Lianyungang Guo Hua's latest travel guide (with tickets and traffic route description)

Guo Hua in Lianyungang is a famous scenic spot, and many friends feel inexplicable impulse and excitement. Journey to the West, Guo Hua and water curtain cave are the most unforgettable memories of everyone's childhood. For this place, I want to share a detailed travel guide with you.

On the first day, the location of Guo Hua Scenic Area:

Guo Hua, located in the middle of Nanyun Mountain in Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province, is a national key scenic spot, national AAAAA tourist area and national geological park.

It is said that it has been chosen as one of the 50 places that foreigners want to visit most in China. This time, there are friends from Pakistan. Sure enough, Guo Hua is very attractive to both Chinese and foreign tourists.

Opening hours:

Off-season: 65438+February 1 to February 28th every year;

Peak season: March 1 to June165438+1October 30th every year.

Lianyungang Guo Huashan opening hours:

Peak season: 7:00- 16:30, low season: 8:00- 16:00.

Attractions preferential provisions:

Lianyungang Huaguoshan ticket season 90 yuan off-season 50 yuan

The specific provisions are as follows:

Children under 65438 +0.6 years old, elderly under 65438 +0.4 meters tall, 70 years old and above, servicemen and disabled people are admitted free of charge with valid identity documents.

2. Other minors, undergraduates, elderly people aged 60-70, and low-income residents enjoy half-price concessions with valid certificates.

3. The religious staff in the scenic spot and the places for religious activities in the scenic spot belong to the same religion, and they can enter the scenic spot for religious activities free of charge with valid certificates.

4. News media employees are free of tickets.

The first sunrise after arrival

As a professional photographer, after sharing the introduction of these scenic spots everywhere on Baidu.

I want to put more energy into my own shooting experience and play experience, and the photography tips in the middle may bring you more help.

Huaguoshan is famous for its classic The Journey to the West, which is famous both at home and abroad.

Thousands of years of ancient buildings, ancient ruins and ancient stone carvings, the footprints of literati in past dynasties are all over the mountain. Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing built temples and towers here successively.

Introduction to Guo Huashan at the beginning of the year:

"There is a piece of land overseas called Ole. At the seaside, there is a famous mountain called Guohua Mountain. This mountain is the ancestor of ten continents and the origin and development of the three islands. It was established after HarmonyOS System was sentenced. What a nice mountain! "

The tour guide said that among the many scenic spots in China that claim to be Guo Hua, only Lianyungang is the most suitable geographical description in The Journey to the West. Because the Yellow River changed its course many times, the Huaguoshan area was flooded before, and the terrain was once surrounded by the sea until it became today's hills.

To say that Guo Hua is probably the best natural landscape for shooting the sunrise in northern Jiangsu. Because there is the highest Yunv Mountain in northern Jiangsu, and it is only 10 km away from the eastern part of the Yellow Sea, and it takes about 30-40 minutes by car. If we are lucky, advection fog will be very thick in the morning, which is why the Yunv Mountain in Guo Hua can capture a spectacular sunrise even though it is only 624 meters above sea level.

My Pakistani partner "Anan" and other bloggers climbed to the top of the mountain early and enjoyed the first morning.

You can choose to walk from the hotel or drive by yourself. Since there is a shuttle bus on the mountain around 6: 30 in the morning, I have to go by myself if I want to watch the sunrise.

Photographic equipment and outdoor equipment

I introduced myself belatedly, graduated from China Academy of Fine Arts and worked as a photographer for four years.

Usually, video shooting is the mainstay, and every composition, tone and detail of the work are strictly self-disciplined. I always forget the amount of material when I shoot. When I came back, I found that I had taken thousands of photos. I chose hundreds of photos that I could see and put them in my travel notes.

This time, photography is the main thing, so I put down the stabilizer that is necessary at ordinary times.

This component is mainly equipped with:

Camera: Sony a7m3

Lens: FE 16-35f4, FE24-70f2.8, FE70-200f4.

Drone: DJImavic2pro

Outdoor products are:

France Solomon jogging shoes, sunscreen sleeves

Swiss MAMMUT sports backpack and sunglasses

Traveling light is an essential part of outdoor preparation for eating, drinking and having fun. hold

1. Take bus B 1 1 from the passenger station and get off at the scenic spot.

2. Take bus No.8, 19, 22 and 23 from Lianyungang Railway Station/Bus Terminal.

Get off at Hualian Plaza-transfer to bus 1 and get off at the scenic spot.

There are many shuttle buses in the scenic spot, and taxis are not allowed to enter the scenic spot.

If you take a taxi from Lianyungang Station, the price of the meter is around 30 yuan, and you can reach the gate of the scenic spot.

At the same time, I can also drive to Guo Hua Scenic Area by myself. Take a taxi from the railway station to the scenic spot and take a friend's car to visit the mountains. Say hello to the hotel in advance, report to the scenic service center and you can drive yourself.

