To explain, first of all, Phoenix belongs to Hunan Xiangxi Autonomous Prefecture, not Changsha. You can take a train from Changsha to Jishou, which takes about 7 hours, and then transfer to a car for another hour and a half. You can also drive directly from Changsha to Jishou. It seems that the express train only takes more than 4 hours.
Fenghuang is a tourist city. Prices will definitely increase during the National Day. Accommodation usually costs about RMB 70, which is quite good. It is close to the river. If it is not close to the river, it only costs RMB 40. But if you go during the peak tourist season, the price may basically double.
The time to play varies from person to person. In fact, the ancient town itself is relatively small, so a day of sightseeing is more than enough. You can go to the nearby Miao Village and Qiliang Cave. It is recommended to visit. The cave scenery is quite good. The ticket price is about 60. I can’t remember the details.
So, one day in the ancient town (including watching the Phoenix performance), one day in the Miao Village, and one day in Qiliang Cave. Calculating this way, it will take about 3 to 4 days, and you can play very comfortably and not be very tired.
As for the cost, you can get it for about 500~800 without buying souvenirs and not including the fare.
Eating is not expensive. You can eat well for about 20 yuan per person.
As souvenirs, it is recommended not to buy silver jewelry. It is said that many of them are fake. Buying souvenirs costs about 100 to 300 yuan
Attached below are the guides I used to find before
Xiangxi Phoenix Travel Guide
One thousand yuan is enough. , I went there at the beginning of 2007 and stayed for a week. The cost of eating, drinking and having fun was less than NT$500. If I didn’t break the bank, it would be less than NT$300. However, the food there was not very delicious, and there were too many fake seedlings. Silver and the like, just buy it for fun, remember to bargain for about five yuan!! ---------------------------------- --
Fenghuang Ancient City has a profound cultural heritage, and more than half of the population is Miao. Farming culture, Chu Wu culture and traditional culture penetrate and blend with each other here, forming the unique regional cultural atmosphere of the ancient city. For example, in spring, there are outings and spring societies in February, Qingming ancestor worship in March, and the most grand "April 8" festival of the Miao people in April. The market in Fenghuang Township is held every five days, and the time is different in each town, so you can catch it almost every day. Moreover, various rare ethnic products occasionally appear, and if you are lucky, you can even buy one or two treasures. The market in Miao Town is also a place where Miao girls compete for beauty. The women are dressed in colorful ethnic costumes, and the scene is really lively and beautiful. Arrange a day like this to go to the market, I believe you will gain a lot. Therefore, traveling to Phoenix is ??not only about appreciating its unique natural scenery with your eyes, but also a cultural journey with spiritual experience.
Transportation: To go to Phoenix, you generally choose to take a train and get off at Jishou and Huaihua. There are buses to both Jishou and Huaihua. Huaihua to Fenghuang 20-30 yuan (3 hours); Jishou South Bus Station (take a noodle bus in the city for 3 yuan/car; minibus 1 yuan to the post office intersection) to Fenghuang 12 yuan (1 and a half hours), if you are celebrating the New Year Just 15 yuan. If you buy noodles at Jishou Railway Station, you can get them for 80-100 yuan. Cross Fenghuang Bridge and enter Nanhua Gate to reach Fenghuang Ancient City. Transportation within the county (green vehicles: green taxis: 2 yuan/1.5 kilometers; environmentally friendly tourist buses in the city: 1 yuan/person).
The pass for the eight major attractions in Phoenix (Southern Great Wall, Qiliang Cave, Huangsiqiao Ancient City, Tuojiang River Rafting, Shen Congwen’s Former Residence, Xiong Xiling’s Former Residence, Yang Family Ancestral Hall, and East Gate Tower) is 168 yuan/person. Students can enjoy nine benefits if they buy the pass. discount), if you don’t want to see them all, you can also visit the five scenic spots in the ancient city: Tuojiang River Rafting, Shen Congwen’s Former Residence, Xiong Xiling’s Former Residence, Yang Family Ancestral Hall, and East Gate Tower. A small package ticket is 68 yuan.
Attractions in the city: such as Shen Congwen’s former residence, Xiong Xiling’s former residence, Yang Family Ancestral Hall, Tuojiang River, Diaojiaolou, Hongqiao, Wanming Tower, etc. You can completely walk instead of driving; Tuojiang River Rafting: Take a cruise at the North Gate Pier to Shen Congwen Cemetery, and enjoy the scenery of Tuojiang River in the river on the way.
The wonders of karst caves - Qiliang Cave (50 yuan), take a minibus from Fenghuang Bus Station (2 yuan/person), distant attractions such as the South Great Wall (45 yuan), Huangsiqiao Ancient City (20 yuan) ) etc. You can go there by minibus. To go to the South Great Wall and Huangsiqiao Ancient City, take a minibus to Alaying for 3-4 yuan to the South Great Wall (about 30 minutes); take a minibus from the South Great Wall to Alaying for 2 yuan (20 minutes), and then take a three-wheeled motorcycle (2 yuan) to the ancient city of Huangsiqiao.
