How about traveling to Lijiang during the National Day holiday? Hainan is better.

Lijiang Tourism/Food, Clothing, Housing and Shopping 2007-09-30 16:5 1 Chapter 1: Clothes Raiders

In Lijiang, there is a great temperature difference between morning and evening. The weather is not stable either. As long as it is windy, rainy and snowy in Yulong Snow Mountain, the temperature of the city will suddenly change. Maybe just now, you felt that your face was sunburned by the sun, and then you would tremble with cold. In addition, if you want to go to the snowy mountain, there is no reason not to prepare more clothes (unless you want to rent clothes on the snowy mountain, I have nothing to say), so be sure to prepare enough clothes.

In addition, if you want to hike the Tiger Leaping Gorge or other places, you must prepare all outdoor equipment, preferably armed to your teeth (bring more chewing gum, which is refreshing and chewy).

If it's too much trouble, I'm not. There is bad weather in the city again. I suggest you buy some clothes at Qixing Street or at the entrance of the ancient city. Of course, the money spent will definitely be more expensive than that in your city.

Chapter II: Food Raiders

Most hotels in Lijiang are really disrespectful. The service speed is first-class and slow, the workmanship is second-rate, and the service attitude is third-rate. It is recommended not to eat in the hotel.

There are several ancient cities with good scenery and good attitudes, but the money spent is more than five times that of the new city, and the minimum consumption is also limited. It depends on your strength.

Lijiang's special snacks worth trying are as follows

Lijiang Baba, Sanchuan ham and bacon, diced chicken with bean jelly, rice sausage, butter tea, milk cake, milk fan, Leng Ye (shrimp) with ice powder, pork ribs hot pot and potato chicken.

If you are interested in the above, you can stay in our community and I will help you find the address and the cheapest place.

Chapter III: Housing Strategy

Living in Lijiang, the ancient city is the first choice, and the new city is not bad.

The price of the ancient city is generally between 40- 180.

The house price in the new town is around 120-800. There are generally no stars hanging on Qixing Street, about 50-80.

Tip: House prices will change with the off-season and crisp autumn.

Chapter four: Tourism strategy.

The following points must be noted.

1. The ticket for Shuhe Ancient City is now 35 yuan, but you can go directly in front of Li Kelong Supermarket on Xueshan Road. Van 1-2 yuan. Tickets to 0 yuan

There are tickets for 60 yuan in Heilongtan Park now, but you can go in for exercise for free before 7: 30. Sure, free visit!

3. If you are not interested in the snow-capped mountains, don't go, which can save the maintenance fee of the ancient city of 40 yuan and 80% of the mountain entrance fee. If you want to save this fee, you can charter a car to enter the mountain at 4-5 am. Cut your own fare!

Chapter Five: Purchase Strategy

When you go to a place, you always have to buy something special.

Old Town of Lijiang has been a commodity trading area since ancient times, so I went there to buy things first.

The ancient city currently buys the most silver, but 90% of the silver sold is from Heqing, Dali. On the other hand, Lijiang is traditionally made of bronze instead of silver. If you are interested, you can visit the Zhong Yi market in the ancient city. Of course, there are many friends who like silver ornaments. I want to buy some bracelets and pendants. I'll give you a reference price: one gram of sterling silver is about 3.5 yuan. If it is too low, it must be impure; If it is too high, there will be problems.

Lijiang's native products include homespun, woodcut (sculpture), Dongba cultural shirt, leather goods and so on. In this city, homemade fabric products, such as scarves, can be seen almost everywhere. If you don't need a lot, just buy it in the store. If the quantity is large, or you want to buy cloth, it is recommended to go to Lijiang Wool Mill. You can get there by taking bus No.3 in front of Baixin Shopping Mall in Xincheng. Just tell the driver to get off the wool car. There is a shop run by Naxi people next to Dashiqiao, and some people buy cloth.

Wood carving (carving) is a tradition of Naxi nationality, which is mainly used for sacrifice and decoration in houses, such as "Four Seasons Bo Gu" on doors and windows. After the rise of tourism, it became an important souvenir.

