Shenzhen-Kunming-Jianshui Shuanglong Bridge-Yuanyang-Bise Village-Oriental Charm-Chengzi Ancient Village
4-day itinerary introduction
Day 1 Shenzhen-Kunming
At 6:00 p.m., we arrived at Shenzhen Airport on time. As soon as we stepped out of the elevator, a group of brightly colored balloons came into view, foretelling that our journey to the South of Colorful Clouds would be an extremely exciting journey.
At 6:35, the large Airbus A330 took off on time. We landed safely at Yunnan Changshui Airport at 9:30, walked out of the airport, and the hotel's free pick-up vehicle took us to the hotel for a while, checked in and rested, and recharged our batteries for the journey that started the next day.
Day 2 Kunming _ Jianshui Shuanglong Bridge _ Yuanyang
At 7:00, we got up as usual, Kunming was not yet dawn. After breakfast, the hotel’s pick-up vehicle took us to the Ctrip car rental service center not far from here. After completing the formalities, we drove Xiaojiji to Jianshui , started the trip to the south of Caiyun. About 200 kilometers in 2 hours and 30 minutes.
11:00 Arrive at Jianshui Seventeen-Arch Bridge, commonly known as Shuanglong Bridge, located on the west side of Jianshui Ancient City, across the intersection of Lujiang River and Tachong River. Built in the Qing Dynasty, this ancient bridge is a historic site in Yunnan. The ancient bridge has 17 holes connecting each other, and there are three-storey pavilions on the bridge. It is ancient and magnificent, and looks like a big boat floating on the water from a distance.
Handsome little Gigi
Driving the handsome little Jiji is also very refreshing.
During the two-hour drive, we passed many beautiful places such as Xingyun Lake and Goulu Lake on the way, and arrived at Jianshui in a blink of an eye, and arrived at Shuanglong Bridge according to the navigation. The Jianshui meter-gauge small train sightseeing railway next to the bridge was built by France in the 1930s. come. Starting from Lin’an Station, passing through Shuanglongqiao Station, Xianghuiqiao Station, and finally arriving at Tuanshan Station, along the way is the scenery of the fields in southern Yunnan. Sitting in a wooden carriage, "Boom, Boom, Boom..." along the way, don’t have a sense of age .
Next to the meter-gauge railway is the Shuanglong Bridge, also known as the Seventeen-Arch Bridge. The bluestone slabs on the bridge deck have been trampled bare by people, which shows that it has suffered many years of vicissitudes.
Next to the bridge is a small market where local villagers sell tourist gifts, which is very harmonious with the environment. The villagers set up their things and chat beside them. Come and tell you the price, it doesn't matter whether the transaction is completed or not.
Get out of Shuanglong Bridge and turn into the entrance of the main road, and choose a brighter restaurant. After talking with the boss for a while, he told us that we must eat the most famous local grass sprouts when we come to Jianshui. Plants, similar to lotus root, must be picked when the grass sprouts just emerge from the surface of the mud, otherwise they will become old and not so fresh and sweet. According to the recommendation of the boss, we ordered two servings of grass sprout rice noodles, which were indeed very sweet. We didn't think it was enough to eat, so we directly asked the boss to bring up 20 yuan of grass sprouts, which was enough to eat.
Grass sprouts should be eaten raw to get the umami taste.
14:30 After lunch, continue to Yuanyang and wait for the sunset at [Bada Terraced Fields]. 2 hours and 30 minutes About 120 kilometers
On the rugged county road from Yuanyang County to Yuanyang Terraced Fields, a canyon stretches along the steep mountains on both sides, with high mountains on both sides and villages on the top of the mountains. When we were wise, we saw a sign standing in front of our eyes, which read "Visiting the Hani Terraced Fields, Seeking Dreams and Beautiful Nostalgia", and we had already arrived at the scenic spot without knowing it.
17:00 Arrive at Bada Scenic Area of Yuanyang Terraced Fields. Yuanyang Hani Terraced Fields is located in the south of Ailao Mountain. It is a masterpiece left by the Hani people for generations. Yuanyang Hani Terraced Fields is mainly composed of four parts: Bada Scenic Area, Tiger Mouth Scenic Area, Duoyishu Scenic Area and Qingkou Scenic Area. When you come to Yuanyang Hani Terraced Fields, you can see the magnificent sunrise and sunset of the terraced fields, and the unique style of Hani villages.
The Bada Terraced Fields Scenic Spot is one of the core protection declarations for world cultural heritage. The Bada Terraced Fields are majestic, vast in area, and have a strong sense of three-dimensionality. They start from the Mali Village River at an altitude of 800 meters and climb up the mountain. There are more than 3,700 levels of terraced fields. Ting stretches to a mountain with an altitude of more than 2000 meters. Bada Scenic Area is a place to appreciate Hani terraced fields, sea of clouds, Hani architecture and other scenery, and it is also a center for understanding, researching and experiencing Hani culture.
