Lijiang
We are carrying luggage spaced ground floor of the car, have not yet been a clear cool morning, they saw a dark face, which is a Naxi girls. Compiled a dark hair braids hanging behind his head, his forehead broad and smooth, big eyes, straight nose, uniformly distributed around a number of small freckles, to speak when the mouth is always slightly on the Qiaozhuo laughing the appearance of at the same time exposing neat white teeth. I first met this girl I was impressed with her wonderful, and so she said that he hoped to live in her home, I immediately agreed, the price is 15 yuan a person a night, for us is far beyond the expectations of the.
The girl surnamed Tian, want us to call her Oda.
Oda's home inside the ancient city, the specific location is stimulated rustle Xingwen Lane 16. In fact, in 71 Lane, where the sale of street away from the Quartet (the date of my name, because Square Street are all around the pavement), live in almost the original ancient China, natural quiet, stay where you can close them up close of life and feelings of primitive simplicity of folk customs.
Oda Zuoguai You came around to follow her home by her family immediately attracted the beautiful courtyard. Small yard, but everywhere decorated with flowers, fragrance and splendid. Black white walls under the eaves, a large number of Dongba written text, but also painted like bamboo orchid painting the walls have a substantially central to write a "fu", which one can tell it is reading other people. In fact, in the ancient city, because of the ethnic Naxi Ren is an open and never closed-door policy, and eager to learn throughout the culture, especially Chinese culture, so people here know that almost all of the book Dali person.
Houses, only a two-story wooden house, although not a richly ornamented, and is pretty ancient style, which is said 96 years after the earthquake reconstruction, the original old house some of the already well-preserved as a key unit of cultural relics by the Lijiang Municipal Government protected. Downstairs is the master bedroom and living room. Living room walls two Naxi Ren hand batik, pattern content is the performance of the Naxi women's hard-working beauty of exquisite handmade, Painting the exquisite stunning. On the first floor on the left is the master of the kitchen and bathroom, there are two bathrooms, hot water is available round the clock. On the right is a wooden staircase leading to upstairs rooms. Our stay in the middle of the Office is on the second floor. White beds, spotless furniture, simple and elegant decoration, people do not stay on the do not want to leave. The room in front of the corridor is very wide, placed tables and chairs for people to rest. Opened two wire under the eaves for drying clothes. I lean on a railing overlooking and saw the ancient city of tranquility and being indifferent.
We placed a good luggage, freshen up after the ancient city to begin our journey. We have no map, no direction for the purpose of, but along the roadside streams, walking around the stone. Went to a place called Jasper House, the door was closed, take the idea to try to push the door, the door actually opened, inside the original Journey Into Amazing Caves!
We climb the stairs, step one scene, confusing. Up to the highest point is the San Qingdian, the last of a legendary chieftain surnamed Mu is here that attain the heaven. - Wow! We have unconsciously come to the original wood House, the House came from Jasper House, where just a wooden garden ah! Amazing! Standing San Qingdian, the entire city spreads out below.
Follow the signs, we have come through the gardens of the houses where wood House. Magnificent ornate buildings immediately impressed us, from the front of the Yu-chieh, to the hall roof, are all a symbol of Wood House in Lijiang this piece of land on the elite.
When we wood inside the government and interest to play for nearly three hours later found out from the main entrance, the government is taking the original wooden ticket, 35 yuan a person do! We are simply irrepressible inner joy, for this to save 70 dollars, but also for the joy of the Free Riders! If I can, I hope that all of the places selling tickets so that we can find a shortcut to fare evasion, hee hee!
However, we are completely out of wood, after the government did not have that kind of city within a picturesque feel like, because this bustling crowd, because there are numerous shops on both sides, but also because those bumbling cavalry. The original ancient city and the peace and quiet increasingly commercialized in tourism today has been brutal destruction of the back to nature is with love coming here, but it had to in order to avoid the same complex, covering everything and the city once again to flee. Snack Street Ye Hao, bar street Ye Hao, the sale of a street Yehao which we do not want to see, imagine we should be in a paradise where the mercy of the raging river of time and before, and those simple Naxi Ren together, sunrise and sunset; eating the same dish farm, dressed in the same seven stars clothing; sharp eyes and keen stars, ears Teana ... ... now, seeing the guides led the group after group of tourists coming small bridges around the clock next to the feasting, we can only sighed with regret.
