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In the long river of history, thanks to the beautiful natural features of mountains and rivers, the rich ecological environment of people and the long-standing historical heritage, Sichuan has been given the reputation of "the country of abundance". I believe that many friends from other provinces who come to Sichuan to travel to Sichuan have the first impression of Sichuan is the rich local food culture, which not only has a hot pot meal as famous as Chongqing, but also derives more down-to-earth spicy and fragrant ways to eat such as spicy tang, skewers and vegetables. As a representative of Sichuan cuisine, Sichuan cuisine is actually mainly divided into Shanghe Gang Sichuan cuisine with Chengdu and Leshan in western Sichuan as the center, and Xiaohebang Sichuan cuisine (salt gang cuisine) centered on Zigong in southern Sichuan.
Therefore, as a senior foodie natives located in the western Sichuan Plain, the author wants to say that if you happen to be rushing to check in for food in front of the screen, then it is strongly recommended that you have time to go to Leshan, which is only more than 100 kilometers away from Chengdu, where there are not only delicious delicacies that cannot be eaten for three consecutive days, but also all kinds of street food can support the stomach is not enough, and there are also many natural and cultural attractions worth checking in. Unbelief? And with the author's travelogue guide, let's first feel it in the cloud.
| Food |
The main store is located at No. 41 East Street, Central District, Leshan City, which is definitely the king of Leshan food culture, and it is also a delicacy that the author must check in every time he goes to Leshan. The so-called bowl is actually a kind of shape description of the basin, the early clay pot basin is now replaced with stainless steel basin, the ingredients are not only chicken, the meat and vegetarian dishes that can be eaten in the skewers can basically be eaten in the bowl chicken.
Granny Ye Bo Bo Chicken offers four flavors: red oil, rattan pepper, garlic aroma, and five-spice, the first two classic flavors will be slightly spicy, the sesame flavor of red oil is particularly fragrant, and the numb taste of rattan pepper is more fresh and refreshing. The ingredients are cooked in advance for 8 minutes, and finally the waiter takes the selected dishes to boiling water and soaks them in boiling water, and then puts them into the soup basin of the selected flavor and serves them to the table, so as long as you choose the dishes at the table, you can taste this exquisite specialty food immediately without waiting. Of course, when you go to Granny Ye's main store on weekends, you must be mentally prepared to queue up for numbers.
In addition, friends who don't drink recommend their sago dew as a fairy dessert to relieve summer heat and relieve spiciness, and it tastes great. And for friends who come to Leshan for the first time, they can also order a bottle of local classic specialty drink Emei Xue (lychee soda) in the store.
Friends who like to eat braised food must not miss the local Zhao Yazi and Wang Hao'er Ji Liuji, two brand chain stores, but it is not very recommended to go to Granny Ye to queue up to buy, the whole Leshan actually has a lot of their chain stores, just because Granny Ye has formed a popular check-in place for tourism, so basically foreign tourists come here to queue up to buy.
In fact, there are many braised dishes in the two stores that overlap, and the taste is not too different. Personally, I am more inclined to buy Zhao Yazi's sweet-skinned duck, which is said to be marinated first, then fried and finally drizzled with oil, which achieves a crispy and slightly sweet skin and tender duck meat. And Wang Hao'er's Ji Liu's rattan pepper duck feet and duck wings are a must, the brine aroma has a fresh and refreshing taste soaked in rattan pepper oil, although eating one or two will feel numb lips and tongue, but there is a rhythm that can't stop wanting to continue gnawing.
Leshan is also not to be missed, including fried skewers, the more well-known and highly rated ones include Yingzi Fried and Xia Ji Changyao Fried, The former's main store is at No. 68 Garden Street in the city's central district, and the latter is located on Oil Press Street, which is closer to Granny Ye.
Because the author went to Xia Ji Changyao Frying before, this time Leshan Xing specially went to experience the popular Yingzi frying, which is very popular on non-weekend nights, and the popularity in the store is still very strong, and in general, it is also not thunderous and delicious and inexpensive, but I personally think that Yingzi fried will be a little spicier by default. The fried skewers use old oil with a certain amount of brine, and the environmental hygiene of such stores is generally average, but because it does taste very fragrant and enjoyable, other problems seem to be ignored by the delicious mouth.
Close to the Wal-Mart supermarket circle, the main store is located at No. 34 Gulou Street, Shizhong District, Jiumei Chicken Claw is also a local must, in addition to the traditional classic pickled pepper chicken feet, garlic, passion fruit, Sauce and other flavors of pickled chicken feet have their own flavors, and snacks and wine are quite satisfying.
