The Qionghai that blends with the city.
Photo courtesy of the Propaganda Department of the Liangshan State Party Committee
in Southwest China,
There is a beautiful place of natural creation,
This is the "Shangri-La" tourism map,
"Cities closest to the sun and the moon",
The largest settlement of Yi people in China,
The capital of Sichuan Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture
- Xichang.
Xichang Satellite Launch Center.
Photo courtesy of Xichang Satellite Launch Center
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Most people have the deepest impression of the city,
Probably the Xichang Satellite Launch Center.
Xichang Satellite Launch Center established in 1970
It is China's satellite launch base.
One of my country's three major space launch centers.
Xichang satellite launch.
Photo by Chen Cheng
China's "Chang'e" series of lunar exploration satellites
Launch here,
The soaring rockets flew straight into the sky.
The ancient myth of flying Chang'e to the moon,
It is interpreted as the dream reality of flying to the moon.
"Moon" has become the city's most unique cultural heritage,
Giving Xichang the "City of the Moon"
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The "Goddess of the Moon" at the seaside
It has also become a landmark building in Xichang.
Moon Goddess.
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But apart from that,
xichang
Also has a lot of beautiful titles-
"Moon City" "Little Spring City"
"A city inhabited by spring"
"The most desirable place to travel in China"
"Excellent Tourist City in China", etc.
Xichang night view.
Photo courtesy of the Propaganda Department of the Liangshan State Party Committee
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With more than two thousand years of history and culture,
Since ancient times, it has been the "important town in the southwest",
The ancient "Southern Silk Road" must pass through.
Served as the inter-ethnic
political, economic and cultural exchanges,
An inclusive and open urban heritage has been nurtured.
The historical development of Xichang is unique that cannot be replicated.
Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, where Xichang is located,
It is the largest settlement of Yi people in the country.
In a specific environment and long history,
The Yi people have created a splendid national culture,
It gave birth to a strong national customs.
Yi embroidery.
Photo courtesy of Xichang
Yi lacquerware with strong and bright colors,
retains the original and quaint style;
Colorful Yi costumes
It seems to be wearing the national culture on the body;
Yi embroidery with strong colors and rough techniques,
It reflects the totem worship and folk customs of the Yi people.
And the Yi people living here
See fire as life and soul,
The Yi people have a proverb: Born by the fire, died on the fire,
Their worship of fire has penetrated to the core.
Torch Festival.
Photo courtesy of the Propaganda Department of the Liangshan State Party Committee
it's here,
Has the so-called "Oriental Carnival"
A world-class cultural treasure - the Yi Torch Festival,
It is an annual event for the Yi people in Liangshan.
traditional major festivals,
It is usually held on the 24th day of the sixth month of the lunar calendar every year.
for three days,
The sky is full of stars and torches are everywhere.
Since the Han and Tang Dynasties, the Torch Festival has been followed for more than a thousand years.
Now it has gradually evolved into a folk culture and sports festival.
Torch Festival.
Photo courtesy of the Propaganda Department of the Liangshan State Party Committee
Ming Dynasty literati Yang Sheng'an on Torch Festival
The splendor of the carnival night is full of admiration,
Leaving a verse that has been passed down through the ages:
"The cloud is covered with the red sun, and the mountains are just like the mountains, and the torches are going back and forth.
Thousands of lotus blossoms open the sea market, one day the stars descend to the world.
"
In addition to the rich historical and cultural connotations,
Xichang also has beautiful scenery that cannot be matched anywhere else.
It can be said to be the perfect place to escape the summer heat.
The average annual temperature here is about 18°C.
The average annual oxygen level is about 95%,
The average annual humidity is 61%.
therefore,
Xichang is also known as "Little Spring City".
Different from the bustling modern metropolis of Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou,
It does not have the beauty and elegance of Suzhou and Hangzhou,
Xichang is surrounded by mountains,
With the tranquility of a mountain city-like paradise,
Against the backdrop of a landscape,
It looks very simple and elegant.
Qionghai.
Photo by Yang Liming
Located in the Qionghai Sea in Xichang, it was called Qiongchi in ancient times.
It is the second largest freshwater lake in Sichuan Province.
Known as "the mother lake of the people of Xichang".
The Book of the Han compiled by Ban Gu, a historian of the Eastern Han Dynasty,
There is a record that "there is copper from Nanshan Mountain in Qiongdu, and there is Qiongchi Lake."
Qionghai.
Photo courtesy of the Propaganda Department of the Liangshan State Party Committee
Sitting on the seashore of Qionghai,
Watch the sunrise and sunset quietly,
Riding a boat,
Wandering slowly and leisurely,
Look at the sparkling blue water, the sky and the water,
Like a natural and elegant huge oil painting.
Qionghai.
