Guizhou is located in the southwest of the motherland. In the past, due to inconvenient transportation, there was basically no industry, and its economy was much behind compared with coastal areas. It is precisely because of this backwardness that Guizhou escaped the destruction and pollution of the ecological environment caused by the rapid development in the early stage of industrialization. When people realize that clear water and lush mountains are golden mountains and silver mountains, and when provinces undergoing rapid economic development need to invest huge sums of money to restore the environment, people suddenly find that Guizhou is so livable and beautiful.
In recent years, Guizhou has taken advantage of its unique environment and scenery, and with the support of the country's huge investment in transportation and other infrastructure, Guizhou's tourism economy has developed by leaps and bounds. It has given huge preferential policies to encourage people from all over the country to go to Guizhou for summer vacation To enjoy the cool air, for example, this summer, tickets for all adults are half priced, all children under the age of 14 are free of charge, and all tolls for private cars are halved. This strength is unmatched by other provinces. These practices reflect Guizhou's long-term vision for tourism development. Unlike other regions, for the sake of petty profits such as tickets, they turn excellent scenic spots into black spots that people don't want to enter when passing by. How much can the tickets cost? People are willing to come to play, and the related service industry income is generally more than 10 times that of tickets.
This trip to Guizhou has been planned for a long time, but the holiday time is limited, and the distances between various scenic spots in Guizhou are far away. It is really impossible to cover everything, so we have a choice to take a look at the flowers. I contacted a travel agency online to book a 30-seater bus. Although our team has only 15 people, each family has a lot of luggage and travels a lot every day. It is necessary to choose a spacious bus. Tourist cars in Guizhou generally start reporting plans two months in advance. We travel in August and start placing orders on June 1st. The cost of chartered cars is the bulk of the entire trip, so we compared several companies and finally decided. You can't go wrong with Bisanjia. In addition to chartered cars, tour guides are also very important. The places we went to were all popular attractions. We were not sure about buying tickets and booking rooms. It is said that in August, tickets for many popular attractions in Guizhou have to be booked. It is very likely that there will be no tickets to buy on the day. So there is a tour guide, in addition to introducing some information, the most important thing is to solve ticketing and accommodation issues. In addition, even such a long-distance trip does not have to be arranged by a travel agency. For example, we spent 8 days in Guizhou this time, but the itinerary outside Guiyang for more than 6 days was ordered by a travel agency. , You can travel freely, public transportation is very convenient now, if you charter a car, it will cost thousands of dollars per day.
Guiyang's Qianling Mountain Park, Jiaxiu Tower, Qingyan Ancient Town, etc. are all free to travel. According to the itinerary, our group of 15 people went to Qianlingshan Park, Zhijindong Scenic Area, Huangguoshu Waterfall Scenic Area, Maling River Canyon, Pingtang FAST Telescope, Xiaoqikong Scenic Area, Xijiang Qianhu Miao Village, Shanmu River Rafting, Zhenyuan Ancient Town; basically arrange one scenic spot a day to ensure enough time and people will not be too tired, half a day to play and half a day to travel by car, without having to drive overnight. With such a relatively loose arrangement, everyone felt very hard along the way. In the words of a child, it was to go back to sleep after dinner every day. The image below outlines our footprint:
It also took nearly 10 days to see the flowers on horseback. Many ethnic minority areas in the north and southeast have not had time to visit. I have to sigh that the green water and green mountains of the motherland are really big.
We arrived at Guiyang North Station at around 5:00 pm. Because we booked a chartered car, the travel agency would give us a pick-up and drop-off machine, so we took the vehicle arranged by the travel agency to our hotel. Now that Guiyang Metro Line 1 has been opened, we chose the one at the entrance of the subway station. A hotel that ensures a smooth trip. The pace of life in Guizhou is relatively slow, and the snack street downstairs is really popular. If it wasn’t for the exhaustion of the journey, I really want to just go door-to-door to eat there.
