Live Your Best Lives
1. Old friends
I stopped by to visit relatives and classmates I hadn't seen for many years, although the transportation is now developed, but living in different provinces, it is not easy to meet each other. Therefore, being able to see them and chat with them was the biggest gain of my trip. From this, I also learned more about Chengdu. Of course, there are a few people I have known for a long time.
Chengdu--Sichuan Playthings Museum Zhang Daqian Pavilion Zhang Daqian is a legend in Chinese calligraphy and painting, and Xu Beihong commented: A thousand in the past five hundred years. The two places I visited are related to him, one is Qingcheng Mountain, and the other is the Sichuan Provincial Museum, and I have the honor to witness Mr. Wang's works and relics, and get a glimpse of his style. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the Japanese puppets always wanted to use Zhang Daqian, so he had to hide in the Qing Palace on Qingcheng Mountain, and now he has a former residence. In 1955, Zhang Daqian, who lived overseas, entrusted his two wives to donate more than 100 copied Dunhuang murals and more than 80 seals to the Sichuan Provincial Museum. Zhang Daqian spent 3 years copying more than 200 murals in Dunhuang, treating them as treasures and not selling them at a high price.
Chengdu--Du Fu thatched cottage When you go to Chengdu, you must mention Du Fu. It is said that the thatched cottage in Chengdu today is indeed the place where Du Fu lived. This poet, who lived a poor life and starved to death with his children, could not have imagined that he would have such a huge reputation behind him, leaving rich works for national culture and adding charm to the ancient city.
Du Fu also lived in Chang'an Shaolingyuan near my hometown for a long time, and in his poems he called himself "Duling Ye Lao" and "Shaoling Ye Ke", and people also called him "Du Shaoling".
I visited Shaolingyuan in Chang'an in 1995. "Shaoling" is originally a place name, in the southern Chang'an District of Xi'an. It was originally the old land of the ancient Du Bo Kingdom, where Emperor Xuan was buried after his death, and his tomb was called "Duling", and the tomb of Empress Xuan of Emperor Xuan was nearby, because it was smaller than the imperial mausoleum, so it was called "Shaoling" ("less" means "small"). Du Fu's distant ancestor was a native of Duling, Jingzhao.
2. Plateau
Take a car from Chengdu, along National Highway 213 by the Min River, all the way northwest, and end at Jiuzhaigou. Along the way, it passes through Dujiangyan, Wenchuan, Maoxian, Songpan, and Jiuzhaigou counties.
Wenchuan - Wenchuan County 
Wenchuan - Wenchuan County As soon as you enter the jurisdiction of Wenchuan Mao County, the scenery changes, which is a typical arid river valley topography, which is very different from the dense green around Chengdu. The mountains here are tall and majestic, and some of the stones on the mountains are exposed, and there are no big trees, revealing desolation.
Wenchuan - The collapsed mountain on the edge of Wenchuan County In the area of Wenchuan and Maoxian, many mountains have sparse vegetation and loose soil and rocks, as if they will fall at any time. In some places, the rubble has rolled down, leaning against the mountain, forming a pile of sand and gravel tens of meters high, which is estimated to be caused by the earthquake.
Songpan To the territory of Songpan County, the exposed mountains are gone, the vegetation is very lush, and gradually show the characteristics of a pure plateau, and occasionally you can see yaks on the hillside. There are also people who lead white yaks to set up stalls on the side of the road for tourists to take pictures.
Songpan - Alpine meadow near the town of Cheonjusa Temple 
Songpan - Chuanzhusi Town The highest point on the way is the town of Chuanzhusi Temple, which is more than 3,100 meters above sea level, a brand new small town that blends Sino-Tibetan style and is full of hotels and restaurants. Nearby is an alpine meadow landform, there are no big trees, the ridge does not seem to be high, the grass is green, the green is clean and fresh, the blue sky and white clouds, the blue is pure and transparent, and the yaks and sheep graze freely, which is very beautiful.
Before and after Chuanzhu Temple, due to the rapid change in altitude, it is obvious that the ears will swell and deflate. The tour guide repeatedly emphasized the prevention of altitude sickness, do not rush after getting off the bus, and do not take a shower on the first night.