Out of the city, we came to the Black Dragon Pool. Heilongtan of the lake is said to clear bottomed out, at the foot of Yulong mountain, formed by the melting of mountain snow, is the source of the ancient city of all the streams. And standing in the Yulong Snow Mountain Tanbian should be able to see the whole picture. When we arrived, due to misty do not see the snow-capped mountains of the Peak, but the lake and is more clear. Only the park are transforming the road, the road muddy bumpy. Tan ago for pictures of the office is just a big bunker, as if there were some beautiful body scar scar skin disease scabies and tells the people it really sorry.
Black Dragon Pool Park is not great, but the park has not yet boarded the Yulong Block hill for people to heat warm-up. We are is because tour guides say that our tickets where free tea containing tea money from falling into the trap. Infiltrate the ranks of a tour, free watch a tea ceremony, and then finally was unable to resist the beauty of the Fan Xin, we (including and the two of us mixed with the same persons) compete to this self-proclaimed "Pan-mei," the actor added salesmen to buy his "plateaus Wild Rose tea. " Because I remember the ancient city where there are the tea to sell, I naively asked Pan-mei they are not the same goods. She categorically told me that those are all fake, only the Black Dragon is really selling, but the only criterion to distinguish true and false is the one, is there fragrance 2, bubble tea out whether the green 3, tea is slightly sweet (because there are not collected pollen). Finally, I bought 22 packs and a cylinder, 55 a copy. (In retrospect, that Pan-mei than Qingcheng Mountain Taoist nun, but Daoxing much higher.)
The evening we returned to the ancient city. Pass tea shop, I still can not help but to ask the owner the price of wild roses. Surprisingly, he has suddenly come up with several varieties, from the appearance point of view there is no difference to the completely, but the price high and low, is also the most expensive was 80 pound. I asked him out of bubble tea is green do? He said yes, but also to show us the spot bubbles. So we sat down to re-watch the Yunnan tea ceremony free of charge. Chitchat learned that the owner is a Chaozhou, while we come from Shenzhen, it appears that some intimacy. He was mysteriously out of another tank from behind wild roses, tell us this is the real wild roses Yulong. Those placed on the outside of all artificial roses, worthless. Then contrast, shows two very different out of the Rose bubble effect. Artificial rose first pass out of the tea is purple, the second is the wine over the red, for the third time on the green of the; smell a smell, rose incense is very strong; taste, tea is not sweet. He told us that in fact can not be sweet tea roses, and the reason why we feel Heilongtan to taste the bitter sweet because of the reason. Yulong look out of the tea roses, from the first pass to the final again, is always a kind of yellow, and the tea brighter impurities; smell a smell, there is no scent of roses only tea-like fragrance; taste, Chun Chijian's refreshing seems different from other tea. Shop owners will be two kinds of roses and then break apart the roots of artificial roses of helping them is empty, because the pollen has been collected for other purposes, while the Yulong roses bother to bring good to prove that had not been collected pollen. Yulong roses and flowers of different sizes, but also as one of the symbols true and false identification.
We can not help but under the owner's brief presentation stunned, and he burst tour guides in the Pan-mei rebate of up to 30% of the Insider is our endless surprise (he had himself done the Pan Heilongtan brother), but what is real and what is false we have impossible to distinguish the final out of a complex psychological (grateful? open positions? or other) in the shop, 20 yuan for every two the "price" has purchased a 12 "Yulong Rose."
On the second day we rented two bicycles to find the beam river town. Here is the Naxi people is said to real life, there is no strong business climate, and only the original beautiful and lovely. "No one who came back from a beam, said he regrets." Owners Paizhaoxiongfu with us guarantees.
From the ancient city of departure, we were almost all uphill. May be a long time do not exercise, we will all be a breathless, from time to time to stop and rest. Can be seen along the surrounding peaks, including the Yulong Snow Mountain, but because of the mountains in recent years, built a cable car, snow-capped mountains on a lot of snow melt, coupled with warming, from the mountain peaks of the outside have not see. To 4,5 km up to the hill to see. The new urban area of Lijiang in our eyes is just an ordinary small town, simply because the tourist trade, making her quickly developed.
