Nanshan Pasture

Nanshan Pasture is known as China's number one pasture, located at the border of Hunan and Guangxi, part of it belongs to Longsheng in Guilin, and another part belongs to Chengbu in Hunan. We set off from the direction of Longsheng Furong, driving from Xiaonanshan to Hunan's Dannanshan, stopping along the way. The scenery along the way is too beautiful. It was only on this trip that I realized that grasslands are not just the plain type; it was also my first time seeing dairy cows, and those wind turbines really look like giant windmills, which combined with the grasslands have a certain childlike charm. Dairy cows can often be seen lying down and resting comfortably by the roadside without their owners, all free-range. They seem to have no curiosity about cars and humans. When I got out of the car to take a close-up photo next to a dairy cow, it cooperated by looking at the camera as if it was used to it, like an old actor When we reached the grassland, we pitched tents and parked the car nearby, ready to access our camping gear. Next to us were real big 'toys' like planes and tanks with historical traces, which gave a great sense of security. As the sun set, the sunset was beautiful and spectacular, far more so than what photos can convey! The weather turned cold suddenly at night, and since we were camping in tents, our prepared cotton clothes came in handy. With waterproof mats and sleeping bags, we didn't catch a cold, and the two of us slept quite well in one tent. Inside the tent, we unzipped the roof and saw many twinkling stars. (Note: We were wearing short sleeves when we left Guilin) At night, we were woken up by some noise, which turned out to be other tent mates. They found that free-range horses and cows were passing by our tent at night and drove them away, then went to the car to keep watch for us. Yes, the horses and dairy cows here are all free-range, and they find their own places to sleep at night, just so casual! The next day, we woke up at 5 am, ready to welcome the sunrise. We stayed very excited until 6 am, it was everyone's first experience, and we checked off both sunrise and sunset, and in such a vast place. Later we went horseback riding. Since the two girls were timid, the horse keepers led us with ropes, while the other braver mates went on their own, really incomparable. We also went to Laoshanjie later, which is the first difficult mountain that the Central Red Army crossed over Shaoyang, marked by Lu Dingyi. Three Red Army troops passed through here, and after learning some red culture, we returned. On the way back, we took another route, not through Longsheng. We also bought a lot of Nanshan Pasture's yogurt as a special souvenir. It's really rich and different from the yogurt you buy in stores, and it's also worth checking in.