After arriving at Jiuzhaigou, after dinner, we stayed in a hotel. In the morning and evening, walking nearby, it was cool, and the river next to the plastic trail was not wide, but it flowed very fast, loud, and seemed to be windy, and it was a little unbearable to wear short sleeves. I wanted to go to the lively place in Zhangzha Town to take a look, but the temperature was getting lower and lower, and I was afraid of freezing and cold, so I had to trot back to the hotel. After looking at the weather forecast, Chengdu and Quzhou are both scorching heat of more than 30 degrees, but Jiuzhaigou is a cool spring and autumn, which is really cool!
Jiuzhaigou--Changhai The weather in the mountains is like a child's face, and it changes when you say it. On July 3, when entering the Jiuzhaigou Scenic Area, the sun was shining brightly, a little hot, and I took an electric bus, from Shuzhenggou through the Nuorilang transfer point, and then along Zezhawagou, straight to Changhai, driving more than 50 kilometers. After getting out of the car, I found that I couldn't stand it without a coat, Xu Xin's daughter was three years old, so cold that she hugged her arms and kept saying cold. All the way along the Changhai and Colorful Pond, after watching the upper and lower seasons with almost no water in the car, and then turning to Rizegou to see the most beautiful five-flower sea in Jiuzhaigou. Order buffet at noon at Norilang Center. After that, take the electric bus to the northeast and turn into Rize Gou again, some sections are sunny, and some sections are raining. Arriving at the Swan Sea, less than a minute after getting off the car, dark clouds covered the sun, the temperature dropped sharply, and heavy rain followed, so I quickly put on my coat and held up an umbrella. So I simply waited for the bus on the side of the road and continued to sit upwards to the primeval forest, where it had just rained, and now it was the turn of the sun to appear, a little hot.
3. Beautiful scenery
The beauty of the palace probably ends in the Forbidden City. The beauty of the mountains probably ends up to Huangshan. The beauty of water probably ends in Jiuzhaigou and Huanglong.
The sound of the loud voice is rarely the sound, and the elephant is rarely formed. The beauty of Jiuzhaigou and Huanglong lies in purity. The colors here are bright and beautiful, and walking anywhere feels like being in a painting. High altitude limits human activity, but also animals and plants. As a result, the water is crystal clear and looks clear, the sky is blue and transparent, with only a few white clouds, and the trees on the mountain are green and verdant, mostly firs and spruces. Jiuzhaigou and Huanglong in early July are dominated by green and blue, and autumn is more colorful.
Jiuzhaigou--Changhai 
Jiuzhaigou--Colorful Pond 
Jiuzhaigou--Wuhuahai 
Jiuzhaigou--Pearl Beach 
Jiuzhaigou--Nuorilang Waterfall The scenery of Jiuzhaigou is mainly composed of mountains, lakes, forests, beaches, waterfalls and other elements, dominated by plant karst travertine deposition, forming a gorgeous and elegant group of lakes in Jiuzhaigou, rushing streams, waterfalls splashing with pearls, ancient and deep forests, and rolling snow peaks. The end of the 86th version of Journey to the West was filmed here, and the four Tang monks and apprentices walked on the Nuorilang Waterfall. It is said that European tourists come here and feel like the Alps.
Songpan--Huanglong Scenic Area Xuebaoding In the Huanglong Scenic Area, the first thing that catches your eye is the main peak in the south, Xuebao Peak, which is 5,588 meters above sea level and snow all year round, which is the main peak of the Minshan Mountains and the sacred mountain of the Benbo Sect, black and white. To the north of Huanglong Scenic Area is an alpine meadow, like a huge green barrier, guarding the beautiful scenery of Huanglong.
Songpan--Huanglong Scenic Area Colorful Pond Huanglong Scenic Area is only more than 100 kilometers away from Jiuzhaigou in a straight line, but it actually takes more than 200 kilometers, and the highest point of the scenic spot is more than 4,100 meters. It is mainly composed of a unique and large-scale yellow calcification pond and a calcification beach, hovering in the ditch, like a giant dragon. The pool itself is yellow, the water is blue, green or blue, layer upon layer, one next to the other, one by one, from top to bottom, staggered and beautiful. Most of the ponds are covered with willow trees and a small number of fir trees.
