Already want to go to Lijiang, where every family heard that water bridges. Zhongdian has long wanted to know where the close from the Shangri-La.
New Year's Day, boarded the train left here two days and nights of the trip picked up the car one night, and finally arrived at 6:30 in the morning in Lijiang. Sky is still black, and the streets and no one. Along the road toward the city's direction, gradually heard the sound of water. On a dimly and faint lights of dawn, a stone paved road along the rushing water started to extend the distance. The other shore water is over her door, the Zhaizi quietly, while the link road and the gate is a bridge made of wood.
Too early, and no place to open the door, do not know where to live in, carrying luggage, and only know that before the trip along the waterways. Stone Road, reflective blue with cold, occasionally, 12 people jumping the red light hanging in front of the eyes, almost thought it was walking in the film. Suddenly, we came to an empty field, is still the stone flooring, get up early in the cleaning of the workers have. Looked at all sides, knowing that he has reached the center of Lijiang ancient city - Square Street. One side of the square at the junction 2 of the stalls had been selling breakfast business is booming, tourists hurry hurry to get up early dealings. Here, finally eat the famous "Lijiang Baba."
"Lijiang Baba" is a traditional Naxi food, raw material seems to surface, there are sweet, salty taste of two kinds. Sandwiching a sweet brown sugar, salty is the ham, well in advance, before eating fried inside a flat-bottomed wok fried, hot, very tasty. The only drawback is that the oil too much, the general could not eat a whole.
After breakfast, the streets gradually with the human voice, shops successive open. Because it is peak tourist season, so finding a "Garden Inn" is nearly noon, when a private hotel stay there. Take a break, go out again, d.m.z. shocked: early morning quiet town that is already disappeared, the Chinese people, foreigners, self-help, the Staff Committee will be squeezed into a street full to the brim, while the Square Street also are two dragon-shaped decorative colorful stalls, visitors enjoying themselves during the shuttle. Some disappointment: In the morning that fairy-tale town in general just simply disappeared?
Is preparing to go home, suddenly attracted by a stall: a Naxi-old mother is being produced called "Naxi bean jelly, cold shrimp," beverages. The price of one dollar a bowl attracted many people. Sitting on a low stool, on the sweet and sour refreshing the "bean jelly, cold shrimp," eating, a good feeling that they are bit by bit coming up.
The weather is very clear, the sky clouds that are not, the Yulong Snow Mountain vivid. Direct sun down, sun house, the crowd, some stalls have become glaring. Back to the hotel,坐在院子里sun, feeling really happy. Naxi Ren like a lot of kinds of flowers in the yard because it is early spring, plum, peach has red branches. Did not open flower leaves are dazzling and very gratifying. I live this a screen wall on the inn, there is a big "blessing" of the word prefix crane and deer, respectively, to take meaning "Crane deer with flowers." Such good fortune characters Wuyuan in Jiangxi have seen, I do not know pass over the Central Plains, or Han Chinese learn the past.
It's that sit until the sun out of the yard. Lijiang at night presents a different picture again. Many people still can lights up. The shore everywhere put on wooden table with a little candle on the table, a small lamp, a pot of daffodils are pleasing. Casually looking for a bar to sit down to a pot of tea, watching the lotus lamp drifting away from the water is indeed a rare pleasure.
Lijiang is a place to live need to go slowly. Lijiang, is a production of a romantic place.
Author: susanamail
