Visiting Spring in Chongqing, Guizhou

2021March 17-2 1, a five-day tour in Chongqing, Guizhou.

I have traveled all over Chongqing in 2020, but at the end of the year, a five-year scenic spot-Zhuoshui Scenic Spot was added here. Chongqing is an absolute city among online celebrities at present, and its attraction to tourists, especially foodies, is irresistible. The response of cherry blossoms in Pingba, Anshun, Guizhou in the media in recent two years is also rampant. Cherry blossoms here usually bloom in the middle and late March. If you go to all the trouble to fly to Guiyang just to see a cherry blossom, it may be worthless. Therefore, combining Anshun Pingba cherry blossom with Chongqing Zhuoshui scenic spot has become a valuable trip in spring, so there is a schedule for fireworks to visit spring in March.

We arrived in Guiyang on March 17 and 19: 00, and the group members who arrived earlier met us at the airport. Let's go to the old Kaili sour soup fish near Guanshanhu Hotel and taste authentic Guizhou cuisine.

DAY 1？ Pingba cherry blossom viewing

Browsing the news last night, the APP pushed a message about Guiyang karst park, which is about 5 kilometers away from our hotel and on the way to Sakura Garden, so we plan to visit this park first on the way. It rained last night, and the morning air in Guiyang is very fresh. Compared with the strong dusty weather in Yinchuan and most cities in the north these two days, Guiyang gives people the feeling that it is like a fairyland with flowers and sweet and pure air. The north gate of Karst Park is located on Liu Cui Road. There are not many tourists in the park except the aunt who dances in the square dance. In early spring, purple plum, cherry blossom, begonia and apricot blossom are in full bloom in the park, which makes people deeply feel the breath of spring. Karst Park has three scenic spots: South Stone Forest, North Stone Forest and Yangming Caotang. We first came to the South Stone Forest according to the guide card. Regarding the Stone Forest, I have been to Lunan Stone Forest in Kunming and Wansheng Stone Forest in Chongqing twice. Compared with these famous scenic spots, the stone forest here is really a drop in the bucket. Although the scale is not comparable, the stone forest here also has its own characteristics. Entering the Shilin area, first of all, a narrow stone crack is like a line of sky, and narrow stone steps are winding up. Stone forest has a strange shape and different characteristics. We are deeply impressed by the vivid and natural landscapes such as "Climbing the Mountain Step by Step", "Elephant Nose Stone" and "Yangming Stone Book". Especially on the way up, the dark rocks are covered with green moss, which is a very delicate fungus and needs a good ecological environment. Karst Park is located in the urban area of Guiyang. There are mosses in the park, which shows that the air quality here is quite high. We spent about 20 minutes visiting Binan Stone Forest. Because today's main destination is Pingba Cherry Blossom, we ended our tour of Karst Park and drove to Anshun.

Karst Park is 53 kilometers away from Sakura Garden. Passing through Shanghai-Kunming Expressway and Huanggui Expressway along the way. Driving on the expressway, Guiyang's poetic spring is warmly extended in the vision of both sides. In the distance, independent and faintly connected karst peaks show exquisite figures. Pieces of bright yellow rape fields and green farmland meet to form a stunning painting carpet, which has been spread from both sides of the road to the distant horizon. I really envy the people of Guizhou and live in this picturesque picture every day. In this exciting fireworks March, even if I didn't get off the boat in Yangzhou, it is a blessing to come to this poetic Guizhou! About 16 kilometers away from the destination, there is a smoky cherry garden landscape on both sides of the road, and a large area of cherry blossoms hang low in the sky like dignified powder clouds, which is shocking! Unfortunately, our reaction was too slow, we didn't stop to take pictures, and we didn't go back the same way when we returned, so this is a glimpse of our cherry blossom viewing trip! Unforgettable, I can't let it go for a long time.