Shopping: In the ancient city, you can buy batik, tie-dye, horn products, old cloth, Miao embroidery, silver jewelry and other handicrafts. The "Liu Se Fang" on the old street is very unique. You can also check out the printing and dyeing craftsmen (Liu Dapao), batik craftsmen (Xiong Chengzao), tie-dye craftsmen (Zhang Guiying, Wu Huahua), and brocade craftsmen (Ye Shuiyun). Even if you don’t buy it, you can still feast your eyes on it. If you go to the Miao Town Market, you will find that the prices there are cheaper, and you have the opportunity to buy good things for a small amount of money, such as bamboo weaving, silverware, etc. The market day in Alaying falls on the second and seventh day of the lunar calendar; the Shanjiang market falls on the third and eighth day of the lunar calendar. Among them, the market in Ala is larger in scale; the Miao market in Shanjiang Town is where you can see Miao women in costumes.
Meals and accommodation: Meals and accommodation in Phoenix can be said to be of high quality and low price. There are many hotels and family hotels here with good facilities and cleanliness (the "Travel Guide" on this website has a detailed introduction).
Self-guided travelers can stay in family hotels along the Tuojiang River, which are clean, hygienic, and affordable. The stilt-style family hotels can also enjoy the scenery of the Tuojiang River at any time (generally 20-30 yuan per person per day, which is slightly more expensive during the Golden Week). ).
Food is also cheap. Blood cake duck (20-40 yuan) and pickled fish are some of the more famous dishes. Snacks include ice rice shrimp, jelly, fried crayfish, Miao pickles, etc., all of which are very distinctive local flavors; in summer, you can also eat ice glutinous rice balls here, which are sour, sweet and delicious. Don't miss the "Ambassador Hotel" on Jianshe Road and the "Old Street Restaurant" where the hooves of writers' horses beat on the old street. Although the locals have strong tastes, due to the increasing number of tourists, they will consider the tastes of the guests when cooking and provide warm and considerate services.
Before coming to my hometown, please buy a copy of Shen Congwen’s famous work "Border Town". It will help you understand Phoenix and enjoy your visit to Phoenix. At the same time, you should also understand the customs and habits of my hometown to avoid making mistakes.
Fenghuang’s food is mainly spicy, please pay attention.
Welcome to my hometown, Fenghuang, Hunan. Get off the train and take a taxi to Jishou Bus Station and take a bus to Fenghuang, but beware of thieves If you want to visit, it is recommended to stay at the Tuojiang Family House next to Duocui Building. Their terrace is one of the best places to see Hongqiao. The cost is not expensive. In the off-season, it depends on the room, and each bed costs 20-30. It may be a little more expensive during the Chinese New Year.
The beautiful Phoenix has Miao, Dong, Tujia and other ethnic minorities. The ethnic costumes are beautiful, but remember to bring more money.
Celebrities in Phoenix include Xiong Xiling, Prime Minister of the Republic of China, cultural master Shen Congwen, calligraphy and painting master Huang Yongyu
Phoenix Film and Television Furong Town,
Travel diary
Travel format: Phoenix in western Hunan is definitely suitable for self-help Tour, and the number of people should not be too large. If you go alone, you don’t need to make a specific plan. You can just stroll along leisurely and have endless fun. If you go with a group of friends, book a compromise plan and choose a tour leader. You can chat and laugh along the way, take care of each other, and enhance safety. Yes, the most important thing is to save financial resources.
Travel essentials: backpack, sneakers, slippers, change of clothes (light and comfortable, easy to carry; bright color, easy to take photos), umbrella (could be cloudy or sunny, double-purpose), polarized glasses, sunscreen , toiletries, rope, band-aids, motion sickness medicine, flashlight, student ID card (50% off tickets!), notepad and pen (small and lightweight, carry with you, record at any time), small pocket.
Tour route: Wuhan - Phoenix - (Mengdong River Scenic Area - Furong Town) Dehang - (Zhangjiajie)
True tips -
1. Phoenix is ??suitable for a person to relax and stay alone or for a couple to travel together to warm up their relationship. There are many people and different opinions, which makes group tours the most boring!
2. Phoenix is ??suitable for people who like to slowly appreciate the fine taste and entertain themselves. People who like bustling cities or enjoy sensory stimulation do not need to go, they will be disappointed.
3. This route to Phoenix in Xiangxi, Hunan is suitable for appreciating pure natural scenery, original customs and cultural landscapes. There is no need to go to the ones that were built by hand. The ticket price is high and it is not worth seeing.
