I stayed in Kunming for a month. I just graduated from university and went to Kunming for employment training. Because of "One Meter of Sunshine", my young girlfriend and I went to Lijiang for an "Aventure". So, who hasn't been to Yunnan when they were young? In Yunnan, such a big tourist city, there are still swarms of people pursuing the so-called "cleaning the soul and returning to self" every year.
I will not deliberately spend time and money to travel to Yunnan, unless it is like the few times in June 2019, because I set foot in Yunnan again because of business trips, and revisited the old places in my busy schedule, and returned to the place where I punched in when I was young. Road, looking at the scenery I have seen in the past, of course, I also want to tell the truth and make a big inventory.
The following is an introduction to the four-city tour of Yunnan:
【Zhaotong article】
This is the first time I have heard of Yunnan Zhaotong. As a result, the people around me said, Zhaotong summer, Zhaotong apples, don't you know? I didn't know Zhaotong in Yunnan until I went there. It is known as the "Autumn City" because it is a famous summer resort city. At the same time, Zhaotong is also the "hometown of apples". Zhaotong's "ugly apples" are famous for their delicious taste. So, this time, I went to Zhaotong in the hot July in Chongqing for a weekend summer vacation. It turns out that Zhaotong is not only cool, but the mountains in the scenic area are beautiful, and the urban construction is also very complete. It is a very livable city.
Dashanbao Black-necked Crane Nature Reserve
Departure: Yuzhong District, Chongqing——Zhaotong City, Yunnan
Way: self-driving
One-way: 500 kilometers (slightly 6-7 hours) toll 305 yuan / one-way
Tickets: Dashanbao: 98 yuan/car Long's Ancestral Hall: 10 yuan/person
Friday: Drive to Zhaotong, check in Jiangshan Hotel Zhaotong Night View, eat Zhaotong small meat skewers at night
Saturday: Dashanbao Black-necked Crane Nature Reserve Long Family Ancestral Hall
Sunday: Zhaotong Museum Wanghai Park Return
Don't go back the whole way!
Zhaotong accommodation and night view
Zhaotong City is more than 500 kilometers away from Chongqing, and is one of the popular cities where Chongqing citizens choose to live as a summer resort. Chongqing citizens generally choose to go there by car, and the self-driving time is about 6-7 hours. At the same time, Chongqing also has a direct flight to Zhaotong, and it takes 1.5 hours to reach Zhaotong.
We chose Jiangshan Hotel this time. It is located in the city center, especially close to the barbecue street where you can eat the famous Zhaotong small meat skewers. It is less than 1,000 meters away on foot, and the price is relatively high.
The rooms are clean and spacious.
The breakfast variety is also very rich.
On the 23rd floor of Jiangshan Hotel, there is also a coffee shop on the top floor, as well as entertainment venues such as foot bath, health care, chess and card room.
On the last night, I also sent two well-sealed peaches, I like it.
The entire urban construction of Zhaotong looks very "grand". The road is very spacious, especially the night view, which amazes me.
Moreover, the inland people, especially the citizens of Yunnan, have yearning and obsession with the sea. All lakes and rivers are collectively called "sea", so artificial beaches will be built beside the "sea". Many children dig sand play. This is the case in Kunming, and so is Zhaotong.
The bridge across the river in Zhaotong is very creative. It used to be a dam and transformed it into a bridge.
There is also a musical fountain on the river.
Walking on the bridge, you can see the appearance of the former dam, and the water surface is divided into two sides with different heights because of this former dam, which is very cool.
Now this dam can no longer pass the boat, and it has a new vitality after planting water plants.
The entire bridge deck is made of white tiles, which looks very advanced.
There is also a sculpture of the old master standing on the side of the bridge, which is very tasteful.
Zhaotong - Big Mountain Bun
Recommended index: five stars
When you come to Zhaotong, the first scenic spot you need to visit is naturally the Dashanbao Black-necked Crane Nature Reserve. Because it is a nature reserve, it retains a good original ecology, so its magnificence is shocking. It is divided into 4 scenic spots: Jigong Mountain, Xianrentian, Tiaodun Lake and Dahaizi.
Especially the sea of clouds in the big mountains makes people feel like they are in the sky:
Dashanbao is an hour's drive from Zhaotong City, with an altitude of 3100-3140 meters and an annual average temperature of 6.2°C. So remember to wear a little more when you go to the big mountain bag.
We were very lucky. It was raining and the sun was out when we went to Dashanbao that day, so the changeable weather made Dashanbao present a multi-layered beauty. Surrounded by clouds and mist, blue sky and white clouds, it feels like 1 day = 2 big mountain bags with different scenery.
Dashanbao, as the wintering habitat of the black-necked crane, a first-class national protected animal, attracts photographers from all over the world to take pictures every year, as well as scientific and technological workers to investigate and study, including Qiaoqi A, chairman of the International Crane Fund. The "Northeast Yunnan Black-necked Crane Overwintering Expedition Team" sent by Qibo also entered Dashanbao.
In 1990, Zhaotong City established the Dashanbao Black-necked Crane Nature Reserve. Among the 5,554 known black-necked cranes in the world, the population living in Dashanbao has reached more than 1,000.
Although I didn't catch up with the arrival of Dashanbao black-necked cranes when I came in July, the sea of clouds in Dashanbao really made me beautiful.
The most popular story is of course the loyalty of black-necked cranes to love: black-necked cranes practice "monogamy" throughout their lives. If one of a pair of black-necked cranes dies in an accident, the other will die in love. They will fly very high in the sky, then fall from the sky and die with their necks bent. This kind of "one lifetime" also makes Dashanbao known as "journey of loyalty".
Dashanbao can provide tourists with scenery in different seasons in different seasons. July to August is the best season for Dashanbao tourism.
At the same time, Dashanbao is the best place for wingsuit flight enthusiasts. Every year, wingsuit flight challengers from home and abroad come here for championships and flight experience.
In Dashanbao, the most classic thing is to enjoy the vast view brought by Jigong Mountain with a vertical drop of 2,600 meters.
In Dashanbao, one of my favorite places is the Jigongshan Grand Canyon, where the view is extremely wide.
Jigong Mountain stands proudly in the clouds alone, and it looks like a golden rooster.
The buckwheat flowers, oats, and fragrant grass on the mountain are in pieces, layered on top of each other, with colorful colors, embellishing the desolate mountain bag into a dream world like a paradise.
Because it is a nature reserve, the ecological protection is very good. Many places look very primitive, with cattle and sheep grazing freely everywhere.
Therefore, Dashanbao is also a paradise for photographers, and they can come to capture large landscapes with different seasonal characteristics throughout the year.
Jigong Mountain is majestic and majestic. It is an ideal place to watch the sea of clouds and sunset. In Dahaizi, you can watch the sunrise and black-necked cranes. Tourists can climb Jigong Mountain, where they can watch the sea of clouds and the sunset.