It's about 10: 00 when we arrive at the Sakura Garden. After parking the car, we walked into the cherry park. The entrance to the Sakura Garden is a Chinese archway with the words "Pingba Farm" written on it, but a police badge is hung above the font. Later, after entering the scenic spot, I found that "Pingba Prison in Guizhou Province" was in the scenic spot, so Pingba Farm should belong to the prison farm. There is also a stone tablet engraved with "Hongfeng Lake National Scenic Area" at the entrance of the scenic spot, and its scientific name should be "Pingba Farm". After reading the Raiders before the trip, Sakura Garden is now a scenic spot among network celebrities, with more than 200,000 visitors on Saturday and Sunday. We thought today was not a weekend, so there shouldn't be too many people. It turns out that our idea is unrealistic. Now the cherry blossom garden is crowded with people, and tourists are weaving and jostling with each other.

The navigation map of Sakura Garden shows that there are four landscape areas in the park, namely Fan Ying Square, Sakura Garden, Manying Garden and Huayu Island. Except Huayu Island, the other three are core scenic spots. We followed the bustling crowd into the scenic spot, and before we knew it, we passed Fan Ying Square and came to Yingying Garden Scenic Spot. Entering Sakura Park, or winding or straight roads, will bring tourists into the wanton sea of flowers in Wang Yang. The cherry blossom forest is full of colorful flowers, petals are dancing, white smoke is around, and the enchanting posture of cherry trees is everywhere. The wind blows cherry blossoms like snow, and flowers greet each other all the way. In this beautiful early spring March, I was bathed in the sakura rain flying all over the sky, and the petals floated across my face and hair. What other occasion can have a more ceremonial sense of embracing spring than here? Strolling on the path between the swaying flowers of the cherry trees in the sea, wandering in the sea of flowers with petals flying, watching many tourists take pictures in various poses under the cherry trees, and many tourists put on elegant and stretched Hanfu and hold up a folding umbrella full of Chinese style and ancient charm, as if they had crossed into ancient times or moved to Japan.

Pingba covers an area of 24,000 mu and is the largest and most concentrated cherry blossom planting area in Asia. The cherry blossoms here are mainly early cherry blossoms and pink cherry blossoms, and the total number has exceeded 700,000. It is understood that at the earliest time, the farm planted about 5,000 mu of cherry blossom seedlings, which were ready to be sold when the cherry blossoms grew up, but they had not been sold before. The cherry blossoms have become a sea of flowers, attracting many tourists. With the investment support of many enterprises, the government quickly expanded the cherry blossom garden to 24,000 mu. Before 20 18, Sakura Garden was only known to local people, until someone uploaded the aerial photos of Sakura Garden to REDDIT, which attracted worldwide attention. People thought it was Japanese cherry blossoms, but later some viewers pointed out that it was Pingba cherry blossoms in Anshun, Guizhou. British BBC 2065 438+09 reported here that the explosion of cherry blossoms in Pingba surprised the world. It is a pity that the early cherry blossoms failed at the current time node, and the pink cherry blossoms have not yet opened, which is a bit green and yellow. If there is another week in the evening, it will be the time for pink cherry blossoms to bloom, and the scenery should be more beautiful than now, but the early cherry blossoms at that time are estimated to have ended. As the saying goes, "the moon is full of rain and shine, and this matter is difficult to complete in ancient times." When it comes, it will be safe.

After swimming through the cherry blossom garden, we will go to Manying Garden. Because the distance is three kilometers, we chose an electric bicycle. After passing Pingba Prison, drive through a business district, and you come to the crowded Manying Garden. Manying Garden is a sloping landscape, with a viewing platform in the top scenic spot and direct access to the lake at the bottom. The observation deck here is really an excellent place to enjoy the scenery, and you can have a panoramic view of Huayu Island. Unfortunately, there are so many tourists that it is not easy to take a photo. Hongfeng Lake is like a green gem, moist as jade, with blue waves, and like a green ribbon, wrapped around a white island of flowers and rain. The white cherry blossoms on the island float on the blue waves like umbrellas. The nearby big island is warm and unrestrained, and the distant island is warm and beautiful. The sea of cherry blossoms is full of clouds, the island with flowers is decorated with jade, the wind shakes the treetops, and the white petals float to the lake like snowflakes, which makes the lake have a charming scenery. "Scattered into mud and ground into dust, only the fragrance remains the same." Although the cherry blossoms have no refreshing taste, the dancing rain and the English falling on the ground make people sigh more frequently, which is a little sad. "There is no choice but to let the flowers fall ..." Sakura Garden lingers.

