Zhangjiajie has a moderate climate, located in the northern mid-latitude, with a humid monsoon climate of the central subtropical mountain prototype. As a result, there is abundant rainfall, plenty of sunshine, a long frost-free period, a short period of severe cold, and an average annual temperature of about 16 degrees Celsius.
Zhangjiajie due to the special geography and geomorphology, to the tourism city, its rich tourist landscape, unique tourism resources has long been famous. The scenery in the territory - clear water, peaks and gorges, dark valleys, unique. Its largest Wulingyuan Natural Scenic Area consists of three parts: Zhangjiajie Forest Park, Suoxiyu and Tianzi Mountain, with a grand area and spectacular scenery. Scenic area with three thousand Cuiwei peaks, eight hundred glazed water, the ghostly work of God-like canyon peaks and forest landforms won the "natural museum" reputation.
In addition to the natural landscape, Zhangjiajie also has Puguang Zen Temple, Yuhuang Cave Grottoes and other places of interest, the former homes of celebrities such as He Long, Du Xinwu, but also the local simple and gorgeous, slightly mysterious ethnic minority customs. It is no wonder that the great poet Li Bai also once thought, "When I have accomplished my work and whisked my clothes away, I will return to Wulingyuan."
The best time to visit Zhangjiajie
Zhangjiajie belongs to the monsoon climate of the central subtropical mountain plains, with comfortable and pleasant temperatures, abundant rainfall, abundant sunshine, short cold periods, and an average annual temperature of 16 degrees.
Visiting Zhangjiajie, there is something to enjoy in all seasons. In spring, everything is revived and fresh, which is a good time to enjoy flowers and trekking; in summer, the trees are lush and green, which is a good time to avoid summer heat and rafting; in fall, the sky is high and clear, and the peaks and peaks are covered with oil paintings, which is a good time to taste the fruits and climb up to the top of the mountain; in winter, the mountains are wrapped in silver, and the mountains are dancing with silver snakes, which has a unique flavor, which is a good time for trekking in the snow and searching for plums.
Comprehensive comparison, spring and fall are more suitable for travel, so April, May, September, October is the best time to travel, but please try to avoid "May Day", "11" Golden Week time period, because then the scenic area is not only the tourists one after another, and the price of living, eating and so on. The price of living, eating and so on will also rise sharply.
Scenic spots
Tujia Style Park
Tujia Style Park is located in the beautiful scenery of Zhangjiajie City, is a humanistic landscape and natural landscape integration, set of sightseeing, arts and cultural performances, exhibitions of exotic treasures, lodging, catering, entertainment, shopping is equal to the integration of large-scale comprehensive tourist attractions.
Tujia Style Park mainly consists of Tujia architectural complex, folk style and folklore exhibition, cultural and artistic performances, guest rooms, catering, large-scale hunting grounds, rare plant gardens, root carving base and other functional areas.
The architecture in the park is unique to the Tujia ethnic minority characteristics, magical footstools, carved beams and painted buildings, brilliant, flying eaves and corners, exquisite and elegant. Punching the sky building, mountain building pavilion, magnificent, building height of 48 meters, *** have twelve layers, curved path back to the, ingenuity, people often praise: "good a Tujia Punching the sky building, half of the towering to the clouds in the head, who climbed to the top of the peak place, the gods invited him to be a friend"; In addition, the park also has the Tujia Castle, swinging hands Hall, Tujia cottage, listening to the King's Palace, etc, these Architecture are also quite distinctive, is to appreciate the characteristics of Tujia residential architecture, understanding the important landscape of Tujia culture.
In Hunan, it is often said that "the mountains view the scenery, the mountains taste flavor". Therefore, in the Tujia style park not only to appreciate the Tujia characteristics of the building, more importantly, to appreciate the Tujia ethnic minority flavor. From the door of the door wine to the sister of the mountain song, from tasting the Tujia "ten bowls" to the people singing and dancing swinging hand dance, all reflect the warmth of the Tujia people, hospitality, showing national unity, thriving and prosperous scene.
Attractions Travel Tips
Ticket: 48 yuan
How to get there: The Tujia Garden is only a 5-minute drive from the airport, which is very convenient to get to.
Diet: Inside the garden, you can taste the special Tujia dishes, the famous "Ten Big Bowls", the sour fish, the chicken soup and the fragrant Tujia bacon.