Itinerary
2004.7.16 Friday Sunny to cloudy Phoenix
06:18 Get off at Huaihua Station and turn left to find the bus stop.
06;40 Take Route 17 for one yuan and arrive at the terminal at Huaihua West Station.
Arrived at West Railway Station at 06:45 and went to the ticket hall to buy the first air-conditioned bus from Huaihua to Phoenix at 7:30. The ticket price is 21 yuan, plus one yuan for insurance.
Get on the air-conditioned shuttle bus at 07:00.
Departure at 07:15. The drive takes 2 and a half hours.
I sat by the window on the right side of the shuttle bus. As the bus drove around the mountain, I could enjoy the scenery along the way through the window - the endless green terraces, gurgling streams, and dots of old-fashioned pavilions.
09:00 Sha Ting, Aries Baobao, Haiyue and other passengers in the car got motion sickness and nausea, and couldn't bear the vomiting. The driver stopped at a public toilet on the mountain road to rest for a while. We also took the opportunity to get out of the car and walk around to stretch our muscles and get some fresh air.
At 10:00 the bus arrives at Hongqiao Station, get off and go down the path on the left and enter Fenghuang Ancient City.
10:20 Along the river, look for hanging turrets on both sides of Hongqiao, check out the accommodation environment, and negotiate rental prices.
At 11:00, we came down the right side of Hongqiao and found a Diaojiaolou Inn (with air conditioning, fans and water heaters) between Louwailou Restaurant and Wanderer Bar. The owner was a middle-aged woman named Tian. There are two rooms with four beds on the upper and lower floors facing the river for 5 people, ***60 yuan/day. Separate rooms and store luggage.
Leaving the inn at 11:54, passing by the Wanderer Bar, I saw a Cuicui Restaurant. Go in to eat Chinese food: 1. Tuojiang shrimps are 8 yuan; 2. Coriander (a local green vegetable) is 5 yuan; 3. Hot and sour cucumbers are 6 yuan; 4. Porcini mushrooms are 15 yuan; 5. Rice (per person, no Measurement) 5 yuan. ***Total 39 yuan, pay 35 yuan.
Go back to the room and take a shower at 12:30. Each person is charged 100 yuan, and the first entry is 500 yuan.
Take a nap at 13:30.
Go shopping at 16:00, bring your camera to take pictures along the way. I went to Hongqiao and bought five hand-drawn maps of Phoenix (4 yuan each, ***20 yuan) at Border Town Bookstore.
I bought five roasted corns (the smaller ones were more tender, the larger ones were too old, and the price was the same) at the bottom of the East Gate Gate. They cost 1 yuan each and I paid 3.5 yuan.
At 19:30, we came to the Folk Craft Street and entered the Zhayi Clothing Shop.
20:30 Go back to the inn and head towards the bar, find the famous Tuojiang Renjia Inn, meet Aunt Bao, and order 4 bowls of ice cold noodles (1 yuan/portion).
Go to Hongqiao at 22:00 and take a taxi with Cuicui’s boss (starting price is 3 yuan at night, 6 yuan for two taxis) to Fenghuang New City Night Market.
22:22 I ordered a pickled fish hotpot (wild catfish) at the time-honored spicy and sour soup hotpot, and got a free side dish of 35 yuan and potstickers for 3 yuan.
23:00 Five people took a taxi back to Hongqiao (3 yuan)
23:30 I bought 1 watermelon in Hongqiao (0.3 yuan/jin), 3.6 yuan to pay 3 yuan .
Go to bed at 02:00!
Today’s bill: 1. Bus No. 17, 5 yuan. 2. The shuttle bus from Huaihua to Fenghuang costs 105 yuan. 3. Chinese food is 35 yuan. 4. The map is 20 yuan. 5. Roasted corn 3.5 yuan. 6. Ice cold powder 4 yuan. 7. Dinner is 38 yuan. 8. Round-trip taxi fare is 9 yuan. 9. Watermelon is 3 yuan.
***Total: 222.5 yuan.
2004.7.17 Saturday, overcast and light rain Phoenix
Get up at 07:00.
07:20 Ancient Town Scenery (Hongqiao, Tiaoyan, East Gate).
08:30 Go to Hongqiao Food Street for breakfast (beef rice noodles 4 yuan/portion, ***3 servings; soy milk 1 yuan/portion, 2 servings; steamed buns 0.5 yuan/piece, two; 1 fried dough stick is 0.5 yuan. ) ***15.5 yuan, pay 15 yuan.
09:00 Makeup.
10:00 Pick up Comrade Xiao Wang who arrived midway. Receive 100 yuan. Rent an additional room with two beds, which is exactly six beds for six people, and add 20 yuan.
