Huili, an authentic ancient city!

Huili, an authentic ancient city! When you travel to Xichang, Sichuan, don’t forget to visit Huili. It takes only one and a half hours to get from Xichang to Huili by highway. You can take a bus at Xichang Bus Passenger Transport Center to Huili Tourist Passenger Transport Center. When you get out of the station, you can feel the local customs and people, the long-lost sound of motorcycles, tricycles, flatbed carts, etc. There is a mutton restaurant on the second floor of the passenger station, which serves braised lamb chops, lamb blood, fried liver, meat powder, soup pot, and mutton fat poached eggs (it sounds fishy, ​​but it’s actually local brown sugar + mutton fat + local eggs, very fragrant and without any strange smell). Just take a taxi to the ancient city. The ancient city has preserved its ancient characteristics. There are morning bells and evening drums every day. There are ritual blessing activities on the bell and drum tower (it is recommended to watch in the morning). The sound of bells and evening drums resounds through the sky. People in the ancient city all know that it is 7:30 in the morning and 7:30 in the evening. The Huili local accent is very special, such as "gei shi" (meaning "yes" or "no"), you go there, I go play for a while. With a Yunnan accent, Huili chicken shredded bait is also a delicacy that is worth your taste buds. The residents of the ancient city live a slow-paced life. In the morning, the old men who drink morning wine in the mutton restaurant order two taels of small stove wine, a bowl of mutton, spicy bean paste dipping sauce, and a bowl of rice. After eating and drinking early in the morning, they go to the teahouse to chat for the whole afternoon. Mutton rice noodles are a local specialty. The bosses are generous with the seasonings. It is the only place I have seen using large bowls and pots to serve the ingredients. I once saw a person order a large bowl of mutton with double sauce (double portions of meat or mixed), add half a bowl of coriander and green onions, and half a bowl of chili peppers. He ate all the meat and noodles in one gulp after the seasonings were covered, and finally drank up the soup. He was so satisfied. There is a small clay pot shop in the first alley on the right when you walk past West Street. The owner is very Buddhist. If you go too early, they are just preparing the food, and if you go too late, they are sold out. It seems that the food is fixed in quantity. The pig trotter powder and clay pot dishes are original without any additives. The dipping sauce is very fragrant. After eating there, you will understand that behind the owner's Buddhist attitude is the real care put into the ingredients and condiments.