Lijiang prose by a girl who has been amazing for thousands of years.

I sat in front of the computer in a daze, but my thoughts kept spinning like clouds in the wind. Deep in my mind, I keep seeing clear pictures. Somehow, I put my hand on the keyboard and nothing happened. I can't capture them on the screen, and I can't even type a word. Just when I was depressed, suddenly there came a sweet song "Meet" from the speaker. Listen, listen, my heart suddenly enlightened.

I finally caught the key word "meet". Yes, meeting is different from meeting. Seeing each other is a common thing, but meeting each other is rare and a little unexpected. Most of the people and things we see are unforgettable, but they are different when we meet them. They often go straight into people's hearts and linger. Generally speaking, seeing is unintentional, and meeting first is intentional. I met Lijiang once last year, which was a chance encounter. Looking back now, its scenery seems to have happened only yesterday.

In the affectionate singing, my thoughts were suddenly activated, and my fingers naturally listened to me, so I pressed the button while recalling and truthfully described the process and reason of this encounter.

Memories are slowly drifting away. It's a country night. We are absorbed in watching the film Ashima by the commune projection team. When we arrived at school the next day, we went to ask the teacher: Where is Ashima? She said: In Yunnan Province, she also found a map to show us. There is a place called Lijiang, which is a very beautiful place and the legendary Shangri-La. Ashima's hometown is there. Be sure to visit it in the future. It's paradise on earth. But at that time, I couldn't even solve my stomach, let alone travel, but the name Lijiang was engraved in my heart like a knife. It was not until 30 years later that my dream came true. I have not only met many Ashima, but also Old Town of Lijiang, which I have been longing for for for a long time.

This is really a pleasant tour with the group. At first, I took an hour's flight. After arriving in Kunming, I chartered a car to roam in Cangshan Erhai Lake. After the tour, I drove for five or six hours and saw countless mountains and rivers all the way. Finally arrived in Lijiang, put down my luggage at the hotel and went straight to the ancient city. As soon as I got out of the city, I was stunned by the magnificent sight. There is a solemn monument with the words Old Town of Lijiang, a world cultural heritage. Next to it are two giant old waterwheels two stories high, rolling, surrounded by crowds and colorful flags, all tourists. At that time, I thought, why does an ancient city have such great charm that it can attract tourists from all over the country and even the world? It must have its unique national style and profound historical background, and is now listed as a famous historical and cultural city by the United Nations. This is deserved, and it is by no means blown out.

As soon as I stepped into the ancient city and walked on the streets paved with dense slate and blue bricks, I felt very curious. This is a bit like an ancient village, but it is very elegant. There are flowers in front of the door and scenery in the door, like a boudoir and a painter's workshop. The road surface has ups and downs, bends and straights. Although the space is small, it is not smooth, and the door is half closed, which seems to be some secrets. All kinds of goods are clearly marked, and you are welcome to come in whether you buy them or not. This is Lijiang, the ancient city, antique, antique, and the people's hearts are still ancient, as if. Today is neither a holiday nor a weekend holiday, but there are more tourists here than those who cross the river.

Walking through all kinds of banners, I saw a shop with a sign of "one meter sunshine". Feeling particularly novel, I went in. A girl in a red dress and silver pearls came forward and said in a sweet voice, "Thank you for coming!" " Seeing the girl's charming smile and warm attitude, I told her half jokingly that I was attracted by your signboard, because I had seen this TV series, and she immediately told me excitedly that all the characters in the drama were real and their love stories had been circulated in our area for a long time. I named them with this TV series because I am a TV fan myself. I saw that she was beautiful and naive, so I agreed with her mother's finger and asked her: Is business okay? She said it's okay. My customers come from all over the country, many of them are foreigners, mainly beautiful and handsome, and they all like you. I ha ha a smile, and then she introduced me to the goods in the shop. She said that these are all traditional handicrafts of the Bai nationality, which are made by hand. You can buy some and take them back as souvenirs or give them to your relatives and friends. I said yes, although it was useless, it was hard to refuse her kindness. Since I saw it, I bought some and left.

