The autumn wind blew past the car window, and the fertile fields of black soil were gradually replaced by a sea of cascading forests. During the National Day holiday, the Haiyi High-speed Railway, which was just opened to traffic, ushered in its first golden week since its opening. Seats were in short supply on the round-trip flights and the carriages were full. This high-speed railway in the northernmost high altitude of China has turned into an autumn appreciation train bound for the Xiaoxing'an Mountains, continuously transporting tourists to Yichun, the forest capital.
On September 28, the Haiyi High-speed Railway was officially put into operation. The line has a total length of 318 kilometers and a design speed of 250 kilometers per hour. The fastest route from Harbin to Yichun West is only 1 hour and 46 minutes. Each of the eight stations connected by the train is engraved with the regional imprint of Northern Xinjiang: Qing'an South Station is shaped like holding golden ears of rice in both hands, Yichun West Station's colonnade is based on the image of red pine, and the gabled roof of Riyuexia Station echoes the rolling hills of Xiaoxing'an Mountains.
In the Shangganling Xishui National Forest Park located in Yichun City, information such as negative oxygen ions is monitored in real time. Photo by Shi Yifu
The train goes all the way north, and the window is a moving landscape painting. From the vast hectares of reed marshes in the Hulan River Estuary Wetland, to the contiguous rice fields of Qing'an Rice Culture Park, and then deeper into the mountains and forests, the Tangwang River Forest Sea and Strange Stones, Jinshan Deer Park, and Wuying National Forest Park are spread out in sequence. The original forest sea of red pine, granite stone forest, deer shadows in the forest, and the ecological landscape hidden in the deep mountains have come into public view with the help of high-speed rail channels.
"It used to take a whole day to travel to Yichun, but now it takes more than an hour to step into the forest, eliminating the need for long journeys, and being able to enjoy the colorful mountains with peace of mind." On the 3rd, Ms. Liu, a tourist from Liaoning, took the D7279 train to Yichun. She planned to visit Jinshan Deer Garden and Wuying Forest Park. In the carriage, many family tourists and research groups dragged their suitcases and took pictures of the beautiful mountains and forests outside the window.
The passenger flow dividend brought by the opening of high-speed rail is continuing to be released. Guo Jingbin, conductor of train D7273 of the Harbin Passenger Section of China Railway Harbin Bureau Group Co., Ltd., said that the high-speed rail service between Hainan and Hainan continued to be full during the National Day holiday, making "fast forward and slow travel" a reality. Foreign tourists can conveniently visit the original Korean pine forest and experience the forest oxygen bar with high negative oxygen ions.
The rewriting of time and space distance is reshaping the territory of Yichun Cultural Tourism. Song Jian, chief of the market development cooperation section of the Yichun Municipal Culture, Radio, Television and Tourism Bureau, said that the Harbin-Yichun high-speed railway has included Yichun in Harbin's two-hour urban tourism circle, breaking the long-standing shackles of mass transportation, and further opening up the bottleneck of tourists for winter ice and snow tours and autumn autumn tours.
In the Shangganling Xishui National Forest Park located in Yichun City, wild animals can be seen everywhere. Photo by Shi Yifu
In order to capture the passenger flow dividend brought by the high-speed rail, Yichun West Station has been transformed into a regional tourist distribution hub, with a daily throughput of up to 5,000 people. The square in front of the station is divided into an exclusive waiting area for tourist buses, and the tourist line runs directly from the station to the scenic spot; a tourist volunteer service point is set up in the station, and travel agencies are stationed in the station to provide one-stop tourism products. Tourists can finalize their next forest itinerary without leaving the station.
The train passes through the Xing'an mountains, carrying tourists from all over the world to the autumn scenery of northern Xinjiang. This high-altitude steel channel is transforming the ecological advantages of the forest area into development momentum, making the once remote Xiaoxing'an Mountains a popular destination for golden autumn tourism in the north. (over)