At present, there are seventy or eighty woodcut (carving) shops in the ancient city. Because it is handmade, it is very different-just like writing, it is written in the same way. Famous writers write about treasures, and so do you and I. The prices are very different.

Woodcarving: The Adong Craft in Xianwen Lane 13 of Guangyi Street is the most representative. His works won prizes in the province, and he was invited by the University of Washington to exchange with the United States. It is no longer a handicraft in the general sense, but a work of art, which is exactly the case, so the price is relatively high.

He can be said to be completely self-taught, but it is precisely because he has not received professional training that his works are naturally more and less artisan. He has been fascinated by sculpture since he was eight years old. From clay sculpture to stone carving to wood carving now, he changed from a pupa to a beautiful butterfly. He carves diligently in the shop every day, and generally does not take the initiative to greet people except the guests who enter the shop. You can enjoy his works quietly, and you can also enjoy the moving scenes in his works.

Woodcut: There are many woodcut shops in Old Town of Lijiang, which may be similar to that of amateurs. In fact, there is a big difference between the two, and some fail to achieve smooth and even lines. But it will still be bought by customers who like low-priced products. But I think they are too embarrassed to hang it when they buy it home on impulse. But unfortunately, those who really did well withdrew from the market, or even if they are doing very well now, because of the market, they can't make great efforts to make works destined for low prices.

Chimes: In the ancient city, a lot of bells were bought, and the "Four Seasons Peace Chimes" and "Yin and Yang Chimes" made by many small shops were very distinctive. But the most famous are two kinds.

One is the Bunun Bell sold by Bunun Bell Store next to Dashi. It is said that the inspiration comes from the author's lonely journey on the ancient tea-horse road, and it has become a famous souvenir of Lijiang because of the loneliness, drift and loneliness conveyed by modern people. This kind of bell can be seen in almost all the texts introducing Lijiang.

The second is to express Dongba culture through the carrier of wooden bell, which was named "Wooden Fish Bell" by the owner and written by Yang. His shop is at No.22, Cui Wen Lane, Xinhua Street, which is Bar Street. Because the host likes to make friends, he can often see some guests learning woodcut there, but they don't need tuition, but they have to buy it themselves after they finish it.

Shirts: Now there are more and more Dongba cultural shirts in the ancient city. I bought it well because it is practical and beautiful.

Lijiang Inn (Full Edition)

Travel is to measure a place, sometimes with your feet, and more often with your heart.

Travel is more about pursuing a feeling of living elsewhere, especially for self-help.

Therefore, the "living" necessary for life has been mentioned in a more important position-of course, you will have a sleeping bag, but in Lijiang, especially in the ancient city, you don't need a sleeping bag. Inns run by Naxi people in every corner of the ancient city can make you feel warm.

Speaking of the inn in the ancient city, we must also mention the ancient tea-horse road.

There are three main routes along the ancient tea-horse road: Qinghai-Tibet line, Yunnan-Tibet line and Sichuan-Tibet line. They all undertook the task of connecting Tibetans and Han people.

Lijiang is an important market town on the ancient tea-horse road in Yunnan and Tibet. Even the most important market towns are not many.

Previously, on the steep mountain road in northwest Yunnan, caravan was the only means of transportation here. Mules and horses carry medicines and livestock in exchange for subtropical silk and tea. From the Tang Dynasty, the ancient tea-horse road appeared on the Yunnan-Tibet line. The starting point of this ancient road in Yunnan is Dali, the capital of Nanzhao regime in Tang Dynasty. Dali, Lijiang, Zhongdian (Shangri-La) and Adunzi (Deqin) are very important hubs and markets on this route. The "tea" transported by Yunnan-Tibet line is mainly tea from Pu 'er, Yunnan, and also tea from Sichuan and other places.

