Weining Caohai Attractions

Weining

Weining, a beautiful mountain city blooming on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, wandering in the embrace of the rolling mountains, is as picturesque as a poem. The sea of ??grass, the lake on the mountain, and the pearl on the plateau shine with mysterious light and exude the color of legend. They are tightly embedded in the hearts and dreams of every Weining person. Caohai and Weining are inseparable and treat each other with sincerity. Caohai embraces everything brought about by the changes of seasons and life with her wise mind, and appears in Weining, an ancient land full of vitality, with her heroic generosity. Weining people repaid Caohai with their noble qualities of diligence and bravery, and at the same time gave Caohai a soul.

Caohai became associated with the people of Weining from then on. The full name of the administrative division of Weining is Weining Yi, Hui and Miao Autonomous County. It is located in the magnificent Wumeng Mountains in western Guizhou. It is the transportation chokepoint of the three provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan! The county has a total area of ??approximately 6,295 square kilometers and is the largest county in Guizhou Province. The county seat is 2,200 meters above sea level, and the highest altitude of the county seat is 2,897 meters. It is called the roof of Guizhou by geographers.

Nearly one million people of all ethnic groups in Weining live here. According to statistics in 2004, the population of our county has reached 1.118 million, which can be regarded as the most populous county in the country. Among them, the minority population accounts for 25.44% of the total population. Through accurate satellite images, the precise longitude and latitude of the street garden can be measured as 104.15 15 and 26.52 51. The development of tourism resources in Weining County can be divided into six tourism functional areas. First, the central tourist area. The central tourist area includes the Caohai Lake wetland waters and its surrounding areas. This area is not only Weining County’s characteristic tourism resource area integrating plateau lake and wetland landscapes, migratory bird habitats, historical and cultural relics, and multi-ethnic settlement customs, it is also the location of Weining County’s political, economic, and cultural center. It has the functions of county tourism service reception center (county) and plateau wetland eco-tourism, scientific investigation, historical and cultural experience, etc.

1. County tourist center area: main attractions (areas): Caohai Town and/or the proposed new urban area.

Fengshan Temple, Huangyu Pavilion, Wanshou Palace (Jiangxi Guild Hall), Zhu Yongquan, etc.

2. The main attractions (areas) of the Caohai Wetland Lake ecotourism sub-area: Caohai Wetland waters and coastal villages. Yangshan, Liujiaxiang (Liukongqiao Ancient Post Road), Fenjiwan and other villages.

3. Yangwanqiao Reservoir, the main attractions (areas) of the Huguangshan Hui ethnic customs zone: Yangwanqiao Reservoir and surrounding villages; Yangwanqiao Mosque, etc.

2. Eastern tourist area (key tourist area) This area is close to the central tourist area and National Highway 326. The main attractions are located in Yancang and Bandi Township. The magnificent karst landscape, large-scale natural pasture scenery and rich traditional Yi customs on the plateau hills are the main features of its tourism resources. This area is an ideal tourist destination for experiencing the customs of the Yi people and developing grassland eco-tourism. Main attractions (areas): Located in Yancang and Bandi Township, the white lawn natural grassland covers an area of ??hundreds of thousands of acres; Liangshuigou livestock breeding base (Boer goat, American cattle and sheep, Kelidai) and hilly artificial grassland; Yao Station Natural Forest Rhododendron Nature Reserve, Yanchang Yi Xiangtian Tomb, Bandi Yi Village, etc.

3. Southeast Tourist Area This area is located in the Jinzhong Town area. The Shuicheng-Weining County Highway passes through the area, and the transportation is convenient. The tourism resources in this area are mainly hilly forests, reservoirs (pools) and waterfalls. Main attractions: Maoshan Reservoir in Jinzhong Town and its surrounding forest farms, Diaoshui Cliffs, etc. Four. Northern tourist area (key tourist area) This area is located in Xueshan Town and Longjie Township.

The northern part of Caohai is a karst hilly and rainy area with high forest coverage. It is one of the animal husbandry and fruit production bases in Weining County. There are lush forests, mist-shrouded artificial grasslands, thousands of acres of buckwheat planting areas with fragrant flowers and fruits, apple orchards, and Miao villages with rich ethnic customs. The access conditions are good. It is another important tourist area that Weining County has recently focused on building. Main attractions: Zhuopu

Tourist resources are characterized by the history, culture and religious Miao customs. Among them, the Shimenkan site, which has an impact on the modern development history of the Miao people in Guizhou Province and even southwest China, is the most attractive. Geographical location and main attractions: Zhongshui Han Group, Shimenkan ruins, former residences of Bogli and Gao Zhihua, Miao villages with many religious believers, etc. Intransitive verb Southwest tourist areas include Heishi Town, Mazha Township, Jindou Township, etc. National Highway 326 passes through this area. This area is a traditional planting area for cool crops such as orchids, potatoes, buckwheat, and rapeseed flowers in Weining County. Madan Mountain is also an important geographical interface with a warm and cool climate. There are favorable conditions for building a plateau agricultural tourist area.

