Traffic routes
Maling River Canyon is located in Xingyi City, Guizhou Province, 300 kilometers away from Guiyang, the provincial capital, and takes 4 hours by car. In Guizhou, Yunnan-Guizhou, Yunguichuan, Yunguichuanxiang and other round-trip routes, Xingyi City is not a place where you must check in. People usually go directly to Libo to see Xiaoqikong after visiting Huangguoshu Waterfall in Anshun. Will not continue to travel south to Xingyi City. However, the overlooked Xingyi City is really a beautiful place. There are "Wanfeng Forest" with thousands of peaks, "Maling River Canyon" known as the most beautiful scar on the earth, a lake of Wanfeng, and the most Wanfeng in the southwest. lake.
Xingyi City has an airport and a high-speed rail station, and is the junction of Guizhou, Yunnan, and Guangxi provinces. As one of the scenic spots of the circle tour, most of the tourists come to visit by car or join a tour group. Here we focus on the self-driving tour route. No matter which tourist loop you take, there are generally two loops in Guizhou, large and small, to choose from.
The small ring road is Guiyang (Jiaxiu Tower, Qingyan Ancient Town) --- Anshun (Huangguoshu Waterfall, Dragon Palace) --- Libo (Big and Small Seven Holes) --- Zhenyuan County (Zhenyuan Ancient City) --- Guiyang.
The Grand Ring Road is Zunyi (Chishui Waterfall) --- Liupan Mountain (Wumeng Prairie) --- Anshun (Huangguoshu Waterfall, Dragon Palace) --- Xingyi (Wanfeng Forest, Maling River Canyon) --- Libo (Grand , Xiaoqikong) --- Leishan County (Thousand Miao Village) --- Tongren (Fanjing Mountain) --- Guiyang. It takes 6 days to drive the small ring road and 8 days to drive the big ring road.
Introduction to scenic area
In 2011, "China National Geography" published "The Most Beautiful Karst Landscape in China", among which 8 canyons in the country were listed in the column of "Most Beautiful Karst Canyon", among which the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River ranked first, and Guizhou had two canyons on the list. The list is Beipanjiang Grand Canyon (ranked second) and Malinghe Canyon (ranked third). Maling River, also known as "Mabie River" and "Qingshui River", has a total length of 142.5 kilometers. In Xingyi City, the Maling River forms a canyon with a length of more than 70 kilometers and a depth of more than 300 meters, which has the reputation of "the most beautiful scar on the earth".
The biggest feature of Malinghe Canyon is the waterfall. "China National Geography" listed it as the canyon with the most waterfalls in China. The article described it like this, "The Maling River Canyon with 70 waterfalls occupies the first place with absolute advantages. The addition of sand and shale on the surface around the canyon makes the Maling River The waterfalls condensed in the canyon are tall and straight." To be precise, there are 72 waterfalls in Malinghe Canyon, with heights ranging from 100 meters to 300 meters. The most beautiful place of the Maling River is in the Tianxing Gallery Scenic Area. There are more than 20 waterfalls within 1.7 kilometers. It can be described as "surrounded by thousands of peaks, thousands of springs return to valleys, streams erode back, and rivers hit water".
The mountain is full of forests, shrubs, pines and green bamboos, which are still lush. In the meantime, the birds chirp and the spring water jingles, which is naturally interesting. There are not only big waterfalls here, but also unique karst landforms. Walking in the canyon feels like an adventure. Walking along the stone road, sometimes up the stairs, sometimes through caves, watching the travertine body on the river bank along the way, encountering a waterfall, but it feels like breaking into the deep mountains and wild forests.
The beautiful scenery of the canyon is distributed on both sides of the bank, walking on the plank road and connected by cable bridges. Its plank road is also a "strange", its "strange" mainly lies in its "dangerous", sometimes close to the edge of the cliff, sometimes stretching into the mountain. Walking on it, the feet are often accompanied by running water, and the head is often hit by dripping water. Sometimes, when I looked up, I thought I was in the Water Curtain Cave.
Looking up, there are many green plants unique to the Maling River Grand Canyon growing on the crimson-yellow rock pages. Here, the green leaves are matched with the rock surface, and the water droplets reflect the skylight. What is presented in front of you seems to be a beautiful canvas, full of aura and variegation, decorating this beautiful scar.
Walking to the deepest part of the scenic spot is the "Ten Thousand Horses Pentium Waterfall Group". The scenery is as its name suggests, and you can feel its deterrent power before you reach the front. The canyon just forms a turning point here, and the cornered mountain wall covers the waterfall's discharge path. The straightforward and tactful collisions, the thick water flow arouses smoke and rises like a fairyland on earth.
food and accommodation
1. Accommodation
When traveling in Anshun, there are two accommodation options. One is to live in the urban area of Anshun, where there are five-star and four-star hotels, chain express hotels, and characteristic homestays. The room is clean and hygienic, the hotel is well managed, there is a regular parking lot, and breakfast is usually included, which is very convenient. There are also many supermarkets and restaurants nearby, so it is very convenient to purchase tourist supplies. It takes 25 minutes to drive from downtown Xingyi to Malinghe Canyon Scenic Spot.
The second is to live near the Maling River Canyon Scenic Area. There are some mid-to-high-end resort hotels with unique decoration and layout. There are pools, tropical green plants, courts, book bars, woods and other leisure and entertainment places. It is a botanical garden or in a forest zone, and you can directly enjoy the beautiful landscape of Guizhou from the window. These resort hotels are very close to the scenic spot, and you can walk to the Maling River Canyon scenic spot, so that you can enter the scenic spot as the first wave of tourists in the early morning and enjoy the beautiful karst canyon to your heart's content. However, there are also shortcomings. The location of the hotel is a bit remote, and it is inconvenient to eat and shop around.
