Fairy Tales in Autumn —— Travel Notes on the Western Sichuan Plateau

A "Love Song of Kangding", "On the rushing mountain, there is a drifting cloud; Walking head to tail, walking in kangding city ... "Will Kangding sing all over the country? Kangding, formerly known as "Arrow Furnace", is located at the foot of Paoma Mountain at the northern end of Gongga Mountain in western Sichuan. It is the capital of Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture and an ancient plateau city with a long history.

The ancient city is surrounded by mountains on three sides and two rivers, and the winding rivers pass through the city. All kinds of buildings with national style are scattered on both sides of the river. Long folk songs, moving national dances, full of plateau ethnic customs. Kangding is not only the hometown of love songs, but also the important town of tea-horse exchange and the birthplace of pot culture. Magnificent snow-capped mountains, clear lakes, dense forests, green Yuan Ye, hot springs ... When you have been to Kangding, there may be many things that make you forget the love song that made it famous.

Hailuogou has its original, ancient, wild, magical and unique breathtaking features, including: ancient and mysterious virgin forest, various animal kingdoms, famous conch rhododendron at home and abroad, colorful waterfall hot springs, mythical world flying under the mountain, ecstatic Rizhao Jinshan, mysterious green sea glacier and large ice waterfall hanging in the air.

Hailuogou is famous for its large-scale low-altitude modern glaciers. The scenic spot integrates virgin forests, rare animals and plants and hot spring waterfalls, forming a magnificent and unique landscape, which is a world-famous landscape integrating knowledge, interest, adventure and entertainment.

Xinduqiao town, located in the west of kangding city, is a fascinating "photography paradise". It is located at the fork of the south line and the north line of National Highway 3 18, and it is a picturesque paradise.

Magical light, boundless grasslands, winding streams, golden poplars, rolling mountains, Tibetan villages scattered among them, cattle and sheep grazing peacefully ... The beautiful scenery of the western Sichuan Plateau blooms to the fullest.

This is xinduqiao, a fascinating "world of light and shadow" and "photographer's paradise". The autumn colors in xinduqiao are the strongest, and the poplars in autumn are golden. Under the low-angle sunlight in the morning and evening, the mountains, villages and poplars in xinduqiao form a thrilling picture.

If you are lucky enough to enter Sichuan in autumn, the beautiful scenery of xinduqiao will make you linger.

If you go to xinduqiao in the spring of May, you will not lose a beautiful picture; The earth is slightly green, poplars are in full bloom in yellow and yellow, and with the embellishment of blue sky and white clouds, the beautiful seasons are different, and beauty is not divided into morning and evening. ...

Blackstone City in Gols Mountain is 4300 meters above sea level, so it is named after the cold and mysterious Blackstone pile.

This is the best place to see Gongga Mountain from west to east, and many master photos of Gongga Mountain come from here.

How this magical place was formed is still unknown, but we can still feel the power of faith from the desolate ruins in front of us.

Gongga Snow Mountain Observation Deck has a very wide view and beautiful scenery. It is one of the shooting places in xinduqiao's photography paradise, and many people come here to take pictures. Standing on the observation deck, looking around, the endless grassland and white snow mountain form a very beautiful picture against the background of blue sky and white clouds.

The Gongga Snow Mountain in the distance is shrouded in mist, looming and even more mysterious.

Zheduo Mountain is known as "the first pass of Kangba". Since the completion of Erlangshan Tunnel on the Expressway, Zheduo Mountain has become the first challenging peak on the Sichuan-Tibet line.

Zheduo Mountain is an important geographical dividing line, and crossing Zheduo Mountain is considered as entering the real Tibetan area. Panshan Highway in Zheduo Mountain is a veritable "nine bends and eighteen bends". 3 18 National Road passes through the 4298-meter mark from here and goes all the way down to the photographer's paradise-xinduqiao.

Xinduqiao is a small town in kangding city, also known as East Russia. Known as "photographer's paradise"? Its beauty is definitely not in xinduqiao town itself, but in the east-west 10 km scenic corridor in xinduqiao.

Xinduqiao is about 3460 meters above sea level, which belongs to plateau climate, with large temperature difference and changeable climate. It is the fork of the north-south line of Sichuan-Tibet Highway, connecting Tagong and Danba in the north (S2 15 line in the north to Tagong grassland and Bamei Town in daofu county, S303 can reach Luhuo County and connect with G3 17 national highway, S2 1 1 leads to Beauty Valley in Danba County, and passes through Jinchuan County and G3/kloc-.