Although the entire Leshan urban area of the beef shops are all over the streets and alleys, Suji Town, as its birthplace, is more worth tasting on the spot, not to mention that the current Suji Town has created an ancient town culture is also worth checking in. The ancient city Xiangqiaojiao beef shop in the town is very distinctive, full of ancient charm, and the taste is benevolent. Local friends in Suji Town recommended the two stores of Qiaotou Zhouji and Xiaoyang near the town government to the author.
Stomp beef made from beef and various beef offal and secret Chinese herbal soup pots, the beef is tender and the beef louvers are crisp, and the soup is fragrant and nourishing. There is no slightest odor. And you can not only order the large, medium and small pots with good beef and beef offal, but also order your favorite small bowl with various types of beef offal.
By the way, wandering around Suji Town, the author also found that there is a stall selling dry beef, and their dry beef has special qualifications, all of which are selected beef strips, which are torn and eaten with a special fragrance after being marinated and baked. It's a bit expensive in price, but if you think about it, you can make a dry rice of more than 3 taels of beef with a pound of beef, which is understandable.
In addition, the Linjiang eel silk trip to Leshan, which local friends have been through many times, has finally been arranged as desired. Located in Linjiang Town, not far from the suburbs of Leshan City, in fact, there are also many restaurants that specialize in Linjiang eel shreds, friends focused on recommending Qingli Hotel, 80 catties of eel shreds should be the general price in the town, the method is a bit similar to the flavor of Sichuan cuisine boiled meat slices, the eel is deboned and cooked and the eel roots are flexible and fragrant, and after eating the eel shredded soup base can also be put into the noodles, which is quite amazing and delicious.
It is worth mentioning that after ordering the dish of shredded eel, the store will serve a plate of crispy eel bones, which are very fragrant and crispy, and are definitely a great tool to accompany wine.
Three meals a day in Leshan can be easily arranged clearly, especially for breakfast or late-night snacks, you can choose tofu brain and shumai such snacks, such as Ye Granny Bobo Chicken, not far from the Haihuiyuan old shumai shop is very popular, also as a time-honored store of Leshan famous snacks, their shumai is freshly packaged and steamed, and also provides fresh meat, crab roe, shrimp and other flavors.
Haihuiyuan's shumai can be sold by two or cages, I personally think that the portion of two or two or ten can be very full, the skin is thin and there is a lot of meat, and it is paired with a bowl of kelp soup. It's really quite satisfying.
Friends who like sweets recommend to taste the fancy ice powder of the next string girl, the main store is located on Jiaxiang Road, and there are branches on East Street and Jiaxing Road. Moreover, in addition to ice powder, they also have a variety of desserts such as soft ice, tofu pudding and sago dew, and the taste is also quite rich.
Blindly clicked a signature mother-in-law ice powder, a large bowl full of 10 yuan, in addition to the ice powder, a whole fresh fruit + dried fruit + taro balls + glutinous rice cake and other ingredients, the feeling of stacking materials visible to the naked eye, basically a bowl of ice powder has a slight feeling of satiety, so there is really a sense of regret that the stomach is not enough to play in Leshan.
If you have enough time in front of the screen and have a good appetite, it is also recommended that you go to the following stores to check in: Niuhua Zhouji Malatang, Liuniang Grilled Fish Fillets, Xiaoba Ecological Fish Village, Jiujiu Tofu Brain.
Scenery and Humanities |
Minjiang Bridge near Jiadingfang, the night is particularly beautiful!
If you are a friend who is going to Leshan for the first time, you must naturally go to observe the Leshan Giant Buddha that was built during the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty, the 71-meter-high Leshan Giant Buddha is the largest cliff rock carving statue in our country, and the ticket is 80 during the day and 60 at night, and you can also choose to take a cruise ship to watch from a distance. Because the author has been there twice before, this time I will share with you the night view of the giant sleeping Buddha in the Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area, which was still a natural wonder discovered by a photographer by chance, the giant Buddha is located in the heart of the sleeping Buddha, it is really a mountain is a Buddha, and the Buddha is a mountain.
Located opposite Granny Ye's Bobo Chicken, although it is indeed a commercial attraction specially created for foreign tourists, there are many scenes in it that are still quite suitable for taking photos and checking in.
And there are several cultural and creative stores in it that are worth visiting, such as refrigerator magnets, keychains and fans containing the elements of the Big Buddha, which are quite commemorative to bring back to relatives and friends as souvenirs.
Friends who like 8+1 culture, you can go to taste a wine shop called Gongtian Brewing in Xiashang Zhongshun, and the proprietress will enthusiastically recommend and give you drinks. Their pure sorghum brewed wine is soft and sweet in the mouth, and the taste is quite pure.
