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I love the misty rain of the phoenix the most. I wake up at five in the morning and run happily to the riverbank

Hey, there's no one on the Rain Bridge

Sitting on the banks of the Tuojiang River, looking up at the clouds and mist on Mount Nanhua in the distance, and then at the Miao sisters playing on the rocks nearby

It's like embracing the entire city on the edge of wind and rain, blending in with it

The state of mind at that moment is difficult to express

In Zhangjiajie, at the highest point of Tianzi Mountain

When the sky is covered in dark clouds, tourists hurriedly leave

Sitting leisurely, Your Majesty, blowing the mountain breeze, waiting for a mountain rain

Just to capture the peak of the imperial brush after the rain

Remembering Xu Hun's poem, "The sun sinks in the pavilion at the beginning of the stream clouds, and the wind fills the building as the mountain rain approaches

I also remembered, "The Zhu Tower is surrounded by hooked and sparse foils, lying down to watch the sudden rain coming from thousands of mountains

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And the dark clouds came and went suddenly

Unable to wait for the mountain rain, hike down the mountain from Nantianmen

I didn't encounter any tourists on the way

Rare elegance, rare tranquility

This article, Xiangxi

To the self who cried while watching Shen Congwen's "Border Town" many years ago

To myself, leisurely waiting for the mountain rain in the Tianzi Pavilion

hey， It's that misty rain phoenix

I like the ancient towns in Jiangnan. Being a gentle Jiangnan woman and sleeping by the water is the ultimate hope for life

Later, when I went to Pingyao Ancient City, I found that the ancient cities in the north also had a unique flavor, which was the unwavering loyalty of the escort agency

I've been thinking about going to Phoenix for a long time

Some people always say that Phoenix is very commercialized and boring, so they stop in their tracks

And this time stepping into the phoenix, I have no regrets. What is more important than the scenery is the state of mind and emotions

And my feelings are Shen Congwen and Huang Yongyu

Fenghuang does not have a train station. To get from Changsha to Fenghuang, you can first take the high-speed rail to Huaihua. After leaving Huaihua high-speed rail station, you can find any travel agency and there is a minibus to Fenghuang. The ticket price is 50 yuan and it will be delivered to the parking lot in the ancient city. In Phoenix, it's better not to take a suitcase with you. It's all bluestone roads. It's hard to drag a suitcase on the bluestone to find a designated travel agency. It's also a bit painful for me.

The youth hostel is located in a relatively remote alley with few visitors, and there are almost no other lodging companions besides me.

Contracting the entire three story old house in the backyard alone for only 100 yuan per night is very cheap.

The boss is a slightly chubby big brother, who seems to have been deeply poisoned by the literary youth craze of earlier years. He drinks small drinks and plays folk guitar in the front yard hall every night, and wakes up naturally during the day without caring about the number of guests.

Clear and tranquil, peaceful and tranquil

Isn't it the life I've always envied, opening a coffee shop or a homestay, for this whole life.

On the first day, I fell asleep like this

The next day, it was drizzling outside

Because the youth hostel was located near Shen Congwen's former residence, at 7:30, they were inevitably awakened by a tour guide holding a loudspeaker outside

I admire the uncles and aunts who come with the group tour, they are so energetic even on rainy days

Get up quickly and compete for seats with the tour group and photography experts carrying long guns and cannons

After the rain, Nanhua Mountain was indeed shrouded in clouds and mist

Grandpa who reads books, grandma who sells knitwear, warm little lucky

Holding an umbrella and in the rain, I wandered around the ancient city, passing through the Tuojiang Jumping Rock, the "Wind, Snow, Rain, and Mist" Four Bridges, the Huang Yongyu Studio, the Huilong Pavilion, and the Tuojiang Hanging Tower.

