Foreword:

After twelve years of hard study, my son graduated from high school this year. Find a place where beautiful mountains and rivers gather together and give you a complete relaxation of your body and mind. I finally had the opportunity to travel with my son. After thinking about it, I chose Zhangjiajie, Hunan. Zhangjiajie, China's National Forest Park, has always been known for its rich tourism resources, with 3,000 strange peaks and 800 beautiful waters. It is famous for its mountains and rivers. Here, you can not only enjoy the picturesque scenery, but also relax fully in the natural oxygen bar.

Tips: 1. About transportation

1. Aircraft: Zhangjiajie Hehua Airport is the only airport in Zhangjiajie. It is about 10 kilometers away from the city and takes about 15 minutes by car.

2. Train: The railway station is very close to the city center, and the central bus station is on the left hand side of the station.

2. Days of play

It is recommended to play for at least 3 days.

3. Popular science of scenic spots (very important)

Zhangjiajie National Forest Park and Wulingyuan Scenic Area are the same scenic spot, and Tianmen Mountain is another scenic spot with different directions. Wulingyuan Scenic Area consists of four major parts: Zhangjiajie, Suoxiyu, Tianzi Mountain and Yangjiajie. To visit Wulingyuan Scenic Area, you only need to buy one ticket (universal ticket system, you can visit all attractions in the scenic area, one ticket is valid for four days, and you can take an environmentally friendly vehicle for free, insurance is purchased voluntarily) to visit the above four major scenic spots. You can enter the scenic spot from five ticket stations. However, most tourists enter the scenic spot from Wujiayu (sign gate) at the east gate of Wulingyuan.

4. Tickets for scenic spots

Tickets for Wulingyuan Scenic Area are 258 yuan/person, with half-price discounts for holders of teacher qualification certificates, and college entrance examination graduates are free of charge with admission tickets. So more than 300 yuan is saved here. There are secondary charges for small transportation such as cableways, Bailong ladders, and small trains in the scenic area, and corresponding discounts will also be provided.

Day 1: Huanglong Cave and Zhangjiajie

Huanglong Cave is about 5 kilometers away from Zhangjiajie Qianqin Scenic Area. Huanglong Cave enjoys the reputation of "World Karst Wonders" and "World Karst All-round Champion". In 2005, it was selected as "China's Most Beautiful Tourist Karst Cave". I have seen many cave caves over the years. I checked in Huanglong Cave not only for its reputation, but also to see the location of the 1986 edition of "Journey to the West".

Huanglong Cave seems to be a huge underground "magic palace". The most essential part of this "Magic Palace" is the East China Sea Dragon Palace, the location of the 1986 edition of "Journey to the West". There is a 200,000-year-old sea-stabilizing needle in the Dragon Palace, worth 100 million yuan!

Tips：

Ticket price: 115 yuan (including tickets, tickets, and explanations)

Play time: There is a guide in the cave, which lasts about 2-3 hours.

Every time I travel to a destination, I am accustomed to first understanding the history, culture, customs and customs of the place. In this way, if you visit this landscape and taste this delicious food and specialties, you will have an in-depth tourist experience.

This time I brought my son to Zhangjiajie, and the first stop was to record the ancient feelings of Zhangjiajie. It really responds to the saying,"Give me one day and I will pay you back for a thousand years." A performance condenses the history, culture and legends of Zhangjiajie for hundreds of millions of years.

Hunan women are passionate and heroes come forth in large numbers! The performances are divided into "Canghai Mulberry Field","Wuling Wonderland","Legend of Tianzi Mountain","Past Events in a Small Town","Masang Tree","Love in Xiangxi" and other venues. Surprising plots appear at any time in the sky, underground, left and right. It uses advanced high-tech means such as sound, photoelectricity and light to show the effect of going from heaven to earth to earth and surprise. Let the audience be immersed in the performance at all times, immersively appreciating the magical craftsmanship of nature, the colorful and dreamlike Wuling Wonderland of the underwater world, and the magical and spectacular situation of the thousand-ton flood pouring down in an instant.

Preface: "The Changing Sea and Mulberry Fields"

The opening stage is very visually impactful. There are jellyfish and whales floating in the air, and the audience seems to be in a dark blue sea.

380 million years ago, a violent orogenic movement took place in Zhangjiajie, causing strange peaks to rise from the ground, creating Zhangjiajie's extraordinary beauty. The Three Thousand Qifeng Peak in Zhangjiajie has also become an ark where civilization breeds. Human beings thrive and live here, creating an extremely splendid Dayong civilization.

