【Winter in Ningxia】Yinchuan Zhongwei

🧣Clothing: Light base layer + photo-friendly sweater/thin jacket + warm down jacket + scarf Fleece socks + snow boots, sand-proof shoe covers Short-sleeve and shorts pajamas A set of clothes for returning to Guangdong + flat shoes ✈️Transportation: Guangzhou Baiyun: wear flat shoes or slippers for easy security check Yinchuan Hedong: restrooms at the transfer center (very new, clean, and empty, you can open your suitcase to organize clothes), change clothes there, self-check-in is simple and convenient, heating is very sufficient 🏺Cultural & Creative: After airport security, on the right behind Starbucks, the cultural shop sells Sun God glow-in-the-dark fridge magnets and other Ningxia-themed fridge magnets, also goji camel souvenirs The cultural counter at Ningxia Museum has been removed, but you can buy at Yinchuan Airport Gate 21, uniform price, with gifts for purchases, popular products may be out of stock. Highly recommend buying a selenium watermelon, very cute 📍Itinerary: 🧡DAY 1 Shuidonggou Site + Lanshan Park -At Shuidonggou, you can skip the museum and go directly to the Ming Great Wall + hidden soldier cave -Not very recommended in winter because the sun sets very early, if the flight is delayed, you basically won’t see the sunset 💛DAY 2 Hui Ethnic Village making Sazi + Tengger Desert -The Hui village has many cute cats, the flat village road is lined with tall straight trees, and the villagers’ yards have jujube trees dropping red jujubes all over the ground -Camel riding in Tengger Desert was surprising, camels stand very tall. I rode the camel behind the guide, and I kept hearing bell sounds. I thought the camel behind had bells on its neck, but my friend said the bells were hanging on my camel’s rear 💚DAY 3 Shapotou + Gaomiao Temple + Zhongwei Museum -The “Desert Flying” project is subjective; my friend took a set of photos of me walking on the desert, paired with my hemp sack and scarf, very “cultural hardship journey” -The “hell” at Gaomiao Temple probably doesn’t scare kids nowadays, when I went there were three or four kids holding donation boxes shouting “We want to QJ the donation box” -Zhongwei Museum was an extra stop, a comfortable walk from the lakeside trail. Although small, the collection is quite nice. Friends who like bronze mirrors can check it out to see the trade and cultural spread from the coast to inland at that time 🤎DAY 4 Goji Berry Museum + Helan Mountain Rock Paintings + Zhenbeibu Film City + Huaiyuan Night Market -The northwest mountains are unique, with ibex. In winter, the scenic spots are almost empty, you can walk the cliff path to see the Sun God up close 🩵DAY 5 Ningxia Museum -After visiting, I got interested in Guyuan Museum 🍲Eat & Drink: Yellow River Big Carp -Others may not understand, but I do. Every meal tower was Yellow River big carp Wuzhong Morning Tea -Carb buffet, with our favorites like scallion pancakes and beef noodles with self-service beef Vegetables, mushrooms, eggplant, apples, cold mixed sand onions -Local produce is just delicious