Bingyugu Tourism

After arriving at Bingyugou, you can stay in a farmhouse for 40-60 yuan per room; the final ticket for Bingyugou Scenic Area is 120 yuan each. To sum up, if you can save money, 300 yuan per person will be enough.

Special reminder: Do not go rafting on the Yingna River (the owner of the farmhouse will urge you to do so), do not stay at the Fudi Hotel (some websites urge you to do so), and do not go with the tour group (you can only browse one third of the page) ). I wish you and your friends a pleasant journey!

1. Introduction

Bingyu Valley is the most worth visiting place around Dalian. It is known as "Little Guilin". Its main feature is the blending of mountains and water. The peaks are small and delicate, independent of each other. Traveling by boat will give you the feeling of boating along the Li River. The author has visited Yangshuo more than once, and is well versed in the essence of Guilin's landscape. Although Bingyu Valley can only capture its shape but not its spirit, and it is much inferior in objective comparison, but in the north, such a wonder can be found. It is extremely difficult. For those who have not been to Guilin, it will undoubtedly be an eye-opener and a visual enjoyment beyond expectations. Of course, when looking at the national scenic spots, Bingyu Valley can only be ranked in the second category. Compared with the intoxicating lake water of Jiuzhaigou, the clear Tibetan border style of Yunnan, and the blue and clear sea of ??Hainan Island, it is really far behind.

2. Food, accommodation and transportation

There is a bus station right behind Dalian Railway Station. There is no direct ticket to Bingyugou, so you must first go to Zhuanghe City to transfer. It takes 130 minutes from Dalian Bus Station to Zhuanghe Bus Station, but it takes more than three hours from Zhuanghe to Dalian. The reason is that the driver has to go around soliciting passengers and stop from time to time along the way, so friends who want to catch the bus back to Dalian should reserve an extra two hours. Hour. The ride from Dalian to Zhuanghe was in a luxury air-conditioned car. The return car was very shabby and did not have air conditioning, but the ticket price was basically the same. This shows that tourism management in small cities around Dalian is still not very standardized. After arriving at Zhuanghe Bus Station, buy a ticket to Bingyugou and arrive in 50 minutes. Both trains run from morning to around 4pm, every half hour. I heard that there is a direct bus from Beigangqiao Bus Station in Dalian to Bingyugou, but there are few departures, the ticket supply is tight, it is not much faster, and the scenery along the route is not good, so it is not recommended.

Bingyugou belongs to Xianrendong Town under the jurisdiction of Zhuanghe City. The car from Zhuanghe to Bingyugou will also pass through Xianrendong Town. It is recommended to eat in Zhuanghe City before entering the ditch. Zhuanghe’s specialty is big-bone chicken, so you might as well try it. Because Xianrendong Town is a tourist area, even in small restaurants and farmhouses outside the ditch, the price of food is quite high. There are only four hotels in Gouchi, and most of them are priced higher than those outside Gouchi. Now Bingyu Valley has been contracted by the state to an individual. Bingyu Guest House is opened by the owner of the ditch. The location is favorable, but the price of accommodation and meals is the highest. A plate of shredded potatoes is 35, and a big-bone chicken is more than 200. And each house has No bargaining, please refer to the menu. In other words,

It is the same price in off-season and peak season. There is also a guesthouse at the Little Guilin Reception Center. The price of the food is slightly lower, similar to that of the small restaurant outside the ditch. A plate of fried potatoes is 20 yuan. If you plan to eat in Xianrendong Town, you can only buy Xianrendong Town when buying tickets in Zhuanghe. After dinner, you can get on the bus to Bingyugou by waving at the roadside for a few yuan.

Since you can only go swimming in the sea in Dalian around July 10, the peak tourist season around Dalian also starts at this time. Since you don’t go swimming in Bingyugou, and there are many people, noisy, and expensive in the peak season, it is obviously not as wise as going in the off-season. Even in the off-season, eating in Gouni is more expensive than in Zhuanghe City, but it is wise to live in Gouni during the off-season. First, there is enough time to play, and second, you can experience the dusk scene in the ditch for nearly 2 hours in the evening, which is undoubtedly far better than living in a small town outside the ditch. Of course, it’s nice to live in the ditch during the peak season, but it’s more expensive. If a poor guy like me comes during the peak season, I’d better stay outside the ditch.

