Introduction of attractions:
Zhangjiajie City is located in northwestern Hunan Province, at the combination of the uplift of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau and the subsidence zone of the Dongting Lake, between longitude 109°40'-111°20'-E, and latitude 28°52'-29°48'-N. It is bordered by Shimen and Taoyuan counties in the east, Yuanling county in the south, and Hubei Province in the north. Hefeng and Xuanen counties in Hubei Province. The city boundary is 167 kilometers longest from east to west and 96 kilometers widest from north to south. The total area of the city is 9,653 square kilometers, accounting for 4.5% of the province's area. Zhangjiajie City's stratigraphy is complex and diverse, creating the local characteristic landscape.
In Zhangjiajie city, due to the influence of geography, stratigraphy, tectonics, climate and many other conditions, the formation of colorful geomorphological wonders. From the terrain, Zhangjiajie City, west of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, east of Dongting Lake, north and west of the mountainous region of Hubei border, and south and Xuefeng Mountain adjacent. Its general terrain is: southeast and central low, surrounded by high, along the river on both sides of the river, and a piece of alluvial soil plains. The city's territory throughout the year, mild climate, abundant rainfall, stream development, the streams are gathered to the river, and then from west to east, has been flowing into the 800-mile Dongting Lake. Inside the lake, there are several dozens of meters and hundreds of meters of thick sediment deposited. Contrary to the Dongting Lake, from east to west, the terrain gradually rise to the center of the city, there will be up to 1500 meters above sea level Tianmen Mountain, Seven Star Mountain and other mountains. There are high mountains and high ridges, but also low valley plains, which is the region's unique water erosion geomorphology.
Wulingyuan scenic area of the huge thickness of the quartz sandstone, produced gently, so that the rock layer can not be along the level of the weak parts of the slide, covered in the Silurian flexible shale. Gravity, making the rigid quartz sandstone vertical joints development, in the strong erosion of water flow, the rock layer is not only disintegration, collapse, running water transportation, remaining in situ will form the male, strange, dangerous, show, ghost, wilderness and other strange peaks, is the main body of the Wulingyuan Scenic Area. Cili County Wulai Mountain Scenic Resort, also consists of the same level of quartz sandstone, the rock layer yield is also gentle. The top of Wulei Mountain is covered by yellow-green shale and marl, which is a water-isolating rock system that protects the underlying sandstone from erosion by flowing water.
Water erosion geomorphology
Another prominent performance in the city area is due to crustal uplift, the stream downward cutting effect increases, too late to widen the river, and the river valley to form a pass valley, canyon. The valley bottom of the river is extremely scurrying into a linear shape, the two walls are steep, beach more water. Zhangjiajie City, the source of the river, Lou water upstream, Maoyan section of the river, is this river valley geomorphology.
Karst landscape
In recent years, academics also called karst landscape, is another prominent feature of Zhangjiajie landscape. About forty percent of the city's area, and types, regardless of the surface, dry, its accumulation are fully developed, is a part of China's northwest Hunan karst terrain development area. Sangzhi County, Cili County, Wulingyuan District, Yongding District, southeast of the development of this terrain area. Surface karst terrain of the dissolved grooves, grooves, stone buds, dry valleys, stone mounds, stone mausoleums can be seen all over the city, the only stone forests in the urban areas rarely seen in the Tianmen Mountain scenic area can be seen in a number of individual stone columns, but rarely into forests. Northwest Hunan region only in the autonomous region of Huayuan County, a small row of my place, there is a stone forest, commonly known as "stone fence", quite noticeable, but also attracted a lot of tourists and scholars sightseeing and investigation.
Underground karst caves, karst accumulations form. In Zhangjiajie, is known as the best. The scale of the cave, Sangzhi County, nine days hole can be included in the World Cave Institute member hole, but also really worthy of a hole in the Asian land of the loud title, visible is not general. Nine days hole and is located in wulingyuan district of huanglong hole, is the representative of zhangjiajie underground karst terrain. They are a collection of caves, cave rivers, dark rivers, drop holes and funnels. Its cave karst accumulations, stalactites, stalagmites, stalagmites, stone pillars are more varied and changing, so to speak, what to think, like what, greatly expanding the space of the imagination of the tourists, often making it difficult to find the right words and language to praise her.
