Daocheng Aden line

Number of days:7 days
Time: September
Average cost: 3375 yuan
With whom: With friends
Updated: 2020.10.18

September and autumn are the best time to travel, and some classmates also want to go to Daocheng Aden, so they meet to go together.

Although Daocheng Aden is a high-altitude area that yearns for, it still has a sense of awe for the plateau, after all, the age is increasing, and many friends who have been there advise "do what you can, don't challenge yourself..." With an uneasy mood, I made all preparations to deal with altitude sickness and waited to set off.

D1-9/21 Scheduled itinerary: 3U8628 17:50 Wuxi - 20:45 Chengdu

Departure, everything is properly arranged, the driver who gets off the plane is already waiting in the parking lot, and stays at the Yashi Business Hotel next to Chengdu East Railway Station (the location is a bit remote, But if you have a car to pick you up, that's it)

D2-9/22 Scheduled itinerary: Chengdu - 137km - Ya'an - 140km - Luding - 49km - Kangding - 78km - Xindu Bridge

At 5:00 in the morning, a car came to pick us up and go to the tourist bus stop to concentrate, and we waited until 7:30 to get the car, and then there was a pair of young people who were somehow late and waited for about half an hour to finally assemble (this is the shortcoming of the group) The tour guide Xiao Su is a big-eyed Sichuan girl, fast and capable, a typical hot girl, and is more tolerant of people. This regiment is essentially a national scattered group.

The Shangchengya Expressway passes through the rain city [Ya'an] (famous for the three uniques of Yanu, Yayu and Yayu) is the throat of Sichuan, Tibet and Qinghai-Tibet, and is the only way to pass through the gateway of the ancient southern Silk Road and the ancient tea horse road. After getting off the highway, we went up the beautiful Qingyi River and had lunch at the Tuojiang Hotel by the Tsing Yi River. The quality of meals cannot be expected too high in this high-altitude area where materials are scarce, and hygiene + well-fed food is enough. Due to the beginning of slight altitude sickness, a little dizzy feeling and a great decrease in appetite.

Here is 2500 meters above sea level

, continue the trip after the meal, pass through [Ershan Mountain] When you arrive at the Dadu River Valley (the largest and deepest canyon in western Sichuan), the magnificence of the car is indescribable when you drive on the Xingkang Bridge of the Dadu River in Luding, the first bridge of Sichuan and Tibet.

Sichuan-Tibet First Bridge

Passing through the hometown of love songs [Kangding] Enjoy the picturesque scenery of small bridges, flowing water, people, and Tibetan-style houses outside the car window all the way, and feel the strong plateau collector style. (If you have the opportunity to get off the bus and take a nap to feel the customs and customs of the Tibetans, how pleasant it is, this is the disadvantage of joining a group)

When

you come to the first highway rest stop in Tibet, you must take a photo on the road sign. The puppies here are quite cute and love to take pictures with people.

The scenic spot is located in Kangding County, the city of love songs, and has snow-capped mountains, grasslands, sea of flowers, lakes and Tibetan folk customs, making it a pearl of Ganzi Prefecture. After entering the scenic spot, take a sightseeing car and drive about 3 kilometers, and a sea of flowers composed of flowers will appear in front of your eyes, which is the "Sea of Flowers Trace". Continuing the ride, a clear mountain lake appeared in front of you, legend has it that this was the place where Princess Muya dressed up, and the princess was the fourth princess of Songtsen Gampo, the king of Tibet.

Muya Sacred Land Scenic Area

Muya Haram

Muya Observation Deck in the wind and rain

There is a lot of rain here, and there is strong wind and rain all the way, and only Gongga Snow Mountain and Yala Snow Mountain can be vaguely seen in the clouds and mist.

Crossing the outer barrier [Zheduo Mountain] with the "First Pass of Kangba", it is a lineage of the Great Snow Mountains and an important geographical boundary. The highest peak is 4,900 meters above sea level, and the pass is 4,298 meters above sea level, which is also the first high mountain pass that needs to be crossed on the Sichuan-Tibet line. In the wind and rain, it is quite testing to not be able to act quickly at a high altitude of more than 4,000 meters, but fortunately, the travel agency is still more considerate and gives away a can of oxygen. The next step is to cross [Gaoersi Mountain] to the banks of the Yalong River - Kangba small county town [Yajiang] The tour guide Xiao Su has a more straightforward personality, thick and fine, considering that it will be difficult for us to adapt to the plateau area all of a sudden, so we changed our accommodation and chose Yajiang, which is relatively lower in altitude. The materials in the plateau area are relatively collapsed, all of which rely on external transportation in, and the hotel conditions are relatively difficult. So dinner is mainly full of food, what can not be asked for, plus there is a slight altitude sickness, and the appetite decreases.

