"I was just going out for a walk,

But finally decided to wait outside until sunset,

Because I realized that walking out,

In fact, I also take it from the bottom of my heart,

Unarrived scenery,

It is the last wilderness in my heart."

--John Muir

The best journey in life is when you are in a strange place, listening to the story of time, and discovering a long-lost touch.

That afternoon on Friday, while I was immersed in my desk dealing with cumbersome work, an unexpected phone call seemed to open up a gap in the pressure embankment that had accumulated throughout the week. Although there were indeed some emergencies this week, after a brief hesitation, I opened the website and booked a flight from Shanghai to Lijiang the next day. Let's go to Lijiang!

Lijiang has always been a beauty that I don't want to touch, because some people say it is beautiful, picturesque, like a paradise; others say that it is very potholes, and a person is accidentally potholed and completely ruined. And I stubbornly believe in the former. It's good to go on a trip that you don't have to worry about whether the strategy is complete, no longer worry about what to do when you encounter a black car on the road and get slaughtered, no longer look forward and backward... As you embark on the journey, the biggest difficulty has been solved. When I got on the plane back to the Soviet Union, I realized that all the beauty was unforeseen. If I have a good heart, I will meet the beauty, and if I have a dream, I will realize it.

Yes, there are only three days. For Lijiang, three days are just a quick glance, which will eventually leave you unable to appreciate all the charm of Lijiang. But life is like this. It not only leaves you happiness, but also gives you expectations.

Lijiang ancient city

Large areas of the ancient city still maintain the architectural characteristics of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. There are rows of tile-roofed buildings in the style of "three squares and one illuminated wall, four closed and five courtyards, and Zouma corner buildings". They not only highlight the structural layout, but also pursue carving and painting decoration. They are clumsy and beautiful on the outside and exquisite on the inside. They are praised as a "residential museum" by Chinese and foreign architectural experts. What is more worth mentioning is that the residents of the ancient city have always loved to plant flowers and trees to cultivate bonsai, making the ancient city enjoy the reputation of "Lijun has always loved planting trees, and flowers are everywhere in the mountain city."

Dashi Bridge is the first of the bridges in the ancient city. It is located 100 meters east of Sifang Street. It was built by the Tusi Mu of the Ming Dynasty. Because the reflection of the Yulong Snow Mountain can be seen from the river under the bridge, it is also known as Yingxue Bridge. The bridge is a double-hole stone arch bridge. The arch rings are supported by slab rock. The bridge is more than 10 meters long and the bridge width is nearly 4 meters. The bridge deck is paved with traditional five-flower stone, with a gentle slope, which is convenient for cross-strait exchanges.

Sifang Street in the center of Dayan Ancient City is a famous snack street. In addition, if you want to eat cheaply or eat snacks, you can go to various farmers 'markets. Lijiang Bar, like Lijiang itself, is intoxicated at night and simple during the day. It does not deliberately create a style, but it is very popular because of its casual nature. On the right side of Dashi Bridge in Xinhua Street, the ancient city of Lijiang is the famous Lijiang Bar Street at home and abroad.

The architectural layout of "Four in Five Patios" is a legacy of the traditional culture of the Naxi people. It consists of four or five square rooms of the main room, lower room, left and right wing rooms to form a closed courtyard house. In addition to the large patio in the middle, there are also four small patios with "leaky corners"(the connecting parts of the four squares) at the four corners. The large patio in the middle is the most public space and is a place for holding various family activities, while the four small patios are auxiliary spaces for life, playing the role of ventilation and lighting.

At night in the ancient city of Lijiang, the air is filled with a soft atmosphere.

Shuhe ancient town

That ancient city of Shuhe

Shuhe, known as "Shaowu" in Naxi language, is called "Shaowu". Because the mountains behind the village are like peaks, the village is named after the mountains and is spread and mutated. It means "the village under the peak". It is the earliest settlement of Naxi ancestors in Lijiang Bazi. It is an important market town that is well-preserved on the ancient tea-horse road.

