Where is Xichang? What interesting tour guides are there in Xichang?

Actually, I don't know much about Xichang. I only know that people call it "Sun City". It took me a long time to know why. It is because of the long sunshine time here that we have such a beautiful name. I was deeply attracted by this special name during my trip, so I came to Xichang.

See Xichang for the first time.

It takes only 50 minutes to fly directly from Kunming to Xichang. This time I have luxury goods and bought first class. In fact, it is only about 300 yuan more expensive than economy class, but I think it is "on the high side". You don't have to wait in line to check in, and you go directly to the VIP counter without waiting in line for security check. I went straight to the special passage, sat in the VIP lounge, drank cool orange juice and ate sweet cakes, and then looked at the chaos in the ordinary waiting area outside the window. It's heaven and earth.

Xichang Airport is about 30 kilometers away from the urban area, and the taxi fare is 60 yuan.

I booked the "Seven Days Hotel Chain" on Jixiang Road online, but when I arrived, I found that the hotel was too remote and the traffic was inconvenient, so I could only stay for one night. Pack your bags and take a taxi to Datong Gate 10 yuan, the ancient city.

Xichang ancient city

Xichang ancient city has a long history, and has set up a county here since the Yi people surrendered to the Yuan Dynasty. However, at present, only the old site of Datong Gate (the south gate) remains in the ancient city, and other historical sites of the city gates have been destroyed.

Walking into the ancient city, the unpretentious house witnessed the history of Xichang. Compared with the bustling Yuecheng Square, it looks very clean here. On both sides of the old street, except for the traditional manual silverware workshops of the Yi people, most of them are stalls selling herbs and agricultural products.

I don't know the difference between Yi medicine and Han medicine, but it seems unrealistic to use the stems, leaves and roots of some plants to treat diseases. What interests me is a kind of fruit called "ginseng fruit" on the fruit stand. This kind of fruit looks like a gourd, but it has a baby face. I've seen it in Kunming before. Strangely, it is also planted in Panxi, Sichuan. I was going to buy some to try, but I was reluctant to eat this lovely "doll" and gave up the idea.

I bought two Jin of cherries, 15 yuan/Jin. It's delicious, even more delicious than the cherries I tasted in Lushunkou, Dalian. This is probably because Xichang has a long sunshine time, which is conducive to fruit growth.

In the evening, the small restaurants and rice noodle shops in Laojie were closed, so I took a taxi back to the hotel, ordered delicious pork and crucian carp recommended online at a barbecue shop near the hotel, and took fireworks to taste the unique barbecue delicious in Xichang.

There are only two kinds of seasonings for barbecue, a bowl of Chili powder and a bowl of peanuts.

The next morning, I checked out and booked the Drunk Taiping Hotel in Qionghai Town through E Long. It takes about ten minutes to take a taxi from Jixiang Road. The fare is 19 yuan. Zui Taiping is a three-star hotel, with a room price of 298 yuan/room in off-season and 500 yuan/room in peak season.

Qionghai

Before the sun rose, Qionghai looked like other lakes, which even made people feel a little sorry. However, when a ray of sunshine shines on the lake, it is sparkling and colorful.

Qionghai has clear water and abundant fish and shrimp. When you walk to the lake, you will inadvertently see groups of small fish swimming by.

It feels very quiet.

The northeast of Qionghai is Lushan Mountain. Take a cable car to 25 yuan/person. The terminal is halfway up the mountain. There are Guangfu Temple and Yi Slave Society Museum.

Guangfusi

Walking slowly down the mountain road from Guangfu Temple, all the way is green. A few stubborn monkeys appeared on the mountain road from time to time. According to local people, these wild macaques are extremely fierce and often attack tourists. Therefore, you can't leave easily without buying some peanuts or fruits to feed them. Obviously, this is the local people trying to sell their peanuts and fruits. I replied with a smile: "only wild animals have always been afraid of people, and no one has ever been afraid of wild animals!" " " .

Go through the monkey forest and come to the Liangshan Yi Slave Society Museum, which is open for free. You can buy tickets with your ID card.

liangshan yi slave society museum

Yi people are mainly distributed in Yunnan-Guizhou-Sichuan area in southwest China, which is very similar to Tibetans. They have their own language and writing. Daliangshan in Sichuan is a place where Yi people live in compact communities, and its population is only slightly less than that of Chuxiong and Baoshan in Yunnan. Where did the ancestors of the Yi nationality come from? There are two theories in history, one is that the local indigenous people naturally multiply, and the other is that the Qiang people in the northwest went south and mixed with the indigenous people. In any case, the Yi nationality is one of the oldest nationalities in China. Since the founding of New China, slavery has been practiced until 1956.

The magnificent square statue in the center of the museum is a tall and majestic Yi man who plays the horn, symbolizing that he has got rid of the shackles and bondage of slaves. This place can be said to be the landmark of Xichang.