Jiuzhaigou and Huanglong are masterpieces of nature, and artificial carvings are superfluous here, so there are no artificial buildings except for sightseeing plank roads and asphalt roads.
I don't like the messy inscriptions and excessive commerce in the mainland landscape, and even ancient famous paintings and calligraphy works may be stamped by dozens of seals by future generations.
Jiuzhaigou and Huanglong precisely because they are tall and remote, they maintain a piece of purity. I hope that people now and in the future will cherish them, protect them, and not tarnish them.
Fourth, the ethnic
groupcame out of Dujiangyan, claiming to be of mixed Tibetan and Chinese descent, Markang was born and raised, and is now a Tibetan.
I am no stranger to Tibetans, there were 5 Tibetans in the same class in college, and there were Changdu Chengguan people in the same dormitory, who were of mixed Tibetan and Chinese descent; There are people from Yadong in Shigatse, with high noses and deep eyes; A classmate in Lhasa, Chinese character hard pen calligraphy surpasses the vast majority of Han people.
When I heard that I had entered the Wenchuan jurisdiction, I no longer closed my eyes to rest, but opened my eyes wide and looked outward. As soon as it exits the Duwen Expressway, the building has a Qiang flavor, with a flat roof and a prominent small triangle at the four corners. If you have been to the west of Jiuquan, you always feel that this kind of flat top is familiar, after all, the Qiang people migrated from northwest China.
Thewall by the road is painted with sheep symbols, the size and height are the same, as if they are made uniformly. There are still a small number of Qiang houses on the mountain that are flat-roofed houses made of stone chips, which are square. The Qiang people in the new era, influenced by urban life, built more reinforced concrete bungalows or buildings.
The tour guide said that the sheep is the totem of the Qiang people, "Qiang" itself means shepherd, and the Qiang people have three uniques: Qiang embroidery, Qiang diao, and Qiang flute, and there are no more than ten people who can play the Qiang flute skillfully. The Qiang people generally believe in primitive religions, namely animism, polytheistic beliefs, and ancestor worship. There are many gods believed in by the Qiang people, but there are no bronze statues, all of which are symbolized by white stones, the white stones offered on the roof represent the gods of heaven, the white stones next to the fire pond represent the gods of fire, the white stones on the top of the mountains represent the gods of heaven, and the white stones in the fields represent the gods of the green seedlings and the earth. Some people have many white stones on the roofs, which represent other gods in addition to the gods. The Qiang people often pray to Baishi for longevity and burn incense to worship. Dayu is a Qiang person.
The car moved all the way, in the Wenchuan and Maoxian areas, you can often see the Qiang watchtowers next to the villages, towering on the hillside, quadrilateral, hexagonal, and octagonal, made of stone, very eye-catching. It is said that the height of the watchtower is generally between 10 and 30 meters, used to resist the enemy and store grain and firewood, and the construction is not drawn, hanging wire, or column support, all relying on superb skills and experience, the building is stable and reliable, and some have even withstood the test of the Wenchuan earthquake.
Mao County - Minjiang River Valley Most of the people in the car are looking outside, the mountains on both sides of the road are high and the valleys are deep, the drop is large, the Min River is fast, the vegetation on the mountain is not dense enough, the villages on both sides of the river are relatively dense, and cash crops such as peppercorns, plums, cherries, apples, and Sichuan shellfish are planted on the not wide slope, and we deeply feel that the life of the Qiang people is not easy.
Mao County - Maowen Bridge 
Mao County - the square east of the Maowen Bridge When he returned to Chengdu on July 5, he stayed in Mao County at night, which is the largest Qiang county in the country, with an altitude of 1,580 meters and a very open valley, making it the most populous county in Aba Prefecture. On the way to the County People's Hospital (Qiang Medical Research Institute) to do nucleic acid, there was a large group of people in Qiaotou Square, surrounded by several floors inside and outside, dancing Qiang dances. Perhaps, after experiencing the suffering of the Wenchuan earthquake, they can feel the sweetness of life 3.
