Hikes this weekend (August 20-21), Tongren trip photos
Hey, hi, hallo, here are the hikes for this week.
We have our first camping trip of the season, and it’s booked out and ready to go. Your next chance for camping is September 3-4, sign up quick!
If you’re not fussed about going over the border (into Tianjin) there’s the Huangyaguan Great Wall hike on Saturday. (August 20)
For an excellent Great Wall hike that is well within Beijing’s borders, check out the Jiankou to Beigou Village hike on Sunday. (August 21)
If you’re in the Shunyi area, we’re swinging by DDs Mart and Pinnacle Plaza on the way to the Ming Village on Sunday.
I don’t want to jinx it, but we’ve travelled out of Beijing (and made it back in!) a few times on multi-day trips in the last few months.
One of those trips was to see the ‘Festival of the Sixth Month’ in Qinghai. See below for some photos from that trip.
The next trip is to Guizhou, for the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday.
Hikes this week
Saturday, August 20 Huangyaguan Great Wall Level 3 / ¥510 / ¥460 for members | |
August 20–21 (Sat–Sun) Camping: Gubeikou Great Wall Level 2 / ¥1,690 / ¥1,520 for members / ¥1,200 for kids 7–18yo | |
Sunday, August 21 Jiankou Great Wall to Beigou Village Level 4 / ¥480 / ¥430 for members | |
Sunday, August 21 Shunyi Hikers: Cuandixia ‘Ming Village’ day trip Level 2+ / ¥450 / ¥405 for members / ¥200 for kids | |
Wednesday, August 24 Immortal Valley Loop Level 4 / ¥400 / ¥360 for members |
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Photos from hikes and trips
Tongren’s Festival of the Sixth Month, Qinghai Province, 2022/07
In July we travelled to Tongren (Qinghai Province) to see the ‘Festival of the Sixth Month’. (That’s the sixth month of the lunar calendar, by the way.)
The festival isn’t in a single location, but spreads out through the monasteries, temples, and villages in the Tongren area. Local shamans lead ceremonies and rituals by entering a trance state to channel the spirit of the Mountain God.
During the trip we travelled all around to see the different ceremonies, and we saw a lot! We also hit the hills for some high-altitude hiking, getting up to over 4,000m above sea level.
See some of Huijie’s photos below. (Note: a few of the photos include face piercing and forehead slicing.)
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