The closer you get to the center of the ancient city, the more popular it is, and all kinds of things are dizzying. Karaoke bar is really a little drunk. However, this strong business atmosphere did not interest me. What I am most concerned about is the folk customs and indigenous houses here, the so-called Riyuelou, Zhaobi Building, Mulou and Shilou Diaojiao Building. These buildings all look primitive, and you will feel practical and comfortable when you walk in. Streets are all paved with stones, which has the advantage of durability and wear resistance. The longer it lasts, the brighter it gets, and the sound is crisp, just like the sound of a piano. Walking here is not only novel, but also really refreshing.

If there were no complicated and tortuous streets and lanes, it would be just like the mountains. It will climb a hill for a while, turn a corner for a while, and be blocked by a hill for a while. People here really adjust measures to local conditions and build their houses on the hillside, which looks like a part of nature. Not only are there original trees in front and back, but even clear streams are gurgling in the street. The road is long, the mountains are flat, the houses are high and low, and people come here for a walk, just like walking in a painting.

Soon came to the center of the ancient city, where there is a famous square street. At that time, the supreme ruler, the Tusi, was inherited by the Mu family and ruled hundreds of miles of land in Fiona Fang. The capital is located here. This Lijiang, also known as Gu Yan, has a history of nearly a thousand years and is irreplaceable in other places. It is puzzling that an ideal city with such complete facilities, such a reasonable layout and such a large population has no walls. In the past, it could not be called a city without walls. Speaking of Mu Tusi at that time, Mazhuang was stronger than Ma Zhuang, so it was easy to turn around and build a wall. Don't they know the importance of the city wall? Without a solid city wall, ordinary people will feel that life is not guaranteed, and soldiers will not feel at ease and sleep well. Later, I learned that just because the name of the toast is Mu, if a fence is built around it, it is equivalent to putting a shelf on it, and then "Mu" becomes the word "sleepy", which is his taboo. For this reason, they thought many ways, and finally came up with this coup: replacing the city wall with a street. This is an invisible wall, and its magic lies in that it connects all the streets and lanes into a straight line from the inside out, forming a network like radiation. Once there is an order on it, it can be immediately transmitted to any place, and if there is any news outside, it can also be quickly fed back to the central government. Although this square street was actually a symbol of power at that time.

It didn't take long to walk in Sifang Street, just like walking into a wall chart and falling into a maze. The streets here, like the streets and lanes in the Tang and Song Dynasties, and the alleys here, like Gu Xiang in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, are full of brick pavements, antique porches, people riding horses passing by, girls playing tambourines, oblique wine flags and flickering candle lights. I passed through such a crowd, and soon I couldn't tell where things were, north and south, turning a corner, and again. Most of them are made of wooden boards, all of which are yellow by smoke. There are wooden lattice flower windows, jingling wine bowls, and singing from the bamboo house. This is the settlement of Naxi and Bai people. Now that I'm here, I'm an intruder of an indigenous tribe. Apart from curiosity, I am inevitably a little flustered. Walking, I saw all kinds of houses, which were rugged and called house museums. Wandering around, I don't know where I am I saw the waterside pavilion and the terrace set each other off, and the karaoke bar was connected with the restaurant, where many tourists spent their time. Now I want to stay here for a while and be a hometown for the time being. The most striking things here are those inns that are more than cow hair, such as Tea Horse Inn, Yeyazi Inn, Sun Erniang Inn and so on. I will go in and have a look from time to time, and I also have various tips, such as: if I have the ability, I will eat hundreds of meals, wear hundreds of clothes, sleep hundreds of beds and pick up hundreds of girls. The first three sentences are understandable, and the last sentence will make people laugh. Obviously, this is a commercial means, the purpose is to attract attention, don't take it seriously.

