Recommended two-day tour in the suburbs of Chongqing. Drive VV5 through the highest mountain in northern Chongqing.

Two days ago, it finally stopped raining in Chongqing. The rare blue sky and white clouds are relatively rare in the rainy Chongqing. Suddenly, a friend who had never been to the editor’s hometown called me and said he wanted to take a self-driving trip to my hometown for a day. The editor’s hometown is on Huaying Mountain. Maybe many people in Chongqing don’t know Huaying Mountain, and more people think it is Sichuan. There is a mountain far away from Guang'an, but it's actually not that far away.

Chongqing-Pianyan Ancient Town-Shengtian Lake-Jindao Gorge-Huaying Mountain Baoding-Nantianmen

Today the editor recommends a 1-day or 2-day self-driving route , depart from Chongqing to Pianyan Ancient Town, then arrive at Shengtian Lake, then visit Jindao Gorge, and finally climb to Baoding Guangming Temple in Huaying Mountain, and finally drive back to Chongqing from Fangniuping and Nantianmen Forest Park. This road It is a self-driving route in the suburbs without having to go back. It is very suitable for summer to escape the heat, or to go in spring and autumn. It is actually not too cold in winter, and if you are lucky, you can enjoy the snow.

The editor drove a VV5 flagship version test drive. The car is equipped with a 2.0T engine and matched with a 7DCT dual-clutch transmission. My father happened to say that he would go home to move the sweet potatoes he planted, so he took his father for a talk. Driving on your own can be considered a detour home. Except for Jindao Gorge, which requires tickets, the rest of this route does not require tickets. However, the accommodation conditions are slightly poor now. Of course, you can also camp, especially if your next home is at Baoding of Huaying Mountain. For the hot Chongqing, it is simply a cool place. of paradise.

Start from Chongqing and take the Yu-Guang Expressway at Liangjiang Toll Station. After a while, you need to get off Jingguan to reach Pianyan Ancient Town. On the highway, the editor used the full-speed adaptive cruise that is standard on all VV5 series cars. When driving on a short highway, although there is no lane keeping assist system and lane departure warning system, it can free up the feet and only need to It is also much easier to drive with your hands on the steering wheel. If you are driving long distances like Xinjiang, straight roads seem to be more enjoyable.

I still remember vividly when I was a child going to Pianyan Market to sell agricultural products in exchange for money to raise tuition fees

Soon we arrived at Pianyan Ancient Town. What is there to do in the ancient town? In fact, there are even ancient buildings in the ancient town that are about to collapse and are made of bamboo, straw knots and mud. The biggest attraction is the large number of yellow horn trees. You can stroll around the ancient town, or you can admire the towering trees along the riverside path. Yellow horn tree, you can also take a walk in the water to cool off in summer.

If you are tired from shopping, you can drink tea and chat under the big yellow horn tree in the ancient town, or play mahjong. If you are hungry, you can order food from the restaurants in the ancient town. In fact, eating in the ancient town is not cheap. The price is similar to that in the city. Because it has become a scenic spot, everyone knows that the price has increased.

If you go to the market on the 1st, 4th and 7th, you can also buy a lot of local products. The editor bought a lot of wild yams for 5 yuan per catty. The editor dug wild yams in the mountains when he was a child, and they were not easy to dig out. 5 yuan per catty is actually very cheap, because wild yams like to grow in the cracks of rocks. In addition, It grows in the deepest part of the soil and cannot be dug out with just a hoe; it even requires a steel drill.

Take a walk or go cross-country on both sides of Shengtian Lake

After visiting Pianyan Ancient Town, you can go to Shengtian Lake. Nowadays, Shengtian Lake is the drinking water source of Pianyan Ancient Town. Unfortunately, it is no longer possible to visit it by boat. You can only take a look at the lake. You can pass the dam foundation and walk to the Xiaokang Road on the opposite side of the lake.

You can also drive from the branch road to Shengtian Lake to the deepest part of the lake. When the editor went there, the road was in bad shape. I don’t know if it has been repaired now. The end of the road is karst cliffs and dense vegetation. The bamboo forest is cool in summer but there are more mosquitoes.

In the past, fishing and boating were allowed in Shengtian Lake. Now fishing and boating are prohibited. However, you can take a walk around the lakeside woods and the well-off roads in the bamboo forest, which is another kind of fun and breathe negative oxygen. The air with extremely high ion content can also feel the curved water surface. The drone photograph shows a wonderland surrounded by mountains, clear water, beautiful mountains, high waterfalls, strange rocks, isolated islands and secluded places. If you are lucky, you can see it. The overflow waterfall when the water is released from the dam is also very spectacular.

Hike from the upper entrance to the lower entrance of Jindao Gorge to experience the canyon’s skyline

If you wander around, you can visit Pianyan Ancient Town and Shengtian Lake for one day. If you hurry up, you can finish it in half a day and then drive Go to the upper entrance of Jindao Gorge, then hike to the lower entrance of Jindao Gorge. After visiting Jindao Gorge, drive to Baoding of Huaying Mountain to feel the coolness in summer and the coldness in winter. There are many hotels at Jindaoxiakou, which are more convenient for food and accommodation.

The editor’s relatives live in Jindao Gorge and often went there when they were children, before it became a scenic spot.

