"Okay!" He Huan said, "We have arrived at the center of the Daguang Kingdom!"
Everyone looked out the window and saw a bridge soaring into the blue sky like a giant dragon, connecting the natural chasm.
"Wow!"
"This is the Longjiang Bridge that has just been opened to traffic, a masterpiece of highway bridges in mountainous areas in my country!"
Everyone is looking at this huge bridge, which spans two mountains and one river. It can’t be seen to the end and goes straight into the sky. It is really spectacular!
"I feel like I'm on a roller coaster!"
He Huan said with a smile: "If it is the rainy season, the valley is filled with fog, and the whole bridge is covered