Take a nap to start the trip to Qianling Mountain. This park is also very famous in Guiyang. The subway station is not far from the park. This park has a south gate and an east gate. The south gate is the main gate, about 800 meters away from the subway station Beijing Road , the east gate is relatively small, and most of the locals walk in. It is 300 meters away from the subway station Bageyan, so we walked through the closer east gate to enter the south gate.
Qianling Mountain Park is not big, it has mountains, a zoo, and there are lazy giant pandas inside.
Go through the tunnel and you will reach the other side of the mountain. Tunnels and bridges are so common in Guizhou. All places are either mountains or valleys, and the roads are not three feet flat. In addition to the continuous tunnels on the road and railway, there are also tunnels in this park.
Different from parks in other areas, there is a living area of wild macaques in Qianling Mountain Park, and there are many of them.
Interested tourists can interact with them at close range, feed fruit, and take pictures, but be careful not to provoke them. After all, they are wild monkeys not pets, and they will attack people if they are annoyed.
The temperature is a bit high in summer, and monkeys also want to eat popsicles. They reach out to ask you for them, and they will grab them if you don’t give them to them. The popsicles of the children who were traveling together reached it's hands after just one lick.
Tasting delicious food is also an essential job when you come out to play. Guizhou’s old Kaili sour soup fish is a business card. Speaking of Guizhou’s dishes, they are more sour and spicy. After tasting it, I think it is acceptable. I checked Guiyang on the Internet. The snack street should be near the Erqi Road of the old railway station. It should belong to the old town. It doesn’t look that tall. This old Kaili sour soup fish is on the fourth floor of the mall. I was worried that there would be no seats. The waiter told me on the phone We will have a seat until 6 o'clock, the fact is that is the case. In order not to waste the delicious food, we came here at 5 o'clock.
Guizhou ice powder is also very popular with children. Maybe because many dishes are hot and sour, ice powder gives people a refreshing feeling in summer. This is homemade ice cream
Kaili sour soup fish is actually a fish-based hot pot. You can also choose the type of fish. It is measured by catty. Our two tables ordered 8 catties, which is very full. Maybe to advertise another new store, I gave 2 coupons for the new store at the time of checkout. It was such a coincidence that the newly opened store was located opposite the hotel where we later stayed.
In order to eat this sour soup fish, I didn’t have time to go to Jiaxiu Tower. After dinner, it was almost ten o’clock when I returned to the hotel. The children complained that they had no time to play games. Compared with the great rivers and mountains of the motherland, this mobile game is really good. Is it so fun?
After more than a day of leisure in Guiyang, we can finally get on the bus and start the real trip to Guizhou.
It takes more than 2 hours to drive from Guiyang to Zhijin Cave, and there are bridges and tunnels along the way. Recalling that it was the same after the high-speed rail entered Guizhou from Hunan. One tunnel after another, the high-speed rail seemed to enter the subway mode.
Zhijin Cave is known as the largest karst cave in Asia. The space inside the cave is not only large but also the distance is long. The entrance and exit of the karst cave are not in the same place. It is about 6 kilometers away after a circle inside. It is still quite far away. It usually takes 2 hours to see it. over.
The entrance of this cave is unusual, like a huge tiankeng. The name in red is faintly visible on the top of the hole.
You can enter the cave by following the winding steps on the side. Descending into the cave from the outside is noticeably damp and cool. Therefore, it is generally recommended that tourists bring long-sleeved tops, otherwise it is easy to catch cold.
This cave is not decorated with colorful lights like other caves, nor is it deliberately created dazzling colors. The whole cave is dominated by warm yellow lights.
The stalactites formed over thousands of years are all kinds of strange things, some are slender and erect like new bamboo shoots, some are thick and wide like huge mushrooms.
Because the cave is uneven, in some places the interior halls will be very large, and in flat places there will be chairs for tourists to rest, which is quite thoughtful.
