2019 Ningxia trip

#Meet a Beautiful Destination# Ningxia-the quiet summer entered my heart a year ago.

Because my cousin who works in Shizuishan, Ningxia, came to my house to pay New Year greetings during the Spring Festival and said, "When the children have summer vacation, they can go to my place to play. The summer temperature there is several times lower than here." "It's time." Just this sentence made my trip to Ningxia take root in my heart.

During this summer vacation, I had the idea of ??going there. I started grabbing and buying tickets in late July and didn’t make the trip until early August.

In the meantime, I read the guide, checked the route, booked a day trip in Mafengwo, watched an episode of the documentary "Mysterious Xixia", and watched the second episode of "Mysterious Xixia" in the days approaching the travel date. Episode, I didn’t expect that I became addicted. I watched the seventh episode until I read it. I also cached it and watched it on the train at night! The book says that as long as you start preparing for travel, you are already on the journey. It seems that our travel has already started!

At 9:50 in the morning on August 5, the train arrived at Yinchuan Station. Yinchuan Station was just completed three years ago. It looks like a blooming lotus and has a beautiful atmosphere. People say Yinchuan is a clean city. As expected, the whole city feels neat and grand. Due to the small population, everywhere seems empty.

The "Tianhong Apartment" hotel we booked is only more than 200 meters away from the train station. It is within walking distance. The tall buildings here are basically hotels. We have already seen the word "Tianhong", but we are looking for the entrance. It took a while.

We went to the front desk to check in. We originally booked two days on the 5th and 6th, but because we wanted to go to Zhongwei Shapotou in the middle, we temporarily changed it to the 5th and 7th. The front desk agreed.

After taking a short rest, the three of us took a taxi to "××Handshou". We searched for it from online travel notes and guides. Ningxia's handshake mutton is quite famous, so we ordered a portion of "Zhuangshou" "Also", 108 yuan, I ordered two more dishes, one portion of noodles, I didn't expect it to be so solid and big, where can I eat it? We ate at most a third of it.

After lunch break in the afternoon at 3:30, the three of us took a taxi to go shopping in the old city (Xingqing District), went to Nanguan Mosque, Drum Tower, and finally took a taxi to Huaiyuan Night Market in Xixia District. Although we were already six O'clock, but the days are long here, so it's afternoon. The night market is basically a world of snacks. There are food stalls lined up on both sides. It’s so long! You can't see anywhere, mostly barbecues. I ordered grilled gluten and kebabs for my son. I went inside and queued up to buy three beef patties. The old yogurt on the street still had the same smell as before. The three of us went to the small shop across from each other again. My husband ordered ramen and I ordered mutton chops and soybean noodles, but we still didn't eat them.

While my husband was going to the supermarket to buy water, my son and I sat on a stone on the side of the road and watched the scenery. The night market was still bustling with people. As dusk fell, the lights were turned on, and the mass of people overhead in the sky The dark clouds gradually drifted away, but there was still the light of the setting sun above the dark clouds! …

…I still took a taxi back and stopped at the hotel. I saw the lovely dim lights in the station square, so I walked around alone for a while. There was a sculpture of a phoenix standing in front of the square, and tourists in twos and threes were walking leisurely. We The hotel we checked into was already bright.

On August 6, before 7:30 in the morning, my cousin called me and said that he had arrived at the hotel.

In addition to the four of us, there is also a mother and daughter from Chongqing. The daughter is six or seven years old. The mother is a petite southern woman with a beautiful face. The driver’s surname is Yang, who was chatting and laughing along the way. laugh.

The first thing we went to was the Xixia Royal Tombs, known as the "Oriental Pyramid". Master Yang went to buy tickets for us first, and we took pictures in front of the Xixia Royal Tombs Museum. Since I had watched several documentaries beforehand and had done my homework, I was no stranger to watching the history of Xixia. The characters and historical events in the film were presented in the form of pictures, text and sculptures. What shocked me was that Yuan Hao was killed by his son The scene of cutting off the nose is a life-size sculpture. It is a pity that a hero of a generation died unexpectedly! After that, we took a sightseeing bus to visit the royal tombs outdoors. I didn’t expect that the Xixia royal tombs were so big, so no wonder I had to take a car. The car circled around the royal mausoleum for several miles, and then walked to see the largest mausoleum, that of No. 3 Yuan Hao. It was actually a large, towering mound.

I took a few photos. There was a huge open space, and planes flew from time to time in the sky. I heard they were fighter jets, one after another...