After nightfall, the Shangzhongshun neighborhood is full of lights, presenting another kind of fireworks atmosphere in the world.
out of Shangzhongshun, Shuncheng Old Street across the road is also worth a visit, there are many literary and petty bourgeois cafes and tea rooms, When you are tired of shopping, you can sit down and drink and rest. I personally recommend one of the old street coffees, and their coffee tastes very good.
Zhanggongqiao Food Street under the night is crowded, and the whole street basically integrates all the local specialties of Leshan, although the people who come here are basically foreign tourists, but even if you don't come here to taste the food, it is also worth checking in. In fact, objectively speaking, there is basically no such thing as stepping on thunder in Leshan's food, it is nothing more than a recommendation of the best.
Suji Ancient Town, a few kilometers away from Leshan city, is also worth visiting for half a day, which is not only the birthplace of kicked beef, but also has a historical origin in Suji, which was founded in the Sui Dynasty, and was also an important water and land wharf in Leshan during the Ming and Qing dynasties, and pilgrims of all dynasties would also pass through this place when they worshipped Mount Emei. The Qing Dynasty poet Li Diaoyuan once wrote a poem when he passed here: "The cicadas in the ancient temple are noisy in the sunset, and the lights of the line bridge are busy", which describes the prosperity of Suji back then.
a special memorial hall in the town to tell the history of Suji Ancient Town and the origin of the beef, it turned out that the "cow in the water" soup pot sold on the roadside was cheap and delicious, loved by boatmen and footmen, but the conditions restricted the store to only set up a table, so these diners had to stand with one foot and one foot on the beam under the table.
I have to say that many shops in Suji Ancient Town still maintain the original ancient flavor, and many elderly people in the town are also very content. Enjoy this leisurely and slow-paced life every day.
Located in Qianwei County, more than 30 kilometers southeast of Leshan City, Luocheng Ancient Town is known as the Noah's Ark of the East. Although it was a bit remote, the road conditions were very good along the way. In the past, after parking the car at the visitor center, you could enter the ancient town without buying a ticket, but the first impression was that of modern antique buildings, similar to the sense of déjà vu of a rural park, and my friends and I continued to move forward with doubts.
I met a local grandmother resting under the archway, and when I stepped forward to inquire, I found out that she was in her 80s. With the consent of the old man, he took this photo of her.
After passing through an alley, the eyes suddenly lit up, and there was an instant sense of traveling to the Ming and Qing dynasties, especially the ancient opera stage, Lingguan Temple, and Sichuan Main Temple can still see a lot of the original style left in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and the pavilion street in the core area of Luocheng Ancient Town overlooks a boat-shaped building, which was built by the ancients on the top of the mountain as a prayer for water. If you forget to bring a drone on this trip, you will not be able to gain insight into the craftsmanship of ancient craftsmen through high-altitude aerial photography.
degree of commercialization in the entire town is still very low, and the most open has to be the teahouse, basically all the local elderly, everyone drinks tea and plays cards, It has constructed a picture of leisure and leisure that is indisputable.
If you want to blend in and feel the atmosphere of the locals, you should naturally sit in the teahouse and order a cup of fragrant gaiwan tea. Moreover, many tea shop owners will also take advantage of their busy time to share the origins of the ancient town with foreign tourists.
Jiayang Train, which belongs to Qianwei County with Luocheng Ancient Town, is also worth visiting and experiencing once. As a Bashi Railway built in 1958 with a total length of 19.8 kilometers and a gauge of only 76.2cm, it is the only passenger steam train still in operation in China, known as the out-of-print landscape of the Industrial Revolution.
At present, the starting point of the passenger tourist experience is Yuejin Station, the end point is at Bagou Station, the one-way fare is 80 yuan, the current off-season starting station every day only arranges two trains at 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., every year in April, when the rapeseed flowers bloom, the scenery along the way is the most beautiful, you can make up for the scene when the steam train passes through the sea of rapeseed flowers. And as a sightseeing train, it will stop at several stations such as Bee Rock and Liangshuituo to facilitate tourists to get off the train and take pictures, especially Liangshuituo Station, after tourists get off the train to the sightseeing platform, the train will return to the curve, while sounding the whistle, while carrying out a steam spray performance, the weather is good, you can also see the artificial rainbow, the scene is quite spectacular.
Jiayang train stopping at the terminal Bagou Station can feel the historical charm of the living fossils of the industrial revolution up close, and while sighing, I sincerely admire the leap of the times brought about by modern electrified railways and high-speed rail bullet trains.