10:30 Rafting along the lower reaches of Tuojiang River: North Gate - Taohua Island. Group rafting is highly safe and comes with a life jacket, which costs 30 yuan/person; private boat rafting without a life jacket costs 10 yuan/person, and can be negotiated at 5 yuan/person. Six people chartered a private boat and came to Peach Blossom Island, entering a small oasis on the island. The entrance fee was 2 yuan per person, and the ticket was 12 yuan, and the payment was 6 yuan.
Return by boat at 12:35, round trip, pay 24 yuan.
13:30 Pay homage to Shen Congwen’s cemetery.
Back to the inn at 14:00.
14:30 Lunch at Cuicui Restaurant. Today, six people came together and asked the boss to recommend special dishes. (1. Blood cake duck 40 yuan; 2. Tuojiang shrimp 8 yuan; 3. Bacon bamboo shoots 15 yuan; 4. Corn and sour scrambled eggs 15 yuan; 5. Pickled cabbage and tofu soup 6 yuan; 6. Pickled radish 5 yuan; 7. The meal is 6 yuan.) The total is 95 yuan, and the payment is 80 yuan.
15:35 Return to the inn to rest.
16:00 Go out and hang out.
Eat social rice at 21:00 (the taste is very unaccustomed, the glutinous rice is very greasy, it’s all wasted), order a la carte, 40 yuan.
22:00 Clubbing at the Wanderer Bar. Spend 108 yuan.
Back to the inn at 24:00.
Go to bed at 04:00!
Today’s bill: 1. Breakfast 15 yuan; 2. Rafting into the continent 30 yuan; 3. Lunch 80 yuan; 4. Dinner 40 yuan; 5. Clubbing 108 yuan.
***Total: 273 yuan.
2004.7.18 Sunday, heavy rain in Phoenix
Get up at 09:00. Each person is charged 100 yuan, with an entry fee of 600 yuan.
10:55 is too early. Steamed buns, pancakes, and fried dough sticks, 7.5 yuan.
At 11:30, Mr. Tian walked out of the ancient city and the inn and went to the market to buy vegetables. (Bamboo leaf vegetables 0.5 yuan, edamame rice 1.5 yuan, winter melon and green onions 1 yuan, chicken legs 6 yuan, tomatoes and red peppers 3.5 yuan, pepper powder 0.5 yuan, eggplant 0.6 yuan, soybean acid 1 yuan, corn cake 4 yuan, rice 5 yuan, beer 2 yuan.) Total 25.6 yuan.
12:30 Washing vegetables and cooking.
Have lunch at 13:40.
14:20 Leave the ancient city and go to the post office to issue postcards.
Exit the post office at 15:20 and enter opposite the south gate. Find Wenchangge Primary School and negotiate with the guard to enter.
Buy fruits at 17:30 (cantaloupe 2.7 yuan, plums 2 yuan).
Have dinner at 18:30.
19:30 Visit the folk craft street to buy ginger candies and other specialties.
Back to the inn at 21:00.
Go to bed at 23:30!
Today’s bill: 1. Breakfast 7.5 yuan; 2. Meal 25.6 yuan; 3. Fruit 4.7 yuan.
***Total: 37.8 yuan.
2004.7.19 Monday Light Rain Shanjiang Miao Village
Get up at 08:30. Each person is charged 100 yuan, with an entry fee of 600 yuan.
10:30 Hetian boss went to Shanjiang Miao Village together. Take a taxi to the station, ***6 yuan. Charter a car to go to Miao Village for 30 yuan round trip.
11:30 Arrive at Shanjiang Miao Village’s “Original Village” with its original features well preserved. After passing the two levels of wine and singing, we visited one by one under the guidance of the guide.
(Tickets are 30 yuan/ticket, ***180 yuan. Local people do not charge tickets.)
Leave the village for the market at 14:00. Snacks along the way: steamed buns for 3 yuan, watermelon for 0.5 yuan, beef noodles and dumplings for 10.5 yuan, and plums for 2 yuan.
17:10 Return to Phoenix to visit Shen Congwen’s former residence. Tickets: 20 yuan/ticket, ***120 yuan.
Leave Hongqiao at 19:00 and go to the Ambassador Hotel for dinner. (1. Stir-fried dried beans with bacon, 10 yuan; 2. Fish pieces with chopped pepper, 15 yuan; 3. Hot and sour tripe slices, 10 yuan; 4. Shredded potatoes, 4 yuan; 5. Lotus root slices, 4 yuan; 6. Luffa and egg soup, 5 yuan; 7. Sour beans and minced meat are 4 yuan; rice is 6 yuan. Total: 58 yuan)
Today’s bill: 1. 36 yuan for the bus; 2. 180 yuan for the ticket to Laojiazhai; 3. Snacks. 16 yuan; 4. Tickets to the former residence are 120 yuan; 5. Dinner is 58 yuan.
