Lijiang is located in the northwest of Yunnan Province, 527 kilometers from the provincial capital Kunming. Ups and downs in the mountains, mountain area accounts for 95%, with an average altitude of 2,400 meters, only 5% of the Pingba area. Lijiang Jade Dragon Snow Mountain territory, Laojunshan two mountains, hills, grand. Among them, the highest peak of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain - fan steep, altitude 5596 meters is the snow mountain. Jinsha, Lancang and two large river systems across the territory from Lijiang, the Bank of the rare "three rivers" and the stream, a narrow river of water surging fierce Tiger Leaping Gorge tempting passion and charm. Lijiang both are cold, warm, hot three-dimensional climate, so plant and animal species. According to statistics, Lijiang, there are more than 3000 kinds of seed plants, 400 kinds of timber wood, is one of Yunnan's major forest areas. Here is also rich in Fritillaria, musk, Chinese caterpillar fungus and so on more than 600 species of medicinal plants and animals, it is called China's "medicine of the town." Yunnan's specialty resources, especially rich in rhododendrons here, has identified 57 species known as a world center of the azaleas. Lijiang region's rich plant resources has aroused widespread concern around the world, there have been France, Britain, the United States, Germany, Australia, Switzerland and other countries more than 10-bit botanist explorers arrived in Lijiang, Lijiang that they are worthy of the name "plant kingdom," approached discovered new species of plants and hundreds of new kinds of distribution. Lijiang is not only beautiful mountains and rivers, specialty rich cultural heritage is quite simple and honest, known as the "living fossil of Chinese classical music," Naxi ancient music, the world's only "living" Dongba hieroglyph, still has the characteristics of the Mosuo matriarchal people, There has been approved by UNESCO as "World Heritage" city, ancient city of Lijiang in clean formed a Road, beautiful landscape, so that Lijiang in China and the world tourist destination.
Old Town of Lijiang
8:30 am departure from Dali, because wet weather, car dealers unhappy four hours it took us 200 km trip, arriving Rain in misty ancient city of Lijiang. Old Town of Lijiang, also known as Dayan Town, Lijiang Dam is located in the middle. It ancient, because it is nearly millennium history; said the city, it is a historical and cultural cities of China is not the only ancient city walls. City's in town, always has a surround and protect the role of Min. The Lijiang, with no walls, there may be pure and honest customs are rare causes of wars of conquest, but the main effect is ancient toast of the taboo: It is said because of the hereditary rulers of Lijiang surname wood, from the hieroglyphs of view, fortification is bound to the word in the wood formed around the frame, "the storm", the storm that is experiencing hardship and difficulties, Ominous signs are. Word, therefore, to Lijiang is therefore not a wall. The name of the ancient city of Lijiang Naxi called "Gong of this knowledge," "Gong of this" as the Depository, "know" that is fair, we can see the ancient city of Lijiang was a Depository distributed land. Old Town of Lijiang was built in the Southern Song, Sheng Yu Ming and Qing dynasties, was once the most famous commercial center in western Yunnan is one of the Tea-Horse Road, on history, an important hub, also is a northwest Yunnan's political and economic stronghold.
Into the Old Town of Lijiang, the whole ancient city of Lijiang, the market produced streaky with the road paving stone, not mud during the rainy season, dry clean. Yuquan clear water from the city wall is divided into Sancha Chuan Jie Guo Lane 1 is divided into three, three is divided into nine, and then divided into myriad canals. So that everywhere in the ancient city of Main Street near the river, lanes temporary drainage to form a "water every family, every household Chueiyang", the elegant little bridge water landscape. The city has built in the Ming Qing Dynasties the size of the stone arch bridge, stone Itabashi more than 300 seats, there are many arch. The entire city with Square Street as the center, streets arranged orderly development of the Quartet. Houses are all of the tile-roofed house civil engineering structures, antique, intact since the Song, Yuan since the formation of the historical character, is so far retained an ancient Chinese architectural treasure. In 1995, Lijiang, also in a major earthquake in more than six losses (to date still preserved some of the outskirts of the earthquake and earthquake-resistant shelter sites), but in post-disaster reconstruction, in addition to a Main Street city poured a cement road, all the buildings still retain rich old quiet, no wonder Lijiang, Yunnan, he proudly calls for the uncontaminated "party pure land." Walking in the smooth "streaky stone" paved the small streets and feel the pulse of the ancient city of vigorous really have a sense of slow breathing, I believe that each of the ancient city of Lijiang people will feel such a shock!