Visit Biman Sakura Garden and enjoy Huayu Island, and you will get the Sakura Garden District. Originally, I planned to take a panoramic view of the cherry blossom garden with a drone, but for some reason, the drone showed that the signal was lost after flying to 150 meters or before flying to 500 meters, so I had to give up, which was somewhat regrettable.

After the cherry blossom viewing tour in Sakura Garden, we originally planned to visit Xifeng concentration camp, but the navigation required 1 10 km, and the round-trip time was not enough, so we went back to Guiyang North Station and took the high-speed train to Chongqing.

At 6 pm, the high-speed train entered Chongqing West Railway Station and arranged accommodation. It's the first time to turn on the light. Now that I'm in Chongqing, I must satisfy my appetite. We came to Baguocheng in Jiulongpo and had a big meal in a hot pot city in Zhou Ge.

The next day? Drowning and exploring secluded places.

2021March 19, the second day of a visit to Chongqing, Guizhou.

When you come to Chongqing, you must taste the fascinating noodles. In the morning, I tasted a mouthful of pea noodles at an old lady's stall near the southwest hospital in Shapingba, but I didn't have that feeling of endless aftertaste.

The traffic in Chongqing is very congested. It takes about 40 minutes by Baomao Expressway. /kloc-arrive at Zhuoshui Scenic Area at 0/3: 30, about 40km east of Qianjiang River. Zhuoshui Scenic Area was only approved for 5A scenic spot in June 2020. The scenic spot consists of Zhuoshui ancient town, wind and rain covered bridge and Puhua underground river. In the tourist service center, the service staff told us that due to the rising of the Puhua River, Puhua Underground River could not take a boat, but only visited the cave. If you want to visit the underground river, you can go to the ancient town first and see if the water level can come down tomorrow. In that case, let's visit the ancient town first.

The turbid water scenic spot is located in Qianjiang County, more than 300 kilometers east of Chongqing. In 2020, it was bid as a national 5A-level scenic spot, which consists of three scenic spots: Zhuoshui Ancient Town, Yufeng Corridor Bridge and Puhua Underground River.

Since the late Qing Dynasty, the ancient town of Zhuoshui has become the only way for the post road, the commercial road and the salt road in the southeast of Sichuan. Around 24 years of the Republic of China, merchants and shops gathered here, which was the peak of its prosperity. Its popularity surpassed that of Qianjiang County at that time, and it was called "Youyang Three Towns" together with Longtan and Gongtan in Youyang (1952 Zhuoshui was under the jurisdiction of Qianjiang). After 1956, due to various reasons, the commerce and trade of the ancient town gradually shrank, and it was noisy for more than 100 years, and gradually returned to quiet peace. The former dignitaries, businessmen and pedestrians have also been forgotten with the passage of time. Only the ancient stone road is still lying there quietly, witnessing the prosperity of the past. Apeng River, which flows through the ancient town of Zhuoshui, together with Wujiang River and Youshui River, has become an important channel to connect the Three Gorges area and Jianghan Plain since ancient times. The ancient town of Zhuoshui witnessed the rise and fall of Ba people and the Jin Ge Iron Horse of Qin people. It has many historical sites and related historical allusions. The pattern of streets and lanes remains intact and has a unique pattern of ancient towns in southeastern Chongqing.

On one side of the square outside the entrance of the ancient town are three antique towers built in the style of the ancient town, namely the turbid water procuratorate, the public security and the court, which bring tourists a sense of security. Let's get off at the navy gate next to the ancient town and go to Apeng River to enjoy the riverside scenery of the ancient town. Zhuoshui ancient town is a rare Tujia water town in Wuling Mountain area. As a typical old street in Chongqing, the streets here are paved by the river, and the residents live by the river. Rows of Tujia diaojiao buildings are built on the stone embankment, winding and winding, which is a beautiful scenery of the water town.

The stone archway standing at the entrance of the ancient town should be an antique building built later. Although it lacks the baptism of wind and rain and the vicissitudes of time, it also adds a bit of majesty and style to the ancient town.