Looking around in Dashanbao Scenic Area, a standard grassland scenery will be presented in front of your eyes. A large piece of green grass is dotted with a few cows and horses, and a few small lakes are scattered scattered. It would be a pity not to take a camera to record this heavenly scenery.
There are simple local residents on the mountain selling baked eggs and baked potatoes, which are baked with cow dung. I ate a baked egg, which was a real local egg, very fragrant and delicious.
Now you can visit Dashanbao by taking a unified sightseeing bus, 98 yuan/person.
Zhaotong——Long Family Ancestral Hall
Recommended index: four stars
In my mind, the second scenic spot in Zhaotong is the Long Family Ancestral Hall, which was built by the last Yunnan King Longyun during the Republic of China to worship his ancestors. The whole building is a combination of Chinese and Western, which is worth a closer look.
The Long Family Ancestral Hall was first built in 1930 and completed in 1942. It not only has a city wall, but also the first tennis court in Yunnan.
There are many ancestral halls in Yunnan, but the architectural design concept of the Long Family Ancestral Hall is very unique, and the architectural concept of the fusion of East and West can be seen everywhere.
The main body includes the two major building complexes of the ancestral hall and the courtyard, and there are auxiliary facilities such as gatehouses, granaries, crescent pools, gardens, watchtowers, tennis courts, city walls, and moats.
As soon as the ancestral hall enters the courtyard, the tall three-fold water-style screen wall is one of the largest and best-preserved buildings in Zhaotong.
The exquisite wood carving structure and unique stone carving craftsmanship are worth observing carefully.
In addition to the places where they live, the big families also have ancestral halls. The ancestral hall is a place where Confucianism worships ancestors or sages.
The ancestral hall has many purposes, mainly for worshiping ancestors, and also as a place for grandchildren of each house to handle marriage, funeral, birthday, and celebration.
It is worth noting that clan relatives sometimes discuss important affairs within the clan, often in the ancestral hall.
Now the descendants of this "King of Yunnan" will come back here once a year.
Now in the Long's ancestral hall, you can see the life story of King Yunnan, including some developments of his descendants.
Before Long Yun became the chairman of Yunnan Province, Mrs. Long had gone west. At the end of 1928, in order to comfort her mother's spirit in heaven, Long Yun first moved her mother's coffin to the north of Xiaosong Mountain in Duojiwan, Zhaotong. Longwan was selected as the site for the construction of the ancestral hall. The purpose of the Long Family Ancestral Hall built by Long Yun is to arouse the family's sense of honor, belonging and national pride through the interpretation of righteousness and filial piety, and make the Ancestral Hall the spiritual home of the family.
After knowing the story of Yunnan Wang Longyun, I really feel that he is still very great, and he is indeed a very famous anti-Japanese hero.
The architectural charm of the Long Family Ancestral Hall has endured for a long time. It is because Long Yun followed the principle of coexistence of tradition and openness that it has a long vitality. A ancestral hall can bring together Chinese and Western art, minority culture, and Confucianism and Taoism. The historical allusions are rich and vivid, which is the embodiment of Long Yun's advanced thinking and inclusive mind.
This is the floor plan of the shrine:
The story about Longyun:
Long Yun (1884~1962), formerly known as Dengyun, styled Zhizhou (or Zhizhou, Zizhou), was born in Zhaotong, Yunnan, and was of the Yi nationality. The second general of the Kuomintang Army. Graduated from Yunnan Lecture Hall. He once served as the head of the 14th regiment of Tang Jiyao's Department of the Yunnan Army, the former enemy commander of the Yasukuni First Army, and the commander of the 38th Army of the National Revolutionary Army. In 1928, he served as chairman of the Yunnan Provincial Government. In October 1945, Longyun was dismissed as the chairman of Yunnan Province, and Longyun, who had been the "King of Yunnan" for 17 years, stepped down sadly.
The ancestral hall is composed of three courtyards to form a four-in-one courtyard, including screen walls, rolling doors, halls, hatchbacks, and main halls. In front of the hall, there is a stone carving of "Five Dragons Holding Saints", and Chen Rongchang's book "Dragon Family Ancestral Hall" is hung in the middle; On the Banwangzhu, there are plaques such as "Fengyu Wanxiong" and couplets inscribed by Zhang Taiyan and others. The hall is dedicated to Longyun's ancestors.
It is precisely because of such a strong historical connotation that the Long Family Ancestral Hall exudes a charming brilliance.
The cherry trees brought back from abroad by the descendants of Long Yun in the Long Family Ancestral Hall bear fruit every year.
There is also a lotus pond, just next to the first tennis court in Yunnan.
The courtyard is a traditional four-in-one five-patio building, including the main house, the inverted seat, the hatchback and the east and west corner towers. The whole building is magnificent, and the components such as pillars, foundations, fans, sparrows, hangings, etc. are carved with stories of characters, auspicious animals, grasses, Bogu patterns, or painted with clouds and dragons, rare birds, and small scenes, reflecting Yunnan's woodwork, Exquisite artistic level in stone carving and painting.
The narrator said that the water is changed only once a year, but it is quite clear.
The entire Long Family Ancestral Hall is surrounded by a "small Great Wall" to form a quadrangle.
A small view of the ancestral hall:
Tickets: 10 yuan
Zhaotong——Zhaotong Museum
Recommended index: three stars
Understanding a city starts with understanding its history, so punching in the museums of each city is the best way to understand the city. The appearance of the museum is composed of a large ship and a simple and elegant Chinese seal, which means carrying history and pioneering.
Zhaotong Museum is the only comprehensive museum in Zhaotong City, with a collection of more than 16,000 cultural relics.
In the Zhaotong Museum, you can learn about the development of human civilization in Zhaotong from ancient times to the present.
Zhaotong Museum was completed in 2011 and opened to the public free of charge. The museum area covers an area of 3,722 square meters, with a building area of 13,400 square meters and an exhibition area of 6,500 square meters.
Zhaotong Museum currently has more than 500 pieces (sets) of cultural relics in its collection, including 11 pieces (sets) of first-class cultural relics, 10 pieces (sets) of second-level cultural relics, 258 pieces (sets) of third-level cultural relics, and nearly 300 pieces (sets) of general cultural relics. Another collection of more than 2,000 pieces (sets).
I have reviewed the story of King Yunnan again here.
Zhaotong City Museum has five exhibition halls: "Ancient Footsteps·Long History", "Old Revolutionary Area·Red Memory", "Republic of China Zhaotong·Blood War of Resistance", "United Homeland·National Charm" and "Cultural Brilliance·Bringing Talents in Large Numbers".
