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After finishing the main meal, we started shopping for snacks in Lijiang Old Town.

There are flower cakes everywhere, which smell very fragrant and tempting from a distance.

There are many flavors, and Wu Shuangshuang personally prefers the classic rose and jasmine flavors.

Not only did I eat, but I also bought a lot of flower cakes and asked the store owner to send them directly back to my hometown. When the time comes, my mother will receive them and give some to nearby relatives and friends.

There is a snack called "Chickpea Jelly".

The appearance looks like konjac, but the taste is completely different. It is very similar to the sweet potato starch noodles from Sichuan and Chongqing regions. The black exterior is crispy, but the inside is tenderer than tofu. It is really delicious when paired with chili noodles. There are many snack bars in the ancient city and old ladies selling them in alleys for 10 yuan a serving.

Other snacks are similar to those seen in Dali.

While wandering around, I found a Zhongyi Market on the edge of the ancient city. The night market has spicy hotpots, snacks, and fruit barbecue, and the key is that the prices are not expensive.

The price-performance ratio is really high in a scenic spot like this. A box of nearly full fruit platter only costs 10 yuan. What a bargain!

There are not many tourists in Lijiang Old Town on weekdays, so Wu Shuangshuang found a small inn.

The double bed room is only 88 per night, and each room has air conditioning and humidifier.

Wu Shuangshuang wanted to bring Huangzhu and Dahuang to stay together, but the cleaning fee was 12 yuan extra.

In the evening, I took a comfortable hot bath in the hotel and planned to go to Shangri-La after waking up.

Legend has it that somewhere deep in the snowy mountains of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau there is a kingdom composed of eight lotus petal-shaped areas. This kingdom is surrounded by double-layered snowy mountains, and in the center stands the Kalaba Palace as high as a snowy mountain.

There is no pain or desire here, only holiness and wisdom. This kingdom is Shangri-La.

In the history of the development of Buddhism, Shangri-La has been widely mentioned as the highest state of "Pure Land".

According to legend, the people of Shangri-La are the most wise saints. Most of them are tall and possess natural power. They can communicate and connect with the world from places invisible to people through the secret passages of the earthly branches and navels.

In 1933, James Hilton called an oriental paradise-like place in a snow-capped mountain canyon "SHANGRI-LA" in "The Lost Horizon".

More than 60 years later, this paradise Shangri-La was confirmed to be on the Uji Diqing Plateau in Yunnan Province, China.

The English pronunciation of Shangri-La is exactly the same as "Shangri-La" in the Tibetan dialect of Zhongdian on the Diqing Plateau, which means "the sun and moon in the heart". It originates from the animistic religious concept of sun and moon worship that has been spread in Zhongdian for thousands of years.

After waking up in the morning, Wu Shuangshuang had a simple breakfast and then drove to Shangri-La.

The closer I get there, the more I feel like I've entered heaven.

The narrow field on the roadside is lush green, with occasional patches of unknown golden grass and flowers, and groups of cattle and sheep wandering loosely.

Looking far into the distance, the clouds in the distance are very low and thick, clinging to the mountain peaks on the horizon. It gives people the feeling of being so close to the sky.

Driving on a clean asphalt road, a few flowers of unknown colors appeared on the roadside from time to time, swaying gently in the wind, exuding a faint breath of tranquility. Here, far away from the hustle and bustle of people, listening to the gentle breeze The whisper of grass.

Scenes like this may have only appeared in dreams in the past.

Continuing to drive along the not-so-wide asphalt road, the wilderness gradually became less popular, and the patches of flowers gradually disappeared, replaced by garden-like canyons.

It is full of trees with white flowers, and occasionally there are one or two cabins hidden among the trees.

Wu Shuangshuang said that Shangri-La is like a colorful picture, more beautiful than the water towns in the south of the Yangtze River.

When I was tired from driving, I stopped to rest and asked for a bowl of water from a farmer.

There is a clear stream flowing in front of the house, which makes it feel like a paradise.

Walking through the dense white flower trees, pieces of white petals fall with the breeze, covering the grass under the trees like snowflakes in the winter moon. The black soil by the stream makes the green grass, yellow flowers and blue irises disappear. color.

There are dots of fallen cherry blossoms under your feet, and as the gurgling stream flows silently into the distance, it feels like a dream in a trance.

Just in time for dinner, the smoke from the hut rises, pulling you back from your dream and telling you that this is the world, this is Shangri-La.

Here, when you knock on every door of a house, you will see a simple face with a clean smile. Such a smile can only bloom in the purest heart.

Wu Shuangshuang originally wanted to pay, but couldn't resist the enthusiasm of the fellow villagers.

She just wanted to drink some water, but she enthusiastically helped her make butter tea.

He also asked Wu Shuangshuang if he was hungry, and invited Wu Shuangshuang to stay at home and eat Tibetan flatbread.

Despite the language barrier, Wu Shuangshuang could feel their enthusiasm and warmth from their smiles and the hot butter tea even with their guessing and gestures.

Here, meadow is not the main theme of Shangri-La. The northern foot of Xiaoxue Mountain is the legendary secret land of Shangri-La.

When the dusk sunlight passes through the thick clouds rolling over the snow-capped mountains and slants down from the sky, it paints the deep valleys of the snow-capped mountains with rich colors and ignites the blooming rhododendrons on the cliffs.

The sea in Shangri-La is like the stars from the sky, which are scattered on the plateau, lying quietly and softly in the arms of Shangri-La.

Here you can seem to hear the sound of moonlight pouring into the water, the sound of the sun caressing the leaves, the sound of bees kissing the flowers, and the sound of communication between nature and humans.

Wu Shuangshuang was driving around and came across a food called "Sibu".

This is a famous dish of the Naxi people.

"Sibu" is a Naxi language, meaning "blowing the liver", which means adding refined salt, five-spice powder, shredded ginger and other seasonings to the pork liver, then sprinkling it with pepper powder and letting it air-dry.

When eating, put "Terabu" into the soup pot, then add an appropriate amount of chili pepper and Sichuan peppercorns, and cook slowly over low heat.

When cooked, cut into thin slices and eat. It tastes spicy and fragrant, with a special taste.

In addition to the famous butter tea, Wu Shuangshuang also drank a unique Solima wine, commonly known as "Tibetan wine" and also called Tibetan beer.

Made from fermented green pears, the wine has a mild and bland taste, but the locals say it has a strong stamina.

Because he had to drive, Wu Shuangshuang just licked and tasted it without drinking it, and finally chose to pack it up and take it away.

Maybe you can have a drink while having supper by yourself at night.

There was another very interesting thing while driving. The sun was still shining brightly in front of us, but a dark cloud suddenly drifted over in the distance.

Thousands of bright raindrops came sparsely.

In the blink of an eye, there was a crackling sound, which also made the roof of the car crackle.

It turns out that the weather in Shangri-La is also very changeable!

But within a few minutes, after the dark clouds passed, the bright sun returned to the top of the head.

Looking back through the rain clouds, you can still see a beautiful rainbow. This is really a mysterious and spiritual place.