The lighting designer consciously painted the stone wall of the zenith with a light blue and gray background. When you climb up the rock and look up at the huge stalactites in front of you, you feel that you are facing mountain peaks, and the sky is covered with dark clouds, like doomsday advent.
It's really big inside.
We have also visited many underground caves before, but they are generally relatively small. Only the Zhijin Cave allows us to see the effect of the sky in the cave.
After more than 2 hours of underground world, I can finally see a glimmer of light ahead, which is the exit of the cave.
The exit is not so grand, you need to take a battery car to return.
Come out from Zhijin Cave and live in Anshun, because it is very close to Huangguoshu Waterfall.
We got up early the next day. It is said that the Huangguoshu Waterfall Scenic Area is too popular. We don’t want to be crowded halfway by a large number of tourists. There are three parts in the Huangguoshu Waterfall Scenic Area, namely the Huangguoshu Waterfall Scenic Area, Doupotang Waterfall Scenic Area and Tianxing Bridge Scenic Area. Here The picture shows their positional relationship.
There is a distance between the three points. Tickets have been discounted, but battery tickets are still indispensable. First, come to Huangguoshu Waterfall Scenic Area.
We came quite early, and many tourists arrived earlier than us.
The weather is good, but you must bring a raincoat. This big waterfall is named after the yellow fruit tree that grows nearby. The yellow fruit is somewhat similar to oranges, and the size is not small. It is estimated that the taste is much worse than that of oranges. Along the continuous steps, you can Going down to the bottom of the waterfall, facing the roaring water, we have to marvel at the power of nature.
The water rushes down from a height of more than 70 meters, and the sprayed mist reflects a rainbow in the sunlight.
After seeing it from below, you can also walk around the waterfall from the outside to the inside along the path halfway up the mountain. The narrow path is crowded with people, and everyone can only move slowly along the flow of people. The splashes of the waterfall are like raindrops. The same floated over, but fortunately they all brought raincoats, otherwise they would definitely be drenched.
The trail bends into the waterfall and enters the Water Curtain Cave.
Perhaps because of the relatively large amount of water in the past few days, the water is no longer a curtain, but a pouring wave pouring down. After all, it is Guizhou, and only here can you appreciate such majestic mountains and rivers.
Take a bus from the waterfall, you can go to Tianxing Bridge, or to Doupotang Waterfall. Doupotang Waterfall is not as tall as Huangguoshu Waterfall, but it is very wide. The white waterfall is matched with the blue sky and the surrounding green hills. It makes people feel like they are in a fairyland. in the experience.
The length of the Tianxing Bridge Scenic Area is not short, and it is said that the second half of the scenery is particularly beautiful, because of time constraints, we have not been able to savor it carefully.
We visited Zhijin Cave and Huangguoshu Waterfall, which are located in the central part of Guizhou, and the next Malinghe Canyon we went to was located in Xingyi.
In the southwest of Guizhou, it is said that there are relatively few tourists here. We arrived in Xingyi after more than 3 hours by car. Close to Yunnan and Guangxi, the temperature is not as cool as Guiyang, but it is still much better than the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. There are two relatively large scenic spots in Xingyi. In addition to the Maling River Canyon, there is also a Wanfeng Forest. Considering time and physical factors, we can only choose one of them. We chose the Maling River Canyon.
The tour guide said that it is the most beautiful scar on earth, and the canyon is nearly 100 meters deep
There are waterfalls flying down on both sides. Compared with the famous Huangguoshu Waterfall, there is a feeling of being hidden in a boudoir, and the canyon scenic spot is very delicate.
Take the towering elevator to the bottom of the valley, and build a curved plank road along the river. The plank road on the opposite bank was closed because part of it was washed away by water. We walked along one side of the plank road, sightseeing and taking pictures.
There are not many people, so you can enjoy it calmly.
The uncanny workmanship of nature split the mountains and rocks here millions of years ago. After countless springs, summers, autumns and winters, various plants have covered the place layer by layer, making the Maling River Canyon present to the world with a unique attitude in Guizhou.
