When I first met Xichang, it took only 50 minutes to fly directly from Kunming to Xichang. This time, I am extravagant. I bought first class. In fact, it is only more than 300 yuan more expensive than economy class, but I think it is very "tall". I don't need to queue up for registration. I went straight to the VIP counter without waiting in line for security check. I went directly to the special passage, sat in the VIP lounge, drank cool orange juice, ate sweet cakes and watched the noise of the ordinary waiting area outside the window. Just like 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 had to stay for one night temporarily.
Put your luggage away and take a taxi 10 yuan to Datong Gate, the ancient city.
Xichang Ancient City Xichang Ancient City has a long history. Since the Yi people surrendered to the Yuan Dynasty, a county has been set up here. However, at present, only one old site of Datong Gate (namely South Gate) remains in the ancient city, and all the other gates have been destroyed.
Entering the ancient city, the unadorned house witnessed the history of Xichang, which is very clean compared with the bustling Moon City Square. On both sides of the old street, most of them are stalls selling herbs and agricultural products, except the traditional manual silver jewelry workshops of the Yi people.
I don't know what's the difference between Yi's herbs and Han's traditional Chinese medicine, but it seems unrealistic to treat diseases with stems, leaves and roots of some plants. However, a fruit stand called "Ginseng Fruit" aroused my interest. This kind of fruit looks like a gourd melon, but its baby face is lifelike. I have seen it in Kunming before, but I didn't expect it to be planted in Panxi, Sichuan, which is very strange. I was going to buy some to try, but I couldn't bear to eat this lovely "doll" and gave up the idea.
I bought two Jin of cherries, 15 yuan/Jin, which are very sweet, even more delicious than the cherries I tasted in Lushunkou, Dalian. This is probably because Xichang has a long sunshine time, which is conducive to fruit growth.
In the evening, the small restaurants and rice noodle shops in the old street were closed. I took a taxi back to the hotel and ordered delicious pork and crucian carp recommended online at a barbecue shop near the hotel. Accompanied by fireworks, I tasted Xichang's unique barbecue delicious.
There are only two kinds of spices dipped in barbecue, a bowl of Chili powder and a bowl of peanut powder.
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. "Drunk Taiping" is a three-star hotel, 298 yuan/room in off-season and more than 500 yuan/room in peak season.
Before the sun rose in Qionghai, Qionghai looked no different from other lakes, and even made people feel a little sorry. However, when a ray of sunshine shines on the lake, it is sparkling and colorful.
The water in Qionghai is clear and rich in fish and shrimp. When you walk to the lake, you will inadvertently see groups of small fish swimming by.
I feel very quiet.
To the northeast of Qionghai is Lushan Mountain. Take a cable car to 25 yuan/person. The terminal is located halfway up the mountain. There are Guangfu Temple and Yi Slave Society Museum.
Guangfu Temple descended slowly from Guangfu Temple along the mountain road, all the way to full of green. Several stubborn monkeys appear from time to time in the mountain road. According to local people, these wild macaques are fierce and often attack tourists, so you can't leave easily without buying some peanuts or fruits to feed them. Obviously, this is because the local people are mystifying and want to sell their own peanuts and fruits. I replied with a smile: "only wild animals have always been afraid of people, and no one will be afraid of wild animals!" " " .
Go through the forest where people and monkeys play, and come to the Liangshan Yi Slave Society Museum, which is open for free. You can get tickets with your ID card.
Liangshan Yi Slave Society Museum Yi people are mainly distributed in Yunguichuan area in southwest China, which is very similar to Tibetan people. 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 that of 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 reproduce, and the other is that the northwest Qiang people went south and were born with the indigenous people. Either way, the Yi people are one of the oldest ethnic groups in China, and they practiced slavery until 1956 after the founding of New China.
The museum is magnificent, and the statue in the center of the square is a tall and majestic Yi man playing a trumpet, symbolizing getting 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, so rent a set of costumes to take photos 10 yuan.
It was noon when I came down from 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: "Desperate Potato"! However, I asked several locals one after another, and they all shook their hands and said they didn't know.
It is actually very difficult for foreigners to communicate with Xichang people. Yi people have always insisted on using their own language, that is, using Chinese and not speaking Mandarin, which is far from other places in Sichuan. Their accents are neither like Yunnan nor Guizhou, and they speak so fast that they can't understand what it means at all.
When I'm almost disappointed, I'm going 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 in despair, "Beauty, do you know where there is a' killer potato'?" She turned to look at me, then pointed to the front with a smile and told me softly, "It's in the famous shop street ahead."
Sure enough, the food in the famous shop street found the "killer" shop on the second floor. There are not many diners 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 them 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 plastic bags, without any pepper. However, when I put potato chips in my mouth, I knew why it was a so-called "killing" thing. In a word, it's delicious beyond description, but it's hotter than description! My tongue is cramping.
I was sweating because of "killing potatoes" and drank two bottles of iced mineral water, which at least made my tongue regain consciousness. I know that besides "killing potatoes", Xichang has two major cuisines, namely drunken shrimp and tuotuo meat.
So, the search on the tip of the tongue began with 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, which should be called rice noodles, but Sichuanese are not like Yunnan people. On the contrary, they like to call it rice noodle, and Yunnan people call it rice noodle.
I sat down in a crowded rice noodle shop and asked for a bowl of chicken rice noodles, which tasted very ordinary. I think this so-called food street is probably fooling foreign tourists.
When I returned to the amorous feelings town by bus, I was pleasantly surprised to find that every restaurant and night market stall here drank shrimp and peeled 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 stripped 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 unfortunately 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 stopped, and I took a bus to Torch Square for a walk. 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 are obviously better.
South red agate in Haimen fishing village originated in Baoshan, Yunnan, and was only discovered in Xichang in recent ten years. In Daliangshan, many Yi people dig around regardless of life and death. It is said that a good stone can buy hundreds of thousands or even millions, and getting rich overnight is not a myth. After those Yishan people dug stones and made a fortune, they bought cars and houses in Xichang city and squandered their enjoyment. Therefore, Xichang, a small town, 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 the agate bracelet of the same quality in the store of Xichang Airport, and the price was 9800 yuan.
It's really a "crazy stone". I regret that I didn't buy all the materials of the Yi old woman at that time. Otherwise, when the "South Red Agate" was sizzled by the market, wouldn't I become rich overnight? The more I think about it, the more I regret it.
Back to the amorous feelings town at noon, a row of small restaurants along the road are almost all Sichuan restaurants. I was not interested in noodles, but the rice noodles in Xichang were too thin, so I chose wonton, which is also called "wonton" in Sichuan. The wonton in Xichang is very distinctive. Instead of cooking soup, fry it, and then sprinkle with Chili powder and pepper powder. Tender outside and tender inside, with a unique taste.
Reluctantly check out and leave Qionghai, and take a bus to Xichang Ancient City again.
The ancient city is still so leisurely, and those small shops have few customers. I watched a food program in Taiwan Province Province, "Feet Go to the World", and introduced the Yi silver jewelry manual workshop in the ancient city. I really wanted to buy a pair of silver bracelets or bracelets as tourist souvenirs, but I couldn't find a shop recommended by TV programs at the moment, so I have to say some regrets.