1, Chongqing - Jianshui
Chongqing - Luzhou - Liupanshui - Qujing - Jianshui , via the Chengdu-Chongqing ring road highway, Hangrui highway, Guangkun highway.
We arrive directly at the national historical and cultural city of Jianshui County, mileage 1080 kilometers, all highway, expect to drive 13 hours. Departure in the morning, you can eat in the evening in Jianshui unique Jianshui snacks. Recommended to live in Jianshui Lin'an Inn, located in the bustling Hanlin Street, the ancient city residential characteristics of the courtyard, near the classic Chinese residential Zhu Jia Garden, the evening can also be in the Zhu Jia Garden next to the Golden Lin'an Tea Garden to watch local song and dance performances.
Jianshui's famous snacks include bubble cake, chicken in steamer pot, rice noodle, Yang Nai Cai, San Jian Shui, Lin'an Ten Dishes, rice bean curd, Qujiang Roasted Duck, Liang Spoon Noodle, roasted bean curd, lotus root with glutinous rice, pickled sauerkraut, grass sprouts, bird's nest pastry, lion's cake.
Baked tofu, of course, is the most famous in Jianshui, which was mentioned in "China on the Tip of the Tongue". A few people gathered around a barbecue stall eating barbecued tofu and drinking night beer, the day's fatigue was suddenly swept away.
2, Zhu Family Garden, Swallow Cave
In the morning, go to the Zhu Family Garden on Hanlin Street, which is the most worthwhile attraction in Jianshui. The Zhu Family Garden is a representative of the large residential houses in Diannan, it is very big and charming, like a labyrinth, it can really be compared with the Qiao Family Residence in Shanxi, and it will surely amaze you.
In the afternoon, go to Yanzi Cave. Swallow Cave is famous for its ancient cave wonders, the gathering of spring swallows, the hanging plaques of the stalactites, and the unique scenery of the bird's nest picking skills. Of course, after visiting Swallow Cave, you still need to eat the bird's nest before you go haha.
Jianshui Purple Pottery Steamboat, Jianshui Purple Pottery, ranked as one of the "four Chinese pottery". The village of Bowl Kiln is not far from Jianshui City, about two kilometers north of the city. It is a village with no way to trace the history of kiln burning, and villagers have been making a living by kiln burning for more than a thousand years. The purple pottery is often used as a steaming vessel for steaming chicken, pigeon and other meat products, which are exceptionally tasty. Want to take one home?
After visiting Swallow Cave, you can drive to Yuanyang County. The Yuanyang Terraces Scenic Area is mainly characterized by the Hani ethnic group and 10,000 acres of terraces, and the Yuanyang Honghe Hani Terraces are listed in the World Cultural Heritage List. Yanzidong to Yuanyang Terrace Scenic Area, about 135 kilometers, about 2 and a half hours drive. Accommodation can choose yuanyang hani leisure farm, ladder hotel, etc., from the main ornamental attractions of doi tree near, but also can taste hani food and wine.
Fried bamboo worms are a favorite dish of the local Hani, Zhuang and Buyi people. Bamboo worms parasitic in the bamboo tube, to eat young bamboo-based, to November body fat stop eating, it is appropriate to catch, bamboo worms after deep-frying golden yellow color and oil, crispy aroma, high protein content. Be sure to try it.
The point is! November to March each year is the best time to view the terraced rice paddies in Yuanyang, is a paradise for photography enthusiasts, this time the best light and shadow effect. It's just that you have to get up at 4am on the second morning to go to the viewing platform and wait for the sunrise as well as photograph the beauty before and after the sunrise.
3, Yuanyang terraces, Mengzi
After the morning tour of Yuanyang terraces, the afternoon to the last stop of the driving red river state Mengzi ! It's about 125 kilometers and 2 and a half hours drive.
After a lunch break in Mengzi, you can go to Bisezhai, which is about 15 kilometers away from the city and a half hour drive. The afternoon sun and the sunset are perfect for photographing the French architecture and history of Bisezhai.
Back to the city in the evening, you can go to the old street of Mengzi, there was a former site of the Mengzi branch of the Southwest United University is worth visiting; the lively old street with a variety of small stores and department stores, gold jewelry stores, and a food street.
4, South Lake, 10,000 acres of pomegranate garden
Morning tour of South Lake.
Lunch: you can go to Mengzi's most famous bridge Xiangyuan (behind Tongde Plaza, on Yinhe Road) to eat chrysanthemum rice noodles, and it is said that there are also special dance troupes to perform.
After the tour, go to Pomegranate Street in Xin'ansho Town to buy pomegranates. The city is about 8 kilometers from Xin'ansho Town, a 15-minute drive. Xin'ansho has a history of growing pomegranates for more than 700 years and is the hometown of pomegranates in China.
Leaving Mengzi for Kunming . Mengzi - Kunming , 257 kilometers, via Kaihe Expressway, Guangkun Expressway, Shankun Expressway, expect to drive 3 and a half hours. It is recommended that when you arrive in Kunming , you can choose to stay in Cuihu Park or near the Ridge Dam, which is just the right place to watch and feed the red-billed gulls in this season.
5, return to Chongqing
Kunming - Qujing - Zhaotong - Yibin - Zigong - Chongqing (via Hangrui Highway, Yukun Highway, Yinkun Highway, Chengdu-Chongqing Ring Road, about 860 kilometers . Expected to drive 11 hours.