9/23 Scheduled itinerary: Xinduqiao - 68KM Yajiang - 137KM Litang - 148KM Daocheng/Riwa

The

hard work of the group is that the time must follow the arrangement, and at six o'clock in the morning, we hurriedly ate some porridge steamed buns and eggs and set off on the trip. After passing the eighteen bends of the heavenly road, we crossed two mountains: [Scissor Bend Mountain] at an altitude of 4,659 meters and [Kazila Mountain] at an altitude of 4,718 meters.

Turn 18 of the Sky Road

Viewpoint rest area at the eighteenth bend of the heavenly road

The drivers here are very hard, and the long-distance mountain roads are very skilled, and in order to prevent fatigue driving, it is stipulated that you must take a 20-minute break every four hours.

At noon, we were arranged to eat alpine snow fish hot pot, because there were basically no restaurants along the way, the business was very prosperous, and the vegetables produced on the plateau were not as glutinous and sweet as the vegetables on our side, but they could not be wasted, and I praised the quality of the members of our group.

Snow fish hot pot

After the meal, after more than an hour's drive, we arrived at the high city of the world, the pearl of the plateau at an altitude of 4,014 meters, which means "grass dam as flat as a bronze mirror" in Tibetan. We took the battery sightseeing car of the scenic spot to visit [Letong Ancient Town], Litang Temple, also known as Changchun Keer Temple, located on the north slope of the county seat.

Letong Ancient Town

Town of Lettongue

Letong Ancient Town

Changchun Keer Temple The

whole street and alley are lined with homestays.

Continue to get on the bus and climb over the [Rabbit Mountain], which looks like a rabbit at an average altitude of about 4,500 meters, and pass through the largest ancient ice body relic on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, that is, the "Daocheng Ancient Ice Cap" [Haizi Mountain Nature Reserve]

Rabbit Mountain

Haizi Mountain

Haizishan Glacier Site

All the way is mountains and mountains. Here you can see altars made of stones or slabs everywhere - Mani piles. In Tibetan Buddhist areas, stones are regarded as living and spiritual things. The "Mani Stone" engraved with Buddha statues and Buddhist scriptures does not have a unified specification and shape, and the maker does not need to deliberately choose, pick up what stone to carve on it, and the scriptures are mostly "six-character mantras" and mantras. On auspicious days, people add stones to the mani pile while simmering mulberry (simmering mulberry is the mist smoke burned from pine and cypress branches, which is a Tibetan ritual of worshiping the gods of heaven and earth), and sacredly touch it with their foreheads, recite prayers silently, and then throw them into the stone pile. As the sky stretches and the earth goes on, the Mani piles rise from the ground, rising higher and higher. Each stone condenses the heartfelt prayers of believers.

Mani Dui

finally arrived at Daocheng at dusk

Daocheng

Staying and dining in Daocheng Because of altitude sickness, I don't want to eat at all, as for the taste of the hotel meal, I don't care about the taste of the hotel meal at all, and it is extremely hard to take the car all the way, and it is really not easy to think about the driver.Wash up early (the tour guide told you not to wash your hair to avoid increasing high reflexes) and rest, and everyone seems to have different symptoms of high reaction this night. Headache, bloating and insomnia, try to insist on not taking medicine, fortunately, there is a guidance and education on the prevention of altitude sickness before entering Daocheng, selling small blue bottles and medical oxygen, after several mountains to try the feeling of plateau hypoxia, obediently paid for two bottles of medical oxygen (68/can), woke up this night and took a few puffs (this situation is also secretly funny, isn't this just spending money to buy sins and suffering) After getting up in the morning, the discomfort symptoms slowly disappeared, and this night was complete: eyes in heaven and body in hell , Don't regret it, go to the real experience of regretting more.

