- The meaning of travel is to walk in different places, see different things, see different people, speaking in different dialects, and spoke a different story, experience different feelings, sounds of different feelings, explore a variety of the mysterious unknown that the land and its people, and then write their own different memories.
April 13, 2004
April 2 - Friday, Shenzhen - "Kunming -" Dali sunny and Hump
Beginning of the year is finally included in the plan, prior appointment but have backed out of the companions traveling together in northwest Yunnan, and hastily on the Internet about a month fellow, ready to meet in 3 in Lijiang. Fortunately, several of my colleagues have also had long planned to go to Lijiang, and travel arrangements can be broadly similar, and it will meet in Meet in Lijiang.
At 14:00 on the 2nd plane, as early as one day to lay the backpack, 9:00 from the Sha Tin start to arrive around 16:00 Kunming, out of the airport, the rise is a stretch of sunshine, fresh air Wei Liang, but I felt good follow . To the train station and bought 23 o'clock to the Dali's sleeper (after I discovered that sleeping during the evening shift usually scheduled two days in advance, I am able to buy in the afternoon, the day ticket is some luck), and then save the package to the path of justice start shopping .
Justice is a provincial road, there are soldiers on guard at the door, the environment is very quiet, the other end is the "Golden Mabi Chicken Corner" has a lot of bars, the famous "Hump" and "Jiang Zemin's regime Brothers Bridge fragrant garden." Way way more than just apparel monopoly, and mainly of foreign brands, there really is visiting the head, but added Jinbi Square food street is also close to good, fresh fruit kebab and a good cut to a valuation of money as a unit, it is a cost-effective.
7:00 to go over the bridge and ordered a fragrant garden of the bridge were 20 yuan rice noodle and found that eight of the noodle with the Shenzhen did not make any difference, or even less, Taihushangdang.
8:00 Multi-Hump into the bar, in the bar table and ordered bottles of beer, chatting with the waiter girl, around 9 o'clock, a recognized into the boss, the boss surnamed Zhou, very talkative and asked and my trip, recommended me to the Zhongdian time to "Cow" bar a small sitting, also suggested that I go to Bali for a visit, quite an enjoyable conversation, such as spring bath, so ask for a card, for later use.
April 3 - Saturday Dali - "Lijiang sun is still bright, Cangshan on the meet by chance and plum wine
Along the way, then wake up has come to Shimonoseki Dali, out of the station, still is early morning, wind. There are travel agents who sadly words, to coax my last car, that can be sent free to Dali old town, followed by vigorously peddling Cang-er day trip, fail, betrays itself, let me get off. Furious outcry of, get off angrily away.
8-way car ride to the city, in the Simon out of the car, the sky too early to the streets there were very few under the guidance of a young girl to find洋人街, bought tickets to the Cangshan the cableway and afternoon tickets to Lijiang, eating bowl Er Si, and then ride to the Cangshan.
Cangshan carriage to the foot of the ropeway. Sitting alone ropeway car, the sun bright, UV strong, up the hill.
Qian Ma were bargaining with the 20 yuan, from or into the mountains. Mountain stone paths, very narrow side of the cliff, while deep valley, sitting immediately swung right and left heart, but in a slightly unsettling. On the road to see a lone man in front of more than. By Longkou, dismount, follow the road to the seven fairy pool, a few hundred feet down the right side of ravines, rugged cliffs, such as knifed ax, nearly vertical, between a stream and less water. Behind it was a sudden loud calls, was originally Fangcai over pedestrians, all the way from Rush. So go hand in hand.
7 fairy pool, there are seven pools, sandwiched between the mountains is the mountain streams of the source, with the mountain winds increase, the more height of the pond, the better scenery.
Back to Longkou, has gradually addict to get acquaintance with their peers. Qian Ma people are very clever, with two horses on the road, riding with the back.
Peer surnamed Liu, the small about me in January, sales staff, to Kunming, to talk about business, nothing happens over the weekend, traveling alone Dali.
Back to the ancient city of Dali and Xiao to eat lunch, fish casserole with the plum wine, three glasses of two, we began to talk about anything, a great sense of Brief Encounter.