I did not expect that Zhaotong has a long history. This land has a history of human activities, dating back to 50,000 to 100,000 years ago. In a cave in the northern suburbs of Zhaotong City, in 1982, the archaeological team conducted a general survey of cultural relics and discovered A human tooth fossil, after scientific determination, this human tooth should be left by humans 50,000 to 10 years ago.
You can see a wide variety of ethnic minorities in Zhaotong, Yunnan. I like to see these.
I think it would be more perfect for Zhaotong to put Zhaotong apples in the museum for everyone to know.
Address: Middle Section of Zhaotong Avenue, North New District, Zhaoyang District, Zhaotong City
Zhaotong - Wanghai Park
Wanghai Park is built on the basis of Enbo Building. The landmark building of Wanghai Park - Enbo Building was built in the 25th year of Qianlong in Qing Dynasty, known as "Wanghai Building".
At that time, there was a vast ocean here, and there were waves and blue waves around the building. Ai Xing'a, the governor of Yunnan, visited the tower and saw the willows along the gate reflecting the sun and the wind, the water downstairs was shimmering, and the waves were shaking the sky. ", which means the mighty grace of the emperor. During the Xianfeng period, the building was destroyed by a fire. At the end of Guangxu, Yang Lvheng raised huge sums of money to rebuild it, and added houses, corridors, pavilions, flowers and trees in front of the building, making it beautiful. But the two trees in front of the Enpo House survived.
At that time, I also saw old photos of the Enbo Building in the Zhaotong City Museum. Look, those two trees are still so overbearing:
There is a couplet inscribed on the gate of the building: "Thousands of weather are full of mountains and fields, and willow towers meet the Phoenix." Here is the reputation of "Enbo Mirage", one of the "Eight Scenic Spots of Zhaoyang".
The name "Enbo Tower" was built to thank the emperor who was in power at that time for his great kindness, and to show that the current emperor's kindness has spread to places like Zhaotong, so it has another name, Enbo Tower.
In 2010, Wanghai Park was officially completed, the Enbo Building was renovated, and an artificial lake was established.
Now it is an urban park for the people of Zhaotong City to walk and play.
Wanghai Tower was identified as a municipal cultural relics protection unit in 1983.
Address: Foothills of Phoenix Mountain, Zhaotong City
Zhaotong Meat Skewers and Zhaotong Apples
When you come to Zhaotong, Yunnan, you must eat Yunnan Zhaotong’s small meat skewers. This kind of small meat skewers that are popular all over the country has become the theme of the first episode of the documentary "A String of Life".
In Zhaotong, Yunnan, beef skewers are not accepted a la carte. If you want to eat, please place an order of 50 skewers or 100 skewers. Only this order will be tasty enough.
We chose a two-story stylish chain brand - Seven BBQ.
In Zhaotong, there are barbecue towns of various sizes. Eating small meat skewers at night in Zhaotong has become a way of life for locals and tourists coming to Zhaotong.
The small meat skewers are grilled with selected small yellow beef skewers, which are crispy and tender, and you can't stop eating them once you start eating them.
Paired with Yunnan beer, the nightlife of the food stalls is very down-to-earth.
Zhaotong small meat skewers are eaten locally, but there is another food in Zhaotong that can be packed and taken home, that is Zhaotong apples.
Zhaotong is known as the "City of Apples"
Benefiting from Zhaotong’s unique sunshine, water and soil, Zhaotong’s apples are bright in color, crisp in flesh, and rich in flavor, and are known as popular products in the market. Therefore, Zhaotong, the “City of Apples”, has a history of apple cultivation for nearly 80 years.
The Sayu apple base I visited is the largest apple trading and distribution center in Southwest China. You can buy apples from Sayu in Yonghui Supermarket in Chongqing.
Some people say that Zhaotong is an "ugly apple", but I, a person who doesn't eat apples, can't stop eating three in one go. So what if it's ugly? Delicious will do.
After eating and drinking enough, we headed back home and ended our 2-day tour in Zhaotong.
【Kunming Chapter】Kunming——Haigeng Dam
In addition to the many flights from Chongqing to Kunming, it can also be reached by railway within 4 hours. Therefore, although I missed the popular jacaranda season when I went to Kunming in mid-May, I was still surrounded by bougainvilleas. The streets and alleys of Kunming are full of bougainvilleas. In fact, there are no interesting scenic spots in Kunming, except for the old Golden Horse and Jade Rooster Square (shopping plaza), that is, the Haigeng Dam is more famous, because seagulls will come!
Of course, there were no seagulls in the season I went, the place was open, the dam stretched straight for three kilometers along Dianchi Lake, and you couldn’t see the side at a glance, the dam was more than 20 meters wide, and there was no entrance fee. Thousands of red-billed gulls fly here from far away Siberia every winter, attracting millions of tourists to visit this spectacular sight.
Haigeng Dam is not far from Haigeng Park. In winter, there will be countless seagulls flying here. There are many seagulls in Cuihu Park but the lake is not big. Haigeng Park is very windy, and they fly everywhere during seagull season. Although we didn't come here during the seagull season, the wind is really strong and whistling.
Dianchi Lake is located in Kunming, Yunnan. It is the center of Kunming's scenic spots, the mother lake of Kunming, and the largest plateau lake in Yunnan. It is known as the "Pearl of the Plateau". The dam is wide and long, and the parking is very convenient. Many newcomers come here to shoot exterior scenes. It should be good to come here during the seagull season, it's spacious. Without seagulls, it looks Just so so.
Just across the road from Haigeng Dam, there is a row of restaurants, most of which are mid-to-high-end, so it is a good choice to come here for business dinners. The large windows on the second floor of the restaurant face the Dianchi Lake. The mood is comfortable and the view is wide. The cooperation turnover rate is doubled, hahaha. We chose the Sleeping Beauty restaurant.
It is said that it is an out-and-out old shop, every flower and grass, lamps and tables are all elegant! After many years, the appearance of the restaurant has been baptized by some mottled years, and climbing plants are dotted around the walls.
Above the second floor are all private rooms, which need to be reserved in advance. They are very private and suitable for banquets. You can order various Yunnan specialties here.
Free self-service salad, snacks and dried rice shrimp are provided during meals. Signature dishes include dried beef, milk cakes, and cold rice noodles.
This restaurant is rich in vegetation. We ordered Yunnan special tofu, which I really couldn't eat.
Do you dare to eat the "worms" of the Eighteen Monsters in Yunnan?
Kunming—South Asian Style First Street + Stay at Wyndham Hotel
This time, I lived in Wyndham Kunming because of a business trip. Next to it is the South Asian style first street. It is actually a shopping plaza. I thought I was in Southeast Asia just by looking at the door. After entering, the shopping malls and street stores are still Chinese chain brands. But it's really beautiful at night.
