Hello everyone, I am Dr. Yang. The place we are going to go today is Sichuan, 1,700 kilometers away from Zhengzhou. Where have we been and what is the scenery along the way? Don't worry, get in the car quickly, let's go

We know in elementary school textbooks that "the road to Sichuan is difficult, and it is difficult to reach the sky." If it were placed in ancient times, it would take one or two to go to Sichuan and Shu from the north. In September, our country’s transportation network now extends in all directions, and it only takes about 2.5 hours to fly from Zhengzhou to Chengdu. I can’t help but sigh that only when the country is strong can it benefit ordinary people, shorten travel time, and improve work efficiency.

There is a light rail from downtown Zhengzhou to Xinzheng International Airport, which costs 12 yuan and takes 17 minutes, and it goes directly to the T2 terminal. In the past, it took at least 40 minutes to drive, not counting the time spent in traffic jams. [Torture]

He speed-raced when he had a disagreement, and it was reasonable and legal. Most of the traffic police were helpless. It is estimated that only Fuxing and Harmony would dare to do this!

When I saw the ticket, I wanted to complain about China Southern Airlines. After searching for a long time, I couldn’t find their check-in desk. Basically, all the self-service check-in machines did not support it, which made me travel almost everywhere. Throughout the terminal, I almost missed boarding. Is your family so unlucky?

However, China Southern Airlines’ in-flight meals are pretty good. Rice with fish-flavored shredded pork is enough.

The beautiful scenery in the sky, that’s why I like to choose a seat by the window [laughing]

This is my first time in Chengdu. After meeting up with my friends, according to our prior plan, We drove straight to Shimian County on the highway. The vehicle we drove was the 2017 all-new Santa Fe, a 2.0T seven-seater version that was picked up in 2018!

With a 2.0T engine, 6AT gearbox, 18-inch wheels, maximum torque of 350, and a spacious interior, we will talk about the driving experience after 1,200 kilometers.

The new Shengda supports carplay function, which is really convenient. I no longer have to stick my phone in the air outlet, and the screen must be always on. Now I only need one data cable to do it easily. Help you realize the luxury of viewing navigation on a large screen!

Sichuan's highways are very well built, but because it is a mountainous area, they are basically two-lane, and there are many speed limit cameras. You still need to control your speed when driving, and be safe and careful. Heavy. (I am still praying that I will never receive a fine [poor])

What is particularly unfortunate is that the time we went coincided with the rainy season, and the weather was basically gray for three days. .

After entering Ganzi, the sun came out to show its face, but it was very short-lived, but it seemed to have given us a lot of face.

The parking lots of Sichuan Expressway are very large and have complete supporting facilities, which are very suitable for a short break.

The brand new Shengda halogen candle lamp is indeed a bit unnatural to put on a car worth more than 200,000 yuan.

As a northerner, I have never been to Sichuan, and my impressions of Chengdu are only limited to various publicity platforms, let alone Shimian County. But when I arrived, I was really surprised. Although the weather was bad and the fog was very It's heavy, but it won't give you a very depressing feeling. The neat markets, clean streets, and towering green mountains will make you feel a sense of belonging.

The streets are very clean, but there are still some random parking of vehicles. Maybe the law enforcement in small cities needs to be improved.

What a loving family of three, and it’s actually a parent-child set.

I searched a lot of Sichuan delicacies on the Internet and traveled most of the streets. I finally decided to eat here. Why did I choose this place? Because there are so many people there, so it must be delicious. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!

In the past few days in Sichuan, basically every hotel will have such tea. It should be a local Shaomai tea, and it tastes pretty good.

We ordered a fish, and the boss said it was from the Dadu River nearby, and even brought it over for us to have a look at. It was so real.

I love Sichuan food, and I don’t like anything spicy. Although I often go to Sichuan restaurants at home, the taste is far less authentic than the local food.

The fish here is a two-for-one meal. Just now it was fish soup, and this plate is fish meat.

It was already dark after dinner. The taillights of Santa Fe are quite warm, but some people say they are not grand and fashionable enough. It may vary from person to person.

It was late at night, and there were a few of us lonely figures under the dim light. At this time, it started to rain again... No one would believe this scene if it was not a face-to-face look, hahahahaha

The moment I opened the window the next morning, I was still shocked by the smoky mountain peaks. Did I feel like staying in a mountain view room?

When running on mountain roads, the wheels of the Santa Fe are indeed a bit shabby. They are 18 inches. I think I should get 20 inches anyway. After all, the car is so big and it looks uncoordinated.

