One

Eight years ago, when I left Lijiang, I thought I would come again. Nevertheless, my trip to Shuhe Ancient Town originated from my daughter.

My daughter's wedding photography studio has set up a spot in Shuhe. As a photographer, my daughter will go to Shuhe once when she needs to work for a long time.

My daughter once sent me a postcard from Shuhe, and wrote the following words: Lijiang is beautiful, Shuhe is beautiful, wisteria is beautiful, and ribs are beautiful. I thought at that time, this girl, write a postcard and don't forget to eat.

In mid-May, my daughter went to Shuhe with her colleagues to shoot a sample wedding dress, so I took advantage of the opportunity to pick up some friends and went to Lijiang together, and chose to stay in Shuhe Ancient Town.

Second

There are no direct flights from Haikou to Lijiang, all of which are through flights. After waiting for a few hours at Guiyang airport, I rushed to Shuhe ancient town in Lijiang without stopping.

The lodging place is the inn reserved by my daughter, and my daughter and small colleagues are already waiting for us at the inn.

After the taxi turned into a small road from a wide and flat main road, it continued to drive in a narrow lane, and it was dark around, so I couldn't see clearly what was on the roadside.

Further on, with the dim lights not far apart, I saw the buildings next to each other on the left and a wilderness on the right, with several cars parked on the narrow road.

just wondering where the driver took us, we heard the driver say, here we are.

Just then, my daughter called in and asked if she had. As soon as I spoke, I saw my daughter trotting out.

When mother and daughter meet in a foreign land, a warmth spreads in the cold plateau at night.

The name of our inn is "my humble abode", which is located at the street end of the ancient town, opposite the Songyun parking lot. And this inn is not the most roadside, located behind a row of shops, and there is an "Adu Inn" on the side.

My daughter prepared a midnight snack for us-Lijiang's famous local chicken rice noodle, each with a local chicken leg, which was eaten warmly to dispel the cold.

A handsome boy was on duty at the inn. Later, I learned that he was the second shopkeeper. He didn't talk much, but his attitude was very good and considerate. A few of us exchanged pleasantries for a while. I saw it was too late, so I asked my daughter to go back to their office first. The shopkeeper said several times to send them back, but my daughter and small colleagues said no, just walk.

after our daughter left, we also settled down and washed and rested separately. In the room filled with the aroma of wood, I slept comfortably.

Third

Before I went to Shuhe Ancient Town, I did a little homework. I looked up some information about Shuhe ancient town on the Internet.

Shuhe ancient town is located in the northwest of Lijiang, which is called "Shaowu" in Naxi language. It is an important post station on the ancient tea-horse road and the best-preserved market town. In 25, it was selected as "China's Charming Town" by CCTV.

Shuhe ancient town is surrounded by mountains and rivers, with scattered houses and stone roads. There are one inn next to another in the ancient town. It is said that there are thousands, and there are seven or eight hundred registered ones.

Folk houses are an extremely important part of Shuhe ancient town complex. The typical structural layout of Naxi folk houses is: flowers are planted in the small courtyard, trees are planted in the big courtyard, and flowers and fruits are fragrant all the year round. Some people bring water into the hospital, store water into a pool, and match it with pavilions, which becomes a unique scenery of Jing Ya.

At present, most of the houses in the ancient town are built as inns. On the basis of retaining the wood structure, they are also made of glass, which improves the daylighting of the rooms and makes the accommodation more comfortable. The inn and Shuhe ancient town are suitable for the scenery, simple and pure, with roughly the same structure but different characteristics.

In the morning, the sunshine came in through the carved cracks in the wooden door, basked in the bed, and stirred my cheeks. The dazzling light woke me up directly, and I felt so comfortable.

with a "eyah", I pushed the wooden door open, and I saw a small cherry tree and an apple tree in front of the door, and some green apples were planted on the apple tree.

Last night, the dew wet the green flag in the courtyard, and the flowers and plants were moistened by the dew, which made them look greener, and the green was glittering and translucent.

There are recliners, swings and hanging baskets in the courtyard, which is quite emotional. Sitting on the swing, looking up, looking along the quaint blue tile eaves, the sky on the plateau is particularly blue, and those quaint houses are vicissitudes and blurred by the blue sky.

Some people say that the ancient buildings of Shuhe River are full of life and passion. The passage of time makes these decaying buildings with modern cultural elements look simple and honest, and also present diversified vitality.

Fourth

The small bridges in Shuhe Ancient Town are dizzying. Flowers everywhere, in May, when the beauty of the world is fading away, are particularly warm and unrestrained in the sunshine of the plateau, which makes people feel like walking into a dream.

Yunnan is a kingdom of flowers, which is true. It is said that the flowers in Yunnan last for 365 days, and they can bloom whenever they want. When they open, they are endless and endless. I saw someone carrying a basket on the street. The basket was full of flowers, and the price was very cheap. God loves Yunnan too much.

the wind from the plateau blows from different directions, which is cool and fresh, and suddenly feels like crossing.