Now the traffic in Kunming is more convenient than before, there is a subway. I remember that there was no subway when I came here 10 years ago, subways were being repaired everywhere on the street, and the road was full of construction sites.
After all, it is a Southeast Asian style street, so besides Kunming-style snacks, this street also has Southeast Asian flavors. South Asian Style Snack Street is open from noon to late night. Multiple buses arrive at Fuhai Township Station.
This time on a business trip, I stayed at the Qicai Yunnan Wyndham Grand Hotel in Kunming, which is just next to the South Asian Style Street, 50 meters away. I checked the price, and it was twice as expensive as the Wyndham I stayed in Ningbo, with an average price of more than 945 yuan per night.
Kunming Qicai Yunnan Wyndham Grand Hotel costs about 20 yuan to go to Dianchi Lake and Yunnan Nationalities Village. It is very close~ There are many gourmet shopping malls in the surrounding area.
There is a mirror TV in the powder room, and free hot milk is also provided at night.
The lobby of the breakfast buffet is also very atmospheric, with a wide variety of breakfasts.
The porridge of purple potato porridge is purple, so I took a picture. I still prefer to have breakfast at the hotel during business trips. It is convenient, hygienic, clean and healthy, and there are many varieties.
Let me show you my nutritious breakfast, which is rich in multivitamins and high protein, and supplements all aspects of nutrition needed by the body.
The coffee bar in the hotel lobby is also very atmospheric. This Wyndham claims to be the only platinum five-star hotel in Yunnan, but it is unknown.
This is the restaurant on the seventh floor.
You can choose fresh seafood for cooking by yourself. Of course, meals in hotels are expensive.
I went to the ethnic village 10 years ago, and I revisited the same place 10 years later. The whole scenic spot has not changed much, but people's travel habits will change. If this continues, the ethnic village may not be able to leave soon.
To put it simply, an ethnic village is a gathering place where twenty-six ethnic groups gather social and cultural customs.
If you really walk the entire scenic spot on foot, it still takes a lot of time, and the entire scenic spot is still very large. After all, it is inclusive of the minority characteristics of 26 ethnic groups. So we decided to take electric cars at that time. There are just six of us, and the electric car master suggested that we charter the entire electric car and take us to stop and go throughout the scenic spot. The charge is 300 yuan/car = about 2 hours.
I think it is very interesting to see the customs and characteristics of 26 ethnic groups in one scenic spot for the first time I came to the ethnic village ten years ago.
However, with ten years of changes, the vigorous development of the tourism industry and the update and iteration of the tourism market, this traditional check-in model of tourist attractions can no longer meet the needs of current tourism consumers.
If I want to really understand the folk cultural characteristics of the 26 ethnic minorities, I will choose to go to the original gathering place of ethnic minorities to understand and explore, instead of just looking around in an artificial scenic spot like this . The definition of an ethnic village is the same as the "Window of the World" and "Splendid China" in Shenzhen back then. It condenses the big world into a small place, and sooner or later it will be eliminated.
Just like the "Window of the World" in Shenzhen, we can fly to Paris to see the real Eiffel Tower, why do we need to squat down to see a microscopic building that has been scaled down many times? Out, this way of travel is really out!
And the tickets for the ethnic village are not cheap, 90 yuan/person. Many "tour guides" at the door ask tourists if they need to explain, it seems to be 100-150 yuan/person.
In fact, the ethnic village is still very careful in terms of hardware construction, but the traditional way of tourism has been eliminated by the times.
Yunnan is indeed a large country of ethnic minorities, which is why such a collection of scenic spots with 26 ethnic minority cultures was born.
There are mainly Dai, Bai, Yi, Naxi, Wa, Blang, Jinuo, Lahu, Tibetan, Jingpo, Hani, Deang, Zhuang, Miao, Shui, Nu, Mongolian, Buyi, Dulong, Villages of 26 ethnic minorities including Lisu, Pumi, Manchu, Hui, Yao, Achang, etc., ethnic song and dance halls, ethnic squares, Yunnan Ethnic Museum, laser fountains, water curtain movies and other tourist facilities.
The characteristic costumes of each ethnic group are still deeply in my heart. I remember that I changed into ethnic minority clothes in the ethnic village to take pictures 10 years ago.
I ran to the place where I took the photo ten years ago and took another photo.
I am a ox, so I specially took a photo in front of my zodiac sign.
The master who drove the electric car for us has been introducing us all the way. Packing an electric car = packing a small tour guide. We are still stuck in this minority "village" to watch the performance during the time period when there is a performance. Guess which ethnic group this is?
Which nation is this?
I watched the performance of "Barefoot on the Blade" again.
I originally wanted to enter this ethnic village to experience the Internet changes brought about by "Traveling Yunnan with a mobile phone". However, after downloading, I can only see live videos in every corner of the scenic spot, and there are discounts for buying tickets. I don't feel this smart tourism. Can save the obsolescence of the scenic spot.
Therefore, unless changes are made, what awaits the ethnic villages is death.
【Lugu Lake Chapter】
Of the four places in Yunnan, my favorite is Lugu Lake, which is really beautiful and suitable for a weekend daze.
Lugu Lake——Traffic Overview
Chongqing has direct flights to Lugu Lake, so it is completely possible to fly to Lugu Lake for a weekend lying down. The flight time is also very reasonable, and the non-holiday fare is also very reasonable. The flight information is shown in the picture:
lugu lake
After the peak season of summer vacation, the round trip should be cheaper, and should not exceed 2000 yuan/person/round trip.
This is Ninglang Lugu Lake Airport. When you arrive at the airport, it is actually nearly 30 kilometers away from Lugu Lake, so you still need to take a bus to the Lugu Lake Scenic Area. But from the moment you get off the plane, you can feel the good mood brought by the transparent visibility of Yunnan and the blue sky and white clouds.
Ninglang Lugu Lake Airport is actually very small. After getting off the plane, walk from the airway to the waiting hall.
After picking up the luggage, there is a small counter at the exit, the only place where you can buy the only official airport express ticket at Lugu Lake Airport, because my accommodation is in Daluoshui Village, so 30 yuan/person can arrive by panoramic bus destination. There are 2 lines: Daluoshui to and from the airport: Ninglang to and from the airport.
This airport - the panoramic bus of Lugu Lake is very distinctive. You can feel the transparency of the full glass from the top of your head to the left and right windows. You may think you are sitting in a spaceship, and you can see the scenery at 180° without dead ends:
After driving for about 20 kilometers, you enter the toll gate of the entire scenic spot of Lugu Lake, and then the driver asks everyone to get off the car and go to the window to buy tickets for the scenic spot of Lugu Lake, 70 yuan per person, then get on the car and enter the gate, and then officially enter Lugu Lake Scenic area.
When hovering on the mountain road, you can overlook the entire Lugu Lake from a high place. It is really beautiful, so the design of this panoramic car is very careful.