Contact exchanged, I continue on to Lijiang. After more than three hours by car, 20 o'clock number has finally come to Lijiang, a light rain, Wei Leng, under the guidance of the taxi drivers find a one youth hostel, and finally settled down a little.
Along with the appointment of the User messaging contacts, knowing they are prepared to go to the lake the next day, but are not sure, but several colleagues have already wrapped the car ready to go to Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, slightly trade-off, decided to act in accordance with the original plan, alone go to Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, and then join with my colleagues to Lugu Lake and Shangri-La, as online friends go their own play.
A little rest, small stroll in the ancient city, though late, still together when you see the visitors walk through the streets.
April 4 - Sunday Lijiang - "Jade Dragon Snow Mountain festival for 13 years to see a living Buddha and Guan-top, tea on the Road, Lugu Square Street's love songs
8 points increased, bad weather, looked from the second floor to the present day, Yulong Snow Mountain slightest disappeared, hidden in a cloud steaming fog into marsh. Out of the inn, Chiliaozaocan, bought the rope Maoniuping votes trot all the way to the station and found myself in a FIT regiment, the drivers, there is a guide, there are four tourists along the way, to Since Jiangxi, there are two South Korean girls all the way, has also come from Shenzhen, only the most casual, I own one. Have in place, dealers Yulong Snow Mountain, the entrance into the attraction, the sky even more gloomy, it began to rain, Piaoqi fog, three meters in front of things not seen, I do not know North and South, and finally to the cableway station, the peers of people are busy to rent a warm jacket (in fact, seems only a raincoat only), I secretly proud of had the foresight to wear a winter coat before. Going to the mountains, to see colleagues in the other accused (hereinafter to take four of the first letter of the name referred to as SPAC) chartered arrived, a nod, up the mountains, on the second trip to Yunnan mountains. Ropeway drifting higher, the rain turned into snow, cable car is not closed on all sides to take the air, head-on snowing, howling shrink shrink, it is some cold, followed by a South Korean big sister sat together, Chinese, English, mixed, gestures swatting a pass, clip 7 clip 8, even with each other can understand. Down the rope, onto Plank Road, Plank Road is a Tibetan take on both sides of the shed, a fire, roast the meat, yak, Tibetan girl to see us, singing songs, the greeting we sit down to eat meat Kaohuo rain. On the left side of the shed to sit down, drink, eat meat, the opposite side of the Tibetan girl, 15 years coincided with clear and bright, the school vacation, the mountains help, see we not willing to patronize her business, meaning even do not like, gloomy face , but no smile.
Move on to the horse station, riding the price crazy expensive, can not bargain, so blurted out - "is simply stealing money",
Almost do not want to incur the siege, "You can say that expensive, can not say that stealing of money, we do not hand out into your pocket, how can they grab."
"I am exaggerating," I continue to theory,
"We are the minority, said the first one, without exaggeration,"
"How ethnic minorities, and I am also a minority." I think they apparently did not logical.
Side guides see the situation wrong, and I Mangba separated from horse owners. I am also feels funny, is no longer entangled.
After consulting some colleagues who decided to continue riding.
I walk alone along the Plank Road Maoniuping up a little, that is, a lama temples, and saw me enter, a Tibetan girl (should be a Tibetan, or at least dressed in Tibetan clothing, is also said to have come to help the Ching Ming Festival holiday) enthusiasm went up, introduced me to the various temples. At the end, referred to a Living Buddha in the temple exactly, is the practice of Wei Ren something to seven days and nights, living Buddha usual in Sichuan, 13 years before they come here once, you can try to see if destined Meet. I have yet to utter, to continue to cruise for a while, it is necessary out of Temple, turned around and saw the house where the living Buddha, which came the sound of muttered prayers, suddenly read the minds moving towards door of the room.
Was about to break, another Tibetan girl stopped me, indicating Note: Living Buddha is busy, and opportunities for its life shortened by days of the leak, so it is not my fortune, but if linked by fate, you can pray for me, but depends on luck and so I .
