[2025 Markam Attraction] Travel Guide for Yanjing Scenic Area (Updated Apr)

#chinatravelitinerary – China’s Remote Tibetan Paradise (A hidden Tibetan county with snow-capped peaks, turquoise lakes, and ancient temples! 🏔️ Perfect for adventurers, road-trippers, and nature lovers. 🚗✨) 🗓️ Day 1: Arrival & Exploring the Tibetan Highlands ✈️ Flight: Bangkok (BKK) → Chengdu (CTU) (~4 hrs) 🚗 **Drive to Mangkang (~8 hrs, part of the epic Sichuan-Tibet Highway! 🚗) 🏡 Stay in a Traditional Tibetan Lodge ⸻ 🏯 Afternoon: Visit a Hidden Tibetan Monastery Nestled in the Mountains 📸 Stop by a Scenic Viewpoint Overlooking the Deep Valleys 🍽️ Dinner: Tibetan Butter Tea & Handmade Noodles 🌙 Evening: Relax Under a Sky Full of Stars ✨ ⸻ 🗓️ Day 2: Sacred Lakes & Grassland Adventures 🏞️ Morning: Drive to a Stunning Turquoise Lake Surrounded by Snowy Peaks 🐂 Afternoon: Visit a Remote Nomadic Camp & Learn About Tibetan Life 🚗 Drive Back to Chengdu & Fly Home ✈️

The Tibet Salt Well Scenic Area is located in Mangkang County, Changdu City, Tibet Autonomous Region, China. It is a mysterious salt field landscape. Here, you can enjoy the unique salt well culture and beautiful natural scenery. Here are some travel tips to help you better visit this scenic area: 1. Best time to travel: Spring and autumn are the best times to visit the Tibet Salt Well Scenic Area. The climate is pleasant and the scenery is beautiful, which is very suitable for travel. 2. Transportation: To get to the Salt Well Scenic Area from Lhasa, you can choose to take a long-distance bus or train. At Lhasa Bus Station or Lhasa Railway Station, you can buy long-distance bus tickets or train tickets to Changdu or Mangkang. After arriving in Changdu or Mangkang, you still need to take a local bus to the Salt Well Scenic Area. 3. Accommodation: There are some Tibetan family inns near the Salt Well Scenic Area, which provide simple accommodation services. In addition, you can also choose to stay in Changdu City or Mangkang County, where there are more accommodation options. 4. Tourist attractions: The most famous attraction in the Salt Well Scenic Area is the Millennium Salt Field. There are a series of ancient salt wells here, forming a unique salt field landscape. In addition, you can also visit the nearby Tibetan villages to learn about the local lifestyle and customs. 5. Precautions: • Tibet is at a high altitude, please make sure your physical condition is suitable for plateau travel. • Respect local ethnic customs and do not take pictures of Tibetan villagers at will during the tour. • The climate in the plateau area is changeable, please bring warm clothes and rain gear with you. • Comply with the regulations of the scenic area, protect the ecological environment, and do not litter at will

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.

Layer upon layer, orderly and picturesque, The thousand-year-old salt field is the most beautiful scenery by the banks of the Lancang River. - 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. - 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'. - 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. - |Mangkang Salt Wells| 📍Coordinates: Salt Well Town, Naxi Nationality Township, Mangkang County, Changdu Area 🎫Ticket: Free FREE - ⏰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. - 💃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.

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!