I do not know her and her husband counted as a real self-help travelers, and those carrying a few pounds heavy bag, sleeping moisture-proof pad, hard-working friends along the way compared to our travel is simply asking too much, and but we are totally different from those in the tour guide behind the cursory way with the travelers, because every trip for us, is a dream to complete the process, so, there is a last year's "Bashu their dreams" and this year's "Xiaoxiang trip." On the way, our common experience of the journey bit by bit, carefully appreciate the life style million species, but also realized that no a soulmate endless sweet. Dear friends, come bar, and join us in the road, look at the scenery!
Xiaoxiang Tour
At 12:55 on July 19, 2002, when the T122 Train (Changchun - Guangzhou East) has been repaired slowly sailed out of the confusion surrounding the Shenyang station, my time in a long Caleche quietly while they feel to feel it, appreciate it, yes is so familiar, last year's Si-Ba and Shu their dreams is still not extinguished, But the fact that they come one after another trip to the Xiaoxiang, admirable ah!
As the wife and the "suffering" in fashion this year Bergkamp-style "fear of flying," we had developed through self-help travel plans Caiyunzhinan stranded after more than a month of Ctrip Travel Network (http / /: www. ctrip.com), China Bank Zhi Wang (http / /: www.sotrip.com) surfing the search and the "Tibetan Antelope" series series of full recommendation to finalize the itinerary of Hunan: Changsha's visit to Cuba - Phoenix Probe into the ancient city of -- - mengdong he Drifting - Zhangjiajie Range Rover - Cheung Sha Shen return.
Although there is no air train as comfortable to stimulate novel, space-time instant transformation, but there are way exotic accompanied mood with the approach of destination more and more excited, indeed, they should not have fun. Out the window, rain intermittent underground with, his wife muttering ghosts weather, I thought to have secretly prayed God to make the United States. We appreciate that light passing along the road sometime the night without twilight of Beijing; weak moan of the Yellow River dried up tears in their eyes; dead person Cheng He leisurely away the Yellow Crane Tower; snow coming Yangtze River ran the East China Sea; horizontal sight Ya so vast Shame Shame The Dongting Lake; and even those very ordinary scene where we also have slammed tempting, Tada lotus leaf embellishment of a Bay reservoirs, green bamboo set off the blocks of residential areas, yellow-green hillside only a few walking cattle and sheep, has been numbness in the busy city life and work of the suffering of suffering depression after being tired we can not help the pastoral scenery that Tianran confused hearts are also some Weizui of the ... ...
At 1:00 p.m. on July 20, we are out of the same confusion of Changsha railway station, and went to buy separately to the night 22:55 into the Jishou of K502 times (Guangzhou East - Huaihua) train, and then hurriedly hosting luggage, and then multiply on the slightly dilapidated bus 113 visitors came to Hunan Provincial Museum Mawangdui relics exhibition, tickets 20 yuan / person.
My wife infiltrate the ranks of tour groups, the listening guides from vivid explanations of Miss: In 1972, in Changsha Mawangdui - this looks like a saddle-shaped mound found in more than 2100 years ago, the Western Han Dynasty tombs, the tomb has 3 graves for the burial tomb No. 1 Lee Chong princely Changsha No. 2, is the burial tomb of Queen Xinzhui Changsha No. 3 is the burial tomb of the son of Hou Cang was unearthed in a total of more than 3000 pieces of precious cultural relics, and its most sensational effect No. 2 is that in the great coffin inside the tomb unearthed in more than 50-year-old woman whose body was the Han Dynasty (Xinzhui the body), because of deeply buried 20.50 meters, rammed earth, and the effect of a plaster sealing excellent body intact when unearthed , and even the skin elastic, and we can not but be struck by the wisdom of ancestors.
Wife previously tomb remains a class of little interest, but today saw the shaking of the ancient tomb unearthed cultural relics are also to marvel at.
These artifacts include more than 2100 years ago, food, clothing, weapons, paintings, daily necessities and so on, readily available, even though I have I will never finish full of tired, Du呀! Simplifying, me name 12: cover, including T-shaped coffin painted above the dynasty have been frequent in the primary and secondary school history textbooks are color pages, unearthed bright when it is almost as good as new, from the top reflects the Changsha Wang extravagance vanity of life, not only the wonderful art work beautifully, and its historical value is self-evident; reportedly unearthed Cai Qi tank (can not remember the name of the relics, I am sorry!) when you open the jar-cover the moment, which actually There can of lotus root soup, lotus root was actually white, because of unearthed outside when the shock and exposure to air, it rapidly and broken lotus root and black oxide, and now can only see from the photo was a spectacle; have a thin such as the cicada's wings prime yarn Chan Yi, weighing only 49 grams, if the group can only profit from hand, is simply inconceivable that can be regarded as Sanshengyouxing a glimpse of David; what is even more breathtaking is the question of a huge coffin layer of a layer coffin sets together, even did not use a nail, by the Muxie connection, a miracle呀!
Incidentally, that special woman whose body was still lying in the basement, with her more than 2100 years ago, only difference is that organs had been removed separately stored, is now completely become a mummy, but her hair was unearthed wig, still jet-black glossy . (Note: The woman whose body was unearthed when the blood is type A, while the hair, blood type is B, refresher woman whose body was wearing a wig)
We are deterred from inside the exhibition hall for a long time, convinced by the wisdom of the ancestors for the historical vicissitudes of the lament for our self-help travel plans went to the visit to Cuba and fortunate.
