Childhood favorite of Mr. Shen Cong-wen Xiangxi text, always wanted a careful look for it inside Diaojiaolou Wuling mountains, and long with a long eyebrows flying fox eyes Tujia woman. The 5.1 on holiday before the information was finally in the mood to prepare something, about 14 backpackers, 7 men and 7 women, the rain Ben western Hunan, eastern Chongqing, western Hubei come.
Rush all the way to Xiushan
Sleep a night train, wake up, passed Yiyang, light rain started falling out the window, northwestern Hunan too heavy green landscape. Noon to Zhangjiajie, the platform change to Jishou car. Guo luoyixi, Guzhang other familiar names, eleven years before the bleaching mengdong he, Pa Jishou the train to go visit with vivid images of the Phoenix, when the companions of the whereabouts of where? Years haste, innumerable times to travel the five amiable smile has been in the depths of my memory. 4:00 to Jishou, catch the shuttle to Xiushan, outbound traffic jam soon, more delicate features and Tuojiang ah Unfortunately, along the roads, muddy. To be clear traffic, leaving Jishou is dusk.
Tuojiang away a car along the winding will be plunged into the Wuling, bowling, and bamboo shoots upright kind of Zuozuo beautiful mountains. Pakistan in the rugged rain wear slippery Hill County provinces, the dark after a Hunan Huayuan, and Mr. Shen Congwen described by Tracy resident of tea Cave, nosy of mobile communication in all mobile phones have shown Welcome to Chongqing information. 143 kilometers of national highway, even the traffic jam along with eight hours of 11:30 midnight party arrived Xiushan. It seems a good look to stay Jichuan Bin Museum, it actually dirty enough to be, the price quite a lot of money. Downstairs to the night market to eat midnight snack, was a small slaughtering knife, we inevitably some argue that this ancient barbarians land and morals really to boast about.
Longtan Town
Braved the cold rain to get up early to look for cars in the vicinity of roads, mess everywhere. Find the three sides to 50 yuan / vehicle and continue to walk along the 319 National Highway, the rain forest stroll moisten Run washing woke my sleep-deprived eyes. More than an hour to longtanzhen House door, this pristine creek crossing two bridges, Longquan Well before the people Huan Yi, fetching water, head, leaving only tufts of children around us with curiosity. Township Cultural Office vacate office so that we put luggage, promotional Miss Tian introduced the members of the NPC and the government office courtyard Jian Yuqing Tongzhi these two years, is an ally of the former residence of members of Wang Bo Hill, Wang and Jiang's the other side of Zhao, Zhao Jia Zhuang is the Longtan two family. She took us to tour town essence, first through the narrow lane to the Ancient Street quartzite tallest building in the top floor overlooking the entire town, a dense mass of row upon row of historic houses, many buildings are owned by a neat, large-scale quadrangles, architectural planning for the Han Chinese Characteristics , while the attic, "Shrine child" brings a unique style of the Tujia, several elegant stone straight across the street if they had the edge there is the Catholic Church, delicate and pretty magnanimous of the Longtan River around the town, after the import into Dongting Yuanjiang. As the shipping well-developed town in the late Ming and early Qing-business started flourishing, particularly in the Qing Dynasty Yongzheng stream, the Mainland in particular, Jiangxi, many immigrants and his family moved to bring an open business philosophy, the town became a Chuandong important material distribution center. Anti-Japanese War had lived here for 6 thousand people, commerce unprecedented prosperity. The town is now an area of 258 square kilometers, the town population of more than 50,000, focusing on the ancient town of 1 million people. In recent years, the town government has taken measures to town for special protection, and actively to the United Nations declared World Heritage Site.
