Blooming rhododendrons, stretching grasslands, wildflowers everywhere, herds of cattle and sheep, magnificent clouds, cool mountain breezes, characteristic villages, rich styles, moving stories, fragrant bamboo shoots, authentic food...
So many originally beautiful scenery, scenery, and style, if you come to a big fusion, is it beyond the limit of your aesthetic sense? Does it make you feel that "this scene should only be in heaven"?
What is enough to amaze you is that at present, there is really such a magical and beautiful place, that is, the Ningbian Village of Xiaolongdong Township, Zhaoyang District, Zhaotong City, where 10,000 acres of rhododendrons bloom!
If you want to spend the summer and escape the heat and return to nature, if you want to enjoy the flowers and shoot flowers, pick flowers and eat flowers, if you want to pick wind culture and embrace happiness, Ningbian Village is definitely a place where you can harvest a full of green wonderland!
Play Scene 1: When a swim in the sea of 10,000 acres of rhododendrons "flower pickers"
At present, the 28,000 mu of wild rhododendrons in the Great Cave Scenic Area of Ningbian Village are blooming vigorously, competing for beauty, purple and red, the sea of flowers is magnificent, the fragrance is full of mountains, and the beauty of the skyline.
There are many kinds of cuckoos here! In addition to the most widely distributed rhododendron macrophylla (locally known as wood ear flower), there are also blood-dripping rhododendron (scientific name similar to blood rhododendron), purple rhododendron (also known as Yingshan red) and small-leaved pink rhododendron (shaped like a wild herb);
The cuckoos here are large! There are more than 28,000 mu of rhododendrons in Ningbian Village, plus the contiguous distribution of Zhaoyang District Beizha Town Zhenmen Village, Yiliang County Maoping Village, Guizhou Weining County Grassland Village, the entire rhododendron sea area of more than 40,000 mu;
There are so many cuckoos here! Red like fire, white like snow, pink like Xia, purple like eggplant, azaleas of various colors are comparable to each other, forming a sea of colorful and swaying flowers, swaying in the mountain wind, jumping in the jungle, dotting among the mountains, dappled in the sun, swaying in the clouds, making people feel relaxed and happy.
The cuckoos here are "gentle"! Whether it is to enjoy the flowers and shoot flowers, or to pick flowers and eat flowers, everything is done with the convenience of tourists, everything comes from the nature of tourists, just so that tourists who come from afar can relax their hearts and be happy to be a "flower thief".
Therefore, experienced tourists will bring a bag when playing, by the way pick some rhododendrons to take home, do a delicious dish called fried azaleas or fried fungus flowers, the specific cooking method is to first remove the rhododendrons after washing, with boiling water, slowly cool and then put the azaleas into cold water to soak the filter poison for two or three days, replace the cold water two or three times a day, after the detoxification and preservation can be selected as needed to fry the material.
Play scene two: be a happy person in the row of 10,000 acres of alpine grassland
In ningbian village, in addition to 10,000 acres of rhododendron sea, there are also 10,000 acres of alpine grassland, rolling hills, endless horizons, herbs, wildflowers everywhere, cattle and sheep flocks, pastoral songs.
Fireweed, dandelion, mountain leek, wild garlic leaf... There are many wild vegetables on the pasture and everything you need.
Shooting on the pasture will make you more fun: slowly walking on the soft and elastic grass, picking unknown wildflowers to weave a flower basket, patting the cows and sheep flowing in the wilderness, listening to the moving mountain songs of the herders, sleeping on the grass, rolling, or setting up a tent on the grassland.
Of course, in addition to the sea of flowers, grasslands, and dense forests, Ningbian Village also has a sea of clouds, sunrise, sunset, starlight, bright moon, strange rocks, caves and other scenery, which will definitely make you look good.
Play scene three: Be a wind collector who indulges in the song and dance of Miaozhai Yizhai
Ningbian Village, Miaozhai and Yizhai are lined with strong ethnic customs and unique ethnic culture, most of which are villages with Chinese ethnic minority characteristics.
Surrounded by the "most dazzling ethnic style" in Ningbian Village, you from a foreign land will linger and be mesmerized: look at the colorful costumes made by the Miao and Yi compatriots; listen to the beautiful music of lusheng and yueqin, and the mountain songs and love songs that float in the dense forests of the mountains from time to time; dance a bamboo pole dance, a lusheng dance, a body dance; take a picture of the grand scene of people dancing around the bonfire; drink Miao family sheep's horn wine and Yi family horn wine in the enthusiastic toast song...
In 1995, Zhu Rongji, then vice premier of the State Council, inspected Ningbian Village and learned that the local villager Yang Changcai's family could only eat potatoes three times a day to fill their hunger. Today, The village of Ningbian is no longer what it used to be, and the people of Yongbian who know how to be grateful and enterprising will enter the main road of the streets of Ningbian Village and name it "Rongze Road" to remember the grace of Zhu Rongji's old man.
Therefore, it is also a pleasure to go to Ningbian Village to collect wind, watch the great changes in the local area, listen to the stories of poverty alleviation, eat and burn potatoes, find the local atmosphere, and explore folk culture.
Playstage Four: Be a big foodie who dances his taste buds in a variety of special snacks
When tourists go to Ningbian Village to play and collect wind, they must pass through Xiaolongdong Hui and Yi Township Market Town, and do not forget to take a stroll around the market town to explore Hui culture and Islamic customs.
There are many specialties here, such as fungus flowers, wild bamboo shoots, mulberries, fireweed, bayberry, strawberries, native chicken, fresh beef, dried beef... Everything you need, all at a good price.
There are many snacks here, including various flavors of cold powder such as bud valley cold powder, pea cold powder, buckwheat cold powder, glutinous rice soup, oat rice dumplings (locally called fire wedges), corn soup and other flavors of rice dumplings; as well as hand-rubbed soba noodle soup, roasted whole lamb, silk nest sugar, roasted Zhaotong beef skewers and other unique snacks, let you dance your taste buds and feast.
Tips:
Tourists from Kunming and other places drive along the Yukun Expressway to Zhaotong North Toll Station, drive 7 kilometers east along the Fire Road to Xiaolongdong Township Market Town, climb the mountain for 6 kilometers to the east to reach the street of Ningbian Village, and then drive 7 kilometers to ningbian Village Dayan Cave Scenic Area to enjoy the 10,000 acres of rhododendron sea and 10,000 acres of alpine grassland, suitable for self-driving travel, pay attention to cold and rain.
Source: Red Tashi