A62-021. Domestic Tour with Wife and Daughter: 2017 Summer Tour to Hunan (D1-3)_Zhangjiajie_Best places

A62-021. Domestic Tour with Wife and Daughter: 2017 Summer Tour to Hunan (D1-3)

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2024-07-20 19:17:27

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Time: August 16 - 23, 2017

Character: dragging his wife and daughter + mother, one friend, mother and daughter + mother, another friend

Travel form: free travel + small package group

opening remarks

Zhangjiajie was my father's first trip to the province after working. The hardships of mountain climbing left an indelible memory. Twenty-five years have passed, my father has transformed from an enthusiastic young man to an uncle of Benwu. Taking advantage of the time, dragging his wife and daughter to visit Zhangjiajie again was another of my father's travel wishes. During the summer vacation of 2017, my father carefully designed a Hunan tour that basically included the best attractions in Xiangxi.

D1 (August 16, 2017)

A. Guangzhou South Railway Station-Changsha South Railway Station (G6142 high-speed train from 09:01 to 11:36, the second-class ticket price is 314 yuan.)

B. Lunch at Changsha South Railway Station Visitor Center.

C. Changsha-Zhangjiajie (Changsha High-speed Railway Bus Station (also known as Litto Expressway Bus Station) runs at 14:10, and the arrival station is Zhangjiajie Central Bus Station. The fare is 135 yuan.)

D. Stay at the Summer Theme Inn near Zhangjiajie Central Bus Station.

E. Dinner at a restaurant near the inn.

Hunan Province

Hunan is located in south-central China and the southern part of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. It was renamed as Jinghu South Road in the Song Dynasty. It was abbreviated as "Hunan" because the largest river in the province, Xiangjiang River, flows through the north and south. It is also known as Xiaoxiang. It governs Changsha City, Zhuzhou City, Xiangtan City, Hengyang City, Shaoyang City, Yueyang City, Changde City, Zhangjiajie City, Yiyang City, Loudi City, Chenzhou City, Yongzhou City, Huaihua City, and Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, covering an area of about 211,800 square kilometers. The population is about 68.22 million.

Changsha City

Changsha was called Tanzhou in ancient times. It was the capital of Hunan Province. It was located in the north by east of Hunan Province. It governed Furong District, Tianxin District, Yuelu District, Kaifu District, Yuhua District, Wangcheng District, Changsha County, and Ningxiang County. It hosted Liuyang City, covering an area of approximately 11,819 million square kilometers and a population of approximately 7.04 million.

Changsha South Station

You will reach Changsha High-speed Railway Station (also known as Litto Expressway Bus Station) after leaving the station at Exit A1 of Changsha South Railway Station.

There are multiple buses from the Changsha High-speed Railway Station to Zhangjiajie. The adult fare is 135 yuan. The journey from Changsha to Zhangjiajie is about 320 kilometers and takes about 4.5 hours.

Zhangjiajie City

Zhangjiajie is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Hunan Province, formerly known as Dayong City. It was renamed Zhangjiajie City because China's first national forest park, Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, is located in northwest Hunan, in the middle and upper reaches of the Lishui River, and in the hinterland of the Wuling Mountains. It governs Yongding District, Wulingyuan District, Cili County, and Sangzhi County, with an area of approximately 9653 square kilometers and a population of approximately 1.5291 million.

About Xiaobao Group

A. The route for the small package group was carefully designed by my father. The Zhangjiajie + Xiangxi joint tour basically includes the essence of the two places.

B. The basic group fee for a small package group is 2300 yuan/person for adults, 2000 yuan/person for children, and the cost of cableways, attractions, etc. is about 3000 yuan/person.

C. The accommodation level of the small package group is comfortable, and the entire stay is a special inn decorated according to Samsung standards.

D. The small package includes lunch expenses during the day tour, and dinner expenses are borne by yourself.

E. Transportation for small packages is a seven-seater commercial vehicle.

Zhangjiajie Inn

Stay at an inn near Zhangjiajie Central Bus Station in the evening. Zhangjiajie is worthy of being a typical tourist city. Looking around, you can see various inns nearby.

Zhangjiajie specialties are cooked in three pots

Sanxia pot is a specialty dish in Zhangjiajie. It used to be stewed in one pot of bacon, tofu, and radish, but now it is a pot of stewing fat intestines, pork belly, beef belly, pig head meat, etc.

D2 (August 17, 2017)

A. Visit Zhangjiajie National Forest Park (Enter the park from the Zhangjiajie National Forest Park Ticket Station, go to the Yangjiajie Cableway and take the cableway up the mountain. The tour route on the mountain is roughly Yangjiajie Scenic Area-Yuanjiajie Scenic Area-Tianzi Mountain Scenic Area. The transportation between the scenic spots on the mountain is scenic area transportation vehicles.)

B. Take the cableway down the mountain on the Yangjiajie Cableway, exit the park from the Yangjiajie Ticket Station, check into Shijiayu Village Inn in Wulingyuan District near the foot of Zhangjiajie, and have dinner at the inn.

