The village has history about 2000 years, with only about 98 families left staying in these traditional Qiang style houses made of solid stones.
It is like taking geography lesson travelling to Jiu Zhai Gou via buses. Along the route, it is like revising my secondary geography lessons, seeing the mountain valleys, river meanders, all the nature's works that we used to learn in our textbooks coming alive. I would strongly encourage geography students to travel this route to practically experience what is being taught. It will surely leave deep impression in their mind and help them score As in their Geo exam. I could still recall 10 years ago when we 1st visited Jiu Zhai Gou when its tourism just started to develop. The roads were still bumpy stone roads & they were narrow, barely enough for 2 buses. 1 wrong judgement, off you go down the cliff to the rivers. I could recall praying hard then while travelling:P. Now, with the emphasis & development of tourism, the roads are well-developed roads that we see in city area & the tunnels are also well-built. Really must salute to the Chinese for their development.:-)
Thick snow as we travelled higher up the mountain and our bus had to stop to put chains on its wheels to create fiction to travel on the slippery snowy roads. We also took the opportunity to take some snow pictures during the break.
On our way back, we stopped at this spot to take some pictures with the beautiful white mountain ox. With RMB5, you could take pictures with the ox & even ride on it under the supervision of its owner.
It is common to see the skeleton of the Ox's head :-( as a decor in front of houses etc. To them, it is an auspicious decor.
Beautiful scene it is, some parts of the river started to defrost as the weather got warmer on our return journey.
It is certainly a different experience to travel in winter. Personally, I would still prefer Autumn weather & scenery.
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