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Number of days: 10 days
Time: April
Average cost: 5000 yuan
With whom: With friends
Tour kinds: food, photography, free travel
Updated: 2023.08.10

I have been to Sichuan at least five or six times, and I have traveled occasionally, mostly for work, but I haven't played much. Most of the places I went to were near Chengdu, including Dujiangyan and Wenchuan after the earthquake, and there were wide and narrow alleys, Chunxi Road, Wuhou Temple, Jinxi, etc. in the urban area, and I also passed through Songfan and Ruoerge, and went to Qinghai. There is another important reason for this: the mountains and rivers of Jiuzhaigou are the most perfect existence in my mind, and I have always been reluctant to travel, for fear that if I go to Jiuzhaigou, I will have no love for other mountains and rivers of the motherland, which also leads to a mentality in my heart to try to put the journey of Sichuan back and delay it again.

This trip is a special trip to travel, and I don't care about anything else. Because the journey in Sichuan is centered on Chengdu and radiates around, the distance is long, and most of the mountain roads are mostly mountain roads. For the sake of safety, I adopted the method of renting a car in a separate group, and I chose to determine the attractions myself, and then featured several travel agencies for quotation. I chose four travel agencies successively, communicated and searched several times, adjusted the route several times, and finally chose one of them. I also gave up the route through the Qingmu River in Hanzhong, Shaanxi Province until the itinerary was finalized.

There are 13 people on this trip, most of whom are travelers who have traveled with them many times.

departed in the evening, drove for two hours, arrived at Nanjing Lukou International Airport, and arrived at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport in more than two hours.

The travel agency is very responsible, picks you up and drops you off at your accommodation. I was told that I would leave at six o'clock the next day, and then I delayed my negotiations by half an hour to let everyone sleep more.

basically followed the time requirements, and the travel agency provided breakfast, washed up and got on the car to eat.

The tour guide was right, less than 400 kilometers away, the 19-seater minibus drove for more than seven hours, and took a break for a meal in an unknown Qiang village on the way. It wasn't until nearly four o'clock in the afternoon that I arrived at Huanglong.

Huanglong Scenic Area, located in Songpan County, Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, is the only well-protected plateau wetland in China, on a ridge that gradually rises from south to north. The total area is 700 square kilometers, and the altitude is 1700~5588 meters. The core area is dotted with more than 3,000 pools. The main scenery is the surface carbonate sedimentary landscape with a unique structure and rich colors, and is composed of Huanglonggou, Danyun Gorge, Muni Gully, Xuebaoding, and the Red Army Long March Monument Monument Monument Garden. In 1992, Huanglong Scenic Area was included in the "World Natural Heritage List" and is a national AAAAA-level tourist attraction and a national key scenic spot.

Huanglong entrance

The ropeway goes up the mountain, on Wanglongping, looking down at the whole picture of Huanglong: the sky is cloudy, there is white snow, and the entire Huanglong Scenic Area is between these two mountains.

Huanglong Ancient Temple

Colorful Pool

The entire area is 21,000 square meters, with 693 large and small color pools, and an altitude of 3,576 meters, making it the world's largest, most colorful pools and the highest altitude open-air calcification pool group. The colors are different shades and colors.

When leaving the colorful pool, the snowflakes fell from sporadic to flying all over the sky, and the Wizard of Oz suddenly transformed into a silver coat.

Because it was April, the water was severely insufficient, and the pools with various names along the way dried up. But you can imagine that when there is water, it is basically the same as the colorful pool.

There is a golden sand paving on it, and there is a hole in the snow wall under the snow cover, namedWashing Cave.

is winter on the mountain and spring on the mountain. Leave the scenic spot and stay in Chuanzhusi Town. The picture shows the distant mountain scenery taken on the way.

