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Speaking of the most beautiful national highway in China, the first national highway mentioned must be 3 18, with snow-capped mountains, grasslands and lakes all the way. Even if the journey is hard, the scenery we see is enough to cure fatigue.
The scenery along the 3 18 national highway really makes people linger, but in addition, there are many amazing expressways in China, and the scenery of one of them is comparable to that of the 3 18 national highway.
It is the 2 13 national highway that runs through the northwest and southwest of China. National Highway 2 13 starts from Xigu District, Lanzhou City, Gansu Province and ends at Mohan Port, Mengla County, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, with a total length of 2,827 kilometers.
However, I don't know if drivers and friends have noticed that there is a small change on today's navigation map. In Luqu, National Highway 2 13 quietly turned its head to form a branch line, so we won't go to Lanzhou. Drive along this branch line, and the end of the road is Ceke Port in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Yes, the 2 13 national highway is diverted!
The new line is planned to start from Ceke Port, pass through Jiuquan, Qilian and Xining, and connect with the original 2 13 national highway in Luqu. The original Lanzhou-Luqu section is changed to the connecting line G568 Lanzhou-Luqu.
Then, can the new national highway 2 13 after the route change still retain the name of the most beautiful highway?
The original 2 13 national highway, from Gansu all the way down to Yunnan, has snow-capped mountains, grasslands, forests, lakes, deserts and villages ... It seems that in the blink of an eye, you will miss the scenery in front of you, which is very regrettable.
It's just beautiful and dangerous. There is only one road from Wenchuan to Dujiangyan of the original 2 13 national highway. On one side of the road is a mountain with dangerous terrain, and on the other side is the surging Minjiang River. All cars entering Aba Prefecture have to pass through here, and the traffic volume is very large. Over time, it has formed a traffic bottleneck. Moreover, there are many big cars and broken cars passing by, and there are always many accidents, so I commented on it online.
Even so, in 2008, in the 5. 12 Wenchuan earthquake that broke the hearts of countless people, the original 2 13 national highway was the only way to Wenchuan and became the road of hope for Wenchuan people.
Now we can see that there is a seriously damaged road next to this national highway. Many signs were erected on this impassable road, indicating its name: "Former National Road 2 13, Wenchuan Earthquake Site".
As a new starting point of National Highway 2 13, Ceke Port is the only international channel for Alxa League to open to the outside world. It is a land port shared by Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia and Qinghai provinces, and is the third largest port in Inner Mongolia, opposite to Xibekulun Port in South Gobi Province of Mongolia.
There are many shops and vendors on both sides of the national gate, selling Mongolian and Russian specialties, such as chocolate, perfume, leather products and stone products. The goods are dazzling and interesting, so you can buy some as nostalgia.
Driving southbound from Ceke Port, Populus euphratica forest in Ejina Banner becomes one of the top ten scenic spots in China every autumn and October.
Romantic gold is the deepest temptation in autumn. At eight or nine o'clock in the morning, the sun shines on the golden tall Populus euphratica, and the sun shines on the country road with the golden color of Populus euphratica. Looking at the yellow-green reflection in the lake, people can't help but linger.
When we leave Ejina Banner and arrive at the next stop, Jinta County, we can also see a desert Populus euphratica forest, which is a part of the Three North Shelterbelt System. The most striking place in Jinta County is Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, where China rises.
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, also known as "China Aerospace City", is located at the northwest edge of the barren Ejina Badain Jaran Desert. The reason why it was originally named "Jiuquan" was that missile satellite launch sites in various countries avoided using real addresses at that time, and because the launch site was located in the Gobi desert, Jiuquan was the closest to the launch center, and it was difficult to choose a well-known place name.
From "Dongfanghong-1", which carries the hope of national rejuvenation, to "Shenzhou-11", the "Long March" carrier rocket has completed the journey of the stars and seas again and again, and people can't help but sigh the growing strength of the motherland. Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center can be visited, provided that you need to apply for a pass at the launch base first.
After Jinta County, Jiuquan, an ancient town in Hexi Corridor, is in front.
"Grape wine luminous cup, want to drink pipa, should immediately rush. You can't laugh when you are drunk in the sand. You have fought several wars since ancient times. " Jiuquan was one of the four counties in Hexi in Han Dynasty. Since ancient times, it has been the traffic fortress of the Central Plains leading to the western regions and the important town of the Silk Road.
The long history has created the glory of Jiuquan, and the historical sites in the territory have confirmed the historical changes of the ancient Silk Road and Chinese civilization. The mountains are continuous, the Gobi is vast, and the basins are adjacent, which constitutes its magnificent and unique scenery.
