Live Your Best Lives
Written before the trip
, when mentioning Dali, Yunnan, many people immediately think of the six-vein divine sword of the Duan Dynasty; It is the ancient city of Dali that "a river surrounds Cangshan, and Cangshan embraces the ancient city"; it is the romantic and beautiful Cangshan snow and Erhai Moon;
The first two in Mr. Cao Jinghua's "Wind and Snow" are the first two, but Shangguan flowers and Xiaguan winds are not as famous as the first two. As the "back garden of Dali" that few tourists set foot in, Cangshan Grand Canyon Shimenguan may be the most suitable pearl to discover this holiday. And Yunnan, which is undefeated all year round, allows me to catch the little tail of spring in late spring and be a "flower watcher" again.
Dali Cangshan Shimenguan Tourist Resort is a national 4A-level tourist attraction, located in Cangshan West Town, Yangbi County, Dali Prefecture. Shimenguan is a famous historical tea horse road, Bonan ancient road, salt rice ancient road and Yunnan-Burma highway, with ancient temples, ancient pagodas, ancient cliff paintings, ancient plank roads, and Buddhism, Taoism and Islam.
Yangbi has a long history and splendid culture, and as early as the Neolithic period, there were ancestors who thrived. In ancient classics, Yangbi is recorded as "sample preparation", which is one of the birthplaces of Nanzhao and the habitat and rise of the Yi people and many ethnic minorities. The ancient cliff paintings of Cangshan in the territory are called "the source of Cang'er culture" by historians.
This niche secret place called Dali's back garden not only hides a fairy tale lawn, but also happened to catch up with the opening of the first wind chime festival, and the oil paper umbrella under the corridor. The wind chimes on the eaves sway with the wind, making it a fairyland!
Itinerary Overview
Day 1: Shimenguan Bonfire Area - Star and Moon Check-in Point - B&B
Day 2: Shimenguan Food City - Riyue Lake - Deadwood Fortress - Glass Plank Road - Yunshang Village
Food: Riyue Lake Restaurant, Shimenguan Food City
Accommodation: Foguo Mountain Residence
Dusty servants, rush to Shimenguan's bonfire and hot springs
Our first stop when we came to Shimenguan was the encounter with the Shimenguan Food City Bonfire Party.
By car from the airport, it took more than an hour to arrive at the Foguo Mountain Residence Hotel in Shimenguan.
The environment of the hotel is very elegant, exquisite wooden tables and chairs, soft sofas, quiet music, the sun is warm and comfortable, rare comfort and satisfaction, drink a cup of coffee, read a book, be in a daze, and taste a kind of tranquility in the interlacing of time; Or take a quiet stroll, or maybe you can inadvertently turn around and meet smiling locals who greet you warmly.
Pack your bags and move in, push open the door, in the simple and comfortable indoor environment, the beige sheets have a warmth, the touch is soft, and every inch of skin is ironed, making people can't help but want to lie on the bed and have a good night's sleep.
Thinking that it was still early, I went to the Sun Moon Lake Restaurant with my friends to have dinner first. I have been to Dali several times, almost all of them have ordered some snacks to cope with it, and this time it is indeed a long time since I have eaten Dali's local specialties, and the dishes with exquisite presentation are on the table one by one, which immediately attracts everyone's attention, both with local customs and exquisite petty bourgeoisie~
It was getting late, and after eating, I wandered on the side of the road, and my girlfriends were waiting for the bonfire party that I was longing for, and the flowers and plants grew wantonly on both sides of the path, and occasionally a few new shoots poked out of the branches to add a little mood to Dali in early spring.
And when you come to Shimenguan, how can you not experience a hot spring? Two steps up from the bottom of the mountain will take you to the open-air hot springs. From the naturally formed sulfur-carbonated mixed spring 600 meters underground in the Cangshan Mountains, it is so comfortable to enjoy the Cangshan Mountains while soaking in the hot springs!
