Therefore, we plan to travel for three days at the end of August. This time, we decided to enter the Heavenly Road from Huapiling and leave the Heavenly Road from Yehuling.
1, popular science "Prairie Road"
Grassland Tianlu, located at the junction of Zhangbei County and Chongli District in Zhangjiakou City, starts from Yehuling on the south side of Zhangbei County in the west (near Yehuling fortress) and reaches Chongli Huapiling in the east. It is an important channel connecting Chongli Ski Resort, Chicheng Hot Spring Area and Zhangbei Grassland Scenic Area, and it is also one of the top ten most beautiful highways in Chinese mainland.
The total length of the grassland road is 132.7 km, just like a dragon, which is entrenched at the top of the mountains and twists and turns for more than 100 km. The blue sky meets it and the white clouds echo it. Walking on the Heavenly Road is like walking in the clouds, hence the name Heavenly Road. This is the edge of Xilin Gol prairie, with an average elevation of 1400 meters and an average annual temperature of only 4 degrees Celsius. It is known as "thirteen provinces in the world, but not as cold as Huapiling". Strong wind, abundant sunshine and no obvious summer have become the most obvious climate characteristics.
The total length of Grassland Tianlu is132km, and it is divided into two routes: the eastern route and the western route are about 32km, and the eastern route is about100km. Because the western line is a one-way street, there are relatively few people going. The grassland road in people's mouth refers to the eastern route. The east line of Grassland Tianlu extends from west to east from Yehuling to Huapiling, so the entrance of Yehuling is also called the west entrance, and the entrance of Huapiling is also called the east entrance. Generally speaking, the west entrance refers to Yehuling (Zhangbei County) and the east entrance refers to Huapiling (Chongli District). The 100 km tianlu from Yehuling to Huapiling is called the eastern line of grassland tianlu, also known as "grassland tianlu", while the western line is gradually marginalized by tourists.
2. How to enter the grassland road
Grassland Tianlu has two entrances, namely Yehuling entrance and Huapiling entrance, which are also two exits. Which entrance to enter depends on everyone's own travel route. Tell me about myself. When I first went to Tianlu, I chose to enter from Yehuling, because it was the gate of Tianlu, but because of this, the entrance was called blocked. We sat in the car and blew the prairie wind for an hour. By the way, we sang Blue Sky, Aries, My Home. The second time I went to the grassland, I chose to enter from Huapiling, probably because the tourist season has passed and the entrance to Huapiling is extremely unobstructed. I have the habit of arranging the route and itinerary in advance before each trip, and this time is no exception. The grassland road is a strange place for us, and mobile navigation is of course indispensable. I use Baidu map, so here is the map as an example.
Enter Grassland Tianlu from Yehuling, open Baidu Map APP, and then directly search for "Zhangbei Grassland Tianlu Service Center", which is the entrance of Grassland Tianlu Yehuling and the north and main entrance of Grassland Tianlu. This cannot be wrong. Please feel free to search, haha.
Open Baidu Map APP from Huapiling to Grassland Tianlu, and then directly search for "Grassland Tianlu (Huapiling)", as shown in the figure below, which is the entrance of Huapiling in Grassland Tianlu. If you want to see the complete route of the entire Tianlu East Line, enter "Grassland Tianlu East Line" in the Baidu map search bar, and you can see the whole route. It should be noted here that mobile navigation will automatically choose the shortest route, so be careful not to be biased by the navigation band. While believing in navigation, we should also know the route we are driving.
The route from the hotel entrance to the hotel is shown in the figure below. After entering Tianlu entrance, I set my destination as the name of the hotel I stayed in. The powerful Baidu map will provide several routes, so you should be extra careful.
I personally tested the accuracy of the keywords at the entrance of the article, so you can drive there safely.
Step 3 eat and live
On the way to the grassland, I still suggest that you take enough emergency dry food and water to prevent traffic jams. What if the car breaks down in the middle of the road? Be fully prepared and have fun. Because we travel with children, we bring a lot of food, although many of them are not for children, haha. As long as you enter the grassland highway, basically there will be several farmers. As long as you are hungry, you can go in and have some roast mutton or something. I don't know how each family tastes, but it should be no problem to fill your stomach. Of course, when everyone comes out to play, they all want to have fun and eat local food. That's great.
When we talk about grasslands, the first thing we think of is mutton. Tianlu's mutton tastes good. Friends who come here to play must not miss the good opportunity to eat mutton. The beef jerky here tastes great, too On the way back, we bought some beef jerky to take back, which should be regarded as a grassland specialty, as well as toffee and flaxseed. If necessary, we can take some back. Let's talk about living. This is the most disturbing thing for those who go to a place for the first time. Anyway, I feel this way and really think a lot. For example, what if it's a black shop? What if the food is unsanitary? What if you kill someone? What should I do if the hotel room is too dirty? Are there too many mosquitoes? Where is the correct position? Is the roadside better or the inside?