Many vines hang down along the stone wall, and some vegetation is washed by the water like mushrooms.
It is not easy to build expressways in Guizhou, a place full of mountains, especially because there are many bridges, and they are all of exaggerated heights. In some places, the bridge deck is hundreds of stories high from the bottom of the valley, so the bridge There is a saying in the industry: the bridges of the world look at China, and the bridges of China look at Guizhou. Most of the top ten tallest bridges in the world are in Guizhou. For example, the Beipanjiang Suspension Bridge across the Beipanjiang River, the bridge deck is more than 500 meters away from the deepest part of the valley, almost 150 stories high.
On our way to and from Xingyi, we pass through the Beipan River
A few days ago, we visited the natural mountains and rivers of Guizhou. Next, we had the honor to come to the FAST telescope, which is known as the Chinese Sky Eye, to experience a technological journey. This radio telescope has a diameter of 500 meters, which is equivalent to the area of 30 standard football fields. It can listen to radio signals as far as 13 billion light years away. It is the largest single radio telescope in the world.
Chinese scientist Nan Rendong led his team to complete the feat in September 2016 after 22 years. Regrettably, he passed away from lung cancer in September 2017. Mr. Nan Rendong devoted half of his life to forging the Chinese Sky Eye, making our country 20 years ahead of the world in this field. To commemorate his great contribution, in September 2018, the International Asteroid Organization officially named an asteroid numbered 79694 after Nan Rendong, the "Father of Sky Eye".
Due to the requirement of radio signal isolation, all electronic devices, including mobile phone bracelets and digital cameras, cannot be brought into the core area. The entrance of this telescope scenic spot is in Yorktown. It is quite convenient to store these items with the visit ticket before the security check.
The rest area below is also uniquely designed. The scenic spot is now free of tickets, and the basic transportation fare is 50 yuan. If you are interested in visiting the planetarium and watching astronomical movies, you need to pay an additional 80 yuan.
It's a 20-minute drive from Yorktown to the telescope. Without a mobile phone, everyone feels a little empty. Before boarding the viewing platform, there will be another security check. Here, you can rent film cameras, Nikon SLRs , It is estimated that there are not many people who use film machines now. The staff said that there are only 15 machines available for rent. I was lucky enough to rent the last one. The rent is 100 yuan plus 50 yuan to buy film. This camera is relatively old, and the effect of the film camera is indeed far worse than that of a digital camera.
From here, you need to wait for more than 700 steps to reach the viewing platform on the side of the telescope. Just in time for the fine weather, the location of the viewing platform is slightly higher than the surrounding mountains, and you can look up at the surrounding mountains. The mountains in Guizhou are very special , one by one standing independently, like pointed steamed buns, about the same size and height. For this telescope, we spent an extra day and took 5 hours by car. It was already dinner time when I rushed from Pingtang Tianyan to Libo in Southeast Guizhou. Along the way, there are high mountains, the air is very clean, and the vegetation is attractively green. The surface of the mountain is spread like flannelette, reflecting the shadows of the clouds, and the eyes will feel overwhelmed. The green will have such rich layers. Just take a picture It can be used as mobile phone wallpaper.
The terraced fields on the side of the road are also a major feature. The colors of each area are different. If it is in the spring plowing season, no matter in the morning or in the evening, it is so beautiful to use the current fashionable saying.
Due to its proximity to Xiaoqikong and Daqikong in southeastern Guizhou, Libo’s reputation has increased greatly in recent years. Tourists who check in to these two scenic spots will basically live in Libo. Libo is also an area inhabited by many ethnic minorities. See the Miao, Buyi, Dong and other people wearing characteristic national costumes. The Big and Small Seven Holes are two separate scenic spots, each of which is not small. We visited the Small Seven Holes.
