In a "Yunnan Travel Guide completely," the once wrote:
"Climate and pleasant Spring City - Kunming;
Profound ancient capital - Dali;
Through time and space of the Old Town - Lijiang;
Maternal habitat Kingdom - Lugu Lake;
The mysterious Shangri-la - Shangri-La;
All of this filled with the irresistible temptation ... "
This year in July, it was the hottest time of Xi'an, an opportunity to tour the above I had the privilege of a few filled with temptation is indeed memorable.
Luguhu
Lugu Lake is located in the junction of Yunnan and Sichuan. A typical tour route recommendation is from Kunming - Lijiang - Lugu Lake, but people travel north-west to Yunnan, may wish to Lugu Lake, Yunnan tour as the first stop. Panzhihua, Chengdu-Kunming line train to stop, in the car to the terminal by car Ninglang can to Lugu Lake. July is the rainy season, in the Panzhihua asked whether the smooth flow of traffic along the route, the passenger terminal of the respondents said that the Sichuan side of the road better than the rain no problem. Evident awareness of the road from Yunnan, a major tourist province of intensity and vigor.
Panzhihua out that more than 50 kilometers to the Yunnan Province of Huaping County, road turned out much better than the territory of Sichuan. Huaping coal, and the roads from time to time see a coking plant and pull coal cars, and here the red earth, green vegetation constitutes a contrast. In Ninglang could interchange bus or minibus to the lake and jumped over the three mountain to be able to see the plateau Pearl - Lugu Lake has.
In the constant L-dextral to see the mountain in the mountains suddenly into a lake, if large, people have surprised her magic and beautiful. Lugu Lake area fifties square kilometers, is about 2700 meters above sea level, tourism development, only a decade. Alpine, broad and sparsely populated, the lake is clear and plain areas maintained by a person residing rare, and therefore particularly susceptible to her beauty and "drunk."
We do not have a portal in the scenic area - stay in the village fell into the water, directly driven side of living in Hubei residents in the village. Village close to the lake, the villagers of the walls from the water recently at just 56 meters, only allow one car through. We stayed at an inn where Mosuo people open, although very simple, but clean. Overnight rain, it is the hearts of some brush can not afford to upset.
The next day, the rain has not stopped. The hostess asking us to her house to eat breakfast, and tell us that, with her experience, today the weather will be better.
Mistress home is a typical courtyard Mosuo people. House is a log pile from wells dry Mulou roof is wood are stacked layer upon layer of tile pressure. Large patio, sun-drying fish out there in the small fish from the lake. There is room fireplace, a Mosuo old woman, sitting it the most authoritative place.
According to many tourist information on the lake shore of the Mosuo people still retain matriarchal clan community, family and the "walking marriage" custom, is "the history of human marriage, living fossils", "human matrilineal culture, the last piece of pure land," Hence, "daughter of country" reputation caused many researchers to this Searching for a non-folklore, some of the media seems to Lugu Lake as a cultural tourist card play. However, I am more optimistic about the lake's beauty.
After breakfast, day turned out sunny, and the hostess prepared a good horse ride along the lake road around the lake and the line, really appreciate the beauty of the lake. Early after the rain, sunny, with bays Road, turn, as the road changes in the level, you will find colorful Lugu Lake is a lake - with the sun angle changes, the different water depth, the lake where blue, where Bi, reflection in the water coupled with a large group large groups of white clouds, so that the lake presents a kind of changing beauty. Wander and indulge in the lake, so that makes us forget the plateau of the powerful solar radiation, only two hours, my arm was burnt bare office, so that the next 20 days where are burning in pain.
Lugu Lake's beauty is difficult to explain in words, and at dawn and dusk, in late autumn and winter snows, you realize she was sitting in the lake, must have been different. No wonder a Beijing "Roaming" and went so far as an edge in the Lugu Lake under the house, opened a "Roaming human Club - Qingchun House."
We in the wander-for-one club rooms stay there, out of the window is a quiet and beautiful Lugu Lake, although again it began to rain, the rain, some of her more-mei color. I think of a lot of people come to Lugu Lake was attracted by "Women's Country," come with a little Maiduhaizhu of. Listened to "Roaming person club" masters - "old landlord" talk, some people drill into the lake Mosuo people at home on the 35 days until I get back home could really be able to write 35 articles or a few books, but some people Here lived a few months on the Mosuo people's lives but also can not say a word. There is an understanding of Mosuo people and re-recognition process.
