New Year’s Day travel recommendation: Go to domestic “heat islands” to explore spring

The temperature is dropping uncontrollably, and the cold wave is coming again. There are rumors that this winter will face an "extreme cold that has never happened in a thousand years." No matter what, winter is here and the future of heating is here, which is always the most difficult time in the north.

New Year’s Day is coming. It is better to follow the example of migratory birds and find some warm "heat islands" to spend some time. Please recommend some experienced travel destinations with an annual average temperature of around 20 degrees Celsius. They are like "heat islands" in the cold winter and the "spring" we long for in winter.

Huili

Sichuan Huili: Leisurely bask in the sun in "Xiaochuncheng"

In this season, find a place with a mild climate and bask in the sun. Or take a leisurely stroll, both are beautiful. The ancient city of Huili in Sichuan, known as the "Little Spring City", is such a warm place.

Huili Ancient City, located in the south of Liangshan Prefecture, has a history of more than 2,000 years. The county is surrounded by mountains, with a mild climate and spring-like weather all year round. The annual average temperature is 18 degrees Celsius, and the annual sunshine reaches more than 2,500 hours. Visitors from surrounding areas come here every year to spend the winter. The best tourist season in Huili is from November to March next year.

The center of the old city is the Old Town, whose landmark buildings are the North Gate and the Bell and Drum Tower. The Bell and Drum Tower, also known as the Lingxiao Tower, is located in the center of the old city, at the intersection of North-South Street and East-West Street. It is the most representative building in Huili Ancient City. On the back side of the Drum Tower, the North Gate Tower echoes the Drum Tower. It is commonly known as the City Drum Tower by Huili people. The Drum Tower was built in the early Ming Dynasty. At that time, it was surrounded by mountains and rivers, the four gates were in order, and the feng shui was good. After several wars, this is the only remaining gate.

The tower is connected to an ancient city wall. It is now covered with moss and green grass, and its ancient charm still remains. Visitors can step onto the city tower, lean on the battlements of the ancient city wall, and admire the quaint old city. There is also a tea garden upstairs. You can ask for a pot of fragrant tea, sit on an old stool, look out the window at the bricks of the old city hundreds of years ago and the people walking downstairs for hundreds of years, bask in the warm sun, and listen to the people drinking tea in the streets and alleys. People tell stories. This leisurely feeling is rare.

Route: You can take a bus from Chengdu to Xichang, and then transfer from Xichang to Huili.

Fangchenggang City

Guangxi Fangchenggang: An early adopter of volcanic islands

At the junction of Fangchenggang and Vietnam, the temperature here is between ten and twenty degrees Celsius , it is a good time to travel. Huoshan Island is a famous local attraction, commonly known as "Liudun Island". It consists of six connected islands. There are many kinds of trees on the island, and you can also see tropical wild fruits that are rarely seen in ordinary times. You can’t help but want to pick one up and try it. If you just want to relax, walk barefoot on the beach. Stepping on the tender beach scorched by the sun, a warm current surges from the soles of your feet into your heart. At this moment, you are happy. After visiting the beach, you can climb to the top of Huoshan Island and have a distant view. You can see several small islands looming in your sight, as well as ships coming and going in Qinzhou Port, and you will suddenly feel at ease.

You must go to Dongxing. Dongxing is separated from Mong Cai in Vietnam by a river. It is a fusion place of Chinese and Vietnamese culture. In the French Arcade Street and the China-Vietnam Friendship Park, you can see local elderly people everywhere, smoking long Chinese pipes and drinking exquisite Vietnamese coffee, all in a leisurely and exquisite manner. Be sure to visit the China-Vietnam Border Trade Street. In addition to finding some cheap and unique Vietnamese gadgets, it is also a pleasure to drink a cup of fragrant Vietnamese coffee under the care of the warm sunshine.

Route: There is no airport in Fangchenggang. You can take a flight to Nanning, and then take a bus from Nanning Wuxu Airport to Fangchenggang. It only takes 2 hours. You can also take a train to Nanning Fangchenggang.

Guangxi Detian: Intoxicated in the landscape gallery.

Tianda Waterfall is located in Detian Scenic Area, Daxin County, Nanning City, at the junction of China and Vietnam. In winter, the sun is shining here and the temperature is neither cold nor hot, making it very suitable for winter outings. Tian Waterfall straddles China and Vietnam and is connected to Banjo Waterfall in Vietnam. It is more than 200 meters wide and 60 meters deep. There is a waterfall viewing platform not far from the waterfall scenic area. This is the best place to watch waterfalls. Here you can enjoy the different postures of first, second and third-tier waterfalls. At the top of the waterfall is China's boundary monument No. 53, and behind the boundary monument is Vietnam's territory. There are some Vietnamese people setting up stalls on the top of the mountain to do business, where you can buy local specialties. In addition to dried jackfruit, wood carvings, white tiger oil, and cigarettes, various small packaged perfumes are also very popular.

