Lijiang: the words of the night 8:00 start from Kunming, we have four people live in the last row above the Chase shop, all the way to wake Shui Shui, speaking off the story, the next morning around 9:30 am, vehicles are to enter the Lijiang Metro, a full 13 hours away.
Lijiang is relatively low temperatures, but also in the rain, after several twists and turns, we find a suitable accommodation. Preferred here, of course, within the Naxi ancient houses, the price is not expensive, the key is to try body of the people and culture. We live in a place called "Crape Myrtle House", located at the northeast corner of the ancient city belonging to the streets of that one is not renovated. It is similar to Beijing courtyard building, two floors above the master lived, the following set of three rooms. In the yard there is a Crape Myrtle tree, according to the owner that there is almost a hundred years old, and his house there were three hundred years history. This Tze Wei, Jin Qiu Health have branches, crown height Zhangba also coincides with the wedding day, with truly flowers, Colorful, truly beautiful. The floor of the courtyard stones inlaid into the center of the sun, the moon and the Earth graphics, corner there is a fetish Naxi Ren bat. Arcaded appearance of richly ornamented, pillars above the famous crane, with one of them antique. Main room's furnishings are on the promotional album, in addition to two single beds covered with white sheets, the room are a variety of names of antiques. The only inconvenient place is the toilet, in the yard is only a plastic bucket, and sometimes it is necessary to go outside the public toilets to solve the problem, the ancient city where there is no water pipes.
The owner is the Naxi, Han named Yang, 40-year-old away from beginning to end, he wore a somber suit and white sneakers. The life of hospitality for us some tea and bottled water is not naturally warm people. He gave us a price list out the following: accommodation 20 / day, a guide 5 / person / day, Breakfast 2 / person / times, dinner 8 / person / times, we are one together, it seems to have relatively cheap on the Mankoudaying down.
At noon, he took us to a Naxi style wooden House next to the snack bar to eat. This shop is also a residential child, except on the first floor was converted into a restaurant, like elsewhere, the middle of the courtyard there are many Begonia flowers, bright red color is very eye-catching, in front of a small stream there before, in silence. Food delicious and cheap, so far away Then we recruited specifically to eat here. Yang afternoon took us to tour the ancient city, he highly recommended we go to the government and the eternal wood floor, probably because these two tickets to children must be the reason. Finally, we went to the eternal and floor, because the government is too expensive wood. This floor edge of an ancient city built in the mountains, do not know is not new, in the above panorama overlooking the city, sunny day can look into the distance when you heard that the Yulong Snow Mountain.
Reputation outside the Old Town of Lijiang, and I already heard about, is a small bridge to imagine other people's picture of flowing water. In fact with this picture pretty close, but humans too much. Can understand why there are so many people living here for 10 days and a half months here, she really cute. Square Street is the center of the ancient city, a few out of dozens of streets and by extension, each street has given birth to many branches, branches and branch cross roundabout, it was said there is heaven and earth within the gossip, easy to escape. However, 32 days down the main street a few days we are still a clear picture. Street is paved by a stone, these stones from local materials, each piece of stone which then naturally inlaid with pebbles of varying color patterns, many stones have already been gone shine, especially when the sun shines, one of gravel roads are like a black and white woodcut. The good thing in her city inside numerous rivers, some around the walls, and some lie in front of the door, so the bridge on a particularly large number, listen to Young said that there 365. Valentine's Road area, each household is chatting up a Mu Banqiao the other side stands a row of weeping willows. River plants plump, with the water, swinging, showing the graceful gesture, as in, and hanging in the water willow flirting. In fact, most of the river only a few meters wide, All roads are clear bottoming out, if we say that the street is the ancient city of bones, this cobweb-covered water is her blood had. That is the rainy period of several days, the water especially acute, we can see her blood boiling it now! As for the street-side houses, raise their cameras everywhere, all of a painting. My favorite thing is that appearance of simplicity, one into the inside, but decorated stylish, romantic, intimate bar. Of course, had to admit that these far apart for the ancient city of tourists adds a lot of color. What kind of people here you can encounter, but it seems to work did not see a sad looking people. Many mood of the shop, its owner is likely to be a wandering artist or a foreigner who love to travel. Sitting on the Square Street of the flower base, just to see people coming and going, but also allows you to spend half the afternoon time. I think that 300 years ago, the difference between ancient and now perhaps is that these relaxed bar travelers.
The shop is all-street shops. Square Street side has several batik shop selling, as well as on-site production of a variety of poker. Guess the word wall in the vicinity of the street, actually there are several people in Southeast Asia, selling cake walk away. Many bars in the walls of glass, "Snow Mountain Music Festival" poster made from a gourd instrument is to play the low tones mellowed Naxi, lingering in the streets.
That night, we sleep early, because the next day to go to Jade Dragon Snow Mountain.
Author: madeofwood
