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If you like autumn colors, you must drive to Qinling Mountain for an autumn feast. Every year from the end of 10, Metasequoia glyptostroboides, Cotinus coggygria, Maple, Larix gmelinii and other trees all over Qinling began to change color. As the temperature drops, the whole Qinling Mountains will become colorful and dress up as a fairy tale world.
Qinling Mountain is not only the geographical dividing line between the northern and southern continents of China, but also the dividing line between the northern and southern climate, and the dividing line between subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forest and temperate deciduous broad-leaved forest. The northern slope is cold and dry, while the southern slope is warm and humid. Walking into the Qinling Mountains, you will find a strong "North-South difference". This difference is not only manifested in the differences in geographical environment, climate characteristics and cultural customs between the north and the south, but also in eating habits, such as eating pasta at the northern foot of Qinling Mountain, eating rice at the southern foot of Qinling Mountain, and the north and south of Qinling Mountain are completely different.
It is with the barrier and nourishment of the Qinling Mountains that there will be a colorful and magnificent landscape of Qinchuan in 800 miles. Liuba County, a small town in southern Shaanxi hidden in the hinterland of the southern foot of Qinling Mountains, is rich in mountain tourism resources because of its complex terrain, steep mountains, changeable climate and great altitude difference.
With the opening of Bao Han Expressway and other expressways crossing the Qinling Mountains, abandoned old national highways such as 3 16 and 244, as well as Gao Jiang Road, Jiang Mei Road, Shitai Road and Chamiao Road in the county, have become the favorite routes for road travelers. The following is my itinerary these days. I hope it can provide a reference for everyone's travel (with a circuit diagram).
Gao Jiang Road, a celebrity highway on the Qinling Autumn Appreciation Line that Liuba must pass through, has a total length of 39 kilometers, starting from Gao Qiao Store in Fengxian County and ending at Jiangxi Ying Village in Liuba County. It is a backup highway built in 1950s, and it is the main road connecting Jiang Mei Road (Jiangwozi in Liuba County passes Taibai County to Meixian County) and Gao Qiao Section of National Highway 3 16.
This road crossing the Qinling Mountains is so beautiful that it is the only "China's most beautiful mountain village tourist route" in Shaanxi Province. On both sides of the road, on any hillside, the colors are intertwined like brocade.
From Liuba County to Gao Jiang Road, you will pass through Sean Temple, and you can stay for a short time, and get tickets to 50 yuan. Sean Temple was built in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, which was specially built for Sean, the counselor of Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty. According to legend, Sean assisted Liu Bang to enter the customs and break the Qin Dynasty, and then he lived in seclusion here.
The first mountain to Gao Jiang Road is called Chaiguanling. Standing on the pass, you can clearly see the ancient plank road on the cliff in the distance. Liuba, known as the "throat of Qin and Han Dynasties", has a history of more than 2,000 years. Its face faces Bashu and its back faces Qinchuan, and it runs through the north-south ramp, Li Anyun plank road and Chencang ancient road for hundreds of miles. Historical allusions such as "burning the plank road", "Cold Creek Rising at Night" and "Xiao He Chasing Han Xin under the Moon" all happened here.
Circling down from Chaiguanling, the leaves of roadside trees on both sides of the highway have begun to change color. This road will also pass the go on road trip Camp in the two estuaries, the wonders of Shimen and the "Ginkgo King" in the northwest. It is worth mentioning that these places are free of charge and there are no tickets.
Drive on and enter a place called Shimenzi Village. The roadside trees on both sides of the highway are red and green with rich colors, and more and more tourists park by the side. The roadside trees in this road are mainly Metasequoia glyptostroboides, Ginkgo biloba, Robinia pseudoacacia, Platanus acerifolia, Golden Willow and Cherry Blossom.
In the early morning, the old man in the village and his two puppies are walking on the road-many small videos popular on the Internet were shot here-and you have to get here before 9 am to see such a scene.
After nine o'clock, there will be more and more tourists driving by car, and there will be people taking pictures and punching cards everywhere on the road. Photos with clean backgrounds are extravagant hopes.
Down the road along the Haoba River, people in the mountains are colorful, with autumn colors and simple and quiet pastoral scenery, which makes people seem to have entered a "Xanadu".
