Huaguoshan in Lianyungang is a famous scenic spot, and many friends feel inexplicable impulse and excitement. water curtain cave, a journey to the West Huaguoshan, is the most impressive memory in everyone's childhood. I have been longing for it for a long time. Here's a detailed guide to travel.

The first day, location of Huaguoshan Scenic Area:

Huaguoshan is located at the middle foot of Nanyun Taishan in Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province. It is a national key scenic spot, a national AAAAA-level tourist area and a national geological park.

It is said that it has been selected as one of the 5 most worthwhile places for foreigners to visit in China. This time, I also went with friends from Pakistan. Sure enough, the attraction of Huaguo Mountain to Chinese and foreign tourists can be seen.

Opening hours:

Off-season: from December 1st to February 28th every year;

Peak season: from March 1st to November 3th every year

Opening hours of Huaguoshan in Lianyungang:

Peak season: 7:-16:3, and off season: 8:-16:

Provisions on preferential tickets for scenic spots:

9 yuan off-season 5 yuan in Lianyungang Huaguoshan ticket peak season

The specific provisions are as follows: <

2. For other minors, undergraduate students, elderly people aged 6 to 7, and low-income recipients, half-price tickets are provided with valid certificates.

3. religious workers in the scenic spot who belong to the same religion as the religious activity places in the scenic spot will enter the scenic spot and go to the religious activity places free of charge with valid certificates.

4. News media employees are free of tickets.

The first sunrise after arrival

As a professional photographer, after sharing the introduction of these scenic spots that Baidu can see everywhere.

I want to focus my traffic more on my own shooting experience and play experience, and the photography tips in the middle may bring you more help.

Huaguoshan is famous for its classic The Journey to the West, which is famous at home and abroad.

thousands of years of ancient buildings, ancient ruins, ancient stone carvings, and the traces of literati in past dynasties are all over the mountain, where the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties successively built temples and towers.

The Journey to the West begins with an introduction to Huaguo Mountain:

"There is a land overseas called Aolai Country. The country is near the sea, and there is a famous mountain in the sea, called Huaguo Mountain. This mountain is the ancestor of ten continents, and the origin of three islands. It has been standing since its inception and was judged by HarmonyOS. What a good mountain! "

According to the tour guide, Lianyungang is the only scenic spot in the country that calls itself Huaguoshan, which is the best description of the geography in The Journey to the West. Because the Yellow River has been changed many times, the Huaguoshan area was flooded before, and its terrain was once surrounded by the sea until later it became the present hills.

Huaguo Mountain may be the best natural landscape for shooting the sunrise in northern Jiangsu. Because it has the highest Yunv Mountain in northern Jiangsu, and it is only 1 kilometers east of the Yellow Sea, and the driving time is about 3-4 minutes. If you are lucky, advection fog will be very dense in the morning, which is why the Yunv Mountain of Huaguoshan can shoot a spectacular sunrise even though it is only 624 meters above sea level.

I climbed to the top of the mountain early with my Pakistani partner "Anan" and other bloggers to enjoy the first morning.

You can choose to hike from the hotel or drive to the mountain. Since there is a shuttle bus on the mountain at about 6: 3 in the morning, you have to go by yourself if you want to see the sunrise.

photographic equipment and outdoor equipment

belatedly introduced myself. I graduated from China Academy of Fine Arts and worked as a photographer for four years.

Usually, video shooting is the main task, and strict self-discipline is required for every composition, tone and detail of the work. I always forget the amount of material when shooting, only to find that I actually took thousands of pictures when I came back, and I chose hundreds of them to see and put them in my travel notes.

this time, photography is the main thing, so I put down the stabilizer that is necessary at ordinary times.

the bag is mainly equipped with:

camera: Sonya7m3

lens: fe16-35f4 \ fe24-7f2.8 \ fe7-2f4

UAV: DJImavic2pro

outdoor products:

French Salomon jogging shoes, sun protection sleeves <

transportation and self-driving route

transportation

all the drop-off points are Huaguoshan scenic spot:

1. Take bus B11 and bus No.2 from the bus terminal and get off at the scenic spot.

2. Starting from Lianyungang Railway Station/Bus Terminal, take bus No.8, No.19, No.22 and No.23

and get off at Hualian Plaza-take bus No.1 and get off at the scenic spot.

There are many shuttle buses in the scenic spot, and taxis are not allowed to enter the scenic spot.

if you take a taxi from Lianyungang station, the fare by meter is about 3 yuan to reach the gate of the scenic spot.

At the same time, I can drive to Huaguoshan Scenic Area by myself. I took a taxi from the railway station to the scenic area, and took a friend's car to visit the mountain. Say hello to the store where you stay in advance, and you should be able to drive by yourself when you report to the scenic service center.

However, I would like to remind you that there are many buses on mountain roads and the roads are narrow. Please pay attention to safety when you meet the bus, try to take the scenic shuttle bus, and it is also good to walk more.

The picture of this family of several people is like a screenshot of Hirokazu Koreeda's movie in an instant. Huaguoshan is a scenic spot suitable for all ages.

