on September 11-12, 2121, Qinghai took a two-day self-driving tour.

Since 2112, I have traveled to Qinghai for three times and visited most scenic spots, but there are still two scenic spots in 5A, namely Tuzu Homeland Park in Huzhu County, Haidong and Amidongsuo Scenic Spot in Qilian County, Haibei. Originally, this year's Eid al-Adha holiday was planned to be completed in July when the rape blossoms were in full bloom in Qinghai, and the Chaerhan Salt Lake, Dachaidan Emerald Lake and Nianbaoyu in Golmud were visited together, thus basically traveling all over Qinghai, but due to official reception reasons, the Eid al-Adha holiday trip was not realized. On the second weekend of September, I had nothing to do, so I used two days to punch in two 5A scenic spots first.

day1

Arrive in Xining at 11: 11 am on September 11, get the car at the airport and go directly to Huzhu Tu homeland park scenic spot 52 kilometers away.

Huzhu Tuzu Homeland Park is located in Weiyuan Town, Huzhu Tuzu Autonomous County, Haidong City, Qinghai Province, 31 kilometers away from Xining City, the capital of Qinghai Province, with a total planned area of 6.81 square kilometers, of which the core tourist area is 3.25 square kilometers. The scenic spot includes five core scenic spots: the source of highland barley wine in Tianyoude China, the Rainbow Tribe Tu Garden, Nadun Manor, the Western Tu Folk Culture Village and Xiaozhuang Tu Folk Culture Village, which respectively show the colorful folk culture of Tu nationality, the long-standing highland barley wine culture, the long-standing distilled wine culture, the ancient and pure architectural culture, the unique folk culture and the quaint and mysterious religious culture, and are the most comprehensive, pure and authentic in the world.

The tourist center of the scenic spot is located in the left square of Tianyoude Highland Barley Wine Factory. We didn't do our homework before coming to Qinghai, so we didn't know the scenic spot in detail. Navigation led us directly to the gate of Tianyoude Highland Barley Winery and stopped the guidance. We thought there was something wrong with navigation, so we left the winery and headed right. The traffic setting near the scenic spot is a little confusing. Originally, you can directly reach the Rainbow Tribe in the core scenic spot along Tianyoude Avenue in front of the winery, but the scenic spot is divided into several passages with guardrails. If you don't consciously turn left at the roundabout, you will directly enter the right lane and turn right ahead. After turning right, we saw a grand landmark sculpture in front of us. We thought it was the entrance to the scenic spot, but when we came near, it was the Tujia folk culture village in the west. Only after asking the staff did we know that the visitor center was near the winery, so we drove back and returned again after buying tickets at the visitor center. When I returned, because I didn't turn left at the roundabout, I walked back to the original road, but I had no choice but to turn around again. After several times, I finally came to the gate of the Tu Garden. It was originally an uncomplicated road, and it was really unpleasant to make the scenic spot artificially complicated.

When entering the scenic spot, a group of tourists were caught up, and the scenic spot held a welcoming ceremony for them. The staff dressed in Turkish costumes presented white Hada to every visitor. We also joined this team and accompanied the tour guide into the park to start the tour.