***Total: 410 yuan.
2004.7.20 Tuesday Cloudy or light rain Dehang
Get up at 07:00. Each person is charged 100 yuan, with an entry fee of 600 yuan.
08:30 The rent is 60 yuan for one night, 80 yuan for three nights, and the rent is 300 yuan.
08:40 Early: Shredded pork rice noodles, pancakes, steamed buns, soy milk, ***12 yuan.
Wander around at 09:00 and watch the Nuo Opera Mask Museum and Yang Shenghua Photo Gallery. Buy fruit kiwi fruit for 3 yuan.
Check out at 10:30 and go to Hongqiao to take a taxi to the station. (The taxi fare for the three of us was 2 yuan, and the battery car fare was 1 yuan per person, which was 5 yuan.)
11:00 Chartered bus from Phoenix to Jishou Railway Station. Two taxis cost 120 yuan. (If you are not in a hurry, it is more cost-effective to take a passenger bus for 15 yuan/person.)
Arrive at Jishou Railway Station at 12:00. Waiting for the newly opened Jishou-Dehang tourist bus.
Take the tourist line at 12:18, the fare is 3 yuan, ***18 yuan. Along the way, we pass the beautiful Shili Painting Screen and the famous wonder Aizhai Highway.
Arrive at the entrance of Dehang at 13:15 and buy tickets, 48 ??yuan/ticket. Except for us six foreign tourists, the rest of the local villagers in the car did not need to buy tickets. Xiao Wang came in a hurry and didn’t bring his student ID card. After the 5 of us got the ID card, the discount was 20 yuan per card, which was 148 yuan.
Find accommodation at 14:00, a four-person suite, 100 yuan. After registering for accommodation, pay a deposit of 200 yuan.
Have lunch at the "Diaojiaolou Restaurant" at 14:20, all Miao specialties. (1. Peach blossom shrimp 15 yuan; 2. Sausage 15 yuan; 3. Shredded beef 10 yuan; 4. Hot and sour tofu 8 yuan; 5. Sour scrambled eggs with glutinous rice; 6. Bamboo shoots 5 yuan, and the rice basket is not included.) ***Total 61 yuan, charge 60 yuan.
Watch the Miao style performance at 15:10.
15:40 to buy straw sandals for 2 yuan/pair, 5 pairs for 10 yuan.
16:00 Walk up the stone road to enjoy the quicksand waterfall.
At 16:30, we encountered a pouring rain on the road. We took shelter in a hawker’s wooden house and ate pears for 1.5 yuan.
At 17:00, we met another group of tourists and continued our journey.
At 17:40, we found the quicksand waterfall and stayed to play and take photos.
Return to Diaojiaolou Restaurant at 19:00.
Have dinner at 19:30. (1. Luffa 5 yuan; 2. Water spinach 5 yuan; 3. Tomato scrambled eggs 8 yuan; 4. Bracken 5 yuan; 5. Miaojia sour fish 15 yuan; 6. Bitter melon 5 yuan.) ***Total 43 yuan , pay 40 yuan.
Go back to the hotel to rest at 21:00.
Today’s bill: 1. The four-day rent in Phoenix is ??300 yuan; 2. Breakfast is 12 yuan; 3. Fruit is 4.5 yuan; 4. Taking the bus to Jishou is 125 yuan; 5. Dehang Tourist Line is 18 yuan; 6 , Dehang tickets are 148 yuan; 7. Lunch is 60 yuan; 8. Straw sandals are 10 yuan; 9. Dinner is 40 yuan.
***Total: 717.5 yuan.
Wednesday, 2004.7.21 Light rain turned cloudy. In the car
Get up at 06:30. Each person is charged 100 yuan, with an entry fee of 600 yuan.
08:00 is too early. Shredded pork, egg rice noodles, 12 yuan.
Check out at 08:45, pay 100 yuan for accommodation, and get 100 yuan deposit back.
09: 30 yuan minibus to Jishou, 20 yuan.
10:30 Jishou Railway Station. Buy a ticket for the 12 o'clock train N704 Huaihua-Shenzhen West (Jishou-Changsha). Time was tight and I didn’t have a sleeper ticket, so I bought six hard seats for 57 yuan each, which was 342 yuan.
Leave the station at 10:40 to go shopping. Plum: 2 yuan. The Jiahui Supermarket on the right side of the train station costs 43.3 yuan for food. Chinese food: beef noodles, rice tofu, steamed buns, 20 yuan.
Driving at 12:20. Jishou. I bought 2 boiled corns for 2 yuan. Eat bought snacks and fruits along the way.
12:35 Majingao 12:57 Longbizui 13:10 Paikou 13:15 Guzhang 13:24 Mengdong River 14:45 Zhangjiajie 15:48 Cili 16:25 Shimen County 17 : 40 Changde 19:05 Yiyang 20:20 Changsha
Historical and cultural city - Phoenix
In Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, there is a national historical and cultural city as beautiful as her name ——Phoenix.