The sun gradually emerged during lunch

After dinner, go back to the hostel and take a nap

It's already sunny after 3pm in the afternoon

In the alley outside the hostel, I was stopped by a grandmother who wanted to sell me flowers. I originally hated wearing flowers on my head, which was a fake cultural attire

But grandma said she was already 80 years old, so she bought a bouquet

Selling flowers in this life, beautiful in the next life. Grandma must have been very beautiful when she was young, she has always been beautiful

Later on, I wrote on my social media that when I turn white, I will become a flower seller

Fenghuang Ancient City Wall

Passing under the North Gate Tower and crossing a rusty iron gate from the Qing Dynasty, you will arrive at the Tuojiang Jumping Rock, which is also a favorite place for tourists to take photos. Many aunties and sisters will ask if they want to weave colorful braids, one yuan at a time, which will be annoying. Later, the eldest sister directly told me, 'After you made it up, no one asked you anymore. Just make up a few.'= =Manual black line

There are also those who rent Miao family clothing, which looks quite nice. The main reason is that the older ladies like to rent this for photography, and everyone's photo gestures are the same, pulling the hem of the skirt out in a 120 degree arc with both hands. There is only one girl, who looks good, sitting barefoot on the jumping rock, with a gurgling water flow below. Even passing uncles want to take a photo together. Haha, I love this delightful little cutie.

But I didn't rent clothes to take photos. I must have been joking at the time, or maybe I was reflexively asked by the aunties who rent clothes with colorful braids.

The bridge with a small pavilion is the Rain Bridge, one of the four bridges of the Phoenix in wind, snow, rain, and fog. Donated by Mr. Huang Yongyu to his beloved hometown

This place nurtured the Hunan prodigy Xiong Xiling of the Republic of China, allowed Shen Congwen to write "Border Town", and made Huang Yongyu yearn for it. Every mountain, every water, every pavilion, and every floor is filled with humanistic atmosphere

The topmost bridge is the Nanhuamen Bridge, and as night falls, many professional photography experts come to take photos of the ancient city's night scenery on it

Find a stilted house near Hongqiao, sit by the window, order a summer ice drink, listen to light music, and watch the tourists boating outside the window. It's really pleasant.

However, it is unclear whether the water in the Tuojiang Diaojiaolou area is natural or due to some reason. The yellow and green colors are strange.

For dinner, we found the most popular restaurant in the local area that specializes in firewood cuisine. The firewood cuisine was really amazing and the taste was great. We ordered firewood fish and suggested that everyone let the fish soak in the fire for a period of time before eating, so that the taste could truly come out. The more you eat, the more delicious it becomes, and the more you love it. The aftertaste is really amazing. Paired with rice wine, it's really a perfect match and delicious. When you go to Fenghuang Ancient City, I recommend that you must go to this delicious food!

After dinner, the sky gradually darkened

Take happy night shots

On the Nanhuamen Bridge, you can capture the entire night view of the ancient city.

The only downside is that under the light, insects fly around our heads. Does our heads also glow? Meow meow meow...

This phoenix logo looks quite nice

Inscribed by Premier Zhu Rongji himself

It's late at night, go back and listen to the folk songs of the hostel owner

The train to Zhangjiajie at 9 o'clock in the morning was booked at a random inn.

On the last morning of Phoenix, I got up at 5:30 and went to Tuojiang to jump over the rocks and take photos

Fortunately, I can still see the clouds and mist on Mount Nanhua

Fortunately, there are few people, and most tourists are still sleeping at this time~

hey， Only a group of Miao sisters jumping on the rock, and the photographers swimming in the distance, should be shooting promotional videos.

Sure enough, heroes see things the same way. To avoid crowds, one must get up at daybreak

The Miao sisters have finished taking photos. Hehehe, let's go jump over the rocks and take pictures to our heart's content. Don't worry about passersby getting in the picture

The first small alley by the rock is a coffee shop, I love it so much

Cat Cat

Very tolerable

Zhangjiajie

It's Zhangjiajie shrouded in clouds and mist

Zhangjiajie is actually a tourist city, so be careful when buying tickets. Tianmen Mountain, where there is a terrible glass walkway, is in Zhangjiajie City, and Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, which is a scenic spot of Wulingyuan National Scenic Spot, is often crowded with strange stones. When buying tickets, you should buy Phoenix to Wulingyuan National Scenic Spot.