There are two entrances to the Rainbow Tribe Tu Garden, and we enter from the north gate. The tour guide leads everyone to start the tour from the left side of the park. The entrance to the north gate is a mountain gate-type makeup archway, and the top of the cornice is propped up with a bucket arch mode above the archway. This architectural form imitates Chinese architecture, which is less heavy but more agile. The colorful arches are colorful, exquisite and dazzling. There are many such archways on the roads in the park, which are much smaller in scale, but all of them are brightly colored and colorful. The first landscape in the park on the left is Shiyide Brewery, an old highland barley wine-making workshop in Huzhu County, and now it is also a brand of Tianyoude. After passing through the powder room, you come to the east gate of the park, and you can reach Tuguhun Daying from the east gate, which is a hotel-like facility in the scenic spot with yurts as accommodation. I visited the old oil house in Shibagonggou and the Tusi horse farm, and then I entered Anzhao Square, which is the center of the Tu Garden. Around the square stands a wooden archway with strong Turkish characteristics, with a performance stage in the middle and an audience stand under the colonnade. Originally, there would be a performance of Turkish customs here at 13: 11 every day, but today there are too few tourists, so the performance will be cancelled. To the west of Anzhao Square is the Chaxi Living Buddha's Courtyard, which is like a farm courtyard. There is a glittering Buddha statue in the hall, and there is no living Buddha abbot. The staff told the living Buddha to go to Ta 'er Temple to do things, and it will take several days to come back. Next to the Living Buddha Courtyard is the Zhuang Courtyard where the Tu people originally lived. The Zhuang Courtyard has a north room and an east room. Generally, it has three bedrooms, with a visitor in the middle and two bedrooms on both sides. There is a heatable adobe sleeping platform in the bedroom, with a kang table in the middle and neatly stacked bedding on both sides. In the middle of the yard is an altar about 1.5 meters square, with peony and peony planted on it, and a flagpole about 5 meters high is erected in the middle, which is covered with colorful prayer flags. The owner is a Tu man in his fifties. He is an employee of Tu Garden. He lives in this courtyard and is responsible for explanation and maintenance. Tu people believe in Tibetan Buddhism, so many religious customs are done according to the teaching system of Tibetan Buddhism. In my opinion, Zhuang Kuo Yuan, the most authentic native land of the Tu nationality, is here. Most of the other visiting projects were newly built or imitated according to the development needs in the later period, lacking the heavy sense of history and vicissitudes.

We visited the Zhuangkuo Courtyard and the Toast Old Water Mill nearby. We also visited the Tusi Mansion and the Toast Altar, which are the two most magnificent buildings in the park, but there is no specific content or physical exhibition, just a form. The Tu people's production and living museum exhibits the unique characteristics of the Tu people in handcraft, textile, farm tools and diet, and the intangible cultural heritage projects exhibited in the park in the form of sculptures constitute the unique life and development characteristics of the Tu people. Finally, we visited the intangible cultural heritage protection center of the Tu nationality, where we learned more about the history of the Tu nationality. Tu nationality originated from Tuguhun, which belongs to the ancient Xianbei nationality. At the end of the Western Jin Dynasty, it migrated from Liaodong Peninsula to Qinghai, Gansu Province, and established Tuguhun regime. In the 7th century AD, the Tuguhun regime was destroyed by Tubo in the western regions, and then part of it merged with the Han nationality and part with the Tibetans. After generations of mutual absorption and integration with Tibetan, Han and Mongolian nationalities, the Tuguhun people in Haomen River basin and Hehuang area became the ancestors of the Tu people now, and formed a clan in the Yuan Dynasty, which has a history of more than 711 years. Therefore, we can see the interwoven shadows of Tibetan, Mongolian and Han nationalities in the life habits of the Tu people.

After visiting the Rainbow Tribe, we came to the Tujia folk village in the west, where there is a huge Mani stone, which is called the first Mani stone in the world. This huge stone is smooth and round, weighing 72 tons. The stone body is engraved with ancient Indian Sanskrit scriptures such as "Medicine Master Buddha Mantra" and "Longevity Buddha Mantra". It has a history of more than 311 years and is the treasure of the town and village here. Xiaozhuang is a scenic spot that focuses on farmhouse music, and Nathan Manor is a scenic spot that focuses on catering and accommodation, so we just browsed around and returned to Tianyoude highland barley wine factory, where the tourist name is "Tianyoude China highland barley wine source". Combining the wine-making process of Tianyoude Highland Barley Winery with Tu Garden as an industrial tourism project is a prerequisite for obtaining the 5A qualification here, which has been confirmed by the verification of the scenic tour guides. Indeed, many 5A scenic spots can't meet the real standards at all, so they try their best to find a number of scenic spots to piece together, so they think that the quality of 5A scenic spots in China is declining now. However, from the national level, after all, tourism should serve economic development, and it is necessary to consider poverty alleviation and support local economy, so these are understandable.