Lugu Lake - Daluo Water Village
Daluoshui Village, also known as Daluoshui, is the earliest village developed around Lugu Lake, so it is more convenient to live here.
There are a lot of B&Bs, hotels, and inns in Daluoshui Village. Basically, the area around the lake is full of accommodation and catering, and the business flavor is also very strong.
Daluoshui Village has relatively complete service facilities, a complete range of shops, and many small shops selling special souvenirs. It is the first choice for many tourists to Lugu Lake.
But Lugu Lake is really beautiful, maybe it was the first time I came to Lugu Lake and encountered good weather, I don’t think I need to go anywhere, just lying by the lake and looking at this beautiful lake is an extremely comfortable thing.
There is no need for a filter at all, just take a random shot and it will be a blockbuster. Although I only stayed in Lugu Lake for less than a day this time, I was very lucky to have the most essence in my eyes.
Lugu Lake is the highest lake in Yunnan Province and the third deepest lake in China. The surrounding areas of Lugu Lake are mainly inhabited by Mosuo, Yi and Pumi.
You can charter a car around the island in Lugu Lake, and there are still some scenic spots around the lake, such as Caohai, Lige Island, the viewing platform and the Marriage Bridge.
There are many afternoon teas, coffee shops, B&Bs, and inns in Daluoshui Village. The upstairs is the accommodation, and the downstairs is the coffee shop.
Lugu Lake was called Luku Haizi in ancient times, also known as Zuosuohai, commonly known as Lianghai. In the Mosuo language of the Naxi people, "Lu" means a valley, and "Gu" means a lake, which means a lake in a valley. The Lugu Lake scenic spot is surrounded by lofty mountains, and there is a snow accumulation period of more than three months a year. Lugu Lake is regarded as the "Mother Lake" by the local Mosuo people. It is also known as "Penglai Wonderland".
In Daluoshui Village, there are wooden houses of Mosuo people along the lakeshore, and most of them are converted into hotels that can provide accommodation. In the evening, the local Mosuo people will wear traditional costumes and perform songs and dances. After enjoying the folk songs and dances, you can go to the tent set up by the lake to have a barbecue.
There is a winding gravel path beside the falling water lake. The Mosuo people on the roadside have converted their homes into hotels. The wooden houses lined up along the path are beautiful and distinctive. There are bars, department stores and specialty shops.
You can also ride horses at Luoshui Wharf.
Watching the runaway wild horses is also a kind of fun, hahahaha
Just walk along the lake to see Lugu Lake, and I feel really relaxed and comfortable.
There are many pig trough boats near the lake in Daluoshui Village. Tourists can pay a fee to take a boat tour of the lake, and they can also go to two small islands on the lake.
Lugu Lake - firewood chicken
When you come to Lugu Lake, you must eat the local specialty - firewood chicken.
I think that when you come to Lugu Lake, you can find a chai turkey restaurant at random. The taste should be not too different, and they are all quite delicious.
The one we ate at was called "Dear Chai Turkey" near our inn.
Making firewood chicken on the spot is a bit like the kind of stove my grandma cooked when I was a child.
When the fire is strong, put down the chicken and seasonal vegetables, and fry them together in a large iron pan.
The bottom of the stove is traditional firewood, and the chicken is cooked in an iron pan with oil and sauce, and then the steamed buns are pasted on the side of the pan and baked.
The taste of the grilled chicken is great, usually two or three people can eat half a chicken, and then it is really delicious with cumin powder and other ingredients.
Come and feel this pot of chicken, just looking at it makes me hungry again.
Highland barley Baba is also called Lijiang Baba, which is a very delicious coarse grain snack. Whether it is sweet or salty, as long as it is delicious when it is hot, I believe that everyone who travels to Yunnan will not easily miss this snack.
Here's another set of beautiful photos I took at Lugu Lake, it's really pleasing to the eye and the eye,
Lugu Lake - Mosuo Folk Museum
After a night of sleep, I was leaving for Lijiang at noon the next day. I was going to Caohai in the morning, but it was pouring rain, so I went to the Mosuo Folk Museum near Daluoshui Village.
Because this is a museum privately opened by local Mosuo people, the fee is 30 yuan per person. The introduction is co-founded by Weng Jici Erqing, a villager of the village, and his friend Ruheng Tsering Dorje, and it is the only museum in China that reflects the social and folk customs of matrilineal clans.
There are flower houses in the style of Mosuo's daughter country, grandmother's house, scripture hall, cultural relics museum, picture materials, and large and small exhibition halls with the theme of world intangible cultural heritage. This ticket also includes special explanations. I just met 4 companions The post-90s who traveled together formed a small team of 5 people. Otherwise, I guess the staff would not want to talk about it. Hahaha.
If you are brought in by locals, you don’t need tickets. There is a flower climbing performance (it was raining heavily when I went there and no one was performing). It’s okay to learn about the cultural customs of the Mosuo people here.
The Mosuo people are an ethnic minority living by the Lugu Lake. The wooden building is their unique building, and the brazier is the place for cooking at home. The bacon is placed next to the brazier, and it has been cooked little by little over the years. The wooden carvings in the wooden house are very distinctive.
The traditional two-story Mosuo wooden building is built here with all logs, and the inner second floor has a circular overall outline.
But there is a place to buy medicinal materials. Be careful when you buy medicinal materials. They say that they are from a family of traditional Chinese medicine, and they lie to you to buy Gastrodia elata. The man-made ones are wild. I heard a sentence and left, I was not fooled.
Here, I learned the custom of "walking marriage".
Walking marriage is a unique marriage method of the Mosuo ethnic minorities in Yunnan and Sichuan. The Mosuo people are a matrilineal society, and there is basically no marriage system except for a few who marry wives or recruit sons-in-law to increase the number of family workers.
Walking marriage is a way for like-minded men and women to go to the woman's house to get married, maintain their relationship and give birth to the next generation. Since women are in charge of the household in a matrilineal society, the children born will be raised by the mother's family, and the biological father will hold a public banquet at the full moon to acknowledge their blood relationship. Men call female lovers "Axia", and women call male lovers "Azhu".
Mosuo people seldom get along with men and women alone during the day, and only express their hearts to their loved ones by singing and dancing at parties. If a man falls in love with a woman, he will go to the woman's "Hualou" (the room of an adult Mosuo woman, independent of the grandmother's house or "family house") in the middle of the night after making an appointment with the woman during the day. Traditionally, he will go there on horseback. But you can't enter the flower building through the main entrance, but you have to climb the window, and then hang hats and other representative items outside the door to indicate that the two are dating and ask others not to interfere. Then you have to leave before dawn, and you can leave by the main entrance. If you leave after dawn or after the woman's parents get up, it will be considered rude.
