[Travel Notes] Yangshuo West Street Daze

Yangshuo West Street in a Daze

new morning

 

West Street, facing the Li River in the east, Gaoze Peak in the west, and Bilian Peak next to it, is about 8 meters wide and about 800 meters long. The street is paved with betel nut pattern marble on both sides. There are low brick buildings left over from the Qing Dynasty. It is said that West Street existed when Yangshuo County was established in the 10th year of Emperor Kaihuang's reign in the Sui Dynasty (590). It has evolved and developed from generation to generation and has a long history.

  

As the sun sets , West Street welcomes the busiest night, West Street, we are here again. West Street is to the west of Yangshuo County, so it is called West Street. Every time you walk into West Street, your heart will feel relaxed and light. It is full of open cultural factors. Many "foreigners" from different countries and nationalities gather here, making it the place with the largest number of foreigners. Because there are many foreigners, it is also called Foreigner Street. Because there are many bars, it is also called Bar Street.

 

The streets are already filled with sumptuous feasts , and we can’t resist the temptation of countless delicacies here. You can eat pure Western food and exotic snacks. Of course, Yangshuo’s authentic rice noodles, glutinous rice cakes and other famous foods and snacks are available. We chose a local Chinese restaurant. After having a full meal, walked into the endless flow of people.

It is a small street that is not long. The shops facing the street are one after another. There are people who make silverware, repair watches, nail scales, wax woks, tailors, make shoulder poles, weave bamboo baskets and wreaths, and mend. Shoes... Each shop has its own style. Those old trades that have almost disappeared can be found on this short old street. Of course, there are more bars, coffee houses, inns, and handicraft shops. Foreigners with high noses and blue eyes, artists with pigtails and long beards, travel-worn donkey walkers, and lazy and drunken tourists. Hanging ancient lanterns, bright Western restaurants, mixed with the customs of various ethnic groups, mixed with Chinese and Western culture, like a sea of ​​songs, like a tide of people, it can be called bizarre, but it can also be called charming.

The old street is different from the splendor of modern buildings. It has a long-standing architectural system and the imprint of time, giving off an old-time color, quiet but full of flavor. My mind is sometimes empty, and sometimes I am thinking about certain people, certain things, certain moments in my memory...Wandering around, a different kind of emotion will arise deep in my heart. Go to West Street, and even more It's more of a state of mind.

 

 

 

 

 

 

At night on West Street, people of different nationalities, different skin colors, and different languages ​​speak, either holding hands or carrying backpacks, walking shoulder to shoulder. Those foreign girls with delicate clothes and dignified looks really have an incomprehensible temperament, exuding sexiness in their bones, making you unable to control yourself and be seduced and pulled by her.

Under the lanterns, the West Street is even more charming. "Like a charming but uncontaminated woman, there is no need to wink at you. Just smile and you will lose your soul."

We entered a Stone Rose bar that exuded a nostalgic atmosphere. Under the blurry lights , we, who did not know how to drink, substituted wine for drinks and drank beer freely. The purity of the wine, the forgetfulness of the song, the whole bar is full of exotic atmosphere, is filled with sweetness, the lamp is in a trance in the wine, the wine is rippling under the lamp, and the person is confused in the wine? I have to say that West Street is a suitable place for falling in love.

 

The bar on West Street is a place that can make men excited and women emotional.

Their eyes are like the Li River, clear and hazy, like French red, strange and ambiguous

Woman holding beer and sloshing red wine

Sing if you want to sing, shout if you want to shout

The old and young ladies sang and laughed wildly, shouted and yelled openly, and calmly accepted any gaze, whether it was critical, confused, ambiguous, or even obscene.

Drunken and intoxicated, it can only be a sleepless night...

Facing the blue eyes and tall nose, he said "Hello!" without warning.

The morning on West Street is beautiful.

 

During the day, whether you are wandering in a small specialty handicraft shop, or sitting in a coffee shop on the street, reading the guest book, drinking coffee, strong tea and drinks in a daze , or just basking in the sun on the street, thinking, listening to stories, looking at handsome men and beautiful women, it is all a beautiful enjoyment. You can also go boating on the Li River on the street and continue to be in a daze. You can also ride a bicycle, follow the direction of Guili, exit the Anti-Japanese War Road, cross the Shima Yuanpan to the famous Shili Gallery, and stay in a daze at Gaotian Scenic Area.

In terms of the market, West Street is not as good as Jinli in Chengdu; in terms of sadness, West Street is not as good as the Qinhuai River Straits in Nanjing; in terms of prosperity, West Street is not as good as Nanjing Road in Shanghai. West Street is West Street! Let yourself be alone in Yangshuo's West Street, release your inner feelings, put aside the trivialities of life, and enjoy the freedom here...

In fact, it doesn't matter if you go crazy once in your life, for a person, a relationship, a journey, or a dream...