Tian members then took us to Yuzhang Hall, which locals commonly known as the Jiangxi clubs, Longtan peddler's meeting place. The door followed by tall screen wall, ancestral halls, the former church is house, yard, rear hall, very spacious rooms on both sides of the backyard, the middle of a stage, surrounded by windows have been occupied. RAN Mao-Jiang owner an elderly person living on the left Geshan carved with fine spring of the rooms, he came all the way from talking about our land home with enthusiasm saying, "mountains and water, a long length is less than human", was invited to sit, set up tea, talk about old. Their ancestors moved from Jiangxi early years, the 28th generation has been manager of the "Tong, tea, lacquer, Fritillaria" four treasures and developed into an outstanding businessman Longtan Jiangxi Province, in Qianlong built the Hall five years, an area of 2221 square meters, there are three admission into the hospital 47 rooms, many of the original sculpture everywhere, but unfortunately has been destroyed during the Cultural Revolution. His three sons are living in new area, only he and his wife guarding the old house, for more people to air in order to protect the old house, the rooms all rented out, the Government will allocate more funds for each repair.
Companions have their own activities, I elementary school playground alone in the afternoon to see the collective Waving Dance rehearsal. Gongtan nearby town tomorrow hold international rock climbing competition, the Longtan will send a delegation to attend the opening ceremony show. Waving Dance of Tujia language called "Shebaa Day", from worship, action, although simple but change a lot of dancers dance from all sides while the middle of a circle to import (Baishou altar), to express the human spirit with fun atmosphere. Novo big playground 100 people Qi jump, accompanied by passionate ancient music, do not have a solemn belief.
Ancient Street side of the blocks is very lively market, the original was married to slide down the street a row of open-scores table filled with people, locals say that this feast from the water at noon to eat the evening, take turns to eat, this is a local custom, and to invite I take a seat. The groom had to drink the face, such as red cloth. Banquet hall decorated with the 100 yuan a hi words. Strange, I travel around the countryside, often encounter a wedding, such as the Qiannan Dong Xiang, northern Guangxi, south of Zhejiang, Ailaoshan area. Their own exclusive use by this lonely state of mind about the joy of infection.
In the quiet of the guxiang wandering, light rain float up and bought a top of the local people wearing huge hats to wear, Duo Guo every family shops, repair table, carved chapters, selling bamboo, old cigarettes to concentrate on doing their own thing, a pair of An old couple tailoring and sewing with a leisurely, as if time still. Penetrate into the Yuzhang Hall back door, tall and thick Linjiang far from the platform opposite the Beacon Hill, imposing extraordinary. I down the grade-level steps, along the foot of the wall close to walk around the platform wall was surprised to find the steep rocks on the riverside cleverly stood several high Diaojiaolou, this is the first time to see the Linhe Longtan, "Shore Street style "Diaojiaolou, wonderful workmanship excelling nature. The sky dimming, and to fight human three crossing the river rapids of the bridge at the end of the rainy season into three quite spectacular flowing waterfall. Zhao Jia Zhuang Zhao Yan-brick house built for the late Qing Dynasty, the compound walls. Zhao Yan-known martyrs are my party's early revolutionary activist, Li Peng's uncle. , As landlords and capitalists, Zhao will be 9 to send their children to go abroad, sent to Beijing by train, the results of all of them have participated in the anti-feudal revolution.
Said a trishaw driver, across the creek on the town a total of 9 stone, so back to Ancient Street Yanxi looking for, the immediate emergence of a similar to a small town south of Lijiang Old Town, or a partial image: a high brick wall on the base Xian from wooden veranda, horse wall, each brick gate doors are attached under the bonnet of a small bridge, on the corner of a corridor Diaojiaolou beautiful, a typical southern family of products combined with the Tujia building, forming a moss patio, split open facades, carved peeling off the doors and windows, everywhere tell of the time-marks. Creek roundabout there is a hexagon well, white long-whiskered old Duo Guo.
Excitement rain down the night, dawn, curtains opened, the East 1 Hongxia, hastened to carry the tripod down the stairs. Street, wet stone reflects the way the morning light, morning market where people in colorful, fresh vegetables dripping heap before the busy streets to get up early inhabitants of Health and coal stove, brush your teeth, carrying his bowl squatting arcade in front too early, stream bridge walking on the women carrying water, laid-back big dog and a flock of ducks splashing in the water, smoke in the corner Piaoqi. Inland Revenue Department to climb the roof overhead the town, and then rushing to the light to the edge of platforms Yuzhang Hall Linjiang see that Diaojiaolou want to see me yesterday, the river has risen to the wall and can not longer rely on low passed.
