October 13, 2001 trip to Beijing by the end of machine, we Liakou Qu Letang Northern Shanxi, tour of the Yungang Grottoes in Datong, the next Hua Yan Temple, and Xuan Kongsi, should County Wooden Pagoda. Beijing Railway Station at 23:00 on the October 13, when a train heading for punctuality Datong start, riding hard sleeper (66 yuan X 2 = 132 billion) on October 14 morning 6:30 arrival Datong station. A station in the Station Hotel to see a double standard room minimum 120 yuan / day, no stay. During this period, was a taxi driver and several travel agents who claim to be entangled, we did not reason. There is only one a smaller open Xiali taxi drivers had been persistent to follow us, patiently preach to us the advantages of a taxi tour, and we have no attention to him. (This little man opened Xiali taxi drivers, and our trip to northern Shanxi indissoluble bond the next day. Later on for the time being called little man). Later, he sent us to a petrochemical Guest House Suite 70 yuan / day. Okay, at that time did not note that there is no heat (due to less daytime cold), they stay there of. A smaller play for us to catch a taxi, and we declined to eat something later went out the door to the street stopped a small passenger Zuoyun 2 yuan / one went to the Yungang Grottoes. The passengers in addition to our Liakou are local people, dressed in a very soil, accent is also soil, a typical northern accent dry land. Forthright, simple, warm, and the people basically simple. They warned me Yungang Grottoes have just declared the success of the world's cultural heritage, in October of their tickets before a price increase to 50 yuan / 1. Car driving in the city leisurely Showmanship, out of the city was soon up. About to go for nearly an hour until nine at the junction of the Yungang Grottoes. Buy a ticket to enter.
Yungang Grottoes was constructed in the same cave as high as the dark red hills west, (I originally thought it was built under a large mountain) its front by 100 meters wide, composed of trees and shrubs in parks, its length the same as with the grottoes ( about 1000 meters) from the walls around. It was pouring with rain, few visitors, and anti-foreigner to feel that more people than the Chinese. They almost always hold an approximately 4 cm thick, large 32 mo in English guide book (this book was I in the Yangtze River Three Gorges Project, Pingyao, Huangshan also see a lot of foreigners holding, after understanding that Australians out of a ), the shining, looking very focused and take pictures with the camera carefully. Yungang Grottoes have specialized on the introduction, more than I want to know more detail, here I will not be go into details. Only to make a few personal observations.
1, each cave is very dark inside, (perhaps the day of rain) to see is unclear, gives the feeling of depression. Camera should flash.
2, dirty. Is mainly dust large, protruding parts of those who are down there is a thick layer of ash. That is the world's cultural heritage, but also 50 / 1 ticket. Taibuyinggai.
3, a lot of Buddha statues damaged. May be linked to the history and the Cultural Revolution. (With locals description: Yungang Grottoes are open before the Cultural Revolution, the Cultural Revolution was fenced off. It took several years to be changed from the foot of the National Road.)
4, may be downloaded over the Internet more relevant information Yungang Grottoes taste of the shining slowly, watching, so a guide can also be read to do very thorough, and meticulous.
5, if there is a camera with a wide-angle lens will have to wear that lights up the picture is not the same.
Overall Yungang Grottoes is worth a visit.
Backtrack out of the Yungang Grottoes, in the street of a small noodle restaurant to eat, I feel texture, taste good. Can my wife do not eat, we can see difficult to reach. Afternoon we went to the Huayan Monastery, Drum Tower, nine-dragon screen. Once the storm. Huayan Monastery I was with a local Communist party cadres, the team mixed the outset. I also relied on the downloaded data for shining watch. Huayan Monastery is closed on repair. Huayan Monastery is also under the dark, every body is covered with dust statues. To teach Tibetan temple in thin gal, I said one simple sentence: "too dark, and nothing can be seen." At once a middle-aged female party members and cadres, then I Hua Cha said: "So, you are a mind free from the Buddha." Bastard Wu Deng Bono, visual Fan Tai, that is, without Falun Gong XX, nor Superman XX. Although it is not party members, but also atheists. Can not rely on ideas of the imagination to replace the objective facts. Sadly,呀!
Huayan Monastery is necessary for a visit. Tour must be prepared in advance, relevant information, which would otherwise form a cursory, flow in general.
Drum Tower in the middle of the street at a main road intersection, we went into, from the outside look at pictures of you can.
Nine Dragon Wall Tickets 3 yuan / person, I see nothing with the North Sea for two to Beijing. Just watch space is too narrow, well photographed.
As the cold weather, we intend to go tomorrow and should be Hengshan County, by 2178 times after the train home at night, not to Wutai Mountain. But the station do not buy pre-sale tickets. Sleeper can not be implemented, and start feeling at ease. To the two long-off point had not implemented the next day to the mountains hang and should be the county bus, in short, chaos, the vehicle for a war.