The journey takes about 4.5 hours

The accommodation is located near the signgate. Many guesthouses have been newly built in recent years, with good conditions and reasonable prices. We chose to listen carefully. Ya'anju Special Guesthouse is a very good inn with a bus stop at the entrance, which is convenient to reach the scenic area. The owner is very good and introduced us to the relevant information of the scenic area, explained the routes to us, where to make eco-friendly buses, and helped us book discounted tickets. All of these are great!

The entrance fee for the forest park seems to be 228 yuan, and the owner has set it at 208 yuan, which is very cheap. The ticket includes four days, and the first time you enter, you can take your fingerprint and bring your ticket card to scan your fingerprint in the following days.

Moreover, the eco-friendly vehicles in the scenic area can be used for unlimited rides, which can be said to be very convenient

As a sister of a scientific geographic information system, I can only draw such an ugly scenic area tour route map. I'm sorry, teachers. After all, ArcGIS is useless and no match.

The forest park scenic area is very large. If you are not familiar with the route, you can hire a tour guide to avoid taking the same route.

I think it's okay. Just follow yourself and do whatever you want

On the first day, Phoenix departed at 9am and arrived at the hotel to tidy up around 2pm in the afternoon. I can only transfer to a ten mile gallery.

The next day, we first took the Hundred Dragon Ladder, then turned to Yuanjiajie (the first bridge in the world, Avatar Suspension Mountain), and arrived at the He Long Park on Tianzi Mountain. We then walked down the mountain from Nantianmen on foot from Tianzi Pavilion. Take a stroll around Xibu Old Street at the foot of the mountain in the evening. The number of steps taken on WeChat sports has exploded, revealing the whereabouts of travel. Hahaha.

On the third day, hike seven miles to Jinbian Creek, take the Yangjiajie Cableway to Wulong Village, and then continue up to Tianzi Mountain and take the Tianzi Mountain Cableway down the mountain.

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On the first day, Ten Mile Gallery

The weather is nice, and the Ten Mile Gallery is the closest attraction to the landmark gate. You can take a tour in the afternoon of the first day.

I can take a small train up and down, but as a hiking enthusiast, I still like to walk up and down. It's not far, only five kilometers in ten miles. Walk 1.5 hours one way

At the end of the Ten Mile Gallery, it's the way up the mountain, and it's only four o'clock. I want to climb to the rooftop and then go down from the South Gate. Well, Grey is often naive. Although my friends and I once climbed Mount Emei until early morning, from Baoguo Temple all the way to Leidongping, accommodation is not allowed in Zhangjiajie Scenic Area. The last bus for environmental protection in the scenic area departs at 7 pm.

So, after climbing for an hour, we arrived at a small shop halfway up the mountain. Five yuan per cucumber, replenish water, and then return the same way.

In the evening, I returned to Wulingyuan National Scenic Spot and had a meal of super niae food. The hotel owner recommended a popular local food restaurant. There was a car to pick us up for free. The hotel owner called us, and the car directly picked us up. It was only five minutes away. It was still relatively near. The store was near the Wulingyuan National Scenic Spot bus station. The restaurant owner recommended several special food in the store. They were very delicious, the service was very good, the environment was clean, and the restaurant was very comfortable. When I paid the bill, I knew that the price was so affordable. This food was a little different from the food I ate in other scenic spots, and I made a profit!

The next day, Yuan Jiajie and; Tianzi Mountain

The first environmental protection car departs at 8:00 am in the scenic area. I heard from others that they have to queue up at six o'clock in the morning because many tour guides will queue up for their tour groups, so they must be ahead of them.

I had planned to wake up early, but I couldn't get up. Get up at 7:30, tidy up, have breakfast, it's exactly 8 o'clock. At the sign gate, there were indeed many people, but I found that there was no need to queue up because there were many environmentally friendly cars and there were even seats available, which was also very happy. So, Zhangjiajie is considered the city with the best tourism industry in China.

