South of Colorful Clouds, a name full of infinite reverie. The first stop on the journey comes to the magical Xishuangbanna, a paradise in the virgin forest. There are girls from the Dai family here, there is the aroma of Pu 'er tea here, wild elephants stroll here, peacocks fly here, love nourishes here, and love grows here. After leaving Banna, we met and came to Dali, a dream place. I first met you when I was a child in "Eight Parts of the Dragon". I heard that it was a paradise where every household had water and flowers... At that time, I wanted to go there and build my own heaven. Unlike Lijiang, the beauty of Dali is more subtle and needs to be tasted carefully. As the saying goes, we eat in Banna and play in Lijiang. The last stop of the trip came to Lijiang, the capital of our romantic encounter. The concept of free travel in groups gives people enough time to experience the charm of Lijiang. Lijiang is like an outdoor peach garden for people fleeing the hustle and bustle of the city. It can heal people's wounds and give a release to the soul. This is why many people don't have to leave when they come here. Experience is also a kind of gain, and walking brings endless power to people. Whether you are a passer-by in a hurry or a tired returnee, here you will find your ultimate physical and spiritual home.

Crossing the Bridge Rice Noodles All tourists who come to Yunnan will never forget to taste the crossing the bridge rice noodles. The rice noodle crossing the bridge consists of three parts: one is a bowl of chicken soup, each bowl is not less than 600 grams; the other is food cut into slices, including one plate of raw thin meat slices, waist slices, chicken slices, and fish slices, plus plates of processed tofu skin, leeks, green bean sprouts, pea tips, coriander and green onions; the third is rice noodle.

The tofu is lying on the barbecue grill and looks unsurprising. A few minutes later, Baozhi tofu began to sing happily, each of them steaming hot, competing to show off their gradually expanding figure. At this time, they are full and ready to break with a poke. The outer skin also turns golden and the aroma begins to overflow.

The young staff in the store carried the marinated sauce dipping plate and the dried pepper and sesame seeds dipping plate. The aroma not only spread, but also began to hook people's souls. Holding a trembling piece of steamed tofu, dipping it into the juice, and the body that broke immediately began to shrink and was soaked in the juice. When he put it into his mouth again, a drip-tender juice poured into his mouth. There was no need to chew it at all, and it slipped all the way into his stomach, carrying the heat of the charcoal fire. Chew the outer skin carefully, the crispy bean aroma is another realm. Such enjoyment makes it impossible to help but be captured. In this way, I followed the warm experience and slid into the world of steamed tofu.

stone Forest scenic spot

After breakfast, Kunming Shilin takes a bus to Shilin, the only karst scenic spot located in the subtropical plateau area. The Stone Forest is a veritable "forest" made of rocks. Walking through it, you can see strange rocks lined up in the forest, which are abrupt and majestic, and have different postures. Due to the action of limestone, the stone pillars are separated from each other, and after years of wind and rain erosion, countless stone peaks, stone pillars, stalagmites, and stone buds form a variety of stone forests that combine strange rocks, waterfalls, lakes, caves, peaks and hills. Yunnan Stone Forest is intoxicating with its unique ethnic customs. In the colorful red land of the Stone Forest, there live the happiest and happiest group in the world-the Sani people of the Yi nationality. Here, young and old call women Ashima (meaning beautiful girl as gold in Yi language), and boys call them Ahege. In the afternoon, we browsed Colorful Yunnan. Colorful Yunnan is located next to the highway from Kunming to Shilin, 12 kilometers away from Kunming City. It is a large-scale comprehensive tourism enterprise integrating tourism, leisure, sightseeing and shopping. It takes an hour to browse and take a bus to Pu 'er at around 3 o'clock. Pu' er City was once an important station on the "Ancient Tea Horse Road." Due to the influence of the subtropical monsoon climate, most areas here are frost-free all year round. It is one of the important producing areas of the famous Pu 'er tea and one of the largest tea-producing areas in China. Since the road from Kunming to Pu 'er is not easy to walk and spans a large span, the ride time is longer.

colorful Yunnan

Kunming to Pu 'er

The journey from Kunming to Pu 'er is a long way, and the journey is not easy. It takes about 6 hours. Dinner will also be on the way to Pu' er. If you are afraid of hunger, you can bring some snacks.

