19Xina 4-week walk Henan Mt. Song 汝南焦作

For detailed tracks read more here. This track is just a constructed overview file.
Done 4 weeks 2019. Like in the previous year, I took flights between my town Barcelona and Beijing and entered China with a tourist visa (35 days instead of the normal 30, by friendly decision of the visa office).
In 2018, I tried to walk in 4 weeks from the Yangtze river (at Wuhan city 武汉) to the Yellow River (at Kaifeng city 开封) on a continuous route, mainly on small roads. However, I skipped by bus the route foreseen for the 3rd week:
"18Xina 4-week walk Yangtze to Yellow 武汉开封", Wikiloc ID = 39405196
In 2019, like in 2018, in my planning I named with letters "A" to "Z" the places of possible nightstays. Unlike 2018, some were just a 1/2 day walk apart, so I could jump som letters.
I started with the missing part of 2018, from 汝南Runan(A) to 许昌Xuchang(G), then to the Central Holy Mountain 嵩山 Mt.Song, better known for the Shaolin Monastery. From there via Baimasi(T) - bus visit to Longmen Grottoes at Luoyang - to the Yellow River (V) 黄河小浪底. After crossing the Yellow River, I continued to Xiwan, near Jiaozuo 焦作. I hope to continue further north in another year.

The following list shows distances, Wikiloc route titles and Wikiloc ID numbers. You can find the day routes by searching the ID number or the title in Wikiloc.
Route title naming convention: year ("19" for 2019) + "Xina" (Catalan for China) + day count of visa + letters from route planning + place name in English and Chinese.

35km / 19Xina 03AB to Shangcai 上蔡 / ID =35043404
37km / 19Xina 04BC to Xiping 西平 / ID =35043420
31km / 19Xina 05CD to Luohe 漯河 / ID =35120819
38km / 19Xina 06DF to Linying 临颍 / ID =35120827
36km / 19Xina 07FG to Xuchang 许昌 / ID =35120866
35km / 19Xina 08GHI to Fanpo 范坡 / ID =35262969
16km / 19Xina 09IJ to Yuzhou 禹州 / ID =35262972
32km / 19Xina 10JK to Shenhou 神垕 / ID =35263053
27km / 19Xina 11KL to Dahongzhai 大鸿寨 / ID =35288385
28km / 19Xina 12LMN to Gaocheng 告成 / ID =35351929
13km / 19Xina 13NO to Dengfeng 登封 / ID =35673876
20km / 19Xina 14O Mt. Song Junji Peak 1490m 嵩山峻极峰 / ID =35673882
28km / 19Xina 18OPQ to Fudian 府店 / ID =35673892
22km / 19Xina 19Qr to Guxian 顾县 / ID =35673894
19km / 19Xina 20rT to Baimasi 洛阳白马寺 / ID =35675814
17km / 19Xina 25W1X to Wulongkou hotel 五龙口镇 / ID =35911967
550 km in total
Others:
7km / 19Xina 02A in Runan 汝南 / ID =35043332
10km / 19Xina 09J in Yuzhou 禹州 / ID =35262975
1km / 19Xina 10K Shenhou Old Street / ID =35263061
11km / 19Xina 13O Dengfeng Zhongyue Miao 登封中岳庙 / ID =35673881
16km / 19Xina 15O Pagoda, Fawang 嵩岳寺塔 法王寺 / ID =35673883
25km / 19Xina 16op Sanhuang Shaolin Dengfeng 三皇少林登封 / ID =35673885
5km / 19Xina 21S Longmen Grottoes 龙门石窟 / ID =35675816
4km / 19Xina 21S Peony Flower Park 中国国华园 / ID =35675817
7km / 19Xina 23 outside Scenic Aera 小浪底外 / ID =35784726
10km / 19Xina 23V Yellow River Scenic Area 黄河小浪底 / ID =35784744
13km / 19Xina 25X Wulongkou 五龙口 / ID =35912021
10km / 19Xina 26Y at Shennong Shan 神农山 / ID =35912083
Tourist sites: A(Nanhai temple), K(Old Street), L-M(3 mountain parks in a row), N(if observatory wasn't closed), O, S(by bus), T, V, X, Y

I prepare my China trips by putting together a planning sheet for each day, so I can find the route without depending on my mobile phone, and especially without depending on online maps or GPS signals.

In this Wikiloc route, you will find an overview planning sheet attached as an image. This was also useful when police knocked at my hotel room one day (both 2018 and 2019) and asked what I was doing: I showed them that planning sheet and they took a photo of it.
In the day walk routes, you will find the daily planning sheet. However, now you have the Wikiloc tracks which should make the planning sheets redundant if you just want to repeat my walks.
If you want to plan your own version of a China road walk, I hope the material I publish here will give you inspiration!