"I was just going out for a walk,

but finally decided to wait outside until sunset,

Because I found that walking outside,

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

A scenery that has never been reached,

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 feeling.

That afternoon on Friday, when I was immersed in my desk dealing with cumbersome work, an unexpected phone call seemed to open up a gap in the pressure embankment accumulated throughout the week. Although there were 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 beautiful place I don't want to touch, because some people say it is beautiful, picturesque and like a paradise; others say that it is very pit, and a person is accidentally pit and his body is ruined. And I stubbornly believe in the former. Whether it's a trip that you want to go at will, you no longer worry about whether the strategy is complete, you no longer worry about what to do if you encounter a black car on the road and you no longer look forward and backward... When 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 unseen. If I have a beautiful 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 is an ancient city and a new city, because people are new every day. Countless stories happen here every day. There are ancient stories and new stories, but they are all stories about time. In one story after another, time flies by like a flash...

Listen to the story of time in the warm sun of early winter!

Story 1: Slow life in Lijiang

Story 2: Love in Lashihai

Story 3: The ancient Shuhe ancient town

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Slow life in Lijiang

The ancient city of Lijiang is located in Dayan Town, Lijiang City, Yunnan Province, in the middle of Lijiang Dam under the Yulong Snow Mountain. It is surrounded by Xiangshan Mountain and Jinhong Mountain in the north, Lion Mountain in the west, and faces dozens of miles of fertile farmland and fertile fields in the southeast. The streets of the ancient city are built along the mountains and follow the water flow. They are exquisite in texture and paved with red breccia (five-flower stone). They are not muddy in rainy seasons and ash in dry seasons. The patterns on the stone are natural and elegant, and the texture is exquisite, complementing the entire urban environment. Sifang Street is a small trapezoidal square of about 4000 square meters.

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 on the outside and beautiful on the inside, exquisite and exquisite, and are praised as the "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."

The architectural layout of "four-in-five courtyards" 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, providing ventilation and lighting.

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

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.

Dashiqiao Bridge is the first of all bridges in the ancient city. It is located 100 meters east of Sifang Street. It was built by Tusi Mu of the Ming Dynasty. Because the reflection of 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 stones, and the slope is gentle, making it easy for cross-strait exchanges.

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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.

Every winter, migratory birds who fly here to spend the winter inhabit the foot of the mountain and water swamps around the Lashihai Sea. Could it be that young men and women in 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 have grown wings and flew towards the ethereal and peaceful third country. However, the sun shines every day, and the land with rivers and mountains can not be completely abandoned.

Come back every year, sing every year, watch the rising sun in the morning, watch the sunset in the evening, and sing the beautiful and 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, with the sun and the moon shining brightly. If you go there with your loved 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 every year, and 57 species of migratory birds. 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.

Shuhe ancient town

That ancient city of Shuhe

Shuhe is called "Shaowu" in Naxi. It is called "Shaowu" in Naxi. Because the mountains behind the village are like piled peaks, the village is named after the mountains. 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.

The ancient town of Shuhe 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 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 "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, and there are large settlements on it, which is for Shihe Yuan." "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.

There is a very famous gourmet restaurant in Shuhe Ancient Town, which specializes in Yunnan specialties. As long as celebrities travel to Lijiang, they will come to this small shop in Shuhe Ancient Town to taste delicious food. It is very famous. Liu Dehua, Li Yapeng, Sun Nan and many other celebrities have eaten it!

The service is very warm, the young guys have a very good attitude, the shop is next to the creek, and the door is full of flowers. It is very romantic. The food is delicious, the portions are sufficient, and the prices are affordable. It is really a profit. I must recommend a delicious restaurant where everyone checks in!

Those old yards

The authentic ancient method is restored and developed based on local cultural resources, integrating Naxi cultural characteristics with modern design. It emphasizes exquisiteness, aesthetics, and humanities, and runs through family-style and old friend-style services. It is highly affinity and comfortable. Small leisure

The room is still antique, and the new green on the bedside is intoxicating.

The old house on the clear spring of Lion Rock

Dayan Ancient Town in Lijiang has always been famous for its water surrounding the ancient city. The layout of the ancient city can be said to be based on water and natural. The Yushui River is divided into the West River, the Middle River, and the East River here. In the ancient city, it is divided into more tributaries, passing through streets and alleys, and entering houses through walls. The streets and houses of the ancient city naturally stretch with the water and the mountains. There is a saying,"Out of the ancient city against the water, and into the city with the water." Even if you lose your way, don't panic. You can smoothly find your way home by following this sentence. Surrounded by water, Lijiang is very beautiful, with water everywhere and painting everywhere.

Halfway up the mountain in the ancient city of Lion Mountain, there is a natural spring called Lion Ruquan, which is one of the best springs in Lijiang.

The viewing platform located on the third floor is a good view of the city and an excellent place to take a sunrise. It is both a place to drink tea and a place to have breakfast in the morning.

The back garden of Mufu

There is the Forbidden City in the north and the Mufu in the south. Crossing the small bridge of flowing water with gurgling clear springs, a wooden archway suddenly stands among the residents with buildings and tiles. When you step into the vermilion gate of the wooden mansion, you will suddenly see a dazzling palace standing tall on the open ground. The white marble base is exquisitely carved, and the magnificent momentum makes people feel as if they are in the palace. If in the ancient city of Lijiang we see one side of Lijiang's secular life, then in Mufu, we will read the rise and fall of a big Tusi family that was once glorious in the southwest.

The Story of Lijiang People

Every backpack in Lijiang has a different ordinary story, and the owner of every backpack has an unusual experience Q

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Riding a horse, rowing a boat and looking at the stars in Lashihai

The Arab four-person group from Chongqing has a full sense of humor. When they rode on a large horse, they were like a camel team marching in the desert.

"Datia" means "Dongluoli" or "Nuoya" in Naxi. Naxi people will express their emotions in a "dance" way during weddings, funerals, building houses, or celebrating harvest festivals. "Dongluoli" has meanings such as "happy dance" or "everyone comes to dance". Due to the restriction of holding hands and holding hands,"Dong Luoli" mainly moves in the crotch, waist and legs below the knees. The dance goes clockwise, and the last person is the piper, who can also be in the center of the dance circle without restrictions. Therefore, the piper's dance movements are large and have a strong charm. In some areas, it is also called "Lusheng Dance" or "Dizi Dance" because it is accompanied by flutes and gourd sheng.