On November 5, 2023, we took the Y275 tourist train from Xi'an to Qinling Railway Station of Baocheng Railway to see the autumn leaves. There are a total of ten carriages on this train, nearly one carriage of people got on the train in Xianyang, more than a dozen people got on the train in Yangling, and the rest were on the train in Xi'an. This kind of tourist train is a "customized tourist train" that runs according to the season, and you can see the flowers in spring, escape the heat in summer, enjoy autumn in autumn, and walk in snow in winter. It's not every day, so follow the travel agency to travel uniformly.
Departing at 8 o'clock in the morning and arriving at Qinling Railway Station at 11:47 noon, nearly 1,000 people rushed to the top of Qinling Mountains to see the beautiful scenery and enjoy the splendid red leaves.
Qinling Railway Station Square
It rained a little when I set off from Xi'an, and when I arrived at Qinling Railway Station, the weather was clear and the wind was smooth. It was a little cold at the station, and everyone took out their scarves to ward off the cold, and some people were already wearing down jackets.
The railway coat worn by the station staff (the uniforms I used to wear to work), the altitude of Qinling Railway Station is more than 1,200 meters above sea level (the altitude is engraved on a stone tablet in the railway station square), which is colder than the plain, and it is very hard to work here.
Tourists who get off the special train from Xi'an to Qinling
Qinling Railway Station is quiet most of the time, only when the railway tourist train arrives, the railway station is lively, bustling, and popular.
Passengers exit
Qinling Railway Station
Qinling Railway Station is a station of Baocheng Railway, the fifth station to the south of Baoji, located between Qingshi Cliff and Huangniupu. In the Qinling Railway Station Baocheng Railway Theme Cultural Square, we saw the relevant knowledge of Baocheng Railway.
Schematic diagram of the Pou Cheng Railway
Baocheng Railway is a railway connecting Baoji City, Shaanxi Province and Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, Baocheng Railway starts from Baoji Station of Longhai Railway in the north, passes through Fengxian, Liangdang, Huixian, Luoyang, Ningqiang, Guangyuan, Jiange, Jiangyou, Mianyang, Guanghan, Deyang, Xindu and other counties (cities), and arrives in Chengdu, Sichuan Province.
Pou Cheng Railway Literature Museum
In July 1952, the construction of the Baocheng Railway began, in July 1956, the whole line of the Baocheng Railway was completed, on January 1, 1958, the Baocheng Railway was officially put into operation, on June 15, 1958, the construction of the electrification project of the Baocheng Railway began, and on July 1, 1975, the electrification project of the Baocheng Railway was completed.
Baocheng Railway Theme Cultural Square
In the early 50s of the last century, more than 100,000 people, including the first generation of railway builders in New China, the railway soldiers who returned from the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and the skilled workers and migrant workers supported by the whole country, built railways in the depths of the Qinling Mountains, and some even paid for their lives. The spirit and story of Baocheng, who are "not afraid of hardship, not admitting defeat, and not ambiguous", still flow in the Qinba Mountain Stream and the Jialing River.
Baocheng Railway Theme Cultural Square
Qinling Railway Station Water Tower
Station work area
Travelers follow the Sichuan-Shaanxi Highway to Lingnan Park
After visiting the Railway Theme Cultural Park, follow the Sichuan-Shaanxi Highway to the source of the Jialing River and Lingnan Park. See if our queue is long? A group of aunts and uncles went to the Qinling Mountains to practice.
Sichuan-Shaanxi Highway passengers
Roadside dwellings
The houses of the villagers are beautiful and novel, unlike the Guanzhong houses we see around Xi'an. The houses here are very picturesque and recognizable, with white walls and tiles, cornices and corners, and good shapes.
Nice village houses
Tofu Square
Tofu Square, there is a statue of "Tofu Ancestor". Behind the statue are tofu origins and allusions.
The ancestor of tofu
"Lingnan tofu" is a special food here, using the spring water of the source of the Jialing River, alpine soybeans, carefully made with traditional technology, rich in nutrition, delicate taste and unique flavor.
Roadside farmhouse
The roadside farmhouse focuses on "tofu feast" and firewood turkey.
