There are many stories in the north and south of the Qinling Mountains - the Western Ring Road (1).

Number of days: 25 days
Time: July
With whom: With friends
Tour kinds: self-driving
Updated: 2022.01.11

In July 021, four families and eight old friends spent 25 days, passing through 7 provinces and regions, covering 8,200 kilometers, and completed a self-driving tour of the Western Ring Road.

Road map

Mianchi On
July 5, from Renqiu, drive 740 kilometers along the Daguang, Beijing-Hong Kong-Macao, and Lianhuo highways. In the afternoon, they arrived in Mianchi County, Henan Province.

Mianchi 1
Stay in Mianchi Hotel, the conditions are good and the cost performance is high.

Mianchi 2
Mianchi has a long history and has tourist attractions such as the "Yangshao Culture" site.

Mianchi 3 (Huimeng Park)
The ancient Qin Zhao Huimengtai is located in the Huimeng Ecological Park in the southwest of the county.

Mianchi 4 (Huimeng Monument Pavilion).
The "Historical Records" records that during the Warring States period, King Zhaoxiang of Qin proposed to King Zhao Huiwen to make peace with King Mianchi, and Lin Xiangru accompanied King Zhao there. During the banquet, the King of Qin coerced the King of Zhao to play the zither and asked the historian to record it in the history of Qin, which made the King of Zhao embarrassed. Lin Xiangru insisted on requesting the King of Qin to strike the pot and also ordered the historians of Zhao to record it in the history of Zhao. Qin officials were dissatisfied and threatened Zhao to cede 15 cities to the King of Qin, and Lin Xiangru also forced Qin to cede the capital Xianyang to the King of Zhao to wish him a birthday. -for-tat, tongue-in-cheek, the King of Qin failed to take advantage of it, so he had to reconcile with the King of Zhao. The soldiers of both sides buried their weapons in order to show friendship, and thus formed a high platform for the alliance.

Mianchi 5 (Monument of the Alliance)
In order to commemorate this history, the Ming Dynasty established a stele pavilion on the platform of the alliance, which was later damaged and rebuilt many times, and the existing one was rebuilt in 1985. The platform is 14 meters high, the pavilion is 8 meters high, and the stone stele in the octagonal pavilion is engraved with "Ancient Qin Zhao Hui Meng Tai".

Qinling On
July 6, continue westward along the Lianhuo Expressway and arrive at Qinling at noon. The Qinling Mountains start from southern Gansu in the west to western Henan in the east, the main section crosses southern Shaanxi, the southern slope has a humid climate, is the water source of the Han River, and the mountains on the northern slope are steep and spectacular. The Qinling Mountains are the dividing line between the north and south of China, and there are many stories, which is one of the highlights of this trip.

Qinling1
In ancient times, from Xi'an to Sichuan, you had to cross the Qinling Mountains and first reach Hanzhong. There are four ancient plank roads from Xi'an to Hanzhong, from east to west are Meridian Road, Luo Road, Baoxie Road, and Chencang Road, all of which have many historical stories. This time, the arrangement is to spend half a day touring the Meridian Road from north to south, and then check in and return to the watershed; It takes one day to cross the Qinling Mountains from the most beautiful Luo Road; take half a day to visit the Longmen plank road of Baoxie Road from the southern end; Abandoning the Chencang Road brought this trip into contact with three of the four ancient roads.
The Meridian Road starts from the Meridian Valley of Zhongnan Mountain in the Qinling Mountains in the north and reaches the Meridian Town in Xixiang County, Hanzhong in the south, with a total length of 330 kilometers, and is named after passing through the Meridian Valley.

Qinling 2
After the Hongmen Banquet, when Liu Bang went to Hanzhong to take office, he sent Zhang Liang to burn the Meridian Plank Road.During the Tang Tianbao period, prosperity resumed because Yang Guifei liked to eat lychees from Fuzhou, south of the Qinling Mountains, and needed a stagecoach to gallop along the meridian road, that is, there was a sentence of "the red dust rides the concubine laughs, and no one knows that it is a lychee", so it is also called "lychee road". The current G210 national highway was built on its basis.