Generally speaking, accommodation outside the ditch is cheaper than inside the ditch; and regardless of whether it is inside or outside the ditch, the price in the off-season is only half of that in the peak season. In the off-season, a farmhouse outside the ditch costs RMB 50, accommodating three or four people, with a TV and hot water, while the same simple hut inside the ditch costs RMB 100. The Bingyu guesthouses in the ditch are of relatively high standard, with bathrooms and air conditioning. The decoration level varies with the price. The cheapest standard room in the off-season costs 200 yuan, and in the peak season it will not be less than 500 yuan. Since cheap rooms priced at 500 per night are more popular during the peak season, many people can only choose rooms priced at more than 1,000 yuan. There is a guest house at the Little Guilin Reception Center, adjacent to the parking lot. It is at the level of a farmhouse and can accommodate four or five people in one house. The advantage is that the price is 100 yuan regardless of the off-season or peak season.

As with all tourist attractions, the play time is extremely flexible. Bingyugou can be visited in three hours for a rough visit, and three days for a detailed visit, so the itinerary and pace should be determined according to your own itinerary. However, the author believes that if you don’t spend the night in the ditch, and don’t take enough time to experience the sunset, sunset, and the scenery of the lakes and mountains in the ditch, half of the fun of coming to Bingyu Valley will be lost. But if you play too carefully, it is not necessary to go up every inaccessible trail to explore the beauty. Therefore, it is recommended to arrange two days to cover the main attractions.

One thing to note is that you must not sign up for a group tour, otherwise you will be lucky enough to experience the rhythm of being out of the ditch for three hours. The tour guide was rushing behind me like a duck, which was more tiring than military training, and had no emotion at all. The author felt that it would be better to sleep at home while rushing to the scene. The second is not to hire a tour guide, because natural attractions are different from cultural venues like museums that require tour guides to introduce historical allusions. The value of a tour guide is not high, and to appreciate the scenery, it is taboo to have someone making endless noises, and it is even more taboo to be pressed for time, so if you have a tour guide, It would be very hurried, uncomfortable and uncomfortable to walk beside you and help you set the pace. The third piece of advice is not to focus on horse racing, archery, and gun shooting. You can have more fun with those recreational activities in the amusement park. Bingyu Valley is a place to enjoy the scenery.

3. Detailed description of the scenic route

The tourist route of Bingyugou is quite complicated. Originally, when I bought the 120 yuan ticket, it should come with a tour guide map, but later, in order to take care of the tour guide’s business, I won't give it away. Tourists can sometimes get it if they ask for it, but sometimes they can't. Because whether it is the tour guide map, the map printed after the ticket, or the route map in the scenic area, it has the magical effect of making tourists more and more confused as they look at it. Therefore, the author will describe the route in detail here and recommend that tourists visit the Xianren Ferry in the scenic area. Take a picture of the route so that you can better understand the scenic route based on the author's description.

Bingyugou enters and exits through the east and south gates. The bus from Zhuanghe to Bingyugou passes through the south gate first and arrives at the east gate ten minutes later, so tourists can choose either gate to enter the ditch. Since it is more reasonable to allocate time and arrange routes from the east gate, the following introduction will be based on this.

After entering the east gate, take a 15-minute boat ride for free. After landing, walk 15 minutes to "Shuanglonghui". This is the first bifurcation point, and it is also the largest dining and accommodation spot in the ditch (food and accommodation are more expensive than at the Little Guilin Reception Center near the south gate). If you decide to stay in the ditch that night, it is recommended to arrange check-in first and put down your luggage. Travel lightly and simply.