As a mining area in Jiayang from the 30s to the 80s of the last century, it has preserved Dongfanghong Square, Zhongfuchang Zhongying Old Street, Soviet-style houses, Wuyi row buildings, English-style small lofts, Bagou Auditorium, Bagou Cinema and other old-fashioned buildings, and one of the Soviet-style old office buildings has been converted into the Jiayang National Mining Museum. If you have enough time, you can also go to the Huangcunjing mine next to the town, put on a miner's uniform, and have a real sightseeing experience of riding a monkey car down the well. By the way, if you drive to Yuejin Station and miss the train into the ditch, you can also choose to navigate Bajiaogou and drive there, which is only more than 10 kilometers away.
From Leshan to Hanyuan, it will pass through the Jinkou River Grand Canyon, and the S66 Longhan Expressway is still in the free trial operation stage, so you can take the highway directly to the Jinkou River. A few kilometers from the highway G245 National Highway can come to the attractions of Sichuan Dadu River Canyon National Geopark, next to which you can take a cruise ship to enjoy the Grand Canyon, and if you go in the near future, you can also buy cheap cherries and loquats and other fruits in the tourist town. If you take the G245 National Highway from Leshan, when you pass through the Guanliaohe Tunnel, you will see a blue background and white characters written in Chinese and English on the side of the road.
Continuing a few kilometers will come to the most essential sightseeing attractions of the Grand Canyon, from the side of the road through the Tiebo Time Tunnel and up the mountain, there are not only the Railway Soldiers Museum (currently still in the maintenance stage), the Chengdu-Kunming Railway Construction Monument, the Guancunba Railway Station, the "Cloud Immigration" Canyon First Village next to it also provides convenient food and accommodation, and there is also a concentric iron chain bridge nearby worth checking in and walking. Careful friends who come here to play will find that trains passing here will follow the custom of honking their horns to pay tribute to the heroic souls of the railway soldiers who died here.
What is more heartwarming is that the two ends of this bridge are Leshan and Liangshan, because Ganluo County, which is separated by a river, belongs to Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture. Han and Yi compatriots worked together to build this concentric bridge.
After crossing the bridge and walking for more than 100 meters, you can reach the Canyon Cliff Village, where there is the best observation deck overlooking the Chrysostom River, the magnificent water highway and the concentric bridge across the moat are intertwined, and the Dadu River extending into the distance is like a jewel-like turquoise color, deep and mysterious, and you will really sigh at the scene and super shocking.
Continuing a few kilometers from the Tongxin Bridge will come to the famous "Yixian Tian" bridge on the Chengdu-Kunming railway line, and the ancient road village located next to the bridge along the path carved out of the cliff to climb up is definitely a magical original ecological secret place, although there are many rest points along the way, but it basically takes about 2 hours to go up to the top of the mountain ropeway one way, which is quite a test of people's endurance and courage.
Persist halfway up the mountain, there is a canteen opened by Yi villagers, if you are hungry, you can have a bowl of instant noodles to satisfy your hunger, or a whole chicken that is qualified to be fed by their family, order to kill it and make some hard dishes, if you are thirsty, the drinks in the canteen are only 2-3 yuan higher than the price of supermarkets in the city, which is indeed quite conscientious.
Standing in the position of the canteen, I used the 85mm and 170mm focal lengths of my mobile phone to take two pictures of the trail carved out next to the cliff when I approached the top of the mountain, which was indeed quite difficult. Because it took 2-3 hours to go back and forth from the canteen to the top of the mountain, it was close to 5 p.m., and after comprehensive consideration, I had to turn back halfway, leaving some regrets to conquer early in the morning next time.
This travelogue sharing has come to an end for the time being, and friends who are unclear about the itinerary can leave a message or send me a private message. Finally, I will share with you two small animals captured on the road, especially the small lizard found on the side of the Jinkou River, the first opportunity to observe it up close, it is too interesting, and the pixel quality of Nubia's mobile phone macro capture is indeed quite powerful.
Of course, as a photographer who likes to shoot scenery and humanistic elements, this trip only brought a Nubia Z50 Ultra to complete the whole shooting record, I personally like this mobile phone very much to come with the two golden focal lengths of 35mm and 85mm, not only have 64 million ultra-high pixels, the daily street sweeping has an f/1.6 large aperture of the 35mm golden focal length is very easy to use, and the periscope telephoto lens with a focal length of 85mm supports up to 6x optical zoom. What's more interesting is that this phone also provides a humanistic mode, which can make the photos taken with silver salt particles to simulate the texture of film.
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