Shopping: You can buy some special handicrafts and souvenirs of the Tujia people in the Park.
Accommodation: The accommodation in the Tujia Style Park is better, with three-star hotels, complete facilities and functions, making the accommodation very convenient.
Baofeng Lake Scenic Area
Baofeng Lake Scenic Area is located in the south of Suoxiyu Town, belonging to the World Natural Heritage - Wulingyuan Scenic Spot, named for the back of the Buddhist resort of Baofeng Mountain, with a total area of 274 hectares, consisting of two major parts of Baofeng Lake and the Eagle's Nest, the integration of the lake and mountain color, humanities and mountains. The lake and the mountains are a perfect combination of humanities and landscapes.
The natural scenery of Baofeng Lake is beautiful. It is located between the mountains, the natural water flow, melting fresh air, the scenery between the mountains and water is unique and tranquil. Around the lake, all for the green trees covered, different forms, knife and axe sandstone peaks. The peaks are of various styles and have a variety of postures. Between them there are also spectacular peaks and waterfalls, the sound of the boom, shocking. Waterfalls tumbling jump, as if the heavenly soldiers down, magnificent, because of the bright and colorful, vibrant and known as the Baofeng Lake "eyes"; and the average width of less than 4 meters of the deep and narrow valley of a line of sky, is the scenic area is another major classic landscape. Two peaks abruptly, lofty upward, the sky in the middle is like a thin and long silk thread, its length, narrowness and depth in all scenic spots in the country can be called the best.
Additionally, Baofeng Lake scenic area there are 1212.8 meters high Baofeng Mountain, majestic, towering in the sky; the terrain of the Eagle's Nest, sitting high in the mountains, overlooking the hundred battles of the peaks of the mountains; the shape of the quartz sandstone peaks and forests, towering, the charm of the full out; between the green hills of Baofeng Temple, the ancient color, hidden mystery, exudes a strong religious and cultural atmosphere; the quiet calm of the Baofeng Lake like a party! Goddess, Zhuoyao purity, one's heart quiet. Boating in the lake, see the lake like a mirror, the peaks and trees are reflected in the lake, presenting a wonderful symmetrical landscape painting up and down, endless interest.
Travel Tips
Ticket: 65 RMB
How to get there: Take a long-distance bus from Zhangjiajie to Wulingyuan, and then take a motorcycle or other means of transportation to reach the scenic spot from Wulingyuan.
Best time to visit: Baofeng Lake Scenic Spot with lakes and mountains, go there in April, May, August and September, the scenic spot has a better climate and the temperature is suitable, which is very suitable for visiting.
Diet: You can try local specialties and famous domestic dishes in the scenic area.
Shopping: you can buy some handicrafts and tourist souvenirs of Tujia and other ethnic minorities.
Lodging: the scenic area has a number of hotels such as Baofeng Hotel and Baofeng Villa, which are convenient for accommodation.
Huanglong Cave Tourism Area
Huanglong Cave Tourism Area belongs to Wulingyuan Scenic Spot, which is the earliest one to open up in the caves in the Wulingyuan Scenic Spot, and it is known as the "Wonderful Cave in China and Wonderful Cave in the World".
Huanglong Cave is a typical karst karst landforms, has now proved the total area of 48 hectares, a total length of 15 kilometers, a vertical height of 140 meters, divided into two layers of dry caves, the second layer of water holes. Huanglong Cave cave in the hole set of holes, holes connected, the hole is also hidden underground. By the limestone solution condensed stalactites, stalagmites, stone flowers, stone mantle, stone branches, stone pipe, stone pearls, stone coral and other cave landscape all over the cave, or high or low, or God-like or shape, in different forms to show the magic of nature sentimental.
Huanglong Cave scenic spot scenery unique, **** there are six major features: several holes in the iterative columns, back and forth; hole capacity wide, profound and difficult to measure; hole columns tall, strange; hole stone transparent, colorful; hole stone sound, hooking people's souls; hole in the Yin River, can be rowed boats to invite. Cave Tianxian water hall area of 5,483 square meters, three waterfalls from the dome pouring down into the jade pool, spectacular; hole in the Dragon Palace for the Huanglong Cave thirteen halls in the largest one, but also one of the most beautiful. More than two thousand stalagmites rise up from the ground, a thousand forms, colorful, as if standing in groups of soldiers, and like waiting for the launch of the rocket, the visual effect is strong, shocking.