Then we went to the Helan Mountain rock paintings, which are some distance away from the Xixia royal tombs. As usual I first visited the Rock Art Museum after entering. Since I didn’t study it carefully, I wasn’t very interested and just glanced at it in a hurry. After leaving the museum, I went to the mountains to appreciate the real rock paintings. All rocks with rock paintings are marked with eye-catching red dots to show visitors. If you don’t look at the rock paintings carefully, the surrounding scenery is beautiful, and the artificially built winding plank roads , the wood is smooth, the rocks are rugged and towering along the way, the streams are clear, and the pebbles are everywhere... We walked and took pictures all the way. My cousin didn't want to turn around because of knee pain, so he waited for us at the entrance. We waited for the mother and daughter again. The sun was high on the way back. The sun was shining, but it started to rain. The raindrops were not urgent. It was truly a "sun rain"! There was also a "Han Meilin" art museum on this trip, but it was a pity that I didn't go there.

Before I knew it, it was already noon. Master Yang took us to a restaurant called "Liuhexuan". He bought us a big watermelon at his own expense. The watermelon in Ningxia is so sweet! My cousin was the host for this meal, and he invited the mother and daughter to eat hand-picked mutton. It was more delicious than the hand-picked mutton I had yesterday, the meat was more tender and a little salty. After dinner, we went straight to Zhenbeibao Film and Television City, which was the last attraction of the day. Master Yang asked us to calm down and play. At the pavilion at the gate, six people disposed of the remaining half of the watermelon before starting to visit through the gate.

At this time, there are few people in the city, and the famous film and television city is right in front of you. After entering, the movie stills hanging above your head show off the splendor of this place. The whole film and television city is full of local flavor, maybe This is what you need when making a movie... Everyone is exhausted. Except for my husband, who is still energetic, my cousin has leg pain, and my son and I are already exhausted, so we can barely wander around. At three or four o'clock in the afternoon, when the sun in Ningxia is at its worst, I am so tired that I don't want to move a step, but I have only visited less than a third of the way here, and there are still streets in Qingcheng and Yinchuan that I haven't visited yet! Walk along and take photos along the way.

Finally I walked to the gate and found Master Yang. Since his son had trouble refunding the ticket fee, Master Yang seemed to be a man of his word and he must call to clarify the matter.

August 7th I was too tired from shopping yesterday, so I planned to take a good rest today before going to Shapotou again. Later, I heard that Huangsha Ancient Ferry was more cost-effective, so we canceled our plan to go to Shapotou and planned to go to Huangsha Ancient Ferry. I slept better last night, so my husband and I decided to go there this morning so that we could take a shower and wash away the sand at the hotel when we came back in the evening.

I immediately checked the Ningxia tourist attractions through train online, and the ticket price was only 20 yuan. Unfortunately, we booked it too late, there was only one ticket left, and we still had to find a hotel for tonight. After a lot of fuss, at ten o'clock we had changed hotels - this time it was "Tule".

After getting on the chartered bus, we still shared a car with another family of three to go to Gudu. The driver, Master Xiao Wang, took his son with him. The round trip fare was 40 yuan per person and the ticket price was 188 yuan per person.

I was sitting in the passenger seat, and the small seat across from Master Xiao Wang was his precious son, who was only three years old. At first, I was a little afraid of being next to the little guy. If he is an aggressive "war monger", won't I suffer along the way? Fortunately, surrounded by my enthusiasm and patience, the little guy gradually gave in, laughing cheerfully from time to time along the way.

We arrived at the Huangsha Ancient Ferry Scenic Area more than an hour later. Since we came out late, it was already past 11 o'clock. Master Wang bought the tickets for us and took the children away, and our two families entered the scenic area.

It was a sunny day, so we all made timely preparations for sun protection, including sun protection clothes and sun hats. Not long after we entered, there was a store that rented shoe covers for ten yuan a pair. The father and son didn’t want to rent them, so they both wore them. Sandals! I heard that the sand inside was very hot on my feet. I hesitated for a while and then went out to rent a pair of shoe covers.

Finally entered the Huangsha Ancient Ferry. The eyes are filled with vast and boundless scenes, with large white clouds hanging in the sky, as if they are very high. There are also some plants in the desert, among which there is a plant with small pink and purple flowers growing everywhere (I still don’t know what it is called).

The group first entered the "Desert Surfing Area". We got on the surf car, which was actually an open truck. The driver started driving. The car sometimes roared down in the desert, rushed to the bottom of the valley, sometimes climbed slowly, and sometimes turned corners. Son, people were screaming loudly in the middle of the river, and I felt my heart beating wildly. I couldn't help shouting, but my son pretended to be calm and said, "It's nothing, I feel nothing!"

After that, we took a dragon boat to reach the river bank. My husband was rushing in front without waiting for us. He was in a hurry to queue up - take a sheepskin raft. This was also my favorite project before coming here. On the bank After waiting for nearly an hour to get on the raft, all tourists had to put on life jackets. The boatman arranged for each tourist to get on the raft and told them not to move. The sheepskin raft began to float. In this vast river, being basked in the sun and admiring the large clouds in the sky, the raft floated leisurely, feeling a little hypnotic for a while... After floating for about 20 minutes or a little longer, we arrived at the shore. , tourists took off their life jackets and rushed to new entertainment projects.

