The city of the sky "Fanjing Mountain"

I can't love it in summer. Although the crayfish ice cream watermelon barbecue is delicious, the sultry environment always makes me feel very upset.

every summer, I always want to find a place to spend the summer.

Being able to drive by car, it's cool and the scenery is good. We've basically been around Chengdu, so Fanjing Mountain, which is extremely hot recently, has become our first choice.

Fanjing Mountain, named after the "Pure Land of Brahma", is the Lingshan of Qiandong, located at the junction of Jiangkou, Yinjiang and Songtao in tongren city, Guizhou. It is also a rare Buddhist Dojo and nature reserve in China.

It takes about nine hours' drive from Chengdu, through Chongqing, Daozhen, and then get off at Fanjing Mountain East Expressway. Although it's a long drive, I still can't bear to sleep because the scenery along the way is super beautiful.

Blue sky and white clouds, accompanied by green hills, and surrounded by songs in the car, it is rare to have such a pleasant moment.

misty mountain climbing

We live about two minutes' drive from the scenic spot. At eight o'clock in the morning, after breakfast, we drove to the gate of the scenic spot.

the weather at the foot of the mountain is very good, which makes us full of hope for the good weather on the mountain.

After entering the gate of the scenic spot, you need to take the sightseeing bus to get to the next stop of the ropeway. Because the mountain roads are narrow, there are minibuses in the scenic spot, so private cars are not allowed to enter.

it takes about half an hour by car to get to the next stop of the ropeway. Cableway needs shopping ropeway tickets, both one-way and round-trip In order to save our physical strength, we choose to take the cableway mountain. If we don't take the cableway, there are also hiking trails. It takes about three hours to climb to the cableway and stand.

a ropeway car can take up to eight people. As the cableway slowly ascends and passes through layers of clouds, the scenery at the foot is looming, and the clouds are lingering in front of you, as if you are in a fairyland, which is a rare experience.

After passing through the clouds, there is a clear Wan Li in front of me. In the cable car, you can see the hongyun Jinding in the distance, and you can also vaguely see the bridge connecting the two temples on the top of the mountain. I'm glad I recorded it with my camera, but it was only a moment. When my friend took out his camera, this magical mountain was blocked by clouds again.

it will take about 2 minutes to get to the ropeway station. As soon as you get out of the ropeway, you will feel the cool wind, which is not cold, but it is very refreshing. The friends joked that we are in a natural air conditioner.

We chose the other side of the ropeway instead of the conventional mountain road, which is downhill, but the journey is much shorter than the mountain road, which makes people feel much more relaxed.

in less than ten minutes, you will come to an observation deck, where you can see the cable car at the foot of the mountain. In front of you are the rolling mountains and the misty sea of clouds, which is really spectacular.

here, you can also see the hongyun jinding. The clouds in Fanjing Mountain are changeable, and soon the blue sky will be gone, and the Hongyun Jinding will show its true colors from time to time. After one shot, it was blocked by the clouds, and it will slowly appear in a few minutes, so it will be repeated over and over again, as if it were playing hide-and-seek with us.

I photographed the plank road with hongyun jinding with telephoto, winding around the mountains, and my legs are already weak. In fact, this is just a plank road down the mountain, and the plank road on the mountain is even more thrilling.

Keep going up, and you will arrive at Cheng 'en Temple, which is the main temple of Maitreya Dojo in Fanjing Mountain. The temple, formerly known as Tongming Hall, is named for worshipping Maitreya Bodhisattva, who is full of light. After being destroyed by war. In the 46th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Shenzong changed its name to Hoonji when it was built, and changed its name to Cheng 'en Temple in the early Ming and Qing Dynasties.

There is a square next to Chengen Temple. After a rest, I chose to continue climbing. Because it comes from the downhill plank road, there are two roads from here, one is to Hongyun Jinding, and the other is to Mushroom Stone and Laojinding. If you follow the mountain plank road, it is a line.

On the way to Hongyun Jinding, the chains are covered with safety locks and wish cards. I always thought that the way up the mountain was like this, but it became more and more exciting later.