Songpan--Yuanba Plateau Service Station From Mao County to the north, it gradually enters the transition area between the Minshan Mountains and the Songpan Plateau, and the vegetation is becoming more and more lush. About 11 kilometers away from Songpan County, there is the Yuanba Plateau Service Station, which is mainly used for rest and supply. Entering the shopping supermarket, you need to pass through a corridor first, there are more than 10 pens on the left, lined up, all of which are Tibetan mastiffs, this is the first time I have seen a real Tibetan mastiff, I didn't expect so many at once.
Songpan County is located in the valley at an altitude of 2,850 meters, is an ancient city, where the mountains are gentle, the valley floor is open, the old county town is surrounded by ancient city walls, and there is the word "Songzhou" on the main gate.
Wenchuan - Wenchuan County 
Songpan--Maiji Village It may be the reason for the reconstruction after the earthquake, the houses I saw along the way were relatively new and the design was very good. The most impressive thing is Maiji Village, Songpan County, a unique Qiang village, located on a flat land at the turn of the Min River, which is wider and cleaner than other villages, with willows outside the village and the turbulent Min River flowing in front of the village, like a paradise. Later, I checked and found that the construction of Maiji Village was also credited to Zhejiang people, because this village was jointly built by Tongxiang and Songpan.
Jiuzhaigou--Huang Hada House in Zhangzha Village It was already 21:40 in the evening at Jiuzhaigoukou, and according to the plan, we had dinner at a Tibetan restaurant called Huang Hada House. The young and handsome male host was already waiting at the door, offering yellow hada to each guest. We followed up to the second floor, the interior decoration is mainly red, exuding a strong Tibetan style, but if you look closely at the style and pattern, it is basically the same as the Han people, which is the result of the exchange between Tibetan and Han national culture and Buddhist culture in history.
Jiuzhaigou - Huang Hada House in Zhangzha Village 
Jiuzhaigou - Huang Hada House in Zhangzha Village The meal is Tibetan-style hot pot, everyone sits around a large square table, sitting on a bench, several young men and women in Tibetan robes bring highland barley wine and butter tea, and put a large plate of yak meat, let us experience the national meal of drinking in large bowls and eating meat in large pieces. We follow the previous warning of the Tangtang tour guide: most Tibetan restaurants are run by a family, and they don't like to be called waiters, usually called Solang (handsome guy) and Somo (beauty).
The family kept coming in with meat and vegetables, and the men took turns singing to us while introducing their own situation. They were already full, and the owner kept adding meat and vegetables, and everyone waved their hands and told them to bring them back and not waste them.
At noon on July 5, I dined at a toast collector near Chuanzhusi Town, and the meal was ordinary, but the Tibetan song and dance performance of a man and two women from the owner's family set off the atmosphere very actively. The hostess seems ordinary, and when she opens her voice, her high-pitched Tibetan pronunciation is amazing.
5. History
Theancients were very smart and good at finding places, the terrain was flat and there was water, easy to develop, Chengdu just met these conditions, naturally there were many tribes living here, leaving many relics.
Dujiangyan--Yuzui 
Dujiangyan - Yuzui For more than 2,000 years, Dujiangyan has played an important role in regulating the water volume of the Chengdu Plain and achieving the reputation of Tianfu.When I stood on the "fish mouth" and watched the Min River split in two, I was very excited. How did the ancients construct? The water flow is so turbulent that big stones can be washed away, Li Bing and the others must have spent a lot of effort, so the people of Chengdu still remember his goodness. Walking from the rope bridge to the bottom of the mountain, I looked up and saw the three big characters "Wean Gong Tang" on the plaque, I think that Li Bing should be commemorated, and if people are alive, they will do more good deeds.
Dujiangyan--Qing Palace on Qingcheng Mountain Another famous attraction in Dujiangyan City is Qingcheng Mountain, surrounded by undulating peaks and lush trees, enjoying the reputation of "Qingcheng Tianxia You". In 143 AD, Zhang Daoling, the founder of Taoism, arrived at Qingcheng Mountain and preached here. Although the weather was hot, I still insisted on climbing up to the Laojun Pavilion at the top, which was considered a question.