Zhangjiajie City is located in the hinterland of the Wuling Mountains, Wuling Mountains from Guizhou Yunwu Mountain branch into Zhangjiajie City, and divided into three branches. North Branch from Hubei to Feng Longshan into the city jurisdiction of Sangzhi County Alexandria, Guiying Mountain, Qinglong Mountain; in the middle branch along the north of the river Tianxing Mountain, Hongxi Mountain, Chaotian Mountain, Qingyan Mountain, Maohua boundary. South Branch traveling in the river, between the Yuan River, there are seven stars, Chongshan, Tianmen Mountain, extended into the Cili County, Dalong Mountain, Tianhe Mountain. Three branches are to the east to the alluvial plain of Dongting Lake and disappeared.
Zhangjiajie City, overlapping mountains, the surface undulation is very large, the highest point of 1890.4 meters above sea level, the lowest point of 75 meters above sea level. Zhangjiajie, three thousand strange peaks, eight hundred beautiful water, Zhangjiajie's mountains are mostly uprooted mountains, mountain peaks steep stone strange, or exquisite beauty, or lofty horror, or spread like a platform, or strong and thin like a sword. Zhangjiajie, there are thousands of karst geomorphological wonders, but also the world's rare sandstone peaks and forests.
Wuling Mountains
Coiled in the northwestern corner of Hunan, is the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau Yunwu Mountain's eastern extension of the part of the mountain system was the extension of the north-east, the arc top of the abrupt north-west, the new Huaxia tectonic belt of the uplift, the elevation of about 1,000 meters above sea level, the peaks to maintain a certain flat surface, the mountain morphology shows a flat top, the slope is steep, the valley is deep, the highest peak of the pot bottles of the Mountain elevation of 2,098.7 meters. The Wuling Mountains Mountain Plain Land Geomorphology Development is divided into 3 branches from Guan to the south. North branch: distributed in the border of Hunan, Sichuan and Hubei Province, the eight-face mountain, eight Dagongshan, Qinglongshan, Dongshanfeng, Huubuishan; middle branch: along the north side of the main stream of the river, there are Tianxing Mountain, Hongxing Mountain, Chaotian Mountain, Zhangjiajie, Baiyun Mountain, etc.; South branch, extending from the territory of Guizhou Province, into Hunan Province, there are Lal Mountain, Sheep Peak Mountain, Tianmen Mountain, Dalong Mountain, Liutai Mountain, etc., which is the main vein of the Wuling Mountains, and it is the watershed of the river and the Yuan River. All the above three mountain ranges disappear into the Dongting Lake Plain. The Wuling Mountains run through the western part of Hunan Province and become a barrier for east-west transportation, but there are localized sections with lower mountain passes, such as Dongkou, which constitute a channel for east-west transportation.
Tianmen Mountain
Tianmen Mountain was known as Yunmeng Mountain, also known as Yuping Mountain. It is located 10 kilometers south of Zhangjiajie city. In 263 A.D., due to the collapse of the mountain wall Zhangjiajie Tianmen Mountain and make the upper part of the mountain hole open a door, north and south. During the Three Kingdoms period, King Sun Xiu of Wu thought it was auspicious and gave it the name "Tianmen Mountain". Tianmen Cave is located at an altitude of more than 1,260 meters above the wall, with a height of 131.5 meters, a width of 57 meters and a depth of more than 60 meters. According to geological experts, the central part of the cave is the intersection of the east and west rock layer inclination, which caused the rock crushing and collapsing due to extrusion, and finally formed the cave in 263 years. Tianmen Mountain elevation of 1517.9 meters above sea level, because the relative height difference with the downtown area of more than 1,300 meters, it is particularly magnificent and upright, the beauty of its skyline, can be typical of the mountain.