According to the "old landlord" speaking, "walking marriage" and "matrilineal clan" has gradually become relics. In the inside there is the separation of grid Mosuo people and marriage ceremonies, because with the economic development and social development, the increase of family property, contract system, the delineation of the catalytic and land from their external and self-promoting family developed by the pairing marriage into monogamy, child rearing by the mother and uncle by the mother and father will be replaced by upbringing, but also something more logical, which is recalled that there is more scientific discussion of Engels. "Walking marriage" custom of the region in the deep forests Yongning perhaps, while the Lugu Lake, which was first developed in areas tourists wallet will probably become a matriarchal one of the fastest disappearing ruins. You do not believe you can see the lake where a canoe - Zhu Caochuan Dumu changed from the original wood makes up by two, - two of the ships, apparently more stable family structure, why not be so.
Mosuo people claiming to be the person or Moso Moso tribe, but the community as one of the Naxi Ren Mosuo people, China's 56 nationalities inside and no one said Moso tribe. According to research, Mosuo the Naxi people are the first one. Jin, Tang said that today's history books have recorded the Naxi as "Famosa", "Mount some (ancient phonetic reading suo)", this title might be living in the Lugu Lake of the Naxi Ren preserved. In fact the lake Naxi Ren and the Jinsha River (It is interesting that the Jinsha River in the Tang Dynasty, said, "some grinding River") to the west of Naxi Ren not only in the customs, beliefs, and marriage are very different, even between dialects can not call a demonstration Moso Moso tribe is claiming to be a bit of reason.
The next morning, due to rain and itinerary reason, we reluctantly left the Lugu Lake. In fact, apart from Lake Lugu Lake, the lake magic Gamu Mountain (also known as Lion Rock), Mosuo people surrounding villages, forests and backpackers design of a landscape on foot, are very much can be a trip, tour or even two 3 travel history.
Lijiang
Ninglang to Lijiang from a repair of new roads, greatly shorten the journey. Road are very well because it is a new road, the mountains are often gravel, sand falling into the road, large landslides often make the new road traffic disruption during the rainy season is even worse, but fortunately a high degree of mechanization conservation efforts, and soon can be ruled out.
Lijiang, located in the basin, of course, rich. The Old Town of Lijiang Dayan Town, is well-known in recent years become a tourist destination.
, As the capital Dayan Lijiang ancient town was founded in Song to the early Yuan Dynasty. For centuries, absorbing the Naxi, Tibetan, Han Chinese construction techniques and styles, forming a water every family, every household weeping willow landscape. Exposure to Dayan town, as if in Jiangnan: small bridges, masonry shop street, often giving the impression that space-time here, "cloning" another Gusu. Here is just water under the bridge is so clear, paved street of stone is streaky, and off than Gusu more beautiful.
Talking about the development of Dayan old town, actually throughout the whole De Zhiyu Ecuador. During the Sino-Japanese War, the Japanese blocked the "rear area" many of the channels, only through the Yunnan-Tibet road transport in India is still a channel all kinds of materials, Lijiang become the most important transit point for people and goods distribution center, 1:00 commerce gathered to promote the Dayan development. Dayan Old Town in the modern "concrete buildings" arrives survived, but also is said to be due to local fiscal too poor to Lijiang, there is no demolition of the entire financial Dayan Town, only next to another in the nearby town to open a new urban district. A lucky hit with surprise, retains a can serve as a "world cultural heritage" as an attraction. The famous Lijiang, also in 1996 that benefited from the Lijiang earthquake. When people came to the Central Emergency Relief condolences to Lijiang, the repeatedly exclaimed the beautiful and unique here,这颗plateau Pearl was "shock" to the eyes of the world, reputation is also since Jan go through.