I must praise that the wide rearview mirror is really easy to use. The field of vision is very wide when driving during the entire journey, which guarantees safe driving.

The interior design of the Santa Fe is a bit old-fashioned and unattractive, and the center console is full of plastic flavor. For a car worth 200,000 yuan, at least some soft materials should be used.

The seats are fairly well-wrapped, the imitation leather material is moderately soft and hard, and equipped with automatically adjustable lumbar support, so you won’t feel particularly tired when driving long distances.

There are four doors, and only the glass in the driver's seat supports one-touch lifting. Alas... modern cars may be like this, so there is no surprise.

It takes nearly two hours to drive from Shimian County to Anshunchang. Here is a popular science for everyone. Anshunchang is a small town in Shimian County, which is where the Red Army forcibly crossed the Dadu River. At the same time, It was also the place where the famous military general of the Taiping Rebellion, Yi Wang Shi Dakai, led his entire army to annihilation. In May 1935, the Long March of the Chinese Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army came to Anshun Field again. Chiang Kai-shek threatened to “want Zhu and Mao to become the second in the Shi’s Army.” However, with the help and support of the local people, especially more than 50 boatmen, the Red Army successfully crossed the Dadu River here and wrote a glorious chapter in the history of the Chinese revolution. Anshun Field has since become world-famous as "the tragedy of King Yi and the victory field of the Red Army".

The sky is still gray, but we are in a beautiful mood. We can’t let the weather affect the vacation time we finally saved up.

The fast-flowing Dadu River is a bit turbid, reminding me of our mother river, the Yellow River, which looks extremely spectacular in such a rainy season.

The Santa Fe’s slender body has good lines and muscles.

The light rain is still falling. Although there are not too many cars on the mountain road, we still try to control the speed below 60. Fortunately, this Shengda is very powerful and we can drive all the way. There were no sideslips or landslides.

I especially like the scenery along the way. Due to the light rain, the entire mountain peak is shrouded in mist, like a fairyland, which makes people linger.

While walking, the light rain suddenly turned into a heavy rain. For the first time, I experienced that the weather in the mountainous area really changes rapidly. >After a bumpy journey, we arrived at the small town of Ansunchang. The streets were really clean after it rained. There were not many people, but everything from the houses to the public facilities were neat and orderly.

What kind of flower is this? Jasmine, I don’t know if I’m wrong...

The blooming flowers are like an umbrella opened in reverse, welcoming the arrival and nourishment of nectar.

I was very curious at the time, was this a big well? If so, would the well water actually overflow?

Most of Ansunchang’s small towns are made of wooden houses of this kind, which look very old.

There are very few people, and the hustle and bustle has been blocked out. It really feels like a paradise.

Today, the Dadu River in Anshunchang no longer roars like it did in 1935. It is more about the accumulation of history and the memory of heroes.

The streets are really very clean

When a young couple raised their camera to take pictures, the woman was very calm, but for some reason she felt that the man looked calm but was actually panicking inside. A batch. [Laughing]

Here I want to focus on this 2017 Santa Fe. The engine is 2.0T. Logically speaking, power should be readily available, but in actual use this is not the case. It is very meaty and has no explosive power. The 6AT gearbox basically requires 3,000 rpm before shifting gears, which is very uncomfortable especially when driving in a low-level manner. Of course, it is not without its advantages. The chassis adjustment is moderately soft and hard, the sound insulation quality is still very good, and wind noise and tire noise are filtered very well. But you are a seven-seater car costing RMB 200,000. If only the chassis is qualified among the three major components, it will be too much to deal with.

In fact, when running on mountain roads, the most demanding thing is the safety of the car. Although the Shengda's technology configuration is average, the stability of the vehicle is pretty good, and there is no special bumpy feeling.

Shimian County belongs to Ya'an City. The scenery here is really good. I stopped several times along the way. I really couldn't bear to move forward for fear of missing it. The mountains and rivers complement each other, really like an ink painting.

Little popular science knowledge about Luding: On May 29, 1935, the Chinese Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army achieved a great victory here in flying over the Luding Bridge, and Luding became a famous revolutionary historical city. Luding Bridge and the Red Army The Monument of Flying to Luding Bridge has also become a symbol of Luding. From my own personal experience, today’s Luding has changed from its old appearance to a new one. There are many high-rise buildings, bustling markets, and wealthy people. It is completely impossible to tell that this is a city that has been baptized by war. Perhaps a happier and better life is The best tribute to the fallen heroes.

The reason why the flower is so red is because it grows in the right place, the right season, and the right time.

I particularly like this feeling in Luding New Town. You can feel the mountains and rivers when you open the window.

