Travel Notes

The Mid-Autumn Festival is coming, and the three-day holiday is not much, but it is a rare rest for people who go to work and go to school. Many people are thinking about going out to play. Then, in this still hot weather, it is a good choice to go to the Three Gorges family. It's cool in the mountains, watching the mountains and the water and watching Tujia girls relax!

The Three Gorges family is in Yichang, Hubei. Yichang has now developed into a tourist city with convenient transportation and buses at all scenic spots. ETC bus will set up kiosks at some stations, and there is no charge for transferring to other buses in this place. This is something I haven't seen anywhere else. I was a little surprised at first sight.

But most of the scenic spots are not in Yichang. The Three Gorges family is located in Yiling District, Yichang City, and it can be reached by taking bus 10 1 in the city.

If you have enough time, you can also visit Three Gorges University. Three Gorges University is the only bus route. Unlike my completely closed school, Three Gorges University is open and integrated with the outside community. The bus seems to pass through the school, which is very foreign.

People who enter the Three Gorges must take a boat, and the boat ticket is 30 yuan plus the scenic spot ticket *** 180. It takes about 40 minutes by boat to really reach the interior of the Three Gorges family. But my eyes will not be idle for a few minutes, and there will be guides on board to introduce the scenery on both sides one after another.

The first thing you see is Gezhouba, a huge dam. I heard that the Three Gorges Dam used to be open to the outside world, but now it is no longer open for some reason, so I can only watch it from a distance from the ship.

However, the dam is not a scenic spot at first. As an extremely important water conservancy project, it needs to be well protected. Although you can only see a little, you can also imagine its magnificent appearance when storing water and discharging flood.

Further down, the hot air outside disappeared and was replaced by the cool wind in the mountains of Shui Gu, which was refreshing. After another five or six minutes, we gradually felt that we had walked into the painting. The mountains on both sides are beautiful and the trees are green, which is an indescribable beauty. Not much to say, just look at the picture.

Sometimes you will see some small houses halfway up the mountain on both sides. According to the tour guide, they are all immigrants who left their hometown and moved downstream when the Three Gorges Dam was built. They don't want to go to town, so they live here.

They still keep the habit of growing corn and sweet potatoes. These crops are drought-resistant and salt-tolerant, and they are very easy to survive even halfway up the mountain. It's really a valuable crop, relying on them to immigrate to support themselves and a large family. And these will be passed down from generation to generation with them.

The place where we disembarked was called Shipailing. A huge stone stands on the mountain, like a memorial arch. It is said that this huge stone weighs 4000 tons and is named Shipailing because it looks like a stone tablet.

There is a small anti-Japanese war film and television base here, with gray-black sacks piled up, military green helmets hanging on the shed and small turrets, which are highly restored.

Then visit Bawang Village located halfway up the mountain. Some of us didn't want to climb the mountain, so we all chose the elevator to go halfway up the mountain. The original ropeway was changed into an advanced elevator, and it took a few minutes to get to the mountainside.

I think it's a pity. I really want to experience the feeling of taking a cableway. I can go up and see the surrounding scenery at the same time. I can't do it this time. This stockade is very Tujia, with a wooden attic and red lanterns hanging from the eaves.

After a short visit, the performance of Bawangzhai started on time. The mature man wearing a mask of ghosts and gods imitated the ancient process of asking for rain, and danced strange steps to make all kinds of actions that we couldn't understand.

I suddenly felt the water vapor wetting my face. Can I really beg for rain? I'm surprised. Looking up, we found that water vapor came out from the tree above us, and there were all kinds of small pipes hanging on the tree, which we couldn't see without looking carefully. It turned out to be artificial rainfall! I can't help laughing, this is barely a success in asking for rain.

Continue after lunch. Next, we mainly look at the natural scenery. The peaks on both sides are still magnificent and beautiful, and they go all the way along the path built by the peaks. The high peaks block the sunlight overhead, so it is very cool to walk in them.

On the way, I met some Nosaru, and some tourists with food gave them bread. They simply stopped for a long time and ate pitifully.

There are often boats in the stream. On the boat, either a Tujia girl with a braid or a Tujia lang walking with a bamboo pole stood and saw an old woman washing clothes by the stream. They all wore Tujia national costumes, which fully restored the daily life of Tujia people.

A sister got up and sang a folk song, which was melodious and beautiful. It is said that if someone sings back a sentence, they can sing against Yao Mei. If too many girls can't sing, marry this husband. It's just that none of us can sing folk songs, so this prank idea can only be abandoned.

Finally saw the "good show". People in the scenic spot send a beautiful girl to throw a hydrangea to marry relatives, and the person who grabs the hydrangea can marry this beautiful lady. The man who grabbed the hydrangea was pulled into the building, put on the groom's costume, and went downstairs with Yao Mei dressed as the bride to worship the world and drink a toast.

The shy man blushed, but the bride was generous. This game of throwing hydrangeas at tourists can arouse great interest of tourists every time it is staged. The scenic spot is also well-intentioned!

There is a small waterfall at the end of the performance, which can also be seen.

Go back or take a boat. The boat will sell wild fish and cakes from Qingjiang, a specialty of Yichang. The price is slightly cheaper than the market, so it is worth buying some to take back to friends and family.

Good mountains, good water and good scenery, the Three Gorges family is most suitable for summer and cool. Take advantage of this holiday to go to Sasa to relax.