If you want to slow down, you don't have to wait in line in the online celebrity store, just visit Old Town of Lijiang.
Old Town of Lijiang is a famous city with beautiful scenery, long history and splendid culture. Nowadays, when it comes to Old Town of Lijiang, people with small bridges and flowing water, such a leisurely and quiet lifestyle is even more fascinating. In the distant years, she is the hometown of wandering souls and the hometown that strangers yearn for.
Walking around Old Town of Lijiang, you can always meet streets of different lengths at the corner. The five-flowered stone roads with different lengths in the alley have built a smooth and graceful rhyme, which has amazed the world.
What people call "Foreigner Street" is Xinyi Street in Old Town of Lijiang, which is located between Xinhua Street and Wuyi Street and consists of Jishan Lane and Daxiaojie Lane. There are many bridges and weeping willows on this street. There are many restaurants and teahouses on the west bank, and there are calligraphy and painting antique shops on the east bank. You can enjoy and collect scenery all the way.
Walking into Xinyi Street, I saw a row of western-style dining huts such as Zeng, Jing Zhuo and Lan Page, and the ancient city was exotic and interesting. In Naxi restaurants, such as Yi Dining, Xuelou and Dingdang, you can also taste traditional foods, such as Lijiang Baba and butter tea.
In Xinyi Street, winding alleys, dense ancient houses and mottled stone roads are all "landscapes" along the street. There are also many handicraft shops in the alley, selling handicrafts such as calligraphy and painting, clothing, wood carving, pictures and earthenware. Bunong House in Jishan Lane, wood carving with Naxi window core, Qingxi Art Garden in Taitai Lane, landscape pictures and Dongba woodblock are all worth visiting.
Wuyi Street, a famous "cultural street" in Lijiang in history, is located in the east of the ancient city, out of the northeast corner of Sifang Street and across Dashiqiao. This street governs Xingren Lane, Wenzhi Lane, Wenhua Lane, Wen Ming Lane and Zhenxing Lane. It is a small street with three lanes with the prefix "Wen".
The favorite "Snow Mountain Academy" of literati is located in Xingren Lane, which trained a large number of talents for Lijiang during the period of 180. From 1723 to 1905, when the imperial examination system was abolished, Snow Mountain Academy * * produced two academicians, seven scholars, 6 1 juren, 12 deputy list, 154 tribute students, and the rest were students. Wenzhi Lane has the former residence of Fang Guoyu, a famous Naxi historian.
As the main street, Wuyi Street almost runs through the whole of Old Town of Lijiang, with various characteristic shops, colorful wooden sign wind chimes and other scenery that make tourists linger. When the sun rises in the morning, the time mark left on Wuhuashi Road is particularly bright, peaceful and comfortable in the morning light.
Youzhisan Street is also an online celebrity street in Old Town of Lijiang, located in Xianwen Lane, Guangyi Street, the ancient city.
To the south of Sifang Street, I walked into Longxianwen Lane, full of oil-paper umbrellas, as if I had broken into the misty rain south of the Yangtze River. In the long deep lane, the walls are covered with green plants and flowers, accompanied by a literary oil-paper umbrella in mid-air, just like the poem in the rain lane written by the poet Dai Wangshu: "Walking alone with an oil-paper umbrella, wandering in a long, lonely rain lane".
Looking up, the long oil-paper umbrella corridor, all kinds of pictures. Put on China traditional cheongsam and walk under an oiled paper umbrella, and you are the most fragrant girl in this street.
Old Town of Lijiang "Bar Street" is located in Xinhua Street, an ancient city, which is a very distinctive scenery in Old Town of Lijiang. From the ancient city waterwheel in the north to Gong Ke Square in Sifang Street in the south, it is transformed from an old wooden house, connected by a simple wooden bridge and distributed along the banks of Yushui River in Xinhua Street.
The ancient city is surrounded by mountains and waters, especially on Xinhua Street. From north to south to Sifang Street, then turn west and go uphill to Lion Mountain in the upper section of Huangshan Mountain in Xinhua Street. The houses on both sides are built on the mountain, Wenchang Palace, Jiefeng Building and Wangu Building stand on the top of the mountain, and the houses are built on the water.
In the center of this street, there are many protected houses and several inns. In recent years, with the increasing popularity of tourism in Old Town of Lijiang, restaurants and bars have poured into this street, and this street has gradually become known as "Bar Street".
Gucheng Bar Street is a paradise for bar owners. Here, all kinds of fine wines float with the wind, drum sets, keyboards, guitars, bass, etc. play together and flow with the gurgling streams. One meter of sunshine, a small bar, a cherry blossom house and every romantic name are enough to tie a wandering heart.
Qiyi Street is one of the four main streets in Old Town of Lijiang. It is the main street extending forward from the southeast corner of Sifang Street. It can be described as a snack street. The ancient city garden square, Guanmenkou, Department of Ancient Wells and Pomegranate Wells are its symbols and signs.
This street covers food, clothing, art and other shops, which are miscellaneous but not chaotic and full of artistic atmosphere. Whether looking for food, choosing special souvenirs, trying on national costumes, etc. This street has everything. In a word, you are right to come.
Sakura Restaurant is located next to the official entrance of Qiyi Street. When you walk into the Sakura Restaurant, you can shuttle through the corridor on the first floor of the restaurant. Flowers and birds in the garden will instantly relax your body and mind. You can also climb to the second floor to see the street view of network celebrities, with a delicious meal, which is very comfortable.
So, which one do you like best?
Photo and text Lijiang Reader He Qi