Some time ago, I introduced the most popular "6063 3 yuan Snow Slow Train" and the only "Panshan Railway" in Qinling. Today, I want to share with you a "watershed" in the Qinling Mountains, which is particularly worth visiting and has an extremely magnificent scenery-the Yu Qingjiang watershed in the west of the Qinling Mountains.
In fact, the three are interrelated. The watershed is Yu Qingjiang in Baoji, baoji-chengdu railway crosses the watershed from Yu Qingjiang, and the 6063 train is a low-cost green leather local train in baoji-chengdu railway.
It was on the 6063 train that I entered the mountain from Yu Qingjiang along the baoji-chengdu railway, crossed the Qinling Mountains and reached the watershed, where I saw its magnificence.
Train 6063 is a slow train from Baoji, Shaanxi, and its terminal is Guangyuan, Sichuan. It goes back and forth every day, and the departure time from Baoji is 9: 50 in the morning. On that day, I took the train from Xi 'an to Baoji Station early, and changed to the 6063 train at the station. With the rumble of No.6063 heading for Qinling, in the morning 1 1: 08, I have crossed the Qinling by train and arrived at the "Qinling" railway station south of the main ridge of Qinling.
The watershed is about 5 kilometers northeast of Qinling Station. After leaving the station, you can go straight along provincial highway 2 12. Along the way, you will pass Dongheqiao Village, a peasant village famous for its "Lingnan Tofu Banquet", and Lingnan Park, a snow-enjoying resort. After a section of Panshan Road, a pass and a archway door, you will reach the "Watershed" observation deck. It takes about 1 hour to walk this way, or you can take a van with the villagers, and you can get to the watershed for 5 yuan.
Standing on the watershed at an altitude of1.500m, you will step on the dividing line between the north and south of China, and also on the dividing line between the Yellow River system and the Yangtze River system. Among them, Jialing River in the Yangtze River system is south of the watershed and is the source of Jialing River. To the north of the watershed is the Qingjiang River of the Yellow River system, which flows out of the Qingjiang River basin and will be injected into the Weihe River, a tributary of the Yellow River in Weibin District of Baoji City.
In addition to being a geographical dividing line, it is also an administrative dividing line and a big archway at the watershed pass. It is also the dividing line between Weibin District and Fengxian County in Baoji City, with Fengxian County in the south and Weibin District in the north.
Standing on the watershed, although you can't directly see how the north-south water system is divided under your feet, you can clearly feel the difference between the north and the south of the Qinling Mountains.
To the north of the watershed are narrow valleys and sharply rising peaks, and almost no one is there. The 2 12 provincial road from Baoji city keeps drawing one bend after another in the mountains in order to climb the watershed, forming a winding mountain road with no end in sight. In the middle of this provincial road, there is a famous pass-Dasanguan. The predecessor of this provincial road 2 12 is Chencang Road, which was opened during the Zhou and Qin Dynasties.
2 12 provincial highway itself is also a very story-telling road. It was built in the Republic of China 1930, which is the first highway in the history of Qinling Mountains and a part of the Baoji-Hanzhong section of Sichuan-Shaanxi Highway.
South of the watershed is where I just got off at Qinling Railway Station. This is Dongheqiao Village in Huangniupu Town of Fengxian County, the first valley at the source of Jialing River. Mountains surround the flat Sichuan Road, and the 2 12 provincial road extends far away along Jialing River. There are many families living along the river, and there is a kind of alpine pastoral scenery.
There is a "Qinling" monument in the north and south of the watershed, and there is another one on the border of Weibin District. It's taller, the font is newer, and it's very imposing. Next to it is the towering statue of Emperor Yan.
On the boundary of Fengxian county, the tablet is short and old, and the font is traditional Chinese characters. In the 28th year of the Republic of China (1939), when the Sichuan-Shaanxi Highway was opened, Song Xishang, director of Northwest Highway Transportation Bureau, wrote an inscription.
There is also a scenic spot in the north and south of the watershed. Weibin District in the north is the entrance to the source scenic spot of Jialing River, and Fengxian County in the south is the entrance to Lingnan Park. The scenic spot at the source of Jialing River leads to the mysterious Jialing River Valley, which is a good place for summer vacation and closed in winter.
Although the scenery of Lingnan Park is relatively dull, it has become a place for people to play with snow and enjoy the rime because of its convenient access and no tickets.
This watershed between Weibin District of Baoji and Fengxian County not only perfectly reflects the difference between the north and the south of Qinling Mountain, but also gives people a shocking visual experience. There are many places to play around, and farmhouse music can supplement accommodation and transportation, which is suitable for all kinds of people to play. I recommend it to you.
Recommended play: 6063 snow-watching green leather slow train tour+watershed scenery.
Specific tour: take bus No.6063 from Baoji Railway Station at 9:50 in the morning, take Panshan Railway in baoji-chengdu railway, and arrive at Qinling Railway Station at 1 1:08 in the morning (ticket 3 yuan);
Take a minibus (5 yuan) from Qinling Railway Station or walk to the entrance of the source scenic spot of Jialing River north of the watershed, and the watershed observation deck is on Yan Di Square at the entrance of the scenic spot;
After enjoying the scenery north of the watershed, you can go back to Huangniupu in Fengxian County and play with snow in Lingnan Park next to 2 12 provincial highway (the Woods along the road belong to Lingnan Park).
Return to Dongheqiao Village near Qinling Station and taste Lingnan tofu feast, mutton bubble and minced meat noodles.
Take bus 6064 back to Baoji Railway Station at 4: 20 pm and arrive at Baoji at 5: 50 pm.