Take off their shoes and entered the house with a very dark, quite some mysterious taste, the outside for the blessing of the oil lamp with a few lights. Into the Village, the living Buddha in the dark does not show real, thanks to down, the edge of the Tibetan girl with the living Buddha, after a few exchanges along these lines, saying that I am a sub-tropical climate, and then let me bow, by the Living Buddha's hand on my head back and forth to touch 3 Next, is a consistent top, and then bowed three, back out.
In the external point of praying lamp, donated 100 yuan sesame oil money, there is not even feeling fooled, but feel calm and serene, the human mind is equally strange.
(Now think about it, was as much an epiphany feeling down after, see human suffering, the heart health charity, much could not bear.)
Snow is still, to continue to finished the Maoniuping of the Plank Road, all the way not seen others, grass color brown, with very few flowers, mist filled the air, occasionally to disperse, despite a slight to the distant horizon. Lap back and touched the guides, about the Living Buddha, Living Buddha said that this fortune authorized incredible and unexpected.
Time too early, so then lamasery small sit out for lunch just living Buddha (the original Buddha have to eat), finally see the face of Lushan, Buddha age may seem small, about as big as 40-year-old, the appearance Qing-chun, who seemed to ceremonies It is a critical moment, the mouth Youzi scriptures not be extinguished, half of the day came to a halt began to eat.
To drink a bowl of buttered tea, warm a lot of the guides with the group, said other people have come down, so farewell to the Living Buddha and others, down the mountain.
Back to the ancient city on the road even put a clear, from the thick clouds in the permeability of the light out of a sudden, the sun was shining, but still in the mist among the snow-capped mountains.
More than 4 points back to the ancient city, SPAC still in the mountains did not return. A short break, we alone in the ancient city within a stroll. Square Street on both sides are small shops, selling things mostly endemic, local tea, ethnic clothing, Charcoal grill, paintings, gourd flute, as well as ubiquitous bone carving.
Turned into a tea, the boss a warm greeting to sit down and give me tea. Boss is in Xiamen, Fujian, and I was Hangzhou, Zhejiang, naturally talked about the Da Hong Pao Wuyi Mountain, and Dreaming of the Tiger blisters Longjing tea, one to two to go, very speculative, the boss came spirits and began pointing the tea shop, give me one by one about the source, production method, quality and being better and then take them several kinds of green tea (I am more used to drink green tea) to me Paoshang, followed by Over-color, the smell turned out strengths and weaknesses, on the tongue between the flavor I praised the boss, such as Chad aficionados, laughing aloud.
Owner surnamed white, agricultural school background, previously in Burma jade doing business four years ago, came to Lijiang, Yunnan abounds in tea, so sell jade, apart from tea, opened to regain the professional line, lived in Lijiang for many years, also met with Many people, diarrhea is some of the universe.
God chat a while.
Tea had three patrol, received a call SPAC has come back. Farewell white boss, to join with the SPAC, bought a ticket to the Lugu Lake, along with dinner, arranged to meet in time the next morning. Is 10 pm, and Square Street there are still a lot of people, form a circle in the dance (and later learned is the Moso tribe hop dance), not far from the Square Street of the stone side of a few girls sat sang the love songs, a short while to attract a large group of people, mostly young men, Wai became a circle, to be together, and lead singer of the girl excited, Zibaojiamen come from the lake, singing more and more loud and clear, a Vice good voice, and indeed family history. 1 Changba crowds refused to give up, asked again one, and so repeatedly, the small singer finally lost to sing no more.
Enrich the day, at leisure full of surprises. The journey has just begun, already find it a worthwhile trip.
Dark determined, the next must be to live a good look in Lijiang, where not to go, they stay in the ancient city, the shopping Guangbian wife and children in each shop, the city where the size of the characters knew it again. As for this time, look at the scenery.
April 5 - Monday Lijiang - "Lugu Lake Wonderland, bonfire party - dancing, barbecue and walking marriage Assia
Get up early, good weather, Chilezaocan, packed their bags and went straight to the station, roadside Daolang heard the songs, mood together with the elegant.