Like other scenic spots, the Xiaoqikong Scenic Spot, known as Xiaojiuzhaigou, has a road of more than 10 kilometers, and it is too much to walk all by legs. There are several scenic bus stops in the scenic spot. Tourists can choose to travel between different locations according to their needs. Like a city bus, we first take a bus to Wolongtan, which is the furthest from the entrance.
Then walk all the way back, according to the tour guide, this is basically going downhill, and it will not be very tiring. Wolongtan is a dam built artificially, and the emerald green water flows down the dam.
What's more special is that the water flow from the top and bottom of this dam is generally wide, and the water flow is intermittent, like pearls with broken strings. It looks like a pearl necklace from a close look, and a ribbon from a distance.
There are too many people taking pictures, no matter how you take pictures, it must be a group photo. Coming down from Wolongtan is Wolong Lake Rafting and Yuanyang Lake. If you have more time, you can go around. We will take a bus directly to Shangjiding Lake and Water Forest.
People walked through the woods and waded through springs after springs.
It is very suitable for playing in the water.
By the lake, the water slips away along the flat embankment, take off your shoes, and walk barefoot, and there is also a water forest, where spring water rushes away from the woods, and people can walk through the forest along the stones.
Next is the Cuigu Waterfall and the 68-level waterfall. The waterfall here is not as magnificent as the Huangguoshu Waterfall. It is also good to see the scenery along the way.
big waterfall water
Walking back along the scenic road, you will arrive at Laya Waterfall and Xiaoqikong Bridge. The small seven-hole bridge is the symbol of the scenic spot, but it is actually a very small seven-hole bridge.
The bridge deck is made of stone, and the river flows under the bridge. When we came, the water level was quite high, and only a bridge deck and a few bridge arches were exposed on the water. Because it is so famous, it is not easy to find the location of the photo.
Leaving Xiaoqikong, the next stop is the world's largest and largest Miao Village Xijiang Qianhu Miao Village.
There are more than 1,000 Miao families living in the stockade. The stockade is built on the hillside, and the heights are staggered. There are too many people coming. It is no longer possible for private cars from other places to enter, and the bus can only drop off passengers outside the gate. Many locals lined up to welcome guests from afar.
Such a ceremony is estimated to happen every day.
After we bought the battery ticket for the scenic spot, we had to drag our suitcases and line up to get on the bus. We took the bus for 5-6 minutes to the edge of Qianhu Miao Village, and then we dragged our suitcases and walked a few hundred meters to the sixth wind and rain. The inn by the bridge, Qianhu Miao Village is located between two mountains, and there is a river passing through the center. In order to avoid the rain and facilitate transportation on both sides of the river, there is a wooden covered bridge every 50 meters, which are respectively the first wind and rain bridge To the Seventh Wind and Rain Bridge, which has also become a landmark for locals.
The bridge connecting the two sides is Fengyu Bridge. There are wooden beauties on both sides of the bridge, and many tourists will sit and rest here.
This is the night view of Fengyu Bridge
The night view of Xijiang Miao Village is very beautiful. In addition to the antique streets, you can also take a battery car near the First Wind and Rain Bridge to the viewing platform on the top of the mountain. At night, when thousands of households are lit up, you can look down at the stars from the viewing platform. The lights, don't have a taste.
If you are familiar with the road conditions, you can walk along the path to climb the mountain. We tried it at night, but it didn't work. The road is too difficult to find.
I can only be lucky enough to walk halfway up the mountain, so it is still very magnificent to see the little lights at night.
After breakfast the next day, we also rented costumes of the Miao people from the shops, and took pictures by the river and on the Fengyu Bridge. Wearing the festival costumes of the Miao people and headdresses, all of them looked radiant. The average rent for each set of clothing is 10-20 yuan for half an hour. In fact, no merchant will care if you use it for half an hour or an hour, because the metal headgear is really uncomfortable to wear on the head.
There are two streets parallel to the river in Miao Village, densely covered with many snack bars and silver jewelry shops, but the homogeneity is serious, it all depends on the personal vision of consumers.
