Liangshan's ordeal is over, really not recommended to come in June
Liangshan June Summer Escape Guide|2 Days to Explore the "Southwest Sichuan Secret Realm," All-Inclusive for 800 RMB per Person for Food, Accommodation, and Transportation! 🌄🌿🔥🎭💦
Liangshan, Sichuan's "Southwest Secret Realm," in June is just in time for the blooming of Soma flowers, with alpine meadows covered in pink and white seas of flowers, as beautiful as a spilled palette 🎨! Half of this place holds the red memories of the "Yi Sea Alliance," and the other half is the Mosuo people's walking marriage legend, even the wind carries the smoky aroma of grilled tuotuo meat~ Chengdu high-speed train reaches in 3.5 hours, perfect for a spontaneous weekend trip!
🚗【Two-Day Itinerary to Walk Until Your Legs Are Tired】
Day 1: Daydreaming at Qionghai + Hiking Luoji Mountain
🌞 Morning: Qionghai Wetland Park
Free! Rush to Bird Island at 7 AM, the lake surface in the morning mist looks like an emerald veiled in gauze, red-billed gulls skim the water snatching the bread crumbs from your hand 🕊️. Rent a bike (20 RMB/hour) to circle the lake, the wooden boardwalk in the Dreamy Water Town section is perfect for photos, wearing a white dress instantly turns you into the heroine of an art film 📸.
🌆 Noon: Luoji Mountain
Entrance fee 130 RMB (including sightseeing bus)! Dash into the "Glacier Museum," the water of Fairy Grass Lake is unrealistically blue, reflecting the snow-capped mountains like a giant oil painting 🖼️. Hike to Heilongtan at 3800 meters altitude, panting like a dog, but the moment you see the glacial grooves—totally worth it!
🌙 Evening: Fire Pot Barbecue
Head straight to Li Xiaochang Barbecue Garden, gather around the fire pot grilling tofu with a skin layer + chive-wrapped small intestines, dipped in vinegar sauce with a spicy and sour kick that hits your head like a thunderbolt 🔥! Pair it with a cup of Liangshan snow yogurt, cools the heat and refreshes you~
Day 2: Lugu Lake Loop + Mosuo Night Banquet
🌞 Morning: Lugu Lake Caohai
Entrance fee 70 RMB! Take a pig trough boat (50 RMB/person) through the reed marshes, Mosuo mothers sing love songs in the morning mist, water birds fly up splashing water 💦. Take a "pretend to be in Yunnan" check-in photo on the Walking Marriage Bridge, the meadow under the bridge is as green as matcha cake 🍃.
🌆 Noon: Lige Peninsula
Free! Climb to the Lige viewing platform, heart-shaped lake bay + colorful pig trough boats, a like magnet on social media 📸. Lunch on Mosuo pork fat meat, three-year-aged fat melts into crystal jelly, paired with Surima wine sweet enough to get you tipsy~
🌙 Evening: Bonfire Party
30 RMB! Dance the Jiasuo dance with Mosuo girls, pleated skirts spinning into rainbow circles 🌈. Stay overnight at Hutu Years Inn, lake view room with floor-to-ceiling windows opens to the starry sky, the sound of waves lulls you to sleep, super healing ✨.
🌟【Must-Check List】
1️⃣ Luoji Mountain Glacier: 130 RMB! Pearl Waterfall looks like the Milky Way pouring down, you can also soak in the waterfall hot spring in summer ♨️3.
2️⃣ Qionghai Cycling: Free! Watch the sunset at Moon Bay, the pink-purple dusk is breathtaking 🌅.
3️⃣ Lugu Lake Walking Marriage Bridge: 70 RMB! Walk back and forth to pray for love, Mosuo sisters say "sincerity makes it work" 💘6.
4️⃣ Fire Pot Barbecue: 60 RMB per person! Small intestines grilled until bursting, spicy enough to make you cry but you can't stop 🔥2.
5️⃣ Soma Flower Sea: Free! June at Puge Jize Farm’s buckwheat flower sea, pink waves stretch to the foot of the snow mountains 🌸4.
🏨【Accommodation Recommendations】
👉 Qionghai Hotel (300 RMB/night): Established state guesthouse! Private lakeside + afternoon tea included, you can feed seagulls from the balcony 🕊️.
👉 Lugu Lake Hutu Years (400 RMB/night): Lake view floor-to-ceiling windows + Mosuo style decor, the owner gives homemade dried apples 🍎.
🚌【Transportation Guide】
✅ Chengdu → Xichang high-speed train 3.5h (149 RMB), take bus 22 from the station directly to Qionghai;
✅ Xichang to Lugu Lake carpool 120 RMB/person (4h), passing Yanyuan Apple Town where you can buy sugar-heart apples 🍏;
❌ Avoid illegal cars to Luoji Mountain! They charge 200 RMB/person, official scenic area shuttle only 80 RMB 🚗.
💡【Tips】
👍 Recommended time: June has fewer people and more flowers, the Yi Torch Festival preheats the atmosphere (officially in July);
👎 Warning: Strong UV rays on the plateau, no sunscreen and you’ll turn into charcoal instantly 🌞.
🍜【5 Must-Try Foods】
1️⃣ Tuotuo Meat: Alpine black gold pig ribs, dipped in pepper salt and eaten by hand, finger-licking good 🐷2.
2️⃣ Pickled Fish: Qionghai crucian carp + old jar pickled vegetables, broth so fresh you can drink three bowls 🐟1.
3️⃣ Roasted Piglet Meat: Crispy skin and tender meat, fat dripping on the charcoal sizzling, so fragrant neighbors come knocking 🔥5.
4️⃣ Buckwheat Cake: Made from freshly ground buckwheat flour, slightly bitter then sweet, perfect with honey 🍯8.
5️⃣ Drunken Shrimp: Live Qionghai shrimp soaked in wine, still jumping when served, triple hit of fresh, sweet, and spicy 🦐6.
💰【Two-Day Expense Record】
Day 1: Luoji Mountain 130 RMB + Barbecue 60 RMB + Hotel 300 RMB = 490 RMB
Day 2: Lugu Lake 70 RMB + Pig Trough Boat 50 RMB + Inn 400 RMB = 520 RMB
Total 1010 RMB—cheaper than a seafood meal in Sanya, yet you saw glaciers, walked the marriage bridge, and enjoyed a wild barbecue feast!
In Liangshan, the June wind smells like barbecue, the waves of Qionghai write love poems, even the Mosuo love songs outnumber your pop hits 🎤. Here there’s no anxiety about "internet-famous check-ins," only the leisure of sitting by the fire pit gnawing on tuotuo meat, and Yi mothers smilingly asking, "Sister, want another spoonful of chili powder?"
"Look, even the Soma flowers have bloomed just for you, so why not rush over?" 🌸
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