On the bus, SPAC has been in the car had. 8 pm, the taxi companies Ninglang.
Rugged road, passing through 18 (seems to be known as 18, can not remember a word, n-arm elbow straight), looking down from the hills, 18 is continuous with a dozen 180-degree Daguai Wan, from the top down until the hill has been hovering at the end, it is spectacular. Manpower is really great, so that's out of the way all repair.
The Ninglang, transfer continue on to Lugu Lake.
2 points more than reach the observation deck. Went to the viewing platform railing edge, jumped into the brain of the first word is "Wonderland", then "Walden," No words can describe the shock of the moment, and yet there is such a beautiful place!
Blue sky, white clouds, green hills, clear water among the reflection in the Lugu Lake, Watermark can not afford or alarm, as a still life paintings, everlasting already there.
If there is China's "Walden Pond", and that this should not be a. "Quicker, simpler, and then a simple point," is what is the meaning of life, toiling all day long camp for what labor is, what you really need something, when not the fame and fortune, then what is it? All of a sudden, mind collapsed, thoughts swirling in, actually want to follow the example of Thoreau, as this Jielu door, look what happens.
With the SPAC took out the camera, one-pass quick photo.
On the train to continue, to the village fell into the water. Thinking in the lake eating Chaya delayed lunch, watched a lot of comments will predecessors, settled baggage, to the owner consulted about it, and then Quzuo Zhucao Chuan.
Time is running out, only to close a large island, the two boatmen, after Yao Jiang, water is very clear, can see the deep places, but still not bottomed out. Ship is very professional, spacious and stable, not previously thought to look like five of us in turn sitting in the middle of horizontal boat stall, Shuiyuexiaoxiao. To the island, there is a temple, one where Nubi, toast grave one, tourists several groups. Looking all around, but also some praise.
Back to the village fell into the sea, the sky is slightly changed, the lake played a bit rough.
Stroll along the village road in a circle, the way a lot of barbecue stalls, to a Assia barbecue, the first point of good food, and then go to bonfire party.
Tian Sean down, the venue has played a central point of bonfires, Moso tribe girls boys lined up, surrounded by circles, the latter to seize the person in front of the belt, the middle circle of the instrument was blown on the dance up. Dance is mainly changing the pace of the foot, and then counter-clockwise in a circular motion, a lot of unconscious people do not sit on the sidelines of the seat, but standing in field camera, field of natural persons under the unhappy shouting voice break out. There is a lady with a frequently Chenxi stand Mosuo field between the dancers and field the audience is facing the camera, behavior among some, making lovely shape, has 567 times the crowd taunts, throw up a sound .
Field after the turn of the n-circle, I am bored to count among the people of the Flange 17 men, 42 woman, it really is a matriarchal society. Tourists are beginning to participate, we also joined in, a mad rush-pass turning in circles after the end a moral one.
After the return to Assia eat barbecue grill, roast beef, roast lamb, baked potatoes, baked leeks ..., Assia Assia barbecue grill in the side of helping, while chatting about marriage Mosuo people away. The original marriage is very hard to go to after 0:00 in order to touch the woman's home in the morning we should slip away before the chicken is called, if unfortunate enough to be called after the woman's parents in the chicken caught will be fined over three years of hard labor. The early years, the more honed to go through nine years before being immortal, 13 years old, the 3-year singing in antiphonal style, 3-year dating, but also re-married three years to go (roughly so), and now with the times, not so strict . Mosuo people each year to be selected to go the local king of marriage, allegedly sold the afternoon we Zhu Caochuan tickets was to go from the middle-aged brawny king of marriage has gone more than 40 of the. Also a big wolf in the village bar, hostess Cantonese, a years, Lugu Lake, the big wolf bar moved by love for bold man of the house, go home later, abandoning high, gradually given up husband and female, to return to Lugu, achievement of this period of marriage, this has also been a number of mainstream media coverage. (To be honest, I am the heroine in the story are indeed some indignation.) Assia talk of the rise of a man lamented Moso tribe has no place, and said that I look familiar, deja vu, egg on me and Patric (SPAC in the P, SAC are women) will have to walk at marriage, laughed over.