Gu Yun "The spring water is boiling and clear, the immortal source is born from the cinnabar, the foam is thick and the moon is full of spiritual liquid, and the microwave waves flow cong. In the busy present, it is becoming more and more difficult for people to find moments that truly give their souls a moment of rest. Perhaps many times, the purpose of our trips is not to find a specific place, but to discover ourselves while walking. After a walk-and-go trip, why not explore the "philosophy of life" in the warm spring water. After drinking and eating, soak in a beautiful soup, and life must be happy, right?
At night, the lanterns are lit with red light, reflecting the entire soup pool, which is more leisurely and comfortable.
If you have ever been curious about the Torch Festival, why not come here to experience the daily Dali ethnic customs. Shimenguan Food City will light a bonfire every evening.
Campfire, BBQ, Jump...... The twinkling stars in the night sky and the free laughter of brothers and sisters make you feel like you are in a dream, and the blockage and discomfort of the city are swept away in the spinning and jumping.
In a trance, you seem to have been pulled into an ancient era, perhaps the ancestors of that year were also around the fire in this way, under the protection of the firelight, muttering in their hearts that the coming year will be smooth and rainy, without illness or disaster, with hot and kind eyes staring at the blazing fire, crackling sparks in their ears, and singing sacrificial songs passed down from generation to generation in their throats...... This is the spark of human civilization that suddenly flickers in the boundless darkness, and it burns more and more, the fire has been spreading, Mars and the stars in the sky meet, and in the self-purification and unity of spirit and flesh, endless human beings have been achieved.
This closeness to fire is associated with the native worship of ethnic minorities. Many ethnic minorities in Yunnan regard fire as their gods, and ethnic groups such as the Yi, Bai, Naxi, and Lahu ethnic groups have their own torch festivals. It is an ancient national festival, known as the "Carnival of the East", and at the same time, it also has another name that I prefer - "Star Festival".
During the Torch Festival, people eat barbecue, light flames with pine branches, and run around the fire with torches in their hands, praying for the elimination of insect plagues and diseases, and praying for a good harvest. The enthusiastic masses surrounded the torches into piles of bonfires, and thousands of people danced the "big three-string" dance by the fire.
are also Internet celebrity star and moon check-in points here, the distance is very close, all in one area, about 5 minutes walk, It's very suitable for young ladies to dance with the stars and the moon, don't forget to take one or two fairy-like photos to take home when you leave~
Because it is backed by Cangshan, the "big love" of the two mountains and lights together has become the most beautiful embellishment of the night view~
When the blurred light strips blend with the stone steps in reality, softening the distinct water chestnuts and curves of the reinforced concrete, every inconspicuous corner hides a romantic style exclusive to Dali.
In the village on the clouds, encounter a sea of treasure
flowers Tao Yuanming's pen once described such a paradise: "The land is flat, the houses are like that, there are fertile fields, beautiful ponds, mulberry and bamboo, etc." The streets are filled with traffic, and chickens and dogs can hear each other. The people in the cave came and went, and the men and women dressed like outsiders. The yellow hair hangs down, and they are all happy and happy. Whether the Peach Blossom Garden only exists in Tao Yuanming's ideals or in reality, only Tao Yuanming may know, but the "Walnut Spring in the World" is none other than the small village in the depths of Shimenguan - Yunshang Village.
It is located in Guangming Village, Cangshan West Town, Yangbi County, Dali City, located in the hinterland of the western slope of Cangshan Mountain, and is known as "Cloud Village" because of its altitude of more than 2,000 meters. Looking up is a sea of rolling clouds, and looking down is the reckless world. Most of the walnuts in Guangming Village are ancient trees, rooted at the foot of Cangshan Mountain, and have grown silently for decades or even hundreds of years.
And the oldest walnut tree at the head of the village is probably hundreds or even thousands of years old. Maybe it began to garrison here before it even had a bright village. In the countless mornings and dusks, in the uninterrupted rise and fall of the sun and moon, it lives itself as a village god, a symbol of the annual rings. The layers of moss on the ancient mottled branches are proof of this.