The sky is gloomy and the air is filled with thick water vapor. Walking on the stone road in the ancient town, the first thing you see is an ancient stage more than 300 years ago. The lifelike carved figures on the eaves are rare now. Taking the theater as the cover of the ancient town is a common pattern in most ancient towns in the south of the Yangtze River. "Two waters moisten the new garden, and the shore is light; Qixian Ancient Town, even the best programs can be seen clearly. " A pair of couplets engraved on both sides of the stage outline the spirit of the ancient stage, and a wisp of scholarly Mo Yun in the streets and lanes of the ancient town condenses the cultural confidence of the ancient town. The deep Gu Xiang, connected with the ancient street at one end, meanders through the Huizhou architectural community of the Horsehead Wall and the small blue tiles, leading the whole ancient town to twists and turns, as if it had the rhythm of music. "The small building listens to the spring rain all night, and the deep alley sells apricot flowers." I think of the beautiful long poems, which are also deduced from the carved beams and painted buildings and inlaid flowers in the windows of the old wooden buildings on both sides.

According to the tour guide, the "Zhan's Huizhou Ink" that came here by water in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties opened the era of Huizhou merchants. Later, businesses, houses, halls and private schools were all integrated into the Huizhou architectural style, and gradually formed a unique architectural landscape with the Tujia Diaojiao Building. Walking through the "three turns" of Zhuoshui Old Street, I looked up and saw the famous Gong Jiabao Hall, the former residence of Chinese physicist Gong Peiguang. "Baotang" is the most distinctive feature of Tujia Diaojiao Building. Gongjiabao Hall is very cleverly designed. Although it was built near the Apeng River, from the street view, the front of the building stops at the river, and the front of the building faces the river. On the right front of Gongjiabaotang is the landmark building of an ancient town-Wantiangong, but it is not open for maintenance.

Further on, not far away is the core area of this ancient town-Jia Fan Courtyard, also known as Zhuoheba Lecture Hall, which should be the economic and cultural center of the ancient town at that time. Outside the entrance hall of Jia Fan Courtyard, there is a stone tablet of "Justice and Conscience", which is the core business concept of Zhuoshui Ancient Town. Zhuoshui ancient town, "natural conscience"; Puhua River, "Heaven has eyes", these two landscapes with cultural connotations, which are the fusion of humanity and nature, have become the cultural core values of turbid water scenic spots.

Traveling in the ancient town of Zhuoshui cannot but be compared with the ancient towns such as Gongtan. The ancient towns of Zhuoshui and Gongtan are located in the developed areas of ancient Pakistan. The architectural style of the ancient town is broad and grand, and the pattern is grand. Compared with some graceful ancient towns in the south of the Yangtze River, it shows the foresight and extraordinary demeanor of Chongqing businessmen.

When you visit an ancient town, you naturally have to taste its delicious food. We tasted beef mung bean powder and horse rolls in a slightly lively shop. Mung bean powder is similar to Chongqing noodles, and Ma gun is obviously just a name for snowballing in Beijing. After tasting snacks, the trip to the ancient town came to an end. We went to visit the ancient town wind and rain covered bridge, which is known as "the best in the world".

The Fengshui Corridor Bridge in Zhuoshui Ancient Town is a pedestrian traffic road connecting the ancient town and the new town, spanning Apeng River and Puhua River. Regarding the specific construction date of Zhuoshui Corridor Bridge, it is impossible to verify whether it existed in ancient times. According to the general statement on the Internet, it was opened to the public on June 20 10, with a total length of 303 meters, making it the first covered bridge in Asia. However, in the early morning of October 27th, 2065438+2003/kloc-0, 165438, the wind and rain covered bridge suffered a fire, which destroyed the wooden buildings on the bridge deck, but the pier and reinforced concrete buildings on the bridge deck were not damaged. The local government began to rebuild on 20 15 and reopened on 20 17. The reconstructed covered bridge is 658 meters long and 5 meters wide. At the end of August of the same year, Zhuoshui Covered Bridge won the title of "The No.1 Covered Bridge in the World". It is understood that the longest covered bridge in China is in Juxian County, Shandong Province, with a length of 750 meters, but the whole covered bridge is made of concrete. Compared with the all-wood production of Zhuoshui Corridor Bridge, it is not the same in terms of architectural technology, architectural style, artistry and appreciation of the bridge body.