Two hours later, we finally came to town. Unfortunately, the town was buried pipe shop, all the roads have been dug, and the Longquan Temple is back in "SARS period" on the closed door, has yet to open. Looking at the devastation of the paths, we have greatly distressed: To know this, but have not moved in 300 years of the stone road ah! 300 years of the Naxi people in this stone on the road to come and go, do not know how many blocks of polished stone, I wonder if wearing away of several generations, but now the times was finally crushed by the wheel of this ancient path. I do not know when we remember the history of the time whether we should rather sad for today's civilization. Perhaps we should feel pleased that, after all, have running water, gas and electricity represents an improvement of life, just like the rich are no longer built with the Naxi Naxi Ren salient features of the civil engineering construction building, but other cities had built a steel Fine cement buildings, but retained the symbolic roof - how can anyone say this is not the kind of progress? Although the number of people was a little unpleasant.
Our bike has finally can only be docked at the entrance to the town. The person claiming to be left Lubushiyi town of antiquity, and even close family at night, this number so that we can point consolation. Just to see a Dad from the road passing weather-beaten face Every wrinkle seems to have hidden a story, so we propose to give his picture. He Hehedixiao forward, tell us before the camera, and was also with him to the money. We asked him how many, he only said that you looked to the bar. My husband has no intention of mistake of saying he is not small change, he lost no time said that the past does not change for the entire people to ever have. I said to myself ill at ease up, give him that photography seems to be a mistake. Last to give him 5 yuan, only took 23.
In the mound where a tough walk, we came to the Longquan Temple. Teramae There are two fresh water lake, the water there are fish swimming joyfully. Tan corridor between the two, a man selling snacks. Nothing very special thing, nothing more than corn, potatoes, grass jelly and the like, we are tired, and hungry, sit down and rest while eating side.
Visitors gradually increased, and we are the young people who play the same as riding a bike, his face wearing the same obvious disappointment. There are also two elderly people, however, is the car come. The two of them his wife about his sixtieth year, is already retired, this is the second to Lijiang, and not for anything else, just want to make good in the ancient city where live 10 days and a half months, and walk around to see, taste different kind of life. Looking at their smiling faces filled with happiness, I feel, envy. If this life, who needs ah!
Return the time, but at the Dragon Inn next to see a beautiful landscape. A shabby little upstairs, a woman pour over painting, and she is so focus, as if everything outside of painting has nothing to do with her. While her silhouette, with static small building seamless form the town of the most beautiful pictures.
On the third day we had a package Xiali, 180 yuan, went to the Tiger Leaping Gorge, Shek Kwu towns and Lashihai. Tiger Leaping Gorge jump from the shock of the majestic river like a mighty force to Lashihai broad lake placid, calm, and both are generous in nature. The man, living in the Haba Snow Mountain at the foot of this group is a wonderful pen on the natural born flowers. Shek Kwu the town was one of many communities in one. If the town's monument to commemorate the time when the Red Army crossed the Yangtze River humans over nature's bold, but I think better to let the 100-loss does not invade another sounded a return to the Shek Kwu. I hope this drum musical, spread the Quartet, allowing people around the world to regain the soul-stirring in the olive branch yesterday, pulled far away ... ... or let me talk about riding on you Lashihai bar.
We Lashihai and horse owners to talk about self-selected for a good price go up Maji (25 yuan a person, without time limit). At first, I rode a white horse, as well frightened tame, changed a brown. Who knows that it simply does not listen to my order about, not to stop and eat grass, that is, he turned to the horses galloping. I had simply asked to talk about things on horseback, I ran a call with the first two laps eat grass, but Mr. Ma would not agree. Unless the master has come, it was reluctantly triumphantly hoof, the owner of a go, it Xiexia of. The owner gave me a willow, all for the use of the whip. Start seemed to work, I will just by waving beside the wicker look at its eyes, it will obediently go up, but soon it will see through my trick, knowing I was unwilling to play it, and then became lazy. To see my husband's horse, under instill obedience in his discipline, I go to learn. There is nothing clever, that is, vicious the next point on the line, he said. Having said that, I have at most is to shoot two on the horse's bottom, the installation pretend roar Liang Sheng, always up or down can not hard-hearted play. Last helpless by a horse owned by a team under the saddle ahead of schedule. Make fun of me after my husband said, "You are my ladies in this life to see most of the knight, ha ha ha," I am so angry that he fell into the claws.