The ancient city has a long history, outstanding people, beautiful scenery, and numerous celebrities from past dynasties. The former residence and cemetery of the famous writer Shen Congwen are in Fenghuang. The town is dotted with historic sites and the scenery rich in local ethnic characteristics is breathtaking. The Tuojiang River flows eastward around the city, and people wash rice, wash vegetables and wash clothes by the river. In summer, the Tuojiang River is a natural swimming pool and a good place to cool off. Rafting on the Tuojiang River is a very pleasant thing. Phoenix is ??truly a place with beautiful scenery and abundant resources. The natural landscape, cultural landscape and ethnic minority customs are perfectly combined here.
Fenghuang Ancient City has a profound cultural heritage, and more than half of the population is Miao. Farming culture, Chu Wu culture and traditional culture penetrate each other and blend together here, forming the unique regional cultural atmosphere of the ancient city. For example, in spring there are outings and spring societies in February, ancestor worship at the Qingming Festival in March, and the most grand "April 8th" festival of the Miao people in April. The market in Fenghuang Township is held every five days, and the time is different in each town, so you can catch it almost every day. Moreover, various rare ethnic products occasionally appear, and if you are lucky, you can even buy one or two treasures. The market in Miao Town is also a place where Miao girls compete for beauty. The women are dressed in colorful ethnic costumes, and the scene is really lively and beautiful. Arrange a day like this to go to the market, I believe you will gain a lot. Therefore, traveling to Phoenix is ??not only about appreciating its unique natural scenery with your eyes, but also a cultural journey with spiritual experience.
Personally, I think Fenghuang is a suitable place for a short stay. I choose a hotel along the river to stay for two nights. I can relax by the Tuojiang River in the afternoon and experience the riverside bars in the evening. It is very pleasant.
Transportation: After arriving in Zhangjiajie, you generally choose to go to Fenghuang by bus from Zhangjiajie to Fenghuang, the fare is 40 (4 hours); you can also take the train and get off at Jishou, and then take the bus to Fenghuang (5 minutes trip) . Jishou South Bus Station (take a small noodle bus in the city for 3 yuan/car; minibus 1 yuan to the post office intersection) to Fenghuang 12 yuan (1 and a half hours). If you buy noodles at Jishou Railway Station, you can get them for 80-100 yuan. Cross Fenghuang Bridge and enter Nanhua Gate to reach Fenghuang Ancient City. Transportation within the county (green vehicles: green taxis: 2 yuan/1.5 kilometers; environmentally friendly tourist buses in the city: 1 yuan/person).
The pass for the eight major attractions in Phoenix (Southern Great Wall, Qiliang Cave, Huangsiqiao Ancient City, Tuojiang River Rafting, Shen Congwen’s Former Residence, Xiong Xiling’s Former Residence, Yang Family Ancestral Hall, and East Gate Tower) is 160 yuan/person. Students can enjoy nine benefits if they buy the pass. discount).
Attractions in the city: such as Shen Congwen’s former residence, Xiong Xiling’s former residence, Yang Family Ancestral Hall, Tuojiang River, Diaojiaolou, Hongqiao, Wanming Tower, etc. You can completely walk instead of driving; Tuojiang River Rafting: Take a cruise at the North Gate Pier to Shen Congwen Cemetery, and enjoy the scenery of Tuojiang River in the river on the way.
The wonders of karst caves - Qiliang Cave (50 yuan), take a minibus from Fenghuang Bus Station (2 yuan/person), distant attractions such as the South Great Wall (45 yuan), Huangsiqiao Ancient City (20 yuan) ) etc. You can go there by minibus. To go to the South Great Wall and Huangsiqiao Ancient City, take a minibus to Alaying for 3-4 yuan to the South Great Wall (about 30 minutes); take a minibus from the South Great Wall to Alaying for 2 yuan (20 minutes), and then take a three-wheeled motorcycle (2 yuan) to the ancient city of Huangsiqiao. (The fare may fluctuate, but the increase will not be huge)
Shopping: In the ancient city, you can buy batik, tie-dye, horn products, old cloth, Miao embroidery, silver jewelry and other handicrafts. The "Liu Se Fang" on the old street is very unique. You can also check out the printing and dyeing craftsmen (Liu Dapao), batik craftsmen (Xiong Chengzao), tie-dye craftsmen (Zhang Guiying, Wu Huahua), and brocade craftsmen (Ye Shuiyun). Even if you don’t buy it, you can still feast your eyes on it. If you go to the Miao Town Market, you will find that the prices there are cheaper, and you have the opportunity to buy good things for a small amount of money, such as bamboo weaving, silverware, etc. The market day in Alaying falls on the second and seventh day of the lunar calendar; the Shanjiang market falls on the third and eighth day of the lunar calendar. Among them, the market in Ala is larger in scale; the Miao market in Shanjiang Town is where you can see Miao women in costumes.
