There are too many interesting places around Chengdu.
What I want to introduce to you today is a place with strong Qiang customs: Jiuhuang Mountain.
Jiuhuang Mountain is located in Beichuan County, Mianyang City, Sichuan, about a 3-hour drive from Chengdu.
It is one of the most suitable attractions for weekend tours around Chengdu.

Jiuhuang Mountain is 2840 meters above sea level and covers an area of 25 square kilometers. Its predecessor was the Xiqiang Jiuhuang Mountain Yuanwangdong Scenic Area.
The ticket to Jiuhuang Mountain is 90, but there are many transportation vehicles inside. There are 3 cableways, sightseeing buses, glass plank roads and other recreational facilities.
It is recommended to buy a set ticket at the door, which is much more cost-effective.
I see there are ticket tickets with accommodation at the entrance of the scenic area. In short, there are many options.
Specific information staff who can go to the entrance of the scenic spot are more cost-effective than purchasing them individually.

The map of Jiuhuang Mountain is referenced as follows:

After entering the scenic spot, you need to take the "Yunzhong Qiangzhai Cableway" for the first journey.
This cableway is not particularly long. It takes about 10 minutes to reach the first square.

This is a square on Jiuhuang Mountain
The hot springs of Jiuhuang Mountain and Xiqiang Hotel are here.

The Qiang people are a nation on the clouds, with sheep as their totem, Qiang-sheep.
Therefore, the four corners on the top of the Qiang buildings are decorated like horns, which is very different from Tibetan villages.

We also brought a lovely alpaca this time.
It caused a stir, and many people probably had seen such a creature for the first time.

Continuing up the mountain is the second means of transportation we will take, the "high-altitude slide".
Price: Up 20; down 20.
This is really fun, especially when going down.
It's a bit like skykine in Queenstown, new Zealand. If you come to Jiuhuang Mountain, you need to experience it.

Not only can people sit, but also alpacas can experience it.

The upward movement is very slow because the entire journey is uphill.
Downward, it's a little exciting.

The alpacas can't walk stairs, so when they reach the stairs, they have to hug them all the way.

Continue on the second cableway "Qiangqingyuan Cableway" after going up the mountain,
The enthusiastic Qiang Village was on fire, beating gongs and drums to welcome us.

In the distance, there are also tightrope walkers performing high-altitude tightrope walking programs.
This is the first time I have watched such a performance live. I have only seen it on TV or movies before.

Alpacas and sheep,
Although they are all surnamed Yang, those who can act cute obviously have different fates.
I suddenly thought of pandas and bears.

Qiang New Year

The first day of the tenth lunar month is an annual traditional festival for Qiang compatriots-the Qiang New Year.
It is also the most solemn and festive festival for Qiang compatriots.

[Origin of the Qiang Year]
Legend has it that in ancient times, there was a mountain under the world connected to the sky.
People on the earth can climb to the sky, and people in the sky can run to the earth.
One day, Mu Jiezhu, the youngest daughter of Tianshen Mu Bita, ran to the ground to play. She happened to encounter a tiger. Mu Jiezhu cried out in fear.
At the moment of crisis, An Zhu, who was herding sheep, killed the tiger and saved Mu Jiezhu.
After returning to heaven, Mu Jiezhu asked her father to marry herself to An Zhu.
The god deliberately made things difficult for An Zhu, saying that he could only marry Mu Jiezhu after cutting down the trees on the ninety-nine mountains and planting corn on the ninety-nine mountains.
With the help of Fire God, Wind God, and Rain God, An Zhu completed the task in three days.
The god could only agree to this marriage. When Mu Jiezhu left, her parents gave her tree species, food and livestock as a dowry.
After arriving in the mortal world, the number of crops planted by Mu Jiezhu and An Zhu suddenly became a forest, with a bumper harvest of grain and flocks of livestock.
Mu Jiezhu did not forget the kindness of her parents. After the autumn harvest, she placed grain and fat livestock in the fields to pray for her longevity.
Since then, the "Qiang Year" has become a day for the Qiang people to celebrate a bumper harvest and thank God.

Today,
Scenic spots in Jiuhuang Mountain
You can also experience the original Qiang New Year atmosphere.
Under the leadership of the patriarch, tourists can also follow behind and feel the strong festive atmosphere.

Finally, I came to the Temple of Laitian
It was also the culmination of the sacrificial activities
Chicken chickens and sheep to pay homage to the gods.

Kill sheep and sacrifice gods, pray for blessings...
Be grateful for the happy life now and pray for smooth weather in the coming year.

Qiang wedding

The Qiang people are known as the "nation on the cloud". For thousands of years, the Qiang people have been devoutly respecting and implementing the rules and customs passed down by their ancestors.
In Jiuhuangshan Qiang Customs Park, you can experience Qiang wedding customs every day at noon. The strong Qiang customs and festive and lively atmosphere let you deeply integrate into it!

Shibi is the most authoritative cultural person and knowledge integrator of the Qiang people, so Shibi will preside over the wedding ceremonies of the Qiang people.