Guo youyang to Xianfeng
Gongtan today the opening of an international rock climbing competition, all the vehicles are running over there, and 200 yuan package the company vehicles, dilapidated buses to go youyang Pakistan. Early after the rain, sunny, spectacular waterfalls can be seen everywhere along the cliff drop, shui tributary of the Green was beyond words, a group of villagers on a heap of straw flood tear strips of cloth like the Si River, 32 village houses in the squat at the foot of the mountain, an open-pink flowers along the roadside trees grown intensively.
Youyang streets jubilant people, many children dressed in traditional ethnic Tujia clothing, must be to celebrate the opening of the rock climbing competition. Legend retreat from the world has become a park, head milling around. We did not stop after the railway station, change vehicles directly to the Qianjiang. The road scenery was beautiful! Skull-bone on a leisurely river winding long suspension bridge, suspension bridge at the end, just draw a green seedlings of paddy fields, meandering path to the dazzling during the rain, where black Tile House Diaojiaolou patchwork of a quiet village of ... ... a rare good weather , 15:00 smoothly to the Qianjiang, to this end only 56 km to the Xian Feng, the shuttle and the estimated time taken lightly and stroll through the street for a while before returning to station-to-know chartered provinces so difficult, so two hours before recruited cars broken CMB.
Qianjiang outside the city to adopt building materials due to excessive digging, cement chimney towers, four were severely polluted, the air full of dust. Take a long time before leaving the uproar, in the height of a parking bay at rest, sun shining just flood the small village street full of pale pink wild roses, cool breeze brought a touch of fragrance. After sunset, over the pillar into the provinces of Hubei, up steep mountains and karst valley from time to time huge gully cliffs, cracks in the middle of a cliff formed a spectacular Tianshengqiao surprise.
Liu Jia Da Yuan - Xanadu dream shattered
Gone with the Wind up the morning cold rain again, this ghost Weather College and against us. We're going to "local Chinese - Wuling Tujia," a book about the paradise-like Liu Chia-Tai Wan village, the locals Jiaoliu Courtyard, and many cars do not know the road with great difficulty recruited on both sides and a farm truck, 40 yuan / vehicle. Puncture a small truck on the road, the driver down his words, she was 19 years old, has opened a three-year car, ruddy face reveals a competent and Run a simple.
In the thick green forest where the car travels 20 km Guairu rural dirt road, half an hour later, deep cove two side by side in the rice paddies of the beautiful Diaojiaolou "sub-niche" is now the eyes. The strange thing is such a remote village, the villagers have so far failed in rural areas I've been to the kind of warmhearted, I went to the direction of a two Diaojiaolou every household to ask the past, the face is cold and dull eyes, unwilling to accept our lodging, and then After the reservoir to the left for asking, and one only one guy's Liu others agreed, and the door is covered with moss is very slippery, the house utterly destitute, cluttered, dirty kitchen was indescribable. Answered first stomach, then settled residence, I went to purchases of vegetables, field trail met the villagers Xiao Song, he was the first to take the initiative and our village greet people, take me home Zhaicai.
Basket carried on the back, and Xiao Song covered potato fields in the shallow depth step by step in this direction, he has junior high school culture, and language quite good, tell us a total of 44 Courtyard Liu, sub-village Diaojiaolou slopes downhill Yaan, mountain behind, and the west where the rain around his family live in the town of Leshan is Umetsubo Management Area, Xu Jia Tuo Village. He fumed tells of the bad acts of bureaucratic management area, why the villagers do not welcome us, think we are boring people who sent an official. Here is full of stones, land is limited and not any water, farmers rely on rain-fed, very poor, can be bureaucratic completely ignores the farmers plight, exorbitant taxes and levies many, what in-depth grass-roots level, charges, and bring people to interview are the peasant house white eating white housing, and even come before the Spring Festival forced levy on the use of chains can not afford to pay the child pulling the Chinese New Year's bacon poultry farmers will also be removed. Our lodging of that family died, his wife, a man not even afford to pay for a child to school, had sent maternal grandparents raising. Song relying on a small hill, in stone gap a bit between the kinds of peas, garlic, lettuce, two dolls have come to help pick, only the egg-laying hens at home, his wife moral support to more than a dozen eggs. Xiao Song for us carrying a basket of vegetables to go back to the field helped wash reservoir. All underground rock, no drilling wells, the village water supply depend on water flow from the mountains this pool, no water during the dry season, we get a good pick distant cliff valley.
