I spent a weekend traveling from Lanzhou to Chongqing to experience the most spicy mountain city time.
Actually, Lanzhou can barely be regarded as a mountain city.
The reason why it is a mountain city is that in recent years, Lanzhou has been cutting mountains to build cities. The already fragile loess hilltops have been flattened for large-scale construction projects, and the crowded people in the main urban area have been diverted to become cave dwellers.
The mountains in Lanzhou are not steep, majestic, or even a little barren and barren. The mountains below and the mountains are only connected by a road, separated by several miles, and they are like two different worlds.
And Chongqing, this legendary magical 8D city, is the real mountain city.
The city is on the mountain, and there is a city in the mountain. There are many roads and mountains on top of each other. It is often when you go up to the eighteenth floor that you realize that you are just moving from one piece of flat land to another.
Only here can there be skyscrapers with floors as low as 12 floors. Only here can we discover the powerlessness of maps in the face of complicated road conditions, and can we have the wonderful feeling of being in this mountain.
Of course, the most attractive thing about Chongqing is its addictive food.
Hot pot, skewers, noodles, and noodles are all spicy, spicy, fragrant, and refreshing.
In order to experience as many attractions and food as possible in the shortest possible time without taking up time on working days, I had to travel around the mountain city within 33 hours.
Friday 18:30 - Saturday 07:12 K2612 On Friday night, everything was ready and went straight to the station.
The long-lost green train has a sleeper berth ticket of just over 200 yuan. It is economical and affordable to sleep on the train for one night, save a lot of accommodation expenses, and travel to Chongqing with your eyes open.
There were still all kinds of people gathering in the carriage. I remembered that I once met a girl with stinky feet in a sleeper carriage. After taking off her shoes, the smell could spread more than ten meters. She was a train killer. I also saw an egg maniac on the train, two of them.
The man carried a large bag of hard-boiled eggs and sat in the carriage eating them non-stop. He ate more than 20 eggs in just ten minutes without any intention of stopping.
In order to recuperate my energy, I didn’t deliberately observe the surroundings during this trip. After getting in the car, I just dived into bed and rested.
Watching the conductor selling fresh fruits in Chongqing-style Mandarin, from the initial offer of buy one get one free, to buy one get two get free, to buy one get three get free, I had already closed my eyes and prepared to sleep.
Accompanied by the clattering sound of the wheels hitting the rails, the shouts from all around became thicker and rhythmic.
Saturday 07:13-07:30 Crown Escalator At 7:12, the train arrived at the station and it was still dark.
Chongqing Railway Station is probably the most chronological railway station I have ever seen.
With its dilapidated exterior walls and old facilities, if there were not the two characters "Chongqing" on the roof, no one would doubt that it was a station in a small fourth-tier county.
Walk 200 meters from the ticket office on the side of the station to reach the entrance of the Crown Escalator. I quickly experienced the first attraction of this trip.
This escalator, the second longest in Asia, is 112 meters long and 52.5 meters high. It runs for 2 minutes and 30 seconds. It connects Lianglukou and Caiyuanba Railway Station. The one-way fare is 2 yuan.
The large escalator is really steep, and you can't even see the end at a glance. When you look back halfway, you feel a little scared, for fear of stumbling down to the valley.
Saturday 07:31-10:30 Ciqikou Passing the Crown Escalator, you will arrive at Lianglukou subway station.
There are also many homeless beddings spread in the station. Accompanying the hurried footsteps of office workers, they also get up one after another and start the day's rush to survive.
Take Metro Line 1 and you can reach Ciqikou Ancient Town in more than half an hour.
In Ciqikou Waijie, I tasted Qin Yun’s Old Lady’s Noodles, which is known as the number one noodle dish.
The spicy noodles and the pea noodles with plenty of ingredients are indeed the most authentic Chongqing taste.
To be honest, Ciqikou is similar to "ancient towns" in other cities. It is like a large supermarket, full of local snacks and Yiwu small commodities, tempting outsiders to come here and give their wallets with both hands.
In Ciqikou in the early morning, many shops are not open and there are not many tourists on the street. You can still enjoy a moment of tranquility.
Around 10 o'clock, a large number of tourists rushed in, and the fun of traveling was lost in the rush.
Saturday 10:31-11:30 Liziba Take the subway from Ciqikou to Liziba, and you can see the classic scene that became famous on Douyin - the light rail passes through the building.
Walking out of the platform, there is a viewing platform across the road.
Hundreds of people were looking up at the light rail at a 45-degree angle, holding their mobile phones and waiting for the arrival of the light rail, leaving the same internet-famous photos.
The light rail passes through the residential buildings without affecting the normal life of the residents.
It was originally just an ordinary transportation stop, but now it has become an internet celebrity attraction, attracting tourists from all over the world to gather here. I can only sigh that this place is so magical.
If you want to experience Chongqing’s three-dimensional transportation in an all-round way, you can take Light Rail Line 2 and continue moving forward.
Especially from Liziba to Zengjiayan, the light rail goes up and down, turning left and right, and it actually feels a bit thrilling like riding a roller coaster.