Shangri-La Around You - Camping Gaotan Reservoir Essay
Gaotan Reservoir
Camping at the Gaotan Reservoir can be described as a lot of hard work，outdoor product.
I have known Gaotan Reservoir and Gaotan Village for twenty years. Twenty years ago, before I fell in love with camping, I came here mainly to find bonsai rocks. Between the reservoir and Gaotan Village, there is a beautiful mountain stream, about two or three kilometers long, which not only has excellent bonsai piles, but is also a famous production area of electric white gold wax stone.
Later, I went to Gaotan Reservoir because of riding. From Diancheng via Shuzai to Mata Town, there is a valley riding track called Dianbai 318, and the Gaotan Reservoir is on this riding track. During the ride, I often rest by the reservoir. A protruding lawn next to the reservoir is very beautiful. The riders said that it would be great to camp on this lawn. Back then, I just fell in love with camping.
But in the Gaotan Reservoir at that time, someone contracted to raise ducks, and the reservoir was full of white ducks.
go back to love
About two months ago, Zhuang Shancha chatted about the love affair of Brother Hui when he was young, and the group decided to accompany Brother Hui on the road of love again.
More than 30 years ago, Brother Hui stayed at his cousin's house in Gaotan Village for more than a year in order to study calligraphy with great concentration. At that time, the traffic was still blocked. In order to meet Brother Hui, sister Yanping often walked several kilometers to Gaotan Village, and brought some dried fish and shrimp to Hui brother, afraid that Hui brother would be hungry. This romantic old story was passed on for a while. The love road that Sister Yanping took back then was to cross the Changshuikeng Valley, Gaotan Reservoir, and go to Gaotan Village.
As soon as they said they would leave, that weekend, a group of eight people accompanied Hui Ge and his wife. On the way to Gaotan Reservoir, we saw that the duck farm in the reservoir was deserted, and the odor of duck manure was long gone. Everyone decided to rest on the beautiful lawn to make tea.
Taking a break to make a cup of tea gave everyone the idea of camping here again. Ben said that he would come here on the weekend of the second week, but for one reason or another, he put it on hold again.
Hiking Teppan Village
Last weekend, I hiked the Iron Plate Village with my brother Chao. This is a village that is even more remote than Gaotan Village. To get to the village, you have to climb a big mountain. Parking at the foot of the mountain, walking in, and going back and forth for about ten kilometers, it is an ideal hiking route.
The hike that day was very pleasant. Not only did I enjoy the joy of hiking, but I also met brothers of the same clan in Tieban Village, tasted wild boar in the mountains, and harvested a lot. When I came out, because it was adjacent to the Gaotan Reservoir, I decided to rest and drink tea on the favorite lawn.
In late spring, the eyes are full of green, drinking tea and chatting on the lawn by the water is indescribably comfortable. The grass is too flat, the surrounding scenery is too beautiful, and I unconsciously talked about camping in the small talk. Brother Chao and his wife said that when some Maoming travel friends saw the pictures of the camp they took, they shouted that they would come to camp next week, and asked me if I was interested.
I answered the call and decided to see the situation when the time comes. Anyway, it is close to here, and it will only take more than 20 minutes by car.
It's a lot of work
In the end, I decided to go camping at Gaotan Reservoir. It was at a small party on the second night of my return from Hiking Tieban Village.
Halfway through the banquet, Brother Chao suddenly mentioned that Maoming ALICE decided to go camping at the Gaotan Reservoir this weekend and asked everyone for their opinions. The elder sister immediately answered: They will be exposed on Saturday, so let's be one day earlier, exposed on Friday, and be in front of them.
The road is short, even if I can get off work in the afternoon, I can express my support on the spot. One after another, many ALICE friends signed up to participate, and by the eve of departure, the number reached 15. Such a large team is rare.
So far, camping at the Gaotan Reservoir has finally become an action. Really a lot of work.
It surprised everyone because the sister in charge of the dinner did not disclose it beforehand. When I first started planning, I was going to let Brother Hui and Mao Sheng come to fry the fish. Brother Hui and Mao Sheng didn't come because of the mountain sweeping. After discussing with my sister, I asked her to be in charge of the dinner, and we prepared a beer duck. Unexpectedly, in addition to beer duck, such a sumptuous seafood meal was also prepared.
There have been two times to eat seafood dinner outdoors, but this time is the best. Sea prawns, shrimps, flower crabs, and snails are full of two large pots, which are directly mixed and boiled. The taste is pure and sweet, the authentic original taste, the long-lost childhood taste!
When I was a child, I went to the beach to explore the sea (catch the sea), and the fish, shrimps, crabs and snails I harvested were often mixed with green cooking, and the original seafood taste was impressive. I didn't expect to taste it again after many years.
It was so delicious that I couldn't keep my mouth shut. The two large pots of seafood were quickly eaten up. Such unscrupulous eating of seafood has been rare for so many years. Thank you for the unexpected surprise.