The wind and rain covered bridge is divided into four sections, namely, from left to right, Zhuohe Huaiyuan, Tang Zhong Changyun, Rainbow Fu Bo and Puhua Longfei. From the ancient town to the first section of the stormy covered bridge-Zhuohe Huaiyuan, this covered bridge was called Canglang Bridge in ancient times and should be the oldest covered bridge. The bridge is 3 10 meters long, with a tower pavilion and a central attic at the top. The whole bridge adopts double eaves, roof resting, Tujia platform, cornice rising, multi-layer lifting and folding to create a unified and changeable bridge shape; Simple and generous in shape. The second section of the covered bridge is called Tang Zhong Changyun, which is105m long and the central bell tower is 26m high, with four floors. This section consists of cloisters and bell towers, with double eaves and a bell tower at the top of the mountain towering in the center, but Tang Zhong is currently under maintenance and is not hung on the bell tower. Rainbow Fu Bo Bridge is 97 meters long and spans Puhua River. It is a bridge body consisting of a single arch bridge and a straight deck. Its lines are soft and beautiful, just like a gorgeous rainbow. Rainbow Fu Bo connects Puhua Dragonfly, which is the last section of the covered bridge. Puhua Longfei is 65,438+0.46 meters long, with a curved roof and a modern grille wharf. The facade takes the overall shape of the dragon as the creative prototype, which is a metaphor for the dragon crossing the river with the water.

Walk through the ups and downs of the covered bridge, enjoy the couplets engraved on the pillars on both sides, and feel the profound cultural atmosphere of the Han and Tujia people. In the Tang Dynasty, there were wetland parks on both sides of Zhong Changyun and Rainbow Fu Bo covered bridges, which were also the best places to take a complete picture of the majestic appearance of covered bridges. After shooting from all angles here, we went back to Puhua of Longfei. The shape of this covered bridge is the most avant-garde and fashionable. The bridge body uses a lot of square timber and is built together with thick bolts. Although it is a traditional wooden structure covered bridge, this kind of modeling and technology gives people the feeling of modern industrial style.

Just a few tens of meters away from the end of the covered bridge, the viaduct of Baomao Expressway passes through the town, crosses the river and flies by. The bridge stands tall, and the pier is estimated to be nearly 100 meters high. For aesthetic reasons, the pier is painted with green patterns, which complement the surrounding environment. The winding black brown wooden covered bridge meets the towering concrete expressway bridge, which brings a strong sense of contrast. Tradition and modernity, leisure and high speed, oriental architectural aesthetics and western architectural styles all merge and collide here. In any case, they fully demonstrate the development and profound cultural heritage of China's traditional crafts and modern industries.

Swimming across the stormy covered bridge, it's already half past three in the afternoon. According to the weather forecast, it will rain here tomorrow. In this case, the water level of the Puhua underground river will not drop, so we can't go sightseeing by boat tomorrow. In that case, we might as well go today.

Puhua Underground River Scenic Area consists of three parts: karst cave, underground river and overground river, of which both underground river and overground river are for sightseeing by boat. If you can't take a boat, you can only go to the cave scenic spot. So the scenic spot now only receives half tickets to 50 yuan. We are used to seeing the karst cave scenic spot, but since we have come to the scenic spot, we should go and have a look anyway. The name of 5A scenic spot is definitely not an empty name. Although it is not yet possible to fully visit, the tourists in the scenic spot are still in a bustling queue. Take sightseeing bus from the scenic spot to Houshan Service Station, three kilometers away, and enter Puhua Underground River Scenic Spot. The entrance is the top of the canyon, and the bottom of the valley hundreds of meters deep is the Puhua River. The canyon walls stand thousands of miles, and the ditch is deep and secluded. From above, you can hear the waves in the valley below, and you can vaguely see the green river. Follow the winding wooden plank road to the bottom of the valley, and then walk for a few hundred meters, and you will come to the cave named Chixue in the scenic spot. According to the introduction of the scenic spots I saw before and my own imagination, it is similar to Lianzhou underground river in Qingyuan, Guangdong, and the caves and underground rivers are roughly the same. The only difference is that you can take a boat from the underground river to the Ming River on the ground, and you can see the landmark attraction-Tiansheng Third Bridge. Without these, we can only look at the caves, but the caves here are far from the Lianzhou underground river, and the appreciation value is not great. Liushiba, Lingguang and terraced fields are not much different from other caves. The only thing that makes people feel ornamental is the cave beads here. Cave bead, also known as cave bead, is a concentric spherical deposit of calcium carbonate formed by cave bean stone or weight stone in the cave dripping pit. It should be the first time to see the beads in the cave, which makes us feel that it is of little value to come to the scenic spot. The area in the cave is not large, and there are not many landscapes. It will be over in about half an hour. I didn't see the scenery of Xinyi, which became the regret of Zhuoshui Scenic Area. It's really a pity that perfection is rare!