Recommended by National Geographic, Gongga Mountain, the king of mountains, is the best scenic spot in Sichuan, in xinduqiao. When the weather is good, you can shoot Rizhao Jinshan. Spring, summer and autumn are the best time to travel in xinduqiao, and the scenery is the most beautiful at this time.

June is the spring in the western Sichuan Plateau, and the wild flowers all over the mountains make you wander in the ocean of flowers; Autumn came in June+10 in 5438, and xinduqiao ushered in its most brilliant season. The sun shines on the earth and the mountains are golden and warm. In the morning light, you can enjoy the picturesque scenery of Tibetan dwellings with small bridges and flowing water, and feel the rich customs of Tibetan collectors on the plateau. In the spring of March-April, you can see mountains and flowers everywhere. If it snows, you can also enjoy the snow scene. These two feeder roads from xinduqiao to Tagong Grassland and Kowloon in the south and the north have very magnificent rural scenery.

Bamei Town is a small town under the jurisdiction of daofu county, located in the "heart of Kangba". It is the hub connecting northeast and south, and the gateway of eight counties in Ganzi North Road. It is also an important node of the two-hour tourism economic circle around Gongga Mountain and the western ring road of Sichuan Province, and the starting point of Kangba cultural tourism line.

The territory is rich in tourism resources, with excellent resource combinations such as Moshi Park Scenic Area, Huiyuan Gongba, Yala Snow Mountain and Longdeng Grassland, which form complementary boutique tourism products and routes with surrounding scenic spots such as Hailuogou, xinduqiao and Danba. From Tagong to Bamei, there are smooth roads, winding rivers, grasslands full of flowers in summer or randomly planted golden Yang Shulin, unique Tibetan dwellings and wonderful light and shadow projected by blue sky and white clouds, which are sacred places in the hearts of cyclists and photographers.

Xinduqiao photography area is not limited to xinduqiao town, but also includes a large area on the west side of Kangding Zheduo Mountain in Waze Township, Xiaba Township, Jiagenba Township, Tagong Township and xinduqiao town Township.

Lotus Lake is about 4,200 meters above sea level, located in Pusharong Township, kangding city, which is about 0/0 km away from the scenic spot/kloc. It is an undeveloped virgin land, and not many people know about this place. There is a lush alpine plant near Haizi in Lianhua Lake. Its leaves are as wide as cattail fans and have a fragrance. It is not easy to deteriorate when used to wrap butter. In spring and summer, flowers bloom around Haizi and the valleys are fragrant, just like fairyland on earth.

The snow-capped mountains on both sides of the valley bottom of Haizi Valley in Lianhua Lake rise into the sky, and the steep granite and talc mountains stand like pagodas, or cascade like classics, or drift with the tide like various animals. The foothills and foothills are large dense Chinese fir forests and Cyclobalanopsis forests, among which azaleas are mixed.

Tagong grassland is a pure pastoral grassland, and it is the most beautiful and lively season from late June to early August every year. If you are lucky, you can catch up with the grand traditional jockey club.

In summer and autumn, Tagong grassland is picturesque. On the cool grassland, all kinds of wild flowers are in full bloom. Tourists will feel dizzy when they wander in the sea of flowers. In the early morning, smoke curled up in the black tents of herdsmen scattered on the grassland, and there were bursts of milk tea from time to time.

After milking the cows and horses, the herdsmen who grazed in the early days drove them to the depths of the grassland, sometimes shouting and sometimes melodious pastoral songs, which added infinite vitality to nature. Setting up a tent on the flowery grassland, or going to the herdsmen's home to learn about the life in the pastoral area and feel the charm of the plateau will definitely give tourists an unspeakable satisfaction.

Yalong Mountain, which rises from Tagong grassland, is magnificent and full of white clouds all year round. It complements the vast green grassland and the magnificent Tagong Temple and presents a beautiful plateau scenery.

Yala Snow Mountain is located at the junction of Kangding, Dawu and Danba counties, with an altitude of 5820 meters. It is the second peak of the Great Snow Mountain. Facing Gongga Mountain, the peak is covered with snow all year round. Standing on the Tagong grassland, looking around, the snow-capped mountains in the distance win glory with the golden pagoda, which is Yala Mountain. Snow peaks are towering. Under the snow-capped mountain is the virgin forest of Chinese fir and the alpine lake Youcuo (Haizi) at an altitude of 4000 meters. There is a glacier waterfall between the lake and the glacier, and the natural scenery is particularly magnificent.

Yala Snow Mountain is still virgin peak, and no climber has made it to the top. Therefore, overlooking is one of the most common ways. However, depending on the orientation and viewing angle, the mountain shape is also different: from Bamei, it looks like a crown, from xinduqiao, it looks like a lotus, from Tagong, it looks like a snowy mountain competing with the Golden Pagoda, and from the mouth of the station, it looks like the seal of Song Hai and the ice age. Bamendamba Highway is the best observation point overlooking Yala Snow Mountain before entering the canyon.

