Weining, a beautiful mountain city blooming on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, is picturesque in the embrace of continuous mountains. The sea of grass, the lake of mountains and the pearls on the plateau are shining with mysterious light and legendary colors, which are tightly embedded in the hearts of everyone in Weining and haunt their dreams. Caohai and Weining are as close as lips and teeth and treat each other with sincerity. Caohai, with her wise mind, embraced everything brought by the changes of seasons and life, and with her heroic generosity, appeared in Weining, an ancient land full of vitality. Weining people repay Caohai with the noble quality of diligence and courage, and at the same time give Caohai a soul.
Caohai became attached to Weining people from then on. The full name of Weining administrative division is Weining Yi, Hui and Miao Autonomous County, which is located in the magnificent Wumeng Mountain in western Guizhou and is the traffic throat fortress of Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan provinces! The total area of the county is about 6295 square kilometers, which is the largest county in Guizhou Province. The county seat is 2200 meters above sea level, and the highest elevation of the county seat is 2897 meters, which is called the roof of Guizhou by geographers.
Nearly one million people from all ethnic groups in Weining live here. According to the statistics in 2004, the population of our county has reached 1 1 18000, which can be regarded as the most populous county in China. Among them, the minority population accounts for 25.44% of the total population. Through accurate satellite images, the precise latitude and longitude of the downtown garden can be measured as104.1515,26.5251. 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 Caohai Lake wetland waters and its surrounding areas. This area is not only a characteristic tourism resource area in Weining County, which integrates plateau lake wetland landscape, migratory bird habitat, historical and cultural relics and multi-ethnic customs, but also the political, economic and cultural center of Weining County. It has the functions of tourism service reception center (county) and plateau wetland eco-tourism, scientific investigation, historical and cultural experience and so on.
1. County tourist center area: main scenic spots (areas): Caohai Town and/or the proposed new urban area.
Fengshan Temple, Huang Yuting, Wanshou Palace (Jiangxi Guild Hall), Zhu Yongquan, etc.
2. The main scenic spots (areas) of Caohai wetland lake ecotourism zoning: Caohai wetland waters and coastal villages. Yangshan, Liu Jiaxiang (Liukongqiao Ancient Post Road), Bojiwan and other villages.
3. Yangwanqiao Reservoir, the main scenic spot (area) of Huguangshan Hui customs zoning: Yangwanqiao Reservoir and surrounding villages; Yangwanqiao mosque, etc.
Second, the eastern tourist area (key tourist area) This area is close to the central tourist area and National Highway 326. The main scenic spots are located in Yancang and Bandi Township. Magnificent karst landscape, large-scale natural pasture scenery and rich traditional customs of Yi nationality on plateau hills are the main characteristics of its tourism resources. This area is an ideal destination for experiencing Yi customs and developing grassland eco-tourism. Main attractions (areas): White lawn natural grassland with an area of several hundred thousand mu, located in Yanchang and Bandi Township; Liangshuigou animal husbandry and breeding base (Boer goat, American cattle and sheep, Kelidai) and hilly artificial grassland; Yaozhan Natural Forest Rhododendron Nature Reserve, Yanchang Yi People's Tian Xiang Tomb, and Yi people's villages on half a piece of land.
3. Southeast Tourist Area This area is located in Jinzhong Town, and the highway in Weining County, a water city, passes through the area with convenient transportation. 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 Cliff, 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 area 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, misty artificial grasslands, 10,000 mu of buckwheat planting areas, apple orchards and Miao villages with rich ethnic customs, and the access conditions are good. It is another important tourist area that Weining County has recently focused on. Main attractions: Zhuopu
Tourism resources are characterized by history, culture and religious Miao customs, among which Shimenkan site, which has an influence on the modern development history of Miao nationality in Guizhou province and even in southwest China, is the most attractive. Geographical location and main attractions: Zhongshui Han group, Shimenkan site, the former residences of Bogli and Gao Zhihua, Miao village with many religious believers, etc. The tourist areas in the southwest include Heishi Town, Mazha Township and Jindou Township. National Highway 326 runs through this area. This area is the traditional planting area of cool crops such as orchids, potatoes, buckwheat and rape flowers in Weining County. Mada Mountain is also an important geographical interface with warm and cool climate. There are favorable conditions for building a plateau agricultural sightseeing area.