After visiting Zhuoshui Scenic Area, we drove back to Qianjiang County to stay, and tasted the famous local food-Qianjiang chicken offal in the evening.

The third day? Wandering in Qianjiang

202 1 March 21,the third day of a visit to Chongqing, Guizhou.

I saw cherry blossoms in Pingba and visited the ancient town in Lishui. The main destination of this tour has been punched in, and the rest of the time is like a wild crane. Since you have come to Qianjiang County, you must visit the Grand Canyon in the city.

At nine o'clock in the morning, after breakfast, I went to the Grand Canyon scenic spot 7 kilometers away. Qianjiang Grand Canyon is also known as Balahu Scenic Area, which means "Grand Canyon" in Tujia language. Known as the first canyon city in Asia, Qianjiang is an urban tourism brand named after Tujia language in Chinese civilization. "Balahu" has become the key word of Qianjiang tourism theme slogan "mysterious Balahu, charming Apeng River" because of its good application, mysterious colloquial expression and universal literal translation.

Enter the Grand Canyon Scenic Area, walk on the 808-meter-long aerial plank road, and the mysterious "Balahu" suddenly jumps into your field of vision. The canyon wall stands thousands of miles, and the cliff knife cuts the axe; The peaks on both sides rise and fall, and the valleys roar; The plank road twists and turns, and the Xiajiang River flows downstream; This is a perfect match, just like an incredible craft. The Grand Canyon, like a green ribbon, connects the old city and the new city of Qianjiang, and draws a realistic ink painting picture of "the city is the scenery and the scenery is the city", which is also a rare urban landscape in the world and unique in Asia. The valley of the Grand Canyon is 80- 100 meters wide, with an average depth of 200 meters and a maximum drop of 500 meters. Most cliff walls are at right angles to the ground. Go along the winding plank road, and after a few hundred meters, you will come to Cihang Bridge, where you can overlook the whole canyon where the cliffs stand and the Xiajiang flows, and you can also look back at the towering cliffs along the river. Here, you can also overlook the Guanyin Cliff carved on a magnificent cliff at the end of the scenic spot. The pattern of the base of Guanyin Cliff stone carving has been covered with moss, so it is inferred that it should be an ancient relic. Kannonji in the scenic spot should be built according to this, with white walls, red doors and red tiles, and built on the mountain. Become a beautiful scenery in the dark green valley. On the opposite side of the cliff stone carving, a circular Fo Yin Ping was built in the scenic spot, which stood in the middle of Fo Yin Ping. When it rang, it really echoed from afar, just like Hong Zhong.

When you come back, follow the scenic path, cross the release pond and the karst stone forest, and then follow the winding stone steps and pass the Xiao Art Museum. This is the commanding height of the Grand Canyon Scenic Area, and you can have a panoramic view of the scenic area.

At noon 12: 00, in the drizzle, we ended our tour of the Grand Canyon and drove back to Chongqing. In the evening, I visited the delicious street of Guanyin Bridge and tasted the local dishes of Chongqing outside Wudu City.

On March 2 1, I visited the famous noodles in Chongqing. In the afternoon, Sichuan Airlines flight 3U8793 returned to Yinchuan.