Zhangjiajie National Forest Park

Zhangjiajie National Forest Park is located in Zhangjiajie City, Hunan Province, in the eastern section of the Wuling Mountains. On September 25, 1982, with the approval of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, the original Zhangjiajie Forest Farm was officially named "Zhangjiajie National Forest Park", making it the first national forest park in China. Zhangjiajie National Forest Park has a total area of approximately 4810 hectares.

The natural scenery of Zhangjiajie National Forest Park is amazing by the peaks, the valleys show the tranquility, and the forests show the beauty. Zhangjiajie National Forest Park has more than 3000 strange peaks, which is known as "Three Thousand Strange Peaks and Eight Hundred Beautiful Waters".

The ticket price of Zhangjiajie National Forest Park is 248 yuan. Tickets are valid for 4 days. Fingerprints must be left when entering the park on the first day to continue entering the park in the next few days.

Bronze statue of Wu Guanzhong

Zhangjiajie became famous all over the world because of the article "A Lost Pearl of Scenery Unknownst to People" by modern painter Wu Guanzhong and his painting "Zhangjiajie". It can be said that Wu Guanzhong was the first person to make the scenery of Zhangjiajie known to the world. In the square in front of the ticket station of Zhangjiajie National Forest Park stands a bronze statue of Wu Guanzhong.

Zhangjiajie National Forest Park

There are five ticket stations in Zhangjiajie National Forest Park. It is generally believed that the ticket station of Zhangjiajie National Forest Park is the main entrance. After entering the park from the ticket station of Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, you will see a columnar mountain engraved with the inscription of "Zhangjiajie National Forest Park" by Gao Dezhan, former Minister of Forestry and former Secretary of Tianjin Municipal Party Committee. There is no doubt that this has become the first choice for tourists to visit here.

Welcome to Zhangjiajie National Forest Park

The peaks of Zhangjiajie National Forest Park are columnar peaks, and Guimen Yingbin is the first scene in the park.

Welcome to Zhangjiajie National Forest Park

Yangjiajie Cableway Lower Station

After entering the park, turn left at the Guimen Welcome Office. The transportation bus-wooden plank road-transportation bus. After a long journey, you arrive at the Yangjiajie Cableway Station. Take the cableway up the mountain here. The ticket price for the Yangjiajie Cableway is 76 yuan.

Yangjiajie Cableway Lower Station

Yangjiajie Guide Map

The traditional tour route of Yangjiajie is Yangjiajie Cableway Station-Wulongzhai-Tianbo Mansion. This route requires a large circle, or you can also stand from the Yangjiajie Cableway Station-the Natural Great Wall. This route only needs to walk about 500 meters. What you see in Tianbo Mansion and the Natural Great Wall are the same peak forest. Because the peak forest is located in Yangjiajie, one place is named after the Tianbo Mansion where the Yang family lives. Because the peak forest is scattered and seemingly continuous city wall, one place is named the Natural Great Wall.

Yangjiajie Natural Great Wall

the yuanjiajie

Legend has it that after the failure of the Huangchao Uprising in the Later Tang Dynasty, one of Huang Chao's subordinates, surnamed Yuan, lived in seclusion in Qingyan Mountain to avoid capture. They opened branches and scattered leaves here, and named the place Yuanjiajie. Because the prototype of the Halelujah Mountains in the movie "Avatar" is located in the Yuanjiajie Scenic Area, the Yuanjiajie is very popular. It is appropriate to describe it from the crowd. After struggling to reach Tiansheng Bridge, which is known as the first bridge in the world, they turned back.

Yuanjiajie Tiansheng Bridge

The Tiansheng Bridge is about 2 meters wide, about 5 meters thick, with a span of about 50 meters, and a vertical height difference of about 357 meters. It is the natural self-produced stone bridge with the largest vertical height difference discovered so far in the world.

Tianzi Mountain Scenic Area Helong Park

The Tianzi Mountain area was once a place where the Second and Sixth Army Corps of the Red Army fought. Marshal He Long, the commander of the Second Army of the Red Army, was from Sangzhi County, Zhangjiajie. Therefore, Helong Park was set up in the Tianzi Mountain Scenic Area and a bronze statue of Marshal He Long was erected as a memorial. The bronze statue of Marshal He Long was built in 1986, is 6.5 meters high and weighs 9 tons. It is the largest bronze statue built in my country in the past century.

Tianzi Mountain Scenic Area Tianzi Observation Platform

Tianzi Mountain was originally known as Qingyan Mountain together with the Yuan Family. In the early Ming Dynasty, Xiang Dakun, a leader of the Tujia ethnic group, led local farmers to uprising here, calling themselves "Xiangwang Tianzi". Although the uprising was suppressed after the uprising, local people still called it Tianzi Mountain in memory of Xiangwang.

Tianzi Mountain Scenic Area Tianzi Observation Platform

Tianzi Mountain Scenic Area

Tianzi Mountain Scenic Area has different observation platforms such as Tianzi Observation Platform, Yunqingyan Observation Platform, and Painting Tour Observation Platform. The peak forest is viewed from different angles. This is the way to Yunqingyan Observation Platform. It is said that the TV series "Journey to the West" was once filmed here.