Afterwards, we asked about the "direction of Yingna River" at "Shuanglonghui". After walking for ten minutes, we came to a large platform and saw a large lake, which is Yingna Lake. Here you can take a free boat ride to enjoy the scenery. The round trip takes half an hour and the boat will return to the platform where you boarded the boat. Afterwards, you can walk back to Shuanglonghui along the original route, or you can go rafting and take a two-person (single or three person) kayak back to Shuanglonghui. Since the scenery along the rafting route is beautiful, and you can control the whole process yourself, which makes you feel more comfortable, it is recommended to try it. The price is 100 per person, and in the off-season, it can be sold to 80 for two people. It is recommended to do it in the evening. Firstly, there are fewer tourists at this time, so you can appreciate the beauty of Ningshan Mountain and quiet water. Secondly, it is easier to negotiate prices at night. Thirdly, the boat owner will not rush much when seeing that there are few people. The rafting time is completely controlled by yourself, it can be as short as half an hour or as long as unlimited (if the boat owner doesn't urge you). Some people even stop in the lake with wine, enjoy the scenery and eat for a few hours, and then take a nap, which is really enviable. There is also a rafting trip outside the east gate, which you can enjoy without entering the ditch. The price is slightly lower and the scenery is slightly worse. It is not recommended. There are very few mountain climbing enthusiasts who will not return to Shuanglonghui from Yingna Lake, but choose to spend several hours climbing the mountain and enter another travel route at "Bieyoutian". If you don’t raft or climb mountains, the Inna River route only takes about an hour to go back and forth.

After returning to Shuanglonghui, ask for the "direction to Little Guilin". After walking for 5 minutes, you will arrive at another ferry that is only ten meters wide. There is no bridge here deliberately, although you can also go around it after climbing a mountain. Cross the river on the pontoon on the side, but it is tiring, and most tourists don't know it, so most people are forced to use a ferry to cross the river, which costs 2 yuan per person one way. Then walk for ten minutes to the Ethnic Customs Park. When you turn in, there are recreational facilities such as horse riding and archery, as well as several attractions. The round trip takes 40 to 50 minutes. After returning to the entrance of the National Customs Garden, continue walking and walk for another half an hour to Little Guilin Square. There is a large river blocking the road in the square, and there are no bridges, forcing tourists to cross the river through amusement equipment. The cheapest amusement road is 1 yuan per person. The author took the cableway there, which felt good and cost ten yuan.

On the other side of the river is the second fork in the road. Ask for the "Direction to Goddess Peak" and then proceed. Although there are sightseeing buses available, it only passes through the edges of various scenic spots and you can only see the skin of it, so you can't go there. Recommended, sit down at most on your return trip. There are many beautiful scenery along this section of the road, which is the essence of Bingyu Valley, especially after passing Biyoutian, there is a line of sky, which is more strange and dangerous than the line of sky at Shuanglonghui. However, you can't get to the line of sky along the main road. You need to cross a bridge made of large stones spaced apart from the sky, follow a very steep stone step or walk along the river to reach the bottom of this "line" . Of course, you can also go there by taking a bamboo raft. It feels good to take a bamboo raft here. I recommend giving it a try.

This trip starts from Xiao Guilin Square and ends at Hongzhen Tomb, and takes about an hour. After arriving at Hongzhen Tomb, you have two options. One is to return to Little Guilin Square along the same route, and then ask for "south gate direction". You can walk out of the south gate in one hour. There is not much scenery along the way, and it is basically just walking, so it is recommended to take a sightseeing bus between "South Gate-Little Guilin". The author recommends the second option, which is to continue walking forward after arriving at Hongzhen Tomb and reach the south gate directly. Along the way is a national forest park. It is rare to see a large area of ??red pine forest and gravel forest mixed together. And along the way, you will pass Xianren Cave, which is the Prajna Cave on the tour map. There is a thousand-year-old ginkgo tree at the entrance of the cave. This is the core attraction of Bingyu Valley and where Xianrendong Town got its name. This route has great scenery, but the road is difficult and takes about 2 hours.