Meals and accommodation: Meals and accommodation in Phoenix can be said to be of high quality and low price. There are many hotels and family hotels here with good facilities and cleanliness (there are also youth hostels in Phoenix). Self-guided travelers can stay in family hotels along the Tuojiang River, which are clean, hygienic, and affordable. The stilt-style family hotels can also enjoy the scenery of the Tuojiang River at any time (generally 20-30 yuan per person per day, which is slightly more expensive during the Golden Week). ).
Food is also cheap. Vegetarian dishes are 3-5 yuan, meat dishes are 5-10 yuan, glutinous rice balls are 1 yuan per bowl (more than 20 yuan), fried meat with canned mushrooms (10 yuan), blood cake duck (20-40 yuan), pickled fish, etc. are relatively famous. dish. Snacks include ice rice shrimp (1 yuan), jelly (0.5-1 yuan), fried crayfish (1 yuan each), Miaojia pickles (1 yuan), etc., all of which are very distinctive local flavors; in summer, there are also You can eat iced glutinous rice balls here (0.5-1 yuan/bowl), which are sweet and sour and delicious. Don't miss the "Ambassador Hotel" on Jianshe Road and the "Old Street Restaurant" where the hooves of writers' horses beat on the old street. Although the locals have strong tastes, due to the increasing number of tourists, they will consider the tastes of the guests when cooking and provide warm and considerate services.
Eat, live, play, travel and shop in Phoenix
Eat: You can’t miss tasting the local specialties when traveling, so it would be a bit unreasonable not to taste the local specialties when you go to Phoenix. Naturally, the place of production means the taste is authentic and the price is cheap, but don’t buy it at tourist spots. Go to the street shops where you live to avoid getting ripped off.
Local specialty foods include: blood cake duck, vegetable tofu, canned mushrooms, community rice, rural bacon, pepper-wrapped glutinous rice with spicy and sour seeds, pickled radish, etc.
Accommodation: If you have the conditions, you can contact a travel agency with a good reputation before traveling for consultation and entrust you to book a room on your behalf. If you don’t book a room in advance before traveling, you can only take the “No. 11 bus” and find it slowly. If you are single or in a group of three or so, it is recommended that you go to the Tuojiang River to find a stilt-style family hotel with local characteristics. It has better sanitary conditions, convenient bathing, and is cheap. It is your first choice for accommodation. The price of a family hotel during the Golden Week is about 40-50 yuan/bed, and the usual price is 20 yuan/bed, but if you are eloquent, it may be cheaper! If you want a "luxury" stay, you can also stay in a hotel in the city. Recommended hotels: Phoenix Hotel, Nanhua Hotel, Border City Hotel, Great Wall Hotel, etc.
Fun: This is the biggest purpose of traveling. You will inevitably spend money to enjoy the scenery and see exhibitions. With so many attractions to visit, where should you go and where should you go? Here are some representative attractions that you must visit when traveling to Phoenix: Qiliang Cave, Tuojiang River Rafting, Shen Congwen’s Former Residence, Xiong Xiling’s Former Residence, Yang Family Ancestral Hall, Southern Great Wall, Huangsiqiao Ancient City, East Gate Tower, etc. It is recommended that you purchase a pass to visit these eight major attractions, which is more cost-effective. If you purchase the full pass, you will also receive an exquisite Phoenix walking map, which has certain practicality and collection value. Also: To protect your legitimate rights and interests, please go to the ticket windows of various attractions of Phoenix Ancient City Tourism Co., Ltd. to buy tickets to avoid buying expired or invalid tickets that will affect your travel.
OK: Transportation costs are the largest expense in travel, often accounting for more than half of the total expenditure. If you have plenty of time, taking a hard sleeper train is the best option. It is much cheaper than flying, saves accommodation costs, and adds to the content of the journey. Before purchasing a ticket, you must first know the departure time and aircraft type. After arriving at your destination, you should know the approximate distance and price before taking a taxi to avoid being cheated.
Shopping: Travel and shopping are different for men and women. Most men don't like shopping, so they might as well spend some time buying unique handicrafts or local products so that they can go home to honor their wives and their mothers. Most women like to shop. When buying clothes, jewelry, jewelry, and jade, they must not only listen to the introduction clearly, but also trust their own vision and judgment. Recommended local specialty crafts: pyrography, batik, blue calico, paper tie, brocade, tie-dye, silver jewelry, etc. For details, please refer to the ethnic crafts column in the folk customs of this website.
Travel guide from Beijing to Phoenix
Mid-March is not a suitable season for traveling to Phoenix. The weather was cloudy and rainy, and the temperature was a little low.