Chuanjuji, is a town under the jurisdiction of Songfan County, Aba Prefecture. It is a transportation center in western Sichuan, with the Ruoerge Prairie and Qinghai to the northwest, Jiuzhaigou to the northeast, and Chengdu to the south. With an altitude of 2,980 meters, it is known as the "Pearl of Western Sichuan", and the Red Army's Long March also passed here. It is rumored that Li Bing was meritorious to govern the Minjiang River, and there was a tributary of the Minjiang River passing through this place, and the local people honored Li Bing as the master and built a temple to commemorate it, so it was named Sichuan Main Temple.

After breakfast on D3

, we traveled about two hours to reach the most longed and holy ------ Jiuzhaigou Scenic Area.

Jiuzhaigou is actually a large tributary of the source of the Baishui River in the upper reaches of the Jialing River in the Yangtze River system, with a total area of 65,074.7 hectares. There are four scenic spots: Shuzhenggou, Zechawagou, Rizegou and Zharugou, which are divided into a number of large and small scenic spots, with plateau travertine lake group, travertine waterfall group and travertine beach flow as the main body, the forest coverage rate is more than 80%, the water feature is huge, the scenery is numerous, the number is numerous, the form is beautiful, and the environment is good.

For thousands of years, Jiuzhaigou has been hidden in the mountains of the northwest Sichuan Plateau, and human activities are insignificant. The Tibetans living here are self-sufficient and almost isolated. In 1975, a working group of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries conducted a comprehensive investigation of Jiuzhaigou and came to the conclusion that "Jiuzhaigou not only contains rich and precious animal and plant resources, but also a rare beautiful scenic spot in the world". In the same year, forester Professor Wu Zhonglun conducted a more comprehensive investigation of Jiuzhaigou. He was immersed in the scene and sighed: "I have been to several countries in Europe and the United States, and I have never seen such a beautiful natural scenery, which must be well protected", he immediately informed the Provincial Forestry Department and wrote to the Sichuan Provincial Government. The Provincial Forestry Department immediately issued a document to the Nanping County Forestry Bureau: "Only trees 200 meters away from Jiuzhaigou and Rizegou can be cut down." In 1978, the State Council Document No. 34 stipulated that Jiuzhaigou was designated as a natural scenic reserve, with an area of 620 square kilometers. In 1979, the two forest farms stationed in Jiuzhaigou were moved out. In the same year, according to the "Notice on Strengthening the Construction of Nature Reserves" of the Sichuan Provincial Revolutionary Committee, the Jiuzhaigou Nature Reserve Management Office in Nanping County, Sichuan Province was established. In 1984, the State Council Document No. 136 designated Jiuzhaigou as the first batch of national key scenic spots, and the Nanping County Jiuzhaigou Scenic Area Administration was established accordingly, and Jiuzhaigou was officially opened to the public. It was not until later that this little-known Jiuzhaigou Scenic Area, which was high in the mountains and far away, finally became famous and famous at home and abroad.

In 2017, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake occurred in Aba Prefecture, and the Jiuzhaigou Scenic Area was also damaged to a certain extent. Later, it was only partially opened, and it was not until September 2021 that the scenic spot resumed its full opening to the public.

Take the battery car to Shuzhenggou, start walking, and go upstream to watch.

along the way, the sea of sparks, the sea of wolong, the sea of tigers, etc., layer upon layer, beautiful.

The flowing water is always so vibrant and vibrant.

tree is waterfall

Vast forests and seas, majestic mountains.

Rhino Sea is as mirror-like as a mirror and colorful.

animals and plants are born, grown, and die here, and feel the beauty of harmonious coexistence of nature.

Pearl Beach Waterfall

86 version of "Journey to the West" The filming location. The picture of Tang Monk and his apprentice walking on the waterfall is impressive.

rocks rolled down by the August 8, 2017 earthquake.

Changhaibao gourd

This is a dammed lake, which is the highest altitude, the deepest lake and the largest storage capacity in Jiuzhaigou, with no water outlet. All the water in Jiuzhaigou comes from this, which seeps out from the stone crevices underground, because it does not overflow in summer and does not dry up in winter, so it is called a treasure gourd that is dissatisfied and does not leak.