This small village with a poetic name not only has 10,000 acres of walnut forests and thousand-year-old walnut tree kings, but also has a wide variety of flowers - four theme gardens in spring, summer, autumn and winter, and the spring garden is planted with trailing tails and anemones; the summer garden is planted with large-flowered hydrangeas, conical hydrangeas, and arbor hydrangeas; the autumn garden is planted with ginkgo biloba and sage; The winter garden is full of alpine rhododendrons and Yunnan camellias. Any time period can have its own unique scenery.
Slowly climbing up the steps in the village on the clouds, in addition to the surrounding green walnut forest, all kinds of flowers compete in the shade of the trees. pansies with their own style; hydrangeas with huge buds and shy dew; with an intoxicating blue iris; the white and holy anemone blooms; The slim purple flowers...... On the way to walk, watching the flowers depicted in the book bloom wantonly with the most overflowing vitality, the joy is indescribable. But what I can't forget the most is the roses here.
It's not summer yet, it's the time for roses to bloom, roses of all colors are in full bloom, as if in a dreamy fairy tale, it's so beautiful!
Shakespeare once said: "The rose is beautiful, but what is even more beautiful is its fragrance." "Being in the sea of flowers, enjoying is not only a visual pleasure, but also an olfactory feast. The graceful scent of roses pervades you, and the noble and lingering fragrance envelops your whole body, and when you leave, even the memory seems to be full of fragrance.
The roses of all colors on the road are proud and reserved, and I don't know which one is the little prince's rose? Perhaps, your roses are also waiting to meet you.
Unexpected joy, encountering the same fairy tale lawn as Hayao Miyazaki When
we came out of the village on the clouds, we came across a fairy tale lawn of the same style as Hayao Miyazaki.
The green lawn and the large white clouds in the blue sky seem to touch your childhood vision with a hand, making you instantly dream back to the full Miyazaki wind in "The Wind Rises". Let the aroma of grass heal your happiness and unhappiness, and "recharge" yourself~
You can bring a drawing board and a white umbrella and be a comic person;
You can also bring a picnic cloth and have a romantic date with spring~
Shimen bell sound, the most anticipated sound of this holiday
Idon't know what kind of look and feel about wind chimes? I love things like wind chimes, and their simple composition allows the wind to spit out its long-buried secrets. In ancient times, people hung a wind chime to warn themselves, meditate or pray for peace with the sound of "wind blowing jade vibrates".
This time it happened to coincide with the opening of the first wind chime festival in Cangshan Shimenguan, Dali, all the way along the beams and shelves of different shapes and colors of oil paper umbrellas swayed gently with the wind, and swayed together with the short album of wind chimes hanging on the eaves, and the convergence of bells was like a song of the valley, composing its own movement with the increase and decrease of the wind, and putting on a cool gauze for the upcoming summer. Maybe this kind of scene is suitable for a table of red makeup, a pot of turbid wine, in the breeze or drinking wine; Or tilt your head to enjoy the unassuming morning sunshine, wondering if the oil paper umbrella hanging now will usher in a lilac-like woman in the future?
Yu Guangzhong once wrote such a beautiful poem in "Wind Chimes": "Just because my heart is a high and low wind chime / Ding ding / One after another / Knocked on a person's name. ”
Although I was unable to go to Xiaguan Longweiguan to experience the wind of Dali, the crisp sound of the wind chimes gently vibrating seemed to tell the splendid culture and glory of Dali for thousands of years. The past is empty, and in an instant, the emperor's hegemony has long gone with Jiangdong, but the ringtone still retains the same crispness and cleanliness as it was back then.
Tips: The Wind Chime Festival lasts until the end of June, so babies who want to go remember to come early.
steep and strange bell Lingyuxiu
enters the pass, Don't forget to take a walk and take a walk of the aura and blessings of Shimenguan, behind which are two gates of Cangshan that confront each other, and fried chicken is out when the weather is sunny!
Crossing the vermilion Fuyuan Bridge, you will see two peaks facing each other, majestic and majestic, as if they are a gate set up by the gods in the sky for the flower garden of the heavenly court , only a V-shaped valley is exposed, so it is named "Shimen Pass", that is, "Tiankai Stone Gate".
