There is a feeling called the ancient city of Yunnan, which has always been here and never left.
I. Lijiang
Lijiang is the most famous of the three ancient cities and also the most famous ancient city in China. No one.
Lijiang was founded in the late Southern Song Dynasty, when the Yuan Dynasty set up Fu Xuansi on Lijiang Road. In fact, Lijiang has already started a toast system at this time. After Zhu Yuanzhang came to power in the Ming Dynasty, he set up a military and civilian mansion in Lijiang and gave it to Tusi Mu. The county magistrate of that era was actually the family inheritance of the toast, and the mansion of the toast was the wooden mansion seen in Lijiang today.
In the early Qing Dynasty, Lijiang still had a military and civilian government, and retained the chieftain hereditary system. However, after Yongzheng came to power, the toast system began to fall apart.
Lijiang's wooden toast has gone through Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, stretching for 800 years. These three dynasties are also the great development period of Lijiang. From the scale and exquisite degree of the building, it can be seen that in its heyday, Muzhai occupied an area of more than 100 mu, nearly 100 buildings, which was the heart of Lijiang.
Old Town of Lijiang also experienced the construction of these three dynasties, and gradually formed today's pattern.
Up to now, the ancient city has largely maintained the architectural characteristics of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, not only highlighting the structural layout, but also pursuing carving and painting decoration. It is clumsy and beautiful, exquisite and ingenious, and is praised as "residential museum" by Chinese and foreign architectural experts.
Old Town of Lijiang is surrounded by the Xihe River on three sides, and the streets and houses of the ancient city are built along the Xihe River. All the canals are connected with the houses in the streets and around the shogunate, forming a fan-shaped pattern.
It has formed a wonderful scene of "water in front of every house, willows hanging behind every house", "drinking water in the pool, washing vegetables in the middle pond and bleaching clothes downstream", so water is the soul of Lijiang, giving it spirituality and vitality.
Playing Lijiang is actually to see the small bridges and flowing water on the plateau and the ancient houses in Naxi style.
The main street of Lijiang is near the water, and the alleys are near the canal. More than 300 ancient stone bridges stand by the river, with green trees, ancient incense and ancient dwellings, which have great aesthetic and ornamental values of ancient trees, small bridges, flowing water and people in plateau water towns, reflecting the harmonious unity between man and nature. This is the real charm of Lijiang.
Sifang Street, the largest square in Old Town of Lijiang, is paved with colored stones and washed with clear water. It is a city in Japan and China, and it was a distribution center on the ancient tea-horse road during the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
1February 3, 996 19: 00 14 minutes 18 seconds, a tragic earthquake hit Lijiang, which also made Lijiang famous in the world.
A few days after the earthquake, UNESCO officials flew to Lijiang for an investigation. Fortunately, although the ancient city has suffered serious damage, the pattern has not been destroyed, and the water system and human landscape are still intact. The following year, Lijiang was listed as a world cultural heritage with the reputation of "filling the gap between folk culture and ancient city heritage".
In the past 20 years, Lijiang has been a success from the perspective of ancient city protection and tourism development.
Today's Old Town of Lijiang still looks like Lijiang, with its blue-tiled wooden buildings, ancient streets, stone alleys and flowing bridges. However, the development of commerce and entertainment is a bit excessive, and there are few original residents left, which tends to be empty-shell, and the original elegance of fireworks almost disappears.
Lijiang used to be, the wooden house is still there, the small bridge is still flowing, but it has already lost a lot of the local customs of that year.
Today, Lijiang tourism is still the pillar of Yunnan tourism, but it is not only the ancient city that supports Lijiang tourism, but also the beautiful scenery around Old Town of Lijiang.
Shuhe ancient city, a Lijiang more than ten years ago.
Shuhe is an ancient city several kilometers away from Lijiang. It is somewhat similar to Lijiang, but quieter and more elegant. It is recommended to play Lijiang during the day and live in Shuhe at night.
Yulong Snow Mountain, which can be seen in Lijiang, is actually a mountain connected by 13 mountains. The main peak is called Fan Dou, with an altitude of 5596 meters.
This is a famous snow mountain in China. In fact, it is very famous, not to mention how beautiful it is, let alone compared with Meili Snow Mountain. Take a snowy mountain in western Sichuan for example, it is more beautiful than this mountain.
Yulong Snow Mountain is 0/5km away from Lijiang downtown/kloc-. The cost of going up the mountain is not low, and there is Van Gogh. If you want to go, I recommend you to see Blue Moon Valley, which is halfway up the mountain. This scenic spot has beautiful scenery.
In fact, you can always see the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain on the way to Xue Cun in Song Dynasty. From a distance, the view is wide and it feels spectacular.