Haha, I especially understand everyone's feelings, but this is the first time I went there. It will be easy when I go there for the second time. Because I am very satisfied with my first stay in Colorful Tianlu Holiday Hotel, no matter the geographical location (in the middle of Tianlu, both ends are suitable, so I don't have to worry), the quality of the food (my saliva, the surrounding environment (about 1 km from Tianlu Highway, quiet, safe, with little dust or hotel hygiene) is quite good, and the boss is also very frank (please wipe the food).
There are swings and hammocks in the backyard of Colorful Holiday Inn. If you want to stay one more day, it's good to breathe fresh air. There will be a bonfire party in the evening, and everyone will dance and watch the fireworks. Some people performed Shu Huaxiu, which was also beautiful. They were all stunned by the children. My baby pointed to the spark and said to me, "Mom, fire, fire" haha.
The roast mutton in this restaurant is also very authentic. The roast leg of lamb we had last time was replaced by roast lamb chops, and it was eaten with cumin powder. Not dry but not greasy. This tastes different from what we eat in the city. Delicious and croak. By the way, if you decide to stay in this hotel (I like to call it a farmhouse), if you want to eat roast mutton, you should call your boss at least two hours in advance to make a reservation. When you come, you will have to wait for a long time. Their roast mutton is directly roasted with raw meat, but it doesn't take seven or eight minutes to cook before roasting, so it takes a long time. It's no use worrying. I was really bored while waiting for dinner, so I went for a walk in the kitchen (the waiter didn't stop me, hehe, I found the following one).
Special note: don't pick mushrooms you don't know, many mushrooms are poisonous.
Yes, it's several boxes of wild fresh mushrooms. The waiter said it rained a few days ago, and many wild mushrooms grew after the rain. They use this time to pick a large number of fresh mushrooms every year, besides giving them to guests, and dry them to make wild mushrooms. Haha, I ate a lot of mushrooms for dinner that night. Why, fresh natural wild mushrooms are delicious. The last time I saw them was when I was very young. There is another dish on Tianlu grassland, that is, oat noodle, which is also delicious, which may be because the chef's skill is good. Anyway, I think every dish I eat, including shallots and stewed chicken (the cock kept at the door may be eaten like this by me, etc.). Friends who want to go to Tianlu can rest assured to book. If they become friends with the boss, they may give you some change, quack.
Step 4 play
You must ask, when you go to the grassland in early autumn, the grass turns yellow. Is the scenery still beautiful? Whether the scenery is beautiful or not depends on everyone's photography level. I think so, too. I'm not very good at it anyway What I think is beautiful with the naked eye becomes terrible when I enter the camera. Alas, my eyes are full of tears. It's hard to describe that I failed to live up to the beautiful scenery in vain and had to take pictures. I watched the change of a cloud quietly ~
Guess what this is
Do you think I'm cute ~
One thing that must be mentioned is that there are mushrooms on the grassland in autumn. There are large mushrooms in the jungle. Pick at will. They are purely wild. Take them back to dry and make them into dried mushrooms. This is also a decline in leverage. Take the children to pick mushrooms (there is one near the colorful Tianlu Hotel, which is also a very happy thing. Parents who take their children out to play must not miss it. Mushrooms look like green bamboo shoots after the rain, so cute ~
Living on the hill opposite the hotel has a fairy effect.
5. Our itinerary
D 1: We didn't start too early, because there are still three days, and it's not a weekend. It was already 8:30 after breakfast, and we started to set off for Badaling Expressway. There are still some traffic jams in the Great Wall section, probably because there are more tourists in the summer vacation, but compared with the last trip, this trip is much smoother.
At about noon 12:30, I arrived at Huapiling. After entering Tianlu, I found a place to sit down and eat my lunch.
After lunch break, it's almost two o'clock. Keep driving and enjoy the scenery along the way.
Arrive at Colorful Tianlu Holiday Hotel at 5:40 pm to prepare dinner.
D2: We have enough time. After breakfast in the hotel in the morning (65,438+00 yuan for adults and no charge for children), we walked around and took the children to pick some mushrooms. After noon break, I went to Senatou Resort, 20 kilometers away from the hotel, and played grass skiing, cable car and other projects. Continue to stay at Colorful Tianlu Holiday Hotel in the evening.
D3: After breakfast, drive to the direction of Yehuling, and have lunch on the roadside farm road. 65438+ 0 pm, drive back to Beijing, there is no traffic jam on the road.
6. Matters needing attention
The first point: before the vehicle enters Tianlu, make sure that the vehicle is filled with oil, because there is no gas station on the way to Tianlu;
The second point: the temperature in Tianlu is low all the year round, and it is very cool even in the hottest summer. It is recommended to bring a coat. If you go in early autumn, take a thicker coat.
The third point: drive on the road of the sky, don't rely entirely on navigation, and compare the road map at the intersection;
The fourth point: in sunny weather, ultraviolet rays are really strong, and even the most sun-resistant people will shed their skin. Don't believe it.