The Kedu River Ancient Station at the junction of Jindou Township and Liuyang Township, Xuanwei County, Yunnan Province, is an important station in the history of Yunnan and has great potential for developing historical and cultural tourism resources. Geographical location and main attractions: Mazar, Heishi, Mabai Mountain Plateau Ecological Agricultural Tourism Area, and Kedu River Ancient Station. Weicaohai is located in Weining County, Guizhou Province, west of Weining. Area is 4600 hectares. Altitude 2172 ~ 2234 meters. Speaking of Caohai, you may be surprised. Why is there a sea on the plateau? It turns out that this was influenced by the Mongols, who called this lake Haizi. Caohai is named after its lush aquatic plants and abundant aquatic plants. The lake water here is as clear as a mirror, and you can clearly see the swaying of every aquatic plant underwater.

This is an aquatic botanical garden. There are more than 90 genera and species of phytoplankton, including green algae, diatoms, cyanobacteria, cryptophytes and zooxanthellae. There are 37 species of higher aquatic plants. The weeping pot grass spreads a soft green velvet blanket on the bottom of the lake, and the cauliflower blooms with small white flowers. The leaf rust fungus looks up to the blue sky from the middle of the water, and the shepherd's purse blooms with yellow flowers, forming a transparent underwater garden and green space in the lake. More than a hundred years ago, there was no sea here, just a beautiful grassland. A cave stream flows through the grass and suddenly disappears into a funnel-shaped water hole and dives underground. During the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty, flash floods broke out. The rolling flash floods were mixed with a lot of mud and rocks, which blocked the tiankeng. As a result, a lot of water accumulated here, and it accumulated larger and wider, forming this lake.

Caohai covers an area of ??27.5 square kilometers, and a nature reserve is designated as the center. The core area, which is mainly composed of water surfaces and swamps, is 40 square kilometers, and the rain slope area surrounding the sea is 45 square kilometers. Caohai is indeed a pearl on the plateau, with unique scenery, clear water, green mountains and fields, and light clouds. Arriving at Spring Caohai, I felt like I was late. It is not until February or March that last year's hay turns green and struggles to sprout new shoots, which reminds people of the poem "Spring City has no flowers in February". In the short summer, the mountain flowers are in full bloom, and clusters of red azaleas bloom all over the mountains and fields, making the scenery particularly charming. The sea of ????grass in July is not hot, and the weather is like a baby's face. It changes when you say it. In the cloudless sky, a dark cloud suddenly came and turned into a downpour in an instant.

It feels refreshing and comfortable after a sunny day, like taking a bath. Sitting on the boat, sometimes swimming in the rain, sometimes sunbathing. The clothes that were just wet dried quickly in the sun, and the clothes that were just dry were suddenly soaked by the rain. The boat shuttled in the lake, and waves of fishing songs floated in. As if we were visiting a painting, a light ink landscape painting appeared in front of us. In autumn, the blooming arborescens grows into a bed, floating like a light crimson cloud over the wilderness, giving it a hazy beauty. The slender and tender red buckwheat stems sway with the wind but are not broken by strong winds, showing the strength and exuberance of life on the plateau.

After winter, many other cold places become birdless. However, Weining Caohai, known as the alpine area of ??Guizhou, is a place where migratory birds spend the winter and is the best season for bird watching. . Some people say that Caohai is the world of grass, the kingdom of fish, and the paradise of birds. This makes sense. Speaking of the birds in Caohai, it is difficult to see them elsewhere. On birds

According to statistics, there are 44 species of winter migratory birds, 2 species of summer migratory birds, 55 species of resident birds and 10 species of traveling birds in Caohai. In 1981, China and Japan signed an agreement on the protection of migratory birds, and 40 species of birds in Caohai received special protection. There are 15 species of cranes in the world today, 9 of which are in China and 3 in Caohai. They are black-necked crane, bald crane and gray crane. Other protected birds include egrets, golden ducks, ribbed ducks, ducklings, red-headed pochards, white-tailed harriers, etc. There are tens of thousands of geese and ducks in the waters and swamps, and some new species have been discovered in Caohai. The black-necked crane is an extremely rare bird species in the world. There are only more than 500 species of birds in Asia, and they are known as the pride of the plateau.

