Shanxi Earth October Tour
Shanxi Shanxi Province, commonly known as the land. Shanxi, known to history as Jin in the Spring and Autumn Period, when it was Five Hegemons one of the late Spring and Autumn split into Wei, Zhao, and South Korea, so called Shanxi. Shanxi Province has historically been a difficult terrain due to its strategic battleground. The ancient Xianbei lame, namely, the extension of Datong in Shanxi Province as a base to create the Northern Wei state power, the Republican era has also become a warlord Yan Xishan Xiong, according to land. However, historians were even more amazed by the Department, the late Qing Dynasty, Pingyao in Shanxi Province and other places, both by the silver exchange business gradually developed into China's "financial center" for well-deserved, "the sea off the most," while contemporary Shanghai is still lagging behind barren small fishing village.
Shanxi has many historical cultural and natural landscape, as noted above, Yungang Grottoes in Datong, Taiyuan Jinci, floating there in the world cultural heritage, Pingyao, which does not swim whom regret. Taking advantage of golden weeks in October bring the 5 Mix together the completion of Shanxi travel wishes.
D1: (10月2日) from Shanghai West Station K256 sub train (12:27 open, cost 339 yuan / sleeper) Departure --- Datong (the next day 15:40), You Datong Yungang Grottoes (from Datong chartered in the past 20 minutes). Yungang Grottoes is located in the western suburbs of Datong Wu weeks off a cliff, caves dug in the Northern Wei Dynasty 1500 years ago. Initially only five caves excavated, the latter after the development of the various dynasties built into caves more than 40 large and small statues of more than 10,000. Since ages long ago, weathering a serious deterioration Moreover, theft is rampant, so almost no one to save a complete statue. Even so, it does not undermine the Yungang Grottoes of the artistic achievements of the Buddha cave can be seen from the birth of your participation for the prince to the ultimate Nirvana of the Buddha the whole process of modeling, as well as III of the Buddha, the seated Buddha and other Yungang Grottoes in the unique shape. Yungang, had already reached close to the evening before your eyes are open Hirakawa, lie in the line of sight is the most remote mountain loess Gang Wu weeks. Yungang under the sun do not shine There is a mysterious feeling of solemn, dim light and shadow lines in the Loess Ridge a little bit back down, as if to see the passage of time, the air is also a sudden cold cold. Night hotel accommodation in Datong City in Peking University 140 yuan / standard room.
D2: (10 Jan 3rd) chartered by the Datong (280 yuan / day) Departure Tour hunyuan Xuan Kongsi, Hengshan, should County Wooden Pagoda. Xuan Kongsi is located at the foot of Hengshan Mountain, dedicated to Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism three religions in one for the domestic rare, the most peculiar sites of temples perched on steep cliffs, using the method of making a hole wooden plug built in the hillside, overlooking the ravine. According to local people said that in ancient ravine when the turbulent river, as successive years of drought forces surrounding man-made environmental degradation, combined with flow dries up. So should be the original temple temporary shore water verdant beauty, because nature's good fortune to become a must and even China's Shanxi Province, and not only feeling things vicissitudes. Ying County Wooden Pagoda was built in the Liao Dynasty from the past 900 years, China's civil war artillery fire, the ravages of weather and earthquakes without damage. The whole pagoda with brackets, wooden nail titanite structure without a fixed, five-storey-high tower of 67 meters points more than the large volume of amazing. Over the years, the emperor hanging tower, celebrities and the great calligrapher personally proud of, the art of calligraphy, together with the Ying County Wooden Pagoda were rated as national treasures. The east tower has now been tilted 76.3 centimeters, and has a tendency Yuyan Yu split, so pagoda repair is imminent, is now being collected worldwide repair program. In the evening then back to Datong, and then take the 21:20 from Datong --- Linfen of 1591 sub-train (131 yuan / sleeper), the following day (October 4) morning at 8:30 to reach Linfen, next to the station to participate in international FIT travel center of the Yellow River Hukou Waterfall on the 1st tour, cost 750 yuan / 7 Changan Star (including tolls and ticket fees). From the 9 am start at 8 pm back to Linfen, Hukou Waterfall to stay 40 minutes. Drive first and then left to put the right of the Jixian Akira turned 381 in front of a bend open, ears are blowing Dragon Tiger roar, Hukou also up. It so happened that this year's Yellow River floods Moreover, the starting date of ox hair the morning it began to rain, until the Hukou became a cloudy day. If the driver said, out of the Sun will be better, the sky will be erected across the Rainbow Waterfall on how indescribably beautiful. The upper reaches of the Yellow River Hukou surface of the water more than 100 meters wide, to the sudden narrowing of Hukou to 20 meters and fast-flowing anger diarrhea, such as flash floods Mile, waterfalls because of their potential and obtaining the shape of its name "Hukou." Falls more than 100 meters vertical drop water over vast, far felt the momentum of its majestic, slightly isolated chains near the shore will be Tengqi splash of water spray to wet, glad to catch up to appreciate a good time Hukou, exclaimed the year award as well as Ke-liang cars flying feats and Dan Qi Huang. Linfen Pingyang night hotel accommodation, 120 yuan / standard room.
D4: (10月5日) take the 7:15 morning meeting of the 2542 train (8 yuan / standing tickets), 9:10 to Lingshi County. Chartered 20 yuan / Changan Star 30 minutes after the arrival Wang's Grand Courtyard. Gao Jia Ya Wang's Grand Courtyard is divided into two buildings with the Red Door Fort was built according to mountains, the whole building the size of neat. Built of a variety of brick, stone, and known for exquisite wood carvings. Wang fortune from the business of making tofu, the first fort built by Red Gate, so named because of Gate red, planning and scientific base and aerial transportation in the courtyard implied a "Wang" is used. China's feudal family always hoped that one family member to be able to shine Menzu third examination, as the royal family of the local Wang Qing finally reached Wang Shiru, Wang Shicong two brothers have been done Yuci pro-Qing high officials at the Red Door Fort sealed fortune after the West surface has built a high-Jia Ya, two buildings are connected to pass the bridge. Gao Jia Ya stylish and decorative arts from the scale of view is more ambitious than the Red Gate Fort refined. Wang's Grand Courtyard, after sitting out 35 minutes after the 11 road vehicles to reach Jiexiu City, chartered 20 yuan / Changan Star 30 minutes after the arrival Shuang Lin Temple. Shuang Lin Temple was built in Northern Wei Dynasty years after the experience of wars and dynasties built, existing mostly of Ming Dynasty architecture. At that time and the west of the town of Pingyao Ancient City and the Temple with declared as world cultural heritage, temple blocks there are two more than 1000 painted sculptures, but also to Buddhism, Taoism, and Buddhism is located in one of the three temples. Works to create era of cross-Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing. One of the crossing Guanyin, Goddess of Mercy and Whitfield itself as both reached the age when a statue of the pinnacle of artistic skills, as well as a number of frescoes preserved, so Shuang Lin Temple is known as "Little Dunhuang," said. Must ask a tour guide explained, can we learn from many Buddhist, Taoist knowledge, well worth a visit. Shuang Lin Temple chartered out to the ancient city of Pingyao 15 yuan. Not tickets into the city, but want to play an attraction that is required to buy a ticket for 85 yuan, is also not accommodating, in particular the heinous! ! ! ! ! Mix together the Internet you are speeding them justice ah! ! ! ! Places a Pingyao ancient city of the Ming and Qing night street Changtai Wing Inn, costs 120 yuan / Tai Kang. Kam-shing on the clouds next to the former Church of the courtyard after the sleep off. Hospital two rows of Raise the Red Lantern, Floral Hall side rooms within the side of the large kang simply can sleep eight people side by side! ! ! ! ! There on the kang shelf wooden table, white sheets on the cross-legged sitting, put a pot of rice wine biogenic long Pingyao Guanyun beef eating and drinking on the chat, as good as one of life's great pleasure. Ancient City is open 24 hours, the Ming and Qing a street at night 11:30 income city is always lively bustling night markets, signs everywhere Guanyun beef, and tastes really good. When the tower and the ancient buildings of Ming and Qing dynasties red lanterns extinguished, the city will lose its vitality. Dinner to the Cloud into eating tofu taste exquisite dishes Evans lubrication, taste very good. Owner of Lee's life is sincere and genial nature and inexpensive meals, inns business also has other characteristics, no wonder a number of Mix Qi recommend it. In addition, the accommodation capacity of Pingyao tremendous time to be too late to say nothing of acute and 10 million to the Qing 1 Center Street, Street, to find the inn, the lot price is also fair to good.
D5: (10月6日) morning 6:30 to get up early, in order to take advantage of the rare visitors to look at the Dawn of the city scene, He does have the tie scarves mule driver car handling Youran people rushing back set. Also has to wear long sleeves jacket wearing Guapi Mao tip of the nose at a pair of sunglasses carried oriented frame 4 of the accountant turned its President, a rickshaw parked beside him, turned out to attract photo sessions to make a living. The most unpleasant is the city put in to many small cars chug of braving the exhaust, also are always floating around the ancient city of sky blue with a thin layer of light gray shade. The local people have to get up early after another swing-up of the outdoor stands, street shops round the mouth yawned folks Zhang showing unloading door of colorful goods, the original narrow streets has become more cramped in. Snap some shots of the Inn on the rush back to put away his luggage. As early as 9:00 with a friend Kaichelaijie Taiyuan, Pingyao south from the starting gate on the high-speed 1 hours 45 minutes after the Taiyuan jinci. Tickets are 40 yuan, student cards do not give half a vote. Within Jinci Yourenruzhi, is said to apply for world cultural heritage, but, after the Garden regret too many things. The so-called two Jinci Ruin of the old spring in the difficult few years ago, i.e. dry, and now is the spring water flow from the pump to promote recycling. Liang has been famous buildings scientist known as the "world's first overpass --- Uonuma flying beam" in color wooden frame covered with a thick concrete structures. The ancients had called "a round of pool, side to marsh," and the marsh on the wooden bridge across the cross, because, like the construction of the beams also adds nicely by the image of the name --- Uonuma fly beam. Just the fish, filling the water within the marsh, and that tap water is not naturally a free shuttle bustling fish. Process hall has a pretty maid 18 painted sculptures, maid of "yin and yang face" well-known, reportedly because of Notre Dame won the excellent maid sing praise, praise as a master of natural happy color, but the thought of a music master for the win behind the pay of hard corner Also secretly tears. So, like a maid from the front, Mei Yujian are happy facial expressions, but since the side became a cry of the actor. Expression of two distinct mood clearly reflected in the painted sculpture facial expressions really have to gasp in admiration at the ingenuity alone Ju of the ancients. I remember when Mr. Peking Opera master Mei Lanfang to stand for three days and three nights as in the former try to figure out the final unsuccessful imitation of maid's demeanor, had itself to blame, such as Eph. Unfortunately, for the protection of these priceless treasures are all outside of the railing structure can only be vague Lex, in the tour guide's talk was only aware of their shape in an air of subtle subtlety of. Taiyuan city building plan well, the street was very clean, people built this city 2500 years, but啦, wow thiophene! ! ! ! ! As for the Taiyuan really tasty snack cook in soy pot noodle Needless to say, and remember that name is cook in soy pot noodle. Afternoon to Taiyuan shopping, and then take Taiyuan - Shanghai (L192 Ci costs 204 yuan / sleeper) at 16:46 on October 6th on the grid, at 23:57 on October 7 and arrive in Shanghai, I am finally home.
Author: stevenrol
