Cizhong village hotel

From Dali to the north, draw an upright ellipse with the Dali-Mangkang section of the Yunnan-Tibet line as the axis. This circle is packed with world-class natural heritage and scenic spots in three steps, one scene and five steps. Aside from these scenic spots, since early summer, I have been cruising along National Highway 2 14 (Yunnan-Tibet Line) to the north of Jinsha River, and then along Lancang River to the south, looking for some secluded corners.

Eryuan West Lake in Jiangnan Plateau

Along the 2 14 national highway, I quietly left the ancient city of Dali, butterfly spring and Lijiang in the north. The northern edge of Erhai Lake is less than15km, and there is a quiet water source-Eryuan West Lake. It is the main water source of Erhai Lake, but it is not as prosperous as Erhai Lake, and it retains the life breath of plateau water town.

The northernmost peak of Cangshan Mountain-Yunnong Peak is reflected on the lake, and the lake is more than one Wang. There are villages around the lake and villages on the island. Several island villages are connected by a thin dam pontoon bridge. Bai people are rowing leisurely on the water grass, and there is a faint melody.

The pictures in this article of Eryuan West Lake are provided by the author, except for labeling.

Eryuan West Lake has been seldom disturbed. Although there are several homestays in the village in the lake, at first glance, it is still a normal day for fishermen and farmers. Xu Xiake once went boating here and praised the scenery south of the plateau as comparable to the West Lake in Hangzhou. "Four mountains are green, and there is no water in the Xizi Lake."

The Tianchi community in Xiaozhongdian has beautiful scenery.

Continue north along the 2 14 main road to Lijiang Dayan Shili Rouhong, but don't enter the city, bypass the provincial highway 226 to the west, but walk 20 kilometers to the bridge head of the first bay of the Yangtze River in Shigu Town. The mountains on both sides of the river give up a particularly wide and flat area here, which is very photogenic.

Depart from Shigu Town, detour along Jinsha River, and still go north. This section of national highway 2 14 runs through the banks of Jinsha River, and the narrow valley is surging. Quickly skip the hot Lashihai, Yulong Snow Mountain and Tiger Leaping Gorge on the east side of the road ... cross the Tiger Leaping River, turn northeast, and 2 14 rush south along the tributary of Jinsha River. This distance 100 km. After seeing the Jinsha River enough, you will enter the Tianchi Group in Xiaozhongdian.

Qianhu Mountain is located in tuanjie village, Xiaozhongdian Township, and transferred from 2 14 to Jisha Forest Farm in Tuanjie Township. It takes a rather bumpy tractor road to reach the lake area. There are thousands of lakes on the plateau meadow at an altitude of 4000 meters. When the weather is clear, the small lake is like a mirror of the sky, and the landscape on the first floor is more beautiful.

Bigu Tianchi data map

Further north, to the joint village of Xiaozhongdian Township, 20 kilometers west, you can go deep into Bigu Tianchi through the township road with extremely bad road conditions. 16 years ago, a movie was filmed here, which gave birth to a "bloody case caused by a steamed bread" stalk, leaving a litter and old trees cut down, and nearly 1,000 square meters of plateau meadows and azaleas were destroyed by the scenery ... Since then, foreign development and tour groups are not allowed here, and roads are set up, but management fees are paid at home, so Bigu Tianchi has to enjoy peace.

Over the past ten years, forests and meadows have been slowly repairing themselves, but the stumps that have been cut down can no longer live. Tianchi is very small, the scenery is beautiful and the road is difficult to walk. Those who can catch a glimpse of its beautiful scenery can't help sighing.

Shangri-la, the fragrance of pine mushrooms.

After Zhongdian is Shangri-La, you must not miss the local matsutake in summer.

The whole Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is full of Tricholoma matsutake, and Danba in Sichuan, Litang and Linzhi in Tibet are full of potholes, but only Shangri-La's Tricholoma matsutake has the best aroma and taste. Locals will proudly tell you that there are two varieties of Tricholoma matsutake: Shangri-La Tricholoma matsutake and others.

A wild mushroom trading market was built on the main road in the east of the city. Every day, tons of mushrooms are transported here from Diqing Mountain, Litang, Sichuan and even beyond, and then packaged and sent directly to the airport. Shangri-La is also rich in boletus and Paederia, which can be touched, bought and eaten here.

Shangri-La Wild Mushroom Trading Market

If you stay in Shangri-La for a few days, you can buy Tricholoma matsutake at a very low price, or sashimi or roasted or boiled chicken soup to eat fresh.

Go north from Shangri-La, cross the Napahai observation deck, and 30 kilometers to Nishixiang. Xixiang is famous for its pottery and local chicken. Many restaurants have unearthed chicken soup signs. The local handmade clay pots are shiny, black, metallic and have good heat conduction and insulation effects, which are especially suitable for making pine mushroom chicken soup.

Tricholoma matsutake chicken soup, roasted Tricholoma matsutake, Tricholoma matsutake sashimi.

In midsummer, you can have the experience of "one bacterium eats more". Tricholoma matsutake chicken soup is boiled in a casserole, roasted Tricholoma matsutake is surrounded by a circle of stoves, and the freshest sashimi is selected to completely convert the freshness of Tricholoma matsutake into burning dopamine.

Climb the top of Qin fog and Gongka, and climb the fairyland.

Continue north from Shangri-La, cross the Benzilan, go northwest, reach Deqin and enter the Lancang River Basin.