Leave Jiuquan, cross Sunan Yugur Autonomous County, cross Qilian Mountain and enter Qinghai Province. In the go on road trip of Qinghai, you can not only feel the beautiful natural scenery, rich ethnic customs, thousands of years of history and culture, but also enjoy the snow-capped mountains, grasslands, salt lakes, lakes and rivers ... Everything here can make people put aside the worldly troubles.
Qilian Mountain, which spans Gansu and Qinghai provinces, is magnificent and full of magic, just like a soaring dragon. This huge mountain range, about 1000 km long from east to west and 200-300 km wide from north to south, stands on one of the commanding heights. They are all Qian Shan Wanling, vast and boundless.
Drive along the new 2 13 national highway, pass Qilian, Haiyan and Huangyuan, and arrive at Xining, the capital of Qinghai.
You must go to Xining to go to Qinghai, and Qinghai Lake to go to Xining. When you arrive in Qinghai, don't miss seeing the most representative Qinghai Lake. Qinghai is the only province in China named after a lake. You can imagine how important Qinghai Lake is.
Continuing southward, the new 2 13 national highway winds through Qinghai, connecting Hualong Hui Autonomous County, Jianzha County, tongren city, zeku county and Henan Mongolian Autonomous County to Luqu, and connecting with the original 2 13 national highway.
When I come to Luqu, I believe many old drivers will immediately think of langmusi. There are too many misunderstandings about langmusi, which make langmusi a place full of infinite imagination.
Langmusi is not a temple, but a pure town, the last place in the world without noise. Bailong River passes through the middle of the town and divides it into two parts, with Luqu in Gansu in the north and Zoige in Sichuan in the south.
There is a temple in the north and a temple in the south of langmusi. It is called Mogerdi Temple in Dacang, Sichuan in the south and langmusi in Dacang, Gansu in the north. Both temples in the north and south have back slopes, which is an excellent place to watch the sunrise.
Throughout langmusi, houses and temples are perfectly integrated. Although there are Tibetan, Hui and Han nationalities living across two provinces, they are very harmonious, which is quite a bit of Zen in Brahma's pure land.
After langmusi, it is the Zoige grassland in Sichuan, and then it will enter the old revolutionary base areas in Sichuan.
The Long March of the Red Army is a tragic and heroic epic in the history of the China Producer Party, and it is also an important historical event in the process of shifting the strategic focus of China's revolution. During the Long March, the three main forces of the Red Army broke out an unprecedented new battle road in Sichuan, crossing mountains and snowy mountains and grasslands, and realized two meetings, covering all areas of southeast, northwest and southwest Sichuan.
Driving along the new national highway 2 13, on the endless grasslands on both sides, there are flocks of cattle and sheep under the blue sky and white clouds, which is exactly the sentence "seeing cattle and sheep at the wind and grass"
With such beautiful scenery, it is estimated that few passers-by will think of the tragic years that happened on this land when the Red Army crossed the grassland more than 80 years ago.
In Jiangdong Village, ruoergai county, along the national highway, against the background of blue sky and white clouds, a very striking red statue inadvertently came into view. It's a big hand with a matchbox in it, and seven matches are shining on a red star.
1985, Wang Yuanjian published the novel Seven Matches, which vividly described the real story that happened near this monument-a soldier found a party constitution and seven precious matches on his comrades who were about to fall into the swamp.
"The comrade opened the paper bag with trembling hands. This is a party card. When the party card is opened, there is a small pile of matches and dry matches side by side. Red matchsticks are gathered together, and the positive pressure is in the center of the scarlet seal, like a jumping flame ... Remember, this is everyone's! He suddenly withdrew his hand, took a deep breath, raised his hand with all his strength, and pointed to the true north: "Good, good comrade ... you ... you take it to ..."
The soldier died, but the matches and party constitution stayed.
This seemingly ordinary match was like a life-saving medicine for the soldiers who were marching in the grass at that time. The weather in the grassland changes three times a day, and the temperature difference is great. At night, the temperature drops to about 0℃. After a few days in the grassland, feet are wet, clothes are wet, the ground is wet, firewood is wet, and the body is almost dry, which can freeze people to death.
Moreover, the water in the grass is poisonous and needs to be boiled to drink. Therefore, matches are one of the most precious items on the grass. The matches left by this soldier can bring warmth to many soldiers and save their lives.
As we approach Songpan County, we can see a monument on the top of Yuanbaoshan Mountain in the distance, which is the general monument of the Red Army's Long March.
The Long March of the Red Army passed through Sichuan for 20 months, passing through 73 counties and cities in Sichuan Province, covering an area of more than 300,000 square kilometers. It is 14 province with the most sinister natural environment and the fiercest fighting between the enemy and ourselves. Secondly, major military operations such as climbing snow-capped mountains and crossing grasslands all took place in Sichuan. The address of the famous Maughai meeting in the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China is only a few tens of kilometers away from Songpan. Therefore, the Red Army Long March Monument is located here.