Today's Lijiang become leisure travelers with the transfer station: to go north-east of the lake; northwest may be leading to the Shangri-La (Zhongdian), Deqin, Yunnan-Tibet line to go to Tibet; north Jade Dragon Snow Mountain; the West to the tiger jump Gap ... .... The inn in Lijiang often encounter such a thing: only a few days of the companions who are familiar with one morning suddenly disappeared a few days later they appeared at this Inn, and you are happy to share the harvest of new tourist spots and Information, inns courtyard where the corridors are covered before they are washed under the clothes,
Lijiang as an emerging tourist destination, its advantages lies in its rich connotations and compatibility. National folk can enjoy three different arena of Naxi ancient music to listen to that distant sound of the ancient, small identified similarities and differences between them, or tie to a Naxi people at home listening to the legend of King of wood; like to dig more houses would be a fruitful large research, Beam River town and the surrounding area houses of various ethnic groups and has well-preserved; like walking on foot has completed the backpacker has even jumped on the tiger, the tiger jumped the next as a tiger jumping gorge walking tour of gold line; like the natural beauty can be Yunshan Ping, Laojunshan, Yulong Snow Mountain to find their loved ones, or in the Yangtze River First Beach - Shek Kwu riverside town's deep feelings for times past. The performance of its compatibility to meet the different levels of tourists in Lijiang choices: You can only Square Street (also known as a woman's shopping street) spend a day buying spree with a souvenir set foot on the return journey; you can also packed up and even to set foot on the Yulong Snow Mountain is also dismissive of Meili Snow Mountain Climbing (in the Deqin) or Everest journey; where you can not go sit in the courtyard of Lijiang a daze (in this off-season is only 10 yuan per person per bed ); you can design a line, take him back his luggage and then back to 10 days two weeks; you can also sit in the ancient city of stream in a coffee shop to talk with foreigners, to practice your speaking, or shaving a bald, Phi slips into red cassock occasional taste Buddhist community quiet; ... .... That is why a tourist's paradise Lijiang reasons, so that she was deprived of the development of tourist destination than its earlier luster Dali.
In the ancient town of Lijiang there is a rich beautiful garden - Wood House, that is, the local chieftain of the Forbidden City. Because of its "multi-illegal system" (ie, a violation of grade office building specifications), Xu Xia-ke that year had been shut out, facing the wooden House sighed, his "palace of Korea, to be king." Wood House has several times decay, this back to the old system, fruit imposing extraordinary, multi-have "illegal" system: from the instrument door and entered the square at the end of the hall there are two re-EAVES built in the triple-high-profile above the pocket like a Hall of Supreme Harmony Forbidden City version, although its Dubbed the "Chamber", but in this Chamber in the caisson is decorated with dragon patterns, the middle seat on the set tiger, just like the mountains high and the emperor far tyrant's authority. Since the instrument door to the rolls of floor, law-enforcement Palace, light Pik House, Yu Yin House, San Qingdian 369 meters from the central axis line, richly ornamented, were magnificent and not let the Forbidden City, together with around promenade and "Jade Garden" and other buildings you can see then toast the heart of the southern kings. According to legend, wood king is a "known poetry and literature, Gifts defensive instrument," the toast, for a caring, convenient public access, wooden Palace Street will be a special provision of a wooden palace is divided into two, East and West both houses are connected to Guojie Lou. King of the Guojie Lou on the wood to see pedestrians, four rural residents circle the "town" the desire (local have "a lot of money into the city less than a wooden palace," says that he and Wang are not built wooden walls to avoid the "trapped "The taboo word legend).
In short, Lijiang's colorful, it is difficult you can receive a two-day day. Many people are keen travelers, there are a few to go to Lijiang experience.
Shangri-La (Zhongdian)
Lijiang to the people who could easily be another plateau Pearl - attracted by Shangri-La.
Shangri-La This is a British writer James Hilton's famous for "Lost Horizon," a book a virtual names, it has become a paradise of beautiful symbol of a new vocabulary for English-speaking inside. This year in May, the only Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan, the seat of government - was renamed Shangri-La County, Zhongdian County, they represent the words Jin-Gui, the novel in English called the County Ground this fear is the first one in China.