(A few days later, the ancient city of Changsha Liye found a large number of the Qin bamboo slips, world sensation, is said to virtually have to rewrite the history of the Qin Dynasty in!)
Out of the Hunan Provincial Museum, we will be walking the streets in Changsha, Changsha, roughly browsing style, counted Chu Shi Bar! Changsha is indeed rhyme legacy of the city, but we feel as a South China city of Changsha, the lack of Bahrain that is not particularly clean, there is no better feeling in Chengdu. Let us may be the most difficult to accept is that hot and humid climate, we almost breathe, quite unwell, but climate seems to be the woman's skin is too biased, or else everyone in the street between the Hunan younger sister are the jade muscle Ningzhi, white, pleasant (a little exaggeration).
We have almost a half turn of Changsha, went to the south than the famous stand in front of a pity, "to eat at a wrong time," and so delicious to the taste of shrimp supper hours only. His wife would go to eat deep-fried stinky Mikiko Huogong Dian through the Huangxing came slope sub-Street. Huo Gongdian building down a bit characteristics, but unfortunately the high price of vegetables less, Chike little, do not eat no matter whether. We are the way to Jiefang Road, Yang Yuxing Noodle House, it is necessary to fill up the last two surfaces of the stomach empty stomach windlass, then looking fragrance and taste, worthy of a century-old shop.
When we returned to Changsha railway station while waiting for inadvertently found that our self-help plan the details of the oversight visit. Originally thought that K502 plays a non-stop, Zhangjiajie City, arriving Jishou time for 7:00 am the next day or so, just go to Phoenix to play on more than half a day, and then back to Jishou. But the K502 plays exactly 4:54 am the following day, arrived in Zhangjiajie, cool clear skies can be clear at this time to remind us of summer rain on a rare clear up, once in Hunan, while the rainy day tour Zhangjiajie is simply a throwaway. We, as appropriate moment, to change his plan would reverse itinerary, Zhangjiajie - mengdong he - Phoenix, and the IC telephone contact with a good tour guide 50 yuan / day, is said to Zhangjiajie attractions are "quite similar to one-third of seven parts to imagine," I am afraid there is no guide Your perception is not enough.
Night Train is simply to torment the dead hard-seat, air conditioning close to the cold, wearing short pants with our huddle, the sleepy eyes with open Xing Zhong, Yu Shui can not, can not be stretched on two legs straight, curled and sick, I am joking them as "Xiaoxiang Journey" may be I did not realize it all has just begun.
July 21 morning, the sky slightly some white, slowly cool morning breeze slightly Jisi an instant drive away our tiredness. In Zhangjiajie City Bus Station, we are merging with the tour guide Dan, a simple account of the design of our trip to Zhangjiajie, this little girl and we take the bound on the Forest Park minibus fare 5 yuan / person.
Mainly by the Zhangjiajie scenic spot in Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, Tianzishan Suoxi Yu scenic landscape and the composition of the scenic area Qifeng Lin, Wu from Pingchou, lush vegetation, streams crisscrossed the country in 1982 became the first forest park in 1992, declared the world's natural legacy of success is mainly characterized by mountain Qifeng Jun attractions.
Zhangjiajie National Forest Park and the use of IC card fingerprint Tianzishan Scenic tickets, 110 yuan / person, valid for 48 hours. We entered the forest park entrance, stood Oxygen Bar Square, held the first looked, and instantly the mountain was conquered in Zhangjiajie. Postmen in the Mountains with each other, they stand alone towers, sky-line. My wife and I can not help but tut praise, live up to this line, the kind of self-satisfaction arises spontaneously unique travel enthusiasts.
We decided to visit Huang Shih-chai, riding on a sightseeing cable car, overlooking the mountains steep, Qiu branches swaying lightly, look up at the Peak clouds tired swing, the sky clouds, no rain, it earned a "cable car junks Shiqianfeng Guo, Huang Shih-chai on 10000 cloud "of the clumsy sentence. Xuyu Jian, Huang Shih-Walled have reached the top. The Peak has a unique loft, called "six qi Corner" called "six qi" refers to Zhangjiajie "Mountain strange, water, odd, strange clouds, fog, strange, strange plants, animals, odd." Standing 6-Qi Ge, the Jimuyuantiao Zhu Feng Huang Shih-Walled panoramic view, you can not but by nature's Shengongguifu breathtaking peaks looking like fingers reaching out that the five fingers in general, vertical Tianyu; That fairy-shaped flowers in the mountains, vividly; after Dan's tips and explanations, on the opposite side of the natural rock wall on the classic rock paintings, I really saw the Tujia Diaojiao Lou, but the eyes see pain have not yet to see such riding cattle shepherd boy. I have been infected with these wonders, and desperately "murder" film, so in voter support between the camera sets fall off a cliff, depriving the wife and some chatter.
Huang Shih-chai revel in the spectacle, we are quite attached to some of Li along the winding mountain down, there are odd mountain rocks along the way so that we stop and wait and see, in fact, everywhere in Zhangjiajie Scenic has a moving legend, Maybe some far-fetched fiction, but also interesting, "heavenly treasure box" that is the case, Koho Wu Li a stone on top of the dome, then layer upon layer of stone resembling a book, cassette loading, wow is the cassette of the Cover is pumped into a half-gone, as some manual repairs made, the natural forces of stunning endless, but unfortunately I do not remember that story, and probably about what the rich were left sorry. Taste different from the way it Qifeng Luan, really "do not come Huang Shih-chai, in vain to Zhangjiajie," ah!
