In the capital of August, there is a hint of autumn coolness in the sultry air. I have seen enough reinforced concrete in the city and walked through the noisy and irritable streets. From Xidan to Sanlitun, from Guo Mao to Wangjing, I seem to hear voices from the deepest part of my heart. Let's change our lives and spend our holidays in the suburbs of Beijing.
Along the G6 highway in The Journey to the West, two hours is enough to make me forget the troubles in my work and life, Olunda tribe? Hometown, a place where people can relax slightly by listening to the name, is as quiet as a dream, surrounded by mountains and waters. It turns out that not far from the city, there is a place where I have always dreamed of retiring from the mountains and saying goodbye to the secular world.
About accommodation
Xizhen hotel
This time I stayed at the West Town Hotel in the small town of Orenda.
It is located in Guyaju Caves Cave in the west of Zhangshanying Town, the hometown of American communities, close to 0 10 County Road, which can be said to be the junction of Beijing and Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province, and backed by Guyaju Caves Cave in Yanqing, with beautiful scenery.
The hotel lobby is a retro American building, mainly made of wood and stone as the cornerstone.
The hotel is a membership system, and people who come here are generally members, otherwise they can't stay, and because it's hot here, they need to book in advance, otherwise there will be no room.
The hotel is still quite big, with many single-family villas. Generally, two families can live in a villa for one night 1300- 1500 yuan, which is very cost-effective.
Small towns have such signs, where you can clearly find the general direction.
There are many such streams in the town. It is understood that they are all mountain springs specially discharged from the mountains, so they are very clear. It's still very cold and refreshing to touch it with your hands.
When you walk into the lobby of the hotel, what you see is the American style.
The lobby is mainly made of wood, showing a warm yellow and reddish tone. Stay at the front desk on the first floor, and the public space is basically on the second floor.
On the second floor, you can rest, read books and have afternoon tea. There is also a restaurant that provides lunch, dinner and breakfast for some guests.
The chandelier in the hotel is very beautiful, and it is even more beautiful when it is turned on at night.
The bar is on the second floor of the hall, upstairs on the right. The dining room is relatively large and can accommodate many people at the same time.
You can walk out of the restaurant and have a balcony with a view of the swimming pool and nearby small high-rise buildings.
The scenery here is good, and because it is a suburb of Beijing, surrounded by mountains, there is the second largest reservoir in the suburb of Beijing, with excellent environment, blue sky and white clouds, which is very thorough.
We live in such a single-family villa with a small garden.
Many villas near here are occupied by owners, and the environment is very good, especially when walking on the road at night, there are stars everywhere.
The villa has two floors, the lower part is mainly a public area, with an oversized living room and an open kitchen and living room. It also includes a yard, a public toilet and a storage room.
There is a fireplace in the living room, which can really be used and can be used for heating in winter. It can be said that this is a complete replica of American rural architecture, so the accessories at home are all in a unified style.
The dining table in the living room can seat more than a dozen people, and the kitchen here can be used. Generally, when you come here for a holiday, you will bring your own ingredients and kitchen supplies.
Because even in midsummer, it is hot during the day and cool in the morning and evening, the villa is not equipped with air conditioning, and there are only fans and other equipment in the room.
At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the sun shone through the window and fell on the table.
Beauty in the sunshine is a gift from nature.
The scenery seen through the window is surrounded by green plants near the villa, which is very ecological.
There are two rooms on the second floor, both with big beds. The room can open the door to the balcony, and it feels good to watch the starry sky on the balcony at night.
Each room has a bathroom, one has a bathtub and the other has a shower.
The toiletries used in the bathroom are made in herborist, and the effect is still very good.
About food
Dinner is enjoyed in the red wine grill here.
This is a western food that specializes in steak salad and the like. It's delicious, but the staple food is steak, and there are not many choices such as roasted rice and pasta.
The dining environment is still very elegant, and foreigners like it here, so many foreigners will come here when eating.
You can't eat steak without red wine.
Red wine has a special wine rack, and you can choose different flavors of steak.
There are all kinds of spices in front of the tableware, so you can choose to put them yourself.