Keduhe Ancient Post Station at the junction of Jindou Township and Liu Yang Township in xuanwei county, Yunnan Province, is an important post station in Yunnan history and has great potential to develop historical and cultural tourism resources. Geographical location and main attractions: Mazha, Blackstone, Mabaidashan Plateau Eco-agricultural Tourist Area, Keduhe Ancient Post Station. Wei Caohai, Weining County, Guizhou Province, west of Weining. It covers an area of 4600 hectares. 2 172 ~ 2234 meters above sea level. Speaking of Caohai, you may be surprised. Why is there a sea on the plateau? It turned out that this was influenced by the Mongols, who called this lake Haizi Lake. Caohai is named for its rich aquatic plants and abundant aquatic plants. The lake here is as clear as a mirror, and you can clearly see the shaking of every aquatic plant under the water.
This is an aquatic botanical garden. There are more than 90 genera and species of phytoplankton, including green algae, diatoms, cyanophyta, cryptophyta and xanthophyta. There are 37 species of higher aquatic plants. Sedum sarmentosum covers the bottom of the lake like a soft green velvet carpet, and cauliflower has small white flowers. Leaf rust fungus looks up at the blue sky from the middle of the water, shepherd's purse blooms yellow flowers, forming transparent underwater gardens and green spaces in the lake. More than a hundred years ago, there was no sea here, only a beautiful meadow. A cave stream passed through the grass, suddenly disappeared into a funnel-shaped water hole and dived into the ground. During the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty, mountain torrents broke out, and the rolling mountain torrents were mixed with many mud stones, which blocked the sinkhole, so a large amount of water accumulated here, which grew bigger and wider, forming the lake.
Caohai covers an area of 27.5 square kilometers, with this as the center, a nature reserve has been designated. The core area dominated by water surface and swamp is 40 square kilometers, and the rain slope area around the sea is 45 square kilometers. Caohai is indeed a pearl on the plateau, with unique scenery, clear water and light wind in Shan Ye. When I arrived at the sea of spring grass, I felt as if I was late. It was not until February and March that I saw last year's hay turn green, struggling to spit out new buds, reminding people of the poem that there was no flower in February in Spring City. In the short summer, mountain flowers are in full bloom, and clusters of red azaleas are blooming in Shan Ye, which makes the scenery particularly charming. The grass sea in July is not hot, and the weather is like a little doll's face. It changes when you say it. In the high cloudless sky, a dark cloud suddenly floated and suddenly turned into a downpour.
It's refreshing and comfortable after a sunny day, like taking a bath. Sitting on the boat, sometimes swimming in the rain, and sometimes sunbathing, the freshly wet clothes quickly dried in the sun, and the newly dried clothes suddenly caught in the rain. The boat shuttled through the lake, and a burst of fishing songs floated in, as if visiting a painting, and a faint ink landscape painting appeared in front of us. In autumn, blooming flowers grow into a bed, floating on the Yuan Ye like a crimson light cloud, with a hazy aesthetic feeling. The slender and smooth stems of red buckwheat swing with the wind, but they are not broken by strong winds, which shows the strength and exuberance of life on the plateau.
After winter, many other cold places have turned into hundreds of mountains without birds, and Weining Caohai, known as the alpine region of Guizhou, is the place where migratory birds spend the winter and the best season for bird watching. Some people say that Caohai is a world of grass, a kingdom of fish and a paradise for birds, which is quite reasonable. Speaking of birds in the grass sea, it is hard to see them in other places. About birds
According to statistics, there are 44 species of winter migratory birds, 2 species of summer migratory birds, 55 species of resident birds and 0/0 species of tourist birds in Caohai. 198 1 year, China and Japan signed an agreement to protect migratory birds, and 40 species of birds in Caohai received special protection. There are 15 species of cranes in the world today, of which 9 species are in China and 3 species are in Caohai. They are black-necked cranes, white-headed cranes and gray cranes. Other protected birds include egrets, golden ducks, rowed ducks, ducklings, red-headed diving ducks and white-tailed harriers. There are tens of thousands of geese and ducks in waters and swamps, and some new species have been found in Caohai. Black-necked crane is an extremely precious bird species in the world. There are only more than 500 species of birds in Asia, which is called the pride of the plateau.