Night Qinling, Wanjiadenghuo Compose an ancient city of esoteric and mysterious. Town at the end of the waterwheel turn constantly, that "babble," the rhythm, but also showing a quiet yet vibrant city. If it is not nearby Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, you people have a misplaced sense of space and time, do you really think that the Yangtze River Delta. In the "Snow House" with the dinner, saw many foreigners to Lijiang, visit to Cuba collecting folk songs (reportedly with a multi-European), the charm of Lijiang is also too great.
Heilongtan
To Lijiang, can not, nor will it do not Heilongtan, because it is the source of life in Lijiang. Black Dragon Pool is the city's largest park, is located one kilometer north of the ancient city at the foot of Xiangshan, as here, jade Yihong Shimizu Ming-jie, it also known as "Yu-quan." Into the park gates, they step onto renowned the world over Boasting the bridge Zhulan lacquer columns, cornices painted Court, there are kiosks ELAN; Bridge Waterfall hit the headlines, Chu Chung-yu splashing, rolling in the East go, the flow of the ancient city of Lijiang. Bridge the left is the famous Black Dragon Pool. Jade Spring water from the foothills of the chestnut trees, the rocks spewing out of the. It flows day and night, merged into the open lake pools, water quality, bright and clean, sweet taste. Spring, such as the gods, who protect the ancient city of water, worship, has twice been Yuquan Temple encomiendas protect the Qing dynasty emperor, so notoriety. According to tour guide, Jade Spring Park is the ancient city of Yulong Snow Mountain is best point of view, standing pools south coast, overlooking the Yulong Snow Mountain, clear water and shine, snow-capped mountains Ying Ying lake, an embankment green trees, landscape dream-like, but unfortunately, we were here is not the time: days of rolling clouds and rain, distant mountains near peak filled with thick clouds, snow-capped mountains for ages is also hard to find a miracle.
Flowers and set off north along the lake trail Xu lines, unknowingly came to Wufeng Lou, Wufeng Lou reach 20 meters, using layers Ikara Triassic, cornices octagonal structure, one, two, three each of 8, 12, 4 peck days cornices, from whatever point of view are five flying angle, just like 5 Cai-feng wings, peculiar shape, structure compact, therefore called "Wufeng Lou." Twenty-nine years earlier the house built in the Ming Wanli (1601), four hundred years ago has experienced the vicissitudes of life was destroyed by Bing Huo-wen-year period. Guangxu eight-year restoration. Ming Dynasty Great geographers, big traveler Xu Xia-ke who has resided here. Wufeng Lou next to tea, from a Naxi girl to give us tea ceremony performances, where we taste the Lijiang "Yufeng White Dew", "Blue and elegant" and "Pu'er Tea" and tea, not only the taste characteristics of Yunnan, more a sense of numbness of the mouth fresh, Fu Xiang is also Innocent Steps. Out from the tea house, the former line is Tak Yuet Lau, House in Tan Xin, there are bridge, modeling stretch, trippingly want to fly. Kuo Mo-jo the book entitled "Tak Yuet Lau," and its two couplets exist side by side, one is: "Spring Willow thousands of articles, the scenery is fine; overfly Yulong 3 million, land so Jiao." This is a collection of Mao Zedong Poems formed sentence. The other deputy as follows: "Longtan reflected upside-13 peak, Qianlong in the day, flying dragon in the land; jade water, vertical and horizontal half Xu, Moyu for the body, Cang-yu of God." Spared Yuquan in essence. In which scenes and their own entertainment. In Tak Yuet Lau, we also visited the Dongba culture, exhibitions, enjoy the strange Dongba characters, watching the colorful folk dance.
