One-day tour of Lugu Lake in Wumeng Prairie, with beautiful scenery and Mosuo style.

Recently, the custom wedding and beautiful tourist landscape of Lugu Lake in Sichuan have attracted tourists' attention. It is recommended that Lugu Lake is a unique tourist attraction in Sichuan, which is worth visiting.

Lugu Lake is located at the junction of Yanyuan County, Sichuan Province and ninglang county, Yunnan Province, commonly known as Zuosuohai, and was called Ledehai and Lugu Lake in ancient times. The lake is 2685 meters above sea level, 9.5 kilometers long and 7.5 kilometers wide, with a maximum water depth of 70 meters and an average water depth of 40 meters, with an area of 49.5 square kilometers and a storage capacity of 950 million square meters.

Lugu Lake is the largest natural freshwater lake in Sichuan, just like a huge white pearl embedded in the southwest of the motherland. Its picturesque scenery, ancient matriarchal customs, the "Noah's Ark" in Christianity and the drums in Lamaism are the focus of attention, attracting many tourists to this mysterious land every year.

In the northwest of the lake, there is the majestic Gemu Mountain, which is a personalized goddess gem worshipped by Mosuo people. The southeast of the lake is connected with Caohai. The grass is rich, the cattle and sheep are fat, the reeds are rippling in the wind, and the flowers are fluttering in the wind. In winter, rare migratory birds such as swans and black-necked cranes live here, which is very lively and beautiful. Zhoucun, a group of thousands of scenic farmhouses, makes tourists confused.

The Naxi Mosuo people who live by Lugu Lake have a unique marriage custom, and the heads of households are all women. Family members are related by blood and are all matrilineal. For example, among family members, grandparents are just grandmothers and their brothers and sisters, and mothers are just mothers, uncles and aunts. Call the divorced father "Po" or "Ada".

Lugu Lake is a plateau fault-dissolved lake with 17 beaches and 14 bays. There are five islands, three peninsulas and a seawall scattered in the lake, which are generally 0/5 to 30 meters above the water level. From a distance, it looks like a green boat floating on the lake. Among them, Heiwawu Island, Libby Island and Rige Island on the Ninglang side have become the three most valuable scenic spots in the lake and are known as the "Penglai Three Islands".

Lugu Lake has a very beautiful natural form, surrounded by mountains, full of magical functions, one bay and one island, either hidden or present. The lakeshore is graceful and winding. Alluvial beaches, large and small, provide tourists with a natural place to rest and play. The exquisite "Bodhisattva Cave" is hidden in the valley, which is an excellent place for tourists to feel, shade and enjoy the scenery of the valley.

This ancient lake is rich in cultural customs and beautiful natural scenery. The charm of the Mosuo girl, the elegance of the canoe and the fishing songs are one after another, which can be called "three wonders on the lake". In every Shanwan village in Lugu Lake, you can see Mosuo girls wearing beautiful clothes, graceful and exquisite.

Mosuo people living in local matriarchal families follow the custom of "men don't marry, women don't marry". The footbridge is a wooden bridge across the Caohai River and connecting villages on both sides of the river, with a total length of more than 300 meters, which provides a convenient passage for the "summer" people. It has the reputation of "the best love bridge in the world". Many tourists come here just to feel the sweetness of love.

The Black Lama Temple, built beside Caohai, is the oldest religious site of Benbo Sect of Tibetan Buddhism and the only black temple in Lugu Lake. Sacrificial activities held in accordance with the temple law have become a grand festival for Mosuo people. In the residence of Xiao Shuming, the last Han wife of Tusi Zuosuo in Lugu Lake, visitors can learn about the life of Xiao Legend.

Xiaoluoshui village at the foot of Geneshin Mountain is one of the oldest villages of Mosuo tribe. Ancient residential buildings and Mosuo's original folk customs are completely preserved here. With the opening up of the village, it has become an important base for tourists, experts and scholars to experience Mosuo customs.

In addition, there are some scenic spots along Lugu Lake, such as Lover Tree and Lover Castle. The concave bay between Luowa Peninsula and Boao Peninsula is one of the most beautiful bays in Lugu Lake. Whether boating on water or riding on dry roads, visitors will feel as if they are in Yaochi Wonderland.