Lijiang nostalgic mood
Lijiang is a very nostalgic place.
Many people to Lijiang, can not help but shed tears, said it was a dream in my hometown.
Their real home then?
20 years, the rapid industrialization eliminated many elegant and refined town town seat, with volume production of many high-rises busy noisy din of the bustling new town, these cities have the same long face. No wonder people will be confused, our hometown do? Mother traveled quartzite street holding hands do? Clear creek do? Grandparents lived in the old house then?
Yangchun in March, on his way to Lijiang, car window mountain, the yellow of the cauliflower, red peach, white pear, green wheat seedling, flew back passes, lush Zashu a pair of black tiles set off the wall Wong film Xieshan roof, into a piece of the Naxi old small courtyard. `A, where the residents of these villages are blessed, they live in poverty, but they can never live in the same place where his childhood.
With the Naxi people are different, we are no roots of the city of floating weeds.
Old Town of Lijiang, also known as Dayan Town, is located in the northern hemisphere the equator by the recent southern foot of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain.
Like many Chinese cities, compared to build the city of Lijiang is not a very long history and can only be traced back to the army of Kublai Khan who often had mishaps in this Anza the Stockades. Lijiang is located in the South, but the ancient Silk Road and the Tea-Horse Road on the Yunnan-Tibet trade is a major distribution center, all kinds of cultural conflict and exchange, so that Lijiang Naxi people to become good at absorbing and drawing on foreign civilized nation. Central Plains culture, Tibetan Buddhism, passed in the nineteenth century, Christianity, coupled with the unique Lijiang Dongba religion, Dongba hieroglyphs, as well known as the Yuan sound hole left by the ancient music, where the shop painted a picture of scroll colorful culture.
The center of Lijiang Old Town Square Street, local residents fair trade center. All street alley like thousands of thread from the heart and circulated around the extension towards the Square Street. Streets and alleys of the road all to crystal translucent stone laying of the streaky, sunny skies streaky dark stone shining in the sunlight, even in early spring rain Ji gives that wet feeling.
Lijiang is known as the plateau rivers and lakes, with southern come Traveler sincere emotion, Lijiang is not Zhouzhuang like owning Zhouzhuang.
A lot of the charm of Lijiang, Yulong Snow Mountain from the melting snow of the millennium. Plateau north of the city in Lijiang spring at the foot of Xiangshan Heilongtan converging, and then distributed along the topography of the r., middle River, a tributary of the East River and the infiltration of the ancient city of countless thousands of households around their houses. The water is extremely clear, small stream at the magnificent sun delighted flying animals and underwater plants All roads lead to strands of the dense, light to dance with the water.
Lijiang's water network design is science, in the ancient city gates down the upper reaches of streams, brooks will overflow from the submerged ancient city of north-south streets, the road washed stone streaky dye was not Xian Chen. Such work is often someone will do.
More water, natural bridges are also everywhere, but basically Itabashi stone, stone arch bridge, Li Mu Banqiao, as well as single-plank bridge, flowing water can often see bridges Chueiyang whisk delicate little scene.
The beauty of Lijiang, there are many green from the highlands of sunshine and fresh clean air of nature. The abundant sunshine, the people tan Shenyou the bronze color, breeze blows the flowers on the grass ask the city was extremely feminine gorgeous.
Naxi Women are particularly hard-working and capable, the Naxi men to cultivate the rare earth group of laid-back elegance. Kill the pig slaughtering farm household's mundane chores done by a woman but after a Naxi man's life is like a hermit left the realm of - Poem and Wine literature, flowers.
People in Lijiang particularly fond of flowers Growing grass, each for every hospital everywhere, green flower Hang Yin Yin. The men, under the pergola smoking chess, women were in the weaving flowers in the embroidery, is a typical situation of life.
The residential style of the ancient city of Lijiang, we can see the profound influence of Han culture. "Three Square, a screen wall, Quad Play patio" in the economically developed areas have disappeared Han tradition of local architecture, even in the Yunnan minority nationalities live in compact communities in remote northern highland town to see, but is so well-preserved, thousands of buildings over a century old houses, at the foot of Snow Mountain in Lijiang Bazi was echoing the slogan on the arrangement of a full row upon row, let us nowhere roots people who read this, there is a memorable miss home.
Many people have been to Lijiang lament, where the houses, streets, streams, sunshine, air, breeze, as well as pure alien customs, people addicted to intoxication, and hate only the time to spend in lazy mood in too fast, World Service difficult to cast and had to "This body acted in a" regret in leaving.
I stay in Lijiang for only one afternoon plus evening, so the feeling is especially deep.
Xiaguang evening under the Heilongtan clear, there are groups of groups of mountain water, the black carp in the grass between the merry way looking for food, ancient shore, the green and snow-capped Yulong mountain reflection in lake, the lake at Tak Yuet floor hopper angle richly ornamented cornices, unusual charming scenery.
I love Vernacular Architecture, black Longtan River there is a blessing from the west Shibayama Ming Temple relocated to five wind floor, 3 double eaves c. Cuanjian Ding, looks strange. Ge Shan-door windows, Seiko carved peony, plum, pomegranate and other ethnic patterns, cornice brackets, beams and columns, the murals painted brilliant colors, is a rare Naxi ancient architectural masterpiece.
Evening, Lijiang old town is a seat that never sleeps, shop until nearly 12 o'clock before closing. Is the beaming red lanterns everywhere, against the background in the gurgling stream, notably warm and calm.
Night in Lijiang is the most fascinating places or streets of small stream that all kinds of bar cafe. Green vine frame, the sitting comfort of the wooden benches in the body hidden in the faint halo where red lanterns and listening to the water around Xi Xi So-So-voice, drinking coffee, beer or specialty tea in Yunnan, and 23 confidant chat busy days, it not Yoshiya!
To open a bar in the ancient city of Lijiang, many prefer to never wish to leave here a stranger, many of them foreigners.
New friends, Yunnan, Lijiang, branch manager of cultural relics stores, collectors Wang Qiang, Lyon, France, took me to a person "to" open a small bar, eating authentic tastes of roasted fries, very much love to drink beer, in such a is not drunk the night of the return, would not live up to the scenery all!
Foreigners especially like Lijiang, leaves the United States before the last century photographer Joseph to here, living here for thirty years, the French are so open bars in Lijiang has also been more than six months of the. I spoke Mandarin with a half-baked English and to allow discussion of Chinese culture, I suddenly felt that this remote highland town in the Mainland to foreign civilization tolerance and openness.
Compared with the Lijiang, southern Chinese cultural traditions such as the developed regions, in China several thousand years orthodox consciousness he argued, the historical accumulation of too deep, too strong cultural sense of belonging, as well as more and more self-closed.
, And Wang Qiang drink at the wine到凌晨两点more the next day, but also climbing Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, only with unfinished Xing-back quarters.
Looking back on Lijiang trip, a little a little regret is that the past few years tourism development in Lijiang too fast, once tranquil and quiet atmosphere of life has been destroyed quite a lot. The whole city is full of bustling tourists and variety of shops, like a super-big market. These will not be the original intention of the ancient city residents, should belong to a kind of helpless economic progress bar.
April 9, 2002 Horse Spring Moon at the Fujiya
Author: ttzrb