Meridian Watershed The
main check-in point on the Meridian Road is the watershed, located at kilometer 997 of G210 National Highway, with a "Qinling" stone monument on both sides of the inscription Yangtze River System" and "Yellow River System" stone walls. The south of the stone monument is the waters of the Yangtze River, and the north is the waters of the Yellow River. The
watershed is 2,100 meters above sea level, which is the highest point of the G210 national highway, not the highest point of the Qinling Mountains. The northern slope of this section of the Qinling Mountains is relatively steep, and the distance from the watershed to Xi'an is relatively short, only 65 kilometers to the city center. The 28-kilometer uphill road after entering the mountain from Fengyukou has a height difference of more than 1,400 meters, with mountains and waters, and the scenery is very good, but the slope is steep and curved, and the speed needs to be controlled.
Turn back from the watershed and continue west for 100 kilometers to Zhouzhi County, where you will stay at Hanting Hotel.

week to 1 (hotel room).
Zhou Zhi is located 80 kilometers west of Xi'an City, at the northern end of Luo Road. The main consideration of choosing this accommodation is to facilitate the crossing of the Qinling Mountains tomorrow. Zhou Zhi's historical celebrities are Li Yong, a native of the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, known as Erqu, a philosopher, one of the "three great scholars in the world" during the Ming and Qing dynasties, and left 46 volumes of "Erqu Collection".

Zhou Zhi 2 (Li Yong statue)

On
July 7, along the G108 National Highway built on the basis of the Luo Road, crossed the Qinling Mountains, Go to Hanzhong.

Tang Luo Road 1
Wangluo Road enters the Qinling Mountains from Luoyu in Zhouzhi County in the north, and goes out of the Tangshui River Valley in Yang County in the south, and the entrance and exit are named after a character in the place name, with a total length of 240 kilometers. It is the closest and most dangerous of the four plank roads from Chang'an to Hanzhong in the past

If Luo Road 2
During the Three Kingdoms, Liu Bei established a military base in Hanzhong to attack Wei, and fought in advance and retreat. If Luo Road is the preferred road. The Tang Dynasty was once prosperous, but it was abandoned in the Southern Song Dynasty and has not been used since.

If Luo Dao 3
According to legend, in the "Anshi Rebellion", the death of Yang Guifei Maweipo was a stand-in. His true body went south from Maweipo, reached Hanzhong via the Luo Road, entered the Yangtze River along the Han River, went to Yangzhou, mingled in brothels, and then went to Japan. Bai Juyi's "Song of Everlasting Hatred" has "In the soil under Mawei Slope, there is no place where the jade face dies". When I wrote the poem, it was only 50 years before the Anshi Rebellion, and I should be able to get real material. Others say that they have followed Yang Guifei's footsteps in Japan and visited the temple and cemetery dedicated to Yang Guifei. There is a Quanyong Temple in Japan, which still houses the Guanyin statue of Yang Guifei, and there was even a Japanese girl who took out documents to prove that she was a descendant of Yang Guifei.

If Luo Dao 4
The "four treasures" of the Qinling Mountains: giant pandas, golden monkeys, crested ibises, and antelopes all live here, with the "Golden Monkey Reserve" in Zhouzhi County, the "Panda Valley" in Foping County and the "Crested Ibis Reserve" in Yang County. It was originally planned to check in all three protected areas, but there was an accident: a car forgot to refuel when it set off, and the fuel tank bottomed out!

If Luo Dao 5
There is no gas station in the mountains and mountains 120 kilometers from Zhouzhi to Foping, and now 50 kilometers away from Zhouzhi, there is no real front of the village and no shop behind. The good people have their own natural appearance, and when they were in trouble, a motorcycle came and hurriedly asked for help. This person is actually a car repair master in a roadside shop, and there is gasoline at home! I got on the motorcycle and got a bucket, and the problem was solved, but the time was delayed. When I arrived at the Golden Monkey Sanctuary, the scenic spot was closed. It turned out that the reserve was a cooperative project with the university, the school was closed, there were no students feeding monkeys, and it was closed. The Panda Valley behind is estimated to be wild, and there is no difference between captivity and zoos, so they simply don't look at it and go straight to Hanzhong.

Rongluo Road 6
The scenery along the Luo Road is still very beautiful. However, I didn't expect the mountains of the Qinling Mountains to be so high, the pulse to be so wide, and the road to be so curved, but the road surface is very flat and relatively wide, as long as you are careful about the curves and control the speed, there is no problem with safety.

If Luo Road 7
Lunch is settled in Foping County.

