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In October 2019, Daocheng Aden tour
Daocheng Aden's natural scenery is famous at home and abroad, and I have always wanted to visit Daocheng Aden with a strong long-cherished wish, but I am worried that in the high-altitude area, my body will be uncomfortable due to high altitude, and I am entangled and uneasy about it. Thinking that if you give up visiting the last pure land in the world in this life, the last Shangri-La, Daocheng Aden, you will undoubtedly regret it for the rest of your life. So I decided to fulfill this wish anyway.
Make an appointment with friends to decide to drive Daocheng Aden in October and plan your itinerary:
On the first day, Mianyang City - 478 kilometers - Xindu Bridge, booked hotel: Shujin Hotel, sightseeing attractions: Luding County Iron Cable Bridge, Wannian Snow Mountain Zheduotang Observation Deck, Zheduo Mountain.
On the second day, Xinduqiao - 416 kilometers - Shangri-La Town, booked hotel: Locke Inn, sightseeing attractions: Tianlu Eighteen Bends, Rabbit Mountain, Haizi Mountain, Stone River, Red Grassland, 10,000 acres of poplar forest, Powa Mountain.
On the third day, Shangri-La Town - 3 kilometers - Daocheng Yading Scenic Area, booked hotel: Locke Inn, sightseeing attractions: Chonggu Temple, Luorong Cattle Farm, Zhuoma Latso (short-term tour).
On the fourth day, Shangri-La Town - 416 kilometers - Xinduqiao Town, booked hotel: Shujin Hotel, sightseeing attractions: 10,000 acres of poplar forest, stone river, Haizi Mountain.
On the fifth day, Xinduqiao Town - 240 kilometers - Jiagenba, Gongga Township, Pusha Rong Township, Kangding County, Reservation Hotel: Shujin Hotel, Sightseeing Attractions: Xinduqiao, Jiagenba, Yaha Snow Mountain, Quanhua Beach, Lianhua Lake.
On the sixth day, Xinduqiao Town - 478 kilometers - Mianyang City (Liangzai, Baojie and a group of five people went from Xinduqiao to Seda and Tagong to return to Mianyang).
The total distance is 2550 km
on the first day(On October 12), we took two SUVs, driven by the group leader, the Kaleidoscope couple, Liangzai, and Sister Bao, and successively passed through the Chengmian double line, Chengdu Second Ring Expressway, and Chengming Expressway. Luding County is built on a narrow valley, and there are Erlang Mountain and Gongga Mountain, the "King of Shu Mountain".
Everyone buys a ticket of 10 yuan per person at the ticket office of the ferrata bridge, and after checking the ticket, wait for the staff at both ends of the bridge to let tourists cross the ferrata bridge in turn. The bridge deck is paved with wooden planks, and the width of the bridge can be three people in parallel, and more than 20 people walking on the bridge will cause the rope bridge to shake. Despite this, there are still many tourists from all over the world.
Leaving Luding County and crossing the Erlangshan Tunnel along National Highway 318, after looking at the Wannian Snow Mountain at the Zheduotang Observation Deck, we came to the Zheduoshan Pass, which is a must-see attraction for every tourist. On this day, there was an endless stream of cars coming and going on the road, but it was very smooth, and I stayed in Xinduqiao Town that night.
Ludingqiao Square 
On the right is Luding Bridge Square, and on the left is the ticket office of the ferrata bridge attraction The Luding Iron Cable Bridge was built in April of the forty-fifth year of the Kangxi Dynasty of the Qing Dynasty (1706). Kangxi took the meaning of "Lushui" (that is, the Dadu River was formerly known as "Moshui", but Kangxi mistakenly thought it was "Lushui") and "Pingding" (quelling the Dzungar Rebellion in Tibet), and wrote the three big characters "Luding Bridge" in the imperial pen, and erected the imperial monument at the head of the bridge, the main text of the inscription was "Luding Bridge", and the horizontal batch was "Unified Mountains and Rivers". Luding Bridge began to become a link connecting Tibetan and Han traffic, hence the name of Luding County.
