Does Daocheng Yading truly deserve the title 'the last pure land'? A field test that will subvert your imagination!

Daocheng Yading Ultimate Travel Guide! The latest tips to avoid pitfalls, making your trip worry-free and picture-perfect!** 🌄✨ **📍【Why is Daocheng Yading so popular?】** Known as 'the last pure land on the blue planet,' Daocheng Yading boasts snow-capped mountains, lakes, grasslands, and forests, where every casual shot turns into a masterpiece! After 'I Belonged to You' made this place famous, countless people came to check in, but—**without good planning, you'll really step on landmines!** --- **🚗【Transportation Guide】** ✔ **By Plane**: Daocheng Yading Airport (the world's highest civilian airport), but direct flights can easily cause altitude sickness, so it's recommended to adapt in Chengdu for 1 day first. ✔ **By Car/Chartered Car**: About 2 days from Chengdu (318 Sichuan-Tibet Highway is recommended, super scenic along the way), but mountain roads are rugged, so beginners should choose carefully! ✔ **By Bus**: Chengdu Xinnanmen Bus Station → Daocheng (approx. 12 hours), economical but tiring, suitable for backpackers. **⚠️ Note**: Within the scenic area, you must take a sightseeing bus (120 RMB/person). The last section can be hiked or ridden on horseback (300 RMB/person). --- **🏔️【Must-Visit Attractions】** 1️⃣ **Milk Lake (Niunaihai)**: At an altitude of 4600 meters, the lake water is like a sapphire, but the hike takes 3-4 hours, so prepare oxygen tanks! 2️⃣ **Five-Color Lake (Wusehai)**: Displays five colors under sunlight refraction, more stunning than Milk Lake, but the slope is steep, so proceed according to your physical ability! 3️⃣ **Luorong Pasture**: Filming location for 'I Belonged to You,' with snow-capped mountains + grasslands + streams, absolutely stunning for photos! 4️⃣ **Pearl Lake (Zhenzhu Lake)**: Short hike (1 hour), the reflection of Xiannairi Mountain is super dreamy, suitable for those with average physical fitness. --- **📌【Tips to Avoid Pitfalls】** ✅ **Best Season**: September-October (autumn scenery is divine), May-June (rhododendron sea), July-August is the rainy season and prone to landslides! ✅ **Altitude Sickness Prevention**: Take Rhodiola in advance, bring oxygen tanks, glucose, and **do not shower on the first day!** ✅ **Clothing Advice**: Windproof jacket + warm base layers (plateau weather is changeable), sunglasses + sunscreen (UV rays are extremely strong). ✅ **Photography Tips**: Fewer people and softer light in the morning, drones require prior registration (some areas are no-fly zones). --- **🍜【Food & Accommodation Recommendations】** 🏠 **Accommodation**: - **Yading Village** (within the scenic area, convenient but expensive) - **Shangri-La Town** (lower altitude, suitable for those afraid of altitude sickness, high cost-performance ratio) 🍲 **Food**: Yak hotpot, butter tea, highland barley cakes, but dining within the scenic area is more expensive, so you can bring your own dry food. --- **💡【Final Advice】** Daocheng Yading is beautiful, but it **demands extremely high physical stamina**! If you're short on time, it's recommended to only do the long route (Milk Lake + Five-Color Lake); if traveling with seniors or children, it's suggested to take the short route (Pearl Lake). **✨ Follow me to unlock more hidden gems in Western Sichuan!**