First Time in Bayannur? Just Copy This Itinerary
by TimothyRivera789$
May 2, 2025
🌾 Bayannur 5 Days and 4 Nights Deep Exploration | Hetao Heart × Yinshan Heavenly Book × Desert Oasis! The Ultimate Guide to Jiangnan Beyond the Great Wall That Will Blow Up Your Social Feed
Day 1: Yellow River Epic · Awakening of Hetao Civilization
🌊 Morning: The First Sluice Gate of the Yellow River
San Sheng Gong Water Conservancy Hub on the Yellow River
Touch the steel giant "The First Sluice Gate of the Yellow River"! Aerial view of the 27-hole sluice bridge with water dividing like a silver dragon leaping, shoot industrial-style photos in the tunnel with the intertwined lock sculpture ⚙️
Hetao Farming Museum
See Western Han Dynasty farming plows and Xiongnu bronze cauldrons, experience the "Yellow River Course Change" flood in VR!
🌾 Afternoon: Sunflower Sea Time Travel
Ride through ten thousand mu of sunflower fields (July - August only)
Dive into a golden sea of flower disks, capture shots in straw hats and white dresses like in "Kikujiro's Summer" 🍃
Hetao Intangible Cultural Heritage Town
Learn to mold Hetao dough sculptures, steam pork and chicken with corn pancakes, the scent of firewood fills century-old earth houses~
🌌 Night: Yellow River Starry Camping
Stay in starry tents by the sluice, listen to the Yellow River waves while nibbling roasted red-eye fish (crispy fish scales like chips)
Light lanterns to find fireflies, the Milky Way falls into irrigation canals forming star belts 🌌
Day 2: Yinshan Code · Millennium Dialogue with the Xiongnu
⛰️ Morning: Yinshan Rock Art Treasure Hunt
Ge'er Aobao Gou Rock Art Cluster
Touch the carvings of Xiongnu war horses, the sun god totem gleams gold in the morning light! Pose with a bow and arrow for a time-crossing photo 🏹
Pick agate stones as travel souvenirs (translucent red like solidified wine)
🏯 Afternoon: Gaoque Frontier Fortress
Climb the ruins of the Zhao Great Wall, pick up arrowheads and imagine the smoke signals of Meng Tian’s army.
Overlook Wuliangsu Lake like a blue diamond set in golden wheat waves 💎
🌃 Evening: Chilu Chuan Fireworks Night
Drink iron pot milk tea and fried rice in a Mongolian yurt, bite into juicy sand onion lamb buns!
Dance around the bonfire with bowl dances, silver bowls stacked high reflecting red flames 🔥
Day 3: Desert Oasis · Miracle of the Sea of Death
🏜️ Morning: Ulan Buh Desert Sea
Drive off-road up 60° sand ridges! Capture camel caravan silhouettes amid screams
Row grass boats on Nairen Lake oasis, startled gulls fly from the reeds 🕊️
🌵 Afternoon: Desert Organic Farm
Pick desert tomatoes (bursting with sweet and sour juice!), cut desert sugarcane for fresh juice
Whole lamb roasted in an earth kiln ceremony: firewood stewed lamb dipped in wild chive flowers, marrow slurped down~
🌠 Late Night: Desert Starry River Healing
Stay in a starry camp converted from an abandoned water tower, climb the spiral staircase to shoot star trails around the tower
Barefoot on cold sand chasing fireflies, sand grains like stardust slipping between toes ✨
Day 4: Ancient Canal Rafting · Water Town Adventure Beyond the Great Wall
🚣♂️ Morning: Erhuang River Ancient Canal Rafting
Ride a sheepskin raft through a century-old sluice, see sunflower fields reflecting the blue sky 🌻
Pick Yellow River rare stones under the sluice bridge (patterns like landscape paintings)
🏞️ Afternoon: Wuliangsu Lake Birdwatching
Follow the boardwalk to watch knob-billed swans dance, row boats through reed beds to pick lotus pods.
Enjoy a lotus feast: crispy fried petals, lotus root stewed fish, lotus seed ice smoothie sweet 🍧
🎑 Dusk: Xiongnu City Light and Shadow Show
Watch the live-action play "Hu Horse Yinshan" at the Xiongnu Cultural Park, the sound of ten thousand horses thundering shakes the earth!
Wear leather armor and hold torches, dance shaman dances at the altar to pray 🌋
Day 5: Taste Tour · Hetao Souvenir Hunt
🍜 Morning: Hardcore Breakfast Attack
Shanba morning market extravaganza:
✅ Noodles wrapped in pig’s trotters jelly (Hetao version of Taco)
✅ Sugar sesame leaves (fried red sugar dough braids)
✅ Sour porridge with fermented pickles (fermented sour aroma is intoxicating)
🛍️ Afternoon: Intangible Cultural Heritage Souvenir List
Hetao snowflake flour (steamed buns with natural wheat sweetness)
Hemp seed oil (the soul aroma of cold dishes)
Yinshan rock art rubbings (take home Xiongnu war horses)
✨ Hardcore Travel Tips:
✔️ Best Seasons
July - August: Sunflower Sea + Wuliangsu Lake Lotus Feast + Desert Melon and Fruit Freedom
September - October: Hetao golden wheat waves + Yinshan autumn forest colors
✔️ Transportation
Rent an off-road vehicle for desert crossing! Prepare sand-proof masks + car fridge (melons and fruits spoil easily)
✔️ Outfit Must-Haves
Desert days: Dunhuang-style shawl + terracotta-colored long skirt (photo-ready like a Western Region princess)
Yinshan hiking: cargo pants + Martin boots (look fierce like a female hunter in front of rock art)
📸 Iconic Photo Spots
San Sheng Gong sluice bridge rushing water (telephoto to capture silver dragon leaping)
Sunflower field straw hat back view (wide angle to show endless flower sea)
Desert water tower star trail spiral (tripod long exposure)
Xiongnu altar fire dance silhouette (lower exposure to capture outlines)
👉 Who do you most want to dance a shaman dance with in front of the Xiongnu rock art?
👉 What other hidden experiences are there in Jiangnan beyond the Great Wall? Please share recommendations!
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Post by ElizabethHolmes35 | Jun 26, 2025