Black-necked crane has a special mark, hermaphrodite, except for a dark red spot on its head, a third of its neck is black, and a gray patch is stuck behind its eyes. Wings and other feathers are still white. This kind of bird lives on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and adapts to the cold climate. But every year in late June, 65438+ 10, they form a word in groups and fly to Caohai for the winter. They didn't fly back to their old place until they returned to earth the next spring. Caohai is the permanent villa of the black-necked crane. They are not far from Wan Li. What is the reason? This is because Caohai has a great temptation to it.
This temptation comes from this plateau wetland, from a large number of aquatic plants and aquatic animals in the grass sea. The water quality here is good, the light transmission is strong, and the bottom silt layer is thick. There are not only abundant aquatic plants, but also a variety of plankton, benthos, fish and shrimp. There are more than 0/00 species of plankton/kloc-here, including 52 species of benthos, 9 species of mosquitoes 17, 9 species of fish and 0/9 species of amphibians/kloc-. These are all foods that black-necked cranes need for wintering. Therefore, when the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is frozen for thousands of miles, they instinctively fly to the grass sea for food, always obsessed with this beautiful pearl of the plateau. Caohai is located in Weining County. Although it is called 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 a coverage rate of aquatic plants of 80%, hence the name Caohai. Geologically, the cause is the formation of karst weir.
There is an island on the south bank of the lake. The narrowest place is only 200 meters wide and is connected with the land. Caohai Lake covers an area of 45 square kilometers, with an elevation of 2 1, 7 1 m, an average water depth of 2 meters and a corresponding water area of 20 square kilometers. Since 1992 Caohai was approved as a national nature reserve, the relevant departments have strengthened the protection of Caohai's ecological environment, and the number of birds has increased year by year, making it a paradise for birds and an important research base for international ornithology. At present, the population has increased from 1985 1 10 to 208 species, and the number of birds has increased from more than 50,000 in the past to more than 65,438+10,000. Among them, there are 7 species of national first-class protected birds, including black-necked crane, white-headed crane, white stork and black stork. There are more than 20 species of national second-class protected birds, such as cranes and spoonbills. Compared with other tourist attractions, Caohai, with its quiet, profound, indifferent and gentle style, quietly waits in the central Guizhou Plateau. When tourists come here, they are all impressed by her beauty and charm.
In the boatman's description, I saw the grass sea in late spring, surrounded by colorful azaleas. This is the coolest place in midsummer. If you come to Caohai in autumn, the aquatic plants in the lake will have yellow flowers, red flowers and white flowers and row boats in the lake. The fragrance of flowers is floating in the air, which makes people intoxicated in the rippling sea of flowers. In winter, Caohai is a paradise for birds. Black-necked cranes, gray cranes, red-crowned cranes, yellow-flowered chickens, black-winged snipes and grasshoppers fly back here for the winter, and there are a large number of geese and wild ducks. This time is the best season for bird watching. Caohai is also a paradise for botanists, ornithologists and photographers. Here, they explore in their own way.
However, in recent years, with more and more tourists, the domestic water of surrounding residents has flowed into the lake, causing a large number of duckweed pollution in Caohai Lake, which has attracted the attention of relevant departments. Residents around the lake area are receiving treatment and planning to move. May Caohai eradicate pollution as soon as possible and truly become a paradise for birds.
Tips for Caohai Tourism: 1. Caohai in Weining has a high altitude and a relatively low temperature. It's best to take a coat to Caohai in the hottest July and August.
2. From Guiyang, the provincial capital, to Caohai, the easier journey 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 (every hour, the ticket is about 30 yuan) and arrive at Weining County at four o'clock in the afternoon.