Scene 1:"Wuling Wonderland"

"Spring is full of peach blossom water, and I don't know where to find the source of immortals." Wulingyuan, Zhangjiajie, is said to be the prototype of "The Peach Blossom Spring" written by Tao Yuanming, a great poet of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. The dense water vapor and the ethereal artistic conception seem to have entered Tao Yuanming's Peach Blossom Secret Land.

Scene 2:"Legend of Tianzi Mountain"

"Whoever knows the face of the Son of Heaven will not look at the mountains in the world when he returns." It turns out that Tianzi Mountain in Zhangjiajie is related to Tujia folklore...

Scene 3:"Past Events in a Small Town"

I have always felt that Xiangxi has a unique temperament. It may be influenced by Shen Congwen's "Border Town", which adds a bit of mystery and romance to Xiangxi. A river of spring water, a boat song, a glance back, and endless expectations. This is a beautiful poem in western Hunan.

Scene 4:"Masang Tree"

This plot makes people feel emotional and tears come to their eyes. On this red land, Marshal He Long is fighting, the starting point of the Long March of the Second Red Front Army. Men went to the battlefield for their country, and Ma Sangshu witnessed countless family and country events separated from each other.

Epilogue: "Love in Xiangxi"

Hunan women are passionate and heroes come forth in large numbers. Beautiful stories gather here, and heroic hymns are sung here. Persistence and responsibility, love and dedication have influenced generations of Zhangjiajie people. This is the beautiful world, full of love and magic, Zhangjiajie.

In addition to the wonderful performances of ancient times, the scenic area can also create a good half-day time for you.

Zhangjiajie Qiangqing Scenic Area has four theme areas: Dayong Ancient Street, Taoyuan Secret Realm, Lovers 'Sea, and Rotten Apple Parent-Child Paradise. It is suitable for both elderly people and parent-child tours.

Under the leadership of my son, the timid I walked into the Phantom Haunted House, the Netherworld Inn Listening Room, and the Liu Bowen Storm Pavilion... The major interactive experience venues were thrilling, which really stimulated my little heart.

Take a walk around Dayong Ancient Street. In addition to collecting specialty snacks, you can also visit intangible cultural heritage shops. These shops each have their own characteristics. It is also a walking classroom to experience the charm of intangible cultural heritage up close.

After the performance of Qiangu Qing, it was time to catch up with the electronic sound water-splashing festival in the scenic area. Water guns competed with each other for a water-splashing carnival. At first, tourists fled in all directions. Soon, under the call of the host, tourists gathered around, put down their worries, and placed themselves in the water curtain. The joy of being splashed was far less than the joy of being splashed by others. Take the initiative to "lose your virginity" and let yourself indulge yourself, and simply indulge yourself to the end.

Tips:

Address: Located in Wulingyuan Scenic Area, the core scenic spot of Zhangjiajie, with convenient transportation.

Day 2: Wulingyuan-Tianzi Mountain-Yuanjiajie-Shili Gallery

If you fully visit all Wulingyuan Scenic Area, it will take about 6-7 days. It will take at least 3 days to visit the classic attractions. If you have limited time, you can pick up the best parts and visit them. If you have transportation tools, you can rely on transportation tools, so as to save time and strength and try to check in more attractions within a day.

The entire Wulingyuan scenic spot is crisscrossed with ravines, towering peaks, green trees, and swarms of animals and birds. It is known as the "Labyrinth of Nature" and the "No. 1 Strange Mountain in the World". However, the distance between various attractions is far away, and many attractions do not turn back. Don't be confused by complex terrain and detailed attractions. Before starting, you must read the strategies and focus on the key points.

At 9 o'clock in the morning, we walked into the sign gate of the East Gate of Wulingyuan, took an environmentally friendly bus in the scenic area (the fee is included in the ticket) up the mountain, and chose a tourist route different from that of most people. When most tourists were waiting for the Bailong elevator to go up, we chose to take the cableway up, which saved queuing time. Take the cableway up to the top of Tianzi Mountain. We mainly visited three attractions: Helong Park, Yubi Peak and Fairy Sanhua, and then took an environmentally friendly bus directly to Yuanjiajie.

Yuanjiajie is located in the north of Zhangjiajie National Forest Park and is a mountain terrace. Standing on the observation deck of Yuanjiajie Scenic Area, you can have a panoramic view of the Three Thousand Strange Peak, which is majestic and dangerous, and has different looks. Deep in the valley, thousands of stone peaks and stone pillars stand out. The main attractions include the World's First Bridge, Back Garden, Ecstasy Terrace, Hallelujah Floating Mountain, etc.

The No. 1 Bridge in the World is a landmark attraction in the Yuanjia Realm and the highest natural stone bridge found in the world so far.