In the high mountain at an altitude of 1900 meters, it was cold, and it was hard to survive until 7:30. The sun began to set. Under the guidance of a senior photographer next to me, I felt the color change of the terraced water surface. Unfortunately, the colorful clouds in the sky were always far away. Hovering on the side of the mountain, the terraced fields are not blown by the cold wind to the sky, which makes the color of the terraced fields slightly inferior. A senior photographer said that it also depends on fate. The weather on our trip is already very good. This is the fourth time he has been here. It rained twice, and the whole scenic spot was shrouded in fog. I can't see it. When I arrived at the inn, the first sentence after the boss' greeting was "Brother Xiaoyao, it has been raining here last week, and there was a cloud and fog, so I couldn't see anything. Fortunately, you changed the date of your trip." Thanks to the 2021 New Year's Eve Concert in the Civic Center Square, the originally scheduled itinerary was postponed by a week, and it would not be a waste of time.
Day 3 Yuanyang_Duoyishu_Aichun_Azheke_Eagle Mouth
7:00 Go to the best sunrise shooting location in the morning - [Duoyishu Scenic Area] to shoot the sunrise of terraced fields.
Duoyishu Scenic Area includes Duoyishu, Aichun, Dawazhe and other terraced fields of more than 10,000 mu, which are as continuous and spectacular as engravings. Especially at sunrise, the brilliance of the rising sun jumps on the water surface of the terraced fields, changing various colors.
Waiting until 8:30 in the Duoyishu Observation Deck, the sun climbed up the mountain completely. Seeing the water in the terraced fields against the blue sky, the sky, clouds and shadows lingering together, the water and the sky are the same color, which is quite beautiful. We didn't go back to the hotel for breakfast until after 9 o'clock, after all the tourists had evacuated.
When I was at the Duoyishu viewing platform, I saw the sea of clouds above the canyon, and I kept thinking about it. After breakfast, I asked the boss the best place to see the sea of clouds, and immediately drove to Huangcaoling.
Looking at the sea of clouds constantly churning, I shouted that I was lucky. Fortunately, I didn’t come over last week. The owner of the inn also told us that it was rainy all the time last week.
After seeing the sea of clouds, jump the car and go back. At around 12:00, we arrived near Azheke Village. At first, we parked the car on the side of the road and walked down. After chatting with the local villagers, we were told that we can drive the car into the village main entrance. Azheke is a Hani village in the Yuanyang Terraced Fields Scenic Area. It maintains traditional Hani houses, also known as mushroom houses, and holds long street banquets during festivals in the village. From the viewing platform, you can enjoy the beautiful terraced fields, which is also one of the filming locations of the movie "Wu Wen Xi Dong".
The Azheke Terraced Fields are located between Duoyishu and Aichun Terraced Fields. Cars can now drive to the parking lot at the entrance of the village, but the road is narrow enough for only one car to pass. The Yuanyang Terraced Fields Scenic Spot package ticket is not included, and you have to buy it separately. When we arrived, it was past 12 noon, and no one was seen at the ticket window. It may be in the off-season, and the staff have gone home for lunch. We followed the instructions Pai walked all the way in, looking at the terraced fields built on the mountain, coiled from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain, and the thatched mushroom-like roofs of the village, which is picturesque and like a fairyland.
The Zhaishen Forest at the entrance of the village is a sacred place where the Hani people worship the gods and ancestors every year, and no one is usually allowed to enter.
Moss has grown on some roofs
Come up to the viewing platform of the canyon, walk into the local restaurant, and other villagers smoked bacon with fireworks.
Drooling.
The grandmother on the opposite roof is weaving ribbons with flowers.
The native eggs sold locally are wrapped with straw, 5 in a bundle, 10 yuan a pack.
The government has installed fire spraying and drying water facilities for every villager.
In the house, I ordered three things: local pork bacon, wild yam cake, and green vegetables.
The grass on the roof is piled thick and strong, with a thickness of 30 centimeters.
The means of transportation for the villagers are to carry crops in bamboo baskets outside, and carry them back.
Zhaishen water can be seen everywhere.
Dress up as the road, and carry the bamboo basket to fetch vegetables.
Dividend Rules for Villagers
The package ticket of Yuanyang Scenic Area does not include Azheke Village.
1 After having lunch at the villager's house, bid farewell to the beautiful Yuanyang Terraced Fields, and continue to the next destination to Bisezhai, Mengzi City. The journey is about 130 kilometers and takes 2 hours and 30 minutes.