The magical Huanglong Cave is unique in the cave landscape at home and abroad by virtue of its complex cave structure, tall stone waterfalls, vast cave halls and a large number of stalagmites in thousands of different postures, worthy of "China's Best Cave", called the crystallization of the poem, philosophical cohesion, and the beauty of the statue.
Attractions travel tips
Tickets: 65 yuan
Arrival: Huanglong Cave is located in Zhangqing Highway, 40 kilometers, the traffic is very convenient, from Zhangjiajie Railway Station, Zhangjiajie Airport, Zhangjiajie bus station are 35 kilometers, the quality of the road is all the standard national highway pavement, the drive is only 30 minutes.
Zhangjiajie Local Cuisine
Mud Loach Drill Tofu
Main: small mud loach, tofu
Features: special method of preparation; tastes fresh, tender oil, heavy material, and beautiful flavor.
Introduction: using fresh loach pour water and a small amount of salt, feeding overnight, wash the loach inside and outside. Then the live loach poured into the white tofu, heated by fire, the loach will naturally drill in the tofu. This way, the flavors of the tofu and the loach can mingle with each other.
Hopping Cuisine
Also known as: Lunar New Year's dish
Main ingredients: radish, tofu, cabbage, green onion, pork
Features: strong flavor, good taste; fresh and nutritious soup
Legend: According to legend, during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, the imperial court recruited the soldiers of the Tusi army from Hunan and E.E.S.W. to the front to fight against the Japanese invaders, and the time for the attack was just in time for the New Year's Eve. In order not to delay the military opportunity, the King of the Tusi ordered to advance - days to celebrate the New Year. For the sake of simplicity, people put bacon, tofu, radish, etc. in a pot to cook into a braised dish as a New Year's dinner, this dish is for the "combined dishes".
Blood Tofu
Main: tofu, pig's blood
Features: tofu, pig's blood, pork and chili peppers, pounded into a paste, smoked and roasted to a waxy yellow color, tastes delicious, chewy, sinewy, and can be called the best wine
Sour Fish
Main: cured fish
Features: processing patterns, eating style, taste sour, spicy and delicious. The taste is sour and spicy; the fish is not greasy or fishy, and it is both antiseptic and palatable.
Wu Chicken Tianma Soup
Main: Zhangjiajie eight Dagongshan specialties Tianma
Features: the use of folk nourishing "secret recipe" elaborate production, eight Dagongshan Tianma golden color, translucent hair, can be said to be the top of the Tianma, not only to treat dizziness and vertigo, stroke, hemiplegia, etc., but also a nourishing nutrients. Nourishing nutrients. Eight Dagongshan asparagus with chicken, more nutritional supplements in the top
Sangchu salt dried bean curd
Main: dried bean curd
Features: production of a long history, the reputation of the three Xiang; high nutritional value, and has to clear heat, moistening dryness, promote the production of fluids, detoxification, intestinal broadening, and turbidity and other efficacies. It has a strong taste and delicious flavor.
Social rice
Main: social vegetables, bacon, glutinous rice, etc.
Features: Tujia people in February, "social day" must eat "festive rice"; glutinous rice fragrance, bacon tendon beauty, the use of low-fire simmering, so that the rice and meat are fused. The flavors of the meat and the rice blend with each other and seep into each other, and then the aroma overflows and the taste is wonderful.
Introduction of Guilin
Guilin, China's key scenic tourist city and famous historical and cultural city, she has a unique national scenic spots, known as the world's most beautiful city of a lifetime, is the flash in the south of the motherland, the northeastern Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, a bright pearl. Municipal jurisdiction of Xiangshan, Xiufeng, (high-tech) seven stars, Fancai, Yanshan five urban areas and Yangshuo, Linggui, Lingchuan, Xing'an, Quanzhou, Lipu, Gongcheng, resources, Yongfu, Longsheng, Guanyang, Pingle twelve counties, covering an area of 27,809 square kilometers.
Guilin has a long history, in Baoji Mountain, Caipi Rock, Sedan Chair Rock, Shijia Rock, Dangui Rock, through the mountain under the rock, successively now ancient human remains relics. Republic of 29 years (1940) in January Guangxi provincial capital in Guilin City, after liberation, the provincial capital moved to Nanning, Guilin for the municipality, 98 years in September by the State Council formally approved the official merger of Guilin City and Guilin area, formed into a new Guilin City.