There are many guest houses and hotels in Weining County, which are economical. There are also hotels with better conditions, with standard rooms 120 yuan/day.
The scenic spot is only ten minutes away from the county seat, and there are no tickets. Cruise ships are all brought into the scenic spot by boatmen, and the price of each boat is about 120 yuan. Weining is rich in potatoes, which is an excellent raw material for potato snack food. What tourists like best is the local buckwheat cake, which is nutritious, crispy and delicious. It is said that it has a history of more than 600 years. It was once a birthday gift from a luxurious lady to Zhu Yuanzhang. You can buy some family gifts for your relatives and friends. 6. Due to various reasons such as vegetation protection, the development of Caohai tourism in Weining is slow and the related tourism facilities are not perfect. In fact, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages for Caohai. So when tourists come here, the tourist conditions may be relatively poor, but what you appreciate is the primitive grass sea. Snow Mountain Lake Snow Mountain Lake is a small natural lake in Weining, more than 40 kilometers away from the county seat. She is located in Wumeng Mountain, a snowy mountain city with an altitude of more than 2,500 meters.
Last spring, I went to Longjie Town on business, passed by this beautiful snowy 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 snowy mountain. On both sides of the road are green spring wheat, and from time to time, large green carpet-like grasslands appear, which is refreshing at first glance. Turning a mountain bend and spiraling up along the winding road, mountain flowers, including azaleas and camellia, are now in front of us. The most lush azaleas are bright red, pink and white. At the moment, I seem to be in the ocean of flowers, the mountain breeze is blowing gently, and the fragrance is pleasant. Looking ahead, people think that the snow-capped mountains are becoming more and more beautiful. Pine and cypress trees are luxuriant, with overlapping branches and light leakage. The car walked through the forest and only heard the buzzing sound, which added to the silence of the forest. The pheasants in the forest are jumping on the branches with their beautiful tails. The rabbit looked at the roadside with sensitive eyes. Pheasants cooed over our heads as if welcoming us. Just as I was intoxicated with the leisure of these pheasants and rabbits, a mountain appeared in front of me. Shanzhongya is a dam built for Snow Mountain Lake. Below the dam is a small hydropower station with unique architecture and tap water gate.
It is this lake that provides domestic water for people in Xueshan Town. Standing on the dam and looking down, the lake is as clear as silver, the water is 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 and sky are integrated. On this quiet lake, the only activity is flocks of wild ducks. They fly freely on the lake, swim leisurely in the water or play with each other. The cry of wild ducks broke the calm of the lake. Standing on the grass by the lake, there is endless clear water in front of you. The breeze blew, rippling and sparking. The source of the Snow Mountain is in the opposite rock crevice, walking along the lake. Three springs gushed out from the crevices about 100 meters away from the lake, merged into a crystal clear stream and slowly flowed into the lake. Small fish swim in small groups in this shallow stream, sometimes floating on the surface and sometimes sinking to the bottom. The tranquility of snow-capped mountains and lakes is a bird.
Two Yi women were chopping hemp and chopping in the pit when three white mice suddenly ran out. It is a terrible thing that two old people killed them. Three springs gushed out from the cracks in the mine rock, flooding the ground deeper and deeper. Two old men ran halfway up the mountain. At the moment, the sky is overcast and it is raining cats and dogs. They vaguely saw a little dragon diving into the water in the rain and fog. Since then, there has been the Snow Mountain Lake. The story is still circulating among the people. Now, the Snow Mountain people have compiled a new ballad: Since coming to Xiaoqinglong, Mawo has become a natural lake, a natural lake. Since the plateau lake, people in the snowy mountains are really happy, really happy. Tap water is installed in every household, and electric lights are hung everywhere in Yi's house. The burning grassland The burning grassland is the name of an alpine grassland, which floats on the Weining Plateau like a dream. This is an ancient plateau.