After about half an hour, I left.
Address: Luoshui Village, Ninglang Yi Autonomous County, Lijiang, Yunnan
Opening hours 8:30-16:00
Price: 30 yuan/person
【Lijiang article】
I took a car from Lugu Lake to Lijiang, about 3-4 hours/one way. There is also a scenic spot along the way, I can’t remember the name, but it is beautiful:
Lijiang - Lijiang Old Town
The second time I come to Lijiang, the ancient town of Lijiang has to charge the entrance fee, which is called the ancient city maintenance fee of 50 yuan.
Once you enter, it is still the big waterwheel.
There is also the same row of densely packed archways. Take another photo at the same location.
The Old Town of Lijiang is indeed very commercialized now, it just has a big circle, all selling things, whether it is selling services or selling tourism products, I think this kind of tourism is actually a bit out of place, where there are so many things to buy.
The geographical location of the ancient city of Lijiang is really good, coupled with the unique blue sky and white clouds in Yunnan, it really gives people a great holiday atmosphere.
The perfect combination of the right time, place and people makes Lijiang a representative of "slow life".
In the ancient city of Lijiang, you don’t need to look for anything specially, just stroll around slowly to eat, drink, buy and buy, that’s all.
There are also a lot of homestays in the Old Town of Lijiang. Choosing to live in the Old Town of Lijiang is a different taste.
There are still some scenic spots in Lijiang Old Town that are charged separately.
This time we went to a separately charged attraction: Lion Rock.
Near the entrance of Lion Rock is an Internet celebrity check-in place, because you can see the whole picture of Lijiang Old Town, so there are many cafes popping up in this area. This is a panoramic view of Lijiang Old Town taken in one of the cafes.
Because Lion Mountain is the highest point of Lijiang Old Town, you can see the whole picture of Lijiang Old Town in this area.
Sit in these window cafes and drink a cup of coffee, look at the panorama, and see the golden old town of Lijiang under the sun, which is actually not bad.
Lijiang Old Town - Lion Rock
Lion Mountain, named for its resemblance to a sleeping lion, is surrounded by the ancient buildings at the foot of Lion Mountain. It is the best place to enjoy the panorama of Lijiang Old Town. Tickets: 35 yuan / person.
To enter the Lion Rock, you have to climb a flight of stairs to reach the Wangu Tower.
Before climbing the stairs, let's take a panoramic view of Lijiang.
Because it is a paid attraction, there are not many tourists here.
Wangu Building is a pavilion-style five-story five-layer eaves all-wood structure building.
It is a landmark building in Lijiang City. It is 33 meters high and has 16 main columns, all of which reach 22 meters to the sky.
Entering the building is the highest and highest point of Lijiang, and you can see the whole picture of Lijiang in four directions at 360 degrees without dead ends.
Wangu Building is the back mountain of Mufu, which belongs to a part of Mufu, and is the Tusi Manor of Mu Family in Lijiang.
The Wangu Tower is 33 meters high, symbolizing the 330,000 people of various ethnic groups in the former Lijiang Naxi Autonomous County.
There are also scenic spots such as Chongcui Pavilion and Tianchi in the Lion Rock Park. There are also "Sanba Forest" and "Model Forest" facing the riverside in the south, with antique gatehouses and horned eaves.
The column is 22 meters long, reflecting the folk saying that "good things come in pairs" and the custom of choosing two days for marriage.
There are 2,300 auspicious patterns painted inside the building, representing 23 stone carving patterns of Lijiang, implying good weather and good harvests in the four seasons of the year. There are 9,999 carved and painted dragon patterns in the whole building, plus there are ten thousand dragons in the caisson on the roof, which means that Lijiang is the beautiful homeland of the descendants of dragons.
The plane of the Wangu Building is square, with a width of 18 meters and a depth of 18 meters. Four pairs of stone lions with different moods are placed at the entrances on all sides.
The 16 Tongtian pillars reflect the legend of the nine brothers Kaitian and the seven sisters Pidi in the Dongba hieroglyphs of the Naxi people, implying that the sons and daughters of Naxi will create a beautiful world together. The murals inside are beautiful.
Wangulou is interpreted as "Millennium Wandailou" in Dongba language, and "Wengulun" in Naxi language, which means viewing from a commanding height. Because of its homonym, it is named "Wangulou".
In the north, you can see the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain in the distance, the ancient city of Lijiang, and Lijiang New Town at the foot, and the Naxi village and pastoral scenery in the south.
I still insisted on climbing to the highest point of the Wangu Tower to see the panoramic view of Lijiang at the highest point, mainly to see the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain.
There are 6 floors in total.
It's an Internet celebrity cafe. Because it is quite close to Lion Mountain, of course you can see the panoramic view of Lijiang.
Generally, Internet celebrities choose to take various concave-shaped photos on the second floor of the "First View".
Continue to walk freely in Lijiang Old Town.
Take a photo with the little beauties of ethnic minorities in the ancient city of Lijiang.
Old Town of Lijiang——Two Pagodas
This is a comprehensive store where I buy milk tea + tea leaves in Lijiang, called Sanzhuer. It is located on the East Street, which is less than 100 meters into Lijiang Old Town, and has 2 floors.
It is completely built according to the branding route, and the overall style is green. On the left side of the first floor is the operation room, drinks and pastry display cabinets, and there is a free tasting area opposite the fresh and elegant tea room. The second floor is the rest area.
The display area on the first floor displays a variety of neat and diverse tea products. I bought a tea in the shape of a book = one of the tea book series + 6 small bags of tea to give away, and I will also get a beautifully packaged tea gift bag (drink by myself) if I buy the full amount. The total is only more than 300 yuan. Post the goods to my home. I don't have to bring it home at all.
There are also military elements of World War II in the second store of Sanzhuo, which is full of characteristics.
The decoration on the second floor tends to be ethnic style. The colorful curtains on the roof, characteristic chandeliers, and lazy sofas create a very lazy and comfortable resting space.
According to reports, this hump-selected black tea is from the origin of the 3200-year-old tea ancestor tree in Fengqing, Yunnan, and has a long history.
Looking out from the window sill on the second floor is the layered view of the ancient city of Lijiang.
The specialty of the product area is the tea book series, there are many kinds, such as Love Diary, Adam and Eve, Flying Tigers Commemorative Edition, Hell's Angels, Panda... Each tea book has its own characteristics, and it is still very good to give away It's worth it, and the price is not the kind of rip-off, which is acceptable.
The salesperson is very enthusiastic and patiently introduces you the characteristics and prices of various tea packages in different packages one by one.
There are also a lot of desserts in the store, and the price is relatively affordable. It is rare to see such a standard branded dessert shop for afternoon tea drinks in Lijiang Old Town.