In the evening back to hostels, the cold Zhou Qi, the house is not heating, freezing to death. Had no choice but to go out to the side of a small restaurant to eat hot pot, lamb tender, low prices. To eat whole body warm, and return to hostels. In the hostels lobby and saw little man that waited for us for a long time. He also clamor of a stretch the benefits of traveling by his car, I did not promise, cold room without a bath on the bed.
The next morning in a restaurant to eat free breakfast, little man went to the lobby to our preaching of the benefits of traveling by his car. We provide a total that he may return home berth, (booking fee 30 yuan / a) Parallel long passengers think of the confusion, fear of the day did not come back in time, we set the 200 yuan package and should be the car to Hengshan County, and return to scheduled to return home berth. He drove out a warning that we would return tickets have been booked, you can play back the tickets. Then we check out, take the backpack on the train not only the starting first Ben Xuan Kongsi. Bad road conditions along the way for the first time a taste of the high loess slope and the cave of the style, the general feeling is that drought, desolation, ravines vertical and horizontal. Native is probably the onions and potatoes. One and a half hours (about 10:00 pm) to the Xuan Kongsi. 36 yuan / one ticket. Xuan Kongsi is not built on the cliffs, from three and two-storey wooden temple composed of a small, lined up. To turn it twice and even the camera 20 minutes to read. Xuan Kongsi in many of the various statues is said to be one of three religions temples. I do not understand. But its siting, construction of exquisite outrageous, an exercise in the world is a must. On the impulse must have been a worthwhile trip for this one. Immersive feeling is not the same.
Came out in the Hengshan straight to the side of the road Lingqiu a gate. Turn right out from the Xuan Kongsi out after entering a cave on the left is a Xiao-Po. After a ceremonial arch built, a letter to "Beiyue Hengshan" pitched. Overlooking the mountains of the ups and downs, hills bare of vegetation very little, but the road surface mountain slopes are sparsely planted saplings on the new. A ticket seller would also like to shun the mountains to go very far to the gate only to see the Hengshan the main scenic spots. We did not enter, one had no time to second, looked at the immediate mood of the scene has been nothing. In the mountains should be straight in front of camera film after the county, along the way, like a fire inside a vehicle the size of coal-largest car rumble and pull off a scene can be considered Shanxi bar. Are spilled coal along the roadsides to see straight envious of us. If in our home, as early as Huala clean their own burned. The rich coal resources in Shanxi Province is evident. Wooden Pagoda in Ying County, before lunch to eat, is something called "Wo strategic" in pasta, quite good to eat, but Jiaoren slaughter knife. Prices should say hello, another can not ask a taxi driver arranged to eat, accommodation, shopping and so on. Eat a cutting wisdom, such an error after the excursion Zaimo committed.
Ying County Wooden Pagoda is the highest and most ancient of China's existing I think it is the largest wooden structure of a tower building. A national key cultural relics protection units. With say this is a leaning tower. From a distance, in general, go look and feel only the words: "shock." 1, all wood, I estimated a few thousand cubic meters of timber. 2, full-tenon Qie, no nail mao. 3, grand, grand. The pillars are the two together during the big newspaper logs. Enormous and elaborate cornices carved walls, rough and delicate. 3, the external layer of in-house is a two-tier, the internal layers of both types of tall and beautiful statues. The plaque outside Tower made famous everywhere. With that during the Cultural Revolution are also in the doomed were destroyed, the first a layer of Sakyamuni in the stomach was opened and removed on the inside things. So far its belly after the meeting of the traces are still clearly visible. I am still against the downloaded information on tours. Was thoroughly enjoyed themselves.
Out of the pagoda is 15:00 pm, about 16:30 pm arrived in Datong railway station square in front, during which ticket sales after 17:00 pm that day to have a hard sleeper ticket Shanhaiguan. We regret that 60 per booking fee, but also anxious hope that as soon as possible to get tickets, on several occasions under the ultimatum to the little man can not get tickets and then we had to buy their own. Little man said that 60 per booking fee and handed over to agents who have been ticketed, and face contact for bookings call the one hand, we bet we will keep a close eye on his taxi where fear us is gone, and waited three hours before the tickets. Datong station is not pre-sale tickets, only a certain distance from the station to accept the booking, collect 10 yuan / per booking fee, the remaining 17:00 hours the day before to get the station to sell, and no express. This is a monopoly industry, the interests of accumulating wealth for the typical behavior of a small group, but also for ticket scalping provides an opportunity for traffickers.
In short, this is our first self-service tours, Ctrip, Taiyuan Road to help make us greater benefits. Tips to User Experience as follows:
1; Shanxi Tour I think it should be a cultural and historical and cultural tour. It is sure to the relevant information ready, Taiyuan Road is a very good site.
2; Datong long-distance passenger traffic was chaotic, with no guaranteed minimum time, there must be mentally prepared.
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