Is Lijiang really a city of love affairs?

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I don’t know how many people come to the beautiful city of Lijiang, and how many people come here alone, wanting to have a romantic encounter.

When you are in a bad mood, you can come to Lijiang;

When you are heartbroken, you can come to Lijiang;

When you are under great pressure at work When you are alone, you can come to Lijiang;

When you are alone, you can come to Lijiang;

When you...

Lijiang seems to be an all-encompassing The city accommodates people of different moods and comes here to heal.

Lijiang seems to be another place that makes people imagine, but is Lijiang really a city of romantic encounters? How many people have really had an affair here?

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Before I came to Lijiang, I saw a friend describing the scene of an affair in Lijiang: a girl was drinking in a bar, and a young man immediately surrounded her. It was natural. He chatted with the girl and invited her to drink. Soon the girl was taken by the young man, and they walked out of the bar hand in hand...

The first reason why I want to go to Lijiang is to appreciate the beauty of Lijiang. You can relax while enjoying the beautiful scenery. Secondly, you want to see if this so-called city of romantic encounters is as exaggerated as others say.

I met a girl on the road in Dali, and we made an appointment to go to Lijiang together. On April 6th, we took a train from Dali all morning and finally arrived at the legendary Lijiang.

When we arrived at the youth hostel we booked, it was exactly the same as what I saw online. It was very warm and artistic.

The lobby on the first floor has some game equipment and a place to play guitar and sing. Next to it is a rocking chair designed for girls. Travelers staying here can do what they like.

Each floor has entertainment projects that we can play. We can read quietly on the balcony or play table tennis on the corridor.

The most interesting place is the rooftop of the youth hostel. The panoramic view of Lijiang can be seen from the rooftop. We can sit on the rocking chairs and enjoy the beautiful scenery, or we can use telescopes to appreciate the beautiful Jade Dragon Snow Mountain in the distance.

The person who checked us in at the youth hostel was a handsome guy from Guangdong. He enthusiastically recommended us interesting places in Lijiang.

He told us that the weather was better in the afternoon, which was suitable for horse riding and boating in Lashihai, and that their hotel could arrange a vehicle. We happened to think it was pretty good too, so we signed up to go to Lashihai.

We were traveling with three men from the youth hostel. We felt a little embarrassed at first, but when we heard that there were two soldiers among them, we immediately became interested.

We didn’t know it until we started talking, but when we did, we were shocked to find that the three men were actually three biological brothers, and we were fellow Sanmenxia fellows.

I rarely meet fellow villagers when I go out. I didn’t expect to meet them as soon as I arrived in Lijiang, which made me feel a little surprised.

We tasted their local chicken hot pot at the Naxi restaurant next to the Tea Horse Road. After eating, the five of us started on the road under the leadership of the horse leader.

I have always liked the feeling of riding a horse. I have ridden a horse before, but it only lasted ten minutes at most. This time we rode for nearly half an hour.

Starting from the flat road and riding uphill, the ponies were very thin and had lumps and bumps when going up the mountain. My companions were all complaining that their buttocks hurt.

When we were going downhill, the horse stopped and walked. Occasionally walking on the stone road, the horse's leg slipped slightly, and our palms became sweaty, for fear that we would fall off the horse's back. Fell down.

When we arrived at Lashi Beach, we started rowing in the water in pairs. The calm lake surface made us feel very peaceful, and we could occasionally hear the calls of seagulls.

A breeze gently brushed my cheek, which made me feel very comfortable. I was accompanied by the eldest of the three brothers.

He didn't like to talk much, so he turned up the music very high while rowing. We slid aimlessly on the lake while listening to the music, and we felt very comfortable.

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I don’t know since when, Lijiang Old Town requires a maintenance fee to enter during the day. It happened to be 6pm when we finished rowing, and we successfully avoided the maintenance fee collection time.

The so-called affair started in a bar in the ancient city. At night, the ancient city was brightly lit and there were guitarists singing everywhere.

When we walked to the bar street, we were immediately attracted by the deafening music. We took a closer look at the store, which is the famous Yimi Sunshine Bar.

We both cheered together, and saw loud music playing in the bar, and young men and women swaying to the music.

We were fascinated by the view, and the waiter at the door forced us to go in and take a look. We were startled by this move and ran away in panic. It felt so terrible that they were trying to forcefully solicit customers like this.

The ancient city was crowded with people at night, and the small bar street was very lively. Along the way, we encountered at least four or five Yi Mi Sunshine stores, and almost every store was crazy. Keep us at bay.

Now that we have arrived at Bar Street, even though we two girls don’t know how to drink, we still want to find a quiet bar, drink some orange juice, sit for a while and feel the atmosphere. In the end, we chose a relatively quiet small bar, Li Bar.

The songs sung by Xiaoba Li’s guitarists are all classic old songs. The lead singer's hair was so long that we initially thought he was a female singer. But his voice is really nice and magnetic.

We both ordered two glasses of juice, and then sat quietly in the corner listening to music and observing the people around us. We found that the people in the bar, whether they were couples or alone, were all listening to the music quietly, which was not as scary as we imagined.

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On the morning of April 7th, we went to Shuhe Ancient Town together, a relatively ancient place. After entering, it felt much quieter than Dayan Ancient Town.

Walking in Shuhe, we followed the direction of the river. The water was crystal clear and we could hear the sound of flowing water.

At around ten o'clock in the morning, we enjoyed the Naxi classical music. It was a stage dedicated to the two of us. Even though there were only two of us, the Naxi people were still very focused on the performance.

There is a Time Walking Hotel next to Shuhe. This hotel is very famous. I have seen it online more than once before, and I fell in love with it this time.

There are many travelers leaving their own traces here, writing postcards one after another to send to the people they cherish most.

I left my own traces here and bought a postcard to give to my future self. I just hope that one day in the future I will meet my then self here again.

We started walking to Baisha Ancient Town after finishing at Shuhe Ancient Town. It took two hours to navigate on foot. It was very hot at noon and we were very tired.

I wanted to try to hitchhike, but I never found a suitable opportunity. Unexpectedly, a tricycle stopped in front of us and asked us if we wanted a ride.

Baisha Ancient Town is very small. The most primitive Naxi villagers live here. A group of elderly people dance Alili dance in the square, which is particularly passionate.

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It gets dark relatively late in Lijiang, so my travel companion and I rode a small yellow car to play in the streets and alleys of Lijiang.

On the way, I met two boys from the Northeast who were also riding bicycles, so we went all the way to the beautiful Qingxi Reservoir in Lijiang.

It is said that this reservoir was originally the source of drinking water for Lijiang, and it is still very beautiful today. A group of us strolled along the path around the reservoir and were intoxicated by the beautiful scenery. There are one or two couples taking wedding photos around, adding a color to the beautiful scenery.

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We returned to the youth hostel in the evening, and our friends in the hotel invited us to play Werewolf together.

I was confused and didn’t know how to play, so I just watched them kill and kill, which was very interesting.

The two-day journey ended in a hurry and meaningfully. I don't know what the so-called city of romance looks like, maybe it's just like what others have described.

But the Lijiang I met was not like this. I met a group of interesting people at the Youth Hostel, and we all ate, chatted and played games together.

When I was traveling, I met people like me on the road. We walked together for a while and then left.

The so-called romantic encounter, I think, is meeting a better person like myself. How many of them are really here to have an affair?

Being able to meet and go together is a better affair.