People in China like vegetarian food, so they ordered a salad first.
All kinds of vegetables are served with chicken breast and salad dressing, which tastes very good.
The barbecue ordered scallops and prawns, the weight was just right, the roast was very tasty, and it was very satisfying.
The highlight is the steak series here. Steak and lamb chops are great. The most important thing is that there are enough ingredients. The meat of the steak is big and tender, and it is cooked just right. Then pour it with black pepper sauce, which is very delicious.
But because a cow is full, it is difficult for ordinary girls to eat a whole piece.
For dessert, I ordered caramel pudding, a large portion, with a layer of caramel on it. It's really sweet, but it's delicious. Girls should like it.
Three-color ice cream balls, ice cream balls have three flavors, and the best ones are red balls, sour and sweet. The ice cream ball is covered with fruit, which tastes great together.
About traffic
The United States, the hometown of Orenda, is about100km from Beijing and 25km from Yanqing.
The most convenient way is to drive from Beijing, about 2 hours, and take the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Expressway.
If you want to go to Yanqing, there is a shuttle bus from the town every day. It's 1 1:20 in the morning, and it takes about 40 minutes to get to the city.
Or take the shuttle bus to the town in Beijing Shuangxiu Park every Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday, which takes about 2.5 hours. You need to call one day in advance to make an appointment.
Bus: Take Y40 to Yanqing City and transfer to 9 19 bus or S2 train. The bus takes about 2 hours, and the small train 1 hour, but the small train needs to wait. It is recommended to take the bus to Deshengmen, Beijing.
About playing
This is a guide map of the entire Yanhuai International Tourism Resort. This piece we are in is mainly the junction of Beijing and Zhangjiakou. Geographically, it already belongs to Zhangjiakou, but its main sales target is Beijingers.
As soon as you enter the town, you can see such a scene, which reads "Good life in the town".
All the ideas above are the painstaking efforts of the owner of this small town, and the main performance is "I came back before I went out".
The BMW and TV set embedded in the wall are real.
It is said that the boss here especially likes the feeling of a foreign town and has always wanted to build such a town abroad. However, because he had been abroad for a short time, he thought he might prefer to stay at home, so he returned to Beijing and built such a small town full of American customs.
Walking into the town, this is the main street of the whole town and the place with the most daily activities.
There are all kinds of small shops on both sides of the street, generally no more than 3 floors.
When you walk into the street, the first thing you notice is the church here.
This is also the location of Mr. Love starring Jin Dong and Jiang Shuying. From the first meeting of the hero and heroine in the play to sealed with a kiss, these key links were shot in the hometown town of the Olunda tribe. Whether it is the nobility of the pub or the romance inside and outside the church in Xizhen, it adds a lot of color to this TV series.
Therefore, people who have seen this TV series will be full of interest here and want to feel the original American style here.
This "commercial street" is not too long. If you just browse, you can finish it in 10 minutes, but because there are many small shops around, you may not be able to walk all afternoon, because it is so interesting.
However, it is particularly sunny here during the day, which is probably too transparent. It is easy to get a tan, so you must do a good job of sun protection.
There is also a museum of physical and mental health (medicine) at the end of the road, which mainly focuses on health care and medical knowledge.
It involves all kinds of health care medicine from traditional Chinese medicine to western medicine. Living in this small town, you can come here for health care or relaxation on weekdays.
Physical and mental health (medicine) museum has all the sand table maps, where you can get the general layout at a glance.
Next to the Museum of Physical and Mental Health (Medicine) is a place for children to play. There are slides and small-scale rock climbing. Children can have fun from it. Children play and adults are liberated.
Today's wishing place was changed to the wishing tree here.
The wishing tree is located in front of the dream gathering space, which is a special wishing place. One wishing bottle hangs on the tree, bearing everyone's wishes and dreams.
Huayou Club will have various experience activities and membership activities from time to time. Living here, you can sign up for different flower viewing activities at any time, which can cultivate your body and your sentiment. It's really a great activity space.
There are many such flowers and plants in the whole flower space, as well as derivatives of various flower products.