The black-necked crane has a special mark. Both sexes are the same color, except for a dark red spot on the top of the head, one-third of the neck is black, and a gray-white patch behind the eye. Wings and other feathers remain white. This bird lives on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and is adapted to the cold climate. But every year in late October, they gather in groups, forming a character or a character, and fly unswervingly to Caohai to spend the winter. It wasn't until they returned to Earth the next spring that they flew back to their old place. Caohai is the permanent villa of the black-necked crane. They are not far away. What is the reason? This is because Caohai is very tempting to it.

This temptation comes from this plateau wetland and from the large number of aquatic plants and aquatic animals on the sea of ????grass. The water quality here is good, the light transmittance is strong, and the silt layer at the bottom is thick. There are not only abundant aquatic plants here, but also a variety of plankton, benthic organisms, fish and shrimps.

There are more than 100 species of plankton here, including 52 species of benthic organisms, 17 species of mosquitoes, 9 species of fish and 19 species of amphibians. These are the foods that black-necked cranes need to survive the winter. Therefore, when the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is covered with ice for thousands of miles, they instinctively fly to the sea of ??grass to look for food, always fascinated by this beautiful plateau pearl. Caohai is located in Weining County. Although it is named the sea, it is actually a typical karst plateau wetland ecosystem. It is the largest natural freshwater lake in Guizhou Province, with a total area of ??120 square kilometers and aquatic plant coverage of 80%, hence the name Caohai. From the geological structure point of view, its origin is the formation of karst weir.

There is a small island on the south shore of the lake, only 200 meters wide at its narrowest point, connected to the land. The basin area of ??Caohai Lake is 45 square kilometers, the lake bottom is 2,171 meters above sea level, the average water depth is 2 meters, and the corresponding water area is 20 square kilometers. Since Caohai was approved as a national nature reserve in 1992, relevant departments have strengthened the protection of the ecological environment of Caohai. The number of birds has increased year by year, making it a bird paradise and an important research base for international ornithology. The current population has increased from 110 species in 1985 to 208 species, and the number of birds has increased from more than 50,000 in the past to more than 100,000. Among them, 7 species of birds are under first-level national protection, including black-necked crane, bald crane, white stork, and black stork. There are more than 20 species of birds that are classified as national second-level protected birds, such as gray cranes and white spoonbills. Compared with other tourist attractions, Caohai is quietly waiting on the Central Guizhou Plateau with its quiet, profound, indifferent and gentle style. When tourists come here, they are impressed by her beauty and charm.

In the boatman’s description, I saw a sea of ??grass in late spring, surrounded by colorful azaleas. In midsummer, this is the coolest place. If you come to Caohai in autumn, the water plants in the lake will bloom yellow flowers, red flowers, and white flowers. Rowing in the lake, the fragrance of flowers is floating in the air, and people will be intoxicated by the rippling blue water and flowers. in the ocean. In winter, Caohai is a paradise for birds. Black-necked cranes, gray cranes, red-crowned cranes, golden pheasants, black-winged sandpipers, and grass herons fly back here to spend the winter, as well as a large number of wild geese and wild ducks. This time is the best season for bird watching. Caohai is also a paradise for botanists, bird experts and photographers. Here, they explore in their own way

But in recent years, with the increasing number of tourists, the domestic water of surrounding residents has flowed into the lake, causing a large amount of duckweed pollution in Caohai Lake, which has caused concern from relevant departments. Attention, residents around the lake area are undergoing management and planning relocation. May Caohai eradicate pollution as soon as possible and truly become a paradise for birds.

Caohai travel tips: 1. Caohai in Weining has a high altitude and relatively low temperature. It is best to bring a jacket when visiting Caohai in July and August, the hottest months.

2. The easier journey from Guiyang, the provincial capital, to Caohai is to take the train from Guiyang to Liupanshui at 9:30 in the morning (the ticket is about 35 yuan), and get off at Shuicheng around 1:30. After lunch, take a bus from Shuicheng Bus Station to Weining Bus Station (one bus per hour, ticket is about 30 yuan), and arrive at Weining County at 4 p.m.

