Dulong River Canyon

Tourist guide

The road to the Dulong River is a township-level road that has just been completed, and the road ends when it reaches the village. If you want to really enter the settlements of the Dulong people, you still need to walk for a long time, and they live scattered. In the process of hiking the Dulong River, you have to walk more than 15 kilometers every day, which is a great test of physical strength and perseverance, so you need to think carefully before traveling.

The main route of the Dulong River section: Suspension bridge (right bank of the river) → Tiemu bridge → Maku chants → Downhill → Qinlangdang → Boundary pillars → Climb to the top (turn right at the Yakou fork) → Maku → Suspension bridge → Rattan bridge → Kong when. According to the information provided by Gongshan Tourism Bureau: Gongshan—Qiqi 17 kilometers, Qiqi—East Sentry House 13 kilometers, East Sentry House—Bapo 30 kilometers, Bapo—Maku 22 kilometers, Maku— The waterfall is 8 kilometers long, Bapo-Kongdang is 18 kilometers long, and the whole journey is 138 kilometers long.

introduce

This is a remote and mysterious canyon, located in the Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture and Gongshan Dulong Nu Autonomous County in the northwest of Yunnan Province. The highest altitude in the valley is 4963 meters, and the lowest altitude is 1000 meters. Every November, the Dulong River Valley loses almost all contact with the outside world. Ten meters of thick snow blocks all residences from the snow-capped mountains.

The Dulong River originates from Zayu and winds 150 kilometers from north to south in Yunnan. The average width of the river is about 40 meters. People in Dulong Village on the east and west banks "can hear conversations across the banks, and walk for three days shaking hands when they meet." This is not an exaggeration. In some places, it is difficult to shake hands and talk with each other even after walking for ten days. Moreover, the river is turbulent and the hidden reefs are sloping, making ferry boats impossible, so people have to "fly" across the canyon to keep the connection between the two sides of the river.

Dulong people can really "fly" across the canyon, and there are many "flying" methods: one is called a suspension bridge, no matter how many things the Dulong people carry, they can fly across the river from the "suspension bridge" no matter day or night, Lightweight, like walking on flat ground. Another way to cross the river is to zipline. In fact, whether walking on the suspension bridge or the zip line is very dangerous, but the power of survival enables the Dulong people to practice special skills, so traveling along the Dulong River, just watching the Dulong people cross the river can make people feel great satisfaction.

Special reminder: From the end of October to the end of April of the next year, the mountain is closed by heavy snow, and the rainy season is from May to August. The road conditions are not good and it is more dangerous. It is recommended to enter in autumn, when the climate and scenery are better. The weather in the mountains is unpredictable, please be careful. Individual place names are recorded according to the pronunciation of the local people. It is recommended to have a local who is familiar with the situation as a guide.