Xue Cun in Song Dynasty is an ancient village at the foot of Yulong Snow Mountain. It is a small village with great flavor. All the houses are made of brown stones.
The famous American explorer Locke has lived here for 20 years. Locke, an American who discovered Daocheng Aden, is known as the father of Naxi studies. Now there is his former residence here to visit.
Tiger Leaping Gorge is more than 70 kilometers away from Lijiang, and it is the second most beautiful grand canyon in China selected by chinese national geography magazine. It is shocking when there are many days in summer, and the tourist facilities are good, which is worth visiting.
Lugu Lake
The most beautiful place near Lijiang, the most beautiful mountain lake in China except Tibet and western Sichuan, is a place full of romantic feelings.
There are many kinds of delicious food in Lijiang, such as rice enema, beef in copper pot, Naxi barbecue, local rice flour, steamed chicken, cauliflower, romantic wine and so on. Recommend black goat.
Second, Dali
Dali is one of the earliest cultural birthplaces in Yunnan. In 737 AD, the leader of Meng Shezhao, Pelog, established Nanzhao State, which was built in Taihe City, that is, Taihe Village between today's ancient Dali City and Shimonoseki, and was the early capital of the ancient Nanzhao State. Later, from 779 AD to 65438 AD, it was moved to Yang Mao (now located at the bottom of Longquan Peak in the middle of Cangshan Mountain). Dali at this time is the central city of Yunnan. It was not until Kublai Khan destroyed Dali in 1253 that the center of Yunnan began to shift to Kunming.
138 1 year, the Ming army captured Dali occupied by the yuan dynasty, set up Dali mansion, and built a new mansion, which is today's ancient city of Dali.
Everyone who has been to Dali will be shocked by the unique geographical environment here. The ancient city of Dali is backed by Cangshan Mountain and faces Erhai Lake, which truly occupies the best feng shui in the world.
The present Dali ancient city is still the pattern when it was first built in the Ming Dynasty. The city is square, with four doors, a tower at the top and the Acropolis at the bottom. There are three streams in the north and south as natural barriers. The whole city has five streets from south to north and eight streets from west to east, and the city is in a checkerboard layout.
Dali, an ancient city with a small bridge and flowing water, has a completely different temperament from Lijiang. It lacks a small jasper, but it has more atmosphere of kings.
Dali ancient city has the spirit of a king, and there is no lack of petty bourgeoisie sentiment. Elegant and quiet during the day and prosperous at night.
This is an ancient city that needs to be calmed down and slowly realized. Suitable for lazy and leisurely walking. There is a strong humanistic atmosphere here and there is no excessive commercial development. Even people who do business feel very Buddhist. On both sides of the road are houses with traces of time, winding alleys, and blue tiles with long walls are particularly old.
Dali ancient city is one of the most attractive ancient cities in China, and its amorous feelings come from the beautiful scenery of surrounding mountains and rivers.
This is an old idiom of China. Speaking of Dali, it has become the four most famous landscapes in Dali.
Shangguan in Dali is an open grassland. Every spring, flowers are everywhere here, which is called "Shangguan Flower".
Shimonoseki is a mountain pass in Dali, and there is a cool breeze in Xulai, which is called "Shimonoseki Wind".
The majestic Cangshan Mountain is located in Dali. Every winter and spring, the top of the mountain here is covered with snow and wrapped in silver, so it is called "Cangshan Snow Scene".
Erhai Lake near the ancient city has infinite scenery. Every moonlit night, the water is as bright as the sky and the moonlight is like water, which is called "Erhai Moon". These four landscapes also represent the essence of Dali scenery, especially Cangshan Mountain and Erhai Lake.
If you drive, you can drive to Canger Avenue. Cangshan behind you and Erhai below are a bright gem.
The Three Pagodas of Chongsheng Temple, also known as the Three Pagodas of Dali, are one of the famous ancient pagodas in China.
Dali University, a far-sighted university, chose this place as its campus, an excellent place overlooking Erhai Lake.
Looking at Erhai Lake around Haixi Road, riding around Erhai Lake in a calm day gives people a quiet and distant feeling.
Xizhou ancient town, Xizhou is the main settlement of Bai people, where there are the best preserved Bai folk houses.
In Haitang Ecological Park, Haitang itself is influenced by high tide and low tide. It can be exposed to the water at low tide and submerged at high tide, but it provides a place for close contact with Erhai Lake. Punch points: husband and wife trees, dead trees and shoals.
Shuanglang Ancient Town, an ancient town full of amorous feelings, stayed at the seascape inn near the famous white stool for one night and took some scenic photos.
