Route: Chengdu---Dujiangyan---Yingxiu---Wolong---Siguniang Mountain---Jiajinshan---Bamei (Daofu)---Tagong---Xindu Bridge---Kangding--Ya 'an--Chengdu

Accommodation: Panda Station Theme Cultural Hotel, Holy Land Image Boutique Theme Hotel, Kangding 360° Impression Hotel, Ya 'an Yudu Hotel

Attractions: Dujiangyan, Yingxiu epicenter site, Wolong Giant Panda Garden Shenshuping Base, Siguniang Mountain, Tagong Grassland, Mugecuo Tianchi Scenic Area

Eat: hat vegetables, pickled cabbage pork joints, wild mushrooms, yak meat, refined fish, ice powder.

Be full of curiosity and explore the road you haven't taken yet!

The Western Sichuan Small Ring Road refers to Chengdu---Dujiangyan---Yingxiu---Wolong---Siguniang Mountain---Danba---Bamei (Daofu)---Tagong---Xindu Bridge--Kangding--Ya 'an--Chengdu. The loop line consisting of National Highway 350 (Dujiangyan--Bamei), National Highway 248 (Bamei--Xindu Bridge) and National Highway 318 (Xindu Bridge-Ya 'an) has a total length of about 800 kilometers. National Highway 350 is also called Panda Avenue because it passes through panda habitats and many panda bases. The section of National Highway 248 from Bamei to Xinduqiao is a grassland on the plateau; National Highway 318 is the Sichuan-Tibet Highway, which is the most popular route from Chengdu to Lhasa, Xizang by driving and cycling. The traffic on the road is like a carp. You can often see tourists riding bicycles and motorcycles. The scenery on the small ring road is beautiful, passing through mountains with an altitude of more than 4000 meters. On the road, you can view the snowy mountains and grasslands and appreciate the unique scenery of the plateau. There are many beautiful scenic spots on the Little Ring Road, which are worth visiting and exploring. What needs to be reminded is that this route belongs to a relatively high altitude route and needs to consider altitude reaction. Prepare some food such as chocolate and other foods and prepare some items to prevent altitude reaction according to your physical condition, such as oxygen bottles. It is best to rent a turbocharged car with a T, which can also ensure sufficient power when going to the plateau or climbing mountains.

Book a car online in advance and pick it up near the airport after arriving in Chengdu. Many car rental companies have service points at or near the airport. They can arrange to pick up cars directly or pick up cars at the airport, which is very convenient. It takes a few minutes to complete the formalities and drive away. This time, I would like to thank the two handsome guys from Yihi Company for arranging the pick-up and sending us to the airport.

From Chengdu to Dujiangyan, the entire journey is high-speed and it only takes more than an hour to drive. We departed from Guangzhou and had a flight after 8 a.m. and arrived at Chengdu Shuangliu Airport near 11 a.m.. Then we went directly to the car rental company store to pick up the car. After picking up the car, we immediately set off for Dujiangyan. July is the rainy season in Chengdu. It has been drizzling from Chengdu to Dujiangyan, and the visibility is not very good. Fortunately, there was no rain after arriving in Dujiangyan. On cloudy days, viewing and taking photos were a little blurred. After arriving in Dujiangyan, we parked our car at the hotel and put down our luggage, and then had lunch at the noodle shop near the hotel. The hotel we booked is located in the ancient city of the scenic area. There are many restaurants nearby, making it very convenient to eat.

To visit Dujiangyan Scenic Area, it is best to enter from Qinyan Tower on the mountain, then walk down the mountain, pass the most worthwhile attractions such as Erwang Temple, Suoqiao, Yuzui, Baopingkou, Feisha Weir, etc., and finally come out from Lidui Park. It is the ancient city, and you can walk back to the hotel after passing through the ancient city. There are few people at the entrance of Qinyan Tower, making it easy to walk down the mountain. The Dujiangyan Water Conservancy Project was organized and built by Li Bing, the prefect of Shu Prefecture, and was built in 256 BC. It has been playing a role in flood control and irrigation for more than 2,000 years, nourishing the Chengdu Plain. This project contains the wisdom of the ancient working people, adapting measures to local conditions and adopting the water control method of diversion rather than building embankments and dams. They fully took advantage of the vastness of the plain and used the construction of fish mouths to conduct the first diversion, dividing the inner river and the outer river; and carried out stone-chiseling and mountain cutting (Baopingkou) at Yulei Mountain to conduct the second diversion of the outer river water, thus making it very good Water introduction into the vast Chengdu Plain not only avoids floods caused by excessive concentration of water, but also diverts water to different places for irrigation, killing two birds with one stone. After lunch, we took a drip to Dujiangyan Scenic Area. The fare from the hotel to the entrance of Qinyan Tower in the scenic area was 6 yuan. I booked a ticket online the day before and directly swiped my ID card to enter the park. Qinyan Tower is the highest point of the scenic area. It can overlook the entire water conservancy project and have a wide view. Walking down from Qinyan Tower is Erwang Temple, a thousand-year-old temple. After passing through Erwang Temple, you will reach the riverside at the foot of the mountain. You will walk through the rope bridge and reach Yuzui. It is about 1 kilometer from Yuzui to Baopingkou. If you don't want to walk, you can take a sightseeing bus. You can also enjoy the scenery of Feisha Weir at the mouth of the treasure bottle. Pass through the Waijiang Cable Bridge at Baopingkou and you will reach Lidui Park. Coming out of the park is an ancient city with many shops and antique scenery. There are also many restaurants here. It was already past 5 o'clock in the afternoon when we came out. We found a restaurant that ate fancy dishes and had a sumptuous dinner. After coming out of the restaurant, it took only a few steps to reach the hotel where you stayed.

