From Shilin to Chuxiong

The second day of this trip to Yunnan, that is, July 22nd, 221, is the beginning of the group tour.

The tour guide, Ah Mei, is a Yi girl with a cool personality and speaks Mandarin well. She said that she used to be a people's teacher, but later she turned to be a tour guide.

I had breakfast at the Zhonghua Hotel. After dinner, at the same time, several travel agencies gathered in the lobby on the first floor, and a male tour guide came out first to call the roll. Unknown, I also told my son that this time it was a male tour guide. As a result, people didn't call our names.

Later, two female tour guides came out to shout for help, and shouted away the northeast aunts who had just greeted us.

ah mui came out last. There were only eight families in her group, but in the end, only seven families and fifteen people got on the bus. The last one didn't wait for them because he didn't get up 15 minutes after the departure time.

The bus is a minibus. I counted, except for the driver, there are only sixteen seats, which are just full. I always wondered if the family hadn't been late, I'm afraid this seat wouldn't be enough. Some people say that there is a child in the group, and the child may not have a separate seat, and there may be only one person in that family. However, this is just speculation.

After coming out of the hotel, I drove all the way to the east for an hour and a half before I arrived at Shilin County under the jurisdiction of Kunming City.

On the way, Ah Mui told us a lot about local customs.

Yunnan is a region inhabited by ethnic minorities and a border province. Of the 56 ethnic groups in China, Yunnan accounts for 52, and some of them want to be a part, which is a minority only in Yunnan.

the most populous minority in Yunnan is the yi nationality, which has many branches. Among them, most Yi people in Shilin County belong to Sani branch, while the Yi people in Amei's own birthplace belong to Axi nationality. We're going to weichu in the afternoon, where the Yi nationality is the settlement of Heiyi, an aristocrat among Yi people.

The Sani Yi people call the young man Brother Ahei, Brother Abaige and Brother Ahua, with Ahei as a compliment and the other two as derogatory. Girls are called Ashima. There is a movie called Ashima, and there is also a stone called Ashima in the small stone forest.

The custom of the Heiyi people is to kiss each other, and cousins get married more. Therefore, men are called Cousin, Cousin, and women are called Cousin.

The Shilin Scenic Area has a large area and many branches. Ah Mui told us to stay close to her, otherwise we would lose our way and it would be difficult to find someone. Because there are big stones everywhere, although they have different shapes, just as Guo Moruo wrote that poem: Look at the big stones from a distance, and look at the big stones from a close distance. The stones are really big, and they are really big.

The mountains here are mainly limestone, which will turn a mountain into a huge stone forest under the erosion of wind, sun, wind and rain in a long time. Whether it's the stones in the lake or the stones on the shore, whether it's the countless big stones gathered together or the lonely stones, they were originally one long time ago.

Imagine that scene. A magnificent mountain slowly and slowly fell apart. At first, there were many cracks. As the cracks became bigger and bigger, the mountain became a maze. At last, it became what it is now.

this is the power of nature, and this is the power of time.

In the face of nature and the long time line, our human history is really too short.

Maybe these stones will disappear as time goes by, but at least we have witnessed their beauty and wonder!

There are ten scenic spots in Shilin, among which Oishinohayashi accounts for seven and Xiaoshilin also has three.

First, we followed Ah Mui into Oishinohayashi's area. Sure enough, there are big stones everywhere, some like mountain peaks, others like ...

There are many inscriptions in the center of Oishinohayashi, including one inscription, which writes "the world is the best" as "the younger brother in the world", which is what the ancients said.

The eyes of the Stone Forest are at the peak of Dashilin, where there is a pavilion, which can shield visitors from the sun and wind and rain. These two days have seen the strong sunshine in this red soil plateau area, where the altitude is about 178 meters. The altitude of our hometown is only a few meters to tens of meters. The gap of more than 1 meters clearly feels the power of ultraviolet rays. So, along the way, I had to keep holding an umbrella.

After climbing the eye of the Stone Forest, you can only describe what you saw at that time as spectacular. No matter which direction you look down, it is a stone forest, with gray-black stones standing all over the place. After hundreds of millions of years of wind and frost, it constantly changes its shape until it becomes what it looks like before it meets us!

After coming down from the top, she followed Ah Mui in the other direction. After passing through the heart of Shilin, there are three stones called "heartless", another one is a bit like a heart, and the other one can't remember the name. The three stones have been touched by tourists coming and going as smooth, moist and crystal clear as a layer of patina.

After leaving Oishinohayashi, I soon came to Little Stone Forest. There is a landscape here, called auspicious three treasures. They are elephant, tortoise and golden toad. Among them, the golden toad is the smallest, lying on the turtle's head.

The stone called Ashima was the last sight. After going out, we left the scenic spot and went to have lunch by bus.

I spent most of the afternoon in the car.

Because the Stone Forest is in the east of Kunming, and the Chuxiong we are going to is in the west of Kunming. So, the car returned to Kunming, driving from the east to the west, which is equivalent to crossing the whole city. During this period, traffic jams are inevitable. It was not until after getting on the expressway that the speed was raised.

I arrived in Chuxiong after five o'clock in the afternoon. Along the way, the sun was scorching for a while, the rain was pouring down for a while, and there was a light rain ..... As Ah Mui said, a hundred miles is a different day, and a hundred miles is a different race!

it happened to be sunny when we arrived in Chuxiong. After getting to know the place for dinner, Ah Mei took us to a small scenic spot here, the Yi tribe.

The Yi people hold the Torch Festival on June 24th every year. There is a small square where the Torch Festival is held.

there is also a toast mansion, but you can't visit it. In the history of Yunnan, it can be said that there are toast everywhere, and every place has its own toast. In fact, their status is equivalent to the local local local tyrant, but they are only local emperors recognized by the rulers of the feudal dynasty. Toast is hereditary, grandpa passed it on to his father, father passed it on to his son, and son passed it on to his grandson from generation to generation .....

We had wild mushroom hotpot with local characteristics for dinner, which was very rich. Generally speaking, the taste of Yunnan cuisine is light.