Suddenly looking up, the moon goes up the east mountain
The tea table is spread on the edge of the lawn, facing the reservoir. The reservoir is in a dry season, and there is a wide sandy area around it. When winter comes to spring, green grass has grown. There is a gust of wind on the water from time to time, refreshing and pleasant.
Having eaten a seafood dinner, drinking tea in such an environment, and chatting all over the world, it is indescribably pleasant. Drinking, chatting, looking up inadvertently, on the top of Dongshan Mountain on the edge of the reservoir in front, a round moon is already hanging brightly in the sky. Tan Jing's song immediately flashed into my mind: On the top of the east mountain, the white moon rises, and the face of a young girl emerges in my heart...
So artistic! I hurriedly left my seats and asked everyone to light up the camp lamps in the tents and take a few pictures of the camp on the top of the East Peak of Moonrise. The photo was taken: on the top of Dongshan Mountain, a full moon, under the moonlight, the sky is slightly dim, the water surface is yellow, the camp lights are colorful, and the picture is quiet and warm.
In this situation, in Zheng Banqiao's "Dao Qing", "Sing a song in the evening with the setting sun, and in an instant, the golden shadows wave, and the moon rises to the east mountain."
A gust of wind before bed
From the moment we set up camp, the weather has been good, not cold, not hot, not raining, and breezy. Drinking tea and chatting until 10:30 in the evening, it is such a good weather.
Before going to sleep, Dr. Ma remembered that he was going to get something in the car, so he went with him. By the way, he stepped on the moon shadow and walked a mountain road together. He was too full to take a walk before going to bed. Back at the camp, it was past eleven.
After brushing his teeth and washing his face, he was about to burrow into the tent to rest when a gust of wind suddenly came from the camp, making the big tent for food making a "smack" and a few raindrops mixed in. The other donkeys went into the tent to rest, and hurriedly called the doctor Ma to re-strengthen the big tent. Because the weather was good, we only tied a few ropes at that time.
The big tent was reinforced by the wind and the wind, and all the items outside the tent were put into the tent, but the wind stopped. Hey - the weather in the mountains is a child's face, if it changes, it will change, and it loves to talk to people about it. But it's okay, after this toss, the feeling of fullness that couldn't be eliminated from the walk just now disappeared, and sleep became more comfortable.
Shangri-La around you
The Gaotan Reservoir is likened to Shangri-La, which begins with Haige.
That day, a group of people accompanied Huige and his wife on the road of love again. It was noon when they passed the Gaotan Reservoir. The spring sun was just right, the valleys and peaks were verdant, the sandbar beside the reservoir was green and grassy, and a large group of cattle were grazing leisurely. Brother Hai took a few photos and took them in front of us and said, how beautiful! Shangri-La in Yunnan is no exception.
On the second day of camping, after washing, the group gathered around the coffee table to drink tea. In front of the reservoir, the sandbar grass is open, and a few buffaloes are grazing with their heads down not far away.
see people in the mountains again
After having breakfast and drinking another tea, a few tea friends thought about it and decided to go for a walk in Tieban Village.
Drive in, it is only five or six kilometers, and you will reach it after crossing a mountain. This is the second time after a week. Without stopping too much on the periphery, I went straight to the depths of the village. Last week, I met Lao Zong on the outskirts and ate wild boar meat. I was delayed and didn't go deep into the village.
To my surprise, deep in the village, many old houses I saw many years ago collapsed. Especially the Linxi family, the two sides of the stream converge at the door, there is a large stone slab in front of the door, and the eight or nine stone steps go up. There is an old-style gatehouse, which is very reclusive and impressive. Goodbye this time, it has completely collapsed, and the old appearance has disappeared, which is very regrettable.
It is understood that in the heyday of Tieban Village, there were hundreds of households and a population of more than 1,000 who moved here outside the mountains either to escape the world or to avoid war. A few years ago, due to the inconvenience of living because of the blockade, they all moved to the villages and towns outside the mountains one after another to settle down. Only three or two families were reluctant to give up their rural houses. They rode motorcycles from outside the mountains to the village every morning. The car goes out to the mountains. Iron Plate Village is actually a veritable hollow village.
The duck porridge was sent by the super brother and his wife, and it was almost noon when it was delivered. Brother Chao and his wife made an appointment with a group of donkey friends in Maoming to come to this camp this afternoon to take over from us and continue the camping activities here.
When the duck porridge was delivered, except for the big tent and some tables and chairs to be left for Brother Chao and the others to continue to use, everything else was packed. After packing up, this duck porridge is also very easy to eat.
As usual, I left the camp after breakfast. The weather today is too good, neither sun nor rain, neither cold nor hot, the breeze is just right, and the environment is comfortable. After thinking about it, a few ALICE friends decided to stay for a while. Only then did I contact the duck porridge sent by the super brother and his wife.
The more hours you stay, the more hours you enjoy. Or drink tea and chat, or read a book, or in a daze, or do nothing, just sleep on the couch, how good.