The property is festive and clean
menu
There are five types of tofu banquet packages in this house, and there are many tofu practices, such as pregnancy tofu, bangshan tofu, Sichuan girl tofu, spicy tofu and so on. Two people choose a 68 yuan package, which should be good, because there are many people to queue up, and they can't wait to see the scenery.
Nice cottage
Statue of Emperor Yan in Jialing River Source Park
Carpooled a car, ten yuan per person, and came to Yandi Square at the source of the Jialing River. Born in Baoji and raised in ginger water, Emperor Yan is the god of agriculture and the saint of medicine. Because of the king of Huode, he was named Emperor Yan and Shennong. Baoji and Emperor Yan's Mausoleum, I've also been there.
Jialing River Source Park
The source of the Jialing River came on a spring outing in the nineties, and this time it went around at the door. At the edge of the wall, tiptoe to see the Sichuan-Shaanxi Highway winding, like a U-shaped semi-disc, perfect curve arc, winding and circling, connecting the north and south of the Qinling Mountains. The Sichuan-Shaanxi Highway, like the Baocheng Railway, is an architectural marvel that benefits mankind.
The Jialing River originates here and flows to Chongqing to join the Yangtze River. It is a tributary of the Yangtze River, and belongs to the same Yangtze River system as the Han River.
Sichuan-Shaanxi Highway eighteen U-shaped curves
Eighteen plates of Sichuan-Shaanxi Highway
The local temperature at that time
The Sichuan-Shaanxi highway winds and turns
Ma Zhiyuan's Tianjing Shaqiu Si
On the wall is Ma Zhiyuan's Tianjing Sha Qiusi
Look at the Chinese Lyborg
Qiang hometown
This gate is Baoji Weibin on one side and Fengxian on the other.
Colorful Feng County
Qinling Stone Stele
Lingnan Park
Descend from the source park of the Jialing River into Lingnan Park, all the way down the mountain. The bottom of the mountain is still full of greenery, and the mountain is already cold.
Go down the mountain from the source of the Jialing River to the railway station
Lingnan Park and Sichuan-Shaanxi Highway go hand in hand, and we will take the highway and enter the park for a while.
Lingnan Park
Although there is no frost leaf red in February, the artistic conception of the stone path on the cold mountain is also very beautiful. I don't see people in the mountains, but I hear people's voices.
Park signs
Walking here, I wasn't sure if I could go down the hill to the train station, and an uncle said that he had just come from the Peony Pavilion and could walk to the train station.
Lingnan Park
The red-clothed aunt adds brightness and popularity to the bleak mountain forest. There is an aunt in the depths of the white clouds.
The only mangrove tree in Lingnan Park
This was the only mangrove tree we encountered on our trip, and its sparse foliage attracted a bunch of people to gather around for photos, as if discovering a new continent.
On the way down the mountain
Ancient Dasanguan
The Great Scattered Pass is the pass of the Zhou Dynasty, so it is called the Scattered Pass. One of the four customs in China. It is located at the northern foot of the South Qinling Mountains in Baoji City, and has been the "throat of Sichuan and Shaanxi" since ancient times. "The building boat crosses the snow melon island at night, and the iron horse is scattered in the autumn wind."
It's still Su Dongpo's handwriting
Quiet mountains
A touch of red adds a touch of agility
The mountains are high and the waters are long, and the mountains are flowing water
Mountains and rivers in the distance
Dongheqiao Village
The first village at the source of the Jialing River
Winter sight
Sichuan-Shaanxi Highway to see Qinling Railway Station
The village opposite the Qinling Railway Station
Walking from the source of the Jialing River to the railway station, about 50 minutes, all the way downhill to enjoy the scenery, easy and free. From the hustle and bustle of the city to the quiet mountain village, enjoying the sunshine and strolling in the mountains, it is also a good leisure. Read thousands of books and travel thousands of miles, come to Qinling to appreciate the Baocheng Railway Exhibition Line, know Emperor Yan, trace the hometown of the Qiang people, appreciate the Qinling dwellings, taste Lingnan tofu, and explore the Dasanxiong Pass.
There are flowers in spring, there are moons in autumn, cool breeze in summer, and snow in winter. Don't worry about idle things, it is a good time in the world. Come to Qinling and return to Xi'an happily.