The iron cable bridge is more than 1,700 meters long and crosses the rushing Dadu River. The construction of the iron chain bridge began in September of the forty-fourth year of the Kangxi Dynasty of the Qing Dynasty (1705 ) and was completed in April of the following year. The bridge has a clear span of 100 meters, a clear width of 2.8 meters, and the bridge deck is 14.5 meters away from the dry water level. The whole bridge shares 13 iron chain chains , 9 of which are used as load-bearing bottom cables, covered with horizontal and longitudinal wooden planks as the bridge deck, which can pass people and livestock. We are walking on the bridge, the bridge body shakes so much that it is difficult to stand still, which shows how difficult it was for the Red Army to cross the Jinsha River and seize the ferrata bridge, and the deeds of the seventeen warriors who forcibly crossed the Jinsha River and bravely won the ferrata bridge are undoubtedly impressive!
Dadu River Bridge Tourists to visit the ferrata bridge come from all over the country Luding County is 62 kilometers away from the Zheduotang Observation Deck (Wannian Snow Mountain Observation Deck), and there is no ticket for the observation deck, and only 5 yuan parking fee is charged. At noon in late autumn, stop and look at the majestic Ten Thousand Year Snow Mountain in front of you, which appears and disappears in the white clouds, making people feel mysterious and unattainable.
Drive 20 kilometers from the Zheduotang Observation Deck to the Zheduo Mountain Pass, which is 4,298 meters above sea level, which is the first pass of Kangba and an important geographical demarcation line. To the west is the plateau uplift, close to the east of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, there is the Yalong River, and on the right is the alpine canyon area, with the Dadu River. To the east is the mountainous area, and at this moment we enter the Khamba Tibetan area. The Dadu River Basin is in a transitional zone in terms of ethnicity and cultural form, and there are mainly Tibetan branches known as "Jiarong". Its area can reach the area of Jinchuan in Aba Prefecture, Sichuan Province to the north, east of Zheduo Mountain is a mountainous area, and west of Zheduo Mountain is the eastern part of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, which is the real Tibetan area.
9 kilometers away from the Zheduo Mountain Observation Deck, from a gentle slope on the right side of the car window, what came into view was the picture of "Kangding Love Song" in white letters, and I suddenly remembered the popular song "On the Mountain of Horses", and the scene was like yesterday.
The journey was smooth, and I stayed at the Shujin Hotel in Xinduqiao Town that night.
Shujin Hotel is 50 meters away from Shanghai-Nie Highway, the room is spacious, clean and clean, at an altitude of 3300 meters, and there is a slight headache and high reaction reaction when sleeping at night. The next day,After the meal, he met Didi Che Zangzi Gelong in the hotel, and after talking and getting to know each other, he heard that we were going to Daocheng Aden, so he told us that if we stayed in Daocheng County at an altitude of 3,750 meters, or Litang County at an altitude of 4,014 meters, everyone would feel uncomfortable, it was best to stay in Shangri-La Town, Daocheng County at an altitude of 2,700 meters, and it was also close to Daocheng Aden, and he also recommended the Rock Inn to us. Everyone thought what he was saying and adopted his suggestion.
We continued west along National Highway 318, passed 30 kilometers through Yajiang County and drove into the eighteenth bend of Tianlu, and looked down from the gap in the woods at the observation deck, and the "National Highway 318" and "Tianlu Eighteen Bends" written in large white characters at the bend were very eye-catching. The tortuous elbow bend, bend after bend, the road goes around the bend, from the foot of the mountain to the bend and spiral up, giving people an unprecedented shocking curve beauty! Then cross the Kazila Mountains and other mountains, and after lunch in Litang County, start driving from west to south, and finally arrive at Shangri-La Town in Daocheng County.