Wucai Pond is the smallest and gorgeous lake in Jiuzhaigou.

Walking through it is like being in a fairyland.

one lake after another, forming large and small waterfalls, some majestic, some small and exquisite.

The green trees and blue water shine together, as beautiful as a fairy tale world.

Huang Xiaoming's version of "The Condor Heroes" was filmed in Jiuzhaigou.

The flowing water is crystal clear, and the aquatic plants flow with the waves. Reflecting the vitality of nature, I was shocked! The heart is shaking!!

Overnight near the Zharu Temple on the north side of the scenic spot. I watched a theatrical performance of "Jiuzhai Eternal Love".

The large-scale song and dance "Jiuzhai Eternal Love" is divided into "The Legend of Jiuzhai", "Ancient Qiang War Song", "Han-Tibet Peace", "Great Love Without Borders", and "Heaven and Earth Auspicious"and other scenes. The beautiful and mysterious Tibetan and Qiang songs and dances take you on a journey through time and space, and the glorious Tang Dynasty Palace shows the feat of Princess Wencheng's marriage between China and Tibet. 5D reality and high-tech means reproduced the tragic scene of the 5.12 Wenchuan earthquake in Aba Prefecture, with landslides and ground cracks, houses collapsing, the entire theater and thousands of seats shaking strongly, and the 3,000 cubic meters of flood pouring down like a sea...... One by one, the real stories and touching pictures show the boundless love of the Chinese nation for earthquake relief. In the 1-hour performance, 300 actors, 360-degree panoramic performances, and tens of thousands of sets of stage machinery interacted with the audience in an all-round way, using the high-tech of sound and light and electrical and the space creativity of heaven and earth, completely breaking the boundaries of art genres, a visual feast, shocking!

the entrance to the ancient city of Tibetan and Qiang

The ancient city has local characteristic landscapes such as the ancient tea horse road, Tang Tibetan square, the goddess of sex, the Tibetan market, and the Tibetan and Qiang carving towers.

acoustic and photoelectric channel

The hospitable Qiang people are called the "people on the clouds", regardless of gender, age, or age, they can walk, dance, talk and sing.

In 641 AD, Princess Wencheng went to Tibet to make peace, which was a far-reaching historical event. At that time, the talented Songtsen Gampo married a princess from the Tang Dynasty in the Jiuzhai area. The team accompanied the Tibet team of hundreds of people, including experts and scholars from Tang Dynasty architecture, medicine, farming, and textiles. The culture of the Han nation spread to Tibet, promoted peace and prosperity in Tibet, and wrote a glorious page of great national integration.

After the earthquake disaster, the peaceful Sanskrit sound soothes people's hearts. I saw the magnificent Tibetan-style white pagoda slowly descending from the sky, and the lotus lifting platform with beautiful meanings rose on both sides of the moving audience, and the lama holding the prayer wheel sang prayers. Looking up at the top of the theater, colorful prayer flags fluttered in the air, and the performance came to an end with auspicious sounds and applause.

Dinner was a collector's specialty. It has a unique flavor.

The trip to Jiuzhaigou finally fulfilled one of my dreams, and I was indeed shocked by the natural beauty here! I don't regret the damage caused by the earthquake, because before the earthquake is a kind of nature, after the earthquake is still another nature, its landscape, its forests, its agility and vitality, and its natural charm have not diminished at all. Of course, it was not the season of abundant water when I went, but except for the colorful pond, the other seas were still full of vitality, which should have a lot to do with the inexhaustible water in the long sea and the structure of the water seeping through the stone crevices. I also watched the large-scale performance of "Jiuzhai Eternal Love", which made me very satisfied with this trip, and I felt a sense of comfort in my heart, a kind of physical and mental relaxation, and the pleasure of natural release.