After becoming a scenic spot, the editor has never been there. So, what is there to do in Jindaoxia? Jindao Gorge is 880 meters above sea level. It is much cooler than Chongqing in summer. It has scenic spots such as Zangdao Cave, Zhongxia Natural Bathing Beach, Lion Head Gorge, and Maitreya Buddha. You can enjoy the steep gorge, canyon, water show, many waterfalls, and green pools. Wait special.

The total length of Jindao Gorge is about 10 kilometers, divided into two sections: the upper gorge and the lower gorge. The total length of the plank road in the canyon is nearly 7 kilometers. Shangxia belongs to karst geology, with unique canyons and ravines. The stone walls on both sides are like cut, with a vertical height of more than 100 meters. There are ancient vines hanging upside down and gurgling water below. There are many cave groups in the lower gorge, connected by pools, jasper beads, flying springs and waterfalls, stalactites, stalagmites, and stone pillars in various shapes.

If you visit Pianyan Ancient Town and Shengtian Lake in the morning, then visit Jindao Gorge in the afternoon, you can stay in a hotel at the mouth of Jindao Gorge in the evening (this place was formerly called Shihe Township). You can go to the top of Huaying Mountain early in the morning to enjoy the sunrise or in the evening to enjoy the sunset. However, the weather in Chongqing makes it difficult to see the sun in autumn, but in the summer when it is not raining and sunny, you can still often see the sunrise or sunset.

Burn incense, worship Buddha, enjoy the cool breeze or enjoy the snow at Baoding of Huaying Mountain

Huaying Mountain is a large mountain range. Baoding has the highest altitude of 1,586 meters. There is a temple at the highest point called "Guangming Temple" . According to historical records, the temple was built during the reign of Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty. Due to successive years of war, it was destroyed and rebuilt several times. Most of the remaining temples today were built after the Cultural Revolution. When the editor was in elementary school, he and his classmates climbed to the top of the mountain and found many broken Buddha heads on the ground. Only the tiles of the previous temple were left. The Guangming Temple we see now was built in the 1990s.

The top of Huaying Mountain is shrouded in clouds and mist all year round, making it look like a fairyland on earth. If you are lucky, you can enjoy the sunset over the sea of ??clouds. At night, you can lie in a tent and count the stars, watching the Milky Way and the stars, which is something that cannot be enjoyed in the city. of beautiful scenery. Nowadays, when I go back to my hometown to visit my parents in the summer, the editor often drives to Baoding to enjoy the cool weather (a 20-minute drive), especially when taking a nap in the car at noon, which is not so comfortable and cool with any air conditioner.

Oxygen camping at Dayan Forest Farm in Huaying Mountain Scenic Area

In addition to burning incense or camping at Guangming Temple in Huaying Mountain, listening to the pine waves is also a good choice. At the foot of Baoding Mountain is Dayan Forest Farm, a dense pine forest. The editor went there twice this summer to get oxygen. Even with a high temperature of more than 40 degrees in Chongqing, it is still cool in the pine forest, but there may be more mosquitoes. Nowadays, the roads are locked and private cars are not allowed to enter the forest area without permission, because it puts pressure on fire prevention in the forest area. You can park your car on the side of the road and walk in. The forest management station also has honey stocked by forest rangers. It looks like authentic honey.

You can camp on the road in the forest area. The dense forest cannot be exposed to the sun on the road, but the chirping of cicadas in summer may be unbearable. If you find it pleasant, it is a kind of enjoyment. Dayan Forest Farm has lush green forests, with a vegetation coverage rate of more than 95% in the entire Huaying Mountain tourist area. The annual average temperature is 17-22°C. It is the closest "natural oxygen bar" in Chongqing.

If you have enough time, there are many places to visit in the Huaying Mountain Scenic Area in Guang'an, Sichuan, including the Huaying Mountain Giant Panda Ecological Tourism Scenic Area, where you can enjoy natural stone forests, pandas, Heilong Gorge rafting, high altitude Mountaineering and sightseeing and Taiyangping Resort are where you can enjoy the mountains in spring, escape the heat in summer, enjoy the scenery in autumn and enjoy the snow in winter.

In fact, the Huaying Mountain Scenic Area’s karst karst stone forest gorge, the Tianhe River in the magical canyon cave, the alpine karst lake Tianchi Lake, the Buddhist meditation holy land Baoding and the giant panda reintroduction training base are still worth visiting. This trip.

In the past, the road conditions were very poor. Nowadays, some roads in Chongqing are all asphalt roads, which were only paved in the past year. However, the roads in Sichuan are all cement-hardened, and the road conditions are good, and cars can easily go there. , there are usually many motorcycle friends and even cyclists visiting. Especially riding a bicycle and sliding down from the top of the mountain is so cool! But you can only push up the mountain!

After visiting Fangniuping and Nantianmen, return to Chongqing

If you still have time, you can go to Fangniuping to enjoy pear blossoms in spring after descending from Baoding of Huaying Mountain. You can eat pears in Fangniuping, and then go to Nantianmen Forest Park from Fangniuping.

The park is located in the Huayingshan Forest Farm in Yubei, covering an area of ??18,000 acres, with a core area of ??3,000 acres. The forest scenic area has good vegetation, lush vegetation, beautiful environment, and clear and transparent water. It is an ideal place near Yubei Liang Road. The most distant tourist and leisure resorts are mainly very close to the Liangjiang Toll Station. You can go directly to the Sansheng intersection on the Chongqing-Guangzhou Expressway and return to Chongqing city.

This article comes from the author of Autohome Chejiahao and does not represent the views and positions of Autohome.