The clouds are getting bigger and bigger, and the mountain road built along the cliffs can't see the end in the clouds. Because we are on the windward slope, our party is messy in the wind.

although it didn't rain, it was foggy and windy, and many water droplets still hit us. Looking at the others who came up in raincoats, we all envied those who only wore short sleeves.

There was no end near the straight mountain road, so we used our hands and feet to climb it slowly step by step.

Look back at the road we have traveled. If it is sunny, it should be more thrilling. After all, it is blocked by clouds now, and the foot of the mountain can't be seen.

The upper part of the Hongyun Jinding is split in two, which divides the mountain into two parts, forming such a sight.

looking up, it is a stone bridge. There is a temple on each side of the bridge, offering sacrifices to Buddha Sakyamuni and Maitreya. Because in the morning, the red clouds are always around, so they are called red clouds and golden roofs.

When we arrive at Hongyun Jinding, it's foggy in front of us. If the weather is fine, we can also see the famous mushroom stone opposite.

We went down from the other side of the mountain, and this side belongs to the leeward slope. We were shivering with cold on the mountain road, and the temperature was just right when we went down this side. In fact, it is equally thrilling to go down the mountain, but it is much better than the mountain road.

Take another road from the square of Chengen Temple, and you will get to Laojinding. On the way through Eagle Rock, a huge stone stands on the top of the mountain, shaped like an eagle with a stern look and wings ready to fly, and it looks like a loyal and majestic guardian of Fanjing Mountain.

On the other side of Eagle Rock are ten thousand volumes of scriptures. According to legend, the Tang Priest Xuanzang returned from the Western Heaven and made a special trip to Fanjing Mountain to pay homage to the Maitreya Buddha. Bai Longma accidentally lost his front hoof, leaving behind a pile of scriptures, which took root and made this landscape. I have to sigh the wonders of nature.

It's equally thrilling to go to the mountain road of Laojinding. You still have to go up and down the mountain with the help of the chain next to it. Even though I am a little timid, I still like this experience.

After coming down from the old Jinding, we came to the famous mushroom stone, which looks like a mushroom. About ten meters high, slim and graceful, it seems to lean at a touch, but it is actually motionless.

There are so many tourists here that every tourist must punch in. If you want to take photos without tourists, lower your plane and take some photos on your back.

There is such a strange stone beside the mushroom stone. At that time, the fog was so heavy that the tourists took two more pictures in a hurry and left. When I got home, I found that this looks like a person's profile, wearing a hat, and I have to sigh the magic of nature.

when we go down the mountain road, we will meet many tourists coming up on the slide bar. Those with poor physical strength can also choose this way to go up the mountain. The sliding bar is clearly marked, and there is a price list at the mountaineering place, which is very transparent.

There are many such protected animals in Fanjing Mountain. If you are lucky, you can meet one or two.

After walking through Fanjing Mountain, it will take about half a day if we take the cableway back and forth. However, it may take a long time or a day to choose hiking. Mountains surround "Zhaisha Dong Village"

It is not far from Fanjing Mountain Scenic Area, about two or three kilometers. The whole stockade is surrounded by mountains, and a small river flows slowly in front of the stockade, which is a very comfortable and leisurely village.

A suspension bridge connects the two banks of the river, which is unique. The river is not deep. In the hot summer, many tourists and locals are playing with water on the shore.

The whole village is not large, and it is a typical Dong architecture, all of which are two-story wooden diaojiao buildings. Looking down with an aerial camera, we can see that every family has a courtyard, and it would be nice if we could stay here for a few nights.

Practical Raiders

Itinerary:

day1: Chengdu-Fanjing Mountain

day2: Fanjing Mountain (morning), Zhaisha Dong Village (afternoon)

day3: Fanjing Mountain-Chengdu

Accommodation:

There are many accommodations at the foot of Fanjing Mountain, including farmhouses and hotels. We live two or three minutes' drive from the scenic spot. Like a community, there are two hotels in each building, and the rooms are clean and tidy, which are run by local people themselves.

self-driving: Chengdu-Chongqing-Daozhen-Fanjing Mountain, the whole journey takes about 9 hours.

public transportation: there is a bus to Fanjing Mountain from the exit of Tongren Railway Station. In the off-season, you need to take a bus to jiangkou county Bus Station, and then transfer to Fanjing Mountain.