Guanghan - Bronze statue wearing a gold mask in Sanxingdui Museum 
Guanghan - Bronze dragon in Sanxingdui Museum Li Bing left a big name, but there is another famous but not named, that is, Sanxingdui. On the morning of July 6, I finally walked into the coveted Sanxingdui Museum, located in Guanghan City. There are a large number of cultural relics unearthed from the site, with the most bronzes, pottery, jade, and gold, and exquisite shapes. Moreover, some bronze sacred trees, bronze standing figures, and bronze masks are huge. On the whole, Sanxingdui cultural relics have an obvious Shang Dynasty style, including four large vessels, which are exactly the same as the style of the Zhou Dynasty. Manufacturing such a large number of exquisite utensils requires a lot of manpower and material resources and superb technology, and it is bound to belong to a developed civilization, but not a single word has been found, so it is still confusing which country and who made it.
Chengdu - Rap figurines in the Sichuan Plaything Museum With doubts, on the morning of July 7, I walked into the Sichuan Provincial Museum again. This is a good place to observe the history and ethnic features of the southwest, which is very distinctive, especially the Sichuan Ethnic Cultural Relics Museum and the Tibetan Buddhist Cultural Relics Museum, the ethnic cultural relics on display are selected, showing a variety of folk customs and folk customs. There are two of them here, such as the Gabala bowl, a Tibetan Buddhist ritual made from a human skull. Some cultural relics are very well preserved, and the copper axes and spoons of the Warring States period are shiny.
Chengdu--Wuhou Temple After leaving Sichuanbo, I took my daughter to the Wuhou Temple by car. When I arrived at the archway gate, I asked the security guard if the Wuhou Temple was coming from here, and he said yes. As a result, I walked north to Liu Xiang's tomb, and before I found the door of the Wuhou Temple, I had to go forward along the road, walk through Jinli Ancient Street, turn a big U-shape, and return to the same street as the archway gate to find the gate of the Wuhou Temple. Alas, uncle, do you always do it on purpose?
The plaque on the gate reads "Han Zhaolie Temple", which is strange. Judging from the layout of the ancestral hall, Liu Bei was placed in the most noble position, and Liu Bei's Huiling was there, and at the same time, many civil officials and military generals of Western Shu were enshrined. Why is it not called Zhao Lie Temple? And it is called Wuhou Shrine. I really couldn't figure it out, so I looked it up.
At the turn of the two Jin Dynasties, Li Xiong, who was divided in Shu, established the Wuhou Temple in Chengdu, adjacent to Liu Bei's tomb, which has survived through the ages. By the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang's son Zhu Chun was named the King of Shu, and when he went to Chengdu to see the Wuhou Temple incense, Liu Bei's Zhaolie Temple was sparsely populated and felt that it was not in line with the etiquette of the monarch and his ministers, so he removed the Wuhou Temple and moved Zhuge Liang's incense into the Zhaolie Temple, but since then the people have called the Zhaolie Temple Wuhou Temple. In the late Ming Dynasty, the Wuhou Temple was destroyed in the war and rebuilt during the Kangxi period.
6. Modernity
Thereis no doubt that Chengdu is a modern metropolis and an ancient city with a deep historical heritage.
In addition to being big, Chengdu gives me the strongest feeling that it is refreshing, the streets are flat, there are no high and low roads, and the buildings are relatively neat, without going back and forth.
Chengdu's greenery is just right, no more, no less, lush. I have always lamented that no matter how well the greening of northern cities is done, it does not have the fresh feeling of the south, because there is too much dust.
Chengdu--Chunxi Road On the evening of July 6, a villager treated guests, ate hot pot in Bazi (Jinsha Store) in western Sichuan, and went to Chunxi Road, although this kind of modern commercial pedestrian street is not uncommon, but I was still surprised, the streets were bustling, the vast majority of them were young people around 20 years old, full of vitality, and the future was promising.