Standing at the gate of Shimen Pass and looking up, the slanting peak into the clouds is a narrow crack, and the giant peaks are horizontal, like guarding the gate, with the momentum of "one man is in charge, ten thousand men cannot open"; Looking up at the top of the pass, the blue sky is like a jade belt arched by green mountains, making people only feel the greatness of nature and the smallness of human beings when they stop.
Yang Younan, a local gentleman in the Qing Dynasty, had a poem saying: "The stone gate leans against the back of the cangku, and the steep wall is lush and the screen is arranged." Steep and dismantled twin peaks stand tall, with different peaks opening up like screens. It is difficult for wild birds to fly through the forest, and the monks who pedal around the mountain seem to return. The
poet Xingzixuan of the Republic of China also sighed when he visited Shimenguan: "When you return, the fragrance of wildflowers is fragrant, and the gentle breeze sends warmth to your clothes." Don't say that the mountains and rivers of my hometown are beautiful, and the beauty of Shimen is the best in southern Yunnan. ”
Kublai Khan, a generation of heroes, once formed a strange army here, crossed Shimen Pass to destroy the Dali Kingdom, and made it abandon the city and flee. We don't know how many people have come and gone from these two peaks, and how many stars have moved. But most of the ancients could not explore deeper because of the dangerous terrain, but now we can enjoy the scenery in a safe situation, which only makes people feel fortunate.
The sun and moon shine on the lake, and the dead wood fortress rests in the
trees The first stop to enter Shimen Pass is Sun Moon Lake - "The sun in the sky is like the moon, the moon in the sky is like the sun, why is the sun and the moon the same?" Love the day and love the night...... "This is very suitable for couples who like to travel, the blue water waves and the fish that seem to have no place in it add a touch of tenderness to the two twin peaks, as if a pair of lovers who are dependent on each other and reluctant to part with each other look at each other. The vanishing point of the lake extends to the mouth of the gorge, forming a line with the blue sky, the gentle lines become the best background board, and the sides of the bridge are also very suitable for placing flowers and fruits with ins style for shooting. No filters are needed, what you see is a textured blockbuster without P.
As an undeveloped "virgin land", Shimenguan is sparsely populated and is most suitable for intimate whispers between couples, so let the green mountains and green waters become your eternal witnesses~
Continue forward, passing through the Wudaoshui service area, where the deadwood fortress is located. Deadwood Fortress, as the name suggests, the shape of the building is a huge dead wood lying on the ground, and as soon as you enter, a huge tree branch supports the waterfall, forming a "waterfall gate", which is perfectly integrated with nature. If you want to take a panoramic view of the landscape from a distance, you won't feel that the human atmosphere is too abrupt in the jungle.
There was also a shelf crawling with vines in the deadwood fortress, covered with red ribbons of blessings, swaying gently in the breeze. Sometimes there are locals leading cattle walking slowly next to it, which is a leisurely holiday scene.
Among the dead wood are tables and chairs for visitors to rest and small shops offering drinks and food, perfect for regrouping and hitting the road again after a while. There is a sense of adventure when shuttling between the dead woods, especially when looking out from the gap in the light of the dead wood, listening to the sound of birds chirping and the rustling of walnut trees outside, it is very interesting, making people just want to take a break in this lazy afternoon, and their hearts are filled with inexplicable peace and quiet.
Comment on the glass plank road, after leaving the deadwood fortress above the rainbow south of the colorful clouds
, we crossed the Wanshou Valley, there were two forks, one leading to the rest pavilion on the left, where you can feel up close as if pouring from the fairy pot of the heavenly maiden, layer upon layer of the seven water waterfalls splashing on the rocks, you can also choose the right side, slowly approach and feel during the journey.