Litang County is 71 kilometers away from Rabbit Mountain. Rabbit Mountain is located in the northern part of Haizishan Nature Reserve, 20 kilometers away from Haizishan Nature Reserve. From a distance, Rabbit Mountain looks like two rabbit ears standing on the top of the mountain. Where the mountain is very peculiar, it grows on the peak where no grass grows, which is quite vivid, spectacular and magnificent. The cold wind outside the car window made people shudder, and tourists got out of the car and left in a hurry after taking pictures. Rabbit Mountain is 4,696 meters above sea level, which is the highest mountain we climbed on this trip, but fortunately, everyone is slightly higher.
From Litang County, drive from west to south to Haizishan Nature Reserve. Haizishan Nature Reserve is located in the north of Daocheng, with an average altitude of 4,300-4,700 meters, and is the largest ancient ice relic on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, that is, the "Daocheng Ancient Ice Cap". The unique landscape of Haizi Mountain is a stone river composed of large and small granite drifts (gravel), a stone sea, and ice erosion basins (Haizi) of different shapes.
Walking too fast here will obviously have a high reaction. 
Walking on Haizi Mountain at 4,500 meters, I felt a little unwell, but it was okay. After passing through Litang County, I drove 110 kilometers to the Haizishan Glacier Stone River scenic spot on the side of the road, and the so-called river has no water for several kilometers, which has become a spectacle. It is said that these stones were originally drifting gravel from ancient glaciers, and in the distant flood era, they drifted with the flow of glaciers. When the glacier disappears, stones of different sizes and shapes settle here, forming different types of ice erosion landforms such as ancient ice buckets and U-shaped trough valleys. Shihe Park is one of the largest ancient ice formations on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and is sighed as a strange landscape of "star pearls outside the sky and a river of a thousand stones". This also happens to show that the sea is dry and the stone is not rotten.
Continuing to drive 30 kilometers to the red grassland in Daocheng County, Ganzi Prefecture, a red grassland comes into view, which is so gorgeous that it makes people feel excited, shining against the backdrop of golden poplar trees, which is extremely charming, forming a wonderful picture. It is difficult to leave next to the "red grass" on the side of the road. The red grass is about the size of a football field, and many tourists use it as a check-in attraction.
Driving out of the red grassland, outside the car window are rows of 10,000 acres of golden boxwood forests, which is quite spectacular.
Passing through 10,000 acres of golden poplar forests
The beautiful National Highway 318 is a beautiful plateau along the way
10,000 acres of poplar forest is 32 kilometers away from Powa Mountain. Although there was a beautiful day that day, the temperature outside the window was only minus 2 degrees, and the cold wind was biting. It is 52 kilometers away from today's destination, Shangri-La Town, and continues on the road, which is an indispensable part of the tourist's journey.
Shangri-La Town is the core of the "Shangri-La Ecotourism Zone in China", the "soul of Shangri-La", an international boutique tourism town with perfect natural scenery, strong Khamba style, superior ecological environment and perfect tourism service facilities, and is the support point of Daocheng tourism and the central town of the southern region of Daocheng. Shangri-La Town is located in the southern part of Daocheng County, at an altitude of about 2,800 meters.
Hotels and B&B inns abound in the town, and the general hotel room rate is more than 500-1,000 in the golden autumn, and the general B&B inn room rate is at least 200 or more. If a meal of vegetables is nearly 30 yuan, even if porridge and steamed buns are used for breakfast, the meal cost per person is at least 10 yuan to 15 yuan, which can be seen.
Shangri-La's Gesang flowers bloom very gorgeously and lovely. The temperature is low at night, but the heart of visiting Daocheng Aden is warm, and there is no need to ask for fire for warmth.
