Look out the window

The bright white light came into view like a bandit

A second of blank mind made me realize

Blinking my eyes and gradually adapting

Two hours of flight time looks like stolen.

No longer filled with trivia

I feel like lying in the sun and slowly melting taffy

Take advantage of the fact that air tickets before the New Year are not so expensive to feel the New Year's flavor in travel in advance. Before the New Year in previous years, I would usually be tied up by trivial matters and couldn't move away, or be busy with work or preparing for New Year's goods. In 2020, I want to have a big escape with my best friends. There was not much preparation, but I just prepared a change of clothes and daily necessities the night before I left, and a small suitcase that could be taken on the plane to reduce the burden and move forward.

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Related weather: In winter, the temperature in Lijiang is about ten degrees in the morning, which is still cold, so you have to wear sweaters. If you are afraid of cold, you have to wear cotton clothes. It will be hotter at noon. The temperature is very comfortable. It is very comfortable to drink tea and bask in the sun. In fact, I came to Lijiang not to see such an amazing scenery, but to experience such a slow life and enjoy the sunshineˇ

About consumption: Consumption in Lijiang is not high. If you are careful, you will find that consumption in Lijiang is very cheap. The three of our best friends live in a triple room. The room cost is 100rmb, and we can live comfortably. We can also use the kitchen. It only costs a little more than a hundred people to stay for three days, which is more economical and comfortable than staying in a youth hostel.

About food: It is difficult to find a bowl of authentic Yunnan rice noodles in other places in China, because the aroma of the ground rice is different with different water quality, and the taste of the rice noodles is also very different. However, any rice noodle in Lijiang is very authentic, but you need to add the seasoning yourself. The original taste is very light, and usually the one I made myself will be very delicious.

In addition to eating cross-the-bridge rice noodles, Yunnan has a lot of fungi. You can eat a mushroom hot pot, which is very delicious, or stir-fried with fungi to eat it well.

Day1 Traditional ways to visit Dayan Ancient Town

Many people come to Lijiang and live in Dayan Ancient Town, and we are no exception. Dayan Ancient Town is also called the Ancient City of Lijiang. This ancient city gives me the feeling that it has a kind of flexible beauty. It may be because of the small bridges and flowing water, or it may be because of the flowers. The four seasons give people the illusion of spring, but in fact, Lijiang in winter is still a little cold as long as the breeze blows.

Dayan Ancient Town recommends a tour time of about 2 hours. If you just walk for an hour, you can also do it. There are many interesting shops in the ancient town. Every time I say I can only shop but not buy it. This time I stayed at a place where I sell leather handmade bags for a long time and bought two small bags. They are very ethnic and are going to send them to friends in the distance.

There is also a lot to eat in the ancient town, and all kinds of snacks are everywhere in front of us, but we all feel that we want to eat local chicken rice noodles. After all, this is the most primitive rice noodles in Yunnan. At noon, we found a rice noodle shop with a small shop. The three of us ate the local chicken rice noodles in unison, and added a lot of ingredients. The rice noodle soup is covered with a layer of yellow oil, a few pieces of chicken and big red dates, which makes it very appetizing. When we eat it, we don't find it very delicious, so just normal.

Day2 Shuhe Ancient Town

I don't know why I love Shuhe Ancient Town more than these two ancient towns in Lijiang. Maybe it's because our friends run inns and photography shops here.

When Shuhe Ancient Town came last year, it didn't need tickets. Now the ticket is 20rmb per person, so it feels very few people after entering. Maybe it's because of a small off-season before the year, so the traffic is very small. If you live in Shuhe Ancient Town, you don't need tickets, or you don't need tickets if you book photography inside. Just tell the person who collects the tickets.

Before we went there, we ate rice noodles again, but this time we ate rice noodles outside the ancient city. It felt cheaper and delicious than inside, so if we wanted to buy something, we had better buy it outside the ancient city. The three of us ate different rice noodles, fried sauce, beef, pickled cabbage shredded pork, all felt very delicious, and the portions were full. The small bowl was 12rmb, and the large bowl was 14rmb. I ate a large bowl. Because I overestimated my food intake, girls generally ate the small bowl. It's just right for them.