Briskly walked more than an hour of the mountain, we came to Jinbian Xi entrance. This is a relatively Zhangjiajie, one of the classic line, known as "the world's most beautiful valleys," and "Jin Bianxi" because there is a substantial likelihood a mountain guarded by an eagle with open wings Jin Bian, that Jinbian almost quite similar, straight into the cloud, even the rocks of the lines are pretty close to whip edges. Jinbian Xi into the journey, we were winding Jinbian Xi fascinated Qinglie flow passing from the gravel and grass, shallow streams, whispered chants echoed kept trained on the mountains where the birds singing, the banks of streams peaks and ridges on both sides of the branches of the arm extended confrontation with Yanxi away the mountain shelter, if the draw kept trained on clean moist air in the touch of cool, The eyes closed as if no longer in the secular world in general, carried away呀!
Jin Bianxi along the way we appreciate the beauty inadvertently a cute little squirrel jump up and too naughty for our journey to add a lot of fun. Difficulty passing the old spring, ??? on a handful of sweet mountain spring water, legend "drink a live to 99," had drank! His wife is connected to the two glasses, I do not know how the life expectancy. Away dozens of minutes, we unconsciously have come to "East meet," I saw one high and one low two peaks connected, high-mountain symbol of the Han nationality, a young man, a Tujia symbol of dwarf mountain girl, which is couples in order to avoid the obstruction of the tribe, quietly rendezvous here, watching the two men languishing look, we have chosen to quietly leave, could not bear to scare them, and begins with the mountain climbing up the mountain to the next.
At this point, the sun do not know when the drill out of the forest vitis gradually sounded, we went forward in the tortuous mountain road trip, do not know when sweat soaked clothes back, breathing convinces me not help but think of last year's trip to Mount Emei , that the mountain road for nine hours experience stumble today's trip to Zhangjiajie is indeed its capability With just more than an hour, we climbed the "best in the world bridge." Zhangjiajie is said to pop "not come to Zhangjiajie like dead to the Zhangjiajie is wearing them again Zhangjiajie is not a person" jokes, which makes many of our kind of "Mix" is quite afraid, now seems much better than this.
"Best in the world bridge" is a long stone lying between two mountains, looking like a natural stone bridge connecting two mountains, the vertical height of 350 meters, which makes us good fortune of heaven and earth natural awe; walk on the bridge, no shock-free insurance, that the "bridge" is very wide and almost no hanging in the air and the feeling of facing the abyss, facing the peaks of Wu Li, near and far the level of the mountain tops, hit, relaxed and happy, perhaps only been incorporated into the embrace of this mountain, before Dan Bo Ming-chih, quiet Zhi Yuan, at the moment, I really concentrate, Lin Tse-hsu since unknowingly appreciate that "Welcome to Wikipedia, and its capacity is large; steeply climbed, no desire is just" the mood to.
Swim across the "best in the world bridge", we take the free bus went straight to "the world's first ladder." This observation elevator 100 Long known as "the world's first ladder," May 1 this year, just running water Rao stood on top of four of the cliff, 400 meters high, take the elevator can be a top-down viewing the "magic party, "Panorama, fare nature of money, 50 yuan / person. We took the lift, just by a mere four minutes, then to the foot below. That the "magic gathering," but also some taste, Zhangjiajie unique quartz sandstone peaks, such as a group of heavenly everywhere, neatly lined up attentively listen to orders, you can let go of imagination to make the wings, flying in the picturesque scenery, the antagonistic take a part of your intoxication harvest. Wife on the right "magic together," full of praise, a "to us ahead of the game" appearance.
Around 3:00 pm, the next must lift, take a moment, then into the water Rao four-door car park, look for vehicles to go to accommodation Suoxi Yu. Wife at this time also play a Kanjia the "Internal Strength" to 25 yuan for low-cost package of a leased vehicle. Car along the winding mountain road gallops, we chatted up the driver. Driver Jiao Zhu Guofu, (phone number: 13,517,445,815, it is strongly recommended!) For persons good, and we are very fate. Car to the town of Suoxi Yu parted, we agreed tomorrow, also hired his car. (Because there is no Zhangjiajie scenic buses, shuttling between the scenic area is only chartered, but frequently thirty or forty yuan, a waste of resources!)
Dan took us stay swee Hotel, standard room rates have been the wife down to 80, comfortable!
In recent days, he has traveled the exhaustion of our recline on the bed, until Dan knocked on the door to explain to us unable to continue due to a leg injury recurrence tour tomorrow, though some unhappy, but after the wife of some contact, and finally determined that we had Zhangjiajie Tour Li Qinghua online acquaintances to do guide.
July 22 morning, Lili's rain awakened us from our slumber, looked out the window, the distant peaks Cui Wei Zhangjiajie was shrouded in the misty rain misty among Yiyun also something lingering fog in the mountains, this Zhangjiajie is a unique spectacle, mountain though not high, but one every cloud and rain, then smoke-filled, so some people feel fat, "shrinking in Wonderland" "enlarged Bonsai" and other words of praise. But it's for some of our trouble, perhaps it will Tianzishan on see nothing, only cloud!
Change of plan again, we decided to first go Baofeng Hu boating until the rain again on the smaller Tianzishan luck. 7:00 or so, we have the edge in the hotel yard Chimi Fen Shop, when the earth entered a darkened high house girl, relying on online photo impression we have identified is Li Qinghua, after some chitchat, both sides familiar with the.