Azheke came out, followed the navigation and took another small road out of the scenic spot, and walked all the way on the top of the mountain. Looking at the steep hillsides in the canyon on both sides, the villagers planted plantains, cassava and other plants, deeply felt the The hard work and diligence of the villagers can only be reaped if you put in a lot of hard work. We must work hard after we go back, so that we can go further in the future.
At 6:00 p.m., we arrived at the town of Bisezhai. We booked the Fanjian Hotel next to the station. It is a hotel transformed from an old house with a history of more than 100 years. It is very distinctive. After packing our luggage, the sky gradually darkened , the tourists living outside have gradually dispersed, and we came to the station without any hunger, enjoying the peaceful beauty.
Since director Feng Xiaogang's 1970s military film "Youth" was filmed and filmed at Bisezhai Railway Station, Bisezhai has attracted a large number of tourists from all over the country and even overseas. There is a crowd of this kind of memory, which makes the "youth" effect here.
In the dead of night, accompanied by Han Hong's affectionate "Velvet Flower", the boss danced and carnivaled on a whim, listening to the graceful music, as if looking for our faded years.
Familiar singing voices and deja vu scenes bring those of us who were born in the 1960s and 1970s back to those past years and re-taste those youth.
"Flowers, sing the praises of the east wind all over the sea. Spring is always there, and it will last for hundreds of millions of years."
Day 4 _ Bisezhai, where the movie Fanghua was filmed - Dongfengyun - Kunming
We got up early in the morning before the tourists began to enter the field, and came to the station again before we had time to eat breakfast, carefully savoring the century-old railway and facilities, and freight trains are still in use today , but according to the hotel staff, the National Day in 2021 will open a tourist train again, and there will be more tourists.
Youth is fleeting, face is easy to grow old, as long as we lean on each other, the world will be just as perfect.
There is a beautiful flower in the world, that is youth spit out Fanghua.
Bisezhai Station, as China's inch-gauge and meter-gauge coexistence and the location of China's first private railway, fully reflects a period of history of China's railway development. Its preserved cultural relics have strong historical, cultural and scientific values. As an important railway station built by the French imperialists who seized the right to build roads in China, it also has important educational value.
The hotel's breakfast is authentic Mengzi bridge rice noodles, and the soup is clear and delicious.
Bisezhai is located in the center of the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway. This quiet small mountain village built on the mountainside was once a prosperous place where merchants gathered. The red tiles and yellow walls of Bisezhai under the sun shine in a harmonious and warm color. , making people seem to have traveled to another time and space.
Seeing the surrounding tourists start to enter, we returned to the hotel for breakfast.
10:30 Go to: Dongfengyun Scenic Spot Classic 4.7/5 1 hour 30 minutes About 140 kilometers
Dongfengyun Scenic Spot is located in Mile City, Honghe. It is an art town integrating leisure vacation, Buddhist culture, folk experience and ecological sightseeing. The buildings in the scenic area are mainly made of locally produced red bricks, which are a mixture of three local cultures, which is very design sense. Among them, the wine bottle-shaped building represents the red wine culture of Maitreya, as well as the fire culture and symbiotic upward culture of the Yi people. .
No one enters the venue, and from a distance, a fairy-tale world-like building appears in front of our eyes, as if we have arrived in the Kingdom of Denmark.
The small train track paved with stone slabs in the park, with "I love you" written in 5 languages on it, has attracted countless couples to take pictures, but the idea of the small train track is indeed romantic enough.
The interior of the building is not open. After a round of appreciation, I decided to go to the ancient village of Chengzi found on the road.
14:30 Go to Chengzi Ancient Village, 50 kilometers, about 1 hour's drive
Chengzi Ancient Village is located in two prefectures (Honghe, Wenshan) and three counties (Luxi, Mile, Qiubei). It has the most distinctive ancient village landscape in Yunnan with a combination of Yi and Han. The overall layout of the village is surrounded by mountains. Follow the trend, walk along the mountain, and fall layer by layer. The overall space is high in the west and low in the east, with the mountain on its back and the water on its back. The whole village has hundreds of households built on the mountain, connected naturally, and the earth palm houses that go up layer by layer form a level of steps. . The roofs of the Tuzhang houses are joined together to form a platform with a height of tens of meters or even hundreds of meters. More than 1,000 Tuzhang houses in the village are linked together or adjacent to each other, and hundreds of households in the village are integrated into one. Roofs, every home has a courtyard. As long as you enter one, you can enter another from the platform until you pass through.
The ancient village is under maintenance. Under the guidance of the guide board, we came to the village committee to park. In fact, according to the navigation, we can go directly to the foot of the ancient village, so we had to park and walk a small road.
Hundreds of families live by the mountains, and the cascading Tuzhangfang houses can be called the living fossils of Yunnan folk houses.
It was nearly 6 o'clock in a blink of an eye, so we had no choice but to go back to the city and take the plane at 10 o'clock in the evening to end the final trip of 2020.