After eating rice noodles, we took the No. 11 bus to Shuhe Ancient Town. Our friends sent us the location. They are a photography shop. Because it is off-season, they are not particularly busy. Only two guests took us to the ancient city after taking pictures. We ate and drank. We arranged puffs milk tea and dried plum vegetable cakes. We also visited many interesting shops. There was a wood carving shop that was very interesting and the carved shapes were very interesting. At night, they took us to eat authentic preserved ribs. This is the most satisfying meal I have ever had when I came to Lijiang. The pork ribs and black chicken were stewed together. They were not salty and very fragrant. Because I ordered too much, I packed the rest after eating.

Urban life and these poems are really different from those in distant places. The communication between people is different. There is not so much utilitarian. People are very pure and enthusiastic, and can feel great warmth. In fact, when you come to Lijiang, it is not that you have to do something, but that you just find a good place and a good store to feel warm and stay away from indifference.

Day3 Lijiang Eternal Love

Because Qiangu Qing doesn't open until after 1 o'clock in the afternoon, you can sleep until you wake up naturally, then go for lunch, and then slowly walk to Qiangu Qing Scenic Area.

Everyone should be very familiar with the Eternal Love. In addition to the Eternal Love in Lijiang, there are also Eternal Love in Hangzhou, Eternal Love in Sanya, Eternal Love in Guilin, Eternal Love in Yichun, etc. Generally, there are more people who go here to watch the performance. The director is Huang Qiaoling. Eternal Love is also named a must-see performance in a lifetime. The word must-see is not an exaggeration. It is indeed worth seeing.

After entering the park, there are many fun and interesting shops, which are colorful and dazzling. There are also many interesting performances. Among them, the earthquake interacts with the audience. Audiences will be asked to be actors, act as ordinary people, and escape when the earthquake occurs. This is different from previous performances. It is very interactive. You can definitely experience those with many dramas.

In addition to major earthquakes, the most important thing is the love of the past. There are three events every day, and the times are 14:00, 16:30, and 19:30 every day, so there is no need to rush. Just follow your own time.

This is a large-scale song and dance, which is the soul of Lijiang culture. Using IMAX3D blockbuster vision, we reproduce Lijiang's thousand-year history and legends such as "The Creation of Naxi","The Daughter of Lugu","The Legend of the Horse Gang","The Ancient Road and the Modern Style", and "The Third Kingdom of Jade Dragon", leading the audience through the snowy mountains, in the vast and primitive wilderness, in the Mosuo Flower Tower on the shores of Lugu Lake, in the ancient tea-horse road surrounded by wind and rain, in the ancient town of Manchu dancing and singing, in the romantic and desolate Yulong Third Kingdom, Meet in a romantic encounter in Shambhala, a paradise like a paradise, and feel a beautiful moment.

The whole drama integrates elements such as dance, acrobatics, martial arts, stage machinery, panoramic special effects, installation art, etc., and combines tens of thousands of high-tech machinery such as high-altitude anti-gravity walking of the moon, the roc saves the ancestors, the high-altitude collision of the door bar, mines, floods, waterfalls, rain curtain plank roads, etc., large snow-capped mountain mechanical models and original ecological art to outline a cultural legend full of spirit and flesh, blood and tears, life and death, love and love.

What moved me the most was "The Legend of the Horsemen". My personal favorite is "The Legend of the Horsemen". It was touching. After I watched it, the tears rolled in my eyes, as if I were there.

Lijiang's Eternal Love is known as a "must-see performance in a lifetime". I will continue to check in on the eternal love of other cities.

I watch it at half past four in the afternoon. After watching it, there will be a bonfire party. Some young brothers and sisters dressed in very ethnic customs will sing and dance next to the high bonfire with torches. They will invite some audiences to participate. Experience and dance around the bonfire will make people feel that all troubles have disappeared. In addition, there are Tibetans singing songs from their hometown with tambourines, which are passed down by mouth, which is very beautiful.

If travel needs to have a look, then I think this is probably what travel looks like. Restoring travel itself is also a kind of beauty, so do you want to participate in this beauty?