What kind of place is Lijiang, Yunnan? I heard that some people eloped here with their loved ones, some people resigned because of their current situation, and some people came here because of their yearning... And I found that people who come here never take the initiative to talk about the reasons, but they are very happy to share the beauty of their gains here with others. Along the way, I drove the Volvo V90 Cross Country and enjoyed this trip to Lijiang. There was always a voice in my heart telling me that as long as you came, you would find the answer.

"The green grass is green, the white fog is vast, and there is a beautiful woman on the side of the water" is my "reasonable" interpretation of the near-perfect partnership between the lake and the boat. After all, this "reasonable" is only for me. I like to be blown by the breeze, swept by birds, and hit by stones, and the lake surface ripples in circles. What I like most is the calm and joy of the small boat standing in the lake and the lake and boats touching each other. Return to calm after joy. moment. The way the boat rippled in Lugu Lake and the waves on the lake satisfied all my fantasies about "On the Water". I would like to indulge in this scene.

Luqipu in Yanhu Village, Lugu Lake, and the houses of Mosuo House have a unique architectural style. Most of them are well-dried wooden corrugated ovaries made of square wood, with wooden boards as tiles. The internal structure forms the family characteristics to adapt to its matriarchal principle. There is the main house where Huotang is located, which is the center of the whole family. There is a place next to where the elderly and underage children live. Another two-story building is a "guest room", which houses young and middle-aged women and their "Ah Zhu" rooms, retaining some characteristics of the matriarchal clan commune period.

In fact, I didn't know the specific information about Lugu Lake before coming, but after careful information review, I found that it is worth mentioning that its altitude is 2700 meters, the average depth of the lake is about 40 meters, and the deepest point is 73 meters. The entire Lugu Lake looks like a huge white pearl inlaid in the southwest of the motherland. It is specifically located at the junction of Sichuan and Yunnan. On one side it belongs to Yanyuan County, Xichang City, Sichuan Province, and on the other side it belongs to Ninglang County, Lijiang City, Yunnan Province. Both sides are more than 200 kilometers away from the city.

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Tips: You need to purchase tickets to enter the scenic spot. Admission tickets for Yunnan are 100 yuan, and admission tickets for Sichuan are 80 yuan. After visiting Xizang, my fear of knowing nothing about the plateau scenery changed from an initial fear to an increasingly strong yearning. Lugu Lake I arrived at on this trip is also a plateau lake. It is known as the pearl of the plateau. Among them, Gmu Goddess Mountain is 3,754.7 meters above sea level and is the highest peak around Lugu Lake.

The wind is very strong beside Lugu Lake. At sunset, there are storms and waves, and the water trickles in. Compared with the waves of the sea, it is obviously more gentle. The boat in the lake is swaying gently with the waves of the lake, which is so intoxicating.

The islands in the lake stand gracefully and in different postures. The lake surface is as clear as a mirror, dotted with algae flowers. The small boat slowly gliding on the blue waves and the Mosuo folk songs that occasionally "wander" between the water and sky add a bit of simplicity to Lugu Lake. Even if more people have witnessed her beauty, in my heart, she is an unpolluted virgin lake far away from the bustling city.

Daluoshui Village is a must-visit place for most tourists to Lugu Lake. In Daluoshui Village, there are wooden houses owned by Mosuo people along the lake shore, and most of them are now transformed into hotels that can provide accommodation. There are many tourists here and it is lively.

What you may not know is that Xiaolushui Village is located in the north of Lugu Lake, in a small valley surrounded by mountains on three sides and facing Lugu Lake on the other side. Xiaolushui Village is the last village on the Lugu Lake in Yunnan. The junction between Yunnan and Sichuan is at the entrance of the village. The highway around the lake is obviously cut in two here: the gravel road is Yunnan, and the asphalt road is Sichuan. There are only more than 20 households in the village. It is an ancient and traditional village on the shores of Lugu Lake. Few people come here, like forgotten lonely geese, waiting quietly there. Until in recent years, more and more tourists have "taken the unusual path" to "discover" it, and it has become one of the most popular tourist attractions now.

My longing for the ancient city lies in the old appearance of various cities in China, so I still like those antique ancient cities better than the same cities. The beauty of Lijiang is also vividly reflected in the ancient city.

When driving to Baisha Ancient Town, I was thinking that although it did not have the prosperity of Lijiang Ancient Town, it did not feel lonely at all. After all, its own historical story was enough.

Different from the ancient city of Lijiang, you can see the snowy mountains in the distance here before. The ancient town of Baisha under the snowy mountains presents another kind of beauty of its own. Stroll through the alleys of the ancient town and feel the original life of the Naxi people preserved here.

Baisha Ancient Town is one of the components of the world cultural heritage "Ancient City of Lijiang". It is the origin of the regime of the "Mu Family" of Lijiang Tusi. Baisha Ancient Town is the ancient town with the most Naxi legacy and the most original Naxi village. Baisha Ancient Town is the origin of the Mu's Tusi regime. Baisha is the ancient capital of the Naxi people and was once the center of Lijiang's politics, economy, commerce and culture.

Compared with the Ancient City of Lijiang, there is less commercialization under the model and fewer tourists. When passing by, it is more likely to see local people busy, walking hurriedly but actively, which makes people yearn for it. There are occasional sounds of young adults riding motorcycles from far to near. As they get closer, you can still hear them stopping to talk about daily trivial matters with neighbors or friends in a very distinctive dialect. The world is full of fireworks.