We set off the next morning after having breakfast in the hotel restaurant. After about half an hour's drive, Yingxiu Town was coming off the Duwen Expressway. Yingxiu was severely damaged in the 2008 earthquake. Basically all the houses were collapsed to the ground, and Xuankou Middle School, which was slightly damaged, remained as the epicenter site. The site is free to visit and will be explained by a special person. I am very happy to see the new Yingxiu Town built with the aid of Dongguan, Guangdong. The roads are well planned, the streets are clean, the houses are beautiful, with a small courtyard and full of flowers and plants. Many houses have opened B & Bs for tourists to live and play.

It took us about an hour to visit the epicenter site and immediately went to Wolongyuan Shenshu Ping Panda Base via Panda Avenue (National Highway 350). We arrived at about 10:30. Go to the ticket office to pick up your ticket first, and then drive up the mountain to the ticket gate. In particular, due to the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic this year, you need to show your health code and take your body temperature when you arrive at scenic spots. The parking lot at the ticket office is free, but the ticket office is about 2.3 kilometers away from the scenic spot. There are sightseeing buses available for 20 yuan per person. Drive yourself to the private parking lot at the ticket gate, and the parking fee is 10 yuan. The best time to visit the panda base is from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. and from 14:30 to 17:00 a.m. This is the time for cute gods to eat bamboo and drink plates of milk. At this time, the panda babies are most active. Yuanshenshuping Base is located in Gengda Town, Wolong Nature Reserve, on the side of National Highway 350, with an altitude of 1700 meters. The base covers an area of 150 hectares. Walking through the Giant Panda Garden, green mountains are surrounded by green mountains, green waters flow long, and full of negative ions, it is a good place to make people Enviable living environment. There are many B & Bs and hotels on the road from the ticket office to the ticket gate. The roadside is full of flowers and plants. It is very beautiful and feels like a paradise.

The panda base is divided into a giant panda breeding and breeding visit area, a captive giant panda wild training area, a wild release area, and a Panda Museum. What we can visit are the breeding area and museums. There are many pandas here. Since our arrival time is close to 11 o'clock, many pandas have already finished eating and sleeping, and some are still eating bamboo and grass. Whether they are eating or sleeping, the babies 'cuteness is very attractive.

After visiting the Panda Base, when we came out, we asked about the restaurants where local people ate near the handsome guy at the ticket gate. He introduced Liu Sange Hongyun Restaurant in the town. From the base, we turned to National Highway 350 and headed for Siguniang Mountain for about 150 meters. It was really a good restaurant. There were local people eating a wedding banquet. We ordered pickled cabbage pork knuckles, pickled pepper beef and green vegetables. The taste was very good and the price was affordable. After leaving the restaurant, we walked along Panda Avenue towards Siguniang Mountain. The altitude continued to increase and we went uphill. There are high mountains on both sides along the way. The water at the foot of the road is rapid and the mountains are shaded by trees. After climbing mountains and passing through tunnels, we arrived at the hotel in Changping Village, Siguniang Mountain at around 4 p.m. After checking in, we found a nearby restaurant for dinner and then returned to the hotel to rest.