Shuhe Ancient Town is surrounded by mountains and rivers, with scattered houses and houses, facing pastoral fields. It overlooks the Jade Dragon in the north and looks at Xiangshan Mountain and Wenbi in the southeast. The scenery changes at all times, especially the two water sources at the head of the village. One of them is called the "Jiuding Longtan", also known as "Longquan". At the core of all scenic spots in Lijiang, it is the hub for visiting the Ancient City of Lijiang, the Yulong Snow Mountain, Lugu Lake, the First Bay of the Yangtze River and the Three Parallel Rivers Scenic Area. When Xu Xiake visited Zhishan Liberation Forest, he once walked through this road. In his account, he wrote: "Crossing a dry stream and stone bridge, looking west at the middle sea, dark willows and waves are lingering. There are large settlements on it, which is Shihe Courtyard." "Shihe" is the ancient name of today's Shuhe Ancient Town. The ancient tea-horse road, which was opened in the Tang Dynasty, runs from southern Yunnan to Lhasa, Xizang through Lijiang. After more than a thousand years of operation and development in the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, it promotes economic and cultural exchanges among people of all ethnic groups along the route. Shuhe is a well-preserved station in Lijiang Dam.

After a long period of depression, cramped and messy, Wenzhi Lane on Wuyi Street in the ancient city of Lijiang has returned to its former prosperity: there are many shops and many pedestrians. But once in this ancient alley, there was a famous Naxi Medical Hall "Shaoheng Hall".

Guangxu's Lijiang Prefecture Annals? Character Chronicles ":" He Yujie, the word Shi Zhao, is also Kun's nephew. He was filial and friendly by nature and was a scholar when he was young. He was familiar with medical principles and passed down to outstanding people. His skills were particularly refined and he was good at treating typhoid fever. Other diseases also had miraculous effects. Regardless of the amount of medicine, he was eager to see diseases, and could live up to the ancients 'righteousness of providing medicine to help heaven." This is a high evaluation of Mr. He Yujie by later generations, and it is also a full affirmation of "Shao Hengtang". During the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty, the prefect of Lijiang presented a plaque with the title of "Three Generations of Confucian Doctors".

In the evening, Shuhe Ancient Town had an extra set of fireworks. We had our dream of small pot rice. The taste was really good. I saw many people recommending small pot rice before. When I came to Shuhe Ancient Town, I went to eat it specially. I didn't disappoint. The other dishes are also very good. The shop environment is very good, the service is very good, and the price is affordable. I am a very satisfied family overall!

lashihai

Love in Lashihai

"Lashi" is the ancient Naxi translation,"La" means barren dam, and "Shi" means new, meaning new barren dam.

Naxi people say that beyond the world and heaven, there is also a holy and beautiful Jade Dragon Third Kingdom. It is under the snowy mountains and flowing springs, and the sun and the moon shine brightly. If you go there with your beloved ones, you can have no worries and be together forever. In the Yulong Third Country, parents 'orders, matchmakers' words, and no force in the secular world can tear up people who love each other. Young men and women who fell in love until their death had the custom of "death in love" due to the legend of a third country; Lashi Township is also the "hometown of death in love" in this river bend.

After the carnival, I still sat by the lake and quietly looked at the stars.

Come back every year, sing every year, watch the rising sun in the morning, watch the sunset in the evening, and sing the sad and beautiful eternal love in that pool of clear light. Naxi people say that beyond the world and heaven, there is a holy and beautiful Jade Dragon Third Kingdom. It is under the snowy mountains and flowing springs, and the sun and the moon shine brightly. If you go there with your beloved ones, you can have no worries and be together forever.

After December in winter is a good time to watch birds. There are about 30,000 migratory birds and 57 species of migratory birds every year. The morning and evening of every day are the times when there are the most birds and the scenery on the lake is the most beautiful.

Every winter, migratory birds who fly in for the winter will inhabit the foot of the mountain and water swamps around the Lashihai Sea. Could it be that the young men and women of Naxi who died in love have turned into migratory birds with wings, and the world has wiped out the happiness they dreamed of. Their souls grew wings and flew towards the ethereal and peaceful third country. However, the sun shines every day, and the rivers are full of long mountains. The homeland can not be completely abandoned.