Old Town of Lijiang, because of its geographical location, decided its most important resting place-going to the west for more than three months, and needed to prepare materials and supplies here. Before entering the mainland, we must rest in this warm place for more than three months-it will become a distribution center for materials. Naxi people are better at communicating with Han people and Tibetans. Therefore, Old Town of Lijiang, as the distribution center of caravan materials, must develop everything the caravan needs.

The tired caravan crossed the snow-capped mountains and suddenly saw Lijiang bazi lying in the arms of Jinsha River. It was time to rest. Almost most people in the ancient city are doing their best to provide various services for these caravans.

One of the most important things is to provide accommodation: caravans from all over Lijiang often gather in streets and lanes different from their native places. Shuang Shan Street (located in today's Xinhua Street) is the favorite place for Tibetan caravan to stay (including the famous "Yulong Lvma Store"). Merchants from Dali live and work in an alley called "Luojian Pavilion" (now Wenxian Lane) (Dali is called "Luo Jian" in Naxi language). Most of the merchants who settled in Xingren Street (now Wuyi Street) were caravan in Sichuan ("Laofudian" and "Qing Ji Store").

After liberation, the traffic became smooth, except for those extremely remote mountainous areas, the caravan gradually withdrew from the historical stage. It was replaced by other means of transportation. Everything that served the caravan disappeared in the fog of history.

However, the caravan is gone, but the walker will never disappear. At some point, he will return to reality in another way.

Travel is a kind of Jianghu life.

Travelers need a good sleep to keep their strength overdrawn for tomorrow's trip.

As a result, the inn opened happily in the ancient city, which was brilliant.

According to complete statistics, there are 136 inns in the ancient city. In order to find all these inns, I walked in the streets of the ancient city for more than ten hours. Now, you can attach the information of each inn to the back. Most of them can be booked by phone, or you can call them when you arrive in Lijiang and ask them to pick you up. Although you don't need this at ordinary times, it may help you find a satisfactory place during the Golden Week.

Most hotels in Lijiang are not particularly expensive. In the off-season, one bed is usually 15-20 yuan, and it will rise above 60 yuan in the peak season. There are more standard rooms now. In the peak season, especially during the Golden Week, the price is very high. Fortunately, self-help people generally do not need standard rooms.

Two years ago, the inns in the ancient city were basically run by Naxi people, but I found that 60% of the inns had been rented out by the owners. If you just sleep, of course it's nothing. But the difference between Old Town of Lijiang and other places lies in its culture, which is always reflected in all aspects of life. Only through careful experience can we truly feel the influence of Naxi culture on Naxi people's lives. And this kind of feeling, in the open shop, walking in the street, is not easy to understand. And the inn has become an extremely important way. Get along day and night, have dinner together, and chat with experienced Naxi masters, and you will certainly get something you can't see in books. Listening to you is better than reading a thousand words.

Many good inns have huge courtyards, all of which have a certain year. There are things that can attract your attention everywhere, maybe things that the host family doesn't care about. The big yard facing the sun, the tables and chairs in the yard, the running dogs and kittens, in the sleepy sunshine, you completely forgot where you came from and why you came. How delightful it is. This is actually just a part of Naxi people's life. You can even play mahjong with your master, because it's super simple and just for fooling around.

Facing the afterglow of the sunset, you can see the Shuhe River from a distance. The town is small, surrounded by mountains on three sides, and houses and tiles are hidden in the shade of ancient trees. The roof of Mohamad is green in the sunset, and the winding river is faintly visible. The water is sparkling, farmers are working in the fields, and there is a peaceful and peaceful pastoral scenery. Sunlight is filtered by a lush green, and clouds swim across the top of the mountain and float in the farmhouse garden. There are some doubts in my heart. Is there such a fairyland outside Old Town of Lijiang?