Near Tian Waterfall, there is also a garden called "Little Guilin" and the Five Hundred Miles Gallery.

Ming Yuan is a southern country full of poetry and picturesqueness. There are green terraces, residential waterwheels, and small bridges flowing over the water. In the developed river section, you can take a bamboo raft down the river and enjoy the charming scenery on both sides of the river. You can also see the typical karst Peak forest landforms, ancient and simple Zhuang villages, natural rock paintings, etc.

Route: You can first go to Nanning by plane or train. Nanning-Peking University Passenger Transport Center has a shuttle bus to Daxin every 20 minutes in the morning.

Detian

Mengla, Yunnan: Re-walking the Ancient Tea Horse Road in the Tropical Rainforest

Mengla, the southernmost border county in Yunnan, belongs to the Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture. There are rare tropical rainforests in the world, famous Pu'er tea and the Ancient Tea Horse Road. There is no severe cold in winter here, and the annual average temperature is 21°C, making it suitable for travel in any season.

Wangshu Scenic Area is a popular attraction among tourists. The scenic spot is located in Buwa National Nature Reserve in the northeast of Mengla County. Be sure to try the "Sky Corridor" in the scenic spot. The corridor is 2.5 kilometers long and 20 meters high. It is connected by tall stargazing trees and thick iron cables. If you're brave enough, go up there.

Walking through the scenic spot, the clear stream tinkled and the birds on the trees greeted each other with songs. If you are lucky, you can also pick wild fruits such as Sanzhizi and olives. After leaving the scenic area, take a walk on the Ancient Tea Horse Road, also called the Salt Tea Road. The ancient road starts from Simao, climbs over high mountains, passes through vast primeval forests, crosses rivers, and ends in Kunming. It is said that the horse hoof prints from that time can still be faintly seen on the stone slabs of the ancient trail.

Route: You can fly from Beijing to Xishuangbanna. Xishuangbanna Airport is located in Gajiu Township, south of Jinghong City, 5 kilometers away from Jinghong City. Take a minibus from Jinghong to Mengla. There are many buses every day.

The Ancient Tea Horse Road

Fujian Pingtan Island: the southernmost "heat island" in Fujian.

Pingtan Island is the fifth largest island in China, with an average annual temperature of about 20 degrees Celsius. The island's coast is winding and winding, with a coastline of 408 kilometers. The sea erosion landform of Pingtan Island is very distinctive, including sea erosion cliffs, sea erosion caves, sea erosion platforms, sea erosion terraces, etc. On the island, they are dotted in various shapes. The sea altar god, a huge stone man four times larger than the Leshan Giant Buddha, has a vivid image and unique shape. It is a local scene. It is the largest natural granite spherical weathering in the world.

The Shuangfan Stone Scenic Area on the island attracts many tourists. The scenic spot is located on the sea more than 500 meters west of Okan Village in the northwest of Pingtan Island. Looking from a distance, you can see a large disc-shaped reef, which supports two monument-shaped sea erosions. The entire reef is like a big ship, and the two boulders are like two bulging sails. It seems like they are riding the wind and waves, traveling in the sea. Taking a ferry from the shore of Aocun Village, you can reach the scenic spot in ten minutes.

Nanzhai Mountain, known as the "Rock Zoo", might as well go for a walk. This scenic spot is located in Beicuo Town in the south of Pingtan Island. There are huge weathered granite bodies of different shapes. Use your camera lens to collect them all.

Stone houses are a local feature and a new project for local tourism development. You can stay there for one night and experience the local life

Route: You can take a plane or train to Fuzhou, and then take a bus to Pingtan Island at Fuzhou South Bus Station or the double-board parking lot on Lianjiang Road.

Pingtan Island

Xuwen, Guangdong: Seeing the southernmost sea of ??the mainland.

Xuwen County, located in the southernmost tip of China, has tropical scenery, with swaying coastal coconut groves, cacti that can withstand dry heat, high-quality mangoes and various tropical plants.

The lamppost is a landmark building in this area. You can climb it and overlook the exquisite shells, fish and shrimp stranded on the Silver Beach at low tide. It is said that this lighthouse is the only navigation light in the Qiongzhou Strait, the South China Sea Islands, and the Beibu Gulf, and is also the southernmost landmark in China.

