Come all the way and sing all the way to Zhongwei

“One card, one machine, one backpack”, today’s travel is that simple. As long as you want to travel without worries, indulge yourself and have fun, you can give up the pain of self-driving and the laziness of waiting for the flight, and just go, just raise your hand and it will be your car. However, it is essential to have a travel plan before going out. With a travel plan, your travel destination and goals will be very clear, including catering, accommodation, transportation, scenic spot tickets and related information for each tourist destination. Contact information, etc., etc., you have to find out and make notes. A simple trip doesn't have to be as rigid as following a map, but at least you have to have a plan in mind. Once you have a path in your mind, no matter how unfamiliar the journey is, you will not waste time because you don't understand current affairs, and you won't waste your life, money, or be ripped off because you don't understand the market. No, at dusk on July 18, when we got off the bus at Ningxia Zhongwei Railway Station and walked out of the ticket gate, the taxi we had booked at a good price was already waiting in the square in front of the station. At this time, the setting sun was spreading its gorgeous sunset slantingly, the vast sky was blue, and the boundless land was orange. The two taxi drivers greeted our arrival with professional smiles. The scene in front of us made nearly 21 hours of hard work disappear in an instant. Looking up into the distance, the city's lush street trees, spacious and clean streets, the yellow, green, gray and red mosque dome exterior buildings, as well as the red flowers and green grass in the isolation belt, are all painted with a layer of misty colors by the orange setting sun. The mist makes people feel very friendly and pleasant.

When making travel arrangements, I learned from the information that Zhongwei City in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region issued a municipal plan on creating a beautiful Zhongwei in 2010. Among them, the per capita public green space area will be Reaching 26.04 square meters, the urban green space rate reached 39.02%. For Zhongwei City, where the average annual precipitation is only 188.4 mm and the average annual evaporation reaches 1913.8 mm, you can imagine how difficult it is to achieve this goal. However, when we checked into the hotel and put down our luggage, we wandered through the streets and alleys of Zhongwei City. We saw spacious green spaces, flowers and tall red pine trees and tall red pines everywhere in front of and behind the doors of major institutions, enterprises, schools, etc. Ginkgo and other woods. Let’s talk about the commercial streets. Neat and lush cedar forests stand on both sides of the wide avenue. Most of the facades facing the street are decorated with dome-shaped frames, sometimes decorated with green, yellow and white tones. There is a sense of mystery in a foreign country when you are on the street, and this mysterious and strange feeling makes people feel very integrated into it.

The streets are very clean. There is not a scrap of paper on the ground or in the green belts, and there is not even a trace of dirt on the outer shell of the trash can. This level of cleanliness in the city, compared with the habit of northwest people in my memory of "peeing around the corner and setting off cannons", is simply a revolution in public health.

Recalling my impressions when I first walked into the northwest towns in the 1970s, I was filled with emotion at what I saw. When I chatted with the beauty at the hotel bar about the city's appearance, the beauty said: The beauty of Zhongwei City today is due to the government's planning and investment, and self-discipline and tough management measures. Yes, if you want to completely change any bad habits, how easy is it without these two weapons?

According to the original plan, we originally stayed in Zhongwei City for one night, because Zhongwei City is so clean and beautiful, and the quasi-three-star hotel recommended by Wang Yan has excellent cost (standard price). (room 110 yuan), a group of six people all wanted to stay here for one more night. So, we set aside a whole day to visit several small parks, wetlands and mosques in and around Zhongwei city. Everywhere you go, you will feel refreshed and happy. Zhongwei City is really beautiful.

Zhongwei people are also very simple. Wang Yan, he was a taxi driver from Zhongwei City whom we identified on the "Alley Friends" blog before we set off.