Day 3 , more than 6 kilometers from Shangri-La Town to the parking lot of the scenic spot, and learned at the ticket office: 1. The ticket office of the scenic spot is about 37 kilometers from the Chonggu Visitor Center, and the round trip is 120 yuan/person. 2. Chonggu Temple to Luorong Cattle Farm is about 7 kilometers, about 2.5 hours on foot, sightseeing bus is 50 yuan/person one way, and 80 yuan/person round trip. 3. Tickets are 146 yuan/person. Luorong Cattle Farm ——— about 5 kilometers to the Milk Sea, 2 hours on foot, you can rent a horse for 300 yuan/person round trip, but there is still a section where you can't ride a horse and need to walk by yourself. The milk sea ——— the five-colored sea can only be walked for half an hour.
If you buy a full ticket: 120 yuan/person round trip from the ticket office to Zha Guanbeng; Tickets are 146 yuan/person; The sightseeing bus is 50 yuan/person one-way, 80 yuan/person round trip, and the total fare per person is 346 yuan. The fare for 60-year-old tourists is halved.
I bought a ticket at nine o'clock in the morning, and tourists rubbed shoulders in front of the ticket gate at the entrance of the scenic spot, and took the scenic bus to the scenic spot after checking the ticket.
In advance, everyone discussed a one-day tour of Daocheng Aden, so they gave up the long-term tour of the Milk Sea and the Five-Color Sea, and chose two short-term tours, one was to visit the Luorong Cattle Farm and then walk to visit the long-distance scenery and then return to Zha Guanbeng. The second is to visit Dolma Latso.
Take the scenic bus along the winding mountain road, drive 37 kilometers for about 1 hour to the Chonggu Visitor Center, and on the way to see the majestic Xiano Dorji Snow Mountain in the distance, everyone is extremely excited.
Xiannairi Peak is a snow-capped mountain all year round, with an altitude of 6,032 meters, but the mountainside is covered with green trees.
Sennai Snow Mountain overlooking the sky from the towering pine trees, The snow on the top of the mountain is shining and fascinating.
Take the scenic bus and walk a while to the Chonggu Wetland after getting off at the scenic service center.
Chonggu Temple to Luorong Cattle Scene Area 7 kilometers, everyone took a scenic bus to the Luorong Cattle Farm at an altitude of 4,150 meters. Luorong Cattle Farm is surrounded by three sacred mountains of "Risong Kampot", with 6,032 meters of Xian Nai Ri on the north peak, 5,958 meters on the south peak on Yang Maiyong, and 5,958 meters on the east peak Xiano Dorji. The Gongga River shuttles from the Luorong Cattle Farm pasture, the water is gurgling, the water is crystal clear, and the wooden houses of the ranch complement each other, forming a primitive and charming scenery, which makes people enter the realm of returning to simplicity. In the morning, we started to visit the Luorong Cattle Farm on the plank road, and then toured all the way along the plank road leading to the Chonggu Visitor Center.
Luorong Cattle Farm Observation Deck The Gongga River flows through the golden meadow of Luorong Cattle Farm, and the mirror-like river reflects the beautiful lake and mountains, and the tranquil original ecological scene is amazing.
The snow-covered peak in the distance is Yangmaiyong Snow Mountain, which is 5958 meters above sea level. 。
The mountains rise under the blue sky and white clouds, and the colorful forests on the mountainside reflect each other.
The beautiful Luo Rongniu scene color, it is difficult to see the white snow of the snowy peaks in the distance and the white clouds in the sky without hiking, and the flowing stream in the middle of the golden meadow under the blue sky is crystal clear, all of which seem extremely quiet and peaceful, as if you are in a paradise, which is pleasing to the eye.
Under the warm sun, the surrounding mountains are dotted with golden trees, and the trickling water is like a song, which is very pleasant. At the foot is a golden meadow, behind which there is an endless stream of tourists, and the snow-capped mountain is Charlotte Dorji.
On both sides of the plank road leading to the Chonggu Visitor Center, many pine trees with golden leaves grow on Mount Aden, decorating the surrounding mountains gorgeously and dazzlingly.
