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[Gannan Zhagana Travel Guide] Where the gods live, mortals can also come for a free meal! (with money-saving tips) **📸 Must-see spots** 1. **Fairy Beach**: Don't bother looking, there are no fairies, only grasslands and wildflowers that will make your phone's memory explode with photos. 2. **Locke Viewing Platform**: The American explorer Locke said this place is like the Garden of Eden, but a friendly reminder—the altitude is 3,000+ meters, don't breathe too hard, or you'll run out of steam. 3. **Stroll through the Tibetan Village**: Push open the wooden fence and encounter Tibetan Xiang pigs sunbathing (they may be better at posing than you). --- ### **🍖 Foodie Radar: Calorie supply station on the plateau** 1. **Tibetan Yak Hot Pot**: The meat chunks are so big that you'll suspect the yak is inflated. Dip it in chili sauce and you'll feel warm to your toes in a second. (Recommended: **Zhagana Tibetan Family Restaurant**, CNY 60 per person) 2. **Highland Barley Cake with Butter Tea**: A sweet and salty combo. One bite is enough to forgive the lack of oxygen from altitude sickness. 3. **Yogurt with White Sugar**: Frowning from the sourness and then adding sugar like crazy, it's just like life, bitter first and then sweet. ⚠️ Lightning Protection Guide: The "wild matsutake mushrooms" on the roadside may be its second uncle, don't buy them randomly if you don't know what they are! --- ### **🚗 Crazy Fun Around the Area** 1. **Ruoergai Flower Lake** (2 hr drive): The lake surface blooms in summer. It is recommended to bring a partner, or a selfie stick if you don't have one. 2. **Langmusi** (1.5 hr drive): Not one temple, but two temples competing across the river. Pet the temple cats while you're there. 3. **First Bend of the Yellow River** (3 hr drive): Please control your emotions when watching the sunset, don't cry so hard because it's so beautiful that you get dehydrated. --- ### **🏠 Accommodation Money-Saving Mysteries** 1. **Tibetan B&B**: CNY 100–200/night. The wooden houses have so-so soundproofing, but you may be "awakened" by the snow-capped mountain sunshine in the morning. (Recommended: **Zhagana Cloud Inn**, the owner will give you plateau-style dry humor) 2. **Youth Hostel Bed**: CNY 50/person, suitable for hardcore players who just want to "sleep", and you can also find hiking partners. 3. **Ultimate Freebie**: Pose cute with the Tibetan family's little lambs, and you may be invited to drink free butter tea (1% success rate). --- ### **📌 Heartfelt Tips** 1. Apply sunscreen until you can scrape putty off your face, otherwise the plateau's UV rays will give you "plateau red cheeks like the Tibetans" in minutes. 2. The temperature difference between morning and evening is large. Clothing recommendations: short sleeves during the day, shivering under the covers at night. 3. Respect customs: Don't spin the prayer wheel backwards, or the Tibetan auntie's eyes will nail you to the mountain as a prayer flag.