The first stop is the Hundred Dragon Ladder. At this moment, there were still clouds and mist lingering in the mountains, causing a small excitement.

The ticket for Bailong Ladder is 70. All three sides are made of transparent glass, similar to a sightseeing elevator in a shopping mall, but the feeling is different. The speed is super fast, rising about 100 meters in less than a minute. As a senior acrophobia patient, it is terrifying. And some people say it would be great if the floor below was also transparent, I really want to scream at him.

The Yuanjiajie scenic spots are also very good, including the suspended mountain of Avatar and the world's first bridge.

The first bridge in the world is a naturally formed bridge deck on a mountain, which looks quite scary from a distance. It is still afraid of heights, and I feel like I could fall off at any time while walking on it, but I have no feeling at all after going up. The bridge deck is five meters thick

There is no direct eco-friendly bus from Yuanjiajie to Tianzishan. You need to transfer to a minibus at Yangjiajie, which takes about an hour. The car circled in the mountains, looking out at the rice paddies and residential buildings of the locals, I envied their lives.

After crossing several mountains, we arrived at Tianzishan Scenic Area, and the scenery was indeed different. More majestic and magnificent, also due to the increase in altitude, the canyon is deeper and more artistic.

No wonder it's called Tianzi Mountain, no wonder Xiang Wang is enthroned here.

Yubi Peak, I love this name so much. It is said to be a mountain peak transformed from the imperial pen discarded during the defeat of Emperor Wang

Looking at the clouds and mist of the Western Sea, the tip of the Imperial Brush Peak points to the sky. Qifeng Yishi Observation Deck, Three Mountains and Five Sacred Mountains Defeated by the Wind

Unfortunately, I didn't see the misty and misty Imperial Pen Peak, nor did I see the Imperial Pen Peak under the sunset glow, nor did I see the Imperial Pen Peak under the moonlight

Looking from Helong Park, there is a small pavilion to the east. I searched around and had lunch at the McDonald's on the mountaintop. Just keep moving forward.

Name: Tianzi Pavilion

The Tianzi Pavilion serves as an exhibition, telling the story of Xiang Wang, mysterious Xiangxi, Wu Nuo culture, and Tima, which fascinates me

Coming down from the Tianzi Pavilion, a cloud of dark clouds covered the sky, indicating that it was about to rain. Within a few minutes, the tourists disappeared without a trace

Rain doesn't mean there will be clouds and mist after the rain, does it mean we can see Tianzi Mountain and Yubi Peak after the rain

Resting on a chair outside the tea room on the first floor of Tianzi Pavilion, hoping that the rain will start soon

The little sister in the teahouse came out to collect the flowerpots and said, "It's going to rain rainstorm soon."

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However, the weather in the mountains is unpredictable, and soon the dark clouds will slip away

Go down the mountain in frustration, walk on the rooftop, and circle around the south gate.

It's still quite far, although it's not tiring to climb down the mountain, and I haven't encountered a single pedestrian on the road. I don't know where the end is, what's ahead, and I don't know if a few snakes will emerge

Haha, I have a strong obsession with hiking

Xibu Old Street

On the third day, Jinbian Creek; Yang Jiajie& Tianzi Mountain

Actually, I really wanted to come to Jinbian Creek on the first day. As a southern girl, I love small streams very much. Round trip 14 kilometers, took a one-way trip, about two hours. There are many little monkeys here, unlike the mature monkeys on Mount Emei who search through bags for food. The little monkey here is quite reserved, only taking things from the hands of tourists.

Yangjiajie goes up the cableway, while Tianzishan goes down the cableway. It feels different, and Tianzishan has a longer cableway and deeper canyons. The cableway only took five or six minutes, but yesterday I walked down the mountain for three hours, and I admire myself even more for hiking yesterday

Wish next time, in Wulingyuan National Scenic Spot, in Tianzi Mountain

Look at the clouds, look at the fog, look at the rain, look at the snow, look at the rainbow, look at the sunset, look at the sun and embrace the moon