Tianzi Mountain
Tianzi Mountain is located in the northern part of the territory of Wulingyuan, it is east from Shenzhen Court, west to the general rock stop, stretching nearly 40 kilometers. South of Zhangjiajie, southeast and Suoxiyu, belongs to carry out one of the three major scenic spots in Wulingyuan. Tianzishan area of 67 square kilometers, the highest point of Kunfeng 1262 meters above sea level, the lowest occupation of Sinanyu 534 meters above sea level, Tianzishan is located in the hinterland of the development of Lingsyuan, the terrain is high, all sides can be viewed, with the granting of the line of sight is long, the picture is wide, the scenery layer rich in features such as some people comment: "who knows the source", she peaks, peaks, peaks, peaks graver, really peaks outside the peaks, peaks in the peaks. Tianzishan has "clouds, mist, moon Chia hundred, day, winter snow four big gravity view.
Yangjiajie
Yangjiajie is located in the west of Zhangjiajie City, north of Tianzishan, west of Yuanjiajie, only ten kilometers from the Zhangjiajie Forest Park, is Wulingyuan in the Lake Township tube. Elevation of more than 1000 meters, dangerous special, majestic cliffs and steep walls, is one of the four core tourist attractions in Zhangjiajie, including Wulongzhai, air corridor, three ghost gate, bandit nest and other attractions have been included in the Zhangjiajie classic excursion line.
Badaigong Mountain
Badaigong Mountain Nature Reserve is 85 kilometers away from Sangzhi County, located at the northern end of the Wuling Mountains, the source of the river, the main peak of the Doubang Mountain 1890 meters above sea level, for the top of the Wuling Mountains, scenic area by the Doubang Mountain, Cedar Boundary, the Tianping Mountain, composed of five forest areas, with a total area of 49,900 hectares for the national nature reserve, is the largest in the southern region of the Yangtze River in China, the preservation of the most complete primary forests. It is a national nature reserve, the largest and most completely preserved primitive forest in the southern Yangtze River area of China.
Yuanjiajie
Yuanjiajie is located in the northern foot of the cedar knife ditch, located in the core of the Zhangjiajie World Natural Heritage, more than 1,000 meters above sea level, surrounded by steep cliffs, standing in the Wuling Mountains, it seems to be protruding up from the high platform. It is a huge and more gentle mountain composed mainly of quartzite. There are three ways to go up to Yuanjiajie: first, directly from the water around the four gates to take the hundred dragon elevator up the mountain, and then transfer to the scenic area environmental protection vehicle to arrive at Yuanjiajie. Secondly, you can take the environmental protection vehicle from Tianzi Mountain for 40 minutes and then arrive at Yuanjiajie parking lot. Thirdly, you can break on Yuanjiajie from Golden Whip Creek halfway through the mess.
Huangshizhai
Huangshizhai is also known as Huangshizhai, formerly known as Huangshizhai, Huang's Zhai. Because there is a man named Huangshi Gong in this hermitage and named, is the essence of the Zhangjiajie tourist area, has always been "do not climb the yellow lion cottage, in vain to the Zhangjiajie" said. It is more than 1200 meters above sea level, by the many cliffs **** with the formation of a high south and low north terrace, an area of 16.5 hectares. Its main attractions are: the heavenly book treasure box, the fixed sea god needle, the south heavenly pillar, the golden sea to explore the turtle, etc. It is the most concentrated place of Zhangjiajie beauty, and also the largest overhanging viewing platform in Zhangjiajie.
Golden Whip Stream
Golden Whip Stream is a naturally formed beautiful stream, named after the Golden Whip Rock. The stream curves and flows from west to east, and will not break even after a long drought. Approaching the Golden Whip Stream, full of verdure, even the clothes are reflected in a light green. Water gurgling, accompanied by the sound of birds, walking, suddenly felt a cool, only to realize that there is a breeze blowing through, bursts of incoming fragrance so that you can not help but stop and savor. Clear, spotless blue water, fish swim happily, red, green, white pebbles in the water shining. The sunlight through the forest gap in the water sprinkled with dappled shadows, giving people a kind of nature quiet quiet beauty enjoyment.