Changping Village, where the hotel is located, is about 3300 meters above sea level. When checking in to the hotel, the waiter specially reminded us not to take a bath or wash our hair that night to avoid altitude reaction. The hotel is equipped with wooden plates and medicinal liquids for foot soaking. We were also provided with rhodiola water to prevent altitude sickness when checking in. The service was thoughtful. The waiter suggested getting up the next morning before taking a shower. We all followed the waiter's advice, but I still had symptoms of altitude sickness at night: chest pain, but none of my colleagues did. It was probably because I wanted to catch a cold. I got up and took some cold medicine that I brought with me, and then slept until dawn., get up to take a shower and have breakfast. We are all very worried that if it does not improve, it will affect the next day's trip. Fortunately, after checking relevant information, altitude sickness usually improves the next day, but I recovered that night. When I saw several tourists from Guangzhou at the hotel, most of them did not have altitude reaction, except for one young man who felt unwell.

There are three ditches in Siguniang Mountain: Shuangqiaogou, Changping Gully and Haizigou. The scenery in Shuangqiaogou is the most beautiful, but the road in Shuangqiaogou Scenic Area was washed away by flood water on June 27. It was closed but not yet opened, so we had to choose to go to Changping Gully. Our hotel is just located in Changping Village at the mouth of Changpinggou, only about 300 meters away from the Changpinggou ticket office. Why did we choose a hotel in Changping Village? The reason is that the low situation here is wider than that of Shuangqiaogou, which makes parking easier and there are more hotels; in addition, we are also worried about mudslides on rainy days, so we find some hotels in open areas for safety reasons.

After breakfast at the hotel, walk to the ticket office in Changpinggou. You don't need to collect tickets for online bookings. You can directly swipe your ID card and take the scenic spot sightseeing bus to enter the scenic spot. It is about 8 kilometers from the ticket office to the scenic spot. Take the scenic spot sightseeing bus and enter the scenic spot. After getting off, you will find an 8-kilometer-long plank road. The end of the plank road is a dirt road, which is difficult to walk on. Most tourists will not continue moving forward. They can choose to ride to the foot of Siguniang Mountain, which is relatively expensive. Some hiking or hiking friends will continue to move forward, and they need to purchase additional hiking tickets and register. At the end of the plank road, you need to return the same way. Of course, you can also consider riding back. There is an additional charge for riding, and the cost is about 150 yuan/person.

Siguniang Mountain is located in Rilong Town, Xiaojin County, Aba Prefecture. It consists of four peaks covered with snow for a long time. It is like the first batch of four young girls with beautiful white gauze makeup, standing in turn on the two Milky Way of Changpinggou and Haizigou. The highest peak, Yaomei Peak, is 6250 meters above sea level. Get off the sightseeing bus and enter the plank road. Follow the water flow in Changping Gully against the water. Along the way, you will pass the insect foot waterfall and dead tree beach, and enjoy the water flow, waterfalls, virgin forests and snowy mountains along the way. The whole journey takes 5 to 6 hours, and there are no restaurants or canteens in the scenic area. We have prepared dry food and water to replenish energy and water during rest. It is a little pity that the snowy mountains have always been foggy, and the girls are shy and always wearing veils, failing to let us see their beauty. At about 2 p.m., we ended the tour, took a sightseeing bus to get off at the hotel entrance, and ate in the hotel restaurant at night. The food was wild mushroom chicken hot pot.

The next trip was originally to follow National Highway 350 via Danba to Bamei Town in Daofu County. Along the way, you can see beautiful attractions such as Siguniang Mountain, Yala Snow Mountain, and Tibetan Village. When setting up navigation, it was found that Xiaojin's National Highway 350 could not be walked due to a landslide. It was necessary to detour 351 to Ya 'an, via Kangding and then to Daofu. Take National Highway 318 in advance. The whole journey was about 330 kilometers and took 9 hours and 50 minutes. After leaving Changping Village, turn to National Highway 351 at Shuangqiaogou, passing through Jiajin Mountain Forest Park and Jiajin Mountain, the first snowy mountain crossed by the Red Army during the Long March. There were many landslides along the way. One of them took about 30 minutes to wait for construction cleanup. As we approached the Muya Pass at an altitude of 4114 meters in Jiajin Mountain, there was a serious landslide. We waited here for more than 2 hours. After crossing the mountain pass, we passed through Baoxing County to Ya 'an and got on the expressway. It was already past 5 o'clock in the afternoon to Kangding. It was already dusk when I reached the Zheduo Mountain viewing platform, and I was fortunate to see the beautiful scenery at dusk. Then concentrate on our journey and pass through the charming night Xindu Bridge and Tagong Town. Arrive at the hotel after 9 p.m. Dinner is barbecue and wonton.

