Lugu Lake water
21, a departure from the big bypass the Yulong Snow Mountain, Lijiang back rest. Overlooking the ancient city of the ancient tiles to move Inn, 20 yuan / bed. 22, starting to go long been known as the "last daughter of the country," said the Lugu Lake. There is no chartered companion, the driver would perhaps handlebars I transferred back to the other one up. One-way 50. The new companion is a pair of Beijing couple, a girl and was there filming Xi'an, "Moso daughter of country" an actor. Walking for more than three hours to Ninglang, was the driver pulled a "peasant music" fixed lunch, expensive and poor. Ninglang over two hours to Lugu Lake, 60 per ticket / person. Mid-drive to the viewing platform of the pavilion, see a group of tourists huddled. My companion had to open a new path down to the pavilion following the slopes. All of a sudden burst of mountain rain hit, blowing away the pavilion noisy tourists. Rain in a while, and then clear up the sky a distance, lake, blue lake Jingjing, green beautiful island, dressed in golden sunlight, dream-like serenity tranquility, like a sleeping beauty fairies, it is be found in forgotten customs.
Lugu Lake water area of 58 square kilometers, 2690 meters above sea level, the most depth of 90 meters, transparent up to 11 meters. Lake islands Tingtingyuli, of various shapes, trees lush, green picturesque. With light yellow and white of the algal blooms dotted the lake. Into the lake, as into the ancient mystery of the world, there is Kate feeling.
Lugu Lake River inhabited by the ancient Mosuo people, is the only existing matriarchal society. More than 30,000 Mosuo people still retain the traditional and unique matriarchal culture, which includes strange "walking marriage" custom, this unique social and cultural system has maintained a nearly millennium. Alleged that the whole family Mosuo matriarchal society ( "clothing Du") is the most basic unit of society. Mosuo people think that "mother of respect, women are precious," and his mother is the axis of Mosuo people's lives and the backing of women in the matrilineal family house enjoys a distinguished position; matriarchal family members, ranging from more than a dozen people to more than while dozens of others. In the matrilineal family, men and unmarried women do not marry. Walking at night all the children born to belong to the woman's marriage, according to matrilineal descent terms, according to matrilineal inheritance of property, the man is only responsible for raising his sister's children; take marriage for men and women commonly known as "Asha" ( "Ashok"). Mosuo individuals within a family, the basic concept of private property is not, all property is divided by family members, their lives the principle of "sharing" is not "possession" of life is the dominant sense of "we" not "I"; Mosuo matriarchal family culture the concept of "women do not re-light man," the matriarchal culture and thinking.
"Walking marriage" no taboos, do not speak properly matched, this is the Moso part of the national customs and cultures, but was talked about so many tourists, so that "to Lugu Lake walking marriage" became a hot topic! In fact, walking is not a haphazard marriage, we must follow certain principles: the non-blood ties with relatives to go get married; can not simultaneously make multiple Ashok; if the woman has a child walking marriage relations stabilized. Taking marriage for men and women based on voluntary, does not involve money, property rights and other factors, simple emotional as a link. For the purpose of marriage in order to take away the tourists are few. However, the world's biological diversity have been so smart travel agents specialized organizations "national style tour."
In order to appreciate the lake's "quiet", the most at the end of the day live in the village on the peninsula Rigby "Sunny" hotel. 20 yuan / bed, the window a Wang clear water, good scenery. From the hotel back to climb the mountain, sitting in a quiet rock experience the beauty of the lake. Blue clarity of the lake reflected upside-distance gently undulating mountains, Jing De surprising. 1 Zhu Caochuan drove the ship singing laughter, but also to the mountains propaganda. Sat in silence on the other side of the Peak figure up to companions on board the replies. This person only with a single tripod photography. When he left to tell me that they come from Shenzhen, and from here on foot to the Gulf of Aden, 6 days of rice had to build their own scapegoat. (Admirable!) They visited the nearby villagers, due to closure of backward thinking, a number of primary school children drop out of school before studying at home a few years farming (and similar to the case of Kham Tibetan). Donation of a child left, I gave him a red apple. Apple sweet, just fill their stomachs, but who would meet the Apple-like faces of the children for knowledge workers ask for?
Boat night residents in the village to take part in the bonfire party. 10 yuan / person. The fire is too small, the flame is not enough, several lead dancer, mostly Han Chinese guy, the real Mosuo family guy little girl. To see them around the fire "hit jump" and then singing in antiphonal style, a lot of words, "Ma clatter m," not a warm feeling of the atmosphere. Boating at night back in the dark blue night sky to see a few stars. Water jet-black, water Rouhuan, as Moso girl's hair.
The next day (September 23) four charter to the lake island, 35 yuan / person. Slowly at Bibo Jiang Sheng Zhu Caochuan With the above, the sun shed a layer of waves in the lake of Suijin shiny. Please stop Daolang boatman's song, singing folk songs Moso. Singing slowly float in the water between the days for the lake a few minutes away from the hubbub of the ancient fortified quiet. Sunlight and white clouds were hovering, with the dream of distant shores of Lake singing. Islands, small and exquisite, quiet little people, bypass a week to enjoy the lake from different angles. As Rigby Island, accommodation and health conditions, the same day decided to return to Lijiang.
More than 12 noon, cars have run. Four had to walk eight kilometers to go pack the village fell into the water. Distance is not long, but felt tired heart I knew it was traveling too long, tired of the reasons. Fortunately, the way frequently look back Lugu Lake, Shuitianyise, clear as a mirror, beautiful scenery. This lake overlooking fare better than close up. Origin scenery on the way Well!