2. Food
Egg fried rice, what's so rare about it? However, fried rice with eggs has become a standard part of Wanfenglin tourism, and it has also been listed as "China on the Bite of the Tongue". Egg fried rice is mainly steamed rice, breaded noodles and corn flour mixed together to fry. The seasoning is only bad chili. The oil used is refined from fresh pork fat every day, and the eggs are also farm eggs.
Brush your head. The brush head is a famous snack in Xingyi. It started in the Tongzhi period of the Qing Dynasty and got its name because of its shape like a bamboo brush. The workmanship of the brush head is very fine. The dough is made of flour, eggs, water, etc., and then artificially made into a paper-thin state; the bamboo shoots are chopped and placed in a boiling water pot for two or three times, and then rinsed with water for five or six times. , After being filtered dry, it is cooked with lard to give out the aroma. When wrapping, put lean meat first, then bamboo shoots, and finally shape into a steamer, and steam for several minutes on high heat.
Jianfen is well-known throughout the state and inside and outside the province for its characteristics of thinness, softness, good toughness, and good taste. The cut powder is selected from high-quality rice, soaked without adding any additives, and processed through grinding, blending, steaming, cooling and other procedures to make cut powder with white color and uniform thickness, and then served with chili oil and pepper oil made of high-quality vegetable oil. A powder made of sesame paste, peanut butter, kohlrabi, shallot, coriander, crispy beans and crispy mung bean sprouts.
The bars are all handmade. Take the fine noodles and mix them with fresh eggs according to the proportion, press the stick several times, and finally cut into thin noodles, cook one bowl at a time, and mix with chicken broth. The noodles are fine and gluten, and the entrance is delicious.
Chicken glutinous rice balls is also a famous snack in Xingyi, which was created in the late Qing Dynasty. The most important thing about chicken glutinous rice balls is that they are filled with chicken and cooked in chicken broth. It tastes non-sticky, fresh and smooth.
Xingyi mutton noodles are one of Xingyi's famous snacks. There is no local who does not love mutton noodles. It is of the same origin as the famous Zunyi mutton noodles. The mutton is cooked but not rotten, and the rice noodles are snow-white, soaked in the fresh, mellow red soup, with a strong spicy aroma.
In Xingyi, Sanhe soup is indispensable in every restaurant. Put an appropriate amount of local green bean rice in the glutinous rice, add crispy meat slices, soy sauce, vinegar, pepper and other condiments, mix it with chicken soup or pig's feet soup, cook until half thin and half rotten, and a large bowl of soup with water, the taste Very delicious.
The casserole rice in Xingyi is different from other places. The rice is steamed with light oil and has seasoning itself, so it is delicious even when eaten alone. It is topped with ingredients made of lean minced meat and lettuce, and a poached egg is placed on top. When eating, put some tofu and kimchi, it is very delicious.
Baikuaiba is very popular among Xingyi people, and every household can make it. It is made by mixing the best japonica rice and glutinous rice. It can be roasted, boiled, fried, stewed, steamed or fried. Stir-fried ham with bait cake is a famous local dish. Stir-fry bait cake with ham, pickled vegetables, etc., pour sweet and salty soy sauce, and mix with a little oily chili. strong.
play route
1. The parking lot of the scenic spot is next to the visitor center. You will first check the Guizhou health code and itinerary code, measure your body temperature, and then buy tickets (elevator tickets are purchased separately, round-trip two-way), and enter the scenic spot from the gate.
2. First, you will walk a section of steps, and walk for about 15 minutes to the elevator. Here you can take the elevator down to the bottom of the canyon, or you can choose to walk down the mountain road. It takes about 30 minutes to walk down the mountain.
3. At the bottom of the valley, there are plank roads on both sides of the river. One side is slightly higher, and you can overlook the scenery; the other side is slightly lower, so you can enjoy the waterfall at close range. It was originally a loop tour, without turning back, and connecting the plank roads on both sides through the chain bridge on the river. But now one side is under maintenance, so tourists can only choose to play on this side of the elevator, that is, after getting off the elevator, turn left and go forward, and then return to the elevator seat on the same road after walking to the end.
4. Turn left after getting off the elevator, the road is very narrow, go all the way. Pass by small scenic spots such as rain-sprinkled plantains, Tianshengqiao Waterfall, Sky Pavilion, Sea Lion Hall, Sea Lion Bridge, Pearl Waterfall, and Ten Thousand Horses Pentium Waterfall. After admiring the Wanma Galloping Waterfalls, return to the elevator ride on the same road.
5. Take the elevator up, and then walk back to the gate of the scenic spot on the same road.
6. Summary. If you take the elevator up and down the mountain, the total tour time of the scenic spot is about three hours. There will be some steps when walking at the bottom of the valley, but there is basically no slope, and the elderly can walk if they are careful. On the way, you will cross the waterfall from the entrance of the cave. You need to prepare umbrellas and raincoats in advance, and your feet will be slippery, so you must pay attention to safety. There is no centralized dining area or small restaurant in the scenic area, but there are small squares and stools for rest, and everyone can prepare some food by themselves. The business hours of the scenic spot are from 8:30 to 17:30.
list of fees
1. Tickets, 70 yuan/person. Ticket-free crowd (under 14 years old, over 60 years old, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Shandong, Guangdong, Liaoning, Shanghai, Chongqing area).
2. Elevator ticket, 40 yuan/person/round trip, 30 yuan/person/one-way. Children under 1.2 meters are free of charge.
3. The parking lot charges 15 yuan.
5. Accommodation. Double room (including breakfast, parking lot). Hotels in urban areas are 250 to 350 yuan, and resort hotels near scenic spots are 300 to 600 yuan.