8:00 after midnight, Zhu Fu-time driving a retro red leased vehicle parked in front of the hotel.
Only a matter of minutes, we came to Baofeng Hu, some expensive tickets, 62 yuan / person. Baofeng Hu is a man-made lake, which, as a flawless emerald green jade-like repose in the embrace of the surrounding mountains, just as Chairman Mao's "high-Gap out of Pinghu," a poem by the way depicted.
Upon entering the door is greeted and that Baofeng waterfalls. Extremely spectacular waterfall in the rain, a bunch of rushing water falling from the high cliff hole, like a hanging in the air Yinlong wind dance, waterfalls fall river repair manual, the scriptwriting, the charm of mountain stream, and then attached to them with a wooden rope bridge, swaying bamboo, good a charming landscape volumes, flash dumped thousands of miles away our admirers.
Came to cruise terminals, saw green mountains are very green, pleasant rain, rain water has been thrown layers of ripples, I do not know where to swim to a group of white ducks, embellishment on the green to clarify the lake, so how can one make a leisurely beauty people admire it? Multiplied by cruise ship, dressed in beautiful costumes of the Tujia MM guide started for us with his right. That Baofeng Hu's Qifeng rocks but there's also a bit life-like, "peacock" "toad-containing month," "beauty mirror", etc. We are overwhelmed, frequently photographed.
Cruise, sailing on the ocean waves on slowly, suddenly found in the water park with an elaborate boat. Tujia MM told us that if the man was singing folk songs only in the past, there will be soil Way We stand on the bow singing in antiphonal style homes and vice versa. Voice hardly ever, our board of several Guangdong old "good" girl could not wait to sing together, opposite the cabin really began giving a Tujia GG, a Qingyimianmian folk songs will come back in, a lot of flavor, the ship is naturally applause 1, the two sides of the hills echoed with laughter. Knew it rain gradually stopped and I could not help smiling wife.
Winding paths along the Tujia MM fingers so that we looked, stretching from the water in a head-on the rocks there are as many a face very like The Pig, pig a few clusters above the grass looking like a clear cap, but unfortunately is green. The most classic is the boat until the time of the past, look back, they were not seen The Pig That Ban Zhanglian, Tujia MM jokingly said that The Pig peek at the lake because of the fairy bathing, angered the fairy, so the hand wave, then the Ban Zhanglian I wonder if it flew to another! This is the "half-face Ba-jie", just hear me and his wife help laughing.
Suddenly, vessel has docked at the pier, say goodbye to Tujia MM, abandoned boat landing.
Baofeng Hu beauty indeed do have style, we are quite reluctantly by some of the leased vehicle on the Zhu-fu, to Tianzishan gallops away.
The name stems from Tianzishan Yuanmomingchu Tujia peasant uprising leader claiming to be the Son of Heaven to the Great Kun, was defeated here, jump as Shentang Bay and man-made memory of his name suggests Tianzishan. So far the Shen Tang Wan Tianzishan also Sagittarius neighing as if every rain, the emperor is said to Wang drilled troops and horses on the inside it!
11:00 am or so, we multiplied Tianzishan cableway cable car, looked around cloud cover fog cover, a vast expanse of whiteness are really into the "Wonderland", and we secretly pray to the sun. It did not, the sun disappeared, Yulian but thick woven together. We had the rain came to Long Park.
Long Park Long increasingly tall bronze statue in the rain, his hand with the familiar pipe, an affable smile, for his hometown - Sangzhi County, in his snuggle beside his beloved horses. Zhangjiajie is said Qifeng 3000, Xiushui 800, which is also the 3000 bronze statue of a Qifeng. As the saying goes, "ZTE's will, 19 Hunan", Hunan, is indeed outstanding people can see where the text has Shen Cong-wen, Huang Yongyu ... ...; Wu has Tseng Kuo-fan, Tso ... ... the list goes on. He is widely spread in western Hunan Marshal "two knives make revolution," the story of the world familiar with his statue now stands in the Lingshan Xiushui the Department indicates the Hunan people's admiration.
Holding chances, we are striding lustily along the Son of Heaven House, saw misty, and occasionally mischievous wind lifted a white clouds, slightly exposed several beautiful peaks, vaguely, as if Chu's fairy grace Zhuo where bathing in the sea of clouds, suddenly exposed Coy ketones, let's stunning generally surprised and flattered.
Rain stopped without a shred of meaning, I feel more than this year's "51" long holiday to the "Mix" Fortunately, many times, 51 seven-day holiday has never let go, sunny, Tiantian Kan, "Wonderland", a fairy can not stand wow! Zhangjiajie mountain is really beautiful, for many words of praise reverse, Tianzishan scenic mountain like slim girls, while Huang Shih-Walled scenic mountain like body abundance of the young woman, like a number of charming passionate woman, desperately gathered around the visitors from afar to show their gorgeous. Unfortunately,呀! Today, not destined to see that this Tianzishan Zhu Feng's style, our tour guide Xiao Li said that if there is luck, until the time of the beginning of clouds and rain Ji, Shan Feng Fu, the Tianzishan Zhu Feng rugged rocks, like the Dao Xiao ax, DIP sky, to imperial brush peak of the most wow, now we can only glimpse from Zhangjiajie on the face of the ticket; "warrior horse" single left of the warrior, that horse went so far as clouds go by; "stone boat" only to see the sea of clouds That ship is searching disappeared; it seems that we did not escape the rain in Hunan, but we fully appreciate the "two-thirds quite similar to seven parts imagination" in those seven points, and the feeling of Zhangjiajie increasingly Duoliaoyifen hazy, Today, pick up a pen when the cloud is also steamed-xia Wei's Tianzishan Afterward it!
