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When Lijiang fell from a paradise of literature and art to the mortal world, when the streets and alleys of the ancient city became a retail market for small commodities in Yiwu, when Lashihai became a slaughterhouse for tourists, and commerce smeared Lijiang beyond recognition, the ancient city of Lijiang was once so literary and artistic, How vulgar it is now, those who no longer go to Lijiang will complain about the dinners in the city. But the sunshine in Lijiang has not changed, the snow in the snow-capped mountains has not changed, and the water in Lugu Lake has not changed. It is just a new way of playing to find the Lijiang in my heart.
In fact, in addition to the majestic Jade Dragon Snow Mountain in Lijiang; the first bay of the Yangtze River and the breathtaking Tiger Leaping Gorge; Laojun Mountain, the ancestor of all mountains in Yunnan Province; Few people know (or very few people have been to) the paradise that is very close to the sky – the Gradan Prairie.
Gela Dan is located opposite to the famous Qiangui Mountain Scenic Spot in Liming Township, Yulong County, Lijiang City, on the west side of the Jinsha River, at an altitude of 3,600 meters, 24 kilometers away from the Qiangui Mountain Scenic Spot, and 200 kilometers away from Lijiang Ancient Town.
The area belongs to the Laojunshan Nature Reserve in the core area of the Three Parallel Rivers, with well-arranged alpine meadows and colorful plateau flowers. Looking at the pictures, it does not feel like Eastern Switzerland.
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Dakar Rally site in abandoned forest area of Gradan
DAKAR RALLY VENUE IN THE ABANDONED FOREST AREA OF GELADAN
The road to Geladan is extremely difficult and dangerous. There are more than 20 kilometers of abandoned roads in the forest area. If you want to go to Geladan to explore the secret land, you must ensure that your car is a four-wheel drive off-road. The important thing is said three times, you have to ensure that your car is a four-wheel drive off-road, four-wheel drive off-road, and two-wheel drive off-road. You may only be able to sleep On the side of the road.
▲ Not much to say, there are pictures as evidence
Watch the video below and you will know whether your car can reach it. If you can bravely arrive, it is equivalent to participating in a Dakar Rally. No exaggeration, there is no logistical support on this road.
There are Yi, Lisu, and Pumi ethnic groups scattered around Laojun Mountain. These ethnic groups are good at singing and dancing, and are hospitable. The main ethnic group in Gradan is the Yi nationality. When it comes to the Yi nationality, how can we not listen to the mouth strings and the poems of the Yi musician Moxizi?
Mandrill Moxizi Poems – Fields
▲ Mo Xizishi, Chinese name Mo Chunlin, was born on September 2, 1978 in Daliangshan, Sichuan Province. He is a musician, singer and producer. In 2008, he composed the song “Don’t Be Afraid”, which was later included in his solo album “Black Eagle Dream” by Wa Qiyihe, a member of the Yi Mountain Eagle Group. In 2014, “If I die, I must die in your hands” written by the poet Yu Xinqiao in “Good Songs of China”, was praised by the instructor and became popular because of it. On September 1 of the same year, the first solo album “Wild Fields” was released. In 2018, the second album “Moonlight is very white” was released.
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Picture Scroll of Sunshine
SUNSHINE SCROLL
How to introduce this secret grassland that is basically isolated from the world? I think it can only be expressed in the word magic. This is like a magical land from an alien planet. Let’s describe it from four aspects. Don’t worry about my words. Imprecision is the magic. “Bright Starry Sky”, “Sunshine Tango”, “The Creator’s Garden”, “Scholar’s Neighbor”.
bright starry sky
In every dusk that is not a rainy day, when the night begins to cover the earth, the eyes can see the sky beyond the earth, and the stars are densely embedded in the blue starry sky, making people feel like entering a scene of a science fiction blockbuster, even if the imagination is poor people, at least feel like they’ve entered the Milky Way.
And this is an era of reading pictures, and a thousand words can’t match the feelings brought by an immersive picture. Let us follow the pictures and walk into the starry sky and galaxy of Gradan.
<Swipe the picture to feel the bright starry sky of Gradan>
Sunshine Tango
For the land of Gradan, God has never been stingy with its sunshine. When the sun shines on this grassland, you will even complain about the creator’s preference for this land. The sun dances a charming tango on the grassland, from morning to night, Changing charming footsteps from east to west.
▲Chaoyang Gradan (the tent hotel has been demolished)
▲Sunset Gradan
▲Chaoyang Gradan
▲Gladan at noon
▲Chaoyang Gradan
creator’s garden
From May to July every year in Gradan, in addition to the red, white, pink, purple, yellow and other rhododendrons, there are also various magical flowers blooming on the grassland, red orange yellow green blue blue purple, colorful and eye-catching, all over the mountains and plains. , It seems that this is no longer a mortal land, but a garden left by the Creator for himself to recuperate.
< Swipe the picture to experience the creator’s garden>
Xueba’s next table
In the land of Lijiang, Gradan seems to be an otherworldly scholar. Of course, it is impossible for a scholar to be surrounded by scumbags. If you are interested in reading the article here, you must want to know the identity of Gradan. What kind of classmates are sitting next to me, let me introduce the two closest ones.
One of Xueba’s neighbors – Qianguishan.