Along the way, the fog locks the stone gate, the evening bell of Fuguo, the clear void valley, the cliff stream orchid, and the glow guest...... You can find the most vivid expression of these poetic names in Shimenguan. When the clear spring water flows, it also takes away your fatigue, and the flowing water is happy because of the stones, interspersed with the sound of birds, playing a beautiful concerto. The vines in the mountains climb up the rocks, move to change the scenery, there are waterfalls with the momentum of "the void falling spring thousands of feet straight", there are beautiful and legendary fairy drying stones, slipping down the pool, strange rocks are rugged, the fog is rising, the valley is roaring, and the branches on both sides are crazily sticking out their branches, as if they want to have a full embrace with the opposite branches, and there is a beautiful scenery that can be used as a computer desktop everywhere.
Shimen Ladder Ancient Plank Road goes straight up through the wall, winding and spiraling, with a total length of 1550 meters, including an 82-meter glass plank road, It is 12 meters more than the first brother of Zhangjiajie in the glass plank road world.
Walking among the clouds, I stroked the uneven strange rocks at hand, and stepped on the clear stream through the gorge like a white belt under my feet. The sound of birds singing in the distance loomed, white clouds swirled, unpredictable, like a light veil slowly climbing up the rock, and suddenly dissipated, as if it was pulled by an invisible hand, which made people sigh that "people walk in the mountains, and the scenery moves in the clouds."
" At the same time, the side rails of the plank road are also made of glass, giving you the most thrilling all-round suspension experience, and at the same time, it is also suitable for taking a few beautiful photos. Keep the beautiful moments here. Why not have a crazy walk here and taste the freedom of "Lingbo micro-step".
82 meters is still unsatisfactory, parents can bring their babies here to try their courage, and friends who like thrills should not miss this only high-altitude glass plank road in the southwest. Friends who are a little afraid of heights don't need to worry, the glass plank road is only on the top plank road, and you can choose another fork road to go down the mountain in the middle, which will not affect the itinerary.
Shimen Pass also has a must, which is the original ecological magic toilet that "I thought it was an attraction before entering, but I found out that it was a toilet after entering". Every other trip, there is a well-camouflaged toilet waiting for you to "explore", which has become a small easter egg on the journey. Who would have thought that toilets could be so much fun?
Cave toilet, when you walk along the creek through the canyon to enjoy the beautiful scenery, if you suddenly find a cave by the water, you don't have to be surprised why there is no sign to tell yourself what kind of attraction it is? Then you must have seen a cave toilet!
The shape of this cave toilet is built on the mountain, and the beautiful lights inside hit the rock wall, which is very dreamy, making you worth the fare every minute, and it is definitely an Internet celebrity check-in toilet that is "a must-visit in this life"~
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1. Tickets + items (high-altitude plank road + glass plank road): 118 yuan/person for adults, 58/person for students.
2. Scenic opening hours: 8:30-17:00
3. Walking route: Fuyuan Bridge - Longwang Temple - Tiankai Stone Gate - Hefeng Pavilion - Riyue Lake - Wudaoshui Service Area - Deadwood Fortress - Wanshou Valley - Qidaoshui Waterfall - Rainbow Bridge - Rainbow Glass Observation Deck - High-altitude Glass Plank Road
4. Transportation route:
Taxi: Xiaguan taxi is about 100 yuan, and the ancient city taxi is about 130 yuan ~ 140 yuan
Self-driving: AutoNavi map search for "Shimen Pass", about 1 hour from Dali Ancient City,
shuttle bus: round-trip 50 yuan/person, one-way 25 yuan/person
The departure time of the departure station is:
Dali Ancient City - Shimenguan: 08:30 (first bus) 09:30 (second bus) 10:30 (third bus) 11:30 (fourth car);
Xiaguan - Shimenguan: 09:00 (first bus), 10:00 (second bus), 11:00 (third bus), 12:00 (fourth bus);
Return departure time of the scenic spot: Shimenguan-Xiaguan, Dali Ancient City: 14:30 (first bus), 15:30 (second bus), 16:30 (third bus), 17:30 (fourth bus)
5. Dress
suggestions The temperature difference between the mountains is large, it is recommended to bring a light down jacket or jacket to prevent yourself from catching a cold
. 6. Other suggestions
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