3. There are many guest houses and hotels in Weining County, which are economical and affordable. There are also hotels with better conditions, with standard rooms priced at 120 yuan/day.

4. The scenic spot is only ten minutes away from the county seat, and there are no tickets. Tour boats are brought into the scenic spot by boatmen, and the price per boat is about 120 yuan. 5. Weining is rich in potatoes (potatoes), which are excellent raw materials for potato snack foods. The favorite among tourists is the local buckwheat cake, which is rich in nutrients, crispy and delicious. It is said to be more than 600 years old. It was once a birthday gift given by Mrs. She to Zhu Yuanzhang. You can buy some gifts for home and give them to relatives and friends. 6. Due to various reasons such as vegetation protection, the tourism development in Caohai, Weining, is slow and related tourism facilities are imperfect. In fact, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages for Caohai. Therefore, when tourists come here, the tourism conditions may be relatively poor, but what you will appreciate is the authentic Caohai. Xueshan Lake Xueshan Lake is a small natural lake in Weining, more than 40 kilometers away from the county seat. She is located in the snowy mountain town of Wumeng Mountain with an altitude of more than 2,500 meters.

Last spring, I went to Longjie Town on a business trip and passed by this beautiful snow-capped mountain lake and experienced its beauty. I still miss that place. That day, our car was driving on the road at the foot of the snow-capped mountains. There are green spring wheat on both sides of the road, and from time to time a large green carpet-like grassland appears, which is refreshing at first glance. After turning a mountain bend and spiraling up the winding road, mountain flowers, including azaleas and camellias, are now displayed in front of you. The most luxuriant ones are the rhododendrons, with bright red, pink and white colors competing for beauty.

At this moment, I feel like I am in a sea of ??flowers, with a gentle mountain breeze and a pleasant fragrance. Looking forward, people feel that the snow-capped mountains are becoming more and more beautiful. Pine trees, cypress trees, lush foliage, overlapping branches, leaking sunlight. As the car drove through the forest, only the humming sound was heard, adding to the tranquility of the dense forest. The pheasants in the forest were dragging their beautiful tails and jumping on the branches. The hares were looking at the roadside with sensitive eyes. The pheasants were cooing above our heads, as if they were welcoming us. Just as I was intoxicated by the leisurely nature of these pheasants and rabbits, a pheasant appeared in front of me. Shanzhongya is a dam built by people for Xueshan Lake. Below the dam is a small hydropower station with a unique architecture and a water gate.

This lake provides the people of Xueshan Town with domestic water. Standing on the dam and looking down, the lake water is as clear as silver and as clear as the bottom. The white clouds in the sky and the surrounding peaks are clearly reflected in the water, and the lake, mountains, sky and shadow are integrated into one. The only activity on this tranquil lake is the flocks of wild ducks. They fly freely on the lake, swim leisurely in the water, or play with each other. The cries of wild ducks broke the calmness of the lake. Standing on the grass beside the lake, you can see the endless blue water in front of you. The breeze blows, ripples ripple, and sparks fly. The source of the snow mountain is in the rock gap on the opposite side, walking along the lake. Three springs gush out from rock gaps about 100 meters away from the lake, and merge into a crystal clear stream that slowly flows into the lake. Small fish swim in groups in this shallow stream, sometimes floating on the surface and sometimes sinking to the bottom. The tranquility of the snow-capped mountains and the lake, the birds.

Two Yi women were chopping sesame seeds in a pit, chopping and chopping, when three white mice suddenly ran out. Two old men killed them, which was a terrible thing. Three springs gush out from the cracks in the rocks of the mine, flooding the ground deeper and deeper. The two old men ran halfway up the mountain. At this moment, the sky was covered with dark clouds, thunderstorms were coming, and it was pouring rain. They vaguely saw a small green dragon diving into the water in the rain and fog. From then on, there was Snow Mountain Lake. This story is still popular among the people. Now, the Snow Mountain people have made up a new song: Since coming to Xiaoqinglong, Mawo has become a natural lake, a natural lake. Since the establishment of plateau lakes, people in the snow mountains have been really happy, really happy. Every household has running water, and there are electric lights everywhere in Yi's home. Burning Grassland Burning Grassland is the name of an alpine grassland that floats on the Weining Plateau like a dream. This is an ancient plateau.