Qianguishan Scenic Spot is located in the southwest of Liming Village. The red rock surface is weathered to form a beautiful crack-shaped (turtle-shaped, pineapple-shaped) structural mountain. One of the hillsides is shaped like thousands of small turtles and a big turtle. It is natural and orderly, as if it is constantly marching towards the east where the sun rises. It is a very magical Danxia landform area with the largest area and the highest altitude discovered so far in my country.
So what is Danxia landform? Skip the next paragraph if you are good at geography, scumbag? Moving a small bench to attend lectures, the editorial department of Yunnan-Tibet Line 7 has spared no effort to pretend that 13 teaches people how to go wild in the inaccessible nature, but in fact it is one of our jobs to popularize basic knowledge for the scumbags, otherwise the article will write If you are lucky, there will be no bonuses.
Knowledge point No. 7: Danxia Landform
▲Danxia landform in Zhangye, Gansu
It is widely distributed in our country, and 1005 Danxia landforms have been identified so far, distributed in 28 provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the central government, and special administrative regions) across the country. It is distributed in tropical and subtropical humid regions, temperate humid-semi-humid, semi-arid-arid regions, and alpine regions of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau; the lowest altitude can be formed in the eastern coastal zone, and the highest altitude can appear on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau above 4000m. But relatively concentrated distribution in the southeast, southwest and northwest three regions.
▲Danxia Mountain in Guangdong named after the landform
In addition to China, it is distributed in Central Europe and Australia, among which China is the most widely distributed. In 1928, Feng Jinglan and others named the red strata forming Danxia Mountain and the corresponding strata in northern Guangdong as “Danxia Formation”. In 1938, Chen Guoda first proposed the concept of “Danxia Mountain Topography”. In 1939, Chen Guoda officially used the taxonomic term “Danxia landform”, and the concepts of Danxia layer and Danxia landform (terrain is landform) have been used since then.
< Swipe the picture to feel the Xueba next door Qiangui Mountain >
Let’s take a look at Xueba’s second neighbor at the next table—Lao Junshan
Laojunshan National Park is one of the main parts of the World Natural Heritage Three Parallel Rivers. The Danxia landform, strange peaks and rocks, green lakes and clear streams, dense forests and flowers, alpine meadows, and ice peaks and gorge in the scenic area are amazing. At the turn of spring and summer, the mountain flowers are in full bloom, competing for splendor. In winter, the trees are covered with silver flowers, and the mountains are covered with white snow. Regardless of the season, what you see will make you feel that it is worth the cableway money.
Don’t be shy, do you want to take the cableway when you see the picture below? If you just came out of Geladan when you saw the article, you must be exhausted now, then take a look at Laojun Mountain on the way, and lie lazily on the cableway In the box, don’t pay attention to those silly topics such as jokes that people who play off-road will not go to the scenic spot to take the cable car.
▲ Laojun Mountain Cableway
▲Laojun Mountain Twin Towers
▲The peaks of Laojun Mountain
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Find the inhabitants of the hinterland of Gradan
LOOKING FOR RESIDENTS OF THE GRADIAN HINTERLAND
It is said that around the beginning of the 15th century, a tribal war broke out in the Daliang Mountains of Sichuan, and a Yi nationality migrated to the Ninglang area of Lijiang. Settlements.
▲Yi girl
The Yi nationality in Gradan is one of the branches. The population of the Yi nationality in Lijiang is 243,282, accounting for 19.54% of the total population. The Yi people have been self-sufficient and multiplied in this land for hundreds of years. The Geladan Yi live in the hinterland of the Three Parallel Rivers deeper than the other Yi in Lijiang.
▲The land cultivated by the Yi people
Before the abandoned forest road on which the off-road vehicle was driving was opened to traffic, they basically lived a life isolated from the world, but they gave this paradise-like land vitality and vitality. With the land, they coexisted harmoniously and emerged in modern civilization. In the context of every inch of land in the world, they constitute a survival model of people relying on the land instead of plundering land resources.
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end of route strategy
ROUTE STRATEGY SUMMARY
If you are tired of the stereotyped Lijiang, then go to Geladan Grassland, but there are two ways to go to Geladan Grassland, cross-country self-driving or hiking, but self-driving tour is the way we recommend, it can save people’s energy Be intoxicated by nature, be intoxicated by the landscape and starry sky of Gradan.
The premise is that you must be fully prepared for the more than 20 kilometers of abandoned roads in the forest area, but for you who love off-roading, that kind of muddy dirt road should be your dream. Give your off-road heart and your car a treat.
▲ How to go home after falling behind
Recommended route: Lijiang — Shigu Town — Renyi Village — Hongyan Reservoir — Geladan Prairie — Laojun Mountain Scenic Spot — Liming Township — Shigu.
Of course, this is the road we have traveled. If you are determined to go to Geladan, then I repeat, the distance is not far. The most important thing is that your car must be able to pass through the forest area of more than 20 kilometers. Abandoned highway.
Of course, the best way to stay in Gradan is tent camping. If the timing is good enough, you can definitely see the vast starry sky. You can set up a telescope while grilling and see how small you are outside the Milky Way.
Information on No. 7: “Yunnan-Tibet Line 7” is based on the love and in-depth understanding of Yunnan and Tibet. In order to show the outside world a real, interesting and charming Yunnan-Tibet, but partners who see the strategy and want to go to the destination must travel carefully. Except for old cross-country guns, especially the abandoned forest roads in Geladan mentioned in this issue are not suitable for traveling alone, please go in groups. [Part of the pictures come from the Internet, contact us to delete]
