There is an unknown place in Yunnan. It has never called itself an ancient town, but it has retained a large number of historical traces. It is located in Luxi County in southern Yunnan. Luxi is a place with a long history and rich culture, and it has a history of more than two thousand years.
Generations of Luxi people have survived and reproduced on this red earth plateau, creating a long history and culture, leaving behind simple and mellow folk customs and colorful cultural resources. It is called "the mountains and rivers are full of majestic atmosphere, countless famous places of embroidery, and countless ancient sites are staggered." "Three temples, six pavilions, seven temples, and eight temples" have become synonymous with cultural relics in Luxi.
Get up early and head to Luxi. See how the day there is turned on.
When I came to Luxi, I must come to the old street to experience the strong urban atmosphere. The stalls on the street seemed to have brought me back to my childhood.
Luxi County Chengshu Town is one of the ancient towns in southeastern Yunnan. From the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty to the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it was once the seat of Guangxi Road and Guangxi Prefecture. Therefore, even if you only stay for one night when you come to Luxi County, you have to go around the county town to understand this thousand-year-old ancient town. Therefore, Yuhuangge Street, the most cultural tradition in Luxi, was selected to experience its customs and culture.
This is an ancient and quiet old commercial street. It is not wide and stretches for several miles on both sides of the street. It is all individual stores. Moreover, many houses look a little outdated, as if they can only be seen in movies and TV dramas. It is said that most of them were built during the Republic of China and have been preserved to this day. Walking on the street makes people feel like they have traveled back to the last century and pursued those distant memories.
In a remote and quiet old street, we can fully enjoy all the loneliness, freedom and detachment brought by time. The narrow streets, mottled wooden doors, and quiet pedestrians slowly walked by, and the ringing of bicycles came from a distance, and those distant memories were moved again.
Most of the houses on the street were built during the Republic of China, and few were built during the Qing Dynasty and have been preserved to this day. Although the house is broken, it is a physical evidence that this street can be called the old street.
People are constantly coming and going, and the walkway under the eaves are bright and smooth bluestone slabs. The road is not wide, and the Luxi Department Store on the street is the memory of the previous generation and is difficult to see elsewhere.
The store counter in my childhood memory, even the price tags have been in the past style and have never changed. People are still used to coming here to buy essentials.
Most of the houses here are frames of wood and bluestone foundations. They need to be supported by beams on the bottom floor. Generally, only two floors are built, and the roof is covered with green tiles.
A street is connected to see, and the side facing the street on the first floor is full of shops. It used to be called Jiangxi Street, because the streets were all obtained by Jiangxi merchants doing business. From south to north, from east to west, on the old street that stretches for several kilometers, I don’t know how many shops have been opened during the hundreds of years of ups and downs. Come and go, iron-clad houses, and tenants with flowing water.
Urban construction across the country has been accelerated over the years, but it is gratifying that Luxi has not changed the appearance of its old street.
Luxi Old Street is just a microcosm of thousands of old streets in China. Every city, every township, and even every village in China has an old street, engraved with the mark of time, each with its own posture, each with its own appearance, and each with its own soul. Every old street is the essence of the changes of times, historical changes, and years of precipitation. Every old street is the most beautiful interpretation of homesickness. And homesickness is the most touching word in the old street.
After visiting the old street, my stomach was so hungry that I was so hungry that I found a place to have a full meal and see what people in Luxi usually eat.
potato , which is everywhere in the streets and alleys of Yunnan, has been eaten in Luxi, that is, roast potatoes in Luxi. Located in the underground food court on Jiuhua Road, there are dozens of merchants selling roasted potatoes.
Luxi roasted potato has a unique taste. In addition to the excellent quality of the potato, it is fragrant and delicious, it also has dozens of dipping sauces, you can match them as you wish. Dozens of dipping sauces have a unique flavor no matter how they are matched.