Pu 'er Taiyang River National Forest Park

Pu 'er National Forest Park visited Pu' er National Forest Park on the third day. Pu 'er National Forest Park is a scenic spot still under construction. I always ask with a particularly curious attitude in the park, what is this? What is this? It's like I turned into a child after coming to Yunnan, wanting to ask why? Pu 'er National Forest Park is a natural oxygen bar, where the concentration of negative oxygen ions is very high. Here you can see gibbons jumping in the woods, red pandas traveling freely in the woods, birds cheering on the branches, wandering in the ocean of various exotic flowers and grasses, which is surprising and intoxicating. Arrived at Yun Tea Garden in the afternoon. The ancient tea-horse road built in Yun Tea Garden is based on the "Pu 'er Tea Horse Ancient Road", and the entire section is paved with bluestone slabs. Walking on the blue stone road of the "Ancient Road", feel the sound of hooves scattered among the mountains, and feel the vicissitudes of time and the ups and downs of the world. The mysterious and illusory Wild Elephant Valley comes to the Wild Elephant Valley after leaving the Cloud Tea Garden. The reason why the beautiful Wild Elephant Valley is fascinating and full of curiosity is that it successfully solves the problem of how tourists enter the rainforest, how to view the rainforest, and how to prevent wild beasts. Attack, how to safely view elephants. Almost all Asian wild elephants live in tropical dense forests. It is extremely difficult and dangerous to see wild elephants. Drive to the Ancient Tea Horse Road in the evening.

tea-horse road

After breakfast, we leave the hotel in Banna Primeval Forest Park and take a bus to the 10,000-acre ancient tea garden in Nannuo Mountain. After that, we visit Mengjinglai Scenic Area, the first village in China and Myanmar, where primitive nature is like a fairyland on earth. "Mengjinglai" is Dai language,"Meng" is a village, and "Jinglai" is the shadow of a dragon. Entering the scenic area, you will face a magnificent building-Zhaimen. The location of Zhaimen was designated by the most prestigious Buddha in Jingui Temple in Myanmar. It was designed and built in accordance with the architectural style of the ancient Dai royal family. It is solemn, imposing and full of national characteristics. The two major festivals related to Zhaimen are the Opening Festival and the Closing Festival. September 15th is the Closing Day, and December 15th is the Opening Day. Entering the ancient village, I immediately realized that the inside of the village was much cooler than the outside. The buildings on the first floor and the first floor were surrounded and embraced by lush plants. Here we also saw the most original Dai sugar squeezing machine. It looks both ancient and simple. Many tourists have also personally experienced the juicing process. They place sugar cane between two wooden piles. When turning, the bearing acts to make the two wooden piles rotate together, the squeezed sugar cane comes out from the other side, and the sweet sugar cane juice flows down the wooden pile. We also took photos at the gate of Myanmar.

Daluokan

Meng Jinglai

In Aini villages, Aini people generally do not intermarry with Dai people. One is because of cultural differences (Dai people value women over boys, while Aini people value men over girls), and the other is because it is said that there has been a war between Aini people and Dai people before. The Aini people were driven to the stockade here because they lost.

During the dinner, the golden peacock's saodori and the cat dori came to propose a toast. Their saodori figures were really envious, especially the foreman's saodori was absolutely eye-catching! They can sing and dance well, especially when they shout in a small voice. I'm afraid the hearts of all tourists will melt. They all say that Dai girls seem tender. Now, I really saw it! No wonder so many educated youth couldn't stand the loneliness back then!

Dali

On the fifth day of Dali, we left Xishuangbanna and flew to Dali. We arrived at Dali Airport in about an hour. Cangshan and Erhai Lake, beside the Butterfly Spring, the scenery of Dali is far away in tranquility, so beautiful that it is inadvertent but refreshing.

The east-west-bound national protection road in the ancient city is called the "Foreign Street". There are Chinese and Western restaurants, cafes, teahouses and craft shops one after another here. Most of the signboards and advertisements are written in Western language. The blond and blue-eyed "foreigners" linger here, looking for the ancient charm of the Orient, which gradually becomes a unique scenery.

On both sides of the street, Bai folk houses are antique. The first gate of the ancient city-the Document Building. The Document Building, located 1 kilometer away from the south gate of the ancient city of Dali, is known as the first gate of the ancient city and is a landmark building in the ancient city of Dali. The Literature Building is a two-story Xieshan civil and stone structure. It has typical Bai architectural characteristics. It stands above the masonry structure door opening and is majestic.

Erhai Lake

After lunch, we went to the Erhai Lake to watch the osprey performance. The Erhai osprey is a treasure among the world's osprey. It is a tool raised and used by Erhai fishermen for generations. It has been closely connected to local fishermen for more than 3,000 years. It is a beautiful scenery of the Erhai Lake, but in recent years, the number of ospreys in the entire Erhai Lake area has not exceeded 100. Perhaps in a few years, these elves along the Erhai Lake will disappear forever...

Dali Handmade Silver Jewelry

Cangshan Erhai

Lijiang ancient city

After dinner in Dali, we rushed to Lijiang. It was almost 9 o'clock when we arrived in Lijiang. We arranged to stay near the Ancient City of Lijiang. It took about 10 minutes to walk to the Ancient City of Lijiang. Lijiang is a complex of Naxi culture and Han culture. In the past, my knowledge of Lijiang was nothing more than hearsay. I heard that there were pure blue skies there, I heard that there were white clouds that were at ease, I heard that there were gurgling streams there, and I heard that there was a life far away from the secular world. Everything is what I aspire to. Now that she was close to her, she always had the urge to explore her.