We walked down to the Shilihualang Tianzishan away, the rain is so quiet mountain road, mountain air is more refreshing, after stormwater filtration, the roadside vegetation is greener after rain washed, Tianzishan that the "enlarged Bonsai, reduced in Wonderland "Though shall not see, but the mood is joyful, and more than an hour on the road is unknowingly to an end.
Zhangjiajie is also a boutique travel Shilihualang lines, known as the "ten-mile", because of not fully developed, so only about five miles way, and Jin Bianxi canyon similar to the original Shilihualang are accompanied by a stream, but after the 1998 flood, it dried up. Although less Shilihualang nimbus of water, but the valleys on both sides of Qifeng Lin, Wan Shi Zhengrong, is overlooking Tianzishan, while Shilihualang look up, three steps one scene, Wu Buyi paintings, strengths and weaknesses, until meatballs are cooked really a carefully written Chinese painting.
Shilihualang of the most classic is the "herbs for the elderly," Wu Li a peak between the clouds, looking like a basket-toting drug-lun towel headband slightly bent old man in the leisurely selection of a hundred herbs, really charm, the legend he is the emperor to the king's physician, Wang has been the Son of Heaven herbs to cure the passage of time, they turned it into this feng. To Zhangjiajie, I picture in the data on the envy and amazement of their spectacular charm, is now on the ground, even less lifelike and tut its praise, his wife also clap wow, cough! When I selected Zhangjiajie, she still did not feel waiting to no avail, but now she is also the magic of Zhangjiajie conquered.
Mountain Dangzhaoxianqi like clouds, Didi De occasionally cover Xiufeng was graceful in posture, and occasionally it soak into the depths of the thick green cover mountains, Zhangjiajie clouds really odd ah! It was the silent modification of orders become more beautiful mountains in Zhangjiajie, engaged in a luxury here, what would you? No wonder the famous landscape painters Huang Yongyu Xiangxi named for the scenic area, "Wulingyuan", which is that "Xanadu" Ah!
Around 3:00 pm and left Shilihualang, we still going to vote in its soulful eyes, and the remaining had no choice but to leave it go in the film and the miss of the aftertaste.
We still take the car on the Zhu Guofu, return Suoxi Yu, this time he received only 15 yuan, stretch,!
Gradually the rain stopped, and back to the hotel, we thank the other of the Li Qinghua, they came to town looking for delicious Wulingyuan. That town is full of street-side snack shop, each will be vegetables, meat, and mounted in a cage of chickens, pigeons, etc. placed at the door to attract Chike, but still a cage, there are huge rats, fat Pier, and feet like a rabbit the size of the locals called "Bamboo Rat," a probably around 100 yuan, the price is also full of expensive it! Naturally we dare not good enough, had surnamed Chen at a small restaurant proprietress spent 35 yuan, a point of a fried bacon and a fried ginseng dishes, a bottle of Qingdao beer, taste good, full of Tujia characteristics.
Fond, back to the hotel early to rest.
Rain again the next night.
July 23 8:00 am, due to go Baizhang Xia Zhu Fu out of the bus, so we casually called a taxi to the Yellow Dragon Cave, fares 10 yuan, but no chance to see us Zhu Shifu, and we want him photographed it.
Huanglong Cave on the way to the scene is pretty good, distant mountains still pull had several films playing the clouds, all the way there are Tuan Tuan flowing river accompanied by claims, although the rain last night, Tim had a little Hunhuang it could be mountains in Zhangjiajie rare to see such a wide streams, heart strings by its breathing could not help but fiddle with the whispered singing.
Huanglong Cave is more common in the southern region of the natural cave, is a typical karst landform. Cave stalagmites, stone pillars, stone curtains and stone flowers, stalactites and so intertwined everywhere. Hole is divided into four tiers, there are underground river, the hole runs nearly 15 km, a height of up to 50 meters, the largest hall area of 12,000 square meters, magnificent.
Tourists visited about every 40 people in a group of soil loaded by a red house The Way We do guided tours. When we hole, our guide Gong has been greeted in there. Hole heat intolerable, but inside the cave, Liang Qi Xi-ren. Hole not far from two-door is welcome. Gong lead began to introduce interesting that the natural formation of two doors, one door of happiness, one is longevity door, go-go one, back-and-go one, not allowed to repeat, you are happy after the first live longer then? After the first longevity or happiness? My wife Xiangshiyixiao, coincidentally the door walked happiness, "life is precious, and love is even more," Well! Is not happy how can he live long, most visitors to choose and just like us.
We took the boat going against Dragon-hole underground river - xiangshuihe while, listening to the sound of gurgling water, to see holes 9 8 bend, sometimes open, sometimes narrow and unpredictable.
A minute later, abandoned boat landing, we had a beautiful sweet-sounding Kung-mediated talks to appreciate the magnificent points.
As the cave dripping, it is a bottom-up growth of stalagmites, stalactites is a top-down growth, both relative, if it becomes connected with the stone pillars. Even to one, stalagmites and stalactites almost together, but no longer dripping stalactites, and therefore can not connect the two together. Gong guide said with a smile: "The above is the tears in their eyes Kugan, the following are waiting to no avail, is called for ages Come and hate"! My wife Lian Liancheng its image. Also to the one, and what I wanted almost the same scene, but it is still dripping stalactites, and stalagmites that it be able to reunite, but say that they guide the growth of Gong extremely slow, only about 0.1 mm a year, until the time they are afraid to come across a thousand years Therefore, Cijingpianhuan "large comes", fantastic!