There are booths for renting Yi costumes around. Rent a suit to take photos, 10 yuan.

It's already noon when I came out of Lushan, and I just took a bus to find food near Yuecheng Square in Xichang City. Before I came to Xichang, I heard that there was a terrible food here: "killing potatoes"! But I asked several locals one after another, and they all shook their hands and said they didn't know.

In fact, it is very difficult to communicate with foreigners in Xichang. Yi people have always used their own language, even Chinese, and can't speak Mandarin. What they say is far from other places in Sichuan. Their accents are neither like Yunnan's nor Guizhou's. They speak too fast to understand at all.

When I am about to be disappointed, I will go to a stall near the square for a barbecue. At this time, a dark-skinned Yi girl stood beside me, slim and with long hair fluttering. I asked her without much hope: "Beauty, do you know where there is a' killing potato'?" She turned to look at me, then smiled, pointed to the front and whispered to me, "It's in front of the famous shop street."

Boutique Jie gourmet

Sure enough, I found the "killer" shop on the second floor in the famous shop street. There are not many customers in the store, and potatoes are 5 yuan/serving. As soon as the boss heard that I wanted two extra spicy ones, he said directly, "Change them to ordinary spicy ones. I'm afraid you can't eat anything particularly spicy. " I glanced at him and replied faintly, "Never mind."

Soon, potatoes came up. Two small portions in a plastic bag don't contain any peppers. However, when I put potato chips in my mouth, I realized why it was called "fatal". In short, delicious beyond description, but even hotter than described! My tongue is cramping.

I broke out in a sweat because of "killing potatoes" and drank two bottles of iced mineral water, so that my tongue finally regained consciousness. I know that besides "killing potatoes", Xichang has two famous delicacies, namely drunken shrimp and meat.

So, I started searching on the tip of my tongue in the food street next to the famous shop street.

But strangely, those two things can't be found in the food street, but rice noodles can be seen everywhere. The rice noodles in Xichang are very thin, so it is more appropriate to call them rice noodles, but unlike Yunnan people who like to call them rice noodles, Yunnan people call them rice noodles.

I sat down in a crowded rice noodle shop and asked for a bowl of chicken rice noodles. The taste is very general. I thought this so-called food street was probably fooling foreign tourists.

Returning to Fengqing Town by bus, I was pleasantly surprised to find that every restaurant and night market stall here has drunken shrimp meat. I found a restaurant at random and ordered 60 yuan/portion of drunken shrimp and 50 yuan/portion of tuotuo meat. Drunken shrimp is really delicious, but the peeled meat is not as delicious as the legend.

The night in Qionghai is quiet. I was going to see the moon by the lake, but the weather was bad and it rained heavily. Television is boring, too. I changed several channels, all of which were anti-Japanese dramas.

The next morning, the heavy rain suddenly stopped. I go for a walk in Torch Square by bus. The square is very big and has national characteristics. Then walk slowly to Haimen fishing village. This fishing village is very similar to Lujia Village in Guilin, but the overall design and construction quality are obviously better.

Haimen fishing village

"South Red Agate" originated in Baoshan, Yunnan. It was only discovered in Xichang in the last ten years. In Daliangshan, many Yi climbers dig everywhere regardless of life and death. It is said that a good quality stone can buy hundreds of thousands or even millions. Getting rich overnight is not a myth. After those Yishan people made a fortune by digging stones, they bought cars and houses in Xichang city and squandered their money. Therefore, Xichang, a small town, is also a place where hidden dragons and crouching tigers are hidden.

I bought an old Yi woman's bracelet at the entrance of the "South Red Agate" trading market, two strings 100 yuan. Later, I saw an agate bracelet of the same quality in the store of Xichang Airport, and the price was 9800 yuan.

It's really a "crazy stone". I regret that I didn't buy all the materials of the Yi old woman at that time. Otherwise, one day "South Red Agate" will be heated by the market, and I will become rich overnight. The more I think about it, the more I regret it.

When I returned to Fengqing Town at noon, a row of small restaurants on the roadside were almost all Sichuan noodle restaurants. Originally, I was not interested in noodles, but unfortunately the rice noodles in Xichang were too fine, so I chose wonton, which is also called "wringing hands" in Sichuan. The wonton in Xichang is very distinctive. Instead of making soup, fry it and sprinkle with Chili powder and pepper powder. Tender outside and tender inside, with unique taste.

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I reluctantly checked out of Qionghai and took a bus to Xichang Ancient City.

The ancient city is still so leisurely, and there are few customers in those small shops. Originally, I saw a food program "Bigfoot Walking the World" in Taiwan Province Province, which introduced the Yi silverware workshop in the ancient city. I want to buy a pair of silver bracelets or bracelets as souvenirs. However, it's a pity that I didn't find the shop recommended by TV programs.