The group will not bring you here, Yunnan that can only be seen by self-driving

Number of days: 10 days
Time: December
Average cost: 3600 yuan
With whom: husband and wife
Updated: 2021.01.07

Do you believe it? Today, when even the soil on the moon can be dug up,

there

is still a group of people who use the most primitive methods and rely on gambling to win the best jadeite.

I always thought that gambling stones were a thing of the last century, until I came to Ruili , walked into the night market, and saw a crowd of people, lying on the ground, shining on an inconspicuous stone.

I'm fascinated, can't I judge with real technology? Or some other reason, I still haven't figured it out to this day.

When gold is valuable, jade is priceless

This is also why I like self-driving, it allows you to discover a lot of unconventional people and things, which is very interesting.

Forget it, this is already the 7th self-driving with my family~ Stroke this trip.

A total of 10 days, 8 days of self-driving.

Shanghai to Lijiang, train to Dali. Dali car rental, passing through Tengchong, Ruili, Mangshi, and finally returning to Dali, the whole journey is 1,200 kilometers. This line is also called the "Western Yunnan Line", which means west of Yunnan.

Along the way, the Lujiangba Bridge

In the service area of the Lujiangba Bridge, there is a viewing platform where you can see the panoramic view of the bridge in the picture above.

Tengchong, the land of the soul of western Yunnan

Tengchong was originally a county, but in 2015 it was changed to Tengchong City, managed by Baoshan City. However, Tengchong's fame is so great that Baoshan City has no status at all.

Heshun Ancient Town

far, this is the only one I have seen, and for the convenience of others, I took out my bathroom for free.

When I can't hold back, I will really be moved to cry when I see these words.

There are dozens of large and small ancient towns in Yunnan, I have been to Lijiang Ancient City before, and this time I came to Dali Ancient City, Xizhou Ancient Town, Shuanglang Ancient Town, although Lijiang, The ancient city of Dali is very famous, but the most impressive is the "Heshun Ancient Town".

What makes me most comfortable is that his business and the local area are just right, so I don't have to worry about the whole street being the same Yiwu goods. On the contrary, what you see here is their daily life, the uncle is basking in the sun in the pavilion, and the aunt is washing vegetables by the river with the baby on her back.

Heshun Ancient Town

Coffee shop, the hand companion shop seems to have opened by the way, and most of the coffee is also local Yunnan small-grain coffee.

Wet market

Alley

Thin bean flour, a product of pea fermentation, similar to tofu pudding, a serving of scones + thin bean flour, is their daily breakfast.

There

used to be a bar street in the old town, near Wild Duck Lake, but now it is closed.

There is a tavern on the main street, a century-old house that can be visited for free. The logo is the red lantern on the exterior wall, which becomes their home field as soon as it gets dark. Many people came to take pictures.

Heshun Library

One of the largest rural libraries in China, it was founded in 1924 by overseas Chinese, and it is almost 100 years old~

In 2006, the library was approved by the State Council to be listed as a "National Key Cultural Relics Protection Unit".

When I first came in, I thought it was an old site that was no longer in operation, after all, it was almost 100 years old... When I looked at the newspaper, it was all the latest, and there was a book borrowing area.

Duck Lake

Wild Duck Lake

Ai Siqi Memorial Hall

Ai Siqi, a native of Tengchong, is a very powerful philosopher. The first person in China to study and promote Marxist philosophy.

And in order to let us Chinese people understand the obscure Marxist philosophy, he wrote a lot of easy-to-understand articles, so he is also known as "the first person to popularize philosophy".

The

two on the right are the two handwritten letters that Grandpa Mao had given him.

Ma Gang Museum

Tengchong Hot Spring

first, I didn't have much imagination about Tengchong Hot Spring, but now I really feel that the hot springs in Yunnan are seriously underestimated, and the publicity firepower is not enough~

When people think of hot springs, they only think of Japan. When it comes to Yunnan, I only think of Erhai Lake, but the hot springs here are obviously one of the six major hot springs in the world! And it is on par with Beppu in Japan and Yellowstone Park in the United States.

The picture below is the Jigokudani Onsen in Noboribetsu in Japan that I went to in 2018, which is a very vivid hell.

Compared to Noboribetsu in Atami Onsen, it is still quite good.

Originally, Atami Onsen could be played with hot air balloons, but it was closed after the hot air balloon accident. (The staff fell from the hot air balloon and the people were gone)

These steam are all generated by hot springs

The

smell of sulfur is very strong, and the ground is constantly bubbling.

claims to have soaked in hot springs that can cure infertility

The

top of the mountain is the "Atami Big Boiling Pot", and the water temperature is close to 100 degrees.

One of the eighteen monsters of Yunnan is "eggs are skewered and sold", peanuts and potatoes are all boiled in hot springs.

50 yuan/person for foot soaking, and the aunt scoops a bucket of hot spring directly from the big boiling pot.

