Amorous feelings Guilin of
——Close to Yangshuo
I got familiar with Guilin from textbooks since I was young, and I know it has the reputation of "the best landscape in the world". However, it was in August this year that I really got close contact with Guilin. Take part in the outdoor activities, and the colleagues are netizens who have never met before. I thought to myself that this would be a new journey experience, and certainly not to be missed.
After a day and night of exhausting travel, we finally arrived in Yangshuo. Yangshuo is a small town, but it plays an important role in the landscape of Guilin. With its unique landscape of "clear mountains, beautiful water, strange peaks, and ingenious caves", it also has a simple and modern "Bar Street"—— West St It is famous all over the world and has become a good place for Chinese and foreign tourists. It is known as "Guilin has the best landscape in the world, and Yangshuo is called the best in Guilin".
The night market in Yangshuo is one of its characteristics. The large and small stalls and the continuous stream of people set off the broad streets like lights and tourists. Most of the stalls sell handicrafts with national characteristics, such as jewelry, pendants, etc. There are also a variety of specialty shops, including antique shops that specialize in seals and snuff bottles, hand-painted T-shirts, iron plate paintings, and more batik and tie dyed cloth of different colors... When you are in a variety of boutique shops and browse the small handicrafts with strong ethnic customs, you will naturally feel excited about the novelty.
Yangshuo is most famous for its "Bar Street" - West Street. West Street is no more than 517 meters long, and its buildings are ingenious and exquisite. The most traditional stone pavement and grey brick arcade are combined with the most foreign English signboards. The organic combination of tradition and modernity, and the blending of Chinese and foreign cultures are natural without affectation. In bars of different sizes and styles, music comes out faintly, either elegant or hippie, hot or quiet. Rows of small tables lined with printed blue cloth, well arranged log chairs, red, white and yellow wine swaying in goblets, people of different skin colors, nationalities and faiths, in twos and threes, are at ease, talking quietly or laughing happily...... While passers-by can only pass through rows of seats, I really don't know whether the tourists are the scenery in the eyes of the tourists or the tourists are the scenery in the eyes of the tourists? Also, it doesn't matter who is whose scenery. We are part of the beautiful scenery and listeners and appreciators of the myriad styles of the ancient town of Youyou when we are under the barrier of green mountains, on the gentle shore of water, or walking or sitting upright.
The next morning, the weather was excellent, and we were also very excited after a night of rest. We would drive (bike) along the broad, clean and flat high-grade highway to visit the most beautiful part of Guilin's landscape, by way of Butterfly Spring Big banyan tree , arriving at the destination one by one Bodhisattva Water Rock 。 Maybe it's because of the rain. The air is particularly fresh, clean and full of green mountains and green waters. There is almost no dust on the road, and the driving vehicles keep driving at a low speed with good manners, which makes my heart warm. Facing the wind, you can overlook the mountains in the distance. Some are handsome, some are tall and straight, some are abrupt, some are suddenly emerging, like conch, like fairy, like buffalo, like a big banyan tree... You can give full play to your imagination and let your thinking spread in the mountains and green waters.
Walking along the picturesque green corridor, intoxicated with the songs and laughter of friends, an hour's drive seems to be very short. We finally saw the long lost Moon Mountain , once again witnessed the uncanny workmanship and ingenuity of nature.
Bodhisattva Shuiyan and our Chencheng Wanhuayan Almost, but it is basically undeveloped. Maybe it is this primitive nature that reveals its uniqueness. Stepping into it, a cool breath came into my face. The road is bumpy, and the light in the cave is not good. We have to use the guide's weak flashlight light to feel our way forward, and no one cares about the appearance and posture. Along the way, we trek "mountain" and "water", click "stone" and jump "ladder". Some good people joked that we were carrying out the "Long March in the Cave" in the new century. After walking for about 50 minutes, my eyes suddenly opened up, and the famous mud bath was in front of me. I have heard that the mud here is a good product for natural beauty and skin care for a long time. After taking a break, I can't wait to put on my swimsuit and slide down the artificial mud ladder, falling like mud with a crash, becoming a clay figure. Careful play, the mud here is really different from the soil in the fields when I was a child. Its mud is more delicate, tender and smooth, and even has an impulse to love each other. It is also very buoyant. Even a dry duck like me can trust the whole body to the mud in this pool without worrying about sinking. I don't know who initiated it. A large group of clay figurines opened the mud fight. For a moment, the mud fell into the water with a loud "patter" sound, and the voices of begging for mercy and laughing kept rising. We all indulge in the fun of plastering ourselves and others into clay figurines, which seems to be horrible but also enjoyable.
Coming out of the cave, the clouds are light and the wind is clear, and there is green everywhere. After unloading the load of mud, I felt very relaxed, leaving behind a series of "ding, ding, ding" bells, and returned to the station in less than half an hour.
The water of Lijiang River, the mountain of Yangshuo, the bar of West Street Guanyin Rock The mud has become an indelible memory in my heart, looking forward to getting close again.
