Hunan, Fujian, and Thirteen Days of Photography Expedition – Part 4
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D8. Planned to leave at 6:00 AM to take a breakfast car, but the hotel lost power at 5:30 AM, and it was 6:10 AM when we finally departed.
Today's destination is Yunyao Scenic Area in Nanjiang County, Zhangzhou City, Fujian Province. We drove 645 kilometers all day.
Taking photos at service areas along the way ~ dark background in the middle of the day while carrying luggage.
The group leader suggested some entertainment to relieve the fatigue of long-distance driving. Singing, reciting, telling moving stories, brain teasers…
We were checked at the intersection of Hunan and Guangxi.
Unnamed service area, we saw a vehicle with a license plate from Zhangjiacheng, Hebei. It was a little exciting.
It’s said that when old friends meet, they’ll both shed tears. Living abroad, seeing anything related to home makes us feel particularly close.
The only service area without a name on the map. According to the map, it’s Jiangxi Province Shangyou Service Area.
Our transportation tool accompanied us for thousands of kilometers.
We ate Chongqing noodles at Anyuan Service Area.
A bowl of noodles cost 20 yuan.
Gutian Service Area has a Red Education Base and Exhibition Hall, so we received red revolutionary education.
We arrived at Yunyao Scenic Area and checked into a farmhouse guest house at 6:30 PM.
Two small boats at the village entrance.
After dinner, we went out to take night photos.
Suddenly it started to rain, and we unexpectedly got a reflection by supporting our mobile phone on the top of the car.
D9. Today, we went to the ancient town to shoot early in the morning at 7 o'clock, returned to the guest house at 7 o’clock for breakfast, and then went to shoot again. We departed at 10:00 AM and headed to Xiamen, Fujian.
Huanhai Building, circular structure. Relatively well-preserved.
Stone ancient
Yunyao, ‘Nanjiang Yunyao’ originally named Changjiao, is located in Zhangzhou City, Nanjiang County, Fujian Province, which belongs to the scenic area of ‘Fujian Tulou’ as a world cultural heritage, national 5A-level.
In 2005, the movie ‘Searching’ was adapted from the movie script created by Zhang Kehui based on his and several Taiwan counterparts' life experiences, and it was filmed and shot here.
Popular check-in spot ~ Big water cart, also the filming location of the TV series ‘Yunyao’.
Villagers washing clothes.
A huge banyan tree, I suddenly remembered when I taught students that article ‘Heaven for Birds’ by Bakin.
A huge tree root.
Focused companions.
Ancient town’s Huiliang Building.
Huiliang Building, square structure.
Take pictures and leave souvenirs.
It is said that if you jump hard, the ground will shake. If you use a long iron wire, you can insert it into the gaps of the in the courtyard, and you can feel ‘the ground is a spring, tulou is like a boat’
Captured the photograph by the photography master Bai La.
Fujian Tulou, traditional Hakka folk houses.
Tulou burned during the time of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
The villagers' elders.
Car shot on the road.
We drove 500+ kilometers and arrived at Fujian Province Ningde City Xiamen County at 8:00 PM, and checked into a convenient hotel.