Consumption: 6.6-70 yuan/person
Address: No. 85, Jishan Lane, Xinyi Street, Dayan Street, Gucheng District, Lijiang City (Shop No. 13-15, East Street)
Lijiang Old Town - Dayan Flower Alley
Dayan Flower Alley is a scenic spot under construction in Lijiang Old Town.
It is an ancient alley integrating "Yunnan characteristics, intangible cultural heritage, cultural and creative brands, and in-depth experience". It is the first tourist theme town of Cedar Cultural Tourism in Yunnan. In general, you can watch performances here.
It is indeed a bit refreshing to remove the hustle, noise, and chaotic commercial phenomena in the ancient city, and incorporate pure Naxi traditional crafts, food, singing and dancing, etiquette, tea ceremony, and jade culture into the theme town.
In the town, you can experience the following projects:
"Meet·Lijiang": The Forever Caravan——Performance
"Meeting Lijiang": Prequel to the Legend of the Caravan——Performance
"The Return of the Caravan" Long Street Banquet
The "Eight Bowls" dishes of the Long Street Banquet were listed in the first batch of intangible cultural heritage in Lijiang in April 2005, reflecting Lijiang's food culture and using local ingredients and processing methods. At the same time, tourists can also watch the street performance "The Return of the Caravan" on the spot, sit at the same table with the caravan actors, have a conversation and interact, and feel the local folk customs.
Gesang flowers in Yunnan are really growing so well!
The tie-dye on the top of the head looks pretty against the blue sky.
This row of stairs is located in Lijiang Square, where a landmark Naxi archway in Dayanhua Lane stands. It is said that in order to be able to build this archway, the top craftsmen of the Naxi nationality were specially invited to build it with painstaking efforts, just to restore the original taste of the Naxi nationality.
Come here, there is a Lijiang Eye viewing platform. It is quite beautiful here, and you can also see the panoramic view of the lower part of Lijiang Old Town.
Looking down at the panorama of the ancient city, you can see that the densely packed roofs form a large area, overlooking the entire ancient village of the Naxi people.
In the distance, you can clearly see the Wangu Building, surrounded by a piece of green, it looks extraordinarily beautiful.
Lijiang Old Town - Caravan Cuisine
The "Eight Big Bowls" dishes of the Mabang Long Street Banquet were listed in the first batch of intangible cultural heritage in Lijiang in April 2005. They condense Lijiang's food culture and national essence. They use Lijiang's original ecological ingredients, and the processing method is primitive and simple, with a mellow taste. .
The theme restaurant of "Meeting the Caravan" in Dayan Flower Lane, here is the authentic taste of the ancient tea-horse road.
The restaurant is decorated in the caravan style closest to the original ecology, and the most original Yunnan ingredients are used as raw materials, and the dishes are cooked in the most authentic caravan way, forming an ancient tea-horse road on the tip of the tongue.
It is understood that the chef of the restaurant is the descendant of the royal chef of the caravan, which overturned my previous traditional impression that the caravan cuisine is just local chicken hot pot, and I really felt the flavor of the rivers and lakes on the ancient tea-horse road.
Drink the strongest wine and eat the most authentic caravan dishes.
Caravan Restaurant Lijiang Old Town—Fang Guoyu’s Former Residence
In the ancient city of Lijiang, in a key protected residence in Wenzhi Lane, Wuyi Street, there are more than 70 rooms in total. It is said that more than 1 million yuan was spent on the renovation of the old residence.
Relevant staff went to Kunming and Beijing to search for many of Fang Guoyu's former friends, students, relatives, and alumni, and collected a large amount of precious personal information. The entire former residence is composed of 8 parts, including "the road to study, sleepy and eager to study, Fang's family, former residence architecture, academic achievements, social activities, condolences and remembrance, and Fang's family school".
Fang Guoyu (February 15, 1903-December 24, 1983), courtesy name Ruicheng, was born in Lijiang, Yunnan, and was of the Naxi nationality. A famous Chinese historian, ethnologist, philologist, linguist, local chronicler and educator in the 20th century.
In fact, I think his name is very familiar, but I really can't remember who he is, and it only took 15 minutes to visit the house.
Fang Guoyu's former residence is an ancient residence with a history of nearly 200 years, which is divided into upper and lower courtyards. Standing on the street, what comes into view is an arched gate with a fan-shaped upper part, and a plaque with "Fang Guoyu's former residence" in green characters on a white background is inlaid on the fan-shaped gate. On the second gate further ahead, there is a plaque of "Shigongdi" in the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty. The upper and lower courtyards are not only connected by passage stone stairs, but also form a small courtyard with the pattern of "three squares and one screen wall". There are small gardens behind the east and west main buildings of each courtyard, forming a small world of its own.
In the central hall of the two courtyards stands a bronze statue of Fang Guoyu. There are 6 exhibition rooms in the courtyard, including "Road to Study", "Family Care", "Scientific Research Achievements" and "Teaching Achievements", displaying more than 200 frames of photos and more than 120 manuscripts, monographs, pens and inks and furniture of Mr. Fang Guoyu in various periods of his life. and other relics.
Address: No. 32, Wuyi Street, Gucheng District, Lijiang City
Type: Former Residence of Celebrities
Ticket Information: Free
Lijiang——Jade Dragon Snow Mountain + Maoniuping + Blue Moon Valley
Generally speaking, basically all tourists choose the classic line of Yulong Snow Mountain Glacier Park + Blue Moon Valley + watching "Impression Lijiang" = 1-day tour.
Generally speaking, most people will climb to the top of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain to Glacier Park at an altitude of about 4,500 meters, but we went there very early and in the morning when the fog had not dispersed, we chose to go up the mountainside by the Maoniuping cableway. Jade Dragon Snow Mountain is really a big area.
There are also some cheating itineraries that take the cableway to Maoniuping. I advise everyone to be cautious when following the 1-day tour. Generally, those who choose to take the Maoniuping cableway do not really reach the snow-capped place of Yulong Snow Mountain. There is a distance, and there will be no snow. Go to the dense fog in the morning, and the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain will only show its sharp tip.
On the cableway, you can feel the thick fog on the mountain. Before going on the cableway, I spent 30 yuan per person and rented a down jacket. It turns out that Maoniuping is actually not that high, it’s not cold at all, and there’s no need to rent down jackets, just wear long-sleeved ones yourself.
Sure enough, when we got to the mountain, there was a vast expanse of whiteness, and we didn't know what was ahead.
There is a temple in Maoniuping, which does not require tickets, and merits are voluntary.
Maoniuping is a newly developed scenic spot. Because the altitude here is higher than that of Yunshanping, it is more of an alpine meadow scenery. You can see the peaks of Yulong Snow Mountain in Maoniuping.
Because it is located in a high altitude area of 3600-3800 meters, people with high altitude sickness still need to pay attention to altitude sickness.