This is the most suitable season for walking alone in Phoenix. Before the large number of tourists arrive, Phoenix still maintains some natural charm. When the golden season comes and commercialization is overwhelming, this innocence and simplicity will no longer be available.
I longed for Phoenix after reading "Border Town", but I came across a photo of Phoenix when I was searching for pictures on the eve of my business trip. The beautiful scenery made me freeze for a moment. After briefly searching for information about Phoenix and joining a Phoenix tourism QQ group to make some inquiries, I set off across mountains and rivers from where I was traveling - because, from Beijing to Phoenix and then Going to Chongqing cannot be called a ride in any case.
1. Transportation
There is no direct flight from Beijing to Phoenix. If you have enough time, you can spend 380 yuan (sleeper class) to take a 24-hour train to Jishou, and then spend 14 yuan to take a long-distance bus for one and a half hours (even if you hire a taxi, it will not exceed 70 yuan), which should be a good choice. The mountain road is winding and winding, and the green color is blinding. Suddenly, a river of clear water emerges, and Phoenix has arrived. Unfortunately, I was not so lucky. I was in a hurry, so I had to fly from Beijing to Zhangjiajie on Friday night (1,200 yuan), stay overnight (120 yuan), and spend nearly five hours on a long-distance trip at 8:30 the next morning for 60 yuan. To Phoenix. By then, it was already half past one in the afternoon.
Taxis are very common in Zhangjiajie, Jishou or Fenghuang. Because the city is small, the prices are not expensive. It was midnight when we arrived in Zhangjiajie. We left the airport and took the civil aviation bus to the airport hotel we had booked in advance. The fare was five yuan. The next morning we took a taxi to the bus station for less than four yuan. After the long journey to Fenghuang, take a taxi to the ancient city of Hongqiao, which costs 5 yuan. The same goes for leaving Phoenix to Jishou, the long-distance ticket is 14 yuan. The journey from Jishou Film and Television Center Hotel to the train station is 7 yuan, which is the most expensive cost of taking a taxi along the way.
As for Phoenix, just walking is enough to get you to any attraction. It’s really hard to walk. In the ancient city, taking a rickshaw only costs five yuan.
2. Accommodation
Compared with the price of several hundred yuan in Beijing, accommodation in Phoenix is ??really cheap. Whether it is a residential house on stilts in the ancient city or an inn or hotel, a room with a balcony and a private bathroom and water heater near the river costs 40 yuan a day, while a room not facing the river only costs 30 yuan.
However, this is for the general off-season. During prime tourism seasons like May Day and National Day, accommodation fees often increase five to ten times, and even a room not facing the river costs 200 yuan a day.
Those who have high requirements for the Internet should not believe too much in fairy tales about free broadband Internet access. Maybe in Fenghuang New City, the urban infrastructure can meet the conditions for broadband Internet access in the room (I haven’t lived there, so I don’t know), but in the old city, there is only a place like the hotel lobby where you can pull out one or two network cables for you. To access the Internet, the voltage must be stable during the day to ensure that you can power on and log in normally.
At night, even the lights flicker on and off (maybe it's just where I live, I haven't verified it yet), and there's no need to mention the network.
Everything has advantages and disadvantages. Living in the new city will not allow you to feel the charm of the ancient city. Now that you've come, make peace with it. It's better to put aside modern civilization for a while, go to a stilted building, and spend a night in a pavilion that stretches out into the Tuojiang River.
This photo is a lens that almost every household has. There is a small square table like this where you enter the door, where you can access the Internet. Covered under the small cotton blanket was a small stove for warming the fire.
3. Food
Compared with cheap accommodation, food in Phoenix is ??not cheap. The local famous blood cake duck is priced at 48 yuan per serving in any small shop. I have a limited appetite, so I happily refused to eat it. But the social rice, Tuojiang small fish, bacon, fried salted eggs with corn and spicy pepper, fried pork with beef belly mushrooms, various flavors of rice noodles and ground fungus minced meat soup are really delicious.
To eat specialties, you can either find a storefront window facing the water in the ancient city and sit there and spend your time, or you can go to Wanmuzhai or Ambassador Restaurant to feast your eyes on each with its own characteristics.
It is said that there is a night market in the evening, and the charcoal barbecue is very popular. Unfortunately, it rained too much that night and I was unable to taste it. Regret~
In addition to the hot and sour biscuits that cost one yuan each, ginger candies are also a snack I am keen on. Phoenix has two major brands: Zhang and Liu, and you can see masters making them on the street everywhere. Looking at the attractive freshly baked colors, I couldn’t help but buy them again and again. In fact, Phoenix is ??very moist, and ginger candy not only provides sensory enjoyment, but also has health-care effects. And those ginger candies brought back to Beijing will only make people get angry and have a sore throat.