We can walk everywhere, and we can walk into any inn to have a look. The host family is very enthusiastic. It is entirely conceivable that the Naxi residents in the ancient town have lived in this simple and quiet environment for generations, guarding their homeland and striving for peace with the world.

The spring water of Yulong Snow Mountain leads to the door of every household, forming a unique landscape of small bridges and flowing water in the ancient town.

The spring water is clear and transparent, cold and biting, and the water plants are tender. Washing your face with such crystal clear spring water may wash away a trace of dryness in your mind.

There are no cars in the ancient town, so horses and small electric tricycles are the means of transportation. For tourists, it's a long way to go to their accommodation. Besides, the luggage is heavy, so the store uses tricycles or rents horses to carry the guests' luggage to the inn.

From time to time, you will see young backpackers in groups of three or five, or walking alone on the streets of the ancient town. Young people are as bright as the sunshine on the plateau in May and as fragrant as flowers in full bloom in the sun.

Walking on the stone road, I touch every corner of the ancient town with my eyes and feel the tranquility with my heart.

5

The store I met at breakfast was a beautiful lady from Guangzhou. At first glance, her Mandarin was very standard. Later, I learned that her mother was from Nanjing and she grew up in Nanjing. Interestingly, her partner, her childhood classmate, was born in Wenchang, Hainan, and they grew up in the same military compound.

The proprietress's family kept an inn in Shuhe for several years, and then went abroad. The inn was rented out to others, so she settled the rent in Shuhe every year. After retiring last year, I simply went to Shuhe to run a restaurant called "Yanan Residence" while running the inn with my classmates, killing two birds with one stone.

It is worth mentioning that some of the delicious vegetables eaten in various eating places in Shuhe can't be named. These vegetables are all native Naxi people in Shuhe, fresh, tender, crisp and sweet.

The proprietress was very enthusiastic. Knowing that we wanted to have barbecue, she introduced us to roast leg of lamb and took us to her old friend, Dapeng Inn from Xilingele, Inner Mongolia.

Dapeng also runs an inn and has a studio full of paintings, which are the works of his brother. Dapeng occasionally drinks tea and plays cards with friends, organizes an art salon occasionally, and also makes a roast leg of lamb to eat. Of course, the leg of lamb is airlifted from Inner Mongolia, and the roast leg of lamb is generally not open to the public.

Dapeng's inn is not far from my humble abode, and it's only a few minutes' walk.

As soon as we walked into the yard at dusk, we smelled the fragrance. It was really "out of sight, the fragrance was already in the nose". No wonder it was a famous dish that Genghis Khan liked to eat.

when I entered the room, there was a carbon stove on the table and a roast leg of lamb on the shelf. The roast leg of lamb was dripping with oil, but the owner disappeared. It turned out that it was dipped in water (dip). Seeing us, a sweaty old friend of Dapeng greeted us with a sentence "coming?" So I started to open my bow with my hands left and right, and it was not bad to cut mutton slices and pick sheep bones for us.

We drank the famous plum wine in Shuhe, and Dapeng drank beer with the son of the proprietress "Yanan Residence". We grew up together, and all kinds of experiences were very pleasant.

When we are together, unlike strangers, it seems that neighbors visit each other. This artistic conception is a bit in tune with the name of his inn "Good News".

Six

The names of Shuhe Inn have their own characteristics, all of which are very pleasant to listen to. This is not the case. Just looking at the business card "If the wind stops, the cloud knows", there will be clouds and clouds.

The enthusiastic young boss brewed Pu 'er tea for us, knowing that Big Head Girl coughed, and brought us a cup of brown sugar and ginger tea.

It happened that several of his friends came from Chengdu, Sichuan, and were drinking and chatting. The boss told us that one of his sisters was his landlord and they were good friends. The boss also invited us to taste his own brewed cherry wine (many people in Shuhe ancient town brew their own brewed cherry wine), and his friend also brought us a dish of bittern chicken feet brought from Sichuan to drink. In a foreign land, we felt warm affection.

The sky is drizzling, and the stone street in the ancient town is wet. In the plateau in May, the climate is so casual and hot and cold, so there are shorts, scarves and shawls, as well as coats, trousers and down jackets everywhere on the streets.

The pedestrians in twos and threes, walking slowly and whispering softly, form a simple but three-dimensional picture with the romantic lights just right, bearing the coldness after the rain in the south of the clouds in May in summer, and it seems that they hear a kind of singing in the blurred lights.

I'm sitting in a window seat. Under the open windowsill is the gurgling water, and the faint fragrance of the window lattice moistened by rain rushes into my nose.

On the table by the window, there is a bunch of pink roses in a big vase, most of which are in bud, and the color of the lamp is like a woman's low eyebrows and tenderness.

I don't want to say anything at this time. I just want to be in a daze, a cup of wine, a pot of tea, an endless imagination and a quiet and peaceful slow time.

