Known as the "palette of God's legacy", the Red Land of Dongchuan in Yunnan is the most imposing red land in the world except Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The red land full of crops is light and cloudy, simple and comfortable, and everywhere is a colorful picture, and the unpredictable beam of light shows different charming postures at all times, which is fascinated by the world.
Legend has it that one day, a plane flew over the north of Kunming, and a photographer just happened to take a picture of the most beautiful scenery in the world. With his dedication to photography, this photographer has been hiding many times. After a long time, I finally found this long-dormant red land.
The earliest acquaintance with the red land of Dongchuan in Yunnan is on the winning photos of the domestic scenery photography contest, when there were not many people in the country to travel to Yunnan, the red land was first known by people, or photographers from all over the country, now this hot land is familiar to more people, should thank these photographers who shoot scenery!
Such a beautiful scenery is the "last resort" of the local people. Due to its location on the plateau and the fact that the land is covered with pebbles of different sizes, the land cannot hold water, and can only grow some crops that are cold and drought-resistant and do not require careful care, such as buckwheat, barley, rapeseed, etc. The land allocated to each family is not connected in pieces, so the crops have to be planted one by one. Your family grows potatoes, my family grows corn and rapeseed, and his family grows buckwheat, taking turns cultivating a smorgasbord. I don't want to form colorful patterns under this careless, casual planting method.
I met the 80-year-old grandfather of the Red Land Internet celebrity
If someone asks where the reddest land in Yunnan is, the answer is Dongchuan red land, and if someone asks where the reddest grandfather in Yunnan is, the answer is also Dongchuan red land. This land of ravines and mountains, which is known as the palette of God's overturning, is located in the north-east direction of Kunming.
If you just take photos of the scenery of the red land, it feels like you still lack a little soul, this is not, far away, you see an old man sitting on a red land wearing a sheepskin jacket and a cigarette pot bag in his mouth standing high on the red land, so that when you look at it, the photo has a soul, although it is a posing, but I believe that the peasants in this red land in the last century are basically dressed like this, they live here at sunrise and ploughing, resting at sunset, year after year to the earth "put on" red, Green clothes.
Different seasons come here, because the crops are different, and the colors of the land also show different combinations. However, no matter how the land changes, the only constant protagonist is the old man: a man, three sheep, and a smoke pot bag, and every tourist who has been to the red land will definitely take away his smile in the camera.
Everyone scrambled to ask for a photo with the old man, the old man is also not rejected, laughing haha with the tourist group photo, in the process of taking pictures, the old man did not propose to pay, after taking the photo, it is not easy to think about the old man, 80 years old is also willing to do models for tourists here, everyone is very conscious of paying 20 yuan per person.
Why is the red land so red?
Yunnan Dongchuan Red Land is considered by experts to be the most imposing red land in the world except Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and its scene is more magnificent than the Brazilian Red Land. According to the data, the cause of red soil is due to the subtropical and tropical climate of most parts of Yunnan Province, coupled with the "karst" landform of marine sedimentation, the iron in the soil is slowly deposited after oxidation, so that the soil appears red and ochre red.
Dongchuan Red Land refers to Xintian Township, located more than 40 kilometers southwest of Dongchuan District, Kunming City, where there is a place called "Huashi" (at the 109-kilometer milestone), where the area of nearly 100 miles is the most concentrated, typical and characteristic red land on the Yunnan Laterite Plateau.
From September to December every year, part of the red land is ploughed to be planted, and the other part of the red land has been planted with green barley or wheat and other crops, which look like the color blocks painted by the heavens, and the colors are brilliant, lined with blue sky, white clouds and the unpredictable light, which constitute a spectacular scenery of the red land.
The red land of Dongchuan is vast and boundless, and looking around, the red soil is covered with green potato seedlings and buckwheat, which is particularly spectacular!
Why is there such a big difference in photo effects?
Maybe many friends have been to the Red Land, some people shoot with mobile phones, some people shoot with cameras, and the effect of shooting is very different, so what are the differences? Let's answer it.
1, because of the different seasons, the color of the plants on the red soil is different, and the effect will be different.
2, the same season, will also be different because of the weather and the sun's rays.
3, photographic equipment and photography technology is not the same, some pictures are through color grading processing.
How to get from Kunming to Dongchuan Red Land?
1. Depart from Kunming, charter a self-driving tour. Dongchuan Red Land is about 170 kilometers away from Kunming, and the road on the way is steep and steep, and the journey takes about 4 and a half hours.
2. Take the bus from Kunming, take the shuttle bus from Kunming North Bus Station to the French, which passes through the red land of Dongchuan.
What plants are grown on the red soil?
Aboveground plants: potato leaves (locally known as potatoes), barley, wheat, rape flowers, sweet potato leaves.
In May, the fields are full of buckwheat and potato flowers, and the red and white blocks are bright and pleasant. Potato leaves, barley, wheat, plus red earth, in the sunlight, colorful, smooth lines, red, green and white, light and shadow, casual shooting will have a very good photo.
By September, the autumn harvest season, the barley and wheat were ripe, yellowed, harvested, and the bare red soil was more. Golden buckwheat, white winter rape flowers, green potato seedlings, Yunnan has both spring and autumn fruits, and the Dongchuan red land prepares a rich visual feast for autumn guests.
What are the main landscapes of the red land:
Colorful Slope, Splendid Garden, Sunset Valley, Screw Bay, Lepu Concave, Pot Bottom Pond, etc.