Atami Boiling Pot

Atami Big Rolling Pot

Recommend a local dish

"Youfen Restaurant" is a local restaurant opened by local villagers, in the ancient town, the online score is not high, But the taste is quite amazing. Especially their "clay pot" and "sauerkraut roast pork".

"Sauerkraut Roast Pork" is a cold dish, the taste of barbecue surpasses that of many Hong Kong-style barbecue restaurants, sliced and mixed with local sauerkraut, one bite is very enjoyable.

"clay pot" is similar to hot pot, chicken soup as the base, there are a lot of ingredients in it, the top layer is covered with haired pork skin, the pork skin after absorbing the soup, very fresh.

Ruili, the country's largest gambling stone market

Ruili City, in the southwest corner of Yunnan, borders Myanmar, tooChina's largest gambling stone market.

Each stone has an ID, when it was mined, and which mine. It's like our ID card.

In this epidemic, in addition to Wuhan, Ruili is the second city in China to be locked down. It is said that a Burmese person could not be treated locally and smuggled into Ruili, resulting in the lockdown of the city.

Before the epidemic, the distance between them and us was a thin line, and they even crossed the border with each other without knowing it, such as the village below.

One village, two countries

One village, two countries

As the name suggests, one village has two countries, which is very interesting. In addition to the boundary markers, the border is basically blocked with simple barbed wire. And through the iron fence, the villagers in Myanmar can see it clearly.

Suspected abandoned Hitachi Bridge Two Countries.

Outside the iron fence is Myanmar~ Swing and go abroad.

Children watching Myanmar from the air are paralyzed playing games.

One village, two countries

Myanmar's car

Boundary marker, which used to be walkable, is now blocked due to the epidemic.

Why don't you say that our country will do business, make a scenic spot on the border. Myanmar is still a village.

Gambling stone market

The biggest gain of Ruili this time is to see the gambling stone market, if you don't come, you won't believe it anyway, even the soil of the moon can be dug up today, there is actually such a group of people, paralyzed on the ground, holding a flashlight, shining on an inconspicuous stone, fantasizing about priceless jadeite in it.

These stones also have a name - rough stone.

Every night, there are tens of thousands of people here, all thinking of getting rich overnight. The seller offered 120,000 yuan, the buyer reached 10,000, and the story of the final transaction happened every day. So how strange transactions are normal here.

There is a saying in their line: one knife is poor, one knife is rich, and one knife is worn with sackcloth. So it is often rumored here who spent 100,000 yuan and opened 2 million jadeite. Whoever went bankrupt again, ended up with nothing, jumped off the building. Just like the stock market.

According to the locals, these stones were transported from Myanmar, and their country did not care, and then they were frantically mined and transported to our country.

Ruili has a total of 2 markets, Jie Gao Port and Dehong, which is Dehong's, and the market is divided into 2 districts, a rough stone area and a finished product area.

Finished product area

Location: Navigate to [Dehong Hotel], starting at 17 o'clock every night.

Journey

to the

West 24 episodes of the Jade Rabbit Spirit filming location, the whole attraction is not big, but it is easy to make a film, and it has the taste of a fantasy forest.

Sister sue the port

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There is nothing to see here, the main thing is to look at the port. There is no epidemic, you can go to Myanmar from here, and now everything is closed.

There is a duty-free shop next to it, there are no discounts, and it is deserted and miserable.

Mangshi, Yunnan Southeast Asia

The

city where fruits are the most delicious, a cup of freshly squeezed mango juice costs 10 yuan, and avocados, also known locally as ghee fruits, are also 10 yuan a cup.

Shwedagon Pagoda

At the top, you can see the entire Mang City.

The Great Silver Pagoda

is right next to the Shwedagon Pagoda, and I didn't have enough time to go.

Dali, or Dali

In addition to Shanghai and Beijing, the most coffee shops are estimated to be Dali, and more than 100 places are the size of a palm... I checked in the top few and the environment was very good.

Tang Ka

Tangka

Big Bowl Island

Dali Ancient City

The

first impression of Dali is still known from "Tianlong Babu". Duan Zhengchun, who still remembers 18 wives, was embarrassed to find that what he liked was his sister's plot ......

Although it is difficult to feel the local fireworks in Dali now, the history and culture it carries cannot be ignored.

Moreover, the ancient city of Dali was the political, economic and cultural center of Yunnan during the Tang and Song dynasties.

Dali Bed Sheet Factory, now converted into an art district.

Shangcangshan and Lower Erhai

The

road at the T-junction next to Dali University is the best interpretation of Dali, with Erhai Lake in front of the road and Cangshan Mountain behind the road.

Location: Hongsheng Road, Dali University (near the People's Court of the ancient city)

The

poster of the movie "Prosperity is Coming" is also taken from this scene.

Longkan Wharf - Blowing the sea breeze to feed the red-billed gulls

From Dali University to Longkan Wharf, it is about 8km. In recent years, Erhai Lake has been rectified, ecological corridors have been built along the coast, and some roads of "Huanhai West Road" are still under construction, but it will not be affected.