Xiaoputuo, a pocket island in Erhai Lake, looks at Cangshan Erhai Lake from afar, blowing sea breeze and watching the red-billed gull fly freely, which makes you feel extremely comfortable and relaxed.
Bai Catholic Church is the only Bai Catholic Church in China in the world, which is very representative.
Dali food
Xizhou Baba is crispy outside and soft inside.
Bai nationality local specialty preserved ribs.
Steamed chicken, there is a shop near the south of the ancient city, where steamed chicken and pine wool roast duck are delicious.
Third, Jianshui ancient city
Compared with Dali and Lijiang, Jianshui is very low-key 1994, Jianshui was listed as one of the six famous historical and cultural cities in Yunnan. After more than 20 years, many people still know that Lijiang and Dali exist, but they don't know that Jianshui exists. They don't know that in the Ming and Qing dynasties, there was a saying called "Lin Da Jin An, Yin Dali".
Jianshui, formerly known as "Lin 'an", is located 220 kilometers south of Kunming. During the Nanzhao Kingdom period (around 8 10), Huili City was built here, which belonged to the Tonghai Dutong. Huili is an ancient Yi language, translated into Jianshui in Chinese. Jianshui House was established in Yuan Dynasty, and it was still called Jianshui House in Ming Dynasty. During the Qianlong period of Qing Dynasty, Shuizhou was rebuilt as Jianshui County with a history of over 1200 years.
Jianshui ancient city is an ancient city with profound historical and cultural background. It is said that in the imperial examinations in Yunnan, half of the winners came from Lin 'an Prefecture, which is the highest place in Yunnan, so it is called "nearly half the list".
Walking into this thousand-year-old city, the mottled marks of history can be seen everywhere. It can be said that cultural relics are everywhere and there is a strong historical atmosphere everywhere. There are more than 50 well-preserved ancient buildings in the ancient city, ranging from the magnificent Chaoyang Tower, the third largest Confucian Temple in China, the elegant and beautiful Jia Zhu Garden, the 17-hole bridge and the original ecological village Tuanshan Village, as well as ancient wells still in use all over the ancient city and purple pottery workshops everywhere. Each of them has experienced vicissitudes, showing the long history and profoundness of Jianshui culture, making it hard to think that there is such a good ancient city in Yunnan.
Jianshui ancient city was a earthen city when Nanzhao was first built, and it was expanded into a brick city in the Ming Dynasty. The North, South and West Towers were later destroyed by the war. Kangxi rebuilt it in four years and then destroyed it again. Now only the Chaoyang Tower at the East Gate still exists, standing for 600 years.
Jia Zhu Garden is one of the landmark attractions of Jianshui Ancient City. Known as the "Grand View Garden in South Yunnan", the garden is a mansion and ancestral hall built by the gentry Zhu in the late Qing Dynasty, with a building area of more than 5,000 square meters, showing the beauty of ancient buildings everywhere, which is amazing.
The Confucian Temple has a history of more than 700 years. It is second only to Confucius Temple in Qufu, Shandong Province and Confucius Temple in Beijing.
Tuanshan Village is not only the most exquisite ancient residential group in Yunnan, but also a world memorial architectural heritage.
Shuanglong Bridge is one of the existing 10 large stone arch bridges in China.
The Jianshui small train based on the meter rail has now become a new tourist landscape.
The ancient well is the cultural symbol of Jianshui ancient city. In the streets of the ancient city, you can see all kinds of ancient wells with a long history, including one eye, two eyes and many eyes. Some ancient wells have dried up, but more are clear and sweet, and they are still raising people here. Some people even came all the way to see the ancient wells in the ancient city.
This ancient well density is extremely rare in China. Ancient wells are of great significance in ancient times, and deep scars silently tell the long years that have passed away.
Jianshui on the tip of the tongue. Jianshui Ancient City is a gourmet paradise, especially famous for boiled tofu, and China on the Tip of the Tongue. There is an ancient building in Dashuijing Ancient Buildings outside the west gate of the ancient city, which is also an ancient well. It is said that the tofu made in this well is particularly delicious.
Besides burning tofu, the rice noodles crossing the bridge, steamed chicken, Hani beef offal, grass sprouts and lion cakes here are all delicious dishes. There is also a saying that Jianshui is the birthplace of Yunnan rice noodles crossing the bridge.
Jianshui, an impressive ancient city.
Compared with the hustle and bustle and commercialization of many ancient cities, Jianshui ancient city is still low-key today, with no bustling tourists and excessive commercial development. However, the people in the ancient city are not out of touch with the times and live a life that keeps pace with the times. There are both modern shops and a life full of fireworks. The thousand-year-old rhyme has not dispersed with the changes of the times, but it has lasted for a long time in Mika, like a pot of mellow old wine, emitting the breath of time.