Foping County
Arrived in Hanzhong in the afternoon and checked into Hanting Hotel.

Hanzhong

Hanzhong1

Hanzhong2

Hanzhong 3
Hanzhong is a famous historical and cultural city, named after the Han River, known as "the country of heavenly wealth" and "the small south of the northwest".

Hanzhong4
Hanzhong is the birthplace of the Han family. Liu Bang rose here and achieved more than 400 years of Han Dynasty, and the titles of Han Dynasty, Han people, Han nationality, Chinese, and Han culture have been passed down to this day. Hanzhong is a place full of legendary stories, Xiao He chased Han Xin on a moonlit night, Han Xin Ming repaired the plank road, secretly crossed Chen Cang, Liu Bei established himself as the king of Hanzhong, Huang Zhongding's army split Xiahou Yuan with a mountain sword, Zhao Yun defeated Cao Jun on the shore of the Han River, Zhuge Liang came out of Qishan and so on, etc., all happened here, and Li Du and other literati and poets also left a lot of ink poems here. There are many things to see, and this time only the Baijiangtai and the ancient Hantai in the urban area are arranged.

Worship the altar July
8 The
altar of worship is located on the south side of the middle road of the South Ring Road in Hanzhong, and is said to have been built by Liu Bang of the Western Han Dynasty to worship heaven and earth and worship Han Xin as a general.

Worship Altar 1
The Baijiang Altar is composed of two earthen platforms in the north and south, the south platform is more than 3 meters high, surrounded by white marble railings, and is surrounded by Han Xin statues. A stone stele is erected on the east and west sides of the stage, the east stele is engraved with "Worship the General", and the west stele is engraved with "Han General Han Xin Worships the General Altar". Is it a "platform" or an "altar"? I didn't figure it out.

Worship Altar 2

Worship Altar 3
There is a pavilion built on the north platform, with a plaque of "Worship the Altar" hanging on it, with cornices and corners, and the momentum is majestic.

Worship the altar 4

Baijiangtan 5
There is a "National Scholar Unparalleled" exhibition room on the west side of the back of the North Terrace, which mainly introduces Han Xin's life and exploits.

Baijiangalan 6
There are not many things to see in the garden, and the beautification is good, especially the small environment on the west side is very beautiful.

Worship Altar 7

Worship the altar 8

Worship the altar 9

Baijiang Altar 10

Ancient Han Terrace

Ancient Hantai 1
The ancient Han Terrace is located 500 meters north of the Baijiang Altar and is the site of Liu Bang's palace in Hanzhong. After the Hongmen Banquet, Liu Bang was named King of Han by Xiang Yu, and Uncle Tian, the governor of Hanzhong, built a 7-meter-high terrace architectural palace for Liu Bang here, sitting north and facing south, divided into three levels, with a typical Qin and Han court architectural style.

Ancient Han Terrace 2
"Leaving this piece of soil is still the foundation of the Han family", and later generations regarded this high platform as a symbol of the foundation of the Han Dynasty.

Ancient Hantai 3 The
buildings on the current platform are built with three courtyards rising step by step from south to north according to the original style and layout of the ancient Hantai. The interior displays Hanzhong historical materials and cultural relics, so the ancient Hantai also has a name - Hanzhong City Museum.

Ancient Hantai 4

Ancient Hantai 5

Ancient Hantai 6
The most beautiful building of ancient Hantai is the Wangjiang Tower built in the Southern Song Dynasty, also known as Tianhan Tower, which has both north and south architectural styles and is located at the highest point of the ancient Han Terrace.

Ancient Han Tai 7

Guhantai 8
Both attractions are not big, and it is still early after watching in the morning, leaving Hanzhong and continuing forward, arriving at Mian County at noon.
Mian County is located 50 kilometers west of Hanzhong, on the western edge of the Hanzhong Basin, as the southern exit of the ancient Baoxie Road, there are many historical relics, and this time the tour is arranged to visit the Shimen Plank Road and the Tomb of Wuhou.

Mian County

Baoxie Road
Shimen Plank Road Scenic Area is located in the valley of Baogu Mountain, 20 kilometers northwest of Hanzhong, at the southern end of the ancient Baoxie Road, and is a 4A-level scenic spot. The Baogu Mountains are steep, with green peaks, clean and elegant; Shimen Reservoir Gaoxia Ping Lake, rippling blue waves and beautiful scenery.