Wufeng observation deck data map

The most fascinating place of Meili Snow Mountain is often between sunny and rainy days. In order to see the Jinshan Mountain in Rizhao, people often gather in the scenic area of Feilai Temple in Deqin, and the main road leading to the temple 2 14 is also blocked. Since the 2 14 new road was repaired, the fog-top observation deck is not the only place on the Yunnan-Tibet road, and there are a lot fewer people and vehicles. The angle and altitude here are especially suitable for mountain scenery, and it is worth coming to this big platform several kilometers away from Fiona Fang. If it is sunny in the evening, the snow-capped mountains and stars in the east echo the Feilai Temple scenic spot in the west, and the sparks are a little on earth.

Foggy hilltop scenery

Another sparsely populated place in Deqin is Gongka Tianchi. On the back hill of the ancient city of Adunzi in the county, there is a steep slope road about 5 kilometers, which is very narrow and difficult to drive. At the end of the road is Gongka Tianchi. On a clear and windless day, the continuous Meili Xuefeng is reflected on the lake, and there are only birds singing and mountain breeze everywhere, such as entering a fairyland.

Yanjing and Quzika, years and wind and frost are gentle.

Out of Deqin, the 2 14 national highway goes all the way along the Lancang River Valley, and hundreds of kilometers reach the Millennium ancient Yantian in Mangkang, Tibet. This section of the Lancang River Valley is steep and fantastic, and you can enjoy it all the way. It is said that the Jiang River is eroded by red rock and soil containing iron on both sides of the river for thousands of years, and it is worthy of the reputation of "Lancang River". Mangkang Yantian was mined in a very low-lying place by the river. The pumped brine directly basks in the artificially enclosed salt field. There is more white salt in the east of the river and more red salt in the west bank. The color saturation of this valley is extremely high.

Mangkang Millennium Ancient Yantian

The ancient Yantian scenic spot is located in Jiangdong, where people are often crowded. Four kilometers south of the village, get off at a fork in the road along the 2 14 national road, and cross the river to the other side of Jiada village. It has not yet been developed into a scenic spot, and it overlaps with the salt well on the other side, which is more lively.

Millennium ancient saltworks

Look at the salt well and walk 5 kilometers north to Quzika town, which is the most tired place on the Yunnan-Tibet line-because there are hot springs. More than a dozen hotels, large and small, have introduced hot springs, where they look up at the snowy mountains and starry sky and listen to the echo of Lancang River water in the valley.

Data Map of Hot Spring Scenery in Daqu Zika Town

From the Lancang River south to the granary in Weixi, we can see the overlap between the canyon and the pastoral area.

Return to Deqin from Quzika and Yanjing South, turn west at the fork of Deqin Road, enter the provincial highway 233, and extend along the Lancang River to the core area where the three rivers flow side by side. You can see the red river and the green Yunling in one day. Between the three parallel rivers, the Jinsha River is very lively with Lijiang as the core, and the Nujiang River is famous for its bingzhongluo and iced tea entering Tibet, so the Lancang River becomes quiet in the middle. From Deqin to Weixi, 200 kilometers, the canyon scenery and pastoral scenery on both sides of the Lancang River overlap, such as the Jinsha River bend.

Lancang river basin

Cizhong is the first village with a history of more than 100 years. It has a Catholic church and a grape trellis on the edge of the cliff. After further exploration, you can also cross the Robbie Snow Mountain to reach the Nujiang River ... Those villages that are not as famous as Cizhong, such as Jieyi, Buddy, Gigi Lai, Ye Zhi and Le Tong, all have secret passages leading to the depths of Robbie, and there are one or two highland Haizi called Fairy Lake.

Cizhong church data map

Data Map of Ye Zhi Village, Weixi

The dry-hot valley of Lancang River is especially suitable for crop growth and is called the granary in western Yunnan. This is the highest rice producing area in the world, and the unique language, religion and folk songs of Lisu people are preserved among the terraces on the plateau.

If you are willing to make a detour of 30 kilometers to Pantiange, it is a rich dam full of clouds, and it is a sky city full of high-altitude varieties of black rice.

Gwduan diagram of fortification dam

From Lanping to Yunlong, look at the mountains and water to find the ancient bridge.

Never came back to Dali in the evening. There are two remote mountain roads with few tourists. First, it never went from south to east, and detoured back to Jianchuan from the southern edge of Laojun Mountain. This road is built intermittently, and a mountain terrace is followed by a flat farmland, which is a quiet life scene. It takes about 4 hours to return to Jianchuan at Dali.

The other road is much more difficult, from southwest to Lanping, along the Minjiang River, into Yunlong County, and then south to Dali. Yunlong county is the most remote county in Dali prefecture, and Yingnuo Deng became famous overnight.

From the crowd in the north of Yangbi, Dali, we can see ancient villages, taste ham and watch Tai Chi Feng Shui, but we often miss the Yunlong ancient bridge in the north of Nuodeng. Yunlong ancient bridge is crowned all over Yunnan, and Minjiang ancient bridge community has been selected as a national key protected cultural relic.

There is a data map of "Qingyun Bridge" on the Minjiang River in Shimenguan, southwest of Yunlong County.

Data Map of "Tongjing Bridge" of Single-hole Covered Tile Wood Beam Bridge with Legs

There are nearly 100 ancient bridges with different building materials and techniques, including ancient zip lines, rattan bridges, pontoons and iron chain suspension bridges, in the Minjiang River valley of Yunlong County, which is less than 100 km. It can be called the ancient bridge museum.

Proofreading: Zhang Yan