#Yanjing Scenic Area Travel Recommendations for 2024 (Updated in Jun)
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There are mountains, rivers, and bridges, but not many tourists
There are mountains, rivers, and bridges, but not many tourists. Along the way, there are lush forests, clear streams, quiet and unique scenery. Villages, small bridges, bamboo groves, wild ducks, and people fishing can be seen everywhere. There are also some well-preserved old houses, which add a lot of interest to this hiking route!
The route is not long, flat without steps, easy and not tiring, suitable for all ages!
Jingxi Li has a forest camp where you can eat, barbecue, and wade in the water.
This is an original ecological village, not a tourist area, so please take care of the environment and do not litter.
Navigation: China Petroleum Yanjingxi Gas Station (about 6 kilometers round trip) near Datong Shuikou Middle School
Navigation: Datong Shuikou Middle School (after parking, walk to the left to the stream and follow the stream for a walk and play)
!: Qionglu Road to Huojing Town is under construction, with one-way traffic allowed. It is recommended to take Daohuo Road to Huojing Town.
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Mangkang Salt Wells, a thousand-year-old salt field: The living Tea Horse Road
Layer upon layer, orderly and picturesque,
The thousand-year-old salt field is the most beautiful scenery by the banks of the Lancang River.
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The thousand-year-old salt field is located on both sides of the Lancang River in Naxi Nationality Township, Mangkang County, Changdu City. The salt field has a long history, with more than a thousand years of history, and there are currently more than 3,000 salt pans. The 1300-year-old salt field is also known as the living Tea Horse Road.
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The only place in the world that completely maintains the most primitive manual salt sun-drying method. The salt sun-drying technique has been listed in the national intangible cultural heritage protection, known as 'the work of the sun and wind' in Tibetan 'Chakarlo'.
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The salt field is located by the Lancang River. Villagers take brine from natural brine wells on both banks with wooden barrels, pour it into the salt fields, and let the sun evaporate the water to produce coarse salt, which is then dried and processed into edible salt. The salt fields use local red clay as a base. When harvesting salt, the upper layer of white salt (snowflake salt) is used for consumption. The lower layer mixed with some red clay is purplish-red, known as peach blossom salt, which has a high yield and is used for health baths and feeding livestock.
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|Mangkang Salt Wells|
📍Coordinates: Salt Well Town, Naxi Nationality Township, Mangkang County, Changdu Area
🎫Ticket: Free FREE
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⏰Best photography time:
The blue hour before sunrise or after sunset is very photogenic. I personally recommend going one to two hours before sunset, as the canyon sunset is relatively early. Moreover, you can meet people working in the salt fields in the afternoon, and there won't be anyone early in the morning.
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💃Dressing tips:
1️⃣It is recommended to wear sports shoes or non-slip shoes, as the slope down to the salt field from the highway is steep and slippery, and quite difficult to walk.
2️⃣For photography, you can choose bright colors to form a stark contrast with the salt fields.
3️⃣Finally, it is advised to take photos civilly and not leave any trash behind.
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A Gift from History and Nature - The Mangkang Salt Fields
The thousand-year-old salt wells in Mangkang, Tibet, are like a palette overturned by God.
Mangkang belongs to Chamdo, Tibet, and is the first county town one encounters when entering Tibet, with an altitude of over 3800 meters, smaller than Batang county town. The restaurants here mostly serve Sichuan cuisine, but there are also Tibetan and Yunnan's Lijiang-Dali restaurants.
🥭An area with a long history of salt production. The ancient salt wells and fields here still maintain the most primitive method of sun-drying salt by hand.
The ancient salt wells and fields in Mangkang are distributed along the banks of the Lancang River, and they still retain the ancient method of salt production, with a history of 1300 years. It is also the place in Tibet where the original method of hand-drying salt is completely preserved.
📍Mangkang Thousand-Year Salt Wells
🚗Driving navigation: Jiada Village
🎫Ticket: None
Special Cuisine🍜
🧡: Salt Well Jiajia Noodles: Jiajia noodles are a traditional snack of the Salt Well town, which became popular after being featured on CCTV's 'A Bite of China'.
🧡: Salt Well Grape Wine: A specialty of Mangkang, Tibet Autonomous Region, and a Chinese national geographical indication product.
🎈Some tips for visiting
💎There is a large temperature difference between morning and evening in Western Sichuan, so be sure to bring a coat.
💎The UV rays are very strong during the day, so be sure to protect yourself from the sun!