Line to the dragon palace, sometimes extremely wide, eyes suddenly see the light, look inside the cave, stalagmites, such as forest, stalactites Rubao, looks quite different, against the background of the lantern, the color scene is like heaven street night market, reminding us of scenes crystal dragon palace, really cave wonders ah!
We are most tempting is that insurance companies had 100 million yuan investment insurance, "Dinghaishenzhen." This is the root stalagmite 27 meters high, quintana and transparent, like the Sun Story of the East China Sea underwater Ruyi Jingu Bang stood within the mighty force of nature once again our shock, his wife even said that a worthwhile trip. Unfortunately, lack of lighting inside the cave, we use 400-degree film is all in vain, thanks to the specified snapshot inside the cave, took a 10-inch film, costly 25 yuan, very fortunate! Very fortunate!
More than two hours of the tour, so that we feast for the eyes. 11:00 or so, the rain began to pace it was boring, we left the Yellow Dragon Cave, say goodbye to Gong guide, car rental straight to the town of Suoxi Yu.
We took the Suoxi Yu to Zhangjiajie city of Pakistan, fare 5 yuan, about 40 minutes by car.
The recommendation of the local people, we are attracted to the University side of the Tujia Wulingyuan dried vegetables shop, ready to feast on. His wife is a food culture of the "pioneers" of course very good for my point of Tujia flavor dishes, in fact, travel information for each self-catering part of the whole by her Gaoding. The past few days have been rain freak out and tired we finally enjoy some appetite, a Tujia of Lap-mei "three the pot", a fried bacon, a fried dried tomatoes, clean sweep, I soothe the stomach, but also faintly lingering fragrance is not absolutely certain. (Shame! Ashamed! Any errors the image.)
3:00 pm or so, we went to Zhangjiajie train station, take the train to go mengdong he K527 times. Waiting, I secretly pray for God to make the United States, because if the rain rose water, mengdong he would not be floated.
We arrived mengdong he station, they will sit shui side of the dilapidated motor boat dock, 4 yuan per person, Qu Wang Furong. Hibiscus Town, formerly known as Wangcun is shui on a town, Yishanbangshui distinctive, as directed by Xie Jin, Liu Xiaoqing and Jiang Wen starring film "Hibiscus Town" in this location and the intake of fame, so it was called Hibiscus Town. You do not look down upon the celebrity effect, coupled with known as "the best in the world drift," said mengdong he drifted for a time in this town will be Yourenruzhi Hunan, known far and wide, even shui due to the upstream Guzhang County Song Zuying's hometown is also a minor celebrity, is really "good wind with force, helped me on the Albatron."
The sky is late, then rain increasingly arrogant, deliberately spilled the shui in the wide green river, the two sides of Castle Peak, such as Dai, rain pouring down the mountains of the ravines down to form large or small waterfall. Sandwiched breeze blowing over the face of the occasional rain, shallow pleasant hint of fatigue HAPPY swept the hearts of the mountains really want to stay in between Hunan and feel that sub-paradise of elegant, maybe I would like the Tao described by the same fisherman Zaixun it disappeared.
Ship nearly 50 minutes, we saw the lights and the rain little bit of Furong Wangcun spectacular waterfalls. After landing, we came to the mengdong he Bangshui hotels, because that day mengdong he stopped bleaching, overcrowding, only three or human, by our low prices with 110 per win.
Settled luggage, and we are side by side Chengzhuoyusan, along town streets that green stone road climb the stairs, could not help but a kind of Shu Ting's "Rain Lane" description of that sub-quiet and elegant feeling, roadside shops were ancient Tujia architectural style hanging corner cornices, and even the Yan Jiao Shou Tou shape decorated with very different, with different features. Every single home is Liu Xiaoqing m tofu signs, casual look for the store to bowl, there is no feeling, fabled. After taste, then went back to hotel and rest.
July 24 morning, I found the past few days wrapping up of people the rain stopped. A baffling spread the excitement of an instant body, I went rafting companies in town near mengdong he asked, good luky! Finally able to achieve our program areas.
9:00 or so, we lay drifting ramp where the company's shuttle bus, listening to the car playing beautiful songs, glance out the window of the car's pastoral scenery, bumps in the Quwang Hani Palace is the maintenance of the mud on the road. That hide the sun for a few days I do not know when it quietly appeared to Jisi golden sun Sajin car, then came Rongzhongerjia rough voice, "Oh! Magic Jiuzhaigou, a paradise on earth ... ...", What a familiar voice, Bashu their dreams last year, and that feeling of deja vu if they had gone back side, so I have been Journey's fatigue suddenly collapsed.
Mengdong he is shui of a tributary stream Rapids urgent, the most suitable for rafting, so Fei old man referred to as "best in the world drift." Drifting is basically half-drift, from the Temple to dirt Hani River Bridge, about 110 years. We had a lot of information on the internet, had come prepared. Hani Palace in the car, I and my wife on the "heavily armed", raincoat rain pants, visor, one Yipiao, rushed on rubber rafts drifting.