Except for small wild flowers, the most common thing on the ground is cow dung. Cow dung everywhere, it really is Yak Ping.
After the fog cleared and the sun came out, Maoniuping was still beautiful.
The peak of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain appeared.
In the past, Maoniuping could ride horses. A few years ago, all the snack bars and horse riding spots were canceled after the tourism rectification (now there is only one place to buy snacks and snacks in the rest room). Walk along the plank road to enjoy the beautiful scenery of alpine meadows and Jade Dragon Snow Mountain.
The Maoniuping cableway is also called the middle cableway, with a total length of 1,200 meters and a vertical height difference of 360 meters. You can take the cableway to the upper station, Maoniuping, which is 3,700 meters above sea level.
When I was a child, the wind and grass in the language books looked like cattle and sheep. This is a typical meadow pasture, and there is an alpine snowfield scenery as the background.
This is also the summer pasture of Tibetan herdsmen at the foot of the mountain. Every spring, summer and autumn, they drive their cattle and sheep to the mountain, and they also live in the summer hut here.
I suddenly had the illusion that I was in Switzerland, hahaha, except for the tangy smell of cow dung reminding me that I was in Yakping.
Few people come to this attraction now. All go to Glacier Park.
When going down the cableway, the eyes were clear and the sky cleared.
But I didn't see yaks.
The cableway ticket office of Glacier Park, Snow Mountain Bazaar, supermarkets, restaurants including Snow Mountain Bazaar (outdoor), and watching "Impression Lijiang" are all in the same place, in a plain area at the foot of Yulong Snow Mountain.
We had a small hot pot in one of the restaurants.
There is also KFC here.
There is also a small supermarket.
Most of the Glacier Park ticket offices are group tours.
This is an outdoor snow mountain market, which is actually some restaurants.
This design of drinking coffee in the cable car is not bad.
After lunch, we went to the second scenic spot - Blue Moon Valley. The Blue Moon Valley is really beautiful and shocked me.
Blue Moon Valley, formerly known as "White Water River". On sunny days, the color of the water is blue, and the valley is crescent-shaped. From a distance, it looks like a blue moon inlaid at the foot of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, so it is called Blue Moon Valley. The name Baishui River is because the mud at the bottom of the lake is white, and the water will turn white when it rains, so it is also called Baishui River.
The river in the Blue Moon Valley was blocked by mountains during its flow, forming four large water surfaces, known as "Yuye" Lake, "Jingtan" Lake, "Blue Moon" Lake and "Tingtao" Lake.
It is also said that the moon is reflected in the blue lake against the blue sky, and because the Blue Moon Valley in "Lost Horizon" written by the British writer Hilton is similar to this, so it is named "Blue Moon Valley".
So too many newlyweds choose to take wedding photos here.
The ancient ice and snow from the snow-capped glaciers melted and flowed down the cliffs, continuously converging into mountain streams and streams, and finally formed a crystal-clear and extremely sweet river in the deep valley of the upper reaches of the Blue Moon Valley, because the river bed is composed of white limestone. , so that the whole river presents a white luster, which is extraordinarily pure, so it is named "White Water River".
The lake water in this place is blue, but it can only be seen and cannot be drunk, because the copper content in the water in this place is very high and cannot be drunk.
On the upper reaches of this lake is a waterfall.
There are not many tourists here, maybe because many people have altitude sickness after climbing the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, so they all go back to rest, or there are still a lot of people who don’t know that there is a blue sky at the foot of the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain. Moon Valley is such a beautiful place.
According to legend, the water here comes from the mouth of the Jade Dragon, and it is spiritual. Washing once is luck for officials, washing two is luck for business, and washing three is luck for peach blossoms.
The scenery here is like a blue gem.
Coupled with the good weather in Yunnan, the reflection in the lake is really beautiful.
Blue Moon Valley has a clear lake, so clear that you can see the stones at the bottom of the water.
Blue Moon Valley lies under the perennial snow-covered Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, and has four large water surfaces: Yuye Lake, Jingtan Lake, Blue Moon Lake and Tingtao Lake.
The shore of the lake is like spring all the year round, with luxuriant vegetation and snow-capped peaks as the backdrop. The water of the lake is transparent blue, dotted with greenery. The lakes and mountains reflect each other, like a dream, almost like a fairyland.
Lijiang - Shuhe Ancient Town
Compared with Lijiang Old Town, Shuhe Ancient Town has much less traffic and similar style, so a large number of newlyweds choose to take their wedding photos here.
When I walked in, I found that many young ladies in ancient costumes took artistic photos here, and there was a street full of various wedding photography studios. In fact, you can choose which one to shoot here, just like a photography base.
The crystal clear water in the ditch beside the road nourishes the aquatic plants.
Compared with Lijiang Old Town, Shuhe Ancient Town is quieter. It used to be a gathering place for foreign backpackers, and even foreigners opened shops here to do business.
You can visit Sifang Street during the day, taste Puer, eat flower cakes, and there is a snack street, all of which are local restaurants.
Because the Jubao Mountain behind the village is shaped like a peak piled up, the village is named after the mountain, which means "the village under the peak". It is one of the earliest settlements of Naxi ancestors in Lijiang Bazi. Shuhe Ancient Town is a part of Lijiang's world cultural heritage, the birthplace of Mu's chieftain, and a relatively well-preserved market town on the Ancient Tea-Horse Road.
I also ran into a newlywed couple who were taking photos of their wedding dress.
It is located four kilometers northwest of the ancient city of Lijiang. From Lijiang to Shuhe, you can take a bus or take a taxi. It usually costs about 25 yuan to take a taxi. You can also rent a bicycle from Lijiang and ride there. It is especially suitable for young people and couples.
This is a chain of cultural and creative collection stores I found in Shuhe Ancient Town - Mao's Sky City, which is relatively small and fresh.
The first floor is for books, cultural and creative works, and the second floor is for a coffee bar.
As an important part of Lijiang Old Town, a world cultural heritage, it was selected as one of the "Charming Towns in China" by CCTV in 2005.
The artificial small lake in the middle is surrounded by various restaurants and cold drink shops.
I walked around Shuhe Ancient Town for about 1 hour and visited every corner.
This is a restaurant, and the window design is really strong.
The sun was shining, and it rained when it said it would rain. I had to search for a milk tea shop and wait for the rain to stop. Fortunately, it only rained for a while.
According to the search, it is said that there is a relatively authentic Chen family in Shuhe Ancient Town.
Known as the No. 1 milk tea in the ancient town, I can only say that there are really too few milk teas in the ancient town.
The taste can only be quite satisfactory, not wrong. The price is also similar to the price of branded milk tea on the market.
After drinking this cup of milk tea, I bid farewell to my business trip to Lijiang.