Flocks of red-billed gulls are so bold that they come directly to their hands to peck at them.

The

sea breeze is very, very strong, no matter what hairstyle, chaos is the destination.

is autumn and winter.

Recommend a local dish

"Awang's private dish" is a local farmhouse dish recommended by the innkeeper, which has not been hit by lightning and tastes very good. If you can't eat spicy, be sure to tell the boss in advance.

Recommended tofu and stir-fried beef.

Xizhou, relying on baba is on fire

Since Xizhou baba has been on the tip of the tongue in China, it has suddenly brought fire to this unknown ancient town of Xizhou. In fact, Xizhou Ancient Town is the opposite bank of Shuanglang Ancient Town, which is surrounded by Erhai Lake.

On the way to Xizhou Ancient Town, aunts kept waving to sell baba on the side of the road.

Locals say that the oven grill will be more local than the electric oven, and there are two flavors: sweet and salty.

I ate a salty taste of grilled in the oven, very crispy, and very rich rapeseed oil flavor.

In addition to the tip of the tongue, there are also Zhou Xun, Liu Wen's eldest cousin, and Aya's variety show "Nice to Meet You", which made Xizhou directly out of the circle.

At the end of December, the autumn fairy tale turns into early winter chocolate.

Xizhou

Xizhou Sunrise

Compared with Shuanglang, Xizhou is more suitable for watching the sunrise.

Recommended local cuisine - Pengyile

Pengyile" is a hot pot restaurant run by local villagers with high ratings. It stands to reason that Dali does not have yaks, and hot pot is not their specialty, a person who has no time or location, but only relies on people and this to achieve the first place in local cuisine.

After chatting with the proprietress and realizing that the secret of success is by no means accidental.

In the early years, they had been doing odd jobs in other provinces, and they couldn't save much money all year round. Later, the proprietress went to Lijiang, Yunnan Province and ran errands in the back kitchen of a restaurant. This run gave her the opportunity to change her fate. Thanks to the chef's guidance, she learned to make yak hot pot. Later, after discussing with her husband, she returned to her hometown in Xizhou to open a yak hot pot restaurant. As soon as this idea came out, the surrounding relatives and neighbors laughed off their big teeth, saying that this was not a Yunnan specialty, how could tourists come to eat it.

After

thinking about it, they took out all their savings and decided to give it a try. In fact, this is very difficult for rural people, and if it is not done, it means that all the money is wasted.

The proprietress also said that in order to ensure the real freshness of yak meat, they come from the Lijiang cold chain every day, and it is also based on the requirements for the freshness of the ingredients to make the store popular today.

I also found out after I came that Wu Zhenyu and Ren Suxi had been here, and Wu Zhenyu also said a very high evaluation at that time: "This is the most comfortable meal I have had in Yunnan." "Hahahaha...... It is estimated that this old man can't eat spicy food.

This boss is also naïve, such a big star has come, and he has not made a poster to put it at the door, and the reviews on the Internet are almost all like me who have eaten spontaneously recommended.(I asked them about these photos, and they turned them out of their phones to show me)

Mo Shang Garden Restaurant

As the name suggests, the restaurant is surrounded by transparent glass along with the roof, and dried flowers and leaves are hung on the roof, complementing the flowers on the ground. The table and chairs were randomly found and split in half, placed in the flowers, Jungle lunch? Well, that's probably what it feels like.

However, the taste of his dishes is average, mainly because of the environment.

In addition to the restaurant, the owner also runs an inn, which is also the filming location of "Nice to Meet You". The owner was very polite and specially let us visit. The inn is a classic Bai house built in the form of a closed courtyard with "three rooms and one wall" and "four in five courtyards" . There are many flowers around the courtyard that I can't name but are beautiful. What does it feel like, like an immortal living there.

Shuanglang Ancient Town

From Xizhou to Shuanglang, about 30 kilometers. The early development of the double corridor is relatively commercial. This ancient town is very long, the straight-line distance has to be 3 kilometers, halfway there, cowardly.

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Shuanglang

Nanzhao Style Island

Nanzhao Style Island is the biggest surprise of Shuanglang, and the scenery seen on the island is completely different from on land.

To get to the island, you have to take a ferry to and ferry. There are many shifts, which is very convenient.

Nanzhao Customs Island

Nanzhao Style Island

There

are many photo bases with very good perspectives on the island, the whole island is not big, the ferry goes back and forth, all the shopping, 1.5 hours is enough.

The hometown of handmade tie-dyeing

There

are many Bai-style tie-dye clothes, bags, and handicrafts in the ancient town, all of which actually originate from Zhoucheng Village, the hometown of tie-dyeing.

The

plant raw material for tie-dyeing is Banlan root, which is the Banlan root we drink. As early as the Tang Dynasty, tie-dye was a representative of fashion and once became a tribute to the imperial palace.