Great Sage's Hometown

There is no time limit for traveling in Huaguoshan Scenic Area, and you can freely stay in the hotel in the scenic area at night. Booking accommodation online needs to be made in advance, because the accommodation resources in the mountains are almost full during the summer and autumn tourist season. After booking, you can contact the innkeeper yourself, who will be responsible for taking your luggage and people from the scenic spot to the hotel.

The farther up the mountain, the more difficult it is to build hardware facilities. The homestay we live in is located halfway up the mountain near the top of the mountain and the surrounding scenic spots. However, the standard room configuration is still good, even not losing the hotel level in Lianyungang.

Sanyuangong complex

Sanyuangong should be the largest complex in Huaguoshan Scenic Area. According to reports, it was built in the Tang Dynasty, rebuilt in the Song Dynasty, donated and expanded 2, incense sticks in the Ming Dynasty, and was later repaired many times in the Qing Dynasty. It has a long history. After being burned by the Japanese army in modern times, it was "broken" during the Cultural Revolution. Later, the building was imitated again to repair and rebuild.

Aerial photography overlooks the entire Sanyuan Palace. The palaces and temples are hidden in the forest, and the overall structure is covered on the mountainside in a trapezoidal shape. For the shooting of buildings and historic sites, aerial photography best reflects its overall momentum, and you can take a panoramic view from the front. Because most Chinese-style buildings are symmetrically laid out, it is indispensable to shoot the overall pattern from the top down.

How to take portraits in scenic spots where people flow explosively

Let me teach you some better shooting skills:

1. First, you need to prepare a portable tripod.

2. telephoto lens or "large beam setting" and wide-angle lens

3. If there is an nd filter, it is better to take it with grey mirror reduction. cpl can depend on the specific environment.

4. Good-looking model

First of all, I walked around the fourth scenic spot. The photographer/boyfriend should first understand the environment, otherwise it is not good to ask my sister to accompany you around in a silly way on a hot day. Then, we can find a few fixed environment backgrounds, such as the main entrance, steps, incense burner and so on.

Shooting in the big environment:

1. Set up a tripod after finding the punching place. The wide-angle lens will make the model more slender and can also earn more scenic spots.

2. Use the smallest aperture to create a shallow depth of field effect.

3. Try to lower the shutter to less than 1/5 second.

4. At the same time, as long as the model remains absolutely still for one or two seconds, it will not be defocused. And constantly moving tourists can also create different virtual shadow effects.

as long as you try several times to ensure that the focus of the model is real, there is basically no problem. This step requires repeated confirmation and patience. Because I didn't bring the nd grey mirror this time, I couldn't lower the shutter speed, so I couldn't control the crowd effect and screen glare to the best, but they were all in the available range, for your reference.

after punching in the wide-angle seats, you can choose the side hall with fewer people, take out the "Big Wide Fixed" or telephoto lens, and take a close-up portrait of your sister. At this time, the shooting requirements are just the opposite to those of punching in the wide-angle seats:

1. Blur the aperture as large as possible

2. Don't make too horizontal and vertical composition

3. It is best to use telephoto space compression to avoid other tourists

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There will be shops selling fruits and drinks on the upper line of the palace gate. At the top, there is a shuttle bus stop, and you can take a minibus back to the gate of the scenic spot. These places are very close, but I tell you quietly that the peaches sold at the door are really sweet, and the closer it is to closing, the cheaper it will be. The one-way shuttle bus is about 2 yuan/person, which is more cost-effective than walking down the mountain for an hour.

the delicious food of Huaguoshan farmhouse

The spring breeze is coming, and the wild vegetables are fragrant.

The farmhouse dishes in Huaguoshan Scenic Area are seasonal, and there are not only seasonal wild vegetables here. Because there are all kinds of seafood and seaweed near the sea, you can also ask the store to prepare roast whole sheep, badger meat, local pigs and other game by making an appointment in advance.

Different from other mountain farmhouses, shrimp, crabs and oysters are all available.

On the second day, I greeted Shu Pavilion

The dawn was evenly divided, and I felt that people had come to heaven after listening to the silence.

the building is full of light, and when you look at the first round, you know you are at the edge of the sun.

Two photos are combined, one of which is the moon shot alone in Huaguoshan and the Yingshu Pavilion at the same time.

in the blue autumn, the moon is full.

at 4: 3 in the morning, I woke up my roommate, A Nan, and took a bus with my friends to the Jade Girl Peak to welcome the sunrise the next day. However, I was surprised to find that the full moon was still there that night, and the blues was very clear because of the dawn.

Yingshu Pavilion is located below Yunv Mountain. Although it rained the night before, there was no sea of clouds in the morning, but the fog was heavier than usual. Fortunately, there was still a sunrise.

Let me tell you a secret:

When flying a drone, I am used to taking three EV-3, and +3 pictures of continuous shooting in the surrounding exposure mode of the drone when shooting sunrise and sunset with large light ratio or dark night scenes of the city. In the later stage, synthesize HDR or panoramic HDR in Photoshop's camera

raw, and then do the next color matching.

Yunv Mountain

Yunv Mountain of Huaguoshan, 624.4m above sea level, is the highest peak in Jiangsu Province.