The flower works displayed here are the works of owners and members. Although not as exquisite as the masters, it is also very interesting and full of life.
My favorite is an elk decorated with flowers and plants.
The round fan decorated with petals can only be used for decoration. It looks good here. If it is used with Hanfu, it will definitely have a more beautiful effect.
Next to the Flower Friends' Club is an oil painting garden, which is a place dedicated to painting oil paintings for people.
Dreams that may not have been realized as children can be made up here.
These are members' works created here.
Painting starts with the initial imitation, starts with Taskmaster's works, and then slowly creates his own works.
When painting oil paintings, there are special pigments, brushes, color palettes and so on. A special easel was also placed to make painting more convenient.
It was Wednesday when we went, and there was no large-scale public class. Generally speaking, the courses are concentrated on the weekend for two days.
However, there are still people here who are experiencing, learning colors and understanding the creative process.
Walking out of the oil painting garden, you can see that there are various cafes, bars, restaurants and so on in this street.
The coffee shop is open for a long time, which is more suitable for three or five friends to sit here and chat and have afternoon tea. Drink coffee and enjoy life.
These two places are for children and the elderly to have suitable places to go.
Because of the sunshine, it is more suitable for grape production, so the quality of wine here is also very good.
However, there are not many wines produced here. You can see a red wine processing factory here, and you can also taste the wine carefully.
On the display shelf are relatively high-quality wines from different manufacturers, brands, specifications and countries on the 40-degree north latitude line.
Opposite the wine rack are some doll ornaments, which are very delicate.
Down to the first floor, there was a brewing workshop, but there was no work here when I went, so we had to have a look.
Look at the wine production workshop. There is a wine tasting place where you can make an appointment in advance for tasting. Of course, the wine cellar here can also help store the purchased red wine.
Walking on the green lawn, I came to the church here again.
The church is the most iconic building here, because the mountains behind it are very beautiful.
In front of this church, couples often hold weddings here. Although the venue is not too big, it is sacred. Even many people who take wedding photos will be here, which is very suitable for framing.
The interior of the church is very solemn. In the middle is the cross of the church, with a white piano on the side. When the wedding is held, someone will play here specially.
On weekdays, everyone will use it when practicing.
The biggest advantage of this church is that it is open and can be visited at any time.
There is mainly a red mailbox next to the church, which is still in use. Someone will open the mailbox and pick up the postcard at a fixed point.
There is also a carriage in the corner. If necessary, you can book in advance. The racecourse will bring a horse out specially, and we can take beautiful photos together.
The town is full of such sculptures, all kinds of them. A sculpture like this black bear is very interesting to stand or sit on a bench.
The Olunda tribe occupies a large area and is built on the mountain. The higher the mountain, the better the scenery.
If you want to visit halfway up the mountain, you need to take the shuttle bus. Mid-levels is a rest area and a model room. There is a sun room and a place where we can have coffee and chat.
Book bar, the best place to drink coffee and read books. You have a good view from here.
The whole orenda tribe looks like it at first glance. Further away is the second reservoir in Beijing. On this day, the air is fairly transparent and the view is better. You can even see mountains in the distance.
The American style in the model room is better and stronger, with leather sofas, retro fireplaces and luxurious chandeliers.
Walking during this period is like crossing thousands of kilometers to a small town in the western United States and enjoying the local customs different from traditional Chinese style.
Walking on this road, the shade is not particularly hot.
There is a red plastic path beside the driveway, and it is comfortable to walk or run here at night.
Fu Jia Winery needs to make an appointment in advance to enter. The venue here is very open, and there is a special wine tasting place.
This feeling of high sky and wide clouds banished me in the mountains and rivers. The day seems to have slowed down.
Although the Olunda tribe is a little far from Yanqing, it is really suitable for weekends.
Away from the fast pace of Beijing, change the environment and change the mood.
postscript
It turns out that life in Beijing is not static. If possible, I want to go to the Orenda tribe every week? Go to my hometown town, listen to birds and watch the stars all over the sky. This is the spiritual destination and an ideal holiday paradise.