Three ancient towns in Lijiang: Dayan Ancient Town (Lijiang Ancient Town), Shuhe Ancient Town, Baisha Ancient Town, and Lijiang Ancient Town. Needless to say, they are highly commercialized, noisy, and complicated, but Shuhe Ancient Town and Baisha Ancient Town are the opposite, with beautiful environment, quiet and relaxed , compared with the three, the latter two have more original features of the ancient city
Shuhe Ancient Town
If the most charming thing about Lijiang Ancient Town is night, then the most beautiful thing about Shuhe Ancient Town is evening. "Under the setting sun, I greet Fragrant, who is the girl, I walked on that small bridge, and you sat on the stone slab...", I couldn't help but want to hum the song "Girl by the Bridge". Shuhe at sunset, whether it's stone roads or alleys, whether it's flying flowers touching the water or Naxi people, whether it's the bustling town or the quiet countryside next to it, all emit golden light. of a pearl. I like it here, only because it is quiet and peaceful but also gold-plated.
The smell of fireworks in Shuhe Ancient Town is what I want to pursue. There are many delicacies in Shuhe Ancient Town. There are many snacks on the street, as well as various fruits. Occasionally, you can see an old lady selling vegetables, which is very kind.
This time I accidentally went to a restaurant, which really surprised me. I first passed by the door of the store and was attracted by the environment, but in the end it was the food that conquered us. You can try it in Shuhe!
Baisha Ancient Town
Lijiang can also have such a quiet ancient town Now when people talk about Lijiang, the first word that comes to mind is "the capital of romance". I don't know when it started, Lijiang has been associated with Aventure, but is Lijiang really like this?
The reputation of Baisha Ancient Town is not very loud, and many people who come to Lijiang do not know this place. So it's not a place where many tour groups come. It also looks more peaceful here. In fact, it is not very far from Dayan Ancient Town, only about 10 kilometers away, and there are also buses in the urban area that can reach it directly. The traffic is still very convenient.
In fact, it has a long history here. It is the birthplace of Mu's chieftain family, bordering Jade Dragon Snow Mountain in the north, Longquan in the south, and Zhishan Mountain in the west. Baisha, the ancient capital of the Naxi people, was once the political, economic, commercial and cultural center of Lijiang. As the birthplace of the Mu family, the Mu family has accumulated experience in town planning in Baisha. As early as the Tang Dynasty, when the King of Nanzhao named Jade Dragon Snow Mountain as "Beiyue", the ancestors of the Mu family (who was still the king of Lijiang at that time) began to build Baisha Street and Beiyue Temple here. Baisha is the ancient capital of the Naxi people. It used to be the political, economic, commercial and cultural center of Lijiang. From the Song and Yuan dynasties to the early Ming Dynasty in 1383, the Mu family moved to Dayan Town, where Mufu is today.
When I came here, I found that there are also many distinctive and sentimental shops, but compared with the bustling crowds of Dayan Ancient Town, there are many fewer people on the streets here. And you can see many locals selling vegetables, etc. Walking here, you just walk into the lives of the locals unconsciously. Walking on the streets of the ancient town, looking at the mottled tiles and the earth walls that have been washed many times, I feel that this place is warmer than the brand-new commercial street.
The Baisha Mural is a very famous scenic spot here, and it is also the only charged item, with a ticket of 30 yuan. "Baisha Mural Painting" is the product of the great opening up of the Naxi people in the Ming Dynasty. Its painting lasted for more than 300 years from the early Ming Dynasty to the early Qing Dynasty. At the end of Ming Dynasty and the beginning of Qing Dynasty, Lijiang murals flourished and flourished, with a history of 500 years ago.
The existing murals of the Ming Dynasty in temples such as Baisha Liuli Temple, Dabaoji Palace and Dading Pavilion are extremely precious cultural relics. The murals in Dabaoji Palace are the largest among the murals in Lijiang. They were drawn in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, and there are 12 pieces in total, with 167 figures painted. The content is religious, but what is special is that in the same mural, there are not only Buddhist and Taoist Buddha statues, but also Lamaist Buddha statues. This kind of painting style that combines various sects is very rare.