The recent frequent southward movement of cold air and the downward trend in temperatures everywhere also indicate that winter is coming.
At this time of year, many people have begun to consider choosing a warm place to avoid the cold for the winter. China is very big, but there are very few places that can really avoid the cold in winter, and Hainan is undoubtedly the first place that many people choose, there is sunshine, sand, clean air, but there are also rising prices and prices.
Now more and more people are turning their attention to Yunnan, which is a magical land with both snowy plateaus and tropical rainforests, and has now become a destination for many people to avoid the cold in winter, especially Xishuangbanna is sought after, and many northerners spend the winter here every year.
In fact, in winter to Yunnan to avoid the cold, do not necessarily have to go to Xishuangbanna, in the southeast end of Yunnan, there is a small city, here is the lowest altitude in Yunnan, there is a climate similar to Sanya, there are large green, blue sky, this is the Red River Prefecture Hekou County.
Hekou is a small city with a population of only 100,000, across the river from Lao Cai City in Vietnam, which is a national first-class port and one of the most convenient land passages for southwest China to enter Southeast Asia. The lowest altitude here is only 76.4 meters, and the urban area is shady all year round, with fragrant flowers and fruits, and is a border city with tropical and subtropical scenery.
Estuary is located in the tropics, belongs to the tropical monsoon climate, with tropical rain forests and tropical mountain forest ecosystems, here the climate is humid, there is no winter all year round, the average annual temperature in the urban area is 23.3 °C, and the comfortable climate in the year is up to half a year, of which the climate is the most comfortable between November and March of the following year. In January, the minimum temperature is about 14 °C, the maximum temperature can reach 25 °C, and the estuary is one of the hottest places in Yunnan in the summer, but the climate throughout the winter, like Xishuangbanna, is the most comfortable place in Yunnan and is a veritable "cold resort." "Come to the mouth of the river for the winter!" It has become the most common advertising slogan used by Estuary people to recommend their own cities.
Hekou is also known as "China's natural oxygen bar", the average negative oxygen ion concentration here is as high as 2300 / cm3 or more, the characteristics of warm climate in winter, a good ecological environment, making it a seasonal health destination for "winter cold shelter" and "solar recuperation".
Hekou urban area is not large, but in recent years to accelerate the construction of infrastructure, urban service functions are more perfect, the city's taste has been further improved, today's Hekou mountains and clear waters, beautiful environment, ecological livability, to the world to show its unique charm.
Hekou County People's Hospital is a second-class first-class general hospital, which has been awarded the honorary titles of "Baby-friendly Hospital" and "National Humanistic Hospital".
The estuary is easily accessible. In September 2019, Hekou entered the "era of trains", and the time from Hekou to Kunming by train has been compressed from the past 7-8 hours to more than 3 hours now.
Exotic Street, which is a historical district that shows the image of the port, although the length is only 500 meters, it carries the cultural heritage and customs of the estuary.
This bridge is the China-Vietnam Railway Bridge, which is a transnational bridge connecting China and Vietnam on the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway, which was built in 1903 and has a history of more than 100 years.
When night falls, the riverfront road at the mouth of the river begins to be lively, walking and walking, square dancing, and the nightlife of "Hi Up" has become a beautiful landscape in the mouth of the river.
There are many people walking on the street at night, listening to the accent is mostly northerners, these people come to the estuary, they all praise the weather here is good, warm, comfortable, and the air is moist and nourishing, no need to do beauty skin is very good.
Stroll along the beautiful Nanxi River, where rows of palm trees, rows of greenery, and rows of Vietnamese-style shops along the river street are a tropical and exotic setting.
Hekou is an ecologically livable small city, a bridgehead and an important node city for ASEAN, but now the house price is very low, like this kind of high-end real estate with a wide view and a first-line river view with exotic scenery, the house price is only 4,000-5,000 yuan, which can be called a value depression in Yunnan.
Hekou is one of the main tropical fruit producing areas in Yunnan, where the variety of fruits is dazzling, the variety is many, the price is also cheap, and it can be enjoyed here in winter to avoid the cold.
Many Vietnamese traders pass through the border every day in the estuary to sell their own vegetables and fruits, most of which are mangosteen, lychee, banana, mango and jackfruit, which look particularly fresh.
Southeast Yunnan is recognized as a delicious place for Yunnan people, and in hekou, a small and vibrant county town, you are guaranteed to eat a variety of flowers and not repeat it for several days.
Grilled fish with lemongrass, the fish is eaten with fresh fish of the day, plus freshly picked lemongrass, wild coriander, green onion ginger and soy sauce marinated for 30 minutes, grilled on the shelf until browned, dipped in dried millet spicy and sour vinegar ingredients, its delicious taste is unforgettable.
Vietnamese small rolls of flour, made with old rice soaked soft paste to make the skin, and then chopped green onions and fresh meat to make the filling, supplemented by millet spicy and soy sauce vinegar, coriander lemon made of ingredients, taste carefully, fresh and silky.
Zongzi is a traditional food of the Miao and Yao ethnic groups in the Hekou region, shaped like a rectangular zongzi, the black part of the outer ring is glutinous rice mixed with grass and wood ash, the middle circle of yellow is soybean paste, and the innermost is a fat and thin pork leg diced.
Hekou, a small border town in Yunnan, is hot in the summer, but it is a good place to shelter from the cold in winter, do you like it?
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