Shimen Plank Road 1

Shimen Plank Road 2

Shimen Plank Road 3 (Baosi Shop)
Baoxie Road starts from the mouth of Baogu in Hanzhong in the south to Xieyu Pass in Meixian County in the north, and carves holes along the cliff of the river valley, with beams as beams, standing trees as pillars, and wooden railings on top. It forms a plank road with a total length of more than 230 kilometers, which is one of the four passages from ancient Hanzhong to Xi'an.

Shimen Plank Road 4

Shimen Plank Road 5
The ancient plank road carriages and horses walk in the air, which is extremely thrilling and spectacular, as the so-called "Shu Road is difficult, difficult to go to the sky", and Baoxie Road is also known as the "crown of Shu Road".

Shimen Plank Road 6

Shimen Plank Road 7
The most famous place of the Baoxie Road is in Shimen. It is a door opening located on the bank of the Bao River at the southern end, only more than 16 meters long, less than 4 meters high, and a little more than 4 meters wide. The terrain here is special, the rocks are hard, and it is impossible to build a plank road, so the ancients carved this cave by burning fire and water. This project, which does not seem to be an "engineering" project today, is the first artificially excavated traffic tunnel in the world. The original stone gate has been submerged under water, and the current stone gate is being copied.

Shimen Plank Road 8
Baoxie Road is an ancient road full of stories. At the southern end is the hometown of Bao Si, the protagonist of King You of Zhou's beacon play, and at the north end is the Wuzhangyuan where Zhuge Liang died, Han Xin's "Ming Xiu Plank Road", Zhuge Liang's six out of Qishan, and Tang Xuanzong's exile in Sichuan to avoid the Anshi Rebellion all came from this ancient road.

Shimen Plank Road 9

Shimen Plank Road 10

Shimen Plank Road 11 The
construction of Shimen Reservoir caused the ancient plank road and Shimen, as well as Bao Si's hometown, to sink into the water, but there are still some remains of the ancient plank road downstream of the reservoir dam.

Shimen Plank Road 12 The
east side of the Shimen Plank Road Scenic Area is under construction and is not open.

Shimen Plank Road 13 (Reservoir Dam)

Shimen Plank Road 14 (Shimen Reservoir)
Stay at the Mian County Lanting Hotel that night.

Wuhou Tomb
On the morning of July 9, visit the Wuhou Tomb.

Wuhou Tomb 1
Wuhou (Zhuge Liang) Tomb is located at the foot of Dingjun Mountain, four kilometers south of Mian County, Zhuge Liang left Qishan for the sixth time, and died of illness after Wuzhangyuan at the north end of Baoxie Road. He was buried here according to his will.

Wuhou Tomb 2
The cemetery is a large temple with three courtyards connected side by side. Entering the gate of the cemetery, a green pine and cypress, quiet and simple.

Wuhou Tomb 3
In the courtyard of the main hall, there are many poems praising Zhuge Liang and stone steles that restore the tomb temple inscriptions. The shrine in the hall enshrines a statue of Zhuge Liang, with book boys standing on either side, Zhang Bao, and Guan Xing standing on both sides of the niche. The East and West Wing is a sculpture exhibition introducing Zhuge Liang's life.

Tomb of the Marquis of Wu 4

Wuhou Tomb 5
Behind the hall is Zhuge Liang's tomb, which is like an overturned bucket, five or six meters high, surrounded by white jade guardrails, and carved with Zhuge Liang's life story patterns.

Wuhou Tomb 6
There is a four-corner pavilion in front of the tomb, and a plaque of "Shuanggui Liufang" is hung inside. There are two tombstones in the pavilion, one is the "Tomb of Han Prime Minister Zhuge Liang Wuhou" erected by Zhao Jian, the Shaanxi inspector of the Ming Dynasty, and the other is the "Tomb of Han Zhuge Liang Wuhou" erected by Prince Guo, the nineteenth brother of Qing Yongzheng.

Wuhou Tomb 7 There
is a tall yellow fruit tree growing on the tomb, and according to Chinese cultural tradition, trees cannot be planted on the grave. Therefore, people believe that this tree that grew by itself is the incarnation of Zhuge Liang's wife Huang Achou, who shields her husband from the wind and rain on the tomb.