Lijiang, Shangri-La off than much higher altitude, across the mountains and high mountains, you can feel the landscapes on the plateau gradually emerged: the unique high altitude meadow landscape, though already mid-summer, green crops, the ground a block of yellow rape extremely eye-catching, one by one in the Mainland rare drying racks, to tell you here is the living quarters of the Tibetan people. Many are a reflection of life in Tibet is also regarded here as the television film location base.
Shangri-La is an emerging small cities, streets, buildings have been built in the past two years, there are many great hotels, the state government is also very impressive. Here, a lot of newly built homes Tibetans, but also appear extravagant, is said to cover a two-story house to use to go up and down nearly 30 cubic meters of timber. I saw thick, the color of one log after another, Tibetan small building was built, my heart is always a pain, always felt that the tree was stripped of coat exposing the carcass.
Shangri-La's famous scenic location known as "the little Potala Palace" in Karma Dan Songzanlinsi, a few have their own characteristics Haizi: Bita Lake, belong to both Lake and Napa lake, but the most attracted me is the Meili Snow Mountain.
Meili Snow Mountain, Shangri-La County is still nearly 200 km away from the Deqin County. The highest peak of Meili Snow Mountain Kagebo peak elevation of 6740 meters, so far no one to board, a few climbers in his left foot body. Meili Snow Mountain, also known as the spectacular with the locals as "manly tears of place."
Because it is the rainy season, many of the Deqin "audience," Meili Snow Mountain, travelers are mostly live to regret the go. We also had to plan on the termination of Deqin. Coupled with several days of rain, landslides cut off when you let go of the 214 National Highway, the rumor has to be a week before the opening, uninterested, we had to change by taking the east loop back baishuitai Lijiang. The tiger jumped on the way, the tiger jumped the next tiger jump, a taste of the stale and the roar of the Jinsha River. Tiger Leaping Gorge length of 17 km, divide 200 meters and the narrowest cross peaks at a difference of nearly 30 meters is enough adventure Qi Jue, and here, can feel "soft water" the other side.
Zhongdian is a transit point to Tibet, where you can choose planes, cars, or like-minded friends brigade.
Dali
Go to Dali in the "high-fast-off" the car, dressed in national costumes stewardess Bai, it indicates that we will go where there is another style. Bai people seem to advocate a white, white pants are always so clean, the walls in pink house was white.
Dali is an ancient capital, Tang Nanzhao States States in this Dali Song its capital, in the western Yunnan considered fertile land. Undeveloped in the Lijiang River, before Dali was very scenery - Cangshan, Erhai Lake, Butterfly Spring, Three Pagodas and the Shimonoseki wind, the closed flowers, Cangshan snow, Erhai months, was very well-known, is where tourists flocked. Today, as the well-developed transportation, tourism seems to have been labeled package: from Shimonoseki by luxury cruise ship to watch Erhai Lake in Dali town, sitting down Cangshan cableway, in the Three Pagodas frenzied shopping in the town ... have been boring had. I have found that the Dao Shi Dali town a quiet place, that is, when the military forces Tu Wen-hsiu anti-Marshal House, now turned into Dali City Museum. In my more than two hours wandering around the intervening years, almost no tourists. Here you can feel and charm of an ancient marble. The courtyard, a Forest of Stone Tablets, dozens of pass gubei would like to tell future generations a lot of things, but few visitors stop, even I can not escape convention to feel cursory look at a very contented.
Dali is still worth mentioning here that the Bai-style fish casserole was very tasty, probably owes something Erhai Lake water.
Kunming
From Dali to Kunming, the because of the time there will be no long-awaited, but fortunately I had ten years to go in Kunming. Dao Shi and "Lao Sanjie" website on the "Kun Gang" met with an unforgettable, there should be a separate article of Syria.
The Yunnan Tour, which was very enjoying to butter, the same as last year, to Gannan, smell the edge of the wind in Tibet, but also vast and belongs to. I did not see snow-capped mountains had long been admired not for her tears.
Furthermore, we have chosen the route seems to be some problems, from north to south, from high and low, from sparsely populated areas to densely populated areas, landscape and then ever more common, as well as to no longer travel was in Kunming. If the reversed walk better and better, probably better. Also during the rainy season in western Yunnan tour, road traffic is often consider an even more annoying is that Yunzhewuzhang, missed see snow-capped mountains.
Author: GGYGGY
