preface

In the spring of 2019, it is rare to have a holiday and I want to enjoy a spring scenery. Unfortunately, the north is too cold and the south is rainy. So he headed all the way west, and finally his eyes fell on Chongqing.

I decided to go to Chongqing because of the rain, but also because of Wulong. When I first met Wulong, I had a glimpse of Wulong in the news broadcast-a beam of sunshine passed through the huge door between heaven and earth and shone on the wilderness. Shortly after, the movie "The City Is Full of Golden Armor" was released. At that time, Fa Ge was not so old, Jay Chou was not yet fat, and Qin Junjie was still a child star. In the film, there are killers hanging ropes, passing through the huge door in groups and landing in Ni Dahong's courtyard. While doing the trip, I realized that the drive from Chongqing to Wulong was as long as three to four hours. At that time, Wulong was already a world natural heritage site.

1. xiannv town

Fly to Chongqing first, transfer to Wulong by bus, and settle in Fairy Town.

The road was full of tunnels. Although it was a high speed, the speed was not fast. "Shu is difficult, but it is difficult to reach the blue sky." The mountains at that time stood at the top of the mountain, and the natural chasm at that time have now been connected and opened up by many high bridges and tunnels. The perseverance and infrastructure pedigree that originated from Yugong's immigration in 5,000 years have been passed down and sublimated among the workers of the Republic. After decades of continuous efforts, we have a dense highway network, and all roads lead to our hometown. I have heard friends from abroad talk about the difficulties and dangers of tunnel projects. Only when you travel through those tunnels can you feel the greatness and shock of the journey known as the "infrastructure maniac". Proud sprang spontaneously.

Wulong County is not big. In the old days, it was nicknamed "the county yamen serves as a pigsty." The county can hear you in the hall." It refers to the smallness of Wulong County, and also to the poverty of Wulong at that time. Because there were many mountains and little land and poor land, in the old days, local people were forced to make a living by pulling fiber. The famous Chuanjiang trumpet was born here.

Fairy Town is located on the mountainside of Fairy Mountain, at an altitude of 1200 meters. In the scorching summer, it is a summer resort for the people of Chongqing, the city of stoves. I vaguely remember that it was half an hour's drive from Wulong County to Fairy Town. It is said that every summer, this mountain road will be congested in large areas due to too many visitors. It takes three to four hours to get from the foot of the mountain to Fairy Town.

One of the famous attractions of Xiannv Mountain, Xiannv Mountain Park, is still located above Fairy Town. One of the most famous scenery in the park, the alpine grassland, is located on the top of the mountain, with an altitude of more than 2000 meters.

In mid-March, the temperature in Fairy Town is about 7-8 degrees Celsius above zero. I heard from the homestay boy that we were lucky to come-the snow in Fairy Town had not melted into snow and the temperature was below zero. The temperature in the alpine grassland of Xiannu Mountain is even lower. I remember when I arrived at the grassland in Xiannv Mountain, the temperature was 2 degrees Celsius above zero. Cold! There are scattered unmelted snow on the roadside.

As a native of the south, I failed to see the beauty of the Mongolian grassland. I have an inexplicable longing for alpine pastures. Here is the most beautiful scenery in Fairy Mountain Park! In early spring, there is a faint green and green that "the color of the grass can be seen far away but not near" everywhere.

If you are not interested in alpine pastures, Fairy Town itself is a big surprise. After 30 minutes of climbing over the mountains, from dense residential buildings to sparsely populated people, to dilapidated ancient houses with broken walls, suddenly the peaks turned around, and layers of European villas covered the mountains. In an instant, it felt like a lifetime ago, as if I had arrived in Switzerland and was in a small town at the foot of the Alps.

2. Tiansheng Sanqiao: Go to the bottom of the pit and "sit in the well" to watch the sky

The next morning, the spring light was warm. Go to the Tourist Service Center and take the scenic bus to Tiansheng Third Bridge. Tiansheng Sanqiao is the famous Tiankeng Scenic Area. It and the Longshui Gorge Ground Crack are collectively called the Tiankeng Ground Crack. Both are typical karst karst rock landscapes. Tiansheng Third Bridge refers to the three majestic natural stone arch bridges: Tianlong Bridge, Qinglong Bridge and Heilong Bridge. This is the largest natural bridge group in Asia. Tiansheng Bridge is a masterpiece of nature's sculpture, and the "carving knife" is an underground river. The already large-scale karst underground cave was further dissolved under the continuous impact of the underground river, and the cave expanded. Eventually, the roof of the cave collapsed, forming a huge sinkhole, and the underground river turned from dark to light into a surface river. The remaining cave remains between the sinkholes that have not yet completely collapsed are long and narrow in shape and are natural bridges.