Shibi held a sheepskin drum and recited the scriptures loudly with the sound of locking, sending the best blessings to the newlyweds!

In the worship ceremony, the groom and bride must worship in four directions, each direction having its own special meaning.
If you change directions, someone will hold the mat, and the groom and bride will turn around, always turning all four directions.

Qiangzhai cuisine

In addition to the lively New Year and weddings,
You can also experience traditional Qiang Village cuisine in Qiang Village.
It feels a bit like a dam banquet. It is all common dishes in rural areas when I was a child.
Seeing these large and small dishes makes me feel like recalling my childhood.

Jiuhuang Mountain this season
The red leaves are also very beautiful, and some bright maple leaves can be seen everywhere on the roadside.

The Jiuhuang Mountain glass plank road hangs on the Yunbaoding Mountain Cliff at an altitude of more than 2800 meters. It has a total length of more than 300 meters and a width of 2 meters. It consists of three parts: a colorful glass plank road, a central viewing platform, and a transparent glass plank road.

Friends who are not afraid of heights must come and experience this oversized glass platform.

The color of each glass on the colorful glass plank road has different meanings: red enthusiasm, orange happiness, yellow hope, green vitality, blue tranquility, blue freshness, and purple mystery.

Price of high-altitude glass plank road: 39 yuan/person

Yuanwangdong

Yuanwang Cave is the oldest scenic spot on Jiuhuang Mountain.
This attraction used to be called Yuanwang Cave, but now it has only expanded more projects, so Yuanwang Cave has become one of the attractions in the scenic area.

Yuanwang Cave, with an altitude of 2095 meters, is the largest alpine cave in southwest China.
Walking into this colorful cave, everyone praised nature's ghost axe magic skills.

There are hundreds of magical landscapes with different styles in Yuanwang Cave, such as "Beaded Jade","Pearl and White Jade Pagoda","Stone Forest and Beautiful Color","Yaochi Cave", and "Cliff Stone Qin". The landscapes are both real and illusory, and are called by tourists The beautiful scenery of Huanglong in the Dream Palace Cave.

Super swing, Valentine's Bridge

Near Yuanwang Cave, there are still some super exciting projects waiting for everyone to challenge.
Such as the big swing, the super big swing, and the Valentine's Bridge.

lover bridge
Dare to bring your beloved lover to challenge your love that is stronger than gold.

Back in Chengdu,
Naturally, we have to eat a good meal to calm our nerves.
Chengdu people have a mantra that nothing cannot be solved by a hot pot meal
If you can't solve it with one meal, then have two meals.

Here, I would recommend a few good restaurants in Chengdu to friends.
There are hot pot, skewers, and traditional stir-fried dishes.
The location is quite good, either on Chunxi Road or Kuanzhai Alley.
Friends who come here can visit Chengdu's attractions without missing out on the delicious food.

Chengdu Food Recommendations:

Marinated Alliance Master Stewed Hot Pot (Chunxi Concept Store)

?? Address: 2nd Floor, Shidai Huazhang, No. 188 East Street
? Transportation: 300 meters walk from Exit E2 of Chunxi Road Station on Metro Line 2/3
? Business hours: 11:00--03:00 the next day
? Per capita consumption: 60

The first time I saw hot pot cooked with ice cubes was in this restaurant. The location was also good, opposite Chunxi Road Subway Station.
Across the road and upstairs is this very distinctive hot pot restaurant.
This hot pot restaurant called Lu Mingzhu Stewed Hot Pot is the first to use ice and stewed hot pot. Don't miss a hot pot restaurant when you come to Chengdu.

Just sat down,
Different from traditional hot pot restaurants, what comes at the top is not the bottom of the pot.
It was a secret herbal tea made by their family, and the entire tea-serving ceremony was also quite ceremonial.

The biggest feature of their family is the ice stewed hot pot. The hot pot base and ice cubes are boiled in Yiqi.
Putting ice cubes in the hot pot can maintain the flavor of butter at the bottom of the pot and relieve boredom and dryness.

Their dishes also have their own characteristics.
For example, the "Sword Piercing Jianghu" is really a sword with green peppers and fat sausages strung on it.
I also like ice powder very much, especially after eating so many spicy food and drinking a sip of ice powder, the taste is excellent.

Finally, I would also like to recommend their challenge dish "Chrysanthemum Remnant".
Hand-beaten fresh meat meatballs made from imported Myanmar are made with spicy brush and spicy meat. The spicy temperature is as high as 700000 degrees.
It is ten times as spicy as Xiaomi, and it can be called the overlord of the pepper industry.
Friends who like spicy food must come and challenge,
We didn't finish any of them. We just tasted a little, but it was no longer enough.

Before challenging "Chrysanthemum Remnant", you need to sign a "Risk Notification Form".

