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Because of the epidemic, I haven't traveled for two years. When I heard that Jiuzhaigou was fully opened on September 29, my heart was moved, and the golden autumn October was the most beautiful season in Jiuzhaigou, and when I told my friend Cailian, I didn't expect the two of us to hit it off, and the heart was not as good as action, so our two retired aunts immediately booked the itinerary of the five-day tour of Huanglong in Jiuzhaigou from October 11th to 15th online. Here is an introduction to Cailian Guliang, she was my colleague and neighbor in my hometown of Jiangxi 30 years ago, and she was still a tractor card friend. Twenty years have passed, and now he is retired and settled in Zhuhai like me. Every time I introduce her to my friend as my colleague from thirty years ago, my friend will look at me with suspicion and say, you miscalculated the time, right? You look so young! Haha, we love to hear this, it's not that I miscalculated the time, but that time gave special favor to Cailian Guliang, and she looked young. This itinerary is as follows:
Day1: October 11 Zhuhai Fly Chengdu
Stay Day2: No. 12 Chengdu - Dujiangyan Panda Base - Songpan County - Jiuzhaigoukou
Day3: No. 13 Jiuzhaigou Sightseeing car all-day tour of Jiuzhaigou Sujiuzhaigoukou
Day4: No. 14 Jiuzhai - Huanglong One Chengdu; Stay in Chengdu
Day5:15 Chengdu Airport Flight - Zhuhai Good
luck, three days before departure, Zhuhai typhoon, three days of heavy rain, flooding everywhere, flights are suspended. By the day we set off, the sun was shining. The plane at 9 a.m. on the 11th arrived in Chengdu at 11 o'clock. After the driver of the travel agency picked us up and sent us to the Chengdu Xinlantian Hotel to stay over, we went straight to Wuhou Temple. Located in Wuhou District, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, Wuhou Temple began in 223 AD when Liu Bei Hui Mausoleum was built, it is the only temple in China that combines monarchs and ministers and the most famous memorial site for Zhuge Liang, Liu Bei and Shu Han heroes, and is also the most influential museum of the Three Kingdoms in the country. Chengdu Wuhou Temple now covers an area of 150,000 square meters, consisting of three parts: the Three Kingdoms Historical Relics Area (Cultural Relics Area), the West Area (Three Kingdoms Cultural Experience Area) and the Jinli Folk Customs Area (Jinli), enjoying the reputation of "Three Kingdoms Holy Land".
Legend has it that Jinli was once one of the oldest and most commercial streets in the history of Western Shu, and was famous throughout the country as early as the Qin, Han and Three Kingdoms periods. At present, Jinli Street has a total length of 550 meters, with the houses of western Sichuan in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, and the culture of the Three Kingdoms and Chengdu folk customs as the connotation, integrating tourism, shopping, leisure and entertainment.Chengdu's version of the Qingming River Map - "Jinli" is a spiritual station to feel romantic and leisurely, and a charming block to experience the culture of the Three Kingdoms and Chengdu folk customs.
Although there are many snacks in Jinli, for the sake of our stomachs, we still unanimously decided not to eat here, just to go around and take pictures. Finally, I found a hot pot restaurant nearby for hot pot, mutton, kidney slices, fried crispy meat, various vegetables, and a bowl of noodles, Cailian Guliang also proposed to have a bottle of beer, but I gave up for my blood sugar, high blood sugar, always have to control my mouth and open my legs. We watched the performance while eating hot pot, and the performance included face changing, tea art performance, rolling skin lamp, Sichuan opera, etc. The hot pot is delicious, the performance is wonderful, I can't help but sigh, Chengdu people live so comfortably, envy and envy.
The next day, at 5:45, the car came to the hotel to pick us up and take a big bar, and two people in the same hotel were late, and the driver called to ask if they could come down in a minute, and the answer was no. The driver immediately said that he couldn't wait anymore, sent them the address, and asked them to take a taxi to the meeting place by themselves. After arriving at the meeting place of the large car, it will depart on time at 7 o'clock. The beauty Otani is our tour guide. Along the way, Qiang culture, Sanxingdui culture, etc. were explained. The drive from Chengdu to Jiuzhaigou is really long, nearly 8 hours. The trip was quite hard, but fortunately, the bus seats were spacious, relatively comfortable, and there was hot water on the bus. An hour later, the car arrived at Dujiangyan Panda Paradise. Here, popular science knows that red pandas are not giant panda cubs.
Lunch at the designated restaurant in Dujiangyan Enjoy the special food [Panda Banquet], which tastes good.