Many, many years ago, nomadic Yi people migrated eastward. When the light and sturdy horseshoe set foot on this plateau, it planted today's pastoral dream. The ancient Yi people called this plateau Lu Hong. At this time, the countryside has been immersed in the bitterness and sadness of this plateau, and began to be infatuated with another emotion different from Qinghai Plateau. People in Weining often introduce Zhuofu to you as if showing off a hidden beauty, and embed words such as New Zealand experts, New Zealand sheep breeding and alpine livestock farm 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, bitter buckwheat with white flowers and sweet buckwheat with pink flowers, you will understand that this is the last beautiful and tearful grassland in the pastoral of the plateau people. Starting from Weining county, the mountain road of more than 50 kilometers is not far, but we seem to be heading for a beautiful past history.
On both sides of the road, the agricultural scenes in the mountains have their own charm, especially the bitter buckwheat with white flowers like men and the sweet buckwheat with pink flowers like women, which are all over Shan Ye, ditches, hillsides and Shan Ye, showing the brocade rust of Weining. When we entered the Zhuofu grassland, the kindness from the roots flooded over, and the sky was as green as clouds in the sky. Before our jeep stopped at the center of the grassland, we saw the grassland, the sheep in the lush grass and the dream born in our hearts. Most of us come from nomadic culture and live on the land. The land has brought us great blessings, but it used that ancient song to nourish our hearts and became a dream helplessly! When you set foot on Zhuofu, you stepped into that dream. The whole Zhuofu is not very big, 10,000 mu, but it looks like green grass, spreading far along the rolling hills, dotted with pieces of trees, which is even more elegant.
The air on the grassland is moist, like drizzle, but it is indescribably fresh and moist. The grass on the ground is covered with crystal dew, some grass seems to be blooming, and the tip of the grass is still glowing with some purple light. Stepping into the grass from the road, the wet lips of the grass are kissing your feet. You can't say anything when you walk step by step, but you are not trampling on her, you are approaching her, feeling her and loving her. Dewdrops fell softly and there was no sound. The grass is deep in some places. When people pass by, they open a grass ditch that looks like a girl's hair. Our group walked to the back of a forest where a shepherd named Hu lived. The shepherd dog kept barking until we saw the house.
Hu's house is low and dark, except for a few sheepdogs next to it, which is not much different from the general mountain farmhouse. Some of these dogs bow their heads, show Bai Sensen's teeth, squint at you and say nothing; Some people cry evil as soon as they open their mouths; Some people are bluffing and jumping through their feet. 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 and some cattle and horses. He didn't dream on the grassland like us, but actually survived.
His sheepfold is located in a clearing behind the house. When the sheep come back at night, they lie there tired. As soon as the sheepdog is released, it's time for the sheep to enter a quiet night. Our party came to the grass slope behind the house, and the shepherd had ordered the sheep to be driven away from the opposite hillside. A black spot, a few black spots appeared at the corner of the hillside in the distance, and then a group of angelic sheep appeared in the field of vision, eating grass slowly and coming here. When going downhill, a sheep ran away, and a flock of sheep ran away, coming in like a flood, bleating. I greeted them, then squatted down and looked at them. Seven or eight sheep stood a few meters away and looked at me, but more sheep were eating grass, and the air was full of chirping sounds. I got up and walked forward. These sheep meekly avoid me, elegant as the daughter of a country girl. When I don't move, they just kneel, shake their ears, shake their heads, don't think, are neither leisurely nor worried.
When turning, it is not the original road, but a dream road, and there is no footsteps. Zhuofu! Burning! Nanda Grassland baicaoping Nanda Grassland baicaoping is named after its wide variety. Located about 25 kilometers northeast of the county seat, with a total area of more than 400,000 mu. It belongs to karst hilly grassland with low latitude and high altitude (2700 meters). It is the largest natural grassland in the south of China and an important animal husbandry base in the southwest of China. Large-scale, undulating terrain, quiet wilderness. The sea of clouds is ever changing. It is the largest venue for the Yi Games in northwest Guizhou, echoing the pearl grass sea on the plateau, and it is a unique summer resort for sightseeing and leisure in agriculture and animal husbandry in Guizhou Province. White lawn is a vast, magical and undeveloped virgin land.