The coral reefs around Dengjiao are worth a visit. They are the largest and most complete, stretching for 27 kilometers and covering an area of ??2,000 hectares. They are colorful and oddly shaped. To appreciate the coral reef, you can go to Jiaowei Township at Den Lou Kok at low tide. Please note that coral protection measures are currently strict and special permission is required to visit the reef.

Because the sea breeze in this area is strong and the sunlight is sufficient, it is suitable for drying sea salt, so it is quite interesting to see the process of the sea water turning white here. In addition, pearl production is also a highlight of Xuwen tourism. There are Baidiebei Nature Reserve and offshore pearl breeding base available to visit. The pearl farmers who got up early used bamboo rafts and sampans to transport the pearl shells to the side of the stilted building, and the pearl girls began to insert the pearls. Visitors can enter the pearl shed in the Diaojiaolou and watch the whole process of Pearl Girl inserting pearls.

Route: There are two civil aviation airports around Xuwen County: Zhanjiang Airport and Haikou Airport. Haikou Airport is only a 50-minute drive from Hai'an Port in Xuwen County and is open to navigation 24 hours a day. You can also take a train. There is a train from Beijing to Xuwen.

Xu Wen

Sanya, Hainan: Playing with macaques in coconut trees.

Sanya is a place suitable for independent travel. Needless to say, Yalong Bay and Wuzhizhou are the busiest resorts in China every winter. If you have enough time, there are several scenic spots near Sanya that you can visit that are not crowded.

At present, Yedao is an undeveloped island in Haitang Bay, with natural and refined scenery. Apart from the tall coconut trees, there are not many other plant communities on the island, probably because the island is called Coconut Island. The coconut trees on Coconut Island are almost magical and it is difficult to find similar shapes.

Nanwan Peninsula, located in Nanlingshui County, is also a good place. Surrounded by the sea on three sides, it is the only island macaque nature reserve in the world. In addition to tropical plants on the island, the macaques are the biggest attraction. According to reports, there are 21 groups of more than a thousand macaques living on the island, so the island is also called "Monkey Island".

I was too lazy to move, so I went for a walk on the beach. You can walk along the beach of Yalong Bay from the Yalong Bay Central Plaza to the Sheraton Hotel. On the way back, you can walk past the Marriott Hotel and take the main road. There are few people here, it is quiet and comfortable, just like walking in your own garden.

Route: Sanya Phoenix Airport is 20 kilometers away from the city. There are buses from the airport to the city (fare is 10 yuan), and taxi prices are about 30 yuan.

Sanya

Chayu, Tibet: The Warm City on the Plateau Meets “Jiangnan Style”

Chayu, known as the “Warm City on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau”, has been The temperature continues to rise, mainly due to the influence of the warm and humid monsoons of the Indian Ocean. It is located on a plateau with sufficient sunshine, so that it presents a "winter Jiangnan style" scene.

Chayu has mountains and valleys, with an altitude difference of more than 1,000 meters, and the lowest altitude is less than 1,400 meters. Tea language is a simple folk custom. When you walk on the road, the Tibetans on both sides of the street will warmly welcome you to your home for tea. When you have free time, drop by a local Tibetan home to chat about their daily life, drink a bowl of authentic butter tea, and experience the simple local folk customs. Coming here is not in vain.

It is recommended to soak in local hot springs. The famous hot springs in Linzhi area include Bulugou Hot Spring Group. Interestingly, there are no cars in this hot spring group, and the mountain roads are winding. It takes about an hour to get there on horseback. Spring is steamy, foggy and charming. Rugou Hot Spring seeps out of the rocks, and the rock walls are uneven and naturally interesting. There is a large spring at the mouth of the bowl, surrounded by evergreen trees

You can also go to Xiachayu. Xiachayu is located in the southernmost tip of Tibet, with an altitude of less than 1,000 meters, and has obvious tropical climate characteristics. Among the mountains and fields, there are banana trees, cacti, and the Salar people, which are extremely rare and have their own special customs and lifestyles that you can experience in depth.

Route: You can go from Lhasa to Bayi, and then transfer from Bayi to Chayu. There is a 24-hour bus from Chengdong Bus Station to Bayi. There will be a shuttle bus from the bus station to Chayu on August 12, Thursday and Saturday (buses are available every day in peak season). It takes two days by ordinary bus, with a one-night stop in Bomi on the way. When entering Chayu County, the road conditions in some towns and villages are not very good, so be mentally prepared.

Tea Language