I don’t know if I feel very at ease with the word “rock”, or am I destined to have a close contact with him during this trip to Ningxia? When I learned from the Internet the distance between the two important scenic spots "Shapotou" and "Tonghu Grassland" from Zhongwei City, I imagined that I would arrange to visit the two scenic spots in one day, because Tonghu Grassland, which is the farthest from Zhongwei City, is also It’s only 60 kilometers, but if you want to visit two 5A-level scenic spots in one day, you have to start early. Considering that you have to take pictures of the desert morning scenery in Tonghu Grassland and stop to enjoy the pastoral scenery on the way, you have to start early. La. After getting in touch with Wang Yan (13409504106), I discussed the idea with him. Wang Yan told me that it is completely feasible to visit two scenic spots in one day, and according to the respective characteristics of the two scenic spots, specific tours can be selectively arranged. Content, in this way, you will have more time to stop and enjoy the pastoral scenery on the way, and at the same time, you will not look too tired. After asking about the car rental fee and service methods, I made a verbal agreement to rent a car with him without saying a word about Mr. Wang’s quotation. Because of Master Wang's quotation and service commitment, I am speechless. We, a group of six people, rented two cars for a day, starting from the hotel in the morning and making sure to get on and off at the gate of each scenic spot so that the car could wait for people instead of people waiting for the car. The total rental fee was 160 yuan. The car rental quote made me a little uneasy, because I checked online and found that the shuttle bus fare from Zhongwei to Tonghu Grassland is 10 yuan per person, and it can't reach the second gate of Tonghu Grassland. You know, Tonghu Grassland There are still several miles between the first gate of the grassland and the second gate.

According to the agreement, at 6 o'clock in the morning, Master Wang and his brothers drove two cars and arrived at the hotel door on time to wait for us. According to Master Wang’s suggestion, the day’s itinerary was to first visit Tonghu Lake and then visit Shapotou.

Facing the morning glow and enjoying the cool breeze, the taxi took us slowly and slowly to the southeast. "Beautiful scenery is on the way, and delicious food is in the countryside." Along the way, we have a panoramic view of the beautiful countryside, and when we see very pleasing countryside, we all have to stop briefly to view the scenery and take photos.

Although the annual precipitation in the Zhongwei area is only more than 180 millimeters, the crops are growing lush and fruitful, and a bumper harvest is in sight. The tic-shaped windbreak belt divides the farmland like a chessboard. A piece of golden color passes by, which is rapeseed or sunflower; a piece of dark green comes by, that is rice or wolfberry. Most of the watermelons are planted on the plateau. In the watermelon fields, countless huge watermelons are exposed on the ground, covering all the melon leaves and melon vines. Those watermelons are the famous selenium sand melons at home and abroad. The scene in front of us is like a piece of Chinese painting displayed in front of us. The cool breeze blows in our clothes, and in a trance we have entered the painting - yes, we are an indispensable part of the pastoral scenery.

The main rice-producing area of ??Ningxia, which is famous throughout the country, is located in Zhongwei. The rice seedlings here are only about a foot tall, not as tall as the rice in the south, but they are very dense, so the yield is probably not low. The highest-quality Ningxia wolfberries also belong to Zhongwei. At this time, wolfberry picking has begun. Among the greenery, there are three or five women wearing pink clothes and white gauze scarves on their heads, and women wearing blue clothes and white cloth hats (also called Wu Men wearing brimmed hats and huihui hats are picking berries. Bursts of "Huaer tune" are heard in the wind from the Qi Garden. Men sing in harmony with women or women sing in harmony with men. The mixed voices of men and women are light and lingering, which is very beautiful. As you can imagine, isn't "Flower" the ode to their youth?

The familiar smell comes with the wind, like lemon and banana, and the lingering sweetness is a bit cloying. Looking forward, the lingering fragrance does come from the Elaeagnus grove in the dream. On the roadside, clusters of gray jujube leaves fluttered in the Elaeagnus elegans forest, revealing clusters of crystal-clear and dense jujube grains. The jujube grains were so dense that they fell off the branches. I remember when I was in the army in the 1970s, the company breeders would drive the pigs to the Elaeagnus jujube forest every season. When they arrived at the Elaeagnus jujube forest, the "pig shepherd" would aim at a few jujube branches and plunge down, "Crack!" "La", the jujube grains fell to the ground, the pigs excitedly ate the jujubes, and the "pigherd" climbed up the jujube tree and fell asleep. Under the scorching sun in the Gobi Desert, we all yearn to be "pig herders" while "climbing and rolling around".