After lunch, the car passed through Wenchuan, Maoxian, and the car tour of Songpan Ancient City, except for spending 1 yuan to go to the toilet a few times in the middle, the whole journey was smooth. Arrived at Jiuzhaigou at 8 p.m. and stayed at a hotel in Goukou. A meal at the hotel. During the epidemic stage, the travelers at the same table did not use public chopsticks, and we put public chopsticks on each plate, and a few travelers just didn't use them. We didn't dare to use it a second time, but the result was that we only ate half a full meal, Cailian Guliang went to buy chicken thighs to eat, and I pitifully didn't dare to eat more in order to control my blood sugar.
On the third day, the advantage of staying in Mizoguchi is that you can get a good night's sleep and enjoy the hotel's buffet breakfast. At 8 o'clock, the gate of the scenic spot opened, and we walked to the scenic spot. Started a day of Jiuzhaigou tour. Jiuzhaigou is a tributary of the Baihe River upstream of Baishuigou, named after the presence of nine Tibetan villages. At an altitude of 2000~3000 meters, it is well-known at home and abroad for its "five wonders" of Cuihai (alpine lake), stacked sea, colorful forest, snow-capped mountain, and Tibetan love, and is known as "Dream Wonderland" and "Fairy Tale World". Jiuzhaigou is mainly composed of three valleys: Rizegou, Zechawagou and Shuzhenggou, which are distributed in the shape of "Ya" in the Minshan Mountains. The main attractions of Jiuzhaigou are distributed in the three ditches of Shuzheng, Rize and Zechawa, which can be divided into five major scenic spots: Shuzheng Scenic Area, Rize Scenic Area, Changhai Sea Area, Baojingya Scenic Area, and Primitive Forest Ecological Scenic Area. "Jiuzhai returns without looking at the water", water is the elf of Jiuzhaigou, lakes, springs, waterfalls and beaches are connected, flying and quiet combined, strength and gentleness complement each other.
We took the scenic transportation bus to Changhai first. Changhai is the highest altitude and widest lake in Jiuzhaigou, the water surface of the lake is dark blue, and the water source comes from the melting snow in the mountains. Strangely, there is no water outlet around the Changhai, but the water does not overflow the embankment in the summer and autumn rainy seasons, and the long drought in winter and spring does not dry up, so the locals of Jiuzhaigou call it a treasure gourd that is dissatisfied and leaks dry. The branches and leaves of this ancient tree only grow to one side, and the other side is bare. When we arrived, it was foggy and we couldn't see in the distance. Take a few photos and take the scenic transportation car to the next attraction, Colorful Pond.
The colorful pool is hidden in the dense forest like a huge sapphire, and it is the smallest and most gorgeous pool in Jiuzhaigou. 1 km down from Changhai is the colorful pool. Photos really can't record the brilliant colors that the water surface of the colorful pool should have.
At this point, the attractions of Chawagou have been played. We took the bus to the Nuorilang transfer station, and we sat down on the steps of the stairs and began to eliminate the dry food in the bag and convert the weight in the bag into energy on our bodies! I found that many tourists brought self-heating food, which looked very tempting when it was hot. After eating some dry food, I took a car to the Zhizegou and went to the sea of arrow bamboo. Arrow bamboo is the favorite food of giant pandas, and it grows widely around the shore of the lake, which is the biggest feature of the arrow bamboo sea, hence the name. The lake is open and long, and the water is blue. The reflection is vivid, making it impossible to tell whether the mountain is in the water or the water is submerged in the mountain. In the sea of arrow bamboo, there are many calcified dead wood, forming peculiar coral trees, and some new trees can be seen on the rotten wood, which is called rotten wood renewal, or dead wood spring and regeneration trees.
the Arrow Bamboo Sea to the Panda Sea, we were fortunate to take the wooden plank road to see the Arrow Bamboo Sea Waterfall. If you take the transportation bus, you will miss it. The Arrow Bamboo Sea Waterfall has a large span and a small drop, making it an arc-shaped waterfall. The beautiful Arrow Bamboo Sea Waterfall, let's take a photo.
Reluctantly bid farewell to the Arrow Bamboo Sea Waterfall, we came to the Panda Sea.
Panda Sea is more than 900 meters away from Wuhua Sea. Wuhuahai has the reputation of "Jiuzhaigou is a must" and "Jiuzhai essence". The sea of five flowers is so beautiful, please forgive me for not being able to describe its beauty in words, let's take a photo.