The long plank road walks through the golden colorful forest, walking slowly among them, as if returning to a fairy tale life. From Luorong Cattle Farm along the direction of the Gongga River, along the plank road to the Chonggu Wetland Visitor Center, the scenery along the way is dizzying, and the six-kilometer journey took more than 3 hours.
The plank road is about three kilometers long, built in a valley, and the water trickles down from below to the Chonggu Wetland. 
Visit the Biluo Rongniu Cattle Farm, return to the Chonggu Visitor Center, there are too many tourists, There were no tables and chairs, so I had to eat a boxed lunch on the spot for lunch, which was leisurely and interesting.
Afternoon tour of Dolma Latso. Dolmaracuo, also known as the Pearl Sea, is located in the dense forest northwest of the Xiannairi Snow Mountain in the Daocheng Aden Scenic Area, and is a plateau lake with an altitude of 4,100 meters. Climbing up step by step along such steps, you will be angry when you step faster.
Behind you is the Shenshan Xiannai Ri Snow Peak 6032 meters
Seeing the Pearl Sea is not as beautiful as imagined.
Day 4,On the way back to Xinduqiao from Shangri-La Town, when the 10,000 acres of poplar forest in front of him fell to the ground, the ground was golden, and a few solitary leaves were faintly left on the branches, which looked abnormally withered and desolate. Yes, falling leaves know autumn, in late autumn, as long as the leaves of the golden poplar tree are blown by the wind or cold wave, the leaves will fall in the cold wave or with the wind.
Everyone left here in regret, Fortunately, before approaching Daocheng County, the golden poplar leaves on both sides of the road are still charming, attracting many tourists to take pictures.
At 10 o'clock, pass through Daocheng County to Rubu Hot Spring, four kilometers away, to soak in the hot springs, 20 yuan per person. After lunch in Daocheng County at 11 o'clock, he returned to Xinduqiao Town.
On the fifth day, visit the scenic spots (watchtowers) near Xinduqiao, Tibetan compatriots' houses, from Jiagenba, Quanhuatan, Lianhua Lake, follow the route below from Xinduqiao through Jiagenba, Yaha Dukou, Gongga Township, and then go around from Jiagenba to return to Xinduqiao Town. About 240 km.
In a guest conversation with a Tibetan compatriot in Xinduqiao, I learned that the householder's house is a brick and wood structure, and the beams, columns and indoor walls are made of wood, and the whole house costs more than 1 million yuan. The family's source of income is to sell highland barley wine, and the other is to receive tourists, and the family's living standard is relatively rich.
Visited a Tibetan compatriot's home in Xinduqiao and visited the Tibetan residence. 
Scenery around Xinduqiao 
At this time, some of the poplar leaves in Xinduqiao have fallen off, and some have not completely turned yellow. The main function of the watchtower is to look out for incoming enemies, a military defense fortress in case of police, and a place to temporarily take refuge and store valuables. The stone carving building can be stored for long-term use.
Leaving Xindu Bridge to Jiagenba, on the way to Quanhuatan, cross the Yahaya Pass at an altitude of 4,568 meters and look around the mountains covered with snow. Yaha Pass, about 30 kilometers away from the main peak of Gongga Mountain, is an excellent point to watch the main peak of Gongga Mountain and the Gongga Peaks, the "King of Shu Mountain". However, it was cloudy and snowy, and as far as the eye could see, there were snow-covered mountains under the clouds.