The center of the ancient town is called Sifang Street, which was once a prosperous trading center. Therefore, when Naxi ancestors established Shuhe Ancient Town and Lijiang Ancient Town, they also learned from the planning model of Baisha Ancient Town, and built the center of the ancient town into a center of commercial and trade transactions. They named it Sifang Street, which means "extending in all directions, meaning" all directions." Because Sifang Street in Baisha Ancient Town was established early and was not specially rebuilt or modified in the later period according to the template that conforms to current commercialization, it is relatively not as well-defined and complete as Shuhe Ancient Town and Lijiang Dayan Ancient Town.

I personally like the climate here very much. Although the season when I chose to drive here is not too warm, fortunately, there is sunshine in the cool, and white clouds and blue sky dance gracefully above my head, sometimes with light and sometimes gloomy. When the sun shines on your body, it is warm.

Although the road surface of Sifang Street is narrow, fortunately, the Volvo V90 Cross Country is equipped with a 360° panoramic camera to provide a bird 's-eye view of the surroundings of the vehicle. In addition, the parking assist function at the front and rear of the car body warns of obstacles, allowing me to easily reverse and park even when space is limited.

Stop the car and enter from an alley in a small corner. Most of the things you see are stone walls made of red bricks. It is ancient and full of the marks of the times, making people want to keep pressing the shutter. The pictures that come out may be red bricks, but for me, they not only record my current mood, but also record a beautiful fate between me and it.

This period also reminds me of the moments when I was a child when I was running, chasing or playing hide-and-seek with my companions in my hometown. Walking around the village, you will feel that time seems to have stopped flowing and seems to be flowing backwards, which always reminds me of the past. Simple and beautiful days. Looking up, the sky is clear blue, the snowy mountains are pure white, the dogs on the street are lazy and free, and the entire ancient town is as simple and kind as the Naxi old man, and even time slows down the pace of progress.

When I mentioned Yunnan once, the first thing that made me miss must be the Yulong Snow Mountain, and I have an inexplicable obsession with the idea of snow mountains. I thought that no matter how severe the journey was or no matter how bad the weather was, it would not stop me from climbing the snowy mountains. Driving the Volvo V90 Cross Country all the way towards the Yulong Snow Mountain, as the altitude rises, the color of the vegetation becomes single. When you "wash your eyes" from the Yulong Snow Mountain with white snow and drive back, you will see the scenery when you come. It will give you a different mood. This is the right time, place and people that self-driving tour gave me. The beautiful scenery of this road is in my eyes and lasts forever in my heart.

The Yulong Snow Mountain is a group of snow-capped mountains. It is not a snow-capped mountain. The 13 peaks of the entire mountain are arranged longitudinally from south to north. The highest point of the main peak and the fan steep peak is 5596 meters above sea level. It is covered with snow all year round. The snow line height is between 4,800 and 5,000 meters. Therefore, seeing the snowy mountains is really a matter of probability. Especially in spring, there is a lot of snow, but often because of the weather, the snowy mountains seem to have begun to play hide-and-seek with us. The last time I saw the snowy mountains was in Matterhorn, Switzerland, and then on, it was Sochi, Russia. Every time I visited the snowy mountains, I felt they were tall and powerful. Being close at hand still gives people an indescribable sense of distance. I think this is the charm of snowy mountains, and it is also the reason why I constantly travel to find scenes that never appear in my life at will.

It began to rain on the way down from the snowy mountains and driving down the mountain, adding a hazy mystery to the spring when it came. In this season, the feeling at this altitude is cold. Turn on the air conditioner of the Volvo V90 Cross Country and it is equipped with Bowers Wilkins® "customized" car stereo.

The sound of raindrops outside the car intertwined with the music inside the car without any inconsistency, and the music became lively in an instant. This is the joy that self-driving travel brings to me.

Across the mountains, the Volvo V90 Cross Country is equipped with a 4C active adaptive chassis system and a 48-volt mild hybrid system that can easily cope with various road conditions during the journey, whether it is flat or hilly. Looking across the majestic Yulong Snow Mountain, the ice and snow are still there, and the place is still stuck in the quietest winter.

Arriving at the foot of the mountain, after passing through the Blue Moon Valley, it was peaceful and peaceful again. The sky also began to turn cloudy, showing a color different from the Snow Mountain-blue. The Blue Moon Valley is located at the eastern foot of the Yulong Snow Mountain. It is commonly known as "Baishui River" is world-famous for its majestic snow mountains, blue jade-like lake water and beautiful canyon scenery. It is named for its blue lake water and crescent shaped valley. I remember the British writer who wrote "The Disappeared Horizon" for Shangri-La James Hilton, This is the prototype of the Blue Moon Valley he described.

Perhaps because of the romance here, there are still many newlyweds who work hard to come here to take wedding photos. Because of the scenery here and this experience, I think they will still remember the memories and agreements at the foot of the snowy mountains decades later. Maybe they will travel again to the Blue Moon Valley where they left photos.

[Ending]

Haruki Murakami once said: "I like these sentences very much, and I also like looking for some beautiful sentences everywhere. I think it will make me feel better." For me, the same is true for travel. I like to find those beautiful scenery for nothing else but to make myself feel better. At this moment, I am driving on the road parallel to Lugu Lake. Accompanied by seabirds and surrounded by green mountains, clear waves rise on the calm lake. The dark blue Lugu Lake and the light blue sky interweave the most beautiful scenery on the journey. Thanks to Volvo V90 Cross Country for accompanying you all the way.