Xiao Song's words my heart remind me of that New Year Spring Festival to the poetic Yunnan Zhuang Village Dam America no law on children to secondary schools, the beautiful Dongxiang Qiannan many women each year die due to dystocia, the famous BIA Sha Miao Village in winter and they were all children chap bare feet ... ... those of us rely on to secure the city looking for people always dream of what "paradise", but never thought to live in so-called "paradise" where people are kind of living environment? They did not aspire to anything about our life?
Vegetables, when to know to carry water in primary Liu teacher reservoirs outside his home clean and spacious, so everyone moved to his house after dinner to go. I am sorry to the door with Liu to explain his slippery brother, for fear the night falls it removed, because everything is bought us, and give him 30 yuan firewood fee, he did not even say no mind. Xiao Song enthusiastic to take everyone to the valley to see scenery, roads slippery companions were constantly wrestling, go hard edge of a cliff, a steep cliff was blue green water, bend a beautiful village, called the underwater village, it was decided tomorrow, going there to live. Has been returned at dusk, with the villagers to buy a few chickens, is busy burning dinner, suddenly called condemning overawed by a burst: at noon we left the master of the house with his brother and a group of villagers had come to make trouble! After listening to a half-day side to understand that they are criticizing Ms. Liu, far away to guests, an insult to their face. I then asked for a long time with the Hubei Province, the original they Liu's long-standing grudges against the main points we want compensation. Advised my voice was completely hoarse, and they only agreed was necessary to hundred dollars, will no longer trouble This disperse.
Painstakingly prepared for dinner has become very heavy. Wang Lin Liu's wife in tears, they educated the couple will use their brains, Lin, or the village cadres tube IPPF, his family was relatively better, very popular with people envy. Ms. Liu transferred from the public and private teachers, for teachers, built a few years ago I took the test only 14,000 yuan loans for teachers, and read or four years still owed more than 8 not been paid yet turn into a public teacher powerless, are only 170 yuan monthly wage, the small village of only three teachers and seven classes a day on foot, the ground simply not take care of the living. Paddy fields, according to the original base of the head 2 points 7 points 5 points 4 to his house, dry 1 mu 4, 300 pounds a year to pay the national food, more than 130 yuan taxes, but also the burden of living in the slopes of old houses of the parents, two son, Tai Ping Mei lived in junior high school reading, one semester of tuition fees only on the 400 yuan. The face of a table full of food, I find it hard to swallow, it is their one good the entire month of income, and those who come to make trouble for farmers, in addition to selling a few hundred yuan a year pig outside with nothing to exchange for money, and with our Display of luxury contrast, the wealth gap How can we help so that they are born and jealousy? Night we played in the heap of grain warehouse ground floor, rain in the Xi Li, a day of love scenes the film had films like flash to mind, I am tossing it difficult to sleep.
Get up early, morning mist Shou Dao Cunkou photographs, was again last night to make trouble, Liu brother stopped and threatened to an insult to his house, because we face difficult to organize villagers to us, I say a long good-naturedly explained reason, let him not sudden, major events, he was calm tempers. Return to their villages after the Liu's family has set aside several people gathered for yesterday we stepped of the corn, in order to lead the way gave us money, is really a group of trouble-making people. Has made no feelings of nostalgia that we are here, and that the village did not want to go underwater, and Lin gave us a visitor out of the Camellia oleifera, everyone points depressed to eat, packed up hastily say good-bye.
Here there is no cell phone signals can not find the car to pick, we had to carry heavy luggage out of the mountains on foot, in order to avoid being intercepted difficult, while fast-walking while looking back You Moren chase, the panting. This is about more than 20 years away from the highway, turned slope turn, go sweat, more than one hours later, he fled dangerous, and then we would feel almost too tired to get on the ground. Side of the road has been reached at noon, and operator accounts, in this unfortunate Liu, Courtyard 22 hours spent a total of 800 yuan, but everyone who has been a lot of red dots tick bites! I repeatedly throughout the farm has never been accommodated in the event of such a villain is really the World Wind Kusakabe, special for this name, "Quilly Kirky Lair."