With the crowds of tourists entering the sightseeing corridor of the factory, we visited the pits, distillation, filling, packaging and other workshops of the winery in turn, tasted the highland barley wine of each hawthorn, then visited the R&D, flavor, brewing, wine tasting and other centers on the second floor, learned about the scientific research level of Tianyoude, and finally visited the storage workshop of the original wine. Strangely, I visited the whole factory, but I didn't see any workers. The tour guide explained that there was a staff sports meeting in the factory today, and all the workers and cadres went to the sports meeting, leaving only the person in charge of tourism reception in the factory. After visiting a set of procedures, we have a detailed understanding of Tianyoude highland barley wine.

tianyoude China highland barley wine source is the largest highland barley wine production base and highland barley wine origin protection base in China. Huzhu highland barley wine originated in the Yuan Dynasty, flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, developed in modern times and flourished today. Huzhu County People's Government established the state-owned Huzhu County Winery in 1952 on the basis of eight workshops, such as "Tianyoude" and "Yongqinghe", and in February 2111, it established a joint-stock company and listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange. The stock abbreviation is: Qinghighland barley wine. At present, the company has a registered capital of 451 million yuan, total assets of 1.8 billion yuan, an area of 311,111 square meters, more than 1,811 employees and an annual production capacity of 5,111 tons of highland barley wine. The company produces more than 1,111 varieties of four series of highland barley wine products: Huzhu, Tianyoude, Eight Workshops and Yongqinghe. The company takes "Tianyoude" as its general trademark. According to the company's introduction, "Tianyoude" comes from the bottom line of the plaque "Building a Perfect World" in the Hall of Supreme Harmony of the Forbidden City in Beijing, "Heaven is always kind to your husband, always keeping it, and earnestly seeking peace".

The tour of Tuyuan is over. It's 15: 11 p.m., and we have to rush to Qilian County, 276 kilometers away. After Datong and Menyuan, all the way is surrounded by mountains and rivers. After a long journey of more than four hours, we arrived in Qilian County at 19: 31 and checked into Qilian Hotel. Three years ago, when we visited Qinghai-Tibet, we visited Zhuo'er Mountain in Qilian County and stayed in this hotel. At that time, after visiting Zall Mountain, I once saw the signs of Amidongsuo Scenic Area, but I didn't have the idea of traveling all over the country for 5 years at that time, so I didn't continue to visit. I didn't expect to revisit my old place again after three years.

DAY2

Depart at 8: 11 a.m., first visit Qilian County, and then go to Amidongsuo Scenic Area 14 kilometers away. Amidongsuo Scenic Spot is actually on the roadside when it comes, but there are no hotels around, so you can only stay in the county seat.

Ami Dongsuo means "God of Mountains" in Tibetan, also known as "Thousand Soldiers' Post". Locals all call it "Niuxinshan" or "Xiaodongsuo". Ami Dongsuo is 4,667 meters above sea level, with an absolute drop of 1,881 meters from Babao Town, Qilian County. Qilian Tibetans worship Ami Dongsuo as king of the hill, the Qilian gods.

about 21 minutes later, we arrived at the tourist center of the scenic spot. Now it is the off-season of tourism, and because of the epidemic prevention and control, tourists are even rarer. Therefore, the scenic spot has now closed sightseeing bus, allowing self-driving to enter the scenic spot. As the first group of tourists in the scenic spot, we entered the scenic spot after signing the safety agreement. The staff of the scenic spot told us that the route of the scenic spot is 12 kilometers, and it will reach the end point when you reach the glass plank road, so you can return to the original road.