Drive all the way, continue to cross Sichuan, cross Wenchuan, Dujiangyan, Chengdu, Qianwei, Muchuan and other places along the new 2 13 national road, and trace the footprints of the Red Army when it passed through Sichuan, so you can feel how difficult the Long March of the Red Army was.
After leaving Sichuan, I cleaned up my sad mood and walked into colorful Yunnan.
We all know that there is a mysterious ancient road entrenched in the high mountains and valleys of Hengduan Mountains, which is the highest and most dangerous ancient tea-horse road in the world.
The ancient tea-horse road trodden by horses and men used to be a folk international trade passage with caravans as the main means of transportation, and a corridor for economic and cultural exchanges among ethnic groups in southwest China. It took more than a thousand years from the distant Tang Dynasty to the completion of the Yunnan-Tibet and Sichuan-Tibet highways in the 1950s and 1960s. There are beautiful natural scenery and countless cultural heritages here.
But there is also an ancient road that you may not have heard of. Its name is "Gongcha" milk tea shop on the roadside. This ancient road is Nanguan Ma Avenue in Yunnan, also known as Gongcha Ancient Road.
This ancient tea-horse road, which is mainly used to transport Pu 'er tribute tea, was opened in the early Qing Dynasty. Pu 'er tribute tea is transported from Pu 'er to Kunming via Mojiang, Yuanjiang and Yuxi, and then to mainland provinces and Beijing.
At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, this ancient road gradually extended southward, from Pu 'er to Simao, passing through Cheche (Jinghong) and Fohai (Menghai) to Rhoda, then going abroad to Jingdong, Myanmar, and then to Thailand, Singapore, Hong Kong and other places. Only in 1950s, after Luo Kun Highway was opened to traffic, Nanguan Ma Avenue in Yunnan gradually became a historical relic.
Continue south along the newly-built 2 13 national highway, and the highway sometimes passes through the city and sometimes goes over mountains and mountains. Then I arrived in Kunming.
There is a Fuxian Lake in Kunming, which was called "Thousand-acre Glass" by the ancients because of its crystal clear water. It is the largest deep-water freshwater lake in China and the largest lake at the source of the Pearl River, belonging to Nanpanjiang River system. This is a good place to watch the sunrise and sunset glow. You can stop and have a look when you have time.
Leaving Kunming, Mojiang County is not far away. Mojiang is the only Hani Autonomous County in China, which was established on1October 28th, 1979, 165438. The Tropic of Cancer runs through the city. At this magical latitude, there are the largest Sahara desert in the world, the deepest Mariana Trench, the highest Mount Everest, the Bermuda Triangle with the most abnormal energy, the most profound Mayan civilization and the most incredible pyramids.
When this latitude passes through Mojiang County, there will be a mysterious "twin phenomenon", that is, when the sun shines directly at the northernmost position of the earth at noon every summer solstice, the tropic of cancer of Mojiang River will have an astronomical spectacle of "pole gone". After the summer solstice, direct sunlight gradually moves south to the southern hemisphere. Therefore, the Mojiang River is also called "the place where the sun turns". Winter goes and spring comes, and the sun shines directly. This is called "returning".
Not far ahead is Ninger Hani and Yi Autonomous County. "Wind and rain bridge listens to the wind and rain, and talks about life on the road." Nakeli in the county is an important post station on the ancient tea-horse road in Gupu 'er area, and the birthplace of Love Song of Caravan broadcast by CCTV, which preserves a relatively complete site of the ancient tea-horse road, as well as some historical sites and relics such as lanterns and horse drinking stone troughs used by caravans in those years.
Nowadays, on the ancient tea-horse road opened by the ancients thousands of years ago, even though there were no caravan figures, ringing bells and tea vanilla fragrance floating from ancient times, the footprints and horseshoe prints of the ancestors on the ancient road still retained countless ancient memories.
After Ning 'er, you can come to Pu 'er City, where you can stop and look for Pu 'er tea that suits your taste. Then we crossed Mengla to Mohan Port at the southernmost tip of Yunnan Province, bordering Laos. This is the only national port to Laos and the most convenient land passage to Southeast Asia.
Mohan Port, if you don't need to emphasize going abroad, really feels no different from other places in China. Of course, you will still see some special boundary signs here. From this country, you can go to Laos. The procedure is very simple. Friends who want to drive abroad for the first time can start here!
Punching in the country is a very happy thing. New National Highway 2 13, with one end at Ceke Port and the other end at Mohan Port, has beautiful natural scenery and different exotic customs.
When we finished watching the customs of Mongolia and Russia, we went all the way south to remember the Red Army martyrs who shed their blood in the war, trace the history of the ancient tea-horse road, and go to Mohan Port with Southeast Asian customs. Driving will be a visual and spiritual enjoyment.
Source/WeChat official account: self-driving geography of China.