Castle ruins Tangya Tusi
Take the opportunity to be hailed more than 10 kilometers to the west of this city of the Tang cliffs toast, earth guide took us to the old home town southeast of Zhang Feimiao first toast, Shiren Shima carving is good and the Ming "Ming Wanli Hsinhai carved years." Linhe open in front of wild roses, green lining on the river, Jiao Zi dripping. This river is called Tang Ya River, south-west direction that we come into the gongtan of the Wujiang River. Cliffs on the other side there are a Tianshengqiao, western Hubei mountains is really uncanny workmanship. Chieftain Castle Ruins in Miaohou basaltic hill, the City Wall area of about 1 square kilometer, toast and passed along for 18 generations, which lasted 460 years, the Cultural Revolution robbery chaos, the city building addition to toast, and built in the Ming tomb-year period revealed the stone arch, the has all gone without Cun. Arch carved dragon and phoenix also folklore, beams vigorous letter to the "male Jingnan Town" and "Chu Shu-Ping Han," stand brand, the cool breeze and solidarity, nostalgia to popular views spontaneously sky. .
The poignant and the car wash
CMB to Laifeng package cars, cross country fairs, down and mixed with a small basket carried on the backs of the villagers gathered in a hurry and sell yellow downy chicks ducklings of the stall Jiji sound really attractive, mountains, season, comes a bit late, are May the spring is everywhere a life. Rainy drive too slowly, for two hours that had connected directly to Longshan County of Hunan and one foot across provinces, and two county endure so close. Washing from the map to see close to that very soon that big twist noon meal, almost missed the 2:30 train to the car wash last one, this is actually 60 kilometers to three hours!
State Highway 209 along the 20 km walk to the Mau Ping after Guairu mountain dirt road, and have a lotta town, mountains, the street scene so that we startled cried: the other side of the spectacular steep gorges, waterfalls rolling down the steep cliff , inter-changing sea of clouds scattershot Ya, the valley where all of a sudden from the cloud out of a river, the driver says that it is washing river. South along the river, winding river flows to the south, the two sides emerging piece of the bamboo trees, scattered blocks of Diaojiaolou In the meantime, not help people think of Mr. Shen's novels of the White River scenery. Think about the car can be stopped, a car full of rushing to go home the villagers who had watched this in a magnificent pieces of the landscape across from the car window. Smart drivers are open for a stereo in a timely manner, that the first familiar Tujia folk songs loud and clear to melt into the scene that the: "The descendants of the mountain the sun ... ... yo love山路十八弯here, where the waterway 9 chain, where The Barcarolle row on row, where the folk song string of string, curved around in circles, all around the Tujia Ren water and mountains, row upon row of strings are attached Tujia Ren dream and hope ... ... "
To the car wash for almost dusk after midnight, the hotel where he stayed Boasting a sodu the corridor that is rolling in the next washing river, rain moisten Run Lane vicissitudes of life and clinical dignified Boasting a panoramic view of River Street. "Car wash" comes from the Tujia language place names, "I Ze", that is the meaning of Grass River in ancient times along the River Fangcaoqiqi but they chose this name, the latter recorded with Chinese word for "washing", named after the town with river, called the car wash town. The rise of a small town in the Qing Yongzheng, the Qing Dynasty stream, abolished the "Man does not exit, Han does not enter the Caves" the ban, foreign people gradually enter both spotted beautiful mountains of feng shui, but also fancy rich hill resources and the rare mountain river port. Fortune are mostly migrants from Jiangxi Province to move to a high security, and they intermarried with the local Tujia, harmony, advanced business concept of a boom in the town's business; and intelligent home soil in accordance with the original China intersection of two rivers, riparian ups and downs the terrain to maximize space for imagination and creativity, the Tujia building techniques and the South Han District, mastery of traditional architecture, planning the layout of the town so that the whole town architectural patchwork, showing the space the United States, levels of beauty and dynamic the United States.