Dongba Naxi ancient music and the text
1.04 million total population in Lijiang area, the main ethnic minorities are Naxi, Bai, Pumi, Tibetan, Lisu, Yi, Miao and other nationalities, of which ethnic minorities account for about 58% of the total population, so Lijiang very different colorful ethnic customs, characteristics of the prominent. Old Town of Lijiang with mostly Naxi Naxi men's apparel is basically the same as with the Han, Naxi, Bai women's clothing and apparel is very similar, but different header, and more a shawl, called "daytime" from the term can also be see Naxi women's hard work - later bed early since they can be said to have worked diligently for the daytime and to bear the burden of all the families and let their men have the time to learn the culture, music and art, so Naxi men are versatile.
Naxi has a very good culture, it has its own language and text, the text Naxi - Dongba language is the world's only still in use with the hieroglyphs, known as the living hieroglyphic; it hieroglyphs at first glance, strange weird; one was explained, and felt that it produced in a fair and reasonable and quite similar to the image, but also to facilitate identifying, and memory. Guides give us the Naxi and surname origin, actually perform the production of the Dongba writing process: the Naxi have two surnames, wood, and, and, wood is the first Ming Zhu Yuan gave toast Naxi headman aristocratic surname, At that time, the civilian population there is no surname. What people name? Chieftain does have some of the brain: the civilian population is the toast of the subjects, their names naturally in wood-based, but they can not name wood. Naxi of civilians are working, on the Phi scarves, toting bamboo basket, so use of pictographic approach, in the "wooden" character above plus a charge-(a symbol of scarves), next to the plus one (symbolizing bamboo basket), produced from surname of civilians "and." This "and" name and the surname Han and there is no historical roots, this "and" words and Chinese characters and also unusual root born. Both the meaning and application of the word, it has a unique Dongba writing a strong personality, bears the unique culture of the Naxi ethnic flavor. Naxi Dongba language is called writing, is because the communicator is the Dongba culture of Naxi. Naxi Dongba is the wise man, but also Naxi shamans and priests. Dongba is generally inherited his father's staff, the Dongba culture, it is in those passed from generation to generation in Dongba preserved and developed. As early as the Naxi people, created more than a thousand years ago, and the use of hieroglyphic writing hieroglyphic Dongba classics, so that the Naxi culture, world-renowned. Spread since two thousand volumes of "Dongba" classic, recorded in ancient Naxi social production and all aspects of life. "Dongba" culture and the study of comparative philology and cultural history of mankind and others have a high academic value. Naxi is also attached great importance to accept the other nations of the advanced culture, and today can still be from the Naxi architecture, music, murals, etc. that has the Han, Tibetan, Bai, Naxi culture, the characteristics of mutual integration.
Another wonderful work Naxi culture is its music - Naxi Ancient Music, Naxi ancient music has inherited the Tang Dynasty court music and Taoism hole through the music, the music has long been lost in the Central Plains region, but is miraculously preserved in Lijiang down, so Naxi music has been called the "ancient music." Naxi ancient music to listen to, you can feel the music in the calm and harmony will wash away all worldly distractions and do our best. Naxi retained the traditional totem worship, financial Lamaism (Tibetan Buddhism), Taoism, Confucianism in one, in the Naxi tradition of murals in Buddhist, Taoist, and Confucian harmony characters appear in a screen, this is not much to see it. Naxi's totem worship is also reflected in its dance, in the Lijiang Dongba dance palace to see the Shelter can be said is a typical representative. A Naxi man赤裸着身体, she threw a animal skins, straw sandals foot, right hand rattle, left hand holding yak tail, imitating the elephants, eagles, monkeys, frogs, tiger stance, and even facial expressions are vivid imitation. It is said that the performer was a farmer, was found by chance, he is already the fifth-generation descendant of Port Shelter dance has. Song and dance from the Naxi can be strongly felt on the Naxi people, the value of life and worship.
Author: sunmg