Skipper a sail, we found 10 individuals on board, only the Wuhan 3 "amazon" has a gun and two scoop, while the remaining five Hunan surprise "unarmed" and even including a "Warriors" a gentleman appearance, T-shirts, white socks, shoes, and even raincoats are naked, my god! "Death to the imminent" is also totally do not know, so sad. Fortunately, over a head-on finishes, "arms" boats, burst in our guidance and advice, purchased a large number of "arms and ammunition." After a brief exchange after the water fight in Wuhan by the sitting in front of the "boat flower" (our own elected) shout the password, our ship left-starboard divided into two groups, namely "fire." Our movements are clean and in order, with combat, but also conducted a number of "military exercise." Perhaps the atmosphere in our preparations underway for the rendering, our boatman a force will be Penny's planted on the bottom of the crevice in an instant, the child such as the disconnection of the kite skin raft floated downstream, "battle" has not yet begun, and our boatman on the "hand over their guns," and we can not help laughing.
On rubber rafts in the Hunhuang the mengdong he bumps with each through a rapids, the raft over to the bouncing of the deer in general, sparking flyings Suiyu like waves, followed by screams of joy is to weave a while, unconsciously of us wearing raincoats rain pants who are slightly wet, can be our "Warriors" are still dry and still. We are quite uneven, then the command boatman rushed Falls, Kayaks child swinging a swing in the past, along with the "Warriors" tragic cries like a pelican gatherings, our "Warrior," the letter into La Tangji, we Once again, can not help but laugh, and even said: "Now we are against the common enemy, without any concerns, and the enemy become accustomed myself!"
Filled with Shanghai's "enemy ships" has not yet entered our line of sight, and all enter this pre-war silence. Blue sky was forced into a narrow canyon a few days, a long absence, is also Dunqu sun, only clouds of white Jisi leisurely swing in a small space. Mengdong he was green water is an end to the rain beating in recent days of the struggle was Hunhuang bear, was a block on both sides of Castle Peak, meandering rapids and ran to the shui. Green hills on both sides of dripping, humid after the rain it seems that the birds are also attracted a lot of loud; waterfall could be found everywhere, and some integration of a bouquet, it may be days suspended Bailian; some 1000 Wanlv, like peacock screen. I almost revel in the silence where it points, and until our "boat flower" yelled up.
From afar, Shanghai's "enemy ships" hovering in front of the water, it seems that waiting for our arrival. We all got excited, in order to scoop the oars, pushed, "warship", rushed forward. Two ships exchange fire, a time, save a few arm move, spray flying. Where we are, what passwords they simply poured water on the scoop from the past, shouting voice and laughter mixed one. I am struggling to Yipiao salicylic In the past, just hit the tail of an enemy ships Shanghai fat man's face, splash, see the "enemy" was shot, feeling too cool a! I convulsed with laughter, almost unable to fight, despite the rising water, overwhelming the body of the spill. Finally, both sides tired, then died down. Until then, becomes of us discovered that La Tangji "ship flowers" I do not know when to escape to the stern, while our "Warriors" are red in the bow of the ship, feeling似水where fish out of the ordinary; even more ridiculous is, his wife Abnormal brave fighting, and even scoop all crumble in half, has become a "Yueya Chan," so we are also some rock with laughter.
There is no such a long time laughing, so indulgent, so playful spirit, so unrestrained, drifting brought us memorable and happiness is by far the difficult passing away, the person who withheld the hypocrisy of those sub-urban life, complete indulgence in the Hunan's mountains, the feeling of really feel so cool!
We laugh a stomach pain, after a moment, the ship has already dirt River Bridge.
We are leaving "equipment", wet places to go ashore.
Wuhan, the three "amazon" are also proponents of self-tour, due to drift to establish a "comrade" relationship, so we decided to go to Phoenix peers.
12:00 or so, it's still floating the company's bus that will carry us into the Furong, hurriedly left a few with the old street shadow mengdong he arrived on the boat train station, take the train Quwang jishou 1607 times.
15:00 or so, we went to Da Xiangxi Autonomous Prefecture jishou. Out of the station, his wife has fully demonstrated its beyond me to Kanjia the ability to package the price of 60 yuan a plane straight away Phoenix.
Information depicts the Phoenix, it feels like a Xiaojiabiyu, pure, pleasant, leaning in a corner of western Hunan, I do not know when the stunning world, and for a literary poet aspire to praise snow rains. Canadian friend Louis. Alley once said that China's most beautiful small town there are two, one in Fujian Changting, and the other is the western Hunan Phoenix. Phoenix is also plagued with a number of celebrities, such as the great masters of contemporary literature, Shen Cong-wen, the Republic's first Prime Minister Xiong Xiling, landscapist Huang Yongyu, and even bandits, Chen Qu Zhen western Hunan were also sealed his column, down for this beautiful little mountain town adding to its rhyme color.
Sky do not know when they Piaoqi strands of rain drift, and we share in the vehicle travel experiences with self-help, and agreed that the rain You can read the Phoenix share of quaint quiet town, "Mix" like-minded bar!
Car road near two hours, then Po on the bridge across the Tuo, I finally caught sight of it written for Diao Jiaolou river, on both sides and the middle of a green vein running water gone, as said: 1 Castle Peak hold ancient city, corner to water ring Guo. Poetic rendering of the scene in front of, when a sudden feeling that Tianran Shude flew into my heart, away from the city hustle and bustle of my instant fully integrated into a unique style of Phoenix.
Get off, we and Wuhan, "amazon" leave each of the E-Mail, will be separated. We chose ZTE hotel, 80 standard rooms, good condition. Well settled luggage, we came down the street, Ambassador User recommended restaurants, and saw the boss Yang Xing flowers. We have already hungry for a long time, hastily points extra dishes, to a bottle of beer, the taste Needless to say, and inexpensive, its no wonder that Huang Yongyu inscribed signs, but the User's ability to identify food is fantastic, even our so gluttonous Who are surprised at the small town found in this humble shop do?