Yunqingyan Observation Platform in Tianzi Mountain Scenic Area

Yunqingyan Observation Deck is also known as the Xihai Peak Forest.

Yunqingyan Observation Platform in Tianzi Mountain Scenic Area

Tianzi Mountain Scenic Area Painting Tour Observation Platform

Tianzi Mountain has the reputation of "expanding bonsai, shrinking fairyland". Watching the scenery on Tianzi Mountain gives you a wide view, with numerous peaks and pillars, and scattered patterns. It is a pity that I couldn't encounter the ultimate scenery of the clouds of clouds on this trip.

Yangjiajie Cableway

When you take the cableway down the mountain, against the blue sky, the peak forest is much more beautiful than when you go up the mountain.

Yangjiajie Cableway

Shijiayu Village Inn, Wulingyuan District

D3 (August 18, 2017)

A. Visit Zhangjiajie National Forest Park (Enter the park again from the Yangjiajie Ticket Station, take the sightseeing bus-wooden plank road-the sightseeing bus, walk again to the Guimen Welcome Place that you passed yesterday, turn right, and walk through the entire journey to visit Jinbian River. Take the sightseeing bus from Shuilao Simen Station to Shili Gallery Station to visit Shili Gallery).

B. Take a sightseeing bus from Shili Gallery Station to Wulingyuan Ticket Station, exit the park from Wulingyuan Ticket Station, stay at Dahai Inn located in Wulingyuan District, and have dinner at the restaurant next to the inn.

Zhangjiajie National Forest Park Boardwalk

Starting from the wooden plank road, Jinbian River crosses the entire journey, accompanied by wild monkeys and tourists from time to time.

Zhangjiajie National Forest Park Boardwalk

Jinbianxi, Zhangjiajie National Forest Park

The total length of Jinbian River is about 6.5 kilometers. It is named because the stream flows through Jinbian Rock. The Jinbian River runs through Zhangjiajie National Forest Park from west to east. There are strange peaks on both sides and picturesque scenery. The Jinbian River is known as "the most beautiful canyon in the world."

Jinbianxi, Zhangjiajie National Forest Park

Walking closer to Jinbian River, you will see green everywhere, gurgling water and crystal clear.

Jinbianxi, Zhangjiajie National Forest Park

This kind of flower is called lobster flower, which is the general name for impatiens. It grows under shrubs and beside ditches and is widely distributed in the Wulingyuan area.

Jinbianxi Shenying Whip

The golden whip rock is more than 380 meters high. The entire rock is made of quartz sand. Under the sunshine, it reflects golden light, making this "stone whip" be dubbed "gold". Next to Golden Whip Rock, there is an eagle shaped like a mountain that protects its young. It is majestic and protects the "Golden Whip" day and night. Therefore, it is called the Divine Eagle. This scene is named "Divine Eagle Protecting Whip".

Jinbianxi Western Heaven Sutra

Jinbianxi Chenxiang saves mother

Legend has it that there was a child named Chenxiang whose mother was crushed at the foot of the mountain because she violated the rules of heaven. In order to save her mother, Xiao Chenxiang practiced hard and finally used a sharp axe to split the mountain peak and rescued her mother.

golden whip Creek

Jinbian River meets thousands of miles away

The two stone peaks face each other, just like a couple who have been reunited for a long time, gazing at each other affectionately. The husband is tall and wearing a helmet and armor. He seems to have returned from a distance, with a slightly bowed waist and a slightly bent head, as if to comfort his wife; the wife has a well-proportioned figure, a plump figure, with short hair, and a charming charm. She holds her husband's waist with her left hand and looks up slightly, as if whispering to confide her feelings for separation.

golden whip Creek

Jinbianxi is one of the earliest landmark attractions developed in Zhangjiajie National Forest Park and a must-visit attraction to Zhangjiajie. Not many tourists choose to cross the Jinbianxi River the whole way. Most tourists enter the park from the Shuiaround Simen Ticket Station and visit the so-called essence section of Jinbianxi River about 1.5 kilometers.

golden whip Creek

Zhangjiajie National Forest Park Shuilao Simen Station

Small train in Shili Gallery Scenic Area

The Shili Gallery is about five kilometers long, with lush forests on both sides, fragrant wild flowers, strange peaks and rocks, and various shapes, like landscape paintings. The one-way ticket for the Shili Gallery small train is 38 yuan.

Yuzhifeng in Shili Gallery Scenic Area

Shili Gallery Scenic Area Twilight Love

Elderly people collecting medicine in Shili Gallery Scenic Area

Three Sisters Peak in Shili Gallery Scenic Area

Shili Gallery Scenic Area

Zhangjiajie National Forest Park Wulingyuan Ticket Station

It is generally believed that the Wulingyuan Ticket Station is the back door of Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, with the park's iconic gate building.

Wulingyuan District Inn