Not far down the plank road from Pearl Beach to Pearl Beach Waterfall.It is 2,445 meters above sea level, the waterfall is 21 meters high and 162 meters wide, and this is the place where the four masters and apprentices led horses to wade through the water at the beginning of Journey to the West.
8.8 Seismic Stone - This 522-ton stone fell from the mountain at an altitude of 2,654 meters in the 17-year-old Jiuzhaigou earthquake and rolled all the way down to the river valley , destroying all vegetation along the way.
Nozhilang Waterfall: Jiuzhaigou Nuorilang Waterfall has a drop of 20 meters and a width of 300 meters, making it the widest of many waterfalls in Jiuzhaigou. Cailian Guliang's knees hurt, and it was difficult to go down the steps, and Nuorilang Waterfall just hurriedly took a few photos from top to bottom, and did not go down to see it closely.
Tiger Sea
Shuzheng Waterfall is the smallest of the four major waterfalls in Jiuzhaigou.
Shuzheng Village
Shuzheng Qun Hai is composed of 19 seas of different sizes in terraced clusters, which are different from other lakes with a wide water surface. All the seas are very small, and the seas are covered with trees between the lakes, a bit like an underwater forest.
It's almost 4 o'clock, the scenic spot stops at half past 5, and we want to go to the reed sea to see. Because the scenery of the reed sea is different from other seas. There is no station in the Reed Sea, so you can only take a transportation bus to the Spark Sea, then hike to the Reed Sea, and then walk to the Bonsai Beach to take a car to the entrance of the scenic spot. It was more than 4 kilometers to walk, and the time was a bit tight, so we gave up the Sea of Sparks and the Sea of Ssangyong and hurried to the Sea of Reeds.
The "Reed Sea" is a semi-swampy lake with an altitude of 2,140 meters and a total length of 2.2 kilometers. There is a flowing water belt in the middle of the sea of reeds, winding through the sea of reeds, dividing the sea of reeds into two halves. This water has a beautiful jade-like luster and color, so it is called the Yudai River. Legend has it that this beautiful jade belt river was transformed by the belt of the goddess of Jiuzhaigou Mountain, Wonuo Seyan.
walk to Bonsai Beach and take a few pictures in a hurry.
At 5:40, I left the gate of the scenic spot, and there were fewer tourists at this time, so I took a photo of the gate of the scenic spot. At this point, the one-day tour of Jiuzhaigou is over. Jiuzhai does not look at the water when he returns, it is really not a sentence of beauty, and the beauty of the water in Jiuzhai is well deserved. Xiushui Bibo boasted that she had seen some, but she was still amazed by her beauty when she really saw Jiuzhai. I ate the same dinner as yesterday again. After eating, I accompanied Cailian Guliang to find knee pads, Cailian Guliang was really not easy today, and her knees hurt so much that she could only move down the steps step by step. After going to several stores, there were no sports knee pads for sale, so I had to go back to the hotel. Cailian Guliang turned out two quick-drying T-shirts and tied them to her legs, saying that tomorrow's knee pads are available, haha, really talented!! After taking a shower, massage your big and small legs, and I hope your legs don't hurt tomorrow. I walked 32,000 steps today, so tired, I can't help but admire our physical fitness.
Day 4: A good night's sleep, 5:20 with breakfast and departure to Huanglong. Huanglong is famous for the "four wonders" of colorful ponds, snow-capped mountains, canyons and forests, plus beach streams, ancient temples, and folk customs called "seven wonders". It is the only well-protected plateau wetland in China, 100 kilometers away from Jiuzhaigou and 1700-5588 meters above sea level.Arriving at Huanglong at 8 o'clock, Cailian Guliang bought a trekking pole, and the itinerary was to take the ropeway up and walk down. The valley tour guide said that people who have no physical strength to stand on the ropeway can walk 2.5 kilometers to the colorful pond. People who are weak and have high reactions go down the mountain to see the beautiful pool. Hearing from the tour guide that it takes 2.5 kilometers to walk from the ropeway to the colorful pool, 5 kilometers round trip, Cailian Guliang was afraid that her knees would not be able to stand it, so she decided not to go to the colorful pool, she first went down slowly and waited for me at the Zhengyan Pool. I had to climb the colorful pool alone. Huanglong Scenic Area is very simple, just follow the plank road, basically you won't go wrong, stand on the ropeway, climb another 2.5 kilometers of mountain, and you will reach the colorful pool. The colorful pool is 3,576 meters above sea level, which is the highest point of the Huanglong scenic spot, and is located at the top of the Huanglong calcified pool group, with a total of 693 calcium pools, like colorful pearls embedded in the primeval forest, known as the "Yao Pool in the world". The weather is so good today, the blue sky and white clouds, the green mountains are emerald, the main peak of Minshan Mountain at an altitude of 5,588 meters stands majestically in front of you, walking by the pool, countless pieces of different sizes, colorful pools of different shapes are like watercolor boards full of various colorful pigments, blue and green, sea blue, light blue, etc., gorgeous and wonderful. It seems that the jade scattered by immortals in the mountains, treacherous and fantastic, known as the "Yellow Dragon" eyes, is the essence of Huanglonggou Scenic Area. You don't need photography skills here, it's a blockbuster to take a picture, so let's take a photo.
