RV China border tour day 141-144: Experience stone gambling in Tengchong and travel to Heshun Ancient Town

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Today we will go to Tengchong, a natural health resort with an average altitude of 1,600 meters. It is a world-recognized altitude area for livability and longevity. Tengchong has neither scorching heat in summer nor severe cold in winter. The average annual temperature is 14-16℃. The coldest temperature throughout the year is no less than 0℃ and the highest temperature is no more than 30℃. The forest coverage rate is more than 70%.

The road from Baoshan to Tengchong passes by the Longjiang Bridge, which is very spectacular.

The Longjiang Super Bridge is named for its vertical crossing of the Longjiang River. It has a total length of 2,470 meters and the bridge deck is 280 meters away from the river. It is the largest span steel box girder suspension bridge in the mountainous areas of Asia.

Longjiang Bridge Main Cable

Entering Tengchong

I came to the Tengchong-Aihui China Population Geographic Boundary Line theme park because of its fame. This dividing line is of great geographical and cultural commemorative significance.

On the map of China, the geographical dividing line of China's population starts from Tengchong and Aihui. The eastern region is densely populated, accounting for only 43% of the country's total area, but its population accounts for 94% of the country's total population; while the western region is densely populated. The population is sparsely populated, accounting for 57% of the country's total area, and its population only accounts for 6% of the total population.

This famous geographical dividing line was revealed by the great Chinese geographer Mr. Hu Huanyong in 1935.

After visiting the theme park, we went to a Yunnan restaurant at noon.

A mouthful of eggplant

braised pork

Snowflake fish, a fish without a single bone

Wheat daddy

Potato soup

Grandma's Rice Soup

After dinner, I went to a large supermarket to buy vegetables and found that there were many fruits and vegetables that I had never seen before in Yunnan.

sweet corner

After buying groceries, buy two barrels of natural spring water from Gaoligong Mountain

In the evening, park your car at the beautiful Yanhu Park

Drink beer and eat Peking duck and cooked dishes in the RV

Go out for a walk at night. The evening in Tengchong is very cool. The aunts in the square are burning calories and dancing in short skirts, full of energy.

I came across a shop run by Ma Dongmei. How does it taste?

Good night!

The next day, visit Tengchong Museum

Cremation jar unearthed from Ming Dynasty

Blue and white porcelain bowl

The cultural imprint of the Yunnan-Burma-India ancient road

Fu Heng’s expedition to Burma was also Fu Heng’s last expedition.

The Tengchong Museum has a collection of calligraphy and paintings by famous people, which are worth visiting. Among them are the calligraphy of Li Ruiqing, the mentor of painter Zhang Daqian.

Wu Guanzhong's words

Zheng Banqiao's paintings

Traditional production techniques of ancient jade pieces: dismantling, grinding, polishing and waxing

Shenma Printing

shadow puppet

Oil paper umbrella

Basket weaving

After visiting the museum, let’s visit the Tengyue Trade City with a history of 40 years

Myanmar jade stone

"Opening the skylight", due to the different quality of the jadeite, the value varies greatly

In the afternoon, we arrived at Heshun Ancient Town , not far from the city. Due to its closed, traditional and stable environment, it completely retains the characteristics of Chinese Ming and Qing culture and is known as the living fossil of ancient Chinese architecture.