Our story in western Sichuan begins with the heavy rain in Changsha and ends with the heavy rain in Chengdu.

The ups and downs in the middle and the fear and fear are all related to the pouring rain.

Before departure, the news was constantly being pushed, including a once-in-a-century heavy rain in Sichuan, a heavy rain in Chengdu, and a mudslide in Dujiangyan.

We set off with an uneasy mood, but we encountered a thunderstorm at Changsha Airport. The promised late-night snack in Chengdu directly turned into breakfast in a Chengdu hotel.

The bad start also confirmed our previous fears! But we have already set off and there is no turning back, so... just sleep in the car!

To sum it up in one word, it’s beautiful!

To sum it up in two words, it’s because, it’s beautiful!

To sum it up in three words, it’s because it’s so beautiful!

Alpines, grasslands, forests, snow-capped mountains, lakes, seas of flowers, streams, golden highland barley fields, winding 18-turn roads, white pagodas, and plateau wild animals, you can see them all at one time.

Spicy Sichuan hot pot, yak mushroom soup, Kung Pao chicken, twice-cooked pork, Sichuan Lao Ma’s hoof flowers, couple’s lung slices, Dongpo elbow, cold pot fish, stone-ground tofu pudding, fish-flavored shredded pork , Mapo tofu, spicy chicken, pickled fish, boiled fish, Maoxuewang, Chongqing hot pot boiled cabbage, bridge pork ribs, how can you eat enough at one time?

I have heard too many stories about Tibetan areas, but with our young (middle-aged) bodies and bones, we still feel a little weak when we go directly to Tibet. Therefore, the location and beautiful scenery in western Sichuan allow us to try our skills. .

It turned out that the choice was correct, because I immediately started looking forward to the second and third time to explore this treasure province of Sichuan. It is full of beautiful scenery, delicious food and beautiful people (I am not interested at all, It’s all those bastards who kept pulling me)!

It is gratifying that flowers bloom again, but it is a pity that people are no longer young.

If an old classmate 20 years after graduation can still insist on finding the same schedule, take his wife and abandon his children, endure the looks of his colleagues, the disdain of his family, the anger of his children's teachers, and may not have enough fun. Under the pressure of friends, we travel together to realize our dreams. Most of them are good friends who stayed in the last row together in middle school, climbed over walls and blew bottles together in college.

Brother, do you still remember the dream you had when you were young?

Bah! I have never aged, I can still blow 2 bottles of wolfberry cold beer!

We planned a small group of 9-10 days for outdoor free travel that we found on Mafengwo (the other party gave suggestions on the itinerary, and we adjusted it according to our own preferences).

According to the time schedule of 9-10 days, it should be possible to take the Grand Circle Line (later I learned from chatting with the master that within 10 days, you can also choose the Sichuan-Tibet Line from Chengdu to Lhasa, and then the flight will take you from Return to Lhasa).

However, due to the impact of the epidemic, Seda (Buddhist Academy, Sky Burial) has not been open. At the same time, taking into account the physical condition of everyone in the team, we chose a loose time schedule to take the small loop line in western Sichuan. We The self-proclaimed sunset group's gameplay.

In the actual process, due to the impact of heavy rains (the rainy season in July and August, heavy rains and floods that occur once in a century are not affordable), there were some adjustments to the itinerary, which will be explained in detail in the story later.

The next day, at 7 o'clock, we set off from the gloomy Chengdu. The itinerary is Chengdu-Luding Bridge-Moxi Ancient Town.

Turn into Yakang Expressway along the Chengya Expressway and follow the beautiful Qingyi River to the majestic Erlang Mountain. Erlang Mountain once became the first natural danger on the Sichuan-Tibet Road due to its high mountain, narrow road surface and steep slope; crossing the altitude The 4176-meter Erlang Mountain Tunnel, the yin and yang of heaven, arrived at the Dadu River, went to Luding County, and visited the Luding Bridge that the Red Army passed during the Long March. Standing on the swaying iron cable bridge, recalling the heroic scene of capturing the Luding Iron Cable Bridge, I want to see Under the hail of bullets, it was not easy for the Red Army soldiers to win this battle.

Arriving at Moxi Ancient Town at noon, it was the first lunch of the trip. To commemorate it (recalling it, I finally had a formal meal again a few days later), the owner was very solid and made a big pot of it. Yak meat and matsutake stew, plus a large pot of Sichuan-style boiled fish fillets, are delicious.

Refer to a certain review website, which is relatively reliable. I had been worried that eating in mountainous areas would be inconvenient or taste bad. Don’t worry!

In the afternoon, the sun had not yet set, so I took the time to wander around the Moxi Ancient Town outside the Hailuogou scenic spot.

Moxi Ancient Town has a long history. It was once a post station on the Tang-Tibet Ancient Road and an important town on the Sichuan-Tibet Tea Horse Road.