Old Town of Lijiang has a unique charm, but also filled with strong ethnic characteristics.
City's roads are paved with big chunks of granite. The granite from a nearby hill. Quarrying workers a chisel a chisel to the exploitation of large rocks down the mountain and transported to the city building, paving. Manual extraction of stone and modern processed stone not the same, therefore, within the ancient city of granite paving stones of different sizes, uneven. A long history of ancient stone road from these can also be seen. Because it was in those years on the road coming and going walking, so gradually the stone raw naked, like the sea, like pebbles.
Stone Road, generally speaking, only 34 meters wide, the widest nothing but 56 meters. The narrow winding stone path in the ancient city where around here to go to the portrait into the maze feeling. The footpaths on both sides are more uniform architectural style residential areas, generally only two-storey, mostly built of wood. Some residential areas on both sides of the main streets are now mostly being used to open shops. Most shops operate tourism products. With brightly colored handwoven cloth, fine arts and crafts have been at work, and some are endemic jade and medicine, and so on.
In this dazzling, a wide variety of commodities, most notably of course, is a colorful hand-painting. In fact, it is not painting, but the character is a world-famous Dongba characters. The ancient Dongba ancient Chinese text, and we particularly like is a kind of hieroglyphics, so write it as like a painting. Then color decorate, it becomes a vice distinctive watercolor. Many visitors will be back to buy a souvenir or a gift for friends and family when.
Natiao the most beautiful city is through the ancient city of streams, Lijiang people to it took an especially pleasant name: Yuquan River. Yuquan River is crystal clear from the ancient city north of the Yulong Snow Mountain Ben Lai. Yulong river bridge in the ancient city split into three, divided into the East River, Middle River and three tributaries, Nishikawa, after sneaking into the ancient city, street to street, admission pass through the wall unit is divided into numerous gurgling streams flowing in every corner of the ancient city, forming a " Rao poetic water every family and every household Chueiyang race drawing "the ancient city of Lijiang in the distinctive natural features.
Most of the streams inside the ancient city is only 23 meters wide, the water is very shallow stream of water splashed flow non-stop day and night, like a never Changbu Wan song. A local tour guide told us: If you have lost their way in the ancient city, do not worry. As long as the inverse to the direction of stream flow has always move forward, we can out of the "labyrinth." Stream special service and is particularly cool. Tourists tired, copy the stream to the river, a hot face, will feel especially cool. Stream is the source of the life of the ancient city, where residents have relied on cooking and laundry.
Streams past every 10 meters there is a small bridge. They each have their own style and characteristics, some with a few wooden frame in the stream above, became the single-plank bridge; some with large stone-arched stone bridge.
1 Qingqing stream, a different style of the bridge seat, a bare stone road, rows of distinctive residential areas, constitute a small bridge, flowing water, other people's landscapes. Makes people feel good and hanging out in between. This is the unique charm of the ancient city of Lijiang.
Not only is China's Lijiang Lijiang is also the world's Lijiang. The United Nations has long treated as a World Heritage Site of Lijiang.
In 1996, a major earthquake in Lijiang is almost overnight became a ruin. Three years later, miraculously restored the original city. The local guide told us that, thanks to the support of people around the world. Heard that the United Nations, the reconstruction of loans in the Old Town of Lijiang has played a very important role. Although the city was quickly restored to original condition, but devastating earthquake left the shadow of the ancient city still seems unable to erase.
We Shenxiang of a courtyard in the ancient city where almost the same size and I saw a group of children, they are from more than 20 different ethnic orphans. Market three years ago, a major earthquake that claimed all of their loved ones. Although they are playing, but also singing, life was to take care of, but I want to erase the shadow of the kids in mind, have to rely on the whole society of their common concern and care.
I will always remember them and my kids the same age, hope that one day I can really help them.
Author: laughsky114