4. Summary

If you are like most tourists and do not take remote mountain roads, then the main attractions of Bingyugou can be visited in six hours, including resting and taking photos. , the time to stay, ten hours a day is more than enough. However, since the drive from Dalian to Bingyugou takes three or four hours, starting at 7 o'clock in the morning, it will be noon when we arrive at Bingyugou. The bus from Zhuanghe back to Dalian stops at around 4 o'clock, so it will arrive before 2 o'clock. You need to return from Bingyugou to Zhuanghe, so you need to allocate at least two days to Bingyugou. If you want to save money and don’t go to Sugouzhong, the recommended time schedule is: take the bus at Dalian Bus Station at 8 o’clock, arrive at Bingyu Valley at 11:30, enter the ditch from the east gate and play until dark, almost just in time to visit all the main attractions , then exited the ditch from the south gate, stayed outside the ditch, and returned to Dalian via Zhuanghe River the next morning. Or you can go to the nearby Buyunshan Hot Spring the next morning, but I heard that Buyunshan is general and not recommended.

If you are pursuing quality of play, you should enjoy the feeling of spending the night in the ditch. This way, you don’t have to rush during the entire trip and you can leisurely experience the scenery of the lakes and mountains. The recommended itinerary is: get up at 8 a.m., go to Dalian Bus Station after breakfast, arrive at Zhuanghe at noon, buy a ticket after lunch and go to Xianrendong Town, which takes one hour on the road. Then enter the ditch from the east gate, first go to Shuanglonghui to arrange accommodation, and only do the "Yingna Lake" route that day. First, take a free boat cruise, then spend your own money to drift until dark, and go ashore for dinner. Depart at 7 o'clock the next day, travel another route, from Shuanglonghui to Xiao Guilin Square, then choose the direction of Goddess Peak, go to Hongzhen Tomb and continue forward, see the Fairy Cave, and then arrive at the South Gate. It should be at 2 Click around. Then return to Zhuanghe, have lunch in Zhuanghe and then return. You can return to Dalian in the evening.

One-day trip plan: Bingyu Valley has two entrances, one is the east gate and the other is the south gate. The east gate is more suitable for tourists by car, because there are buses going directly from Dalian Beigang Bridge to Bingyugou every morning. You can buy a ticket to enter not far from the bus. The south gate is more suitable for self-driving, because you can drive directly into the parking lot of the South Gate Xiao Guilin Reception Center. During peak season, you need to consider whether there is a parking space.

East Gate Route: First, take a free sightseeing boat at Yunshuidu. It takes about ten minutes and disembarks at Xianrendu. The main scenic spots to visit during this period include Lover's Island, Yingke Peak, etc. There is also a relatively famous scenic spot called "The Mainstay" where we disembark. Walk from Xianrendu to the service center, also called Shuanglonghui. The terrain here is relatively open, and the service industry is most concentrated here. The famous landscape here is the "Mingyue Sword". Walking across two bridges from Shuanglonghui to the north, you can see the archway between the two peaks in the distance, with several large characters "Yingna Lake" written on it. Yes, you can reach Yingna Lake Scenic Area after climbing up the stairs. Here you can see the spectacular Pinghu Lagoon, and you can also take a free sightseeing boat for a tour. The main attractions here include "Jindiaoyan", "Tianbi Peak", and the movie city where the movie "Bingyu Valley" was filmed.

The original location of the eighteen families who lived in Bingyu Valley was also here, commonly known as the "Eighteen Households". Although the "Eighteen Households" no longer exist, for us local people, it will be forever forgotten. Unable to remember. After visiting Yingna Lake, you need to return the same way. As for the mountain road in the north from Yunmen Yanshu to Biyoutian, I will not recommend or introduce it for the time being.