The Golden Whip Stream, named after the Golden Whip Rock, is 5,700 meters long and runs between the cliffs and peaks, with lush vegetation in the valley and clear water in all seasons, which is known as the "landscape painting gallery" and the "fairyland on earth". There is a poem that says: "Clear running water and green mountains, mountains like a painting screen, people like immortals, if the immortal walks in the painting, one step at a time, one look at a heavy sky". On the way you will see the singing platform, where there are Tujia girls are always ready to sing national songs for tourists, as long as the payment of ten dollars they will be for you to sing, of course, if you do not want to spend the money, you can also listen to other people on the side of the point of the song, listen to the end of the walk.
Ten Mile Gallery
Golden Whip Stream along the Golden Whip Stream is the most beautiful Wulingyuan scenery, from the Zhangjiajie Forest Park entrance into the door, walk forward about 300 meters is the entrance to the Golden Whip Stream, the whole stream is 5.7 kilometers long, through the peaks and valleys between the clouds, the stream is clear, tumbling and colorful, the fish swim in it, the streamside flowers and grasses are beautiful, birds singing warbler cry, people along the stream line, as if the painting swims.
These are the first time I've ever seen this place.
The Golden Whip Stream runs through deep ravines and valleys, with thousands of peaks towering on both sides of the stream, high into the clouds, lush trees, shade, here the stream gurgles, glazed waterfalls, exotic flowers and rare birds and animals with the **** Rong, constituting an extremely beautiful, secluded, natural ecological environment, known as "the world's most beautiful canyon", "the most poetic canyon", "the most poetic canyon", "the most beautiful canyon". It has been called "the world's most beautiful canyon" and "the most poetic stream".
The four wonders of Zhangjiajie: sound, moon, shadow and light
The wonders of sound: when traveling in Zhangjiajie's Shentang Bay, you will find that the bay is deep and mysterious. More surprisingly, as long as people approach the bay, the ears will be faintly ringing gongs and drums, people shouting the sound of horses, as if there are thousands of horses and armies are in a fierce battle.
Odd moon: every spring and summer in the lunar month, a long rain at first clearing of the night at eight or nine o'clock, in the Tianzishan Moon Pass to see the full moon is red, like the morning rising sun, blood red, blood red, issued by the red halo, the Heron Park, Shijiagou, Shentang Bay, the area of the red, this phenomenon can last more than an hour.
Odd shadow: If you tour along the source of the Golden Whip Creek, in the autumn high, clear skies, you will be surprised to find that your shadow will be changed from one to two, from two to three, people move with the shadow, any of you forward and backward, running left and right to run away, following you is always a three shadow.
Odd light: the vast West China Sea is a strange world of stone forests, thousands of stone peaks. Between Shentang Bay and Heron Park, there is a 200-meter-high stone pillar with a small stone embedded between two stone peaks at the top of the pillar. This magical stone and the stone peaks glow once a year, and the bright light is like burning electric welding, with sparks flying in all directions, and the light can illuminate the area around Shentang Bay.
The Ten Greatest Scenes of Zhangjiajie
1. Eagle Protecting Whip
2. Royal Brush Peak
3. Old Man Picking Pills
4. Fairy Scattering Flowers
5. General's Rock
6. The First Bridge in the World
7. West China Sea Rock Forest
8. Divine Soldier Parade
9. Mirror (Baofeng Lake Scenic Spot)
10.The God's Needle (Huanglong Cave Scenic Spot)
Local Customs
Crying for Marriage
The day of marriage celebration of Tujia girls is ushered in with cries. The bride cries more than half a month before the wedding, and some cry for more than a month, or at least three or five days. The Tujia people also can sing the wedding song, as a measure of the woman's talent and virtue of the mark. Crying marriage songs are "crying parents", "crying brother and sister-in-law", "crying uncle", "crying sister", "Crying for matchmaker", "Crying for combing hair", "Crying for flowers", "Crying for resignation of father and mother", "Crying for the ancestors", "crying on the sedan chair" and so on. Nowadays, the crying marriage is only a ceremony.