The "Bumblebee" welcomed him at the entrance of Tiansheng Sanqiao with open arms. This is also the location of the movie "Transforming Steel 4".

There are two ways to enter the Tiankeng. In addition to walking from the mountains, people can also take the scenic elevator. Thanks to the off-season travel, I can choose the elevator to "go downstairs" and enter the bottom of the pit to "sit in the well" to watch the sky. This elevator has a vertical height of 80 meters and is also a scenery in the Tiankeng Scenic Area. Although the elevator is only two floors high, one floor is inside the pit and the other floor is outside the pit. I heard that during the tourist season, you have to queue for more than an hour to take the elevator.

Arriving at the bottom of the pit, looking up and looking around, the grandeur of nature is beyond the reach of a human being. You can only see it through the camera lens, and you cannot experience it unless you are there.

"The City Is Full of Golden Armor" The home of Imperial Doctor Jiang (Ni Dahong) is actually an ancient station. Here,"One man is at the pass, and no one can open it!" Thinking of it, this place was also a battleground for ancient military strategists. If they grasped the "throat" of the pit, they could only be wiped out at the bottom of the pit.

Tiankeng is a very effective scenic spot for treating cervical spondylosis. Walking through the pit with your head held high: fog waterfalls, flowing springs, and stalactites enter with your eyes.

"Sacred Elephant","Koi","Sky Eagle","Golden Steel", the outline of each "Sacred Beast" is faint, which makes people praise the extraordinary craftsmanship of nature.

(Photo: Koi)

(Photo: Sky Eagle)

(Photo: Jingang)

It was nearly noon when we left the pit. Outside the pit, there are three taels of peach blossoms and half-peak terraces, creating a pastoral landscape, just like the inside of the pit.

3. Longshui Gorge Ground Seam: Crossing the Tunnel of Time and Space to the Center of the Earth

Go to the pedestrian street and wait for the bus to transfer to the Longshui Gorge Ground Crack. There are small stalls selling simple snacks on the street, including sausages, baked potatoes, fried creek fish, potato chips and so on. There are no restaurants in the Tiankeng Ground Crack Scenic Area, so it is best to bring your own lunch (dry food) when traveling. If you don't bring it, you can only eat food here.

Enter the sinkhole and take the elevator. To enter the ground seam, you have to walk through the long "time and space" tunnel.

Going all the way down seems to be going to the center of the earth. By the time we saw the light again, it was already noon. At the bottom of the pedestrian valley, flowing springs fly and waterfalls, and underground rivers surge on the side of the plank road.

The sun shines and the clear water, but there is a touch of "crescent moon". The water from the ground seam flows to the Wujiang River, and the water from the Wujiang River eventually flows into the Yangtze River. My hometown, Fujian, is the largest hilly area in the country, and it is also mountainous and water-rich. Spring springs are dripping everywhere and the scenery is beautiful. Compared with my hometown, the mountains and rivers here are not much different except for being big. However, here, the cold pool breathed out, and when I looked up, I could only see a palm of the sky. I could only hear the rumbling sound of water in my ears, which made my scalp numb. Only the mountains and rivers are magnificent, which I dare not describe as beautiful. Here, the water roared, surged, opened mountains, and expanded valleys. Her ambition is the Yangtze River, and the Three Gorges will emerge from the bank! The water here is beautiful and not gentle.

The tiankeng and the ground seam are a "living" scenery. As the flowing water continues to wash, the water is cutting and the mountains are growing. In another hundred years, there may be another scenery. There are slightly elevated rocks on the cliffs of the water bank, and the light and shadow are in a trance. They look like an "old monk in meditation". Thinking of him "closing and opening" is already a vicissitudes of life, for thousands of years.

(Photo: The old monk meditates)

trailer

If you live in Fairy Town, you can watch the large-scale landscape real-life song concert "Impression of Wulong" at night. This is another masterpiece by Zhang Yimou after "Impression of Third Sister Liu","Impression of Lijiang","Impression of West Lake","Impression of Hainan Island", and "Impression of Dahongpao". It plays the story of the trackers, and it sings the Chuanjiang trumpets mentioned earlier. I didn't go to watch it because it was too cold outdoors at night in early spring. I feel a little regretful now.