Every restaurant here will have a special long table banquet. During this period, Miao girls will come to drink and toast in the style of "mountain and flowing water". The following is a picture found on the Internet, you can feel what a mountain is like:)
There are battery cars in similar scenic spots in Miao Village, but they only serve local residents and staff.
In order to catch up with the Shanmu River rafting at noon, we revised the itinerary plan and left the Qianhu Miao Village in advance. In fact, there are many ethnic minority villages in the southeast of Guizhou, where more than a dozen ethnic minorities such as Miao, Buyi, and Dong live. They have their own characteristics, and some of them still live in the early days of the primitive agricultural society. If you are interested in this, you can visit them slowly. If you have enough time, it is best to sit down, read a book and drink tea on the balcony
The weather forecast says that the weather is fine, and the children can’t bear the excitement to go rafting. The reason why they choose Shanmu River rafting is because this rafting line is relatively gentle, with a low risk factor, and it is only 1 away from Zhenyuan Ancient Town, the last stop of our itinerary. Many hours drive.
Shanmu River Rafting is located in the mountains less than 20 kilometers north of Shibing County. The whole journey is about 9 kilometers. The water in most of the waters is less than 1 meter deep. The water quality is clear. There are few, but most of them are self-driving tours, and there are very few tour groups. Because it is the peak season, tickets need to be reserved one day in advance. Adult rafting is 185 yuan, and children 170 yuan. You need to take a battery car to the starting point of rafting.
The leather rafts are not big, usually one for two people, and each person can also take a wooden stick for punting. There are still a few shallows where you can stop the boat for a rest, and there are also barbecue sellers, but it is a pity that we don't feel good.
It's also pretty good for us to entertain ourselves. Although this rafting is generally relatively gentle, it is not suitable for the elderly and preschool children, because in some cases, the raft will overturn, people will inevitably fall into the water, and our boat will overturn. The clothes I changed were all ruined, and the biggest loss was that the new mobile phone that I bought only 2 months ago was completely scrapped. It was very embarrassing. Every time we reach a shoal, we have to come down and turn the raft over to pour water, otherwise people will be completely submerged in the water.
The scenery along the Shanmu River is very good. People are like swimming in the middle of a painting as they go down the water.
We started at 2:00 p.m. and arrived at the finish line at 6:00 p.m. because of drifting.
Take the bus to Zhenyuan, which is also a beautiful town. It is said to have a history of thousands of years. It is built on the hillside, and the Wuyang River passes through the city in an S shape.
The bluestone road tells the vicissitudes of the ancient town to the people coming and going.
small town.
After we checked into the inn, the lights came on, and all the inns and hotels by the river were lit up with red lanterns.
The water surface of Wuyang River reflects colorful lights, like stars in the sky, which reminds people of Mr. Guo Moruo's poem "Street Market in the Sky".
There is a road up the hill on the edge of the ancient town, and along the road there are dots of lights. Looking from a distance, those lights are really like stars in the night sky. Dinner is also eaten at the restaurant by the river. In the restaurant along the river, you can listen to the river, watch the cruise ships, and eat hot pot with fish in sour soup.
It is also very close from Zhenyuan to Kaili. It takes 2 hours to drive to Kaili High-speed Railway Station. There are not many people. There are only 2 ticket gates at the station, one on the first floor and one on the second floor.
The square in front of the station is quite ethnic, and there is a huge signboard on the opposite hill. There is nothing to do in Kaili, but it is a good choice as a turnover place.
This huge stone tablet says that green water and green mountains are golden mountains and silver mountains. I hope Guizhou can keep this green. Look at the scaffolding in the background. I hope Guizhou can really deepen the awareness of environmental protection in everyone's heart.
Many of these photos were taken by colleagues in the same industry, thank you for everyone's support. When rafting on the Shanmu River, the mobile phone I took a lot of photos fell into the water and could no longer be turned on. My own practice has proved the necessity of taking good care of my mobile phone and using a waterproof bag when rafting.