The Master of hype Zhonghua Restaurant (Kuanzhai Alley Store)

?? Address: No. 68, Shangtongren Road
? Transportation: Metro No. 4 Kuanzixiang Station
? Business hours: 11:00--14:00 17:00--23:00
? Per capita consumption: 60

Chengdu is not just hot pot and skewers.
Sichuan cuisine is also famous across the country.
I also recommend this store to friends traveling to Chengdu because the location is also very convenient, just near Kuanzhai Alley.
It's called "Master of Hyper Chinese Restaurant", the decoration is full of Chinese style, and there are alpacas to rub (it's real alpacas).

As soon as they sat down, the store delivered their special Yuelao Peach Blossom Festival, which has three different flavors.
There are plum wine, lychee wine, and peach blossom wine.
Be sure to taste it when you come here.

The decoration is still traditional Chinese style

When we went, we also met cute alpaca babies.
In Chengdu, it is also a well-deserved Internet celebrity baby, and it also has its own Douyin account.
He is less than one year old now, very clingy, and he likes girls very much.
However, it likes to lick girls 'hair,
Moreover, he is not afraid of strangers at all. He pounce on beautiful women when he sees them.

Several signature dishes are also my favorite types.
Auspicious treasure:
The treasures in the palm are all very large, and the portions of the dishes are also very large. It's a little spicy.

Eight Treasure Spicy Chicken:
The chicken is very tender and tastes very crispy. The ingredients, peanuts, are also very delicious. Spicy and sesame are perfectly combined, making the taste unique.

Spicy dried beef mixed with:
The tender beef and dried tofu are mixed together. It tastes like hot pot. The beef is very tender. The dried tofu is chewy and very suitable for serving with wine.

Although they are all home-cooked dishes, the taste is really great.
And it's full of weight. The boss is really down-to-earth.

Banhua Malatang (Taikoi Main Store)

?? Address: No. 41, Xiadong Street, East Street
? Transportation: Metro Line 2/3 Chunxi Road Station
? Business hours: 11:00--2:00 am
? Per capita consumption: 70

The location of this Banhua Malatang is really good.
It occupies an excellent position in the Taikoo Li business district.
Memories of my student days seem to be found here.

There used to be a small blackboard in the classroom, and familiar blackboard newspaper paintings.
Desks in the classroom, moving red flags, canteen, and high and low bunks in the dormitory...

Coming here to eat skewers really brings out the feelings of the reading era.

Recommended dishes:
The string strings in their house look very fresh.
There are a variety of skewers to choose from, including coriander beef, spicy beef, fat sausage, lotus root slices, potato chips, and 6 jiao/root for the entire venue.

The most touching thing is this high-low shop.
I remember when I was in high school, I lived in such a dormitory.
There are 12 people in one room and a public bathroom. Remember the song "Brother Who Sleeps on My Top Bunk"?

There is a wall covered with awards,
It is also a slow memory.

Their pots also use very retro Ti pots,
It was also the most commonly used pot in the home in the past, but now few people seem to use it.

The la carte menu is also made the same as the exam papers, with the characteristics of living alone.

Finally, I would like to recommend their dessert: Ice Tangyuan (10 yuan)
It's a perfect match with hot pot. It's ice and refreshing.

Radio Lane Hotpot (Chunxi Road Store)

?? Address: 2nd Floor, Building 1, No. 73, Chengshou Street
? Transportation: Metro Line 2/3 Chunxi Road Station
? Business hours: 11:00 to 2:00 a.m.
? Per capita consumption: 88

Green tiles, white corners...
Another popular online hot pot restaurant "Radio Lane" has been opened on Chunxi Road.
I have long heard of the name of Radio Lane, and it is also the one with crazy queues.
There was no choice. The location of this house was too good. It was right in the core of Chunxi Road.

Their specialty is the traditional Chongqing hot pot.
There is no spicy degree to choose from, just the traditional red oil hot pot,
They are all selected butter, and the more they cook, the more fragrant they become.

Unlike other hot pot restaurants in Chengdu, there is no self-service seasoning here.
No onions, no cilantro.
What we eat here is traditional Chongqing old hot pot.
Only sesame oil and garlic.

Recommended dishes:
[Tender Beef]: The taste is smooth, tender, delicious, and simple, but be careful not to cook it for too long. Brush for a few seconds.
[Tripe]: Hot pot must be ordered, fresh and refreshing.
[Stewed Fat Sausage]: Many people may not understand its delicacy, but in Chengdu, this is a must-order hot pot. People who love it will love it to death.
[Egg Pancake]: This is the first time I ate this in a hot pot restaurant. It's their specialty. The glutinous rice cake is wrapped in egg liquid and then fried. It has both the aroma of eggs and the taste of glutinous rice cake.
[Shrimp Slip]: It is also a must-order hot pot. It tastes smooth and Q bomb.

[Bullfrog]: The meat is tender and tender. It is a perfect match with hot pot.
Their dishes are all served in small plates and the unit price is not expensive, so fewer people come to eat them and they can eat a wide variety of dishes.

The bottom of the butter becomes more fragrant as it is cooked.