Many, many years ago, the nomadic Yi people moved eastward. When the light and strong horse hooves stepped on this plateau, the dream of today's pastoral was planted. In ancient times, the Yi people called this plateau Luhong. At this time, Pastoral was already immersed in the bitterness and sadness of this plateau, and began to be obsessed with another emotion different from the Qinghai Plateau. Weining people often introduce Zhuofu to you as if showing off a hidden beauty, embedding words such as New Zealand experts, New Zealand sheep breeding, and alpine livestock farms established by the Provincial Department of Agriculture into this dream. These words are not bright, but when you enter the plateau at an altitude of more than 2,700 meters and see towering corn forests, potato seedlings, tartary buckwheat with white flowers, and sweet buckwheat with pink flowers, you will understand. It is the last beautiful and tearful grassland in the pastoral songs of the plateau people. Starting from Weining County, more than 50 kilometers of mountain roads are not too far, but we seem to be heading towards a beautiful past history.

On both sides of the road, the agricultural scenes in the mountains have their own charm, especially the tartary buckwheat with white flowers like a man and the sweet buckwheat with pink flowers like a woman. They are all over the mountains, ditches, hillsides, and mountains. During the period, the golden rust of the land of Weining is shown. When we entered Zhuofu Grassland, the kindness from our roots overflowed, and the sky was as green and indulgent as the clouds in the sky. Before our jeep parked in the center of the prairie, we saw the grassland, the sheep in the lush grass, and the dreams born in our hearts. Most of us come from nomadic cultures and live off the land, which brings us great blessings, but it nourishes our souls with that ancient song that helplessly turns into a dream! When you When you set foot on Zhuofu, you step into the dreamland of that dream. The entire Zhuo Mansion is not very big, covering 10,000 acres, but it looks green and grassy, ??spreading far along the undulating hills and dotted with patches of woods, making it even more elegant and elegant.

The air on the grassland is moist, like drizzle, but so fresh and moist that it is beyond words. The grass on the ground was covered with crystal dewdrops. Some grass seemed to be blooming, and there was some purple light at the top of the grass. Step into the grass from the road, and the wet lips of the grass are kissing your feet.

You can't say anything as you walk step by step, but you are not trampling on her, but getting close to her, feeling her, and loving her. The dewdrops fall gently, without making a sound. The grass is very deep in some places. When people walk by, a grass ditch is opened, which looks like a girl combing her hair. A group of us walked to the back of a forest, where a shepherd named Hu lived. The sheepdog kept barking before we even saw the house.

The Hu family's house is low and dark. Except for a few shepherd dogs next to the house, it is not much different from ordinary mountain farmhouses. Some of these dogs lower their heads, showing their white teeth, and look at you sideways without saying a word; some open their mouths and shout "Xiexie"; some are bluffing and jumping around. Hu is an ordinary shepherd. A few years ago, with the support of the state, he founded today's family business, with more than 100 sheep, as well as some cattle and horses. He did not come to the grassland to dream like us, but to actually live.

His sheep pen is located in a clearing behind the house. When the sheep came back at night, they lay there tired. Once the sheepdogs are released, it's time for the sheep to settle into a quiet night. A group of us came to the grassy slope behind the house. The shepherd had already ordered the sheep to be driven away from the opposite hillside. A black spot, several black spots appeared on the curve of the hillside in the distance, and then a group of angelic sheep appeared in the field of vision, slowly grazing and walking towards this side. When going downhill, a sheep ran, and a group of sheep also ran, coming like a tide, bleating incessantly. I greeted them and knelt down to look at them. Seven or eight sheep stood a few meters away and looked at me, but more sheep were grazing, and the air was filled with the sound of chirping. I got up and walked forward. These sheep avoided me docilely, as gracefully as the daughters of a country girl. When I didn't move, they would simply lie on their knees on the ground, shaking their ears and heads, without thinking, neither leisurely nor worried.

When I turned, it was no longer the original road, it was still a dream-like road, without the sound of footsteps. Zhuofu! Burning! Southern Prairie Hundred Lawns Southern Prairie Hundred Lawns is named after its wide variety. It is located about 25 kilometers northeast of the county, with a total area of ??more than 400,000 acres. It is a low-latitude, high-altitude (2,700-meter) karst hilly mountain grassland. It is the largest natural grassland in the south and an important animal husbandry base in the southwest. It is large in scale, with undulating terrain and quiet wilderness. The sea of ??clouds is ever-changing. It is the venue for the largest Yi horse racing festival in northwest Guizhou, echoing the Pearl of the Plateau and Caohai. It is a unique agricultural, animal husbandry, tourism, leisure and summer resort in Guizhou Province. White Lawn is a vast, magical, undeveloped virgin land.