Weekend Trip for the Working People - Yinchuan, the Riverside of the North

Plane tickets to Yinchuan are very cheap recently. Depart Friday night, return Sunday night, but my soul is still in Helan Mountain. Friday night: Arrive at the airport at midnight, take a taxi to the hotel. Hotel: Booked at Shangkewest Xixia Park Hotel, opposite is the local Tongxin Comprehensive Market and Xixia Park. Saturday morning: Go to Tongxin Comprehensive Market in the morning. The potato pancake at the entrance is 2.5 yuan each and super delicious, Zhang Na’s mung bean cake with black rice cake inside is 2 yuan each, love it! Candied hawthorn sticks for 6 yuan! Bought goji berries and spicy paste. Saturday noon: Western Xia Imperial Tombs From December, the main entrance ticket is free. Just bring your ID card to the ticket office to buy the sightseeing bus ticket. The Western Xia Tombs Museum offers free guided tours at 8 and 9 am; other times cost 300 yuan per hour and can be shared with others. After visiting the museum, the sightseeing bus to Tomb No. 3 is a must. Also visited Nos. 1 and 2. Personally, No. 4 is unnecessary. If you go, and there are no kids, you don’t need to buy the horse carriage ticket; the distance is very short. Saturday afternoon: Taxi for 40 minutes to Helan Mountain Rock Paintings A place I really like. Unfortunately, arriving at 5 pm was too late. The scenery along Helan Mountain is stunning, and you can see the Sleeping Buddha. Bought a super cute Sun Rise cultural doll. The ancient village inside feels like a fairy tale village. It’s windy and cold at dusk. The valley has a lonely feeling like the end of the world. The art gallery design and sunset are so beautiful, worth savoring. Saturday night: Guoqiang Hand-Pulled Meat, Huaiyuan Night Market The hand-pulled leg meat was average. As for the night market, my personal ranking from best to worst: beef pancake, milk skin, grilled gluten, spicy strips were okay too. Ate them all the next day. Sunday daytime: Tengger Desert, Wuhu Crossing Booked in advance with a group. Sand dune riding was thrilling and worth experiencing. No motion sickness, felt like a roller coaster, so fun I shouted! To catch the flight, only visited four lakes. My favorite was the last one, Sun Lake. From the high sand dune, riding down to the lake below, with the endless desert behind! Sunday evening 5:15 pm: Lanshan Park Sunset Climbed up in 10 minutes to watch the sun go down, so romantic. At night, the driver took me straight to the airport. Summary: Helan Mountain is truly beautiful! The desert is truly beautiful! The sunset is truly beautiful! I want to come again.