Eating barbecue, do not over Assia, thinking back to Lake Chaya. A shadow on one side to see a message, I Sandy, Patric, and Cindy under the checkers to 12 points, one without a win.
April 6 - Tuesday Lugu Lake - "The Ancient Music of Lijiang Xuan Ke
To get up early, abdominal pain, suspected to be last night's barbecue get that problem. Ate breakfast point, the starting grid look inside the village and walk along the mountain and the disc stops, no one boat from the horizontal through Nowata, have gone to a high ground, more than ten meters from the lake, bordered by a lake squat stone sat Think for snow , in which birds must, people trace eliminate, there are lonely boat Toshio Baba, in the lake, towering motionless Dongxue fishing alone. Can not help but find it a pleasure charmed.
To the halfway line, ladies and physically I do not know in advance the driver of an appointment time came, to take us to the leagues. Rigby country flavor even more intense, pork, beef and human counterparts Along the dirt road on top. There are blocks of luxury houses under construction, one can imagine coming here, too bound up more commercial. Just do not know if the next time come back the lake water was clear whether the same clarity as it is today.
12 points or so, farewell Lugu Lake, through the Ninglang, back to Lijiang.
At 8 pm, to hear Naxi ancient music, it so happened Minister of Agriculture to the scene, Xuan Ke was some excitement, in full flight, witty remarks, from Li Longji to Li Yu, from Li Yu to Hong Yi, Naxi ancient music from the origin of rectification of names to the current the culture of litigation, from the minority nationalities of the other brothers to ask the wonderful Luo Gan. During phase A ancient music, poetry should be and, knowing smile, laughing.
The middle two rows of the stage are the oldest old old man, beard and hair are white, the long robe, or sat, or proudly erect, or drums, or bell, or, and in Harmonious, played "a river wind" monstrous hatred, "Lang Amoy sand "Meteorology Series, another hand to play the end of Panpipes" Gusu line "Clear and cheerful, folk singers sang, singing very penetrating power to Lost Horizon, saying the singer is resorted to here with yond the peak of the Peak Valentine's singing in antiphonal style of "throwing" tactics, the body does not move, Shadow did not move, to all Jingqi Shen focused on the singing voice among the singers for the real; For those singing and dancing nowadays by pop singers sing - What stuff.
Two hours, an instant or over.
Come to a close, meaning especially not entirely.
April 7 - Wednesday, Tiger Leaping Gorge - a spectacular world without
Shangri-La trip has finally begun. We are five packets of a Chongqing Changan, 3, 2 nights.
The first day of the trip was Lijiang - "the Yangtze River at the first corner -" the tiger jumped - "the tiger jumped -" baishuitai.
10 am more into the first bend of the Yangtze River, the Yangtze River upper reaches of the Jinsha River all the way south and, in this suddenly turned around and east, since only the rolling PASSING Yangtze River East, River of the eternal waves淘尽never occur again.
Shek Kwu forward with the town of Red Army's march across the Jinsha River where there is a Red Army monument to the poet Mao Zedong once said that "Sands warm water, making clouds cliffs, large horizontal Tieso Bridge cold" poem of the Red Army's long march down the feat (Great Bridge In Guizhou, so far no by a see), we witnessed exactly.
Then to jump on the tiger. Tiger jumped on the development of very good, from the parking lot side of the road winding down to the riverside stone next to the tiger jumped the stone steps have a good repair, all the way down, far already seeing and hearing the middle of the river gorge was narrow stream acute water potential amazing. Drifting lower, water Shengjian the sound of rumbling sound gradually overshadowed by the voice to speak, to the riverside, see the middle of the river tiger jumping boulders in the canyon among the horizontal, away from the two sides, but Zhang Yu, less than one tiger's leap, tiger jump in the name of the resulting. Pentium river from afar come to here for the mountains are limited drifting narrow, momentum is rising, water color, such as boiling, roaring tiger jumped forward to hit the stone, into Suiyu droplets, the sky released into the atmosphere. Center stone tiger jumped the river has been divided into two parts, from both sides of the Gap-gap while rolling over, thousands of miles far from diarrhea.