Guilin is a multi-ethnic region with dozens of ethnic groups such as Zhuang, Yao, Hui, Miao, Dong, etc., with 4.76 million people in the city.
Guilin has "three winters with little snow" and "four seasons of constant spring", with an average annual temperature of about 19℃. In Guilin in winter, osmanthus blossoms bloom and the city smells fragrant, and the average temperature is around 15℃, with the lowest not exceeding 8℃, so you only need to wear spring and fall clothes and bring one or two pieces of winter clothes to protect you from the cold (underwear winter clothes and other light winter clothes are the best), so you can cope with it. The rainy seasons in Guilin are not very distinct, so there is not much difference in temperature, so you can wear spring clothes.
Summer is the rainy season in Guilin, and most of the rainfall is concentrated in May and June, which is known as "rainy Guilin". If you choose to travel at this time, do not forget to bring an umbrella in case of emergency. You can wear normal summer clothes at this time. The high air temperature in summer is difficult for northern tourists to adapt to, and when traveling, you should prepare some anti-sunstroke medication and anti-mosquito medication as much as possible, just in case.
Guilin has more than 1,000 species of higher plants, including valuable trees such as silver fir and ginkgo, and the natural vegetation is dominated by pony-tailed pines, and the city is dominated by osmanthus trees, which are the city flower of Guilin. Guilin has a wide variety of animals, with more than 400 species of terrestrial vertebrates, including clouded leopards, yellow-bellied pheasants, pangolins and civets. There are 144 species of aquatic organisms, including the precious baby fish, mandarin fish and eels. Minerals in Guilin mainly include hematite, pyrite, lead, zinc ore, talc ore and high-quality marble.
Guilin's local specialties include Guilin's "Three Treasures": Three Flowers Wine, Bean Curd Milk, and Chili Sauce; Shatian Pomelo, Luohan Fruit, White Fruit, Lipu Wei, Horseshoe, Bean Curd, Guilin Rice Vermicelli, and Lotus Fish.
City features: Guilin is a famous city of scenery and culture. Li River and Reed Rock are famous brand names that are known all over the world. Successive generations have left splendid cultural heritages in Guilin, such as Guihai Monument Forest, the former site of Guilin Office of the Eighth Route Army, the Tomb of King Jingjiang, Xing'an Spirit Nullah, and Gongcheng Temple of Literature. There are 552 cultural monuments in the city, and 121 of them are listed as cultural relics protection units at all levels. All these cultural relics and monuments have high literary, historical, artistic and appreciation values.
Highway: Guilin's highways are well-connected, including the Guihuang First Class Highway, the Guilin-Yangshuo Second Class Highway, and the Guilin-Liuzhou-Nanning-Beihai Expressway, and the national highways 321, 322, and 323 pass through the city, of which the 322 line within the city's borders has been developed into a high-grade highway, and realizes that 100% of the townships and 87% of the administrative villages have access to the highway.
Railway: The newly-built Guilin Passenger Train Departure Station covers an area of 40 hectares, with a hall that can accommodate 15,000 people and an annual throughput of 1 million. The railroad is connected to the Beijing-Guangzhou line in the north, Qian-Gui and Zhi-Liu arteries in the south, and Xiang-Gui Railway runs through the Xiang-Gui corridor, and the train can go up to the major cities in China.
Aviation: Guilin Liangjiang International Airport covers an area of 4.06 square kilometers, with a building area of 170,000 square meters and a terminal building of more than 50,000 square meters. The flight area is classified as 4D, and the runway is 2,800 meters long. The designed annual flight capacity is 42,000 planes and the annual passenger throughput is 5 million. At present, there are 44 international and domestic routes and 21 airlines flying to Guilin Airport, with access to 29 domestic cities and Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and Fukuoka, Japan, Jeju, South Korea and Bangkok, Thailand.
Waterways: there are Xiangjiang and Li River, along the Li River through Wuzhou and the Pearl River, can be directly into Guangzhou, Hong Kong and Macao.
Post and telecommunications: the local telecommunications power network is completed, the city and county program-controlled telephone popularization and all opened the cell phone, paging, computer Internet services. The opening of domestic postal savings outlets, and 150 countries in the world, more than 200 cities in the country to start the postal express business.