9/24 Scheduled itinerary: Shangri-La Town - Aden - 40KM Riwa/Daocheng

As soon as the sky was slightly bright, we took the hotel's road meal and started to hurry, the clouds and mist outside the car window made people feel like they were floating, circled around the mountain and circled down one circle after another, and finally called the three sacred mountains that protected the local Tibetans ("North Peak Xiannai Ri means "Guanyin Bodhisattva" (6032 meters), South Peak Yang Maiyong "Manjushri Bodhisattva" (5958 meters), East Peak Xiano Dorji "Vajra Hand Bodhisattva" (5958 meters)) appeared in front of our eyes, slight altitude sickness and getting up too early, We were drowsy and heard the tour guide talking about the legend of the sacred mountain........

Daocheng Aden, we are finally here, but fortunately we are still here.

Four travel companions came to take a group photo

Inagi Aden, I'm coming!

Arrive at the tourist reception center and transfer to the scenic spot sightseeing bus to arrive at the Aden scenic spot in about an hour and a half. The entire scenic spot is divided into long-term and short-term tours, short-term: Zha Guan Beng - Zhuoma Latso (worship of the Pearl Sea and Xian Nai Ri Observation Deck)

Long line: Zha Guan Beng - Luorong Cattle Farm - Five-Color Sea, Milk Sea

Walking 100 meters on the plateau is like running and sprinting 800 meters, panting, the tour guide adheres to the eight-character principle: according to yourself, do what you can.

We chose Zha Guan Beng - Luorong Cattle Farm - Return to Zha Guan Beng - Zhuoma Latso (worship Zhuhai to Xian Nai Ri Observation Deck)

We took a battery car (80 round trips, 50 one way) to [Luorong Cattle Farm] to see the scenery of Xian Nai Ri in Shenshan.

The instantaneous Luorong cattle farm is extremely beautiful

Lo Rong

Luorong Cattle Farm

Accompanied by sacred mountains, rivers, lakes, snow-capped mountains and meadows, this is a dreamy place where the sacred water of the sacred mountain resonates with the heart and indulges in it. The three peaks of Xian Nai Ri, Yang Mai Yong, and Xia Na Dorji are all close to 6,000 meters above sea level, and between heaven and earth, these three sacred mountains are like three tall gods, guarding the last pure land on the blue planet. At this time, whether you are professional in taking photos or not, whether you use a DSLR camera or not, just follow the inspiration in the depths of your heart, gently press the shutter of your mobile phone, and a beautiful photo will be born. The turquoise water of the Pearl Sea looks crystal clear under the light of the blue sky and white clouds, exuding a few dazzling wisps of luster.

Outside mirror of Okikoji

The holy water of the clear rut rolls under the surface

Sea of Pearls – an emerald on the neck of a high mountain

The ecology here is balanced, and the little squirrels are running around eating the food given by tourists

Hiking and climbing is the best way to experience the scenic spots of Aden, which challenges people's physical fitness, physical strength and even perseverance as the altitude continues to rise. I came to Daocheng, I came late, because I didn't go to the five-color sea and the milk sea, leaving a lot of regrets, but fortunately I still came, and it took us three and a half hours to complete the short round trip. After returning the original way, I arrived at [Can Collapse] to take a sightseeing bus, this 1 and a half hour sightseeing bus went around the mountain in a crowd, the return sightseeing bus did not know whether there was a problem with the ventilation equipment or the driver did not turn on the ventilation at all, many people got out of the car to "turn over the river and the sea", and experienced another "eyes in heaven, body in hell". After leaving the scenic spot, I got on the bus and returned to my residence - Huasi Hotel.

Daocheng Aden: A daunting, fascinating, and evocative place.

The hotel is built on the mountain, which is still relatively clean and tidy, and the dinner is yak offal hot pot, as if the Sichuan and Tibet regions also love to eat hot pot.

9/25 Scheduled itinerary: Riwa - 148km - Litang - 137km - Yajiang/Xinduqiao

Today started the return journey, the first stop came to Kangba Tibetan Village, the village provided a special [Tibetan chicken banquet] lunch for free, and asked the passing tourist bus to stop here, a Zhuo mother received us (Tibetan women have not read much, her brother is a living Buddha who strongly advocates that her parents send her to school, and now it is just right to use it to receive tourists) introduced the customs and customs of the Tibetan people and Tibetan medicine and Tibetan medicine , Tibetan silver, introducing the way of health preservation of Tibetans. Promote the skilled silver products made by their special craftsmanship. Spending 1080 to buy a small silver comb is a bit expensive, so let's leave a souvenir.

