——arrive at the "City of the Sky", where you can sit on the completely transparent 200-meter-high glass platform, 360 Watch the panoramic view of Taihang Mountain, experience romance and excitement - take the 208-meter-high cliff transparent glass elevator to reach the foot of the mountain in just over a minute. Line A finished

April is the season when forsythia flowers are in full bloom, and coming to Baquanxia seems to have caught up with a feast. A feast of enjoying spring flowers in joyful mountains and rivers. As the county flower of Huguan County, forsythia flourishes in this land. Therefore - the first Forsythia Flower Festival and College Students Youth Electronic Music Festival was grandly opened on April 5th.

With the start of the opening ceremony, we started a tour of the natural scenery of Baquan Gorge.

In-depth tour - Baquan Gorge (4-5 hours)

The cruise ship terminal in spring is not so busy. There are many unified cruise ships moored neatly on the shore. You can buy round-trip tickets or one-way tickets, and leave when they are full. (One-way ferry ticket 40 yuan)

The scenery of the waterway is very fresh. The lake is about 1,000 meters above sea level, 2 kilometers for more than ten minutes, and the water depth is 90 meters. The color of the water varies with the depth. The tenacious forsythia flowers can still be seen in the gaps between the cliffs on both sides of the strait, and the golden flowers are very eye-catching.

After the cruise ship docks, start the first section of hiking, and enter the most classic tourist area of ​​Baquanxia - Yixiantian Canyon, about 2 kilometers long, as secluded as the Three Gorges, mountain springs, waterfalls, potholes and caves. Tourism resources" is not an exaggeration. The stone road is winding, and the artificially paved road is okay, but the natural stone road is very slippery, it is completely smooth by walking, even on days without rain and snow, remember to wear non-slip shoes. It is said that Yixiantian Canyon is the canyon with the largest amount of water in the Taihang Mountains, and it can’t be seen in spring~ have to wait for the rainy season?

There are rest stops along the way, and more places are streams that can be jumped around and within reach, which is a paradise for children.

I am alone, and I don't feel lonely, because I will meet young ladies who like to take pictures.

The 300 telephoto is difficult to shoot, you can imagine how far away from me, hahaha~

The only curved cableway in China (ticket price: 150 yuan/person)

Unknowingly, I walked for more than an hour in the landscape canyon. If I want to take the cable car, I need to climb up to the cableway station. Each car seats 8 people, and the cableway ticket is 150 yuan/person. This is the longest and only turning cableway in China. It is 3,000 meters long and spans 13 mountain ridges. Then move on.

Overlooking Gaoxia Pinghu from high altitude on the cableway, I was too timid to look at it (crying and dizzy), so I didn't take pictures.

After getting off the cableway, walk 100 meters to reach the highest peak of Baquan Gorge - Yuhuang Pavilion

The altitude here is about 1,550 meters above sea level. The Yuhuang Pavilion has two floors, connected by corridors and stairs, and you can reach the second floor by climbing the stairs. The eight sides of the pillars of the second-floor pavilion are inlaid with glass, and the surroundings are transparent. There is a 2-meter-wide corridor outside the pavilion, and there are wooden guardrails beside the corridor. After climbing to the top, I felt refreshed and experienced the artistic conception of "we will be at the top and see all the small mountains at a glance".

Weiwei Taihang is just around the corner! Continuous ups and downs, majestic and magnificent. Can't help but be in a daze for another half an hour...

It is said that it is easy to go up the mountain and difficult to go down the mountain. Yes, the only way to go down the mountain is the plank road called "Yan Wangbi".

More winding mountain roads are narrow, so narrow that you can only put half a foot down...so go slowly. The slope of the plank road is very steep, 50°, and some sections feel almost vertical. If there are no handrails for grabbing, I really dare not walk.

On the way, you can see the parking lot of the scenic spot, which supports telephoto shooting!

Castle in the Sky

The way down the mountain takes 30 minutes to reach the entrance of the cliff elevator, which is the city of the sky. Castle in the Sky, a transparent house, the stairs are all transparent, you need to wear shoe covers. "City of the Sky" has been certified by the World Record Association for "the world's highest and fastest running through-door outdoor sightseeing elevator, the world's highest cliff elevator multi-layer transparent sightseeing platform" certified by the World Record Association This is also the first world record created by an all-open-air elevator in the industry. There is a dessert shop inside, and the highest three-story fully transparent glass sightseeing platform on the roof (I was afraid so I didn't dare to go up). Every step I take, I can see the scenery of the Taihang Mountain Grand Canyon through the glass under my feet. Very exciting.

Three Guinness records for cliff lifts (one-way fare: 30 yuan)

The transparent elevator with a height of 208 meters can reach directly in 60 seconds. You can come and feel it.

Get off the elevator and seamlessly connect to the battery car in the scenic spot to return to the gate of the scenic spot.

In fact, when I was still on the mountain, I heard enthusiastic singing. Yes, today is the Youth Electronic Music Festival for College Students. College students from dozens of colleges and universities gathered in Baquanxia to ignite a different April in Baquanxia with their youth, singing and dancing! ! !

The scene was overwhelmed and ignited, and a big party of youthful rhythm started.

College Students Youth Electronic Music Festival

Why are the current college students so able to hold the field? Are they all so versatile?

There are a lot of talents in the school, and the guitar, bass and drummers in the formed band are all very good. Ma Liang's live performance of "The Rest of My Life" set off the climax of the electronic syllable festival. The fans cheered and screamed and sang until they were drunk; the beautiful Russian DJ led everyone to dance and couldn't stop dancing, and the lottery in the middle was full of surprises.

Diaoyutai Hotel

Visiting the Baquanxia Scenic Area is really exhausting. No matter which line you choose to visit, it takes almost a day, so there are many hotels around. Diaoyutai Hotel is a 10-minute drive from the scenic spot. There is a free bus shuttle between the hotel and the scenic spot, which regularly picks up and sends tourists back and forth, which is great. Diaoyutai Hotel has both guest rooms and a restaurant, which can provide one-stop accommodation. The price can be booked online for more than 200 a night. The restaurant is on the 2nd floor, and the food is very homely. The thing that bothers me is that there is no wireless network in the hotel, so stay here if you mind. And drinking water, bath towels, and disposable slippers are not provided in the rooms. Towels are really shedding, please bring all your own.

Summary of itinerary

You can't keep your youth, but you can freeze the scenery of Baquan Gorge full of flowers; you can't keep the pace of time, but you can catch up with the most beautiful flowering period of forsythia; the beauty of spring and the beauty of youth, let us meet in different places In the distant May Day holiday, let’s visit Taihang Baquan Gorge together!