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's only about 300 yuan more expensive than economy class, but I think it's "on the high side". I didn't wait in line to check in, so I went straight 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 just 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 Datongmen 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 (namely South Gate) is left in the ancient city, and other historical sites of city gates have been destroyed.
Walking into the ancient city, unpretentious houses 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 handmade silverware workshops of Yi people, most of them are stalls selling herbs and agricultural products.
I don't know what's the difference between Yi herbs and Han herbs, but it seems unrealistic to treat diseases with stems, leaves and roots of some plants. 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 couldn't bear to eat this lovely doll, so I gave up the idea.
I bought two Jin of cherries, 15 yuan/Jin, which was delicious, even better than the cherries I tasted in Lushunkou, Dalian. This is probably because Xichang has a long sunshine time, which is beneficial to fruit growth.
In the evening, the small restaurants and rice noodle shops in the old street were closed, so I took a taxi back to the hotel, ordered delicious pork and crucian carp recommended online in a barbecue shop near the hotel, and tasted the unique barbecue delicious in Xichang in fireworks.
There are only two kinds of spices dipped in 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 the off-season price of 298 yuan/room and the peak season price of 500 yuan/room.
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. It takes 25 yuan/person to take the cable car. The terminal is halfway up the mountain. There are Guangfu Temple and Yi Slave Society Museums.
Guangfusi
Walking slowly down the mountain road from Guangfu Temple, all the way is full of 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 fruit 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 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, which symbolizes that he has got rid of the shackles and bondage of slaves. This place can be said to be the landmark building of Xichang.
There are booths for renting Yi costumes around. Rent a suit to take photos. 10 yuan.
It's noon since I came out of Lushan Mountain, 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 heads 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 they can't speak Mandarin. What they say is far from other places in Sichuan. Their accents are neither Yunnan nor Guizhou, and they speak too fast to understand.
When I was almost disappointed, I planned to have a barbecue at a stall near the square. 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 it 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 the 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 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 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 court, but rice noodles can be seen everywhere. Xichang's rice noodles are very fine, so it is more appropriate to call them rice noodles, but unlike Yunnan people, they like to call them rice noodles, and 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 think this so-called food street may be fooling foreign tourists.
When I returned to Fengqing Town by bus, I was pleasantly surprised to find that every restaurant and night market stall here had 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 very 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 is 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 their lives. 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 and squandered them. Therefore, the town of Xichang is also a place where hidden dragons and crouching tigers are hidden.
I bought a bracelet of an old Yi woman 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 is really a "crazy stone". I regret that I didn't buy all the materials of Yi grandmother 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.
Back in Fengqing Town at noon, a row of small restaurants on the roadside are almost all Sichuan 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. Don't make soup, but fry it and sprinkle with Chili powder and pepper. Tender outside and tender inside, with unique taste.
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Reluctantly, I checked out and left Qionghai, and went to Xichang Ancient City by bus again.
The ancient city is still so laid-back, and those small shops have few customers. 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, I didn't find the shop recommended by TV programs, so I have some regrets.