The Qiankun Pillar of the Yuan Family Realm is also called the Hallelujah Suspended Mountain. The prototypes of various elements of "Planet Pandora" in the American science fiction blockbuster "Avatar" are taken from the Yuan Family Realm. Among them, the picture of "Nantian Pillar" becomes the "Hallelujah Mountain". That is, the prototype of the suspended mountain.

Take the Hundred Dragons Stairway down from the Yuan Family Realm. The height difference of the Bailong Staircase is 335 meters, connecting high-quality tourist routes such as Tianzi Mountain, Yuanjiajie, and Jinbianxi, ascending to the sky in one step and crossing the beautiful scenery of heaven and earth.

Take the scenic area eco-friendly vehicle and drive to Shili Gallery. Shili Gallery is located in Suoxiyu Scenic Area in Zhangjiajie. This ten-mile-long valley has a variety of strange peaks and rocks on both sides, like a huge landscape picture. There is a round-trip small train in the scenic area. If you have time, you can walk for a ten-mile walk to the beautiful scenery of the gallery. Walking around, it feels like walking into ink painting.

Deep in the Shili Gallery, there is a mountain road leading to Tianzi Mountain. This hiking route is very scenic. There was not enough time, so we had to take a small train back, and then change to an environmentally friendly car and return directly to the east gate of Wulingyuan Scenic Area, our departure point in the morning.

Day 3: Tianmen Mountain

Tianmen Mountain has ancient trees that are towering into the sky, intertwined with vines, and covered with moss. Stalagmites and stone buds are everywhere like natural bonsai. It is praised by the world as the most beautiful hanging garden and celestial fairyland. Tianmen Mountain is 8 kilometers south of the Urban area of Zhangjiajie City. Because it is not in the same direction as Wulingyuan, we put it on the third day.

Tour routes: Tour routes cannot be chosen independently, and the traffic in scenic spots will be diverted. If there are too many tourists choosing Line A, they need to go up the mountain at different times, and the wait may last for several hours. But generally the B line does not need to wait, so we chose the B line. The attractions visited by each route are the same, except that the directions and transportation have been adjusted.

1. Two-way ropeway round-trip:

Line A: Check in from the Tianmen Mountain Cableway Station in the urban area and then take the cableway up the mountain → visit the mountain top attractions → take the 7-level mountain-crossing escalator down to Tianmen Cave → take the Tianmen Cave Express Cableway down the mountain to Shanmen Exit the scenic area → take the scenic area shuttle bus back to the urban area to Tianmen Mountain Cableway Station

Line B: Check-in from Shanmen into the mountain → Take the Tianmen Cave Express Cableway up to Tianmen Cave → Take the 7-level mountain-crossing escalator from Tianmen Cave to the top of the mountain → Visit the top of the mountain → Take the cableway down the mountain → Take the cableway from the Tianmen Mountain Cableway Station to the city

Line C: Check-in from Shanmen into the mountain → Take the Tianmen Cave Express Cableway up to Tianmen Cave → Take the Level 7 mountain-crossing escalator from Tianmen Cave to the top of the mountain → Visit the top of the mountain → Take the Level 7 mountain-crossing escalator down to return to Tianmen Cave → Take the Tianmen Cave Express Cableway down the mountain to Shanmen and exit the scenic area → Take the scenic area shuttle bus back to the city and get off the Tianmen Mountain Cableway

2. One-way cableway tour:

Line 1: Check in from the Tianmen Mountain Cableway Station in the urban area and then take the cableway up the mountain → visit the top attractions → take the 7-level mountain-crossing escalator down to Tianmen Cave → take the scenic tour bus via the 99-bend Panshan Highway to go down the mountain to Shanmen and leave the scenic area → Take the scenic area shuttle bus back to the urban area to the Tianmen Mountain Cableway Station

Line 2: Check-in from Shanmen into the mountain → Take a scenic tour bus to go up the mountain via the 99-bend Panshan Highway to Tianmen Cave → Take the 7-level mountain-crossing escalator from Tianmen Cave to the top of the mountain → Visit the top of the mountain → Take the cableway from Tianmen Mountain Cableway Station to go down the mountain to the next stop in the city

Special reminder: Due to the steep and dangerous mountains and dense winding roads, it is recommended to carefully choose the "one-way cableway tour" for serious carsickness or for weak people.

Experience of Line B tour route:

1. Express cableway: Take the express cableway up the mountain to the square below Tianmen Cave. From Shanmen to Tianmen Cave, in the past, it was a 25-minute one-way drive by scenic tour bus. The express cableway only took 4 minutes to complete. The total length of the cableway is 1209 meters, the height difference is 698 meters, the climbing angle exceeds 44.7°, and the passenger volume is 4000 people/hour. It is the 3S cableway with the largest climbing angle in the world.