The ancient city of Lijiang is the main commodity distribution center and handicraft producing area in northwest Yunnan. Therefore, specialties from all over the southwest can be purchased in Lijiang. In the center of the ancient city of Lijiang, there is a square market with nearly 6 acres of land. It is surrounded by neat shops. It is commonly known as "Sifang Street". It is the most traditional shopping market in Lijiang.

Walking into the ancient city of Lijiang, a calm emotion arises spontaneously, including small bridges and flowing water, green tiles and corner eaves, fat golden girls with different customs, lazy dogs, enthusiastic roadside singers; everything allows you to forget everything in the world in an instant, and I can't wait to live here like this.

Shuhe ancient town

When I met Maizi in Shuhe Ancient Town, I always thought she looked like Jiang Yiyan. After visiting her Zhao Mansion, this small courtyard has a history of more than 200 years. It is simple, heavy and quiet. Living, daily life, office reception are all here, and it is still the treatment of a big family in ancient times! In the evening, I invited me to eat Tibetan yak hot pot, and after a glass of highland barley wine, I completely forgot where I was!

Compared with the ancient city of Lijiang, Shuhe Ancient Town is relatively quiet and more suitable for vacations, but the scenery is not inferior to that of the ancient city of Lijiang. For myself, I prefer Shuhe Ancient Town. It is said that many celebrities and people who feel injured have come here to heal their injuries. Here, you really can't feel the disputes of the world. You sleep until you wake up naturally every day, and then you bask in the sun in the yard, half lie down on the wooden rattan chair in the courtyard, and lie down all day long. It's lazy sunshine, warm afternoon, and fresh inflation. Just think about it, you know how comfortable it is.

The ancient city of Lijiang is actually composed of Dayan Ancient Town, Shuhe Ancient Town and Baisha Ancient Town. What we usually call the ancient city of Lijiang is actually the ancient town of Dayan. The ancient city of Lijiang and Shuhe have been introduced in detail before. I won't go into details. Baisha Ancient Town has not yet been developed on a large scale and is more original. Due to time constraints, we did not visit Baisha Ancient Town, which was relatively a pity, but this was also a good reason to visit Lijiang again!!

In Shuhe Ancient Town, a friend also took me to a very famous local food restaurant that is very popular and popular. The restaurant is located in Shuhe Ancient Town. The restaurant is in Shuhe Ancient Town. The restaurant is surrounded by flowers grown by the owner himself. There is also a small stream flowing slowly at the door, which feels great.

There are many types of delicious food, mainly Yunnan cuisine. The food tastes good, is sufficient, and the price is affordable. Moreover, the service is very fast. The service is super enthusiastic, comparable to Haidilao. A friend said that this is also a favorite among the locals. It is really super nice. I must recommend it to everyone!

My friend also took me to experience the legendary life in Shuhe. The pace is really too slow. It is a good place to enjoy life and a good place for many people to heal!

This small shop I found is very good. Although it is not big, the store is still quite exquisite. You can bask in the sun, listen to music, and drink coffee in winter. This feeling is really enjoyable and comfortable. Everyone can enjoy it!

Yulong Snow Mountain

Today we went to the Nude Melo Grand Canyon. The Dongba Valley is located at the foot of the Yulong Snow Mountain in Yunnan, 15 kilometers away from the Ancient City of Lijiang. It is a natural ecological canyon and a fracture valley torn under the snow mountain during the ancient orogenic movement. The valley is 90 kilometers long. The cliffs and cliffs inside are exquisite, and the caves are densely lined with dreams. They are mixed with various stalactites, dead vines, strange trees, strange rocks, rare birds, songbirds, and flying waterfalls. After being discovered by the locals, it was called Dongba Valley. It is called "Naomeluo" in Naxi, which means "big valley" in Chinese. "Naked Mele" means "what a big valley" in Naxi dialect. Because the Yulong Snow Mountain at an altitude of 5596 meters to the west of the canyon is majestic and tall, towering into the sky, like a male, naturally, the naked beauty of the Grand Canyon deeply embedded in the earth under its feet has become a symbol of women and an object of worship and admiration by the Naxi people. They must come regularly in different seasons every year to burn incense and worship in order to "have many children and many blessings" and achieve a strong nation.

Dongba Valley

The main street of Dongba Valley is Craftsman Street, which is the trading place for original commerce and trade. On both sides of the street are some ethnic minority courtyards, all of which are full of ethnic characteristics, with a dazzling array of jewelry, furs, and medicinal materials.