Arrive at Lijiang Airport at 12:20.

There were many people waiting in line for nucleic acid testing. It was estimated that the queue took half an hour.

After leaving the airport, the pick-up driver was already waiting for us in the parking lot.

On the way to Dayan Ancient Town, you can see the Yulong Snow Mountain and reach Dayan Ancient Town in half an hour.

Lijiang Ancient City is the general term for the three towns: Dayan Ancient Town, Baisha Ancient Town and Shuhe Ancient Town.

The ancient city of Lijiang generally refers to Dayan Ancient Town, which is the most prosperous here.

Shuhe Ancient Town is not as prosperous as Dayan Ancient Town and is more primitive.

Baisha Ancient Town is a primitive ancient town without much renovation. It mainly looks at ancient Baisha murals.

It was already 2 o'clock when we arrived in the ancient town. The inn we booked was in the center of Dayan. The roads in the ancient town were uneven and we could only carry our luggage.

There is a courtyard in the middle of the inn, surrounded by a two-story building with 11 rooms, and a small viewing platform on the roof. There is a cute dog in the inn, and it's good to play with the dog.

It can be seen that the inn has been carefully designed and decorated, but it may be due to the lack of customers due to the epidemic, and it feels like it hasn't been properly taken care of for some time.

The room was clean and linen were good, and it was comfortable to sleep.

Put down your luggage and go to the ancient town for food first.

Lijiang had Lijiang pork ribs and local chicken hot pot for his first meal. The restaurant environment was good and among the flowers.

After lunch, go to Wanggu Building in Lion Rock.

Lijiang is about 2400 meters above sea level. Climbing Lion Mountain is a little breathless, and the old people can't bear it.

Lion Rock is a place to see a panoramic view of the ancient town. Dayan Ancient Town has a general panoramic view and no characteristics.

Climbing the Wangu Tower, this attraction is not cost-effective.

After getting down to Lion Rock, stroll around the ancient town and drink freshly squeezed pomegranate juice.

I went to the big waterwheel, a landmark attraction at the north gate of the ancient city.

Walking the oldest street in Lijiang.

Return to the inn to rest and prepare dinner.

Dinner was eaten at Yunxueli Restaurant, which Lijiang has also eaten here for 15 years. This is the most popular and rated restaurant in Lijiang.

The taste of the dishes did not disappoint us. I recommended the secret snow mountain fish.

After dinner, we took a stroll around the ancient town. At this time, the bar street began to become lively.

I didn't have a good rest yesterday and went back to the inn to rest.

11/4 D2 Lijiang (Accommodation: LiJing pure sunshine. Panoramic view of the ancient city, snowy mountains and beautiful accommodation (Sifang Street Store)

The big research in the morning

Take a taxi to Baisha Ancient Town in the morning.

I ate Naxi Rice Noodles for breakfast in Baisha Ancient Town.

Then play white sand murals.

Many Baisha murals are under repair and are not yet open. Only a small part can be visited.

Baisha murals are mainly about Tibetan Buddhism and seem to have a history of more than 600 years.

However, it is not well preserved and cannot be compared with well-known murals such as Dazu Stone Carvings and Mogao Grottoes.

After leaving Baisha murals, continue to visit Baisha Ancient Town.

Baisha feels relatively simple and has a small area.

There are some distinctive shops and inns in the ancient town.

Take a taxi to Shuhe Ancient Town and go to Naxi Huotang, Shuhe Ancient Town for lunch first.

Naxi Huotang is the middle hot pot, and the hot pot is surrounded by stone platforms that can be barbecued.

After lunch, head to Jiuding Longtan, where the water feels a little like Jiuzhaigou.

The Tea Horse Ancient Road Museum is under renovation and cannot be visited.

I made nucleic acid at the entrance of Shuhe Ancient Town, and finally took a taxi back to Dayan Ancient Town.

I found a clean bar in Dayan Ancient Town, had a cup of coffee and listened to songs.

Go back to the inn and play with the dog

Internet celebrity restaurants in Lijiang

The fire pond for lunch was full, and rice noodles for dinner.

There are many people taking artistic photos in the ancient town, and the ancient town is very romantic at night.

Finally, climb up Lion Rock again to see the night view of the ancient city.

11/5 D3 Lijiang-Lugu Lake (Accommodation: Lugu Lake Cidi Huakai Inn)

Starting today is the highlight of this trip, a two-day tour of Lugu Lake.

The family also had to travel to Dali and Tengchong, so they booked the Lijiang-Lugu Lake-Lijiang-Dali-Tengchong-Baoshan High-speed Railway Station and chartered it on the 8th.

We made an appointment to leave for Lugu Lake at 8 o'clock. Two drivers were arranged for the chartered car. In fact, one was a driver and the other was similar to a tour guide.

