Lijiang City: the tea-horse road on the wetland

Are you thereLijiangThe first heard "this noun to pull the city of the sea", the heart has been questioned whether is it right? The other is wrong, should be "Sea city", a city called "pull the city of the sea"? When a friend put the map in front of me, I know that it is a nature reserve, located in the beautiful wetland is a piece of the tea-horse ancient road.

The boatman punting

La City Haiyuan as part of Northwest Yunnan geosyncline, isYunnanThe first nature reserve, named by "wetland", the lake 2437 meters above sea level. Since 1980 time, has the construction of water conservancy, water holes in a tall building up before the dam, the sea never optional flow, but Cong HaidongMount HuangshanWhistle through the water tunnel, into the urban area of Lijiang. Lashihai by seasonal lake into maintain certain level plateau lake, the lake as a mirror reflecting theJade Dragon Snow Mountain, wintering waterbirds Enron habitats, or flying in the sky, constitute the unique plateau wetlands.

From the Old Town of Lijiang to drive to pull the city of the sea, along the altitude rising, alongPanshanThe road about 15 minutes, you can reach the city of the sea. Standing in the Lashi sea shore, see the distance of Castle Peak, the white clouds in the sky, are reflected in the clear lake.

The city is located on the tea horse road, is the ancient Southwest Frontier Trade fortress, near the sea city of Rafah is well-preserved ancient tea horse road site, here will almost certainly be riding experience. Most to pull the city of the sea horse city is endemic in horse head, seems small, relatively thin, but great effort, no less than the northwest.

The wetland in a bird eggs

After the payment of 200 yuan of money, we were arranged to give a Naxi Women lead. She was riding a horse, took us slowly on the tea horse road. The sister told me, the horse will also see people, so tender it will bully me, with my temper run, on horseback to it a little harder, a little. Think of his gentle to dismount dismount, much like it, it will be very like you.

Just when riding uphill, feel very nervous, the eldest sister told us, uphill when body to lean forward, downhill leaned back, feet pedal live stirrup child can. On the way up, especially good horses, they also chose the easy road to walk. Sister said, once she let out horses, came to a woods couldn't find the way home, the last is the horse with her looking back, I think it is the legendary "know the ropes.".

When we learned fromBeijingTo tourists, elder sister is very envious said, they are also very think of Beijing to have a look, can be a lifetime may also not have the opportunity, after all, from Beijing once is not a small overhead. Sister a signle thanks to us, she said, we this trip today is her third times before the horse, two are 3 visitors, she can't ride, because a group of only 3 horses, she can only horse trekking through the rough, muddy road. Because in front of several times are then lead a horse, she didn't eat lunch, even the horse didn't feed. It had only two of us, she also can finally breath. I looked at her feet, a pair of old shoes, was covered with mud, even the feet are. This scene to see me sad, but it was in the mountains, not a place to eat, even if it is a bowl of noodles, or let the elder sister to fill his belly!

Horse

Girlfriend inadvertently asked, if the horse is dead? Sister immediately to catch up, says this is a taboo, they generally do not say that the horse dead things, because they are from the tea horse road all the way through. The horse for them, is not only a means of transport, but also a source of their life, they treat horses, even if the horse is dead, they will find a feng shui treasure buried horses, and raise a memorial.

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