Yanqi Lake Travel Notes

When traveling in summer, places with water have naturally become people's first choice. I went to Yanqi Lake in Huairou two days ago and got some insights.

Yanqi Lake is a standard feature of Huairou tourism. It is located at the foot of Yanshan Mountain 8 kilometers north of Huairou District, Beijing. It has beautiful scenery and clear lake water. Every spring and autumn, flocks of wild geese often come to the lake to inhabit the lake, hence its name. I have traveled to Huairou many times, but I missed Yanqi Lake due to various circumstances. This time I went straight to Yanqi Lake because I wanted to see the water here and find a cool place to relax.

When buying tickets at the door, I found that there are three types of tickets for Yanqi Lake, one is a simple ticket, 45 yuan, and the other is a combined ticket, which is 138 and 168. For 138, you can choose any 5 of the 9 water sports. For 168, you can choose any 9 of the 13 water sports, including the most exciting rapids ride. I originally wanted to walk by the water, blow in the wind, and feel the coolness of summer. I didn’t want to play those exciting projects, but I saw many people rushing to buy joint tickets, and even excitedly describing how it was fun. I also feel excited. I’m here anyway, so I might as well give it a try. After discussing with my husband, I decided to choose the 138. It’s too exciting to brave the rapids and it’s too difficult. It’s not suitable for the two of us in our 50s. The elderly people were directly given a pass.

After buying the ticket, I scanned the health code, took my temperature, and entered Yanqi Lake. A large body of water rushed towards my face. The breeze was mixed with some water vapor. I immediately felt a lot cooler. The hot sun seemed to be timid, and the feeling was not that strong. . My husband and I were walking along the lake looking for something we could play. The sound of iron locks clattering attracted me. When I looked up, I saw a man holding the rope with both hands and roaring along the iron locks from the left side of the mountain. Then, it was the so-called water drop project. There was a loud bang when it landed. A seven or eight-year-old child came out of something similar to a cloth pocket. The staff put away the lifting ring, and the child was very happy. He shouted, "I want to play again, it's so exciting." Seeing this, I remembered a trip to Yunmeng Mountain one year. My son was in the fifth or sixth grade at that time. He was also clamoring for a project to fly down in the air. The moment he was hoisted in the air and left the staff. , my heart was also fooled, and the feeling of out-of-body experience is still fresh in my memory. Seeing the child in front of me excitedly describing it to his parents, I wanted to experience it too, so I told my husband, let’s do this too. The husband said yes, but we still have a long way to go to the hillside, so we might as well finish all the things we can play in front of us before walking over.

So, we started researching projects that we could play with. We skipped the rapids ride when we bought tickets at the door. We saw a small boat carrying five or six people, each wearing a raincoat, slowly winding up the track. From a very high place, after turning a few turns and turning sharply down, the boat flew directly into a large body of water like a waterfall from high altitude. Splashes and droplets spurted out, causing people to shout. and cheers. Such an exciting project is indeed too scary. It doesn’t matter if you pass it. Who made us older?

Our joint ticket includes nine items: large cruise ship, speed boat, pirate ship, dynamic rotating chair, bumper car, entertainment sports car, Transformers, water rappelling, animation train, etc. You can choose 5 of them.

We chose the big cruise ship. After all, this is a water-friendly project, and it is relatively leisurely. We sit on the big dragon boat and wander in the beautiful Yanqi Lake. Some landmark buildings around the lake and their related stories, especially the artificial island in the lake. During the APCE conference, the 12 villas built in different styles were used as resting places for the heads of state attending the conference. Now they are It was opened as a star hotel to receive friends from all over the world. After listening to these introductions, I took two pictures of the scenery and felt very beautiful.

The speedboat is not very fast. Wearing a red life jacket, we sat on the speedboat and watched the white waves rising on both sides. I thought of Mr. Lu Xun’s "Social Opera". They were several children sailing under the moon, and the boat was like a big white fish. Flying through the water, our speedboat was just like that big white fish, flying freely on Yanqi Lake, and all our worries seemed to be forgotten.

