Chongqing issued a 5-day self-driving tour route guide to Honghe, Yunnan, and how to arrange the most fun self-driving tour to Honghe

1. Chongqing-Jianshui 2. Zhujia Garden, Yanzi Cave 3. Yuanyang Rice Terraces, Mengzi 4. Nanhu, Ten Thousand Mu Pomegranate Garden 5. Return to Chongqing Today I will give you an Amway Self-driving Red River from Chongqing The five-day tour guide, I hope it can help you!

1. Chongqing-Jianshui

Chongqing-Luzhou-Liupanshui-Qujing-Jianshui, passing through the Chengdu-Chongqing Ring Expressway, Hangzhou Ruixi Expressway and Guangkun Expressway.

We arrived directly at Jianshui County, a national historical and cultural city, with a mileage of 1,080 kilometers, all on high-speed, and the drive is expected to take 13 hours. Starting in the morning, you can eat unique Jianshui snacks in Jianshui in the evening. It is recommended to stay at Jianshui Lin'an Inn. It is located on the bustling Hanlin Street. It has a small courtyard with the characteristics of an ancient city residence. It is close to the Zhujia Garden, a classic Chinese residence. In the evening, you can watch local song and dance performances at the Jin Lin'an Tea Garden next to the Zhujia Garden.

Jianshui's famous snacks include steamed cakes, steam pot chicken, cross-bridge rice noodles, sheep dishes, Sandieshui, Lin'an ten delicacies, rice tofu, Qujiang roast duck, cold spoon noodles, and roasted tofu , glutinous rice with lotus root, pickled sauerkraut, grass sprouts, bird's nest cake, and lion cake.

Burned tofu, of course, Jianshui roasted tofu is the most famous, mentioned in "A Bite of China". A few people gathered around the barbecue stall, eating roasted tofu and drinking night beer, and the fatigue of the day was instantly swept away.

2. Zhujia Garden, Yanzi Cave

In the morning, go to Zhujia Garden on Hanlin Street. It is the most worth visiting attraction in Jianshui. The Zhu Family Garden is a representative of large-scale residential buildings in southern Yunnan. It is large and charming, like a maze. It can really be compared with the Qiao Family Courtyard in Shanxi. It will definitely amaze you.

Go to Yanzi Cave in the afternoon. Yanzi Cave is famous for its unique sights such as the wonders of the ancient cave, the gathering of spring swallows, the stalactite hanging plaque, and the unique skills of picking bird's nests. Of course, after visiting the Swallow Cave, you still have to eat the bird's nest before leaving.

Jianshui Purple Pottery Steam Boiler, Jianshui Purple Pottery, ranks among the "Four Great Potteries in China". Wanyao Village, the origin of purple pottery, is not far from Jianshui City, about two kilometers north of the city. This is a village whose history of kiln-making cannot be traced. For more than a thousand years, villagers have relied on kiln-making to make a living. Purple pottery is often used as a steaming utensil, which can steam chicken, pigeon and other meat products, which is extremely delicious. Do you want to take one home?

After visiting Yanzi Cave, you can drive to Yuanyang County. The Yuanyang Rice Terraces Scenic Area is mainly characterized by the Hani ethnic group and the tens of thousands of acres of terraced fields. The Yuanyang Honghe Hani Rice Terraces are included in the World Cultural Heritage List. From Yanzi Cave to Yuanyang Terraces Scenic Area, it is about 135 kilometers and takes about 2 and a half hours by car. Accommodation options include Hani Leisure Farm and Yunti Hotel in Yuanyang, which are close to Duoyishu, the main scenic spot, and where you can enjoy Hani’s food and wine.

Fried bamboo insects are a delicacy that the local Hani, Zhuang and Buyi people like to eat with wine. Bamboo insects live in bamboo tubes and feed mainly on young bamboo. They stop eating when they become fat in November and are suitable for catching. Bamboo insects are golden and shiny in color after being fried, crisp and fragrant, and have high protein content. Be sure to try it.

Here comes the key point! The best time to view Yuanyang Rice Terraces is from November to March of the following year. It is a paradise for photographers, when the light and shadow effects are best. But on the second morning, I had to get up after 4 a.m. and go to the observation deck to wait for the sunrise and take photos of the beautiful scenery before and after sunrise.

3. Yuanyang Rice Terraces, Mengzi

After visiting Yuanyang Rice Terraces in the morning, in the afternoon we headed to Mengzi, the last stop of this self-driving trip to Honghe Prefecture! It is about 125 kilometers and takes 2 days to drive. half an hour.

After lunch break in Mengzi, we went to Bise Village, which is about 15 kilometers away from the city and takes half an hour by car. The afternoon sun and sunset are very suitable for shooting the vicissitudes and history of the French architecture in Bise Village.

When you return to the city in the evening, you can go to Mengzi Old Street. There is a former site of the Mengzi branch of Southwest Associated University worth visiting; there are various small shops, department stores, and gold jewelry stores on the lively old street. There are many, and there is also a food street.

4. Nanhu Lake, Ten Thousand Mu Pomegranate Garden

Tour Nanhu Lake in the morning.

Lunch: You can go to Mengzi’s most famous Qiaoxiangyuan (behind Tongde Square, on Galaxy Road) to eat chrysanthemum rice noodles. It is said that there is also a special dance group performing.

After the tour, go to Pomegranate Street in Xin'ansuo Town to buy pomegranates. It is about 8 kilometers from the city to Xin'ansuo Town and takes 15 minutes by car. Xin'an has more than 700 years of pomegranate planting history and is the hometown of pomegranates in China.

Leave Mengzi and head to Kunming. Mengzi - Kunming, 257 kilometers, passing through Kaihe Expressway, Guangkun Expressway, Shantou-Kunming Expressway, estimated driving time is 3 and a half hours. It is recommended that when you arrive in Kunming, you can choose to stay near Cuihu Park or Haigeng Dam. This season is perfect for watching and feeding red-billed gulls.

5. Return to Chongqing

Kunming-Qujing-Zhaotong-Yibin-Zigong-Chongqing (via Hangrui Expressway, Yu-Kunming Expressway, Yin-Kunming Expressway, Chengdu-Chongqing Ring Expressway, about 860 kilometers, estimated driving time is 11 hours.