Among the stoning in the rough, even for a moment gone, imagine a large piece of rubble has been hit by water, scattering Po Kong away scenario, "Eastward to wear empty, great tide, roll 1000 snow" is eyes. Have to follow the example that the Kanto Han dynasty, Chuo iron copper Pa, sang Su washed down the drain, also here the.
Remember 10 years ago YAO Mao-shu from the Yangtze River first drift, from the Yangtze River all the way down, until the Yangtze River, warrior blood spilled on the tiger jumped on rock with eyes at the moment it's difficult to know first drift, almost nothing could .
Lamented thousands.
Follow that road back, they will have little girls dressed in national costume, innocent and lovely, innocent children in order to implore the SAC requirements sound a photo,
"Sister together a video bar, only two of money ...", SAC unmoved.
Great feel funny.
Back to the parking lot. Continue on to the tiger jumped.
Tiger jump has not been an official in the development of, the local teacher's house and Kikunami Chang ferry to build their own dirt roads and ladder can be up and down on the roads and river bank.
"This mountain is my opening, this tree I planted or play the pass, leaving the road to buy wealthy." Teacher Chang and others feel very little Zhanshanweiwang taste.
So we buy a way to leave money in the tour guide led the way along the narrow winding path down the road, winding Qian Yumi, the vertical distance of more than 400 meters, hundred paces ten percent discount, from the side of the road has always led us to the riverside, to the upper reaches of the direction of saw when you looked sharp steep mountain sides, on both sides of Castle Peak is relatively out of a waterway between the circled nine and, after down, the water jet turbulence break on the way the size of the rubble, sent a burst of thunder.
Down to the riverside and across the rubble outside the exposed water, jump onto the middle of a river stone tiger. Wind. The air was filled with water vapor by the wind. Standing stone on the tiger jumped to face the river rolling Rinpu distance, than previously done in the tiger jumped the wall of the shore view more Haotan natural welt. Heaven and Earth for the furnace Xi, good luck for the workers.
The Kikunami crossing, leaving the road to buy another for money, around the middle of the river rock on the other one than the previous one should be much smaller, while the scenery better bow is Gunfei the river, one after another, tapping the river stone, both before and after Castle Peak is the endless Yangtze River, 9 18 bend, cut off from view the distant landscape, there are visitors to sit on the stone, Qu a knee cap ajar face, find it a pleasure to know of their God. Risked their lives took a few photos, rest for a moment, to continue to work towards ladder.
There are three sections of the vertical ladder up and down the iron staircase to drive intestinal dirt road, directly to the mountainside road.
"Feet clogs with XIE Gong, Body Denzin scaling ladders. Banbi see the sea days, the air smell Chicken. Chibaya Wan He Road, uncertain fans suddenly have to spend leaning Dusk Stone."
Hands and feet to climb up the Mid-levels, overlooking the river bottom, looking at the top of the cliff, is difficult to think of roads of Shu.
"There are six dragon back to days of high standard, under the impulse wave inverse folding it back into Sichuan, Huang's flight was not too, want to crossing soft melancholy ape climbing."
Monkey to set foot here, for fear must also rely on these human constructed out of dirt roads Ladder bar. Can not help but pride big hair, with lofty Zhuang Huai-Ju Si fly, want the sun and the moon, white and blue football.
Finally to the road back to Chang teacher's house, but also paid the sum dubious guide fee, and then to baishuitai.
All the way there are rocks landslides, the weather gradient, when the rain stopped when.
Everybody is still Tiger Leaping Gorge, a spectacular view of the excitement stirred up, so each Song Yongzhe sang, Patric Shoukaijilu, I forgot some of those lyrics, and some are now learning to sing, and some soft-thin air, there is has never broken a precedent to sing in public, the driver also Cou-hsing's press has played a trumpet, all the way enjoyable.
By baishuitai already 20 o'clock, and the rain too big a word.
Inn at the Dongba ate, wash rest.
--- To be continued
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