Photo courtesy of Xichang
Lushan, which is dependent on the Qionghai Sea,
Since ancient times, it has been known as "the scenic spot in southern Sichuan".
The ancient trees on the mountain are towering,
Especially the pine trees, very lush,
A place frequented by locals.
Lushan.
Photo courtesy of the Propaganda Department of the Liangshan State Party Committee
Lushan Zhongling Yuxiu,
It is also praised for monks and Daoists as a good mountain for enlightenment.
Deep down in the jungle
Exposing more than ten seats of the Fanyu and Buddhist Palaces,
The ancient temples and temples are in position according to the ground, each according to the secluded environment,
Majestic and magnificent, with carved beams and painted buildings, it is fascinating.
Lushan.
Photo courtesy of the Propaganda Department of the Liangshan State Party Committee
Standing on the Lushan viewing platform
A glimpse of the whole Qionghai,
The wind blows the hair gently,
Ears are full of melodious bells,
The frolic of the forest birds.
The Anning River passes through the city,
Qionghai is like a plateau pearl embellished in it,
shining brightly,
Lingxiu Lushan is located by the Qionghai Lake.
Waiting quietly for this beauty.
One side of pure land, one sea and clear water, one Lushan Mountain
The mountains, the water and the city are formed to complement each other,
A beautiful picture in which people, culture and scenery complement each other.
Lushan cherry blossoms are in full bloom.
Photo courtesy of Xichang
And not far from them,
Luoji Mountain also stands quietly in the south of Qionghai.
Mountain waves, peaks and waves, layer upon layer, majestic and peculiar.
The name of Luoji Mountain comes from the "sister" relationship with Mount Emei.
"Emei Mountain is like the eyebrows of a woman's silkworm moth,
The snail-shaped bun is like a conch-shaped bun on a girl's head."
Spiral Bun Mountain.
Photo by Yao Xiongwei
The four seasons of the Luoji Mountain are so beautiful that people are mesmerized.
In spring and summer, the sun is warm and there is a sea of flowers;
In autumn, the forests are dyed, refreshing and leisurely;
Winter is quiet and cold, with snowflakes fluttering.
Spiral Bun Mountain.
Photo by Hu Liping
Luoji Mountain
Not only is my country's rare biological resource "gene bank",
And preserved complete, currently the world's largest
The original ancient glacier groove site.
Among them, Bai Waterfall Valley,
There is also the title of the world's largest hot spring waterfall.
Xichang,
has its own unique landscape
and coveted charm,
Only come to Xichang once,
In order to experience the romance of the mountains and rivers.
Cannonball flowers blooming in winter.
Photo courtesy of Xichang Culture, Broadcasting and Tourism Bureau
In addition to the landscape of Xichang,
The flowers and trees of this city,
Also unforgettable.
Nature splashes ink freely here, gorgeous and picturesque,
Spring is always there in all seasons, and there are flowers blooming every month.
Jacaranda, which is a tree in Xichang City, can be said to be
The "heart love" of the people here.
Jacaranda.
Photo courtesy of Cultural Tourism Liangshan
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It has the largest and oldest jacaranda trees in the country.
Every April and May,
The whole city will be shrouded in the romantic purple of the city,
Shockingly beautiful.
Large swathes of jacaranda,
Gathering in this small town like a purple haze,
Weaving out the romance of spring,
It is simply "Miyazaki's summer".
spring jacaranda,
It is the most beautiful decoration in Xichang.
And the beautiful scenery of the four seasons,
It is also a scenery you should not miss.
Brazier BBQ.
Photo courtesy of Xichang Culture, Broadcasting and Tourism Bureau
morning rice noodles,
Xichang brazier barbecue at night,
Drunk shrimp on the seashore of Qiong...
Any kind of Xichang food is intoxicating.
Drunk shrimp.
Photo courtesy of Xichang
in Xichang,
There is also a "living fossil" called the slave society.
Liangshan Yi Slave Society Museum.
This is the first ethnic museum in my country.
It is also the only one in the world that reflects the form of slave society.
Thematic Museum.
time in human history
The longest slavery society "living fossil",
Liangshan Yi Slave Society Museum
After years of collecting cultural relics,
There are more than 4,000 pieces (sets) in the existing collection,
It shows the history and folk customs of Liangshan.
Liangshan Yi Slave Society Museum.
Photo courtesy of Sichuan Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism
Nature bestows Xichang with boundless lakes,
cascading mountains,
A road that turns a thousand times,
Multi-ethnic settlements form colorful ethnic customs
...
Xichang has beautiful scenery that will not be repeated for 365 days.
Until the epidemic subsides,
Let us meet in Xichang,
Look at the magnificent scene full of stars and torches all over the place.
people's life,
You must go to Xichang!
Author: Yao Xinyu, Zhu Huan