Halfway suddenly popped up a "Cheng Yaojin" stopped us to talk about a good 200 yuan / truck back to Lijiang. This person face gloomy withered, despite Beijing companion motion sickness, the way opened to the largest volume Fangge; to Ninglang speed smaller, our transfer to another vehicle, but also raise prices 30 yuan, the discussions in the car with fists violent male peer threats; take a look at 6:00 the sky has been getting late, we decided to get rid of a rogue bear back to Lijiang. Because this person's evil deeds, we discounted the impression Lugu Lake. Later, the master who wrote this rogue driver were kidnapped Zengyin night before, afraid of night driving. Originally have this karma ... ...
Taste Lijiang
Lijiang, Yunnan, many travelers to travel a comfortable "cushion" to the snow-capped mountains tired, lack of foot tiger jumped to where to travel tired, where security can be comfortable relying on a by-Yi; the same time is also a starting a "haven", a tourist's "center of a circle," and many tourists from here to visit Great Shangri-La all attractions, easy about the companion, easy to chartered, easy storage luggage, then back here to rest for a while longer trips. Said she is traffic hub in northern Yunnan Province, a major tourist destination is not an exaggeration. September 24-25 two days here wandering shopping Danjue Time goes by were aimed at tired.
Lijiang is very busy, many visitors come here for, to this forgotten, come here and nostalgia, to the leisure ... ... read silently at the Inn of the Naxi sanyanjing young girl with an ancient well water for laundry or vegetables, sat stone the size of flow murmur, quiet chic tea while watching the bustling tea-drinking crowd, Mao Zhaoyao craftsmen in the wood workshop to see a small wooden carved in the black frog mascot Dongba Bagh, in the bookstore picking a text book describes with relish Dongba to guess while to learn, and at night across the river, laughing Stir falls under the red lanterns Yingying the bar a street, lying in the stone bridge WATER LANTERNS ... ... how to put in terms of leisure, how comfortable on how we can too.
Lijiang is very casual, like the unintentional Chuxiu clouds, are migrating to where the scenery. Here diet high prices, went to Commercial Street, Seven Star Park, enjoy the delicious benefits; here noisy tourists during the day, on "seizing the day" in the ancient quartzite on a walk or shuttle pick migraine Street alley; here, chicken bean jelly beans, Lijiang Naxi Baba and m enema is a snack; where the shoulders of a female tourist Almost everyone has a shawl, the color scene, big folk, Daya; here, silver and more exaggerated to buy a long list of hang in their hands and enjoy the amputation of the original price 3 / 4 of the fun; here, like shopkeepers and tourists from different places, Cantonese, Shanghai dialect, Sichuan dialect accent confused ... ...
Lijiang is very soft, gentle and tolerant of different cultures. Traditional culture has a long history. Ethnic crafts such as tie-dye, batik, exquisite hand-embroidered belt and the wall can be seen everywhere; folk dance the night only special performance by day and Old Town Square Street Gardens is also one of the elderly with a Naxi dress circle "playing jump"; traditional arts and crafts people to The wood carving workshops are still non-stop production; the ancient tile-roofed brick and stone roads are well preserved. The increasing expansion of modern civilization, while seeking a traditional fit. Those post-modern style of pottery workshop, who had gone through so Mosuo daughter of the legendary country's international fame, Yang 2 car Namu, decorated ancient style of the modern-star toilets, numerous small bridges inside the inn is equipped with computers for Internet visitors ... ... city of Lijiang is like to wear, but after the spring, after the millennium vicissitudes of life, it's still kind gentle watched city's history.
8:00 catch the bus the night of 25 to Kunming. And the female companions at the inn yard packaged a number of baggage when the first floor living Inn Guilin young man offered to help us luggage, sending city (the ancient city who do not provide transportation). Unless Lijiang, it is still grateful to the unknown First Name Last Name hearts of Lijiang visitors ... ...
Postscript
In the sunny afternoon of September 26, stepped down from the plane and returned after an absence of long-standing city. Mid-Autumn Festival just around the corner.
18-day trip to Great Shangri-La Let me understand this, Shangri-La is a distance from the city's southwest regional customs specific description. The Sichuan-Yunnan-Tibet border to the snow-covered Tibet Tiger Leaping Gorge, Lugu Lake, to name its beautiful scenery, rich and varied geological patterns, colorful ethnic customs charming, mysterious thick of the religious culture of a matter of life together to build memorable "Shangri-La" the Holy Land! Uncharted "Shangri-La" and are exceptionally difficult to enter and explore a certain extent, protect the isolated beauty of contamination, so that the survival of the state where the indigenous people to maintain the original appearance of the primitive simplicity.
In the 29-year-old people in their prime when traveling is lucky to be here. After the road's natural beauty and religious culture of the baptism, experience a variety of beauty and ugliness of the soul of good and evil, the test of will, wit and compassion, exercise their own ability to plan and allocate resources, as well as many of the insights on the road constitutes a life a valuable experience. Looking back at the past years of deeply ignorant Ai Wu's "south-bound in mind," Impact:
"People like to be like a river, flowing, flowing and kept moving forward flowing;
Like a river, like the songs, singing with joy,
The courage to walk on this rough ride, full of thorns on the road. "
With 29-year-old 18-day Shangri-La tour dedicated to one's own youth as the "south-bound in mind"!
Author: shuangqiaoqingyin