2. Tianmen Cave: Take the scenic express cableway up the mountain and the first thing you see is Tianmen Cave. On the plain wall of Qianlong opposite the north and south of Tianmen Cave, it is floating and reaching the sky. The weather changes countless, like a mirror inlaid on the vast sky. It is a rare high-altitude natural mountain cave in the world.

3. Climbing the ladder: Climbing the ladder is the only way to climb the Tianmen Gate. It has a total of 999 levels, symbolizing supremacy and everlasting life. It has become a way for visitors from all directions to climb the sky and pray for blessings. If you don't want to climb, you can choose the escalator in the mountain on the right side. The price is 32 yuan per person.

4. Tongtian Avenue: You can see this Tongtian Avenue by taking the express cableway or on Tianmen Mountain. Between the mountains and deep valleys, there are 99 tracks that are intertwined, stacked on top of each other, forming a sharp 180-degree turn, like a fluttering jade belt that surrounds the sky. It is a spectacle.

5. Shanshan Elevator: When you arrive at Tianmen Cave, you have to take the Shanshan Elevator up the mountain. This is something you can experience for free on the ABC Third Line, but some go up and some go down. The Shanshan Elevator is the world's first elevator installed in a mountain tunnel. The entire journey runs in a mountain tunnel, from the bottom of Tianmen Cave to the top of the mountain. A total of 12 sections go up in turn.

When you come to the top of the mountain, you can enjoy sightseeing. The scenic spots on the top of the mountain are distributed like corolla above the head, and you can travel in roughly one direction. Main attractions: Glass plank road, Biye Yaotai, Guigu plank road, Tianmen Temple, etc.

6. Tianmen Mountain Glass Plank Road: The glass plank road is divided into east and west lines. We traveled from the east line, toured the mountain top and finally descended from the cableway area of Li Na Villa on the west side.

7. Downhill: Take the Tianmen Mountain cableway below the line B, connecting the Urban area of Zhangjiajie with the top of Tianmen Mountain. The cableway has a total length of 7455 meters and a one-way running time of about 28 minutes. Go straight back to the city ticket center without walking. On the way, you can enjoy the Urban area scenery, pastoral scenery, dangerous peaks and deep ravines, and you are walking in a magnificent picture.

about accommodations

We chose Hetianju Resort, which proved to be a great addition to the trip.

Walking into Hetianju, I decided in my heart that this was the poem and distance I wanted.

In summer, the forest of Hetanju is full of fragrance, and the buildings are just dotted with clusters of stars hidden in the forest.

The lush forests are luxuriant and the trees are lush. Under the forest are crowded flowers and plants that cannot be named by name. Here, every creature grows according to its own character. I have walked through mountains and rivers and all things, but in fact, I have only used them to walk through my life.

Respect nature and return to nature. It fully expresses the local architectural style and artistic connotation of Xiangxi, and has the comfort of a high-end luxury hotel. It has the architectural art concept of "new vernacalism" to maximize the harmonious unity of architecture and nature. It is the design concept of Hetianju Resort Hotel.

Taking the essence of traditional Chinese culture-the "five elements" of gold, wood, water, fire and earth as the starting point and main source of the design. Combined with the cultural characteristics of Xiangxi, each house and tower demonstrates the connotation of low-key luxury.

I live in a room in Huozhai. The round exterior of the building and the personalized interior design embody the cultural elements of "fire" everywhere.

You can choose a Chinese restaurant for dinner. The new Chinese design style gives people a warm feeling. Delicate and delicious meals soothe people's hearts.

Breakfast is in the Western restaurant, where Chinese and Western meals combine, giving people the greatest choice of space.

Without going to the scenic spots, you can spend a leisurely and slow-traveling life in Hetanju. Heated swimming pool, fitness center, academy tea house, tree-lined paths. In the misty rain and green mountains, people are immersed in the ethnic customs of the Miao and Tujia people.

Tips:

Recommendation index: five-star

Location: Hetianju is located in Zhangdiping, Sanguuan Temple, Cili County, Zhangjiajie. It is close to Wulingyuan Scenic Area, Huanglong Cave in the south, and the Grand Canyon in the north. It is on the tourist route.

Transportation: There is a shuttle bus for small transportation inside the hotel, and there are buses for external transportation, which can lead to the Grand Canyon, Huanglong Cave, Wulingyuan and other scenic spots.

Surrounding attractions: Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon, China Giant Salamander Biotechnology Museum, Baofeng Lake, Huanglong Cave, Tianzi Mountain Scenic Area, Zixia Temple, Baizhang Gorge, etc.