The car stopped at the parking lot at the entrance of the village and walked across the Qinglong Bridge at the entrance of the village. A tall "Shuhe" stone carving was pulled up by the afterglow of Lili's sunset, and the blue river flowed down the bridge, making a gurgling sound between leisurely heaven and earth. Rows of dense poplars and weeping willows were swept by the breeze, and the branches and leaves glowed with golden green light. On the street of the village entrance, there are Naxi girls in gorgeous costumes pulling simple looms. Look at that expression, they have completely ignored the arrival of tourists. It seems that this is their whole life, without a trace of dust. Occasionally, there were two birdsongs, which were so long and clear. There are colorful butterflies flying out from the grass lines on the roadside, swimming leisurely, flying calmly and leisurely. There are few tourists in the village, and the streets are quiet and serene. The afterglow of the setting sun swept the roof, slipped into the quiet streets, and cast strange silhouettes of the eaves on the walls and the ground. Gently pushed open the door of a quadrangle in the alley. The tall dead balcony in the yard was covered with strings of golden corn, strings of red peppers as transparent as agate and orange pumpkins on the windowsill in the yard. Golden corn, red pepper, orange pumpkin, blue sky, white clouds, green distant mountains, green shadows, all the colors are so clear, beautiful and pure in this world that you can gawk at it, and the people in the painting don't know it yet. Walking through a deep alley, at a corner of flowing water, a yellow domestic dog just lay leisurely in the middle of the road, motionless for a long time, and several fat chickens and ducks crossed the street leisurely, and no one was watching. People feel that when tourists are in Old Town of Lijiang, a few kilometers away, they are crowded with noise and the prosperity and fashion that block modern cities, and Shuhe, an ancient town with the same long history as Old Town of Lijiang, still shows its days of sunrise and sunset. Under the snowy mountain, it coldly guards its simplicity and tranquility. Suddenly an idea came to my mind, which made me want to give up my job and choose to stay here and live this simple pastoral life. My heart is silently praying, Shuhe will always be like this, staying outside the city, staying outside the noise of tourists and staying outside the time.

There is also a square street in Shuhe River, which is paved with Wuhuashi and granite. Think about the crowded situation of Old Town of Lijiang Square Street at this time, but the square street here is surprisingly quiet. The river on the street flows quietly and goes upstream, which is the source of this river, Jiuding Longtan. Longquan Temple, built by the pool, was covered with a layer of golden light by the beautiful sunset, climbing up the stairs and reaching the empty pavilion. The evening wind smells of weeds and flowers. The breeze leans against the fence, the fields in the distance crisscross, and the fish in the clear water swim nearby. Sunset, green hills, white clouds and snow peaks all seem to be born for the current blue brick house block. The flowing river reflects all this, and the wisps of water grass floating freely in the water gently soothe all this like a breeze. The rays of the sun are woven into the water and woven into a criss-crossing golden net, which ripples in front of your eyes and is beautiful. After watching for a long time, the distant mountains, nearby houses, rivers and pavilions seem to be woven into a dream net by an invisible hand. Now the ancient town of Shuhe suddenly makes people feel that its existence is so unreal. Along the way, you obviously stepped on the real countryside, but at this time, you are in a trance. This is actually a paradise that does not exist on earth. Suddenly, I saw a Naxi girl coming out of a dark alley in the sun and walking through a long, lonely alley. When I watched it again, I couldn't open my eyes because the sun was too strong. What a beautiful painting, this unexpected encounter on the plateau in northwest Yunnan, is very similar to the rain lane written by Dai Wangshu. Although I am not as lucky as the author of Rain Lane, I can't see the girl's "sighing eyes" and "lilac-like melancholy", and I can't see the rain in the sky and the oil-paper umbrella to cover the rain, but the scene I experienced in front of me is deep. Look at the river flowing quietly. The green plants in the water gently sway their charming waist, shaking the white clouds and blue sky in the water. The weeping willows on the shore sway their slender and elegant sleeves in the evening breeze, and the shadows of dark brown houses and scarlet lanterns sway in the water like dreams. For a time, I felt that there was a kind of otherworldly refinement and idyllic carelessness infiltrating people's bodies and minds in this world. Just make an appointment with your colleagues. Tonight, we won't stay in a hotel in downtown Lijiang, but in a beautiful moon-watching inn, just for the idyllic purity of the river and the clear sky, and the peace we have been looking for for for a long time.