Roast one raw potato on a charcoal fire, after roasting, use knife peel off the skin, cut it into two halves from the middle and put it in a plate, dip half of them in your own special seasonings, or you can mix more than a dozen seasonings together in a small plate according to your personal preferences and dip them in potatoes. It tastes very delicious.
The dipping sauce for Luxi roasted potatoes include garlic oil, garlic soup, green garlic paste, rosy spicy, soy sauce, millet spicy, fresh millet spicy, fermented curd sauce, spicy sauce, dried chili, peanut powder, sesame oil, five-spice kernel (sunflower seeds), pickled leeks, minced mushrooms, chutney sauce, fermented black beans , pickled folded ear roots, and husk peppers.
More than a dozen seasonings are mixed together to make the soul of roasted potatoes. The roasted potatoes are cut and dipped in a bite. The taste is delicious and super satisfying, and it makes people miss it. The little potatoes are played with by the people of Luxi.
There is a saying in Yunnan: "Eat potatoes for the eldest son". "Children" means handsome in Yunnan dialect, and there are countless ways to eat potatoes in Yunnan, which shows the love of Yunnan people for potatoes.
Local braised chicken feet are also relatively famous. In the food city, those who sell roasted potatoes are ranked first, so those who sell braised chicken feet are ranked second. Five or six different flavors, spicy and attractive, just eating potatoes is a bit dry, and it is smooth and tender with chicken feet, which is cheap and delicious.
How can I not come to Luxi? Alu Ancient Cave ? This place I have heard of countless times but have never been to once, and must be arranged this time.
Alu Ancient Cave is known as the "No. 1 Cave in Yunnan" and is located 15 kilometers from Luxi County. Also known as Luyuan Cave, Alu Ancient Cave is a group of strange spectacular underground caves, namely the underground karst landform, which is similar to the stone forest landscape. The stone forest is on the ground, and Alu Ancient Cave is underground. It is one of the most spectacular natural caves in Asia.
Ming Dynasty geographer Xu Xiake has visited the cave twice and wrote an article that has been passed down through the ages. The formation of the ancient Alu Cave is estimated to have been traced back tens of millions of years ago. Since a large amount of calcium contained in the sea is deposited into limestone , its main component is calcium carbonate. Calcium carbonate will be eroded when acidic substances are encountered, and rainwater is acidic. Therefore, when the ancient sea of Yunnan and Guizhou rises to land, the outside rainwater naturally dissolves calcium carbonate on the limestone, and countless small holes, pits and cracks appear.
After hundreds of thousands of years of weathering, coupled with earthquakes, earth cracks, and other crust movements, in the end, these limestones were dissolved by the water that constantly leaked downwards, into huge hall-style large caves and many crack-style channels.
Alu Ancient Cave dry holes, one water hole, divided into three layers. The first floor is Luyuan Cave and Yuzhu Cave, the second floor is Biyu Cave, and the third floor is Yusanhe. Luyuan Cave and Yuzhu Cave are connected one after another.
Here, there is a feeling of underground adventure in the novel, as if there will be exciting plots at any time.
Yusun River entrance company is located at a depth of 100 meters and a vertical depth of 15 meters. The Yu Yu Cave and Yuzhu Cave are more than 200 meters away. The three caves and one river are connected to each other, both integrated and have different styles and characteristics, forming a cave group with different hierarchies of one country, connected caves, caves, rivers, and sky, and is rich in the Chinese ornamental time value.
hole, it still takes a certain amount of energy to go through the three caves, and it is still in the afternoon after going through the tour. Taking advantage of the sunset, walk around the suburbs of Luxi to feel the atmosphere of this small town, and also release the pressure of daily work.
Looking back on the year that is about to pass, I drove to many places, saw many people, had regrets and laughter, and had many unfulfilled wishes when I encountered difficulties. However, time is moving forward, and life must also move forward. No matter whether the result is good or bad, I will do my best without regrets.
May you roll forward like this wheel, breaking through all obstacles, Think about what you think, love what you love, do what you do, and ask about things.