Same Surname Marriage
The Tujia people are very cautious in the issue of same-surname marriages, limited to different clans with the same surname or five services outside the intermarriage, five services within the intermarriage of the Great Rebellion. As a matter of fact, up to now, even the same-surname marriages in accordance with the Tujia marriage rules are still not recognized by most Tujia people.
Historically, the Tujia people were relatively free to marry, and both men and women were free to fall in love with each other and get the consent of both parents to become husband and wife. In Enshi Shiyao, Dashanting and other places, there is a "daughter will" custom, that is, every year on the 12th day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, young men and women through the "daughter will", free love, tied for life partner. After the reclassification, the Tujia were forced to implement the parents' orders, the words of the matchmaker's arranged marriages, the Qing dynasty Qianlong "Hefeng County Records", "as for the son-in-law, by grandparents, parents presided over, do not have to ask the woman would like to be. If the woman is shameless, said unwilling, may as well according to the law to determine the punishment, one with the hiring fixed, lifelong change."
Catch the New Year
Tujia reunion New Year's Eve has its own unique customs: if the waxing moon is big, then twenty-nine New Year's Eve: waxing moon is small, then twenty-eight New Year's Eve. The Tujia people call the New Year's Eve a day earlier as "catching up with the New Year".
The word of honor
The word of honor: commonly known as taking the number, the man more than a wooden plaque with gold characters in vermilion lacquer to meet the bride, to meet the bride one day before the family and friends sounded drums and played the music will be the wooden plaque sent to the groom's home. The father rate of the groom worship collar, called the worship number plaque, worship will be hung in the hall wall plaque, said ascending number plaque. Ascending the number of plaques to be three blowing three, sounding artillery and music. After the sounding of the cannon, set up a feast in the hall, pick nine children plus the groom **** ten people, called the "accompanied by ten brothers", and said ten people in the groom for the "Scholar".
Nine children whip
Nine children whip, also known as the "God of Heaven whip", popular in the Han, Bai, Tujia ethnic folk, especially the Bai people are most favorite, they put the happiness and good luck in the gods, in order to please the gods blessing, felling the deep purple bamboo, bamboo top holes, built-in nine copper coins, the whip length of about 1 meter to 1.5 meters or so, the size of To my hand for the right, decorated with flowers and red silk, purple with red, very eye-catching. Playing nine whip can be a solo dance, but also group dance, as few as one person, more than a hundred. Performers holding the whip, accompanied by suona non-stop dance. The method has a single-handed beat, two-handed dance flowers, coiled. From time to time in the outside or inside of the foot beat, and sometimes in the shoulder arm tap, beautiful and rugged movements. Whip dancing, ancient money rubbing each other, issued by the ringing sound rich rhythmic rhythm, quite beautiful. The movements include "Heavenly Maiden Scattering Flowers", "Sisters Meeting", "Snowflakes Covering the Top" and "Stopping the Door", The "Crab Caught in the Grass" and so on.
Tujia Sacrifice
The Tujia people sacrificed to the Land God, in order to pray as the Lord of the party, the Land God blessed a good harvest and six animals, but also blessed a village of people safe, to drive away evil spirits to protect the village. Tujia people to the land god is very reverent, where the Tujia area every village and every village have one or more land temple, everywhere. Land temple form a variety of useful marble carefully built, there are four pieces of coarse wool boards to build a simple temple or rely on the cave rock house and the construction of the land temple.
Gao Hua Lantern
The Gao Hua Lantern is a dance with ethnic characteristics popular in the area of Yuan Gu Ping, Yongding. It is performed by twelve to fourteen people. They are equipped with gongs, cymbals, suona, drums and other musical instruments. Each person holds a paper lantern with two candles inside, a puppet on top, and a story cut out of colorful paper such as "The Eight Immortals", "Wagangzhai", and "Heroes of Liangshan". High lantern performance has a set of programs, the requirements of the East and West, into a "half moon", out of a "moon reunion", dancing a "Tai Chi diagram. Can also be performed in private houses, called "wishing light", mostly for the blessing, wishing or for the joy of a family to make fun. Playing yells and whistles can only be performed outdoors, called "crowd lights", is for everyone to see.