July

Before I first came to Lijiang in 28, I was haunted by such a picture: an inn, in front of the inn, a small bridge with flowing water, weeping willows, moist flowers and plants, a woman stroking a lovely dog, the dog squinting lazily, a meter of sunshine and bustling people.

After arriving in Lijiang, the heart of the act will store its mark in a corner.

Now, standing under the blue sky of the plateau and bathing in the wind of the plateau again, the imprint of that year is filled with some contents. The graceful feeling can be sung by people with the same emotion.

There are many tambourine shops on the street in Lijiang, and there are also many dish shops. Wherever there is music, you can hear the sound of African tambourine with lively and enthusiastic rhythm and musical instruments.

Passing by a tambourine shop, Lijiang Xiaoqian's "A Moment" crashed into the eardrum. A beautiful young woman, a Naxi shawl, beat her tambourine with the music in the speaker, and got carried away in the music world. No wonder there is music to interpret Lijiang's theory, and I experienced it.

every time I hear the music and the drums, I'm totally petrified, and I can't move any further.

I couldn't resist buying a tambourine. I really like the cheerful and unrestrained rhythm of drums, which is an expression of happiness, courage to forge ahead and an emotional catharsis.

On that day, when I returned to my humble abode from the snowy Yulong Snow Mountain, the shopkeeper happened to be there, and warmly invited us to taste alpine tea, drink his own maca wine and chat together.

Brother Chen, the big shopkeeper, comes from Hsinchu, Taiwan Province. He has a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, a charming smile, a warm and cheerful personality, and is very self-restrained. He doesn't treat us as strangers at all.

Brother Chen was born in the 197s. To our surprise, he is a bachelor.

Brother Chen's elder sister and younger brother are married and have children, and they live a well-behaved life. He is the only one who lives outside the besieged city, and the whole family is not hungry. He feels that he is doing well and happy.

Shuhe's inn is almost run by foreigners like Chen Ge. A few years ago, brother Chen came to Shuhe for a trip and liked the environment here. He prefers the quietness here to the noise of big cities. So after handling the business in Guangdong, Chen Ge opened an inn in Shuhe. The second shopkeeper beast was a tenant of his inn before. They became friends and then stayed to run the inn together.

When it comes to the initial difficulties of starting a business, the painstaking efforts and all kinds of ups and downs, it is hard for people to understand and understand. So ups and downs came, in fact, running the inn did not imagine how much money he could earn, but he just wanted to be free and relaxed, which is the significance of his running the inn.

that's true.

On that day, our flight to Kunming was after eleven o'clock at night. I discussed with two shopkeepers whether it was possible to check out at night. Their tone was the same: It doesn't matter, you stay and sleep well before flying. There is no extra room charge at all. If you are in a hotel, the room charge is calculated on a daily basis.

Staying in my humble inn makes me feel at home. Going in and out is like going out shopping and then going home. There is a kitchen in the inn, and there are all kinds of pots, pans and pots in the kitchen. Guests can use it at any time if they need it, and there will be no extra charge other than room charge.

William, the cute and sensible dog in the inn, only took a look at us on the first night and remembered us. Brother Chen said that the little guy is very good at looking at strangers.

Speaking of happiness, the big shopkeeper also moved his family out _ The beef jerky and cheese that Erdos' friends just sent him were happily given to us.

Shuhe ancient town, an important post station on the ancient tea-horse road, is evident in its quaint humanistic customs.

Eight

Here, I want to use a little pen and ink to talk about the beast of the second shopkeeper in my humble abode.

Beast is a post-8s generation, with little smile on his face. He is a slow-moving person, but his cool and handsome has gained the upper hand. Animals and animals don't touch alcohol and tobacco, which really surprised me. In Lijiang, a unique place, you can't say that you don't understand the amorous feelings, but there is always something missing without drinking.

When walking on the street of Shuhe Guzhen or at the place where you eat and drink tea, people ask: Who do you live in? We replied: my humble abode, the person who asks must suddenly: oh, oh, the beast. It is conceivable that animals and beasts are famous in the ancient town.

once when we were having tea and chatting, we learned that the beast was unmarried. At first, I thought it was just that I had not found a suitable girl to marry. Unexpectedly, the beast came up with the sentence "People like me are not suitable for marriage", which really scared me.

beast beast is a native of Xianyang, Shaanxi province. His parents have three children under their knees, and beast beast has two sisters, both of whom are married. Animals and beasts think they have traveled a lot, met many people and things, and have their own unique views on marriage. His parents were worried about him, and he had been on blind dates many times, met some girls, and finally parted after dinner.

the beast asked, you are parents, too. If your child doesn't want to get married, will you push him in a hurry? I was stumped by this remark. Although I am an enlightened and sympathetic person, I don't want my children not to get married anyway. Leaving aside the traditional "marriage between men and women" and "carrying on the family line" for the time being, it is natural and natural for a person to do something at what age.

And Beast said that he thinks more about Lijiang, and he will choose to live in Lijiang. Once he talks about marriage with girls, he will