Shaxi Ancient Town, the ancient city of Lijiang thirty years ago

Because I insist on writing a diary every day, I often don’t rest until midnight. I always don’t get enough sleep and I am exhausted. I originally wanted to change my environment and mood to become He Dazhuang, but now I have become a veritable yellow-faced woman. So I made up my mind to take things as they came. One article every three or five days would be enough, and even a week would be fine.

However, the customs and customs during the journey can sometimes make your heart swell and make you feel uncomfortable. Such as today. The driver who drove more than 300 kilometers from Shaxi Ancient Town to Lugu Lake lay down and watched TV after dinner. I wanted to write a diary, but I was embarrassed to say that the TV was turned off and it was quiet. I closed my bed at 11 o'clock and suffered from insomnia. Maybe it’s because I accidentally drank Discus Rich Pu’er on the way.

From yesterday morning to now, there are four large-scale moving scenery, Shuanglang Ancient Town, Jianchuan Cibi Lake, Shaxi Ancient Town, Lining Shiba Bay and Jinsha River.

My favorite along the way is Shaxi Sideng Street, the only surviving ancient market on the Tea Horse Road, which is surrounded by mountains and runs through the tributaries of the Lancang River between Dali and the ancient city of Lijiang. The most breathtaking and magnificent thing is Lining Shiba Bay, which is more than 20 kilometers along the Jinsha River and has an altitude difference of more than 1,000 meters. As for the Shuanglang and Cubi Lake, which are similar to the ancient city of Dali in Lijiang and are full of Yiwu products, we only briefly passed by.

Morning on Erhai Lake

Shuanglang Town, I wonder if Teacher Yang Liping is here at this moment.

Jacaranda

Go to Shaxi Ancient Town.

Shaxi Ancient Town is located in the southeast of Jianchuan, Dali, Yunnan, in the southeast of the Jinsha River, Lancang River, and Nujiang Parallel Rivers Nature Reserve, between the Dali Scenic Area and the Lijiang Ancient City, where the famous Shibao Mountain is located. Shaxi is a small dam surrounded by green mountains. It has beautiful mountains and clear waters, a pleasant climate, abundant products and outstanding people. The Heihui River, a water system of the Lancang River, runs through the entire dam from north to south. It is a minority residence where the Bai people are the main people and the Han, Yi and Lisu people live together. It is known as "A land of plenty, beautiful mountains, beautiful waters, beautiful dams, and even more beautiful girls, as well as a land of singing and dancing." It is rich in flower fish, ground ginseng seeds, and matsutake mushrooms. The traditional Overlord Whip Dance, the group dance Shola, the beautiful singing voice of the girl, and the long-lasting Dongjing ancient music make everyone who comes to Shaxi immersed in the sea of singing and dancing, lingering for a long time. Not return.

It is said that Shaxi Ancient Town is the ancient town of Lijiang thirty years ago. It is simple and quiet with few tourists. It can be traced back to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period in 2400. In more than 400 BC, Shaxi was a bronze smelting and production center centered on the Heihui River in the Lancang River system. base. Due to its special geographical location between Dali and Lijiang, Shaxi has become a land terminal on the Ancient Tea Horse Road between Yunnan and Tibet, a Buddhist cultural center and trade distribution center in Nanzhao, Dali and other countries, and a salt distribution center in northwest Yunnan on the Ancient Tea Horse Road.

Walking through the Yujin Ancient Bridge on the Heihui River, passing through the narrow and short adobe village gate that can only accommodate two horses walking side by side, the mottled and uneven stone road is winding, towering ancient trees cover the sky and the sun, and the gurgling stream flows endlessly. , ancient shops made of wooden adobes stand silently on both sides. Walk along the stone road to Sideng Sifang Street, the center of the ancient market. Sideng Sifang Street has three gates - Dongzhai Gate (leading to the Dali area) and Nanzhai Gate. (Connecting the Dianxi Salt Well to the south and west of the ancient town) and Beizhaimen (leading to Tibet), the three ancient lanes span thousands of years, allowing you to see all kinds of life and the prosperous vicissitudes of the world without being surprised.

Sitting in any corner of Sifang Street in a daze, you will unknowingly be soaked in the years and wrapped in time, as if you have experienced thousands of years of calamity like an ancient town, and your heart has read thousands of worldly things, and everything is indifferent.

I encountered more foreigners in twos and threes, sitting in a daze, playing with their children under the thousand-year-old locust tree, or quietly immersed in a cup of coffee.

The ancient stage is the most distinctive building on Sideng Sifang Street. It is located in the center of the building complex on the east side of Sifang Street and forms a central axis with the Xingjiao Temple and temple gate buildings on the west side, dividing the ancient Sifang Street into two parts: north and south. Half, thereby delineating the scope of various business operations and providing physical signs. The main building structure of the ancient stage is Kuixing Pavilion. The stage is only an incidental function. It is a place where the local Bai people worship Kuixing. The building is three stories high, with a stage in the front and a high pavilion in the back. The architectural structure is exquisite, with twelve horns, and the wings are like flying. Although it has been repaired, it basically maintains the original architectural style. The ancient stage and Xingjiao Temple echo each other from a distance. Every ethnic festival, all the Bai people in the town dress up in festive costumes, play the three-stringed dragon head, and gather in Sifang Street to sing and dance on the stage. Sifang Street is crowded with people, and the faithful men and women in Xingjiao Temple worship gods and Buddhas. It is a joyful and auspicious atmosphere. . The most lively event is the Prince's Meeting held on the eighth day of the second lunar month every year. It is said that there has always been such a rule in Shaxi. If you have not performed on the Sifang Street ancient stage, you cannot be called a Shaxi person. It can be seen that the Sifang Street ancient stage holds a high position in people's hearts. Every Shaxi person is proud to perform on the ancient stage and regards performing on stage as an important symbol of the Shaxi people. This tradition has created generations of artists, singers, and dancers, making Shaxi a "home of singing and dancing" in the eyes of outsiders. The Shaxi Bai people are a "singing and dancing nation". A saying circulated among the caravans, "Hui Shui is beautiful, Shaxi girls are even more beautiful" expresses the Shaxi in the hearts of the caravans.

Sifang Street, the economic and trade center of Sideng. Sifang Street is shaped like a curved ruler. The main street is about 300 meters long from north to south and 100 meters wide from east to west. The northern street is about 100 meters long from east to west and about 50 meters wide from north to south. The entire street is paved with red sandstone slabs. There are two trees in the center of the street. Ancient locust trees that are as old as 10 years old. To the east of Sifang Street is an ancient stage facing west, and to the west is the Xingjiao Temple facing east. The two echo each other and divide Sifang Street into two halves, north and south. The entire street is surrounded by shops and horse-drawn shops and three ancient lanes. Extending to all directions of the ancient town.