Cross the Red Star Road, you will come to Taikoo Li, where major luxury brands are gathered, just look at the window of the Moncler watch store on the street , the cheapest watch costs 128,000 yuan, and the most expensive one costs more than 380,000 yuan.
Chengdu--People's Park Heming Teahouse Early in the morning of July 7, I took my daughter to People's Park, where there are green trees, a quiet environment, lotus flowers blooming in the pond, and several teahouses hidden among the trees. The tour guide recommended Heming Teahouse in front of me, so I ran to it. The main body of Heming is an antique building, facing the lake, and the door is densely packed with bamboo tables and chairs, and there are people at more than a dozen tables leaning against the lake. The two of us could only ask for the second, sit down next to a sycamore tree, ask for a cup of gaiwan tea and a cup of chrysanthemum tea, and taste them separately with Yaya.
Seven or eight ear pickers were busy shuttling between the tea tables, wearing uniform gray clothes and various tools hanging from their shoulders. A young ear picker next to me had just finished his work, I waved, and he came over to operate, which was really comfortable, which was a feeling I liked. I only experience it, 30 yuan for 3 minutes, it seems that these masters have a high income.
When I was a child, my mother used matchsticks to pluck my ears and my brother's ears, and we both liked it. When Yaya was five or six years old, she also liked to pluck my ears, but sometimes she used too much force and it hurt a little, and her family was also worried about what if her child's family didn't have a good grasp of the strength and broke my ears.
On the afternoon of July 7, I came to Tianfu New Area and Shuangliu District. Lu Wen drove me from Shuzhou Road to Xinglong Lake, and the moment I just arrived at the highway around the lake, I was stunned, the view here is excellent, the beautiful scenery of Xinglong Lake is in full view, blue sky, clear water, green space, with the surrounding modern buildings, very coordinated. We walked around the lake, and the buildings in Tianfu New Area are mainly silver and gray, with low building density, large green space, and a strong sense of modernity.
7. Food
>As long as you are a Chinese, it is estimated that there is no one who does not like Sichuan cuisine. I became acquainted with Sichuan cuisine, and I went back to more than 20 years ago, when I was in school in Chongqing, I started eating Sichuan cuisine, and I fell in love with it all at once. Sweet and sour pork, kung pao chicken, sauerkraut fish, husband and wife lung slices, spicy chicken, hairy blood, mapo tofu, Dongpo elbow, fish-flavored shredded pork...... All delicious. If nothing else, let's just talk about stir-fried waist flowers, and other places can't make the taste of Sichuan cuisine. The method of this dish is said to be eighteen shovels, which means to stir-fry quickly over high heat. I once ate this dish in the late autumn of 2001 in a small shop near Southwest Normal University in Beibei District, Chongqing, cut it like squid flowers, it tasted tender and flavorful, not fishy at all, very good with rice, and several people who ate together came from different provinces and unanimously praised it. Later, I have eaten stir-fried waist flowers in Fujian and Zhejiang one after another, to be honest, it is not comparable to Sichuan cuisine, either hard or bloody.
At noon on July 7, after visiting the Wuhou Temple, my daughter and I were already hungry, and it was time to have a meal. Tangtang tour guide told us a few days ago that Kuanzhai Alley and Jinli belong to the Internet celebrity check-in place, things are expensive and unpalatable, go to the Jianshe Road food street, delicious and not expensive, buy a little bit of each, go to a few more, don't eat full all of a sudden.
Chengdu--Jianshe Road Let's go. Although the streets and shops of Jianshe Road look ordinary, the food is very tempting and there are many customers. I followed the tour guide to buy a little less each time, but I only went to 3 places and was full, I ordered honey bean juice drink, crispy stinky tofu, fried pork belly, the taste is very good, and the seasoning is not very heavy, after eating, the mouth is not salty. It seems that what the tour guide said is true, and I hope to eat it again in the future.
On the morning of July 8, the plane once again rose over the land of Tianfu, and we ended our 8-day journey, with aftertaste and reluctance, these days, we did go to a lot of places, but I think it is not enough, I think, Sichuan, I will definitely come back again.
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