It is important to meet good drivers for chartered tours. This time, the chartered drivers are good, but people like tour guides are not so friendly, as will be detailed later.

Arrive at the Jinsha River Observation Deck to see the scenery of the Jinsha River and solve physiological problems.

Continue to depart

Arriving at the Haba Snow Mountain Observation Deck, you can see nothing behind the clouds surrounded by clouds and surrounded the Haba Snow Mountain.

The shopping point of this observation deck is very sophisticated. There is a person pretending to be a tourist with a camera at the shopping point, suspected of defrauding tourists.

Almost fell for it. He took a fancy to a traditional Chinese medicine. The person said it was good, so he also bought it for 9 yuan per catty. The family said to buy a pound, and then the merchant began to break up the traditional Chinese medicine. Finally, the merchant told us that it was 9 yuan a gram. 9 yuan instantly became 4500 yuan, and she decisively refused. When all the tourists had left, the man was still at the store, waiting for the next batch of tourists.

Near 12 o'clock when we arrived in Ninglang County, the chartered bus driver took us for lunch at a restaurant on the roadside. This hotel is full of guests brought by chartered cars or tour guides. The price is slightly expensive but acceptable.

After lunch, we continued to Lugu Lake and drove for nearly 2 hours to reach the first attraction in Lugu Lake.

Lugu Lake Observation Deck.

Lugu Lake is beautiful from the observation deck, but it is not amazing.

People similar to tour guides arranged for us to go to Sanjiacun Wharf to take a cruise. In fact, we weren't sure whether we wanted to take a boat in Sanjiacun to visit Lugu Lake.

I plan to take a cruise ship at the Dashuoshui Wharf after staying at the Dashuoshui Inn. This is the tour guide who started to nag. Speaking of which, Lugu Lake did not come without taking a cruise ship. Well, anyway, I had to take a cruise ship, and it didn't matter which terminal I took it, but everyone understood why the tour guide kept nagging about taking a cruise ship.

For environmental protection, Lugu Lake can only be entered by boat. It is 70 yuan from the terminal to Linubi Island, and another 30 yuan from the boat around the island. I saw the cruise ship at Dasu Wharf and the price was the same.

Lugu Lake water is very clean, with visibility reaching 13 meters. There are migrating red-billed gulls on the lake, which can be fed to birds with dried fish or bread.

Eighty percent of the water in Lugu Lake comes from groundwater. You can see the spring outlet of Lugu Lake around the island. The water here meets the national first-class standard for drinking water.

Climbing to Linubi Island, there is a hill on the island. On the mountain is Linubi Temple of Tibetan Buddhism. From the highest point, you can overlook Lugu Lake.

On my return journey, I saw the aquatic poplar flowers in the lake. The aquatic poplar flowers bloom in July and August, but there were not many aquatic poplar flowers in the lake in November.

The entire cruise ship takes about 1 hour and 40 minutes, and the price is 100. The value for money is still good.

The on-board tour guide recommended us to go to the bonfire party, which we didn't like. The tour guide started to nag again, but we decisively refused the bonfire party.

The tour guide had to say that it was early and we would go to two more attractions. In fact, it was already 4 p.m., and our idea was to go to the inn to rest.

We booked the Seaview Inn and wanted to check in early. The tour guide has been nagging that it is still early and tomorrow will be a bit rushed for the tour.

Okay, first we went to Lovers Beach, a small beach on the edge of Lugu Lake.

After that, we went to the Rigg Observation Deck, and when we arrived at the Rigg Observation Deck, it began to rain and snow.

Lige Observation Deck is the most classic attraction on Lugu Lake, and I think I should spend more time here.

I hurriedly took a few photos and got on the bus back to the inn in Daluoshui Village.

At first glance, Ligg Village seemed to be unpopular, and due to time, we were not arranged to stroll around Ligg Village.

Arriving at Dashuoshui Inn, we booked a room with a lake view. I wanted to have a look in my room and enjoy the lake view, but it was already past 6 o'clock when I arrived at the inn.

This is the tour guide who hasn't left and follows us. I don't know what he means, but he probably hopes that we will take him to dinner together. We ignored him and he had to leave. He didn't make us feel very comfortable.

Strolling around the Dasu Wharf

For dinner, I had steamed stone pot fish at Chuanxiang Garden near the inn. It tasted good.

Only a few clearing bars were open on the night of the fall. They were not popular and were greatly affected by the epidemic.

I even looked at the stars by the lake in the middle of the night. Although it was much better than the light pollution in the city, I still couldn't see the stars.

11/6 D4 Lugu Lake-Lijiang (Accommodation: LiJing Pure Sunshine. Panoramic view of the ancient city, snowy mountains and beautiful accommodation (Sifang Street Store)

Breakfast at the inn is rice noodles and porridge, which is not our taste.