Moving on, two towering peaks blocked the way, and the locals called Shimen Mountain. According to legend, there was a Shimen Temple on the mountain during the light years of Qing Dynasty. The inscription says that the two mountains were originally connected, and there is a stone gate in the middle, which will automatically open when the chicken crows in the morning and automatically close when no one passes by at night.
I managed to climb to the top of the mountain, but in the face of the last few meters of vertical cliff, I can only look at the top of the mountain and sigh. There are no traces of Shimen Temple on the top of the mountain, but there are traces of building roads, blasting mountains and opening stones. We see these two mountains now. Could they have exploded in the middle while we were repairing the road?
Birds are singing in the forest, streams are gurgling, thick trunks are covered with moss, and crystal drops of water are hanging on them, which makes people feel cheerful.
On the walls of the yellowed old houses in the village, the old slogans are still clearly visible.
At the end of Gaojiang Road, Shiyaoba Village, Yuhuangmiao Town, there is a ginkgo tree king called "the first tree in the northwest", which is 4.4 meters thick and 26 meters high. It has a history of nearly 4,000 years and is said to have been planted by Zhou Wenwang himself.
Stop-and-go all the way, after seeing the ancient ginkgo in the Jade Emperor Temple, I am already hungry. However, although the Jade Emperor Temple is a town, there are not many restaurants in the town, so we have to continue walking along the 244 National Road to Jiangkou Town to solve the lunch problem. It is said that Jiangkou Town is the largest town in Liuba County.
After lunch in Jiangkou Town, walk along National Highway 244 to Taibai County, Baoji, and pass through Moping Village, the last village in Hanzhong. A group called Xujiashan is hidden halfway up the mountain. The houses in this place are all in Guanzhong architectural style, and the villagers speak with a strong Guanzhong accent. If you want to enter the village, you can only walk and need to climb two mountains. Without a guide, it's easy to get lost. Limited by space, I will write an article about Xujiashan alone.
If you don't go to see the ancient Ginkgo Tree King and Xujiashan, you can come out of Yuhuangmiao Town, turn right on Yu Tu Road and return to Liuba County-I think this road can really feel the fun of crossing the Qinling Mountains. This section of the road is simply hovering in a steep valley, with numerous zigzag and U-shaped bends and 180 degree bends along the way, with mountains on one side and cliffs on the other. Standing at the pass, the scenery of Qinling Mountain is unobstructed, just like knocking over a paint bottle and dyeing it all over the mountain, such as rosy clouds falling down the mountain, which is amazing. ...
The best place to watch the sunrise in Qinling Mountain is Taiziling. It's a pity that most of the people who live in Bashang these days are rainy and continuous. Seeing the weather forecast cloud picture shows that there is a chance for the sun to come out at six or seven in the morning, so I set off at midnight and arrived at Taiziling. As a result, the mountain was foggy and saw nothing.
The stronger autumn is, the crazier the red leaves are. Taiziling is the first place where red leaves change color, red, yellow, green, brown ..., clusters, pieces, layers of blooming, picturesque.
On the way to Taiziling, you will pass through Shizigou Ranch, where Zhuge Liang used to raise horses. On the alpine meadow in the drizzle, three or five groups of cattle and sheep stroll, and the color of larch is more beautiful and charming because of the rain.
Go down the mountain from Taiziling, pass through Shizigou, cross Lover Valley, cross Guanghua Mountain, and return to Liuba County. After watching the sunrise in Taiziling, you can also go back to Huoshaodian. No matter which way you take, the scenery is as picturesque as ever, which makes people linger.
So, if you haven't been to Qinling, you might as well start now, grab the tail of this autumn and feel a beautiful trip to Qinling.
Attachment: Schematic diagram of self-driving route
Tips: The reception capacity of tourists in Liuba is limited. It is recommended to book hotel accommodation in advance before departure, otherwise there may be no room to stay. It is recommended that Loufanggou Boutique B&B is located in Xiaoliuba Village, completely transformed from a private house, with an independent courtyard and all-inclusive price. The butler service is very thoughtful, but it's too hot to make an appointment.
Diet: Liuba belongs to the southern foot of Qinling Mountains, mainly rice. Alpine potatoes, bacon, bamboo shoots, fungus and mushrooms are all local specialties, and there are ten bowls of 68 folk products. Gastrodia elata and American ginseng seem to be planted all over the street.
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