Then we were worried about choosing the projects. The gameplay of those projects didn't seem to have much to do with water. We had seen them in other attractions, so we lost interest. Some of them were too big, like dynamic swivel chairs. When the staff saw it, Our age, to put it bluntly, those with poor cervical and lumbar spine, high blood pressure and heart disease, cannot play. It is obvious that we are not welcome, and we also feel timid, fearing that we will be rotated out by the large up and down movements. At any rate, I just gave up. Watching Pirate Ship, Cartoon Train and Transformers are all children's games. They are not very big and feel too childish, so I stood on the sidelines and watched the children's happiness and laughter. Also gave up. I reluctantly played with bumper cars and entertainment sports cars, and I just thought about the water drop project I saw when I first came in. I really wanted to experience the feeling of hanging in the air, looking up at the blue sky and white clouds, and overlooking the emptiness of the water. It must be very refreshing. .

On the way to the hillside over there, my husband and I recalled with great interest how we were worried about our son when he was playing such exciting projects when he was young. We were talking happily when we heard a bang. When a person seemed to have reached the end, the rope stopped moving. The staff used a long hook to pull the person back. My interest immediately lost half of it. What if it stopped in mid-air? There is no way to reach the sky or the ground. Below is the unfathomable lake water. The only thing that maintains me is a small cloth bag and two hanging ropes. My husband encouraged me and said, "What a coincidence. Don't scare yourself. The incident just now may have been an episode. Didn't the staff solve it? Don't be afraid. It's already here, so just go up."

We continued to walk up hesitantly, and there were some young people following us one after another. There were not many as old as us, which made me even more discouraged. "Why don't we just stop doing it?" , I tentatively said to my husband, "You're all here, let's take on the challenge." "But I'm a little scared. Look, how can there be anyone as old as us?" "But if you don't do it, what will happen to the tickets?" It’s wasted, so let’s challenge ourselves.” With the encouragement of my husband, we came to the starting point of the water drop. Halfway up the hill, there were so many people queuing up, most of them were primary and middle school students and young people, and there was no one. Hours later, I'm afraid it won't be our turn. Now that you've come, make peace with it and wait in line. While we were putting things away, the two of us sighed, how could we say this? We are so old, and we are still looking for this kind of stimulation. If we are scared to tears, it would be a joke. At this time, neither looking up at the blue sky and white clouds nor looking down at the water is so charming.

While I was muttering, two young girls came from the end of the line. They came up panting and said, where is the place to scan WeChat and why is there no place to buy tickets? I heard their discussion and did not discuss it with the husband. He immediately said: "Have you not bought the tickets yet? I don't want to do it anymore. I'll transfer the tickets to you." The gentleman looked at me in shock. Seeing my determination, he didn't say anything more. The two beauties thanked them profusely. He gave me the ticket money and waited in line happily at our place, which also attracted slight sideways glances from the people behind us.

Coming down the hillside like a deserter, I felt that people behind me were looking at me strangely, as if they were laughing at me for giving up halfway. I also feel a little regretful. Maybe I will never be able to do this kind of aerial landing project again in my future life. Although my husband didn't say anything, I knew that although he was a little worried, he definitely wanted to do it. It was my timidity and fear that made him lose the opportunity to experience this.

I left Yanqi Lake with some reluctance and regret. Along the way, Wang Anshi's "A Journey to Baochan Mountain" kept turning in my mind. "So I sighed. The ancients viewed the sky and earth, mountains and rivers, vegetation, insects and fish, Birds and beasts are often rewarded because of their deep thinking and omnipresence. If you are close, there will be many people wandering; if you are far away, there will be few. The wonders, weirdness, and extraordinaryness of the world are always there. It is dangerous and far away, and it is rarely reached by people, so those who are not determined cannot reach it. If they have ambition, they will not stop at it, but if they have insufficient strength, they will not be able to reach it. If you are confused and have nothing to show you, you will not be able to achieve it. However, if you are strong enough to achieve it, you can ridicule others, but you will have regrets for yourself. If you try your best and fail to achieve it, you can have no regrets. Who can ridicule you? ? What's more?"

The water drop project is also considered a dangerous project in Yanqi Lake. There are relatively few people playing. I initially had the ambition and courage to challenge myself. Although I am older, I am still strong enough to complete it. Experience is what Wang Anshi calls "willingness and strength", coupled with the encouragement and support of his husband on the side, unlike the fellow travelers Wang Anshi encountered who "will burn out even if they don't come out". There is also the support of "things" such as ready-made tickets, which is the so-called "having ambition and strength, but not slacking off," and "having things to match". There is no problem at all in completing the project, but in the end But the fundamental reason for giving up halfway is that I haven't defeated myself, I can't get over the hurdle in my heart, and I deserve to be laughed at by others.