Although the ancient city is complex, it can lead to every corner. I don't know how many streets and alleys I walked, but suddenly a lot of buildings and magnificent halls appeared in front of me, luxurious and solemn like a royal mansion. Looking closely, the word "shogunate" was written on the roof. So this is the heart of Lijiang. Some people say that there is the Forbidden City in the north and the shogunate in the south. I didn't expect to meet you here. I seem to have read it in some books. As early as the end of the Song Dynasty and the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, there were already wooden bows here. Although He 'an is a small country, it has been rewarded by the emperor many times. This is also a period of national harmony. The two sides have frequent economic and cultural exchanges, and Mu has sent people to the Central Plains for advice many times. Therefore, no matter in life style or in political and religious etiquette, they are imitating foreign powers and China everywhere, and they have also introduced many skilled craftsmen. Later, it was called their Forbidden City. Now it seems that these buildings are really cast from the same mold. What makes me feel very strange is that since they are the highest capitals, why not build them in the city center, but at the foot of the mountain far away from the city center? What is the reason? In order to find this answer, I used the knowledge I secretly learned when I was young, which is nothing more than Jin Mu's five elements of fire, water and soil, as well as Zuo Qinglong's theory of swimming in the white tiger. I carefully examined the distant hills and carefully analyzed the waterways in front of me. I can't help clapping my hands. This is really a land of geomantic omen. According to modern ecology, this is a poetic residence. Just sit west to east, sunny. In Tsinghua, Shui Mu, songbirds gather and the distant mountains are picturesque. Before the water was full, it rained continuously and many trees were lush. There is Lion Mountain behind, so it is no wonder that the Mu family chose this place as a permanent inheritance.

At this time, I have entered the wooden house, and there are many halls in it, such as the law enforcement hall and the parliament hall. They are all so majestic and solemn, just like the Han royal family. I used to think toast was barbaric and uneducated. I read many couplets here and corrected this prejudice. It turns out that they all like poetry and painting, and all Confucian, Taoist and Buddhist proverbs are used as mottoes. The most magnificent place here is not the room of the toast himself or the concubines, but the library with ten thousand volumes of poems. It can be seen that they have not studied Chinese culture. In addition to the ancient tea-horse civilization, they prefer the contention of a hundred schools of thought in the Central Plains. So Lijiang has become an inclusive and ideal city.

It is said that Lion Mountain in the back is a good place to climb and look far. Standing on the top of that mountain, you can see the whole ancient city. I followed the others back to the mountains. When I reached the foot of the mountain, I climbed along the stone road. It really deserves my reputation. There is Longtan Tianchi at the foot of the mountain, with faint bells and rippling blue waves. There are pavilions and cliff carvings on the mountain. From time to time, I can meet three or five tourists and come together to find a quiet place. As I approached the top of the mountain, I met a tall building, which stood upright in the blue sky. There are three golden characters engraved in front of the building: Wan Gu Lou, with extraordinary momentum. I quickened my pace. Before long, I finally reached the top of the building, which was five stories high, about 30 meters high, supported by huge Chinese fir trees in the virgin forest. I turned around and counted, and there were just 16, reaching the sky.

I walked onto the Wan Gu Lou, and I was very surprised by what I saw and heard. It is not only a mythical world, but also an artistic world. I know that ethnic minorities believe in polytheism. Except their ancestors, they all worship the sun, moon, stars, animals and plants. From the first floor to the fifth floor, I not only saw flying golden dragons and auspicious birds, but also various hieroglyphs and flower-and-bird patterns. It is said that there are 9999 species.

Standing on the roof overlooking, Yulong Snow Mountain is covered in silver, and from time to time there are crawling sheep in the jungle below. Previously, I only knew that there were Yellow Crane Tower, Yueyang Tower and Yuejiang Tower. Now climb the tens of thousands of ancient pagodas to know that the infinite scenery is here. Besides, those famous buildings are full of disasters, resurrection and destruction again and again. Only this ancient building stands proudly in the sky and has read all the vicissitudes. At this point, I looked down again. Old Town of Lijiang, originally so small, was as small as a Rubik's cube lying flat on my palm. Wavy tiles, eye-like wooden lattice windows, upturned roofs and winding rivers, like streets, have shrunk to almost nothing. Even if I open my eyes again, I can't tell where I just walked.

Wan Gu Lou, who has the courage to take the name of the king in this building! Now I understand, because you are standing on this high lion mountain, and the lion is the king of the forest. Only when the two match can the reputation be spread far and wide. Just when I was thinking, the sun had quietly set. At this time, the Rubik's cube at the foot of the mountain suddenly became a radiant light, and then became a phoenix flying in the fire. In a blink of an eye, she became a Naxi girl who surprised the world.

At this moment, I suddenly woke up. It was dusk, but fortunately there was a light on the mountain road. I quickly spread my legs, made three steps and two steps, and soon returned to the brightly lit Old Town of Lijiang.