Pendulum Dance
The Pendulum Dance is the most influential large-scale dance of the Tujia people, with a strong ritual color. The song follows the dance, and the dance gets its name from the song. Also known as the "Sheba", the whole activity takes ritual dances and singing as the form of performance, and tells about the origin of mankind, the migration of peoples, and the heroic deeds as the content. After the ritual ceremony, the "tema" or master of the altar led the crowd into the Pendulum Hall or Pendulum Ping to dance the Pendulum Dance and sing the Pendulum Song. The natives dance this dance before battle to boost morale. Pendulum dance is divided into single pendulum, double pendulum, big pendulum, small pendulum several kinds. The Pendulum Dance is performed on a big drum and a big gong, which is magnificent and inspiring. When dancing, the hands are swinging on the same side, kicking and swinging, dancing in and out, in pairs, and in a vivid context. Pendulum dance is not only a folk entertainment and fitness nature of sports activities, but also on the stage of a unique artistic wonders, it is "pendulum in front of the hall will be more colorful, hand in hand with the slow marching song. Drums and gongs mumble and mumble, curling up the sound ho raving ho."
Three-stick drum
Three-stick drum, the Tang Dynasty, called the three drums, about the Ming Dynasty into the territory, and gradually become a popular folk art form. Every year in the Spring Festival, artists traveled to villages and villages to pay homage to the New Year, and the performers would come to every household regardless of wealth. In the case of poor families, the performers will send gifts from other families, meaning that everyone is happy at the festival. Fully reflects the hospitality of the Turkish family, kind-hearted national character. It has a certain effect on strengthening the unity among nations. The three-stick drum is usually composed of three to five people, one drummer sings the words, one person drums and gongs to music, and one person plays the flower stick. Flower stick three, one foot long, the dancers left and right each holding a stick, the other thrown in the air, left and right bow, hit the air flower stick so that it does not fall to the ground. There are also knives instead of sticks, five knives instead of three stick skills. Steel knives jumping in the air, silver light, left and right shuttle. Highly skilled, suddenly threw the knife extremely high, to a flying feet in the air, turn around and swing, continue to catch the knife thrown, dazzling, can not help but say great. Playing the three-stick drum, there are usually "spring plowing", "harvest playing field", "harvest celebration", "New Year's Day" four sets of There are four sets: "Spring Farming", "Harvesting and Playing", "Harvest Celebration", and "New Year's Day", which are divided into "Carp Jumping Dragon Gate", "Jade Maiden Shuttling", and "Slate Drifting Beach", among others. Playing the three-stick drum is highly skillful and requires a high degree of concentration, appropriate force, through a gas, and tacit cooperation with the singer.
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The Tujia before the reclassification, there is a "back marriage" custom, that is, the bride is carried by her relatives to the male side; after the reclassification, the bride is carried by her relatives to the front door, and then sit in a sedan chair or walk. Whether in a sedan chair or on foot, should wear a dew coat. Tujia welcome the bride when the door ceremony is unique. Tujia young men and women get married, men and women each invited a good speaker when the chief, the male chief (also known as the road governor tube) led to meet the bride team to meet the female side, the female side to set up a table outside the gate, the two sides of the chief of the song or to the white. If the male chief sings and wins or speaks, the table will be moved to let him enter the gate; if the male chief sings and loses, he will have to crawl under the table.
After the Tujia groom and bride pay their respects, both sides should run to the cave together and grab the new bed, commonly known as the "grab bed". The habit of sitting on the bed is usually male left and female right, to the center line of the bed as a boundary. The bride has a plan, often grabbed to sit on the center line of the bed, in order to symbolize the future status in the family. The groom is not willing to show weakness, try to squeeze the bride outside the line, each other, until the groom uncovered the bride's head, the bride smiled sweetly, grabbed the bed on the end, and then husband and wife **** drink wine. Tujia young men and women three days after marriage back to the bride's home, commonly known as "back to the door", generally return on the same day.