Boasting the locals call the pavilion bridge, built in the Qianlong 45 years, the two three-span stone block lying in the car wash on the river, is a wood structure Ishidaira covered bridges. Shore Street Bridge and the convergence is that high-rise Diaojiaolou and shops on either side by rows in a column divided into small stalls of a princess by day is a busy bazaar; bridge railings on both sides of the side also has a long "beauty by "for a rest and enjoy the scenery. Boasting a parallel with the washing on the river, a few hundred meters away from the big river bridge, and vertical position on the two bridges between the cross on the small river bridge on the fierce, r. Although ordinary stone of modern architecture, but the shelf-point of science, from the two bridges enjoy the town, the Ministry of transverse and longitudinal views of the Department may form a complete impression.
Boasting is Dongping Guo Street, about one kilometer paved streets are all quartzite, both sides of the tobacco business with department stores, hairdressing, make tofu, the shops selling traditional diet, one by one, the old wooden door to peeling rusty gate the traces of the years, it seems mostly locals to do business with the ancestral old house. Some shop attached behind the high walls Shen Yuan, the number of ancestors merchants fortune hidden story. Street, Central had the construction of the Kuan-ti Temple courtyard, which is the town's only religion ancient architecture, spacious Yuanba facing the Peking Opera Theater, the theater can accommodate hundreds of people. Street at the end of a style of the school during the Great Revolution, and then a big river bridge, bridge it ruins the scene to know what the office block was built. Looking back on the bridge standing river town, the right side of the rows Dongping Street Linhe Diaojiaolou wooden pillars stand surf washed stone walls, there are seven roadway leading to the river port; left Meng River Bridge at the end of the vertical convergence of small r. come to form a "D" shape, the town is divided into three parts, two Linhe the corner of Bay Street, son of the rock on the cleverly-made cornices Diaojiaolou volley, very dynamic.
Tian Sean down the mountain in western Hunan in May up on the fierce rain can not stop suddenly, like the Tujia woman lingering hot emotions. We bridge the intersection of two rivers volley out of the restaurant for dinner, and tasted the tofu made from the Tujia as raw material combined residue, taste like steamed egg. We in the rain and the sound of running water inside the Lunar夜话, becomes clearer and frank. Although not smooth travel experience this rare companions who help each other inclusion, zeroing in on a few days down and has become able to ingratiate themselves with friends.
During the rainy season the river surf rolling in at night Linhe's clothes, only to hear the Ocean Waves, and the rain continued. Spoke with the driver before going to bed late, roads washed down by rain, may pass back. Tianbuliangjiu bark in the town, as early as the villagers early morning train whistle and drilled some noise inside sleeping bags, rain has not stopped, car washing to the river rush current, the two sides in the milk-white town of the cage where the morning mist and smoke , there is an unspeakable pathos.
Wearing a raincoat carrying a tripod is too small river bridge into the mountains along the meng si, the other side of the high cliff uphill row of sub-Street, south side of that ancient Diaojiaolou Compact niche sub-stack in the bamboo, the forces in their efforts connected to the eaves of a layer higher than the layer, layer upon layer, gables formed a corridor, then floor bar carved beautiful, old crumbling Wu Xiu Lou seems too tall in the rain and fog inside. The more look inside go, rain was larger cliff fell rumbling waterfall. Cecil rain to enjoy a strange land in rural areas where the cool early morning, I am too fond of a person walking, and even that brief moment, he took people can share, but there is no noise, no distractions, this feeling is how much enjoyment and ease ah.
The west side of town came back slope sub-Street, North Korea more than 340 days of street-level stairs, both sides of the housing extending upward, outstretched Langpeng thin strip of sky between the saw. Plunged into the Bay Bridge down stream sub-street, every down to the river, Boasting, Diaojiaolou, stone piers and rapids the whole class into the lens. Shenxiang walking in the curved, the shrine of the child and the corridor to connect with each other, the old church house Huo Tangbian strange I looked toward the door, pass secluded path Dangzhuo smoke flavor.
Yongshun, Sangzhi and Dayong
Inquire into the road leads, and leave the car wash, and frequently look back to the desolate stone alley, covered bridges, the future will come back to this beautiful town do? River all the way north along the car wash to go through to see the beautiful bay, and when the mist-shrouded village terrace, so ground fresh rain forests, we have come so hard to suddenly leave. Life is always so full of regret, walk the most urgent are the most beautiful time, and the most beautiful things can only be a moment intersection. Tomorrow, back to the noise of their own city and days, day after day, and a few days have been a bad state of mind I suddenly reluctant to part with this journey coming to an end.
Many bridges streams and Yan Shu set off a small village, out of Red Rock Creek on the 209 national highway, a place called the truck inside the empty mountains, Xinyu poetic pastoral Qing Long white gauze so that we stop wandering. Noon to Yongshun, because 10 years ago, the development and prosperity of the county tourism Wangcun mengdong he voices. By-pass road needed to go back to Sangzhi Zhangjiajie, bad roads, landscape also unexpectedly mediocre.
Dusk-to Sangzhi, Long a chopper make revolution where nine years ago in early spring, I came to this, a small town surrounded by memories of rape completely altered, but, after all, come here, the footprints of his youth, there is still a shallow shallow kind. Night passers-by rubbing the recommended meal of local food shops, fried bacon authentic. I Duochu Night 15 yuan to buy back a large watermelon, cut open found to be rotten, find dealers to the theory, how to put it over the trouble-making people, the right to bar when the poor.
Journey home, and the weather was better. Into pairs of Tahu to Tianzishan very bumpy road, over jiaoziya to Yang Jiajie, field grown intensively with mulberry trees, flood large areas of junction of the pods of rape, we must Early this month, is the stretch of golden. Meandering of the Tianzishan far from approaching, a barrier blocking us: Yang Jiajie, tickets 98 yuan / person. The original World Natural Heritage of Zhangjiajie scenic area has been put up is also enclosed. This is only a half-day Mai Menpiao into too much money, Layton had to bid farewell with Tianzishan. Close to Dayong from the high road overlooking a spectacular bend to bypass the flat Tianchou, I had memories of this place, stop and take pictures, the scene nine years ago, again at hand.
Dayong countryside lunch outside a restaurant overlooking Tianmenshan, that is, 99 years of Sino-US aircraft and race through the mountain cave. To large-yong, to the coexistence of ancient architecture Bogwang Temple. Terakado to majestic Tianmenshan for "Mount Hope", an excellent feng shui, is probably the reason why the remote home bar, a small collection of the ancient temple is almost occupied the field of culture and thought the spirit of worship Daquan, Buddhist temple at the edge of a three - Kiyomichi view, side Confucian Wenchang Ci, the following is to construct a sophisticated Guan Emperor Temple, there are the stage and the temple courtyard-style joint body shop, after the door chastity arch, compassion accession to the WTO, detached doing nothing, thinking of filial loyalty Festival and the reality of commercial transactions in this tightly since ancient times, Chinese people are spiritual and practical needs of life can also imagine the ancient incense heyday of the holiday gathering at the scene by various actors. Rare over the years robbing chaos temple Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing architectural factions co-exist no major damage, information on the monastery meticulously renovated in recent years, but the original style has not changed is the model of Southwest ancient building maintenance. Temple Main Hall side of the end of Ming Dynasty Mummy Exhibition, unearthed in the Zhangjiajie area, I drew closer look, complete woman's body facial features clearly, even the hair a good root shape, it seems necessary to live over, a sudden burst of Sound from the Dark paths, and so scared that we are away.
Si Wai was quiet busy streets and marketplaces, the last day on holiday, people busy with Live Flesh, we are During the shuttle, buying specialty fruit, more on the 6 o'clock to the train. Gone with the Wind up the rain outside the window again, go back to the reality of their lives inside track, and nine days of travel so that we stroll this landscape, they all may feel sentimentally attached to. The night turned out the light, the train stops, I still pay close attention to the various points of light through the window fill travels, journey moment feeling so valuable, if not down, like a gust of wind had to return to the city were soon again became numb, and all are on the forgotten ... ...
Travel little bits of information
Transportation:
Travel and mileage (km): Hunan Zhangjiajie - (train) (160) Jishou --- (Motor Vehicle) (70) Huayuan - (67) East Chongqing's Xiushan - (52) Longtan Town - (47 ) youyang - (120) Qianjiang - (56) in western Hubei in Xianfeng - (30) Liu Jia Da Yuan - (10) Tangya Tusi City - (58) Laifeng - Hunan Yongsan -- (60) car washing Town - (87) Shun - (98) Sangzhi - (63) Zhangjiajie, 10 counties and cities, two ancient town, a village, an ancient site, the time before and after 9 days itinerary 1018 kilometers. In addition to Liu Jia Da Yuan, and washing the town there is a country dirt road, the rest are both national and provincial highways, traffic situation permits, fairly convenient shuttle between cities and counties. Provinces of the bus after the general to the afternoon trips reduced.
To the car wash Town: Longshan to the bus washing small, the last one at 2:30 pm, nearly 3 hours to arrive. From the car wash out of Yongsan will be issued as early as 6 o'clock train at noon there will be no future. Due to poor road conditions, more difficult to package the other cars. Must first ask a clear departure time; if the direction from the Shun: from motorists who take the 209 national highway 72 kilometers to the Red Rock River, west into the township roads, 15 km up to washing. Yongshun County, there is no direct bus car washing, car washing Jishou have made the shuttle a day class only.
Liu Jia Da Yuan and Tang Ya toast to the site can only be chartered.
Note: The mountain road is difficult to budget time, according to mileage, and sometimes tens of kilometers, it took half a day, especially the rainy, bend, and mud, he drove very slowly.
Specialty food and accommodation:
The forest is rich with tea oil, gallic, Fritillaria, lacquer, tung oil.
Tujia brocade, local dialect called "Xi Lan Ka Pu," that is "playing the perianth cover" means, Tujia women are weaving, bright colors, wild patterns and simple. Routes where we have taken to washing cars Walled River fishing for the famous.
Tujia traditional foods are combined residue, that is, bean dregs, steamed vegetables as raw materials out of a pound system for food, light, nutritious; Mission San, a glutinous rice Baba, infected with red and green and white pattern, after dried, eaten with fried cakes, Chinese New Year after the first bubbles to guests to show respect for a bowl of Mission San; playing tea-oil, coupled with various deep-fried fruit tea is generally welcome and send off passengers when the drink; bacon; Ciba; glutinous rice rum; Longtan fried bean fruit Xianfeng of the stinky tofu, car washing, and dried tofu, tofu is also very good taste.
Xianfeng county particularly recommend "to-day living" restaurants, a small storefront business is hot, is based on a table dishes 100, 200 yuan lump sum calculation, the Ganguo wax rabbit, pearl balls Hubei flavor dishes such as the fragrant incense, the spicy The spicy, we have 14 people to eat only vegetables for several 10 200 yuan, is simply incredible! Boss Du Pengju live pan-funny, well-informed. Yongsan, Yongshun, Dayong around a lot of Chongqing Wujiang fish restaurant, yellow corner fish, silver carp and other big fish pot tastes delicious dozen, the price affordable.
Longtanzhen proposed new area to live or streets connected to a private hotel, clean, 40 yuan / Standard Room. Xianfeng stay cheap, CPPCC Guest House 14 people 170 yuan, the most beautiful rent hotel 100 yuan / Standard Room. Boasting the best car wash be the glory Tau hotels, said that staff also lived in Phoenix, 5 yuan / bed, poor public toilet. Sangzhi bus station opposite the newly opened hotel Jingxin 100 yuan / standard room, room a new net incomparable. Stay the way can be counter-offer.
Cost:
10 days, 14 people, excluding the train from Guangzhou cost of 640 yuan per capita, most of which package fare, room and board will cost very little.
Other attractions:
Western Hubei Xianfeng gold hole, as well as the post had Xianfeng Icheon, Fort and other groups along the Qingjiang line of natural scenery and the town are the United States, the original plan of our current trip, the rainy season, but the road is not good, the lack of time and give up the idea, very regrettable. Professor Zhang Linggao author, LI Yu-xiang photography of "Local Chinese - Wuling Tujia," a book is a good travel guide.
Finally it is worth reminding that, in western Hunan, western Hubei countryside, collecting folk songs, prior to local government support to help avoid many unnecessary troubles
Author: kittyqiuqin