"The twin peaks stand tall, which are called' Breeze' in the east and' Jade Girl' in the west, and are the main peaks of Yuntai."

-addendum to Yuntai

There is a statue on the peak of Jade Girl, which is a figure in the Heavenly Palace described by The Journey to the West, who once came to earth for love. In his novel, Wu Cheng'en wrote back to Huaguoshan in the thirtieth time, "Lian Yu Nv shampoo basin".

in the easternmost part of the sunrise, the light and shadow of the sun reflected on the sea can be seen faintly.

Take a telephoto shot of Lianyungang in the distance at the top of Yunv Mountain. Like a fairyland, like mondriaan's works of art, there is only one side.

experience the Huaguo Mountain and enjoy a trip to the west.

In the morning, the theme activities were held in Huaguoshan Scenic Area, and there were wonderful performances.

Huaguoshan Macaque

According to the villagers, this old monkey we met this morning was the former Monkey King.

I still climb mountains and patrol at sunrise in the morning.

Today, the monkeys in Huaguoshan are still in the wild, feeding and reproducing on their own.

More importantly, there is a sound monkey kingdom here. If you look closely, you can see a thing or two about the hierarchy, family ties and even the social connections in the confusing and complicated animal world.

There are many little monkeys in the mountains, which really set up a kingdom. However, it is necessary to be careful that these monkeys remain very wild. When feeding, they will compete for food from tourists and even bite people.

Although monkeys are clever, they are still in danger of eating wrapping paper by mistake, so please put away the wrapping paper when feeding, and it is best not to contact adult monkeys directly.

Yuhuangshan Jade Emperor Pavilion

The tallest temple building in the Sanyuangong complex. It, like the front hall, the main hall and the Reunion Palace, is built on a mountain and on a meridian.

You can have a panoramic view of the whole mountainside of Huaguo Mountain from here, but the pavilion is locked and you can't enter. Shuttle buses often meet here, or you can take a ride down the mountain to play. Below the mountain are the Great Temple, water curtain cave, Zhaohai Pavilion and other attractions.

Great Temple

On the left is the Great Temple, and on the right is water curtain cave.

The Great Temple will be built next to water curtain cave in the scenic spot, which is convenient for tourists to find. The normal tour route will pass through the Great Temple first, and then you can see water curtain cave.

water curtain cave, Huaguoshan

A faction from Bai Hong, flying in a thousand thunder waves;

gurgling is a waterfall, which looks like a curtain.

water curtain cave may be even more magnificent for macaques, and it has the test of jumping to test their courage. But for human tourists, I can only say that I hope everyone will pay attention to avoiding trampling and queuing. Without nd grey mirror, my slow-paced solution will not work, and I need to come early if I want to enjoy it alone.

Giant Buddha

There are grotesque rocks in the scenic spot, some of which are like jackals, tigers and leopards, and some are like immortals and human figures. As long as you find it carefully, there will be constant surprises.

the stone carving of the Great Sage Buddha.

Day 3

Huaguoshan Drifting

It is recommended to visit Huaguoshan for 2 days as a whole, so that you can fully experience all the projects without going back. On the cableway, drifting down.

The drifting of Huaguo Mountain in Lianyungang is 16m in length, 5m in width and 23m in drop. The slideway is a single slideway, and there are more than a dozen slideways with an inclination angle of 3 -65 degrees on the way, and it is equipped with a buffer pool. Here is the cement slideway built by cleaning the original ravine of Huaguo Mountain, which is highly safe and exciting.

Duobao Pagoda

Duobao Pagoda was built in the Ming Dynasty, and it collapsed soon after it was built.

it was not until 198s that the original tower foundation platform was restored. After excavation of the stone chamber in the tower core, bronze gilded statues and a large number of ancient coins were found.

The present tower is modeled after the Southern Tang Dynasty, and was rebuilt in 1995.

According to the online introduction, this tower is a solid stone carving, 12.77 meters high, with nine levels and eight sides.

There are 64 stone Buddha statues around the tower, which are exquisite and lifelike.

Ashoka Pagoda

There stands a Millennium ancient pagoda by the Great Sage Lake.

"It is stacked on top of each other, facing a thousand hectares of blue waves, with a slim tower, vivid reflections and beautiful lakes and mountains."

This is the Ashoka Tower of Christina Temple, which is located on the side outside the main entrance of Huaguoshan Scenic Area and belongs to the scenic spot for free visit. It is used as a resting place for visiting Christians in Sanyuan Palace. At the same time, Ashoka Pagoda is also the tallest and oldest existing stupa in northern Jiangsu.

According to the inscription embedded in the inner wall of the tower when it was built, the original tower here was once called the second in the Tang Dynasty. But now the tower has been sealed, and tourists can't enter. According to the tour guide, only one floor of the stupa underground palace has been developed, and a large number of gold-plated buddhas have been excavated, and the rest are protected from development.

In front of the stupa is the Great Holy Lake. During aerial photography, I was pleasantly surprised to find several white cranes on the exposed rocks in the lake, which turned out to be sculptures for people to watch. It was really vivid.

with the sunset, my trip will also end, and I will drive directly to the return train. <