Jianchuan| Travel Guide
If it comes to antiquity, no ancient city in Yunnan can match it
Jianchuan, formerly known as Yidu (Naxi language, meaning the southern gate) Nanzhao set up Jianchuan Jiedu as the beginning of administrative establishment, and it has a history of more than 1300 years of city construction.
The sword points to the universe, and the river flows endlessly.
"Jianchuan" its name, sounds very "rivers and lakes".
Here, with the momentum of one lake, three mountains, and two cities, famous carvings, famous songs, celebrities, famous food... intangible cultural heritage are all colorful.
🔥Jian Lake
The most representative typical wetland on the northwestern plateau of Yunnan, known as the "plateau pearl", is the mother lake of Jianchuan. This is also an important gathering point and stopover on the migratory bird migration route in China, and the wintering habitat of migratory water birds.
🔥Laojun Mountain, Shibaoshan, Qianshi Mountain
👣Laojun Mountain is one of the eight major areas of the world natural heritage "Three Parallel Rivers", known as the "ancestor of Yunnan Mountain" by the historical community, with the high-altitude glacial lake known as the ninety-nine dragon pools, it is a mysterious primitive forest park.
👣Shibaoshan, the mountain is as its name suggests, with stone as treasure, even the "miracle" of "stone blooming", in 1986 it was listed as the first batch of national key scenic spots.
In the hinterland of Shibaoshan, there is a stone cave known as the "southern sky treasure"-Shibaoshan Grottoes. There are 16 caves, about a hundred statues, most of which are works from the Nanzhao Dali period, which is a history of Nanzhao Dali carved on "stone".
👣Qianshi Mountain, famous for its more than 3,000 finely carved stone lions. They are in various poses and lifelike.
🔥Shaxi Ancient Town, Jianchuan Ancient City
👣Shaxi Ancient Town is a thousand-year-old town lost between Dali, Lijiang, and Shangri-La, the three famous scenic spots, and it is also the "last ancient market on the Tea Horse Road".
Stepping on the Yujin Bridge, coming to the side of the ancient town, below is the riverside gently stroked by the Heihui River. Away from the hustle and bustle, the scenery of the wilderness and the precipitation of time are hidden in the simplicity and quietness of Shaxi.
👣The humble old man, Jianchuan Ancient City. The 600-year history of the ancient city is not wasted, the ancient residential buildings retain the time, and the hundreds of Bai ethnic courtyards in the ancient city record the past of the Bai people.
🔥Famous carvings
In Jianchuan, we can also experience the inheritance of traditional culture and traditional architecture in the process of historical development, such as woodworking. Jianchuan carpenter is one of the two most important carpenter factions in Yunnan (the other is Jianshui, Tonghai carpenter).
Today, the Jianchuan area still likes to build new wooden traditional houses as residences, so the woodworking craftsmanship is completely inherited, and a whole set of building ceremonies from logging, foundation laying, column erection to beam erection are also well preserved, becoming a living fossil for studying Yunnan residential building ceremonies.
For an ancient city like Jianchuan, tourists are more suitable to be a quiet intruder, walking along the streets of the ancient city, savoring the couplets and prints of each household, and reading the story behind a door.
Whether everyone's May Day is swiped by the sea of mountains and people, in order not to join the excitement in May Day, I deliberately chose a plateau lake that has not been developed in the distance - Jian Lake. The name sounds strange, but his state is very well known, that is Dali. Jianhu is located in the southeast of Jianchuan County, Dali Prefecture. In the past, many introductions said that he was very beautiful in the rest area of the high-speed toll port. In fact, when we really walked into Jianhu, you will find more beautiful. But if you want to come to Jianhu to play, it is really not easy. Only a small area has been developed. It is located on the northwest side of Jianhu Lake. Although there is now a Huanhu Avenue, it is really far from the lake. I can't see the lake on the Huanhu Avenue. If you want to walk into the lake, you need to pass through some small villages, such as the Shajiangou I went to this time, there is really no tourist, only I am quietly enjoying it, the beautiful lake and the ripples on the lake, and the various birds flying in the air.
Jianhu Lake is located in Jianchuan County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province. The water quality of Jianhu Lake is clear and transparent, which can be called a bright pearl embedded in the northwest plateau of Yunnan. The blue sky and white clouds reflect the lake near the lake. The mountains and sky are the same color and the mountains and rivers are the same frame. Every year on June 15, the lunar calendar, is the sea round the countryside around Jianhu Lake, like the festival hot and lively, around Jianhu for a week.
Dali to a large service area in Lijiang, passing by here several times, every time I take a break here to see the scenery, this time I come mainly for charging, Xiaopeng super charge is very fast, especially convenient.
The site of the sea gate at the outlet of Jianhu Lake is the earliest area in Yunnan to use bronzeware and is the source of Yunnan civilization. Jianhu is the site of the Jianhu Palace of Mr. Jin Yong's famous book "Tianlong Eight Parts". Jianhu is also one of the key protected plateau lakes in Yunnan Province, a provincial nature reserve and a provincial wetland reserve. I missed the yellow leaves all over the land this autumn. In the early winter, I came to see the blue sky and white clouds by Jianhu, and the increasingly dense woods. I can't tell what tree it is.
Self-driving, very difficult to find, navigation first led to a very narrow dirt road, can not open, and had to go around the other side of the lake, there is a wetland park, many locals fishing there. There is a narrow road in the direction of the lake. The reeds on both sides of the road are very charming. The car can drive all the way to the lake. There are many farmland by the lake. The pure natural landscape, no one is transformed, no deliberate carving, no commercialization, I like it very much.