Why has Shuhe Ancient Town in Lijiang become a stall market now?

Friends who travel frequently will find that every city has its own square, and there will be more squares in those tourist cities. For example, there are many squares in Lijiang, the most famous being Sifang Street, Shuhe Ancient Town, Baisha Ancient Town and Dayan Ancient Town. In fact, if it is not clear, many tourists will think that this is a street, because this square is like a rectangle, because the short side is narrow and the long side comes. Sifang Street is also named after these three squares.

Because this Sifang Street is located in the center of three ancient towns in Lijiang, although there are many shops around it, their business is also very hot. In the past, Shuhe, Baisha and Dayan were all very important commodity exchange places on the ancient tea-horse road in this place. Many people set up stalls here to sell tea and various daily necessities, but now it is difficult to see the scene of setting up stalls because of economic development.

Although Dayan Ancient City is very prosperous now, in fact, at the beginning, Naxi people first built Baisha Town on Lijiang Bazi. Because there was a flat land at the foot of Yulong Snow Mountain, Baisha Station was built there, and then the economic and cultural center was moved to Shuhe, so it was said to be Shuhe Ancient Town at that time, and finally it was built in Dayan Ancient Town. The square street in Baisha is smaller than that in Dayang and Suhe, and looks more like an ordinary street. Therefore, many old people in Mei Duo bask in the sun under the big tree in the square every day, or when they are free, they spend their time there.

In fact, among the three ancient towns, Baisha ancient town has the longest history. It has a history of 1000 years. You can see the majestic posture of Yulong Snow Mountain anywhere here, unless you have your back to it, so it is also a very good scenic spot. For foreign tourists, it will be shocking every time they see it, but for locals, they are used to it.

Compared with the square streets of Dayan and Shuhe, the area of Baisha is not as big as theirs. However, due to the long-term scarcity of tourists, the area here seems to be wider than the other two places. Dayan is like an affectionate girl, and Baisha is like a girl next door, gently waiting for her sweetheart to come here and slowly listening to her legendary story.