Yaha Dukou is 23 kilometers away from Quanhuatan, it is located in Yulongxi Village, Gonggashan Township (formerly Liuba Township), Kangding City, on the western slope of Gongga Mountain, at an altitude of about 4,000 meters, which belongs to the meadow landform of the mountain valley. To the southeast is Gongga Mountain, which is an excellent location to watch Gongga Mountain, known as the king of Shu Mountain, at Quanhuatan. Quanhuatan is formed by the chemical precipitation of a spring containing a large amount of chemicals on the surface, which is more than 900 meters long and more than 100 meters wide, forming 8 Quanhua terraces down the mountain. There are more than a dozen five-color pools of different sizes and shapes on each terrace, with a water depth of 40-70 cm. In fact, the Quanhua stall we saw was not as attractive as imagined, it can be said that there is a suspicion of exaggerated publicity on the Internet, maybe we didn't see her at its most beautiful. However, at that time, although Quanhuatan was not developed and had no tickets, it lacked ornamentation. When driving to the top of the mountain, Tibetans will charge a toll of 100 yuan per car on the way.
The so-called five-color pools of different shapes seen from the top of the mountain are not very conspicuous due to the distance. Driving from the top of the mountain on the road down the mountain, hiking uphill, you can see the multicolor pool, and the color difference effect is not obvious.
Quanhua Beach is 80 kilometers away from Lianhua Lake and is currently undeveloped. From the bottom of the mountain to the top of the mountain, the mountains on both sides of Lotus Lake are towering, layered and staggered. Between the mountains, the pines and cypresses are green for thousands of miles, and the pavilions and islands in the lake complement each other, the blue waves are gurgling, the water and sky are the same color, like a painting, and the original ecological style is dazzling.
Lotus Lake has pure sunshine, clear blue skies, green carpet-like alpine meadows, starry wildflowers, sapphire plateau lakes, silver chain-like streams winding and winding, tall Kamba horses, and prayer flags fluttering in the wind.
The water of Lianhua Lake is crystal clear, and the lake surface is like a mirror. The meadow on the shore is soft, the green mountains on both sides are green, and the surrounding is quiet, which is known as a national tourist attraction in the local area, and is still under development, free of charge, and only a parking fee of 20 yuan. There is a simple six-person inn in the scenic area, with simple facilities and no Internet, but many photography enthusiasts stay here to take pictures.
Day 6, returned to Mianyang from Xinduqiao a day early due to something. When I got up in the morning, heavy snow fell in Xinduqiao Town, surrounded by silver and white. On the way, there were concerns that traffic control would be carried out on some sections, but fortunately, although there was snow along the way, the road was basically smooth. When passing through the Zheduo Mountain section, some trucks were prohibited from passing and parked in the snow on the side of the road. Seeing that Zheduo Mountain was covered in silver, there were still countless cars driving on the road, and although the road was slow, there was no closed road when stopping and walking.
The regiment leader has more than ten years of driving experience, in this climatic condition and road conditions, skillfully driving the car safely away from the ice and snow paved Zhe Duoshan, worthy of rich experience and good driving skills, we can rest assured to take the car he drives. The altitude of the mountains gradually decreased, the temperature gradually increased, and the snow gradually decreased, and only the top of the mountain in Kangding City had snow.
Returning to Mianyang, it passes through the first bridge of Sichuan and Tibet, which is built at high altitude, high seismic intensity zone, complex wind field environment with a total length of 1,411 meters, a span of 1,100m, and a total cost of more than 1 billion yuan.
On the way back, pass the Sichuan-Tibet First Bridge At noon, I drove into Tianquan County, and checked the county's pepper and hemp chicken and pepper and hemp shou on the Internet, which are very distinctive and delicious, according to the suggestion of the head of the group, I ate in Tianquan County, and the pepper and hemp chicken was 128 yuan a piece, with a unique taste, and everyone was full of praise.
Cold pepper and hemp chicken pound/80 yuan, this plate of cold pepper and hemp chicken is 128 yuan, the amount is enough and delicious. From Mianyang City to Daocheng Aden, and then back to Mianyang City, a total of 2,130 kilometers were traveled. The six-day itinerary was planned by Liangzai, Bitter Coffee, and Baojie to arrange food and accommodation and visit the Aden route, and the itinerary was compact and loose, and the whole trip was successfully concluded.
The whole trip went smoothly.
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