Countless smokey trees - "Three Waters Crossing" and Cotin Appreciation in Fangshan, Beijing, a road-shaking journey

The 2020 Everest has been put on the market for pre-sale. No matter how you evaluate the 2020 model, as an old car owner of the 2016 model who loves taking pictures, driving and living, I have been driving the Everest for the past three years. I have been to many places, but I still have a soft spot for this car. I am still willing to use my holidays of varying lengths to drive around. There is a famous "Sanshui Village" in Fangshan, Beijing: Lailishui, Sanliushui and Changliushui, all in the mountains of Zhoukoudian (the same Zhoukoudian where the Beijing ape-man ruins are located). The scenery is beautiful, and there is also a Sanshui Crossing hiking trail. Want to take a look. Pofengling near Zhoukoudian is also famous for its cotinus, where you can "appreciate purple smoke in summer and red leaves in autumn." Cotinus cogitata also has a very poetic name - smoke tree. It is now in bloom, and the flower stalks are pink and feathery. From a distance, they look like thousands of strands of yarn winding through the forest, hazy and like smoke. Fog... On the May 4th Youth Day, I checked several weather forecasts such as Moji and Sunny Clock, and judged the weather in the Koudian area next week. Rain was forecast. I thought there might be a sea of ??clouds after the rain, so I braved the light rain early in the morning. Set off. I previously wrote a post about the autumn of Pofengling: The overturned dye vat in the Heavenly Palace - the red leaves of Fangshan Peak Ridge in Beijing in autumn/bbs/thread/182a5f86f5a2b0e1/67982928-1.html If you are interested, you can open it and take a look.

It's misty and rainy - I'm lucky, I won the bet, there is a sea of ??clouds today

Under the cotinus tree

Walking in the mountains

One of the important reasons why I chose to come here is that I like the winding mountain roads here

This is the smoke tree - Cotinus cotinus

The sea of ??clouds in the distance makes me feel happy

Find a place to fly the plane

The following is surrounded by clouds and fog from various angles

Under the clouds and fog

This time the plane flew above the clouds

We arrived early in the morning, it was rainy again, and it was still dark under the big trees

Long raindrops - drizzle followed all the way

涶Lishui Village

The landform here is a bit karst, and the characteristics of Shidu are more obvious

Introduction to the crossing trail

Sanshui Village has said interesting things in different mountains . Later I went to Hulupeng Village and saw that Sanhe Village on the north side of the map was pretty good, and the actual distance on the map was not that far

So I did some navigation and exaggeratedly said that driving requires a 359-degree detour, [sweat][sweat] [Khan]

Continue walking on the beautiful mountain road

Post some photos of cotinus

The leaves are deciduous all year round. The stems are soft, hairless and smell of resin. The leaves are stalked, with round or zigzag tops. The flowers are small, cream-colored, densely clustered, with a diameter of 20CM. Each cluster has many flower branches, does not bear fruit, and finally grows hairy, purple, long, when viewed from a distance, due to the The coincidence of the matching of branches and leaves seems to be smoky, most obvious in spring and summer. The fruits are shiny, brown and kidney-shaped.

"The sun shines on the incense burner and produces purple smoke"

This season it is all over the mountains

Now the villages in the mountains are also very beautiful, and peonies and peonies are planted on the roadside. , roses, etc.

Cheer yourself

Driving on such a mountain road is indeed beautiful!

Actually, I originally came to Pofengling on this trip, but due to the light rain, it was inconvenient to climb the mountain. Later, I did not enter the scenic spot, so I walked around the nearby Sanshui Village and took the photos Smoke trees also grow on nearby roadsides and mountains. The cotinus in the Pofengling Scenic Area is relatively concentrated. From April to May every year, the flowers bloom and cover the entire hillside. From a distance, it looks like thousands of strands of yarn winding through the forest, like smoke and mist. . . If you want to see it, go as early as possible while avoiding holidays!