The water of Dadu River roars as always.

The east bank of Luding Bridge

What impressed me most was the roads and streets here. It is no exaggeration to describe them as spotless. I ran for three days and didn’t even need to wash my car.

The streets are still very clean, and it feels comfortable to look at them.

The streets in Luding County are generally very narrow, with many one-way streets, and there are basically no parking lines, so those who drive are best to park their cars in the parking lot and walk around honestly. , in case the gain outweighs the loss if you post a note, don’t ask me how I know [tears]

At 7 o’clock in the morning in Luding, the sanitation aunties are always the first ones to get up. Salute.

There are actually very few people at Luding Bridge in the morning, but the 10 yuan visiting fee is still unavoidable for outsiders.

I later learned that it is completely free for locals in Luding to cross the bridge, because it is a road they often take to connect the two sides of the Taiwan Strait. Grocery shopping ladies and children in a hurry to go to school are all busy. Office workers all day long have to cross this bridge. Luding Bridge is a scenic spot, but it also plays its role in facilitating the daily life of citizens.

I came across a group of 17 Land Cruisers lined up on the street. They must have stopped here before entering Tibet. It was very spectacular.

Standing under the bridge, I couldn’t help but sigh, Luding Bridge is a bridge of heroes and a bridge of hearts.

The first bridge in Sichuan and Tibet refers to the Xingkang Bridge, located in Luding County, Sichuan, on the Luding Dadu River on the Yakang Expressway. Experienced drivers who are familiar with Tibet know that National Highway 318 only has Yakang-Luding expressway, and the remaining 40 kilometers are not open to traffic. The impact of places not open to traffic is great, because you need to go around dangerous mountain roads to enter Tibet. But this phenomenon changed in 2018, thanks to the opening of the world's most difficult bridge.

The Xingkang Bridge invested 1 billion and took 5 years. It is really not an exaggeration to say that China is an "infrastructure maniac".

I couldn’t wait to take a group photo, and there was no sense of inconsistency between Shengda and the world’s No. 1 player.

It is said that the construction of this bridge is extremely difficult. It has to be constructed on a plateau with an altitude of more than 4,000 meters, where the wind is extremely strong and the span is extremely large, which is a special test of our country's technology. In addition, small earthquakes often occur in this place, which is prone to accidents, so seismic strength should also be considered.

Sichuan Gongga Snow Mountain has been included in our itinerary from the beginning. We have been yearning for it from the moment we entered Sichuan, but...it was a rainy day and we couldn’t see anything. First For the first time, I experienced what extreme joy can bring about sorrow. My heart instantly shattered into shards of glass.

As can be seen from the surveillance video, the gray area is the surveillance video of Camp No. 4 in Hailuogou. Only from this location can the magnificent Gongga Snow Mountain be seen. But at this moment, it was shrouded in smoke, and I once again expressed my heartache.

There is no other way, let’s take a look at the exteriors

Hailuogou is located in the three cities and counties of Luding, Kangding and Shimian in the Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. It is centered on Gongga Mountain and surrounded by trees around the main peak of Gongga. There are 145 ice peaks with an altitude of 5,000 to 6,000 meters, forming a majestic scene of peaks surrounded by snow-capped mountains. There are more than 10 plateau lakes in the Gongga Mountain Scenic Area, the famous ones are Yanzigou, Mugecuo, Wuxu Lake, Renzong Sea (also called Renzhong Sea), Bawang Sea (also called Bawang Sea)... But This time we couldn't see any of them, this damn rainy season...

We can often see this kind of unique houses here, which is the scenery of Gonggar Street. Many specialty shops are worth visiting. Especially the yak meat is very delicious. If you go there, don’t forget to bring it with you. It’s also much cheaper than at the foot of the mountain.

This is the appearance of the snow-capped mountains that you can see if the weather is clear (the photo is borrowed from the forum celebrity: Brother Xi is very busy). I am sorry, but I am determined to come again next time!

At this point in the article, our trip to Sichuan has basically come to an end. Although we encountered heavy rain and landslides, I also suffered from a cold, fever, stomachache, motion sickness, and even no strength to vomit. But I still can’t hide my recognition and nostalgia for this trip. At the same time, I am very grateful to my friends for their help. Without them, this trip may have been aborted. Also, let’s talk about this Santa Fe. I would give it an 8 out of 10 points. After all, there was no obvious high altitude reaction, and we were sent back to Chengdu smoothly. This is the most casual travelogue I have ever written. There is no plan, no script, and no fancy words. Just read it.

I’m Dr. Sheep, see you next time!