Return to the ancient city where we have introduced targeted in the eat. Snack Bar a street or a street that we are determined not to go. We are looking for is the kind of can eat the most primitive of the most authentic Naxi flavor, they can not be too expensive. In the centenary Square one corner there is a very humble food, but it has the most delicious of the Lijiang Baba is also only 3 yuan 1, there is sweet with salty. Since my husband was afraid to eat bacon Naxi features (in fact I find it very tasty) We have a point of a sweet Baba. Huang Cancan, a garden cake, put a microwave oven heat off the other subdivision is divided into six, twist one into her mouth, the exciting moment, all things - the kind of melted, the kind of sweet, and now think of it is also called the population Zhong-sheng Jin ... .... There they also have noodle, rice noodle and Kunming Naxi significantly different, there is no mess at the end of soup material, just a few Roumo, pickled cabbage, but the taste was very Atsumi, it seems that embodies the essence of their pristine pure. Tommy did not want to eat the line, try parched rice lines, it is also simply some of the dishes, I do not know why, give them out is a delicious fried incredibly, people still want to eat eat - we will have an attached eat two, the stomach stays round, and mouth are still unwilling to give up - the kind of flavor that is unique to Lijiang really Hen Buneng packing back to Shenzhen! We sat in a small store, while eating, while the praise, before seeing the same kind of food has been swept light, or do not want to leave. Final checkout, it only ten dollars.
In the ancient southern tip, near the outlet of a structure called the "Heart Park, snacks," the restaurant. Is actually a family courtyard. Two-story house, upstairs, downstairs is an open interval of the house, like the rooms, like the corridor downstairs was short, tables and chairs were placed available to the FIT. Do not look here for local remote, sell themselves every day, diners his door, but mostly groups. Heart Garden is not the biggest feature is a la carte menus to go to the kitchen to see what to eat, as long as you Xiangdechulai they almost can do, but also cheap and delicious: a plate of three vegetables, meat dish 6 1, if you want eat wild carp, a slight to your points: 15. Strongly recommended: Pumpkin Zhengrou, fried Sweet and sour pork.
There is another place can not fail to mention: this life around. This is a two-story restaurant, from construction to cooking is full of features, the most characteristic is that in here, there is a very touching love story of it! When you sit on the balcony of small building while tasting food products while reading a beautiful woman's love legend, with the feelings of the author traveled the world, capturing the album owner of a one or brilliant or sad expression, but suddenly Alarmed by the original legend of the People are the real was in your eyes, insight to this touching story of the original already have the most perfect ending, so, you presented to them sincerely for your blessings, and other countless passing on the same ... ... to Lijiang bar! Even if just to feel this pure love.
Return Journey homeward journey was finally faced with a. Lijiang, one thought to bid farewell to this beautiful place is really reluctant to part with. However, to have such a wonderful period of memory, no matter how hard people are a happy thing. And I believe that there will be next, next, I not only want to revisit the ancient city of dreams, but also to go to find the real Shangri-la in my mind ... ...
The fourth day of the afternoon, we ride on the return to Kunming sleeper car. Ticket is bought to help us Oda, 110 per a person, is considered a cheaper. Better than when the car came a lot, spacious and clean some, and no workers. We are in the car also became acquainted with 4 Mix, talked about among us more than we discovered that they are corrupt, not only chartered went to the Shangri-La with the murder of a number of films, it is used up in the ancient city where all the silver in exchange for a Dun Dun food and the same kind of beautiful objects. We recall with each other along the way to enjoy the significant (from a digital camera), is simply not available from Zhefan shake off the excitement of travel, the only regret is that I bring is not good use of the pen and paper, there is no record at the time points, bit by bit drops.
Parted in Kunming, we straight went to the flower market - wow! The flower is simply cheaper here, not outrageous! We bought 100 roses fresh colors only spent 30 mendelevium, shopkeepers still another had presented to a sky full of stars, and evening primrose. In addition, we also spent 30 mendelevium bought a lot of dried flowers, take them on the plane when the feeling of really very enjoyable!
Sitting on the plane, looking out over the side of the hot spot gradually smaller, my heart began because of parting sad. I know that tonight, in a dream, I will continue to listen to the ancient city of Yudabajiao the voiceless.
Author: dreaming From: Original login name: dreaming
