In the north of our country, there is such a magical land -
There are mountains and seas, and thousands of swans fly here every winter to overwinter.
From Ma Honeycomb user @ Ding Dafu rolled in
The "distant visitor" swans, scattered in a feminine manner in reed swamps, tidal flats, shallow seas and lagoons, turned this land that has been overshadowed by winter into a fairy tale.
From Ma Honeycomb user @ Naruko V
The scenery here is also like a dream of oil paintings, unique seagrass houses, scattered on the edge of the ring road, under the blue sky, under the sunset, under the stars are a different landscape painting.
From Ma honeycomb user @ snow plowing
Here is Shandong Weihai Rongcheng, is a beautiful and full of life coastal city.
From Ma honeycomb user @ Weihai Xixiakou Tourist Area
Rongcheng City is located at the easternmost tip of the Shandong Peninsula, surrounded by the sea on three sides, with a coastline of 500 kilometers, across the sea from South Korea, and is the closest area in China to South Korea.
Rongcheng's natural environment and geographical conditions can be described as unique, there are three types of landforms, mountains, hills and plains, and the tough and lush mountains and the surging and blue sea meet here.
From Ma Honeycomb user @ Lost Xiaoqi
While the swan is still there, come to Rongcheng to feel the breath of life!
Swan Wonderland
YandunJiao & Big Swan National Nature Reserve
Yandun Point is located in The Town of Slang island in Rongcheng City, which is a small fishing village surrounded by mountains and rivers. During the Ming Dynasty, a smoke pier was built on the top of the mountain, and the village of Yandunjiao got its name.
Now, what makes The Smoke Pier Horn famous is the elegant giant swan.
From Ma Honeycomb user @ Big Hidden In the Net
The environment at Point Yandun is unique – a small stream flows into this naturally formed lagoon with only one outlet leading to the sea, which is ice-free all year round, with wide shoals and abundant food.
Coupled with the feeding of villagers, from November to March, about 10,000 giant swans fly thousands of kilometers from Siberia, where they breed in the summer, to spend the winter, and it has become the largest winter habitat for swans in Asia.
In addition to Yandun Point, the Giant Swan National Nature Reserve located in Chengshan Town, Rongcheng City, is also a good place to watch swans and learn about swans.
From Ma Honeycomb user @ Jian Sheng
The arrival of wild swans has added countless breaths of life to the bay of Rongcheng, and they are not afraid of people, and they either gather together to fight or move in rows. The distant city and ships as a background look very harmonious.
From Ma Honeycomb user @ photographer Pinky
The winter sunrise is 7 o'clock and can only be shot backlit, or on the west side. At 4 p.m., sunset is completely side-backlit.
@Jie from Mafengwo users
If you are lucky enough to encounter a sunny day, the water turns blue and the swans appear more elegant.
They sometimes rose up against the snow and spread their wings in the white world, a pure scene. Sometimes chase the sunset, leaving only the chirping of the sky. Maybe it's going south.
Practical information on the corner of the smoke pier
Number of days spent: half a day to 1 day
Transportation: Car 228 road 1 and a half hours direct; taxi about 70 yuan
Consumption: 130-150 yuan per day for the staying fisherman
Note: Around 0 degrees in winter, but the seaside is windy
From Mafengwo user @Nebula World
Jiaodong residence
Seagrass house
The Seagrass House is a typical house on the Jiaodong Peninsula, standing on the edge of the bay, which is particularly peaceful. This kind of house is a bit like a thatched house, but in fact, the production process of seagrass house is quite complicated, and a seagrass house requires more than 70 processes, all of which are handicrafts. One of the most critical steps is to put a sea on the roof (苫: shàn, meaning to cover with mats, cloth, etc.).
From Ma Honeycomb user @ Peppa Pig
The quality of a seagrass house and the length of use mainly depend on whether the seagrass is tight, and the high-quality seagrass house is warm in winter and cool in summer, and only wealthy people can afford to repair it before. But now there is less and less seagrass, so there are few new seagrass houses.
@Domi from Mafengwo users
In the corner of the smoke pier, Xixiakou and other places can see the seagrass house, carefully examined, and a bit like a cake on the biscuit house.
From Mafengwo user @ Tutu line
With the development of modernization, clean energy windmills have gradually appeared on the coast, looking like giants guarding this fairytale world from a distance.