The inn garden

Walk along the lake to the Dashuanshui Pier for a visit. The scenery is good

Booked room with lake view

The car was waiting for us at the entrance of the inn at 9 o'clock to start today's trip.

As soon as we got on the bus, the tour guide was nagging that we should understand the local culture when we came to travel. After making a series of preparations, we recommended that we go to the local Mosuo home for free. We can only "hehe" and resolutely refuse this routine.

Today's attraction is the Walking Marriage Bridge on the Sichuan side of Lugu Lake. The Walking Marriage Bridge is on Caohai.

At this time, the grass had withered and turned yellow. Under the sunlight, it looked golden.

After visiting the Zouwedding Bridge, the tour guide said that if he didn't visit the house, there would be no scenic spots today and he had to go back to Lijiang.

The family decided to return to Lijiang.

I still had lunch at the restaurant I came to.

After several observation decks, rest and go to the toilet, we arrive at Dayan Ancient City at 4 p.m.

Bus from Lijiang to Ninglang

The two-day chartered tour of Lugu Lake was not perfect and left a lot of regrets.

When chartered the car, we agreed that we could visit the Lijiang section of the Tiger Leaping Gorge on the way, but the tour guide said that the minibus couldn't be driven in, and we didn't know if it was true or false.

We agreed to go around the lake all the way, but we only went to the Lugu Lake Observation Deck, Lovers Beach, Ligge Observation Deck, Daluoshui and Caohai Wedding Bridge.

Goddess Mountain, Xiaoluo River, Luyuan Cliff, Gesa Ancient Village, Sacrifice Platform, Goddess Bay and other scenic spots were not visited. They said that the Sichuan section was not open, but they confirmed with the inn that the Sichuan section was already open. So it's important to meet the right person when chartering a car.

Go back to the inn, take a break, and play with the dogs in the inn.

Took his family to Zhongyi Market to buy specialties. This is a market integrating vegetable markets, snacks, fruit stalls, and specialty shops.

Stroll around the ancient town. The outer periphery of the ancient town is full of the atmosphere of local people's life. The inside and outside of the ancient town are completely different. The shops, streets, etc. in the ancient town are all very exquisite, but the outside of the ancient town is no different from ordinary small towns.

Finally, go to Star Chef Hui Creative Yunnan Cuisine Dinner. This store should be newly opened, but the food tastes good and the prices are good. I feel on par with Yun Xueli.

After dinner, we strolled around Dayan Ancient Town and went to the lower section of Wuyi Street, where the clearing bars are concentrated. Compared to Bar Street, it is much quieter here. The famous soldier's cabin is here.

At this point, I have visited all Dayan Ancient Town and finally became familiar with the route of Dayan Ancient Town.

11/7 D5 Lijiang-Shanghai

I am going back to Shanghai today, and my family will continue the journey of Dali Tengchong behind the chartered car.

Lijiang passed through Lijiang Airport when I went to Dali, so I took a chartered car to the airport before continuing on to Dali.

After learning the lesson of carrying luggage when entering the ancient city, I called a tricycle to deliver the luggage to the gate of the ancient town.

Half an hour after arriving at Lijiang Airport, check in.

The flight at 1:40 pm will return to Shanghai.

Is this Lugu Lake?

Here we are in Shanghai, Dishui Lake

On the way to the airport, the tour guide actually told the two drivers that they didn't have enough money for food, implying that additional money would be needed for subsequent trips. I was very angry immediately and said that there were two drivers. The tour guide did not drive for a minute during the entire journey. In fact, he was a tour guide who arranged for us to consume and made profits from it. Our guide tours are all ready and we don't need a guide at all. This tour guide is no different from a group tour in our car. Why do you need to make a guided tour and charter a car? Why don't you just sign up for the group directly?

Our chartered driver was a local in Dali, and the family arrived in Dali. I contacted the chartered customer service and did not need a tour guide for the subsequent itinerary, just the chartered driver. The tour guide also called me and hinted that I would go on the next trip together. I was crazy about money, but I refused. Without the tour guide, the family said that they would have a lot more fun, and there would be fewer tour guides who only wanted to make money.

During the epidemic, although there were a lot fewer tourists in Lijiang, it was generally better than other tourist destinations. I went to Lijiang again after seven years and felt that Lijiang had not changed much. The ancient city of Lijiang is the originator of ancient town tourism, unmatched by Xitang and Wuzhen. There are snowy mountains, delicious food, Naxi culture, and various specialty shops.

You don't have to rush to come to Lijiang, bask in the sun, drink coffee, and live a slow life. I will go again next time I have the opportunity.

The trip to Lugu Lake was not perfect. Lugu Lake was beautiful, but it was not so amazing that it was necessary to go. Maybe I had met a chartered tour guide and ruined my mood. For the two-day tour, most of the time is on the road, so the value is not high.