However, I would like to remind you that there are many buses on mountain roads and the roads are narrow. Pay attention to safety during the meeting. Try to take the scenic shuttle bus and walk more.

The photo of this family is like a screenshot of a Hirokazu Koreeda movie. Guo Hua is a tourist attraction for all ages.

Sheng Da's hometown

There are no restrictions on traveling in Guohua Mountain Scenic Area, and you can stay in hotels in the scenic area at night. You need to book accommodation online in advance, because in the summer and autumn tourist season, the accommodation resources in mountainous areas are almost full. You can contact the innkeeper yourself after booking. The innkeeper will be responsible for sending your luggage and people to the hotel from the pick-up point in the scenic spot.

The farther up the mountain, the more difficult it is to build hardware facilities. Our homestay is located halfway up the mountain, close to the top of the mountain and surrounding attractions. However, the configuration of the standard room is still good, not even losing the hotel level of Lianyungang.

Sanyuangong complex

Sanyuan Palace should be the largest building complex in Guo Hua Scenic Area. It is reported that it originated in the Tang Dynasty, was rebuilt in the Song Dynasty, was given and expanded in the Ming Dynasty, and has 20,000 fragrant houses, which were renovated many times in the Qing Dynasty. It has a long history. After being burned by the Japanese army in modern times, it was "broken" during the Cultural Revolution. Later, the building was repaired and rebuilt.

Aerial photography overlooks the entire Sanyuan Palace, and the palaces and temples are hidden in the forest. The whole structure is trapezoidal, covering the mountainside. For the shooting of buildings and historic sites, aerial photography can best reflect its overall momentum, and it can take a panoramic view from the front. Because most buildings in China are symmetrically arranged, it is essential to photograph the overall pattern from top to bottom.

How to take portraits in crowded scenic spots?

Let me teach you some good shooting skills:

1. First, you need to prepare a portable tripod.

2, telephoto lens or "big light", wide-angle lens

3. If you have an nd filter, you'd better wear it, and it is better to reduce grey mirror. Cpl can be determined according to the specific environment.

4. Beautiful models

First of all, I walked around the scenic spot. Photographers/boyfriends must first understand the environment, otherwise it is not good to find a girl to accompany you on a hot day. Then, you can first find some fixed environmental background, such as the main entrance, steps, incense burners and so on.

Big environment shooting:

1. After finding the punching position, set up a tripod. Wide-angle lenses make models more slender and earn more scenic spots.

2. Use the smallest aperture possible to create a shallow depth of field effect.

3. Try to lower the shutter to 1/5 seconds.

4. At the same time, as long as the model remains absolutely still for one or two seconds, it will not be out of focus. Hikers can also create different virtual effects.

As long as you try a few more times to ensure that the focus of the model is true, basically there will be no problem. This step requires repeated confirmation and patience. Because there is no nd grey mirror, the shutter speed can't be reduced, the crowd flow effect and screen glare can't be controlled to the best, but it can be used for your reference.

After the wide-angle punching, you can choose a temple with few people, take out the "big wide-angle setting" or telephoto lens, and take a close-up of your sister. At this time, the shooting requirements are just the opposite of wide-angle punching:

1. Make the aperture blur as large as possible.

2, don't be too horizontal and vertical composition.

3. It is best to use telephoto space compression to avoid other tourists.

The architectural style of Sanyuan Palace is still very historical.

There will be shops selling fruits and drinks at the entrance to the palace.

The farm dishes in Guo Hua Scenic Area are in season, and it is not just wild vegetables that are in season. Because there are all kinds of seafood seaweed, you can book it in advance, or you can ask the store to prepare roast whole sheep, badger meat, local pigs and other game.

Different from other mountain farmhouses, there are all kinds of shrimps, crabs and oysters here.

The next day cherry tree pavilion

The morning is divided equally, listening to the silence of the morning, feeling that people are in heaven;

You didn't know you were on the edge of the sun until you saw the beginning of this round.

Two composite photos, one of which was taken alone in Guo Hua, and the cherry blossom pavilion.

Blue autumn, full moon

At 4: 30 in the morning, I woke up my roommate, Nan, and took a bus with my friends to Yunv Mountain to meet the sunrise the next day. However, I was pleasantly surprised to find that the full moon was still there that night, and the blues lens was very clear because of dawn.

Yingting Pavilion is located at the foot of Jade Girl Mountain. Although it rained the night before, there was no sea of clouds in the morning, but the fog was a little heavier than usual. Fortunately, there are some sunrises.

Tell you a secret:

Flying UAV, when shooting the sunrise and sunset with high light ratio or the night view of the city, I am used to using the peripheral exposure mode of UAV, and continuous shooting takes three photos of EV-3, 0 and 3 respectively. Later, synthesize HDR or panoramic HDR in Photoshop's cameraraw, and then do the next color matching.

Yunv Mountain

Yunv Mountain in Guo Hua is 624.4 meters above sea level, which is the highest peak in Jiangsu Province.

"The twin peaks stand upright, and the thing' Jade Girl' is the main peak of Yuntai."