Zhangjiajie specialties
Pueraria lobata is extracted from the vine plant Pueraria lobata, a purely natural nutrients, it has a heat detoxification, thirst, tonifying the kidneys and spleen, stomach and tranquillity, clearing the mind and eyesight, lubricate the intestinal tract, and wake up and other functions. Clinical evidence suggests that it has an extremely important role in preventing arteriosclerosis and lowering blood pressure, anti-aging, treating coronary heart disease, beautifying the skin, increasing blood flow to the brain and coronary blood vessels, enhancing memory, and improving children's IQ.
Chinese dove flower: the book name dove, also known as the empty Tong. Is China's endemic single species of ancient, relict precious tree species, belonging to the dove tree family dove tree genus, for the deciduous tree, diameter at breast height is generally 50 centimeters, fifteen meters to thirty meters high. Its wood is light yellow, structural uniformity, light and soft, is the production of instruments, musical instruments, furniture good material. "Things are precious by their rarity". Dove tree this precious species, rare in the world, caused many experts and scholars attention. They defied the difficulties and dangers, traveled far and wide, to our country field investigation, the introduction of seedlings, cultivation and success. In 1975, the state stipulated dove tree as a national class of protected species.
Turtle color: in the Tianzishan Peak area, there is a kind of stone whose pattern is just like a turtle pattern, locally known as the "Turtle Rock", where craftsmen use it as raw material for hand-carved. Carved into stone turtles, stone cattle, stone horses, stone dragons, stone incense burners, stone ink stone and other handicrafts, its form of realistic, artistic and exquisite, lifelike, y loved by tourists. Now not only in the region sales, but also exported to Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Southeast Asia countries.
Tujia brocade: Tujia, also known as the "West Blue Card Spectrum", is an ancient "wooden waist machine" for the machine, cotton yarn for the warp, colorful silk or cotton thread for the weft, completely handmade arts and crafts. It has bright colors, jumping, strong contrast and symmetrical lines. Its varieties are: wall hangings, incense bags, clothing, travel bags, sofa sets, cushions, interior decoration and so on, above the general performance of the landscape, people, trees, flowers, birds and animals, etc., the image is very realistic.
Rock ear: also known as stone ear, growing in the Zhangjiajie wall, rock ear is the rock moss coat, [1] body was leaf-shaped, the back of most of the gray or yellow-brown, it is nutritious, and anti-inflammatory nourishing special function, both food, but also medicine, the "Herbal Compendium" recorded: "rock ear odor benefit essence." Rock fungus for Zhangjiajie mountain treasures, it is not only the mountain people on the table of the top dishes, and is the national feast of the delicacies. Because of the rock ear is not easy to come by, even those who live in the famous mountain treasure temple monk, it is treated as a Buddhist treasures, if by chance to get the rock ear, will be "treasure and hide it", used to gift friends and relatives and friends. Eat rock fungus must be law, the first dry rock fungus in 30-70 ℃ warm water soaked for seven or eight hours, such as rock fungus stretch later, and then gently rubbed with rice water, sand and dust wash, and then filtered and dried to eat. Rock fungus stewed chicken soup, its flavor is delicious, but must wait until the chicken is basically stewed, and then put the rock fungus, do not fry with the chicken stew. Rock fungus stewed pork ribs and pig's feet, is also the best, the same practice. You come to Zhangjiajie to enjoy the beautiful scenery of the landscape, a feast for the eyes; and then drink a bowl of hospitable hosts with white sand spring water simmering the rich flavor of the rock fungus chicken soup, but also enjoy a mouthful of good fortune.
Golden Pomelo: produced in the village of Jiangya JiuXi, "JiuXi Wei Zhi", "Weicheng production citrus, orange, pomelo, other places are not as good as." Fruit is long round head shape, easy to peel, oil bubble with special flavor, flesh beige, juice overflow, drop mouth melt, sweet and refreshing, its quality can be comparable with the famous Shatin pomelo.