Returning to Shuanglonghui, there is a bridge crossing project at your own expense, which costs two yuan per person. After getting off the boat, go west from Shuanglonghui to Xiao Guilin Square. There are battery cars here for transportation. The main attractions along the way include Beauty Stone, Yixiantian, Sheepbei Stone, Worship Peak, Xiaoyumen, etc. There is a playground in Little Guilin Square, and the projects here are of course self-funded. And there is a fee to cross the bridge, the least is the rolling bridge, which costs one yuan per person [time]. After crossing the bridge, continue west to "Bieyoutian". Of course, there are still battery cars here. After crossing the river, the scenery here is very different from the past. The trees here are taller, the forests are denser, and the water is clearer, because this is completely the core area of ??Xianrendong Nature Reserve. The main attractions along the way include the ‘Goddess Peak’, ‘One Line of Sky’ and the ones near Shuanglonghui, Lingyin Cave, etc. At this point, the one-day journey from Dongmen Yunshui Ferry to Biyoutian is almost the same. Of course, how much time it really takes depends on how fast you travel. Also, you will need to take lunch and breaks during this time. I didn’t mention the dining places and standards here because I didn’t want to deviate from the topic or even make tourists think that I was advertising. If more detailed planning is needed, Lao Hui will add more.

South Gate Route: Xianren Cave-South Gate After entering the South Gate, drive directly to the Little Guilin parking lot. The first thing you see when entering the south gate is the Shengshui Temple, also called the Lower Temple. There are electric cars that can go to the Little Guilin parking lot. Of course, you can also enjoy the natural scenery on foot. The famous red pine forest is at the south gate.

The route to the south gate should start from the Little Guilin Reception Center. It is indeed most appropriate and convenient to use this place as a transfer station. Walk north from the parking lot of the Little Guilin Reception Center, about 360 meters, and enter the Little Guilin Square. From here, it doesn't matter whether you go east to Shuanglonghui or Yunshuidu or west to Biyoutian. The route is the same as the east gate, just in the opposite direction, so we won't repeat it.

Two-day tour plan: A two-day tour does not require many changes to the original route based on the one-day tour. What needs to be suggested is that it is best to enter at the south gate for the two-day tour. It is indeed convenient and appropriate to use the Little Guilin Reception Center as a transfer station. You may think that Lao Hui is selfish, but you don’t have to eat and stay with me. But you’ll know if I’m telling the truth after visiting all the attractions. Haha, I no longer operate the Xiao Guilin Reception Center, but the suggestions are still valid. The one-day tour is basically around the Yingna River and Xiaoyu River Basin. For the two-day tour, Lao Hui must recommend to you from? Biyoutian? We went to "Hongzhenying", then to "Prajna Cave" and then to "Forest Park". The road from Hongzhenying to Forest Park has left the Xiaoyu River Basin and is basically a mountain climbing process. But it is indeed a good place worth visiting. Of course, it is not recommended for those with inconveniences or those who are too old. What makes this journey different from other places is that here there are tall trees and dense trees, and a wide variety of animals and plants. We may see squirrels leaping through the forest, or hear pheasants croaking... In short, here It is a paradise for birds and animals, and it is also the core area of ??Xianrendong Nature Reserve.

The main attractions along this stretch include "One Line of Sky", "Tongtian Cave", "Tiger Huitou", "Tizi Ridge", "Watching Tower" also known as Wanghai Tower, "Prajna Cave", Turning to the pines, etc., we strongly recommend the "Watch Tower" and "Prajna Cave", because standing on the top of Longhua Mountain will definitely give you the feeling of "seeing all the mountains and trails". This journey is more suitable for couples or small groups to explore.

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Get off the expressway at Zhuanghe East Station. After getting off the expressway, go straight north for about 30 kilometers and arrive at Zhongtun. There is a fork in the road here. , of course, it is easy to distinguish, because there is a big advertising sign for Bingyugou Tourist Resort on the roadside. Go left and you will be in the direction of Xianrendong Town. For friends from other provinces and cities, please plan your route based on the location. The two places you need to pass are Xianrendong Town and the east gate of Bingyu Valley.

Tourists coming from the direction of Xiuyan do not need to pass through Xianrendong Town, but first pass through the East Gate via the Yingna River Bridge. For self-driving friends, Lao Hui recommends that you enter from the south gate. Because you can drive directly to the Little Guilin parking lot in the scenic area, it is very convenient to go to the scenic area from here for sightseeing or accommodation. If you are staying, it is safer to park your car here