-Journey to the West

There is a statue of a jade girl on the top of the mountain, which is a heavenly palace figure described in the addendum to Yuntai. She was once a descendant of love. In Wu Cheng'en's novels, he wrote "Lotus Jade Maid Shampoo Basin" in Guo Hua for the thirtieth time.

In the easternmost part of the sunrise, you can vaguely see the light and shadow reflected by the sun on the sea.

Take a telephoto shot of Lianyungang in the distance at the top of Yunv Mountain. Like a dreamland, like mondriaan's works of art, there is only one side.

When you meet Guo Huashan, you can enjoy the Journey to the West.

In the morning, the theme activities held in Huaguoshan Scenic Area began with wonderful performances.

macaque

According to my hometown, the old monkey we met this morning was the former monkey king.

I still patrol the mountains at sunrise in the morning.

Today, Guo Huashan's monkeys are still in the wild, foraging and breeding alone.

What's more, there is a sound monkey kingdom here. If you look closely, you can see the hierarchy, family relationships and even social connections in the complex animal world.

There are many little monkeys in the mountains, which really form a kingdom. However, we need to be careful that these monkeys are very wild. When feeding, they will compete with tourists for food and even bite people.

Although monkeys are smart, they are still in danger of eating wrapping paper by mistake, so please put away the wrapping paper when feeding, and it is best not to contact adult monkeys directly.

Guo Hua Yuhuangge

The tallest temple building in Sanyuan Palace complex. Like the front hall, the main hall and the reunion palace, they are all built on the mountain and above the meridian.

From here, you can see the panoramic view of Guo Hua, but the exhibition hall is locked and you can't go in. Most buses come and go here, or you can sit here and walk down the hill. There are big temples, water curtain cave, Zhao Haiting and other scenic spots at the foot of the mountain.

Damiao

On the left is the Great Temple, and on the right is water curtain cave.

The big temple in the scenic spot will be built next to water curtain cave, which is convenient for tourists to find. The normal tour route will pass the temple first, and then you can see water curtain cave.

Huaguoshan water curtain cave

A Bai Hong, looking for a thousand miles;

This waterfall is famous. It looks like a curtain.

Water curtain cave may be more magnificent for macaques. This is a leap to test their courage. But for human tourists, I can only say that I hope everyone will avoid trampling and queue up for traffic. Without the second gray mirror, my slow door solution will not work. I need to come early if I want to enjoy it alone.

Holy Buddha

There are many strange stones in the scenic area, some like wolves, tigers and leopards, and some like immortal figures. As long as you find it with your heart, there will be surprises.

stone carving

Guo Huashan drifting in Lianyungang is1060m long, 5m wide and 230m low. The slide is a single slide, and there are more than a dozen slides with an inclination of 30-65 degrees on the way, as well as a buffer pool. After cleaning up the original ravine in Guohua Mountain, the cement slideway built here is both safe and exciting.

Dover tower

The Dover Pagoda was built in the Ming Dynasty, and it collapsed soon after it was built.

It was not until 1980s that the original platform of tower foundation was restored. After excavating the stone chamber in the center of the tower, it was found that there were gold-plated bronze statues and a large number of ancient coins.

The present tower is modeled after the Southern Tang Dynasty and rebuilt in 1995.

According to the online introduction, this tower is a solid stone carving, with a height of 12.77 meters, nine floors and eight sides.

There are 64 stone Buddha statues around the tower, which are exquisite and lifelike.

Yuwangta

There stands a thousand-year-old pagoda on the Great Lake.

"Backed by a thousand layers, facing the blue waves, the tower is graceful, the reflection is vivid, and the lakes and mountains are beautiful."

This is the Ashoka Tower in Christina Temple, which is located on the side outside the main entrance of Huaguoshan Scenic Area. Free visit. This is a resting place for worshippers who come to Sanyuan Palace, and Ashoka Pagoda is also the tallest and oldest existing stupa in northern Jiangsu.

According to the inscription embedded in the inner wall of the tower when it was built, the original tower here was called the second tower in the Tang Dynasty. However, now the pagoda has been blocked and tourists can't enter. According to the tour guide, the pagoda underground palace has only developed one floor at present, and a large number of gold-plated Buddha objects have been excavated, and the rest are for protection and development.

In front of the pagoda is Lake Sheng Da. During aerial photography, I was pleasantly surprised to find several white cranes on the exposed rocks in the lake. On closer inspection, it turned out to be a sculpture for people to watch. It's really vivid.

When the sun sets, my trip will be over, and I will drive directly to the return train.

Return train

There are few high-speed trains to Lianyungang station. I need to take a train from Hangzhou and transfer from Xuzhou. If you are optimistic about the number of trains in advance, you can take the train (about 2 hours) to Xuzhou Station, and then transfer from Xuzhou Station to high-speed trains to various cities.

From Shanghai and other cities, you can also choose to fly.

A good night's sleep, shameless, carefree.