There is also a grass pavilion in the middle for people to rest. We kept drinking water along the way. After sitting on the sheepskin raft for a while, I felt a little motion sick, so I asked my son to buy me an old popsicle, which made me feel better after eating it. .

Next, we played the "Bagua Formation" and rode a camel, and then came the very eager and exciting sandboarding.

I was really exhausted when I climbed up the short section of the sand dune. The sandy road was so hard to walk! My son helped me come up panting. When I saw the high sand slope, I felt a little scared. Although the young man in charge of this area told tourists how to slide in advance, my husband immediately changed his mind and stopped sliding - he wanted to take the zip line over it. It was my son's turn. I first looked at him on the left and slid down. When I was almost at the bottom, the skateboard bumped a few times. He turned over and got up again immediately! ...It was my turn, I was sitting on the skateboard, and I got pushed down by someone, whoosh whoosh! ——All the way to the bottom of the sandy slope, because it was heavy enough, it didn’t hurt much after a few bumps. Then my son and I waited for his father below. We waited for a while but didn't see him. I called him but no one answered. I guess he was still queuing up above. I kept staring at it, and my son said he seemed to see his father! So I held up my cell phone to record a video of the zipline. Because it was too high to see clearly, I recorded three clips. The first two clips were not of him, but the last clip was. I couldn’t see clearly. I just saw the zipline whizzing towards me. Suddenly And arrived.

After leaving here, we followed other tourists and took an off-road vehicle for only two minutes. I took a "camel ride" again, and I didn't know what it was at first, but it turned out that it was a camel pulling the cart! Slowly, we happened to be tired, so we got on the camel car and took a rest. There was an old couple in the car that amazed us. The old man was 75 years old. They drove from Beijing all the way to Qinghai. Basically, the old man drove the car and the old woman was responsible for the navigation. God, I admire them so much! I always feel that my husband and I are too old to try many things. This old couple has set a very good example for us.

After the "camel ride", we walked for a while and then took the "donkey ride". After this circle, we arrived at the gate. There was no repetition. Everyone felt that the tour route was well designed.

After coming out, I met up with Xiao Wang and his son. The Qinghai trio had not yet come out. Master Xiao Wang was waiting impatiently. After waiting for a while, he finally came out.

On the way, his son finally fell asleep. The day was spent outside! I asked Xiao Wang where the food was better, and he recommended an old papaya restaurant to us.

After getting off the bus, we first bought half a watermelon. After returning to the hotel, we were tired from running around for a day and ate it to our heart's content.

Because I was too tired, I didn’t want to look for “Old Papaya” anymore. Dinner was still being served at a barbecue on the street behind the hotel. My son and I both ordered a portion of Chongqing noodles. I ordered a bottle of beer and my son a bottle of "Dayao", a drink produced in Ningxia. My husband ordered a portion of rice bowl for his son, two Chicken legs, he went to the supermarket again - he was so fond of supermarkets.

I felt so tired in the morning on the 8th! After two consecutive days of sightseeing, all the fatigue was accumulated. We checked out before two o'clock in the afternoon, so we could rest and relax in the morning... The two of them each had a mobile phone. I was bored, so I turned on the TV "Watch Where Are We Going, Dad"? The episode is not Shapotou in the first season, but the one that comes back later, with Cai Guoqing and others.

After checking out in the afternoon, the three of them stored their large luggage at the hotel, and then walked lightly in search of delicious food. According to this, they walked through a tunnel and across the road at the Old Papaya Hotel 1,000 meters away... and finally found it. Two After ordering more, there were quite a few customers inside, which shows that it is well-known and the quality of the food is good. We ordered a few dishes, including lamb's trotters, which tasted really good. Everyone was satisfied with the meal, and the meal only cost 88 yuan.

Next, we took the BRT bus to Ningxia Museum. The museum is very large, and there are a lot of people visiting it. Because I am tired, and I am not interested in this, I just skim through it and remember nothing. However, my husband and son like to read the text part.

When he came back, my husband was still talking about his haggis. It seemed like a big regret for him not to eat haggis when he came to Ningxia. Fortunately, there was a small shop not far from the hotel, and he bought it. After one portion, I bought four more beef patties, ready to take them to the train to eat, my God! I was carrying big and small bags, but now my hand was free to carry this steaming plastic bag. I am really a foodie!

After picking up their luggage, the three of them went straight to the station. Fortunately, it was very close. They picked up their tickets, went through the security check, and entered the waiting room to wait for the ticket check. Finally, they got on the train at around six o'clock.

The trip to Ningxia is over, but the aftertaste left in my heart is long-lasting. Meeting relatives, visiting historical sites, and going to ancient crossings are all engraved in my heart, as well as the people there. The food there... This trip inspired me to travel to other places and in more ways.