Energy: Guilin network area has built a total capacity of 40.3KW power supply system, the highest load of electricity in urban areas up to 35KW. oil, liquefied petroleum gas and coal reserves, the supply is sufficient.
Water Supply and Drainage: Guilin has 4 large and medium-sized water plants, with a daily water supply capacity of 340,000 tons, which can fully meet the needs of social production and people's lives. The city has 4 sewage treatment plants with a daily sewage treatment capacity of 178,500 tons, and the sewage treatment rate is at a leading level in the country.
Guilin is an emerging industrial city, has gradually formed a pharmaceutical, food, automobile, electronics as the pillar, the product, industrial structure is more suitable
Guilin has formed a multi-form and multi-level financial system with the People's Bank of China as the leader, the main body of various specialized banks, and the coexistence of non-bank financial institutions. The insurance business has also developed well.
Science and education: there are 14 scientific research institutes and more than 30 scientific research and development organizations of government departments above the county, which are at the domestic advanced level in the fields of optoelectronic technology application, new materials, biotechnology, fine chemicals and so on. In addition, there have been more than 400 Chinese and foreign enterprises invested in the state-level high-tech industrial development zones.
The city has 13 general institutions of higher learning, 62 secondary specialized technical schools of various types, and 2,105 primary and secondary schools.
Culture: 13 public **** libraries, collection information has been online into the information superhighway. Municipal art museum is a fine project of cultural facilities in the district. The city has 10 cultural centers, 15 performing arts organizations.
Health: the city has the People's Hospital, Medical College Hospital, the People's Liberation Army, the first eighty-first hospital, Nanxi Mountain Hospital, the Second People's Hospital, Maternal and Child Health Hospital and other types of medical and health institutions, 849, with 12,200 beds, 12,830,000 health technicians.
Sports: the city is the autonomous region named gymnastics city. It has sent 600 outstanding athletes to the country and the autonomous region, including Wang Weijian, Yan Weixia, Mo Huilan, Tang Linsheng, Xiao Jiangang world-famous athletes. The city has more than 1,000 sports venues and more than 10 amateur gymnasiums, which can hold a variety of international and domestic individual competitions.
Guilin is a key tourist city and a famous historical and cultural city in China. Since the reform and opening up, tourism has developed rapidly. Every year, it receives hundreds of thousands of inbound travelers and more than millions of domestic travelers. Heads of state and government from dozens of countries have visited Gui and left many words of praise.
The city **** has 27 tourist star-rated hotels, including two five-star, three four-star, three-star eleven, **** there are more than 6,600 rooms, more than 13,000 beds; international travel agencies, 18, domestic travel agencies, 62; tourism related to the foreign designated vehicle and ship enterprises 25, more than 700 vehicles involved in foreign affairs, foreign cruise ships involved in 67. Whether it is the comprehensive reception capacity, industrial scale, industry service quality or infrastructure, supporting conditions, industry linkage function has reached a higher level and grade in China. In order to make Guilin become "China's outstanding tourist city", specially set up Guilin Tourism Consulting Service Center, the implementation of the set of tickets and excursion credit card system, to protect the legitimate rights and interests of tourists, and strengthen the tourism supervision efforts, and correct the style of work.
Guilin is rich in tourism resources. Its characteristics and advantages: First, the mountains and rivers are beautiful and unique. Typical karst landforms give Guilin "mountains, water show, hole strange, stone beautiful" landscape scenery, known as "A world" reputation. Secondly, natural resources and human resources are all in one. There are distinctive scenic spots in Guilin such as Li River, Ludi Yan, Yao Mountain and the outer ring of scenic spots mainly including Huaping, Qindi, Lingqu, and Qingshitan Reservoir in Cat Mountain. Li River scenic area has been listed as a national scenic spot, and Xing'an Lingqu is listed as a national key cultural relics protection unit. Third, the city and the scenic area are intermingled, push the window, out of the door can see the scenery, and the landscape distribution is appropriate, good accessibility of tourism. Fourth, the landscape distribution of the spatial level, and each has its own characteristics, to facilitate the combination of a variety of tourist routes and phased development. Fifth, most of the scenic spots have towns as a backing, part of the scenic spots have a certain basis for development, suitable for multi-functional, multi-level, multi-form tourism activities, increase the tourability.