The next day, we will return along the original road of National Highway 248 and pass through the Tagong Grassland. Along the way from Bamei to Tagong are grasslands on the plateau, where there is abundant water, gurgling streams, and flocks of cattle and sheep. Due to darkness the night before, I couldn't enjoy the scenery here. The sun rose in the morning, the fog gradually dissipated, and the beautiful scenery on both sides of the road was presented one by one. We slowed down and enjoyed the beautiful scenery along the way. Parking and climbing to the top of the Tagong Grassland, you can have a panoramic view of the beautiful scenery of the grassland, and the Yala Snow Mountain in the distance also reveals its true appearance.

I had lunch in Xinduqiao Town at noon. I went to the restaurant in the town to find local people to eat. I ordered yak meat and wild mushroom hot pot. The owner of the restaurant is from Chengdu. He once worked in Houjie, Dongguan. Now he has a successful career. His son does a small business in Chengdu and his daughter is attending college in Chengdu. The two couple manage the restaurant in Xinduqiao Town. They are a happy family.

After lunch, enter the photography paradise Xindu Bridge to experience the beautiful scenery along the 318 route. The magical light here, the boundless grasslands, winding streams, and undulating mountains form a colorful world. The traffic on National Highway 318 is like a carp and tourists are surging. There are many observation platforms on both sides of the national highway for passing vehicles to stop and take photos for viewing. We stopped while walking, and returned to Kangding to check in at the hotel after 4 p.m.

I got up early the next day. After breakfast, I left Kangding City to go to Mugecuo Scenic Area before going to work. Kangding City is located in the east of Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province and is the capital of Ganzi Prefecture. Kangding has a long and splendid history and culture and is the throat of Sichuan and Tibet. The urban area is located in a ravine between the mountains, with limited space, few parking spaces, and crowded roads. So we need to leave the city before the rush hour to save time on the road. The hotel is about 20 kilometers from the Mugecuo Scenic Area, and it takes about 30 minutes to drive. We arrived at the ticket office of the scenic spot after 8 o'clock and bought sightseeing tickets at the ticket hall. There are not many tourists at this time, so you can park your car directly at the entrance of the ticket office, which is very convenient. Kangding is an area built with counterpart aid from Jiangmen, Guangdong, so the scenic spot offers discounts on tickets for registered tourists from Guangdong.

It takes about 30 minutes to take a scenic sightseeing bus from the ticket office directly to Mugeco (Wild Man Sea) on the top of the mountain. On the bus, I listened to the tour guide explaining the sad and beautiful love story between Tashi and Zhuoma. Mugecuo is the largest alpine lake in northwest Sichuan, with an altitude of 3780 meters. Take a car to the lake at the top of the mountain, take photos and enjoy the scenery of the lake. You can also take a cruise ship to tour the lake, and then walk down the trail. On the way, you will pass Jingxin Pond, Dujuan Gorge, Medicine Pond Boiling Spring, Waterfalls, Seven-Color Sea, Triassic Spring, Welcome Stone, Usnea viewing area, etc. are all excellent attractions. Due to the large drop, the water rushed down and thousands of horses galloped. There are many wild fungi on both sides of the trail along the way. We are not locals who dare not pick them, but many of them can be seen in front of the restaurant. It is about 8 kilometers to walk from the top of the mountain to the Qi-Color Sea and takes about 3 hours. The boiling spring of the medicinal pond can soak our feet. Due to the time constraints, we didn't stop. We walked directly to the Qise Sea Restaurant for lunch. After lunch, we took the scenic sightseeing bus back to the foot of the mountain. Then drive to Ya 'an.

From Kangding to the Yakang Expressway, the first thing to pass through is a 30-kilometer tunnel group. Yakang Expressway is a masterpiece in the history of road and bridge. The bridge-tunnel ratio exceeds 80%. From the altitude of more than 2,000 meters in Kangding to the altitude of more than 1,000 meters in Ya 'an, the entire journey is downhill, with a drop of 7.5 meters per kilometer. After more than 2 hours, we arrived at Ya 'an Yudu Hotel. This is a hotel with a history of more than 20 years. The hardware and software are good and the stay is very comfortable. After parking the car at the hotel and checking in, we went to Ya 'an to visit the city's appearance and ate the famous local snack ice powder. Then I went back to the hotel for dinner and ordered the most famous elegant fish set meal, which was delicious. Ya 'an has three Ya' an: Ya Yu, Ya Nv and Ya Yu. Ya 'an rains more than 280 days a year, so it is also particularly suitable for the growth of tea and is rich in tea; Ya' an is because the climate here is humid and girls 'skin is particularly good; Ya Yu is a local specialty. Fish, delicious.

The next day, we finished a rich buffet breakfast in the hotel restaurant and drove back to Chengdu. After returning the car at the store, go directly to the airport and take the afternoon flight back to Guangzhou to complete the journey successfully.