Why ride to Huanglong River - D6: Ruoergai County - Chuanzhu Temple

▲On the sixth day of riding Huang, the longest climb is 98 kilometers, the longest distance is 142 kilometers, and the highest altitude is 3840 meters.

▲I didn’t sleep well last night. I originally planned to get up at 6 o’clock, but I ended up being late. I got a fetal puncture just before disaster struck, and I was busy working for a long time. It took two hours to ride 20 kilometers.

▲If we say that yesterday’s bright sunshine allowed people to fully appreciate the magnificence of the grassland; today’s slight drizzle made people feel the coldness and vastness of the grassland. I recall how heroic the Red Army was when they were short of food and clothing, crossing the endless prairie at an altitude of more than 3,500 meters on a rainy day below 10 degrees Celsius!

▲A monument with the main theme of "Dawn of Victory" stands beside the Banyou River. In August 1935, when the 17th Regiment of the Third Red Army walked out of the grassland and passed Banyou Village, seven to eight hundred Red Army soldiers died of starvation and freezing here. The monument is engraved with the memory of General Wang Ping, who was the political commissar of the 11th Regiment of the Third Red Army at the time: "What a good comrade, they climbed out of the grass step by step, but failed to cross the Banyou River..."

▲ Maverick and I stood quietly in front of the monument, bowed deeply three times to the martyrs, and expressed our endless sorrow!

▲What is the calf doing lying on the road sign?

▲It turns out that this long-distance trip for Mavericks was just for this 520 road monument. After some ambiguity in front of this road sign, he gave up riding completely and hitchhiked away.

▲The commemorative sculpture at the entrance of Jiangdong Village is based on the actual place where the short story "Seven Matches" by the current writer Wang Yuanjian took place.

▲"Seven Matches" describes the heavy rain pouring on the prairie during the Long March. A dying Red Army soldier handed his party card and seven parched matches inside the party card to his comrade, asking him to hand it over to the party organization. After saying that, he closed his eyes peacefully. The comrade caught up with the team, lit a bonfire for the soldiers, and then handed the remaining six matches and party cards to the instructor. The details of the work are touching and reflect the noble character of the revolutionary warriors. The protagonist of the article is not Lu Jinyong, who has been written about in a lot of words, but an unknown soldier with noble character.

▲After Mavericks hitched a ride, I didn’t have to wait any longer and the speed went faster. I completed the 98-kilometer climb at 3:30.

Lunch was the leftover meat and pig ears from last night, which were a bit bad. I had diarrhea twice in the afternoon.

▲Arrived at the pass, 3840 meters above sea level, where the Red Army walked.

▲The 600km road monument has been submerged underground. What happened? Was it caused by an earthquake?

▲We encountered heavy rain and hail 15 kilometers away from Chuanzhu Temple. When we arrived at Chuanzhu Temple, our lower body was completely soaked.

▲Xiao Niu couldn’t get into the hotel he booked without a key. He went to Songpan to hang out with his classmates, and he didn’t know when he would be back.