For more than ten years, in order to step on that side of the secret realm, I have imagined and planned again and again, but I have sighed and disappointed again and again, and deeply experienced the helplessness of "official business, involuntary". Once by chance, we took advantage of the public holiday, we said we would go, and finally began the long-awaited trip to Kawanishi.
Eighteen bends in the heavenly road, paved with beautiful strings in the land of western Sichuan
On the way from Mt. Orita to Daocheng, you have to cross the Scissor Bay Mountain, which is 4659 meters above sea level.
"The difficulty of the Shu Dao is difficult to go to the qingtian." And in front of us is the thunderous "EighteenTh bend of the Heavenly Road" on the Sichuan-Tibet Line. Cheng Xiang's driving skills are leveraged, worthy of being the "fighter" among the old drivers, rushing left and right all the way, soaring straight up, and smoothly driving the car to the mountain observation deck.
On the observation deck, the blue sky seems to be close at hand. (Photo: Tian Wenguo)
Looking down at the blue sky on his back, he only saw the road when he came, one line after another, nine curves of the intestines, overlapping and overlapping, coiled in the steep mountain, stretched and round, just like a beautiful string, a galloping car, like the beating notes on the string, and the natural sound of the mountain flowing water, changing the majestic movement.
"Eighteen bends in the sky" on G318. (Photo: Tian Wenguo)
As a former "highway man", I have a deep respect for the road-building hero who created such a masterpiece! In fact, the eighteen bends in front of us are only a section of the Chuanxi Tianlu Road, and many of the winding roads we pass behind are equally spectacular, even more dangerous, often on one side are steep cliffs, on the other side are abysses, one will be in the mountains and clouds, and the other will be in deep canyons. Driving on the Tianlu Road, we experience comfort and relaxation, but also feel the excitement and horror.
On the observation deck, the blue sky seems to be close at hand, and the white clouds flutter and can be reached.
(Written by Yawen, serialized in Tian Wenguo's travelogue "Kawanishi Kiyuki").