shooting the whole scene, go down to look close-up, and the close-up color is different. It's really different from near and far, and I can't help but sigh at the magic of nature.
Reluctantly bid farewell to the colorful pond and walked towards the Zhengyan Pond, and when I went down the mountain, I met an ordinary porter on the Huanglong plank road, and after talking to him for a few words, I realized that on the plateau at an altitude of more than 3,500 meters, I carried more than 100 pounds of things every day for 4 kilometers and 8 kilometers round trip, and only earned 80 yuan per trip, and I had to walk 5 times a day. While it is awe-inspiring, I also sincerely hope to find a more modern transportation method as soon as possible!
On the way down the mountain, there is a beautiful scenery all the way.
Walk 2 kilometers down the colorful pond to the beautiful pond. The Huanglong Zhengyan Pool covers an area of 20,000 square meters, consisting of 658 color pools, and is the second largest color pool group in Huanglong, with an altitude of 3,454 meters, which is the richest and most beautiful color pool group in the color pool group of Huanglong Scenic Area.
Sapo Reflection Pool: The Sao Luo Reflection Pool covers an area of 6,840 square meters, with more than 400 color pools, an altitude of 3,415 meters, 311 meters from the Zhengyan Pool, and 119 meters from the Spiegel Reflection Pool. "Sa Luo" is a rhododendron, surrounded by various rhododendrons around the pool group, and rhododendrons bloom first every spring and summer, and the blue pool water, golden travertine walls and the sky light and rhododendrons complement each other, colorful, and a poetic picture is born.
Spiegel Reflection Pool: The surface of the pool is as smooth as a mirror, the water quality is clear and blue, and the sky and clouds in the reflection pool, the snow peaks and dense forests are very clear, It is often difficult for the photographer to distinguish the correct after printing the photo taken here.
From the Spiegel Reflection Pool to the Washing Cave, there is a travertine stream about 1,500 meters long and 70-120 meters wide, called "Golden Sand Paving". On the right is the bonsai pond. It consists of a group of nearly a hundred pools, with pools within pools and ponds coats. The bottom of the pool is yellow, white, brown and gray, and the surface of the pool is clear and dust-free, like a mirror; In the pond next to the pool, there are wood, stone, flowers and plants everywhere, just like a strange bonsai made in heaven and earth, which is really beautiful.
Bonsai Pool
Sands Paving
washing hole
Welcome pool
unnamed beauty along the way
As one of the eight unique colors of the Yellow Dragon, whether it is a colorful pool, a colorful pool, or a clear reflection pool,...... Each has its own characteristics and beauty.From different angles and different seasons, the yellow dragon's pool shows different postures. It is an ever-changing color pool, and it is also an unparalleled "Yao Pool on Earth"!
After the yellow dragon tour, he returned to Chengdu after eating a meat pot made of big bones at the Tibetan toast's house at noon.
I returned to Chengdu at 8 p.m. and stayed at a hotel near the Wuhou Temple in Chengdu. Dinner at the restaurant next door to the hotel, garlic white meat, mapo tofu, pumpkin tips, blocking the noodles, so delicious, unfortunately I forgot to take a photo. Today I walked 22,000 steps, and it was even more difficult for Cailian Guliang, walking down the steps step by step with a trekking pole, and also walked 19,000 steps.
Day 5: Today I slept until I woke up naturally, and ate the hotel's buffet breakfast, which was good, with many varieties and deliciousness. It was the best breakfast I had on this trip. Today's arrangement is to visit the Chengdu Museum. There happened to be a free explanation, so we followed the docent to learn about the history, customs, and development of shadow puppetry in Chengdu. At noon, I ate drooling chicken, dry pot fat sausages, buckle meat, etc., and I was satisfied with the food.
Fly back to Zhuhai at 5:40 p.m., and the Jiuzhaigou Huanglong tour ended successfully.
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