When we enter Amidongsuo along the scenic highway, our first impression is a relatively wide mountain valley. There are intermittent alpine forest belts in the valley on both sides of the hillside, with alpine meadows among the forest belts and patches of farmland under the hillside. It's autumn now, the grassland has turned yellow, the farmland has been harvested, and the forest is dark green. If it is in summer, it should resemble the scenery of Nalati grassland in Xinjiang. I read some raiders before, describing the summer scenery of Ami Dongsuo: the wheat waves at the bottom of the mountain are rolling, the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant, and a farm scene in the plateau valley is full of spring; The green grass at the foot of the mountain is an excellent pasture, and it has the reputation of "a good pasture under Qilian Mountain". But now it's early autumn, and summer doesn't exist, which is a little bleak in autumn. Clear streams run down from the mountains happily, meandering in valleys or rushing out of a tidal flat. In the middle of the tidal flat, there are many shrubs strewn at random, graceful and full of branches, like bonsai trees. This is the bonsai bay of Amidongsuo, and it is also one of the few scenic spots in the scenic spot. Appreciating the beautiful scenery of the river valley on both sides, I walked all the way between the winding mountain roads, and soon I came to the bottom of Wanfo Cliff. The gentle mountain road suddenly became steep, just like the 72 turn of the Sichuan-Tibet line. After several turns, I came to Wanfo Cliff. There is a wooden plank road leading to one side of the cliff, and you can see a rugged stone forest on one side of the cliff. We didn't see the glass plank road, so we walked on for a few kilometers, and saw the mountain road going down, and there was no landscape from a distance, so we called the scenic spot and learned that the glass plank road was at Wanfo Cliff scenic spot. So we turned around and took the wooden plank road to visit the Wanfo Cliff. Walking to the end of the wooden plank road, there is a glass observation deck connected by a short glass plank road and the wooden plank road. It turns out that this is what the staff call the glass plank road. Although it is not the commanding height of Amidongso, it is the best scenic spot. This is also the most magical place of Amidongsuo. The surrounding mountains are generally curved peaks with gentle slopes and grassland coverage, but here suddenly there is a bare cliff stone forest landform. Above the cliff, the forest of stone forests and stone buds are arranged in order from top to bottom, like sentries lined up and groups of Buddha statues, with different shapes and lifelike. The hand of nature's magical creation is endless, and it can do whatever it wants. It will create this amazing landscape with a touch of a pen. From this, I think that Amidongso's Tibetan meaning of "a thousand soldiers' posts" is more in line with the symbolic meaning of the landscape here, and a legend confirms this point. Legend has it that after King Gelsall fought in the Hall Kingdom and surrendered the White Account King, he spread the sacred Buddhism to all beings in the Hall Kingdom and gave them initiation and blessing, the army of the Ling Kingdom moved back to the DPRK, leaving thousands of soldiers to stand guard at the top of this mountain. Later, the sentinel leader became the mountain god who protected the side, and the "Thousand Soldiers Post" was born. In addition to watching the Wanfo Cliff, it is also the best scenic spot to enjoy the panoramic landform of Amidongso. Winding river valleys, grassy slopes and slightly yellowed mountain ridges are the true colors of Amidongso against the background of blue sky and white clouds. Although it is not midsummer at this time, Amidongso in autumn has another charm.

It took us more than two hours to finish the tour of Amidongso scenic spot. It's 11: 31 now, and it only takes more than four hours to return to Xining. We still have plenty of time. So we plan to visit Arou Temple in Qilian County on the way back, and then return through Xining to visit cambra Forest Park in Jianzha County, Huangnan Prefecture, so that our previous trips have traveled all over Qinghai.

Arou Temple is about 14 kilometers away from Amidongso, just on the side of provincial highway 312. Arou Temple, also known as Alec Temple, originated from the earliest Arou tribe, and now Arou tribe has evolved into Arou Township in Qilian County. Arou Township is a Tibetan herdsman township, which governs Caodaban, Qingyanggou and Rixu pastoral areas. It is close to Zhuo'er Mountain, and it is also the largest gelug sect monasteries in Qilian County. Arou Temple is not only influenced by the traditional art of Tibetan Buddhist temples in Tibet, but also combines the architectural art of Chinese temples. The temple has a temple of Tibetan Buddhism with glittering roofs, pavilions and pavilions with cornices of the Han nationality, and a round temple building like a granary. Like most large-scale monasteries, Arou Temple also has a row of eight "eight pagodas" with gorgeous decorations and golden roofs and white bodies. From time to time, lamas in red Tibetan robes come out of the temples and monasteries, while devout villagers pray in the temples or tirelessly turn the prayer barrels in the corridors. Arou Temple has also been developed into a tourist attraction, with a ticket of RMB 15. Although not as famous as those who have become