From Weibo user @Miss Cang'er
Under the pink sky, seagrass houses stand beside coastal roads like oil paintings.
The land of the sunrise
Into a mountain
Rongcheng of course not only has the beauty of winter, Chengshantou, also known as "the end of the sky", is the first place in Shandong Province to see the sunrise on the sea. It is across the sea from South Korea and was once named one of the "Eight Most Beautiful Coasts in China" by China National Geographic.
The waters here are clear and blue, and you can enter the scenic spot at 4 o'clock to wait for the sunrise. Even in winter, the sea is majestic, and the silence adds a bit of majesty.
Because of the combination of island, ocean, bay and coastal ecology, it is full of reefs and is not suitable for swimming. It is also windy and foggy all year round, and the lighthouse specially built for this purpose can penetrate thirty nautical miles with a single whistle.
Duration: 3 hours
Transportation: Weihai Bus Station 1 and a half hours directly to Xixiakou, every half hour, the fare is 15 yuan
Consumption: Tickets 180 yuan
Note: Ropeways can greatly save play time
Fairy Mountain Bird Island
Sea Donkey Island
There are actually no donkeys on Sea Donkey Island, but there are a lot of birds. It is 26 kilometers away from The Corner of the Smoke Pier, and it can be connected to play.
There are less than 3,000 yellow-billed egrets in the world, and about a thousand come to the island every year, and every spring when the hibiscus is in full bloom, the egrets of the national second-level protected animals will come here to build nests, lay eggs and hatch birds, and then fly away with their children in the autumn.
Whenever the cruise ships rush to the island, there are always various birds following, reaching out to feed. When it comes to land, even seabirds are not afraid of people, so you can bring your own sea fish.
It is worth mentioning that the 28th Golden Rooster Award film "Heavenly Gift", which took seven years to create, was filmed here.
@Lilycmt from Mafengwo users
Duration of play: 1 day
Transportation: A 15-minute boat ride at the cruise pier in Nishikaguchi Village, with boats only available from March to October every year
Consumption: 100 RMB ticket
Note: The barracks on the island where the garrison troops remain on the island have been converted into simple accommodation (about 40-50 beds)
From Ma Honeycomb user @ Tangled Maruzijun
Variety show the same model
Chicken Singing Island
Jiming Island was originally a sparsely populated pristine island, and became a household name because of "Where Daddy Goes".
@greatness from Mafengwo users
The island is small, the sea near the pier is almost unpolluted, the bottom of the sea pebbles is clear, and there are flowers and fruits scattered all over the mountain, and the chirping seagull mountain birds.
From Ma Honeycomb user @ food traveler Yue Ni Ni
Come here, you can be a pure islander for a day, sleep with the sound of the waves, go out to sea with the sea breeze, fish and taste seafood, see the island rock cliffs, live in a seagrass house... Experience pristine life and experience this warm and quiet harbor.
From Ma Honeycomb user @ Mina to see the world
What to eat?
Rongcheng is mainly seafood because it is close to the sea, and even the dumplings are stuffed with fish. The more famous dishes are yellow rice stuffed steamed buns, stewed yellow croaker, and mackerel ball soup.
From Mafengwo user @ Desert Liuyun
In the farmhouse, eat a meal of yellow croaker in an iron pot, fried sea snails, cold jellyfish cabbage, seaweed buns, and large dumplings, which is about a hundred pieces.
Salted fish cakes are fresh sea fish marinated and dried, then fried in an iron pan and eaten with tortillas.
Yellow rice stuffed steamed buns have been on CCTV and are known as the best of Jiaodong noodles. The big steamed bun is breaded with yellow rice and eaten with sweet potatoes, which is very sweet and delicious.
Mackerel fish balls are tender and juicy, and you can't stop taking a bite, and you have also been on the food of "China on the Tip of the Tongue".
Of course, there are also sea cucumbers, abalone, crabs, prawns, sea oysters, clams, sea rainbows, sea urchins, etc., using only ginger slices and cooking wine, directly taste the taste of the ocean.
From Ma honeycomb user @ Time Travel Leizi
Do you like this kind of Rongcheng? Winter is coming, the swans are also coming, hurry up and seize the time, go to Shandong for a trip!