Spent 1080 to buy a small silver comb

After lunch, we continued to return, passing by the red grassland, which is a seasonal landscape from the end of September to the beginning of October, and in the autumn, with the yellowing birch trees behind, reflected in the pond, the season we went was not late autumn, the grass was not very red, and the birch trees were not so yellow. But the pale pink grass under the blue sky and white clouds is already beautiful, and it is not something that the camera can fully express.

Red Meadow

All the way back, the traffic jam began at the eighteenth bend of the heavenly road, according to the tour guide, it was a limited time to release the road every day, and it was common to block for 5 or 6 hours, and it was not open until about 8 o'clock in the evening, the day began to rain, and the face of the weather doll in the mountains changed, because the rain was still open 1 hour earlier than usual, slowly passing, the lights flashed in the black mountain hollow, like a winding light strip spreading in the mountains, and it was also a rare scenery that became our unexpected gain.

A scene of traffic jam

Slowly crawling with the queue, the day turned from heavy rain to heavy snow, and the people who rarely saw snowflakes were so excited that they forgot the troubles of traffic jams, and they didn't arrive at the hotel in Xinduqiao until more than 11 o'clock in the evening, probably traffic jams are the norm, the hotel staff have been waiting for us, the hot meal is immediately on the table, today happens to be my birthday, the tour guide girl is so warm-hearted, specially took care of the kitchen and added a bowl of birthday noodles, so touched! (The light was so moved that I forgot to take a photo, hahaha!)

9/26 Scheduled itinerary: Accommodation - Luding - 276KM Chengdu

For safety reasons, the road here is restricted, and you must leave the Xindu Bridge before 7 a.m., otherwise the crossing will not be open until 2 p.m. We were like ducks, and after eating a mouthful of porridge in a hurry, the driver took us on our way, and rushed out of the Xindu Bridge crossing at 7 o'clock, and we had to praise the tour guide and the driver's arrangement. Due to a heavy snowfall last night, a thick layer of snow accumulated on the mountain, which put pressure on traffic, and another car queue slowly crawled in the snow, a piece of white snow, and the rare snow scenery added color to this trip. The return trip was originally scheduled to stop at the first pass of Kangba - [Zheduo Mountain] observation deck, but the snow was too thick and the observation deck was blocked due to safety.

Snow on the mountain

The fun of waiting for the truck driver

Crawling all the way, we finally arrived at Tianquan for dinner at noon, lunch was the most sumptuous along the way, and it was the most suitable for our taste, the tempeh snowfish was so fragrant... After eating and dressing, the temperature difference was too large, and the winter clothes in the morning were changed to spring clothes and began to set off for Chengdu.

Most of the group members went to Chengdu to disperse, and the four of us began to visit Chengdu Jinli, which condensed the essence of Chengdu life: there are teahouses, inns, restaurants, bars, theaters, flavored snacks, handicrafts, and local products, fully demonstrating the unique charm of the Three Kingdoms culture and Sichuan folk customs. Since the tour guide arranged a hot pot meal in the evening, the food along the way could only be tasted a little, and it was the biggest regret that Jinli did not eat snacks.

Speaking of Chengdu, we have to say hot pot, not eating hot pot is in vain for Shu people, such a pot embodies the wisdom of the Sichuan people, from ancient times to the present, various improvements and innovations, so that hot pot has reached an unprecedented height. Sichuan hot pot, known for its numbness, spiciness, freshness, and fragrance, he comes from the people, sublimated in the temple, and its consumer group covers a wide range of people, and the number of per capita consumption is beyond his reach. As a delicacy, hot pot has become a representative delicacy of Sichuan.

Jinli

fondue

Goodbye, goodbye on the next trip

9/27 Scheduled itinerary: Return MU2906 12:15 Chengdu - 14:50 Wuxi

The good times are always so short, 7 days pass quickly, it is really a pleasure to go out while you can walk, and I feel again: health is good. Ending a trip is the beginning of envisioning the next itinerary!