Bamei Geopark is located in Bamei Town, daofu county, in the core of the most beautiful scenic avenue in China-318 National Highway, and close to famous scenic spots such as Danba Beauty Valley, Kangding xinduqiao and Yajiang Kangba Hanzi Village. It is a transit point from Hailuogou, the top of Shangri-La, to Aden, the soul of Shangri-La. There are magnificent grasslands, graceful wetlands, fantastic inkstones, characteristic houses, flowers on the plateau, golden autumn and white pagoda saints. "Enjoy Xiagesang in spring, colorful forests in autumn and snow in winter", and the natural landscape of Moshi, which stretches along the Xianshuihe fault zone, makes the world yearn for it, and is known as "the eighth most beautiful landscape avenue in China".

Huiyuan Gongba Lotus Temple under Yala Snow Mountain is a Gelug Sect temple of Tibetan Buddhism and the highest-ranking temple in Tibetan areas at present. Every day, Tibetans can be seen walking clockwise around the prayer wheel, praying to the Buddha devoutly; There are lamas who meditate and recite scriptures.

There are precious cultural relics in the temple, and scriptures are read 245 days a year for various sacrificial activities. In the first month, there are "Morang Qinbu", "Archer" in June and "Anque" in November. During the Fa Conference, believers from all over the country came to worship and chant scriptures, which was very lively.

Danba Jiaju Tibetan Village is the first of the six most beautiful rural ancient towns in China. "Home" means a hundred families in Tibetan, and the village is as its name suggests. The structure and eaves of Zhailou are all red, and the walls are painted in white or primary colors, with moon, sun, stars and religious patterns, which are beautiful and spectacular.

On the eve of the Spring Festival every year, the host will carefully paint the walls of the village building with local white mud as the main raw material in accordance with traditional customs.

The best way to play is to visit or stay in Tibetan homes, experience Tibetan food such as buttered tea and Ciba, and feel the hospitality of collectors.

Suopo ancient bunker group is the most concentrated place in Danba and even in the world, including the only pentagonal bunker in the world.

The watchtower has a beautiful appearance and a solid foundation, generally with four corners and six corners. Seen from a distance, this watchtower is very spectacular. The best shooting time should be at dusk, when all the towers are bathed in the sunset glow and turn golden.

Jiagenba Township is the essence of the beautiful Sichuan Provincial Highway 205, and it is a residential area of Muya Tibetans. The TV series "Kangding Love Song" was shot here.

In autumn, you will be attracted by the charming scenery. Walk in the characteristic Tibetan dwellings, stay in the bustling Yang Shulin, watch the rushing river and floating clouds, and experience the beauty of the fairy tale world.

Jiagenba has a beautiful valley of more than ten kilometers, which is very spectacular. From this road, you can go to Yahaya to see Gongga Temple or go to Yulong West Grassland to see flowers.

Quanhuatan is a rare karst terrain. Perhaps visitors who have been to Huanglong will feel that the calcified pool in front of them is familiar, but the spring flower bed is more mysterious and beautiful. She hid in a valley surrounded by mountains on three sides, and a large piece of white calcified soil inclined from another hill extended to the bottom of the valley and became a four-layer colorful calcified pool, just like a fairyland. Here, all we have to do is look at her beauty and freeze the moment with the lens.

Lianhua Lake, the former forest farm of Lianhua Lake, is one of the most beautiful lakes around Gongga Mountain, which is not inferior to Mugecuo with high ticket price. At present, it has not been developed and is suitable for tourists who travel deeply.

Starting from Lianhua Lake Forest Farm, we will pass Moon Lake on the way, which is a quiet lake hidden deep in the mountains. Silent mountains and green Haizi make you feel comfortable even when walking with heavy load.

The snow-capped mountains on both sides of the valley bottom of Lianhua Lake rise into the sky, and the steep granite and talc mountains stand like pagodas, or cascade like scriptures, or drift with the tide like various animals. Under the mountain and at the foot of the mountain, there are large dense Chinese fir forests and Cyclobalanopsis forests, among which azaleas and trees are mixed. Lotus Lake is backed by snow-capped mountains and has a wide surface. It lies beautifully and quietly among the mountains, pure and charming. If you come here in the right season, you can also see all kinds of blooming lotus flowers, which are beautiful. ...

The body has not moved, and the heart is far away; Beautiful China's trip to Sichuan-the trip to western Sichuan will definitely make you linger!