Zhangjiajie best travel season (April-October)
Zhangjiajie winter without severe cold, summer without heat, the average annual temperature of 16.8 ° c, can be said to be four seasons like spring, so Zhangjiajie travel the best time of the year in April-October, especially in April and October, the two months, Zhangjiajie's natural scenery is the most beautiful, of course, is Zhangjiajie's best travel time.
Zhangjiajie in July will often rain showers, when it rains the mountain road is more slippery, and there are mountains often fog, hiking need to pay attention. And 1-2 hours after the rain, is the best time to travel to Zhangjiajie, only to see the smoke, like a fairyland, people in this, like walking in the clouds, suddenly the sun shot out of the fog, the golden light, in the sunshine and clouds in the mountains, hidden and hidden ... Zhangjiajie in winter sometimes snow, due to the scenic area of the infrastructure is more complete, so it will not be closed, and another due to Zhangjiajie's mountain elevation is generally more than 1,000 meters above sea level, so the snow is thick, the climate on the mountain is more cold, tourists travel at this time, it is best to pay attention to warmth, the snow in the Zhangjiajie tour is not a lot of fun, and also a better time to travel.
Zhangjiajie travel time, every year to the Spring Festival, summer vacation, National Day for the peak season of tourism, once the peak season comes, all the food, housing, transportation prices will rise about 50% to 100%, it is recommended that tourists try to avoid these times to go, in addition to Zhangjiajie Tourism Information Network will be launched in a timely manner on special holiday travel routes, you can be prepared to do it early.
Recommended sightseeing spots in spring: Golden Whip Stream, Ten Mile Gallery, Yellow Dragon Cave, Baofeng Lake and Tianzi Mountain. Golden Whip Stream through the peaks and valleys between the clouds, the water is clear, tumbling colorful, small fish swimming in it, beautiful flowers and grasses along the stream, birds singing and warbling, people along the stream line, like a painting tour. Suoxiyu scenic area has water jade carving, the beauty of the Huanglong Cave, wave flat as a treasure mirror "heavenly yaochi" Baofeng Lake, are a good place for sightseeing.
Recommended summer attractions: Tianzi Mountain, Golden Whip Creek, Baofeng Lake, Yuanjiajie, Mangdong River rafting, Maoyan River rafting, rapids.
Autumn recommended: Tianzishan, Yuanjiajie, Golden Whip Stream, Phoenix Ancient Town. After the rain cleared when the Tianzi Mountain is the most spectacular, rushing clouds to form a variety of rolling vast landscape, is very good to see. The white clouds of the West China Sea have always been called the most beautiful scenery, especially suitable for viewing from the rooftop. There are also thousands of stone peaks in this area. Step into the West Sea, as if in the stone forest sea. A poem says, "the wonder of the West China Sea is not like the clouds, or listen to the sound, or smell of intoxication, the group is like a flocculent, fluffy like the sea, curls like smoke.
Basically can say: Zhangjiajie best travel time in fact, there is no particular difference, Zhangjiajie any time to come over to visit, can put the best tourist attractions to see, just the scenery of the various seasons make a difference.
Zhangjiajie travel tips
33 kilometers from the station to Zhangjiajie, to the "water around the four gates" more than 30 kilometers, daily buses come and go frequently (fare 10 yuan / person), an hour can be reached.
Zhangjiajie's ability to accommodate tourists is constantly improving. The city has more than 700 hotels and restaurants of various types, totaling more than 30,000 beds. Among them, there are more than 30 foreign-related hotels and more than 20 star-rated hotels. The city's daily reception capacity can reach more than 30,000 people. High, medium and low-grade supporting complete, can meet the needs of different levels. Jiajie Xianglong International Hotel and Zhangjiajie International Hotel, is a famous four-star foreign-related hotels, luxurious facilities, elegant environment, thoughtful service, enjoy the high-grade; Pipa Creek Hotel is a bright three-star hotels, advanced facilities, comfortable and pleasant rooms, just the price is also very expensive; there are some inconspicuous one-star hotels, where most of them are clean and hygienic, enthusiastic service, and reasonably priced.
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