Tian Sean down, the rain will be streets of red stone a very refreshing way to wash, and confused that we do not bear to set foot on to the tiny mountain town, almost no feasting, only if we deliberately seek it thousands of miles from points of being indifferent to elegant, quiet and peaceful . Shen Cong-wen's "Border Town" that points inside the mood at the moment by our feelings, just look for Tracy had not seen it dark. In fact, many are the Prophet Shen Cong-wen, after the Phoenix consciousness; Phoenix and I am a prophet, after knowledge Shen Cong-wen. Because I prefer to travel journey both fascinating natural scenery, with ancient cultural landscape, of course, ultimately, the traditional food culture, this is the case Xiaoxiang trip. Phoenix is part of the humanities, there is no understanding of the Phoenix, I would not know Shen Cong-wen, but I once knew him, I feel like the Phoenix with his unique charm that attracted me, so I am even more admire him, his wife even more so, so we have arranged for tomorrow to pay tribute to his grave.
July 25 morning, the weather was fine. We still enjoy the restaurants, the Ambassador of the Tujia flavor after the city where pleasure to walk through. (Because the company bought Phoenix Yellow Dragon Cave Eight Sights, passes for 150 yuan / person, if only to buy but also thirty or forty million, we believe that too expansive, and feel that this extremely dense commercial atmosphere pollution, harm and that sub-ancient town quiet, Do not be mad that we are poor, eating Buzhuo grapes, Yueputaosuan.)
Phoenix along the remnants of the ancient city wall, we came to the north gate tower. Rent a wife on the Tujia ethnic clothing, Bamboo basket carried on the back of the round, a smiling earth home-Mei's appearance, posed for pictures with the faint city.
Get out of the north gate, that corner to be greeted Tuo. Dark green river clarification, Tuan Tuan flowing, the two sides was very Tujia flavor Tuo Diao Jiaolou like watching a child-like next to be suspended in the river half the body surface, is also a string of red lanterns dotted forehead, so that photography enthusiasts mesmerized. Tuojiang there are a lot of kids splashing in the water, in the dancing rock on the joy to play, the women seem to get used to these small groups in the riverside laundry, clothes, wood flog Zade, "pop" creaked. We are attracting the simplicity of the Phoenix, in the riverside stay for a long time.
Tuojiang sideways on the reconstruction of Hongqiao, weeping willow set off the bridge, the bridge bustling crowd, which is Phoenix lively place. We bridge the border town bookstore and bought an original book, soak the Phoenix, "Border Town", the beauty of the winding along the Tuo River, you come to pay homage Kikunami mountain old Mr. Shen Cong-wen. Shen Cong-wen old man after the death of some of its ashes sprinkled on the upbringing of his Tuo, the other part will be buried in the Waterside mountains. Quiet of the forest where you see waves of flowers and trees, silence silent. Chen Lao mass graves of the cemetery is not only a primary color of the streaky stone tombstone, engraved with a positive, "as I thought, could understand me; what I thought could understand people." Inscription engraved on the back of "no discount is not from, l'etoile its Wen also chee also enable, Motherland of its people ", this is the old Mr. Tan Bo Shen Cong-wen's true portrayal of life, its that simple and not play the Phoenix nurtured personality is what we are asked to revere.
Pay homage at the tomb of the Chen Lao, his wife also can not help but sadly some.
The afternoon the weather heats up arguing with his wife back to the ancient city streets to buy souvenirs. Wife of the old streets of shops on both sides of the ancient deterred from nearly an hour, and finally the mother's silverware in the Gui-Ying Zhang store to buy some silver, very happy. I am with the side of the road chatting up a Hmong-old mother, and she enthusiastically invited me to Miao Village Unfortunately, I do not have time.
15:00 or so, we are bound by the Jishou of the CMB, so a bit of regret that left the Phoenix. A short day, and we appreciate her lady-like rush tranquil atmosphere, and perhaps would never see her in the beautiful silence, do not a! My Phoenix ... ...
To Jishou, we added some supplies, in the old train station waiting room to wait for 23 o'clock or so to return 502 times Changsha train journey tired the past few days to make his wife lie down asleep in my arms, I have some hard untold, though some Xiaoxiang Journey, but the mood is upbeat in the future memory of this sub-joy I am afraid to buy can not be bought, and the arduous journey has always been the real self-tour were omitted.
After a night of bumps, we have at 8:00 on July 26 to arrive at Changsha, in the station before the Yinxing hotel stay there, standard room 150 yuan, conditions can still be.
Journey of the train air-conditioning and fatigue made me suffer from cold and fever. So we had to cancel plans for Yuelu Hill parade in the Xiangjiang Bian on the twisted my.
Sky clouds, no rain, Xiangjiang gloomy gray, orange-chou silence with, there is no anger, just like all the sick along with my emotions, Chairman Mao was full of daring, "Man Jiang Bitou, vying, 10000 class Shuang Tian Jing freedom" Nor have not seen a trace of searching images, it may have to wait until late autumn, perhaps only in great heart bar!
July 27 morning, tired of us reluctantly embarked on a T122 Train back Shenyang, then the long but short-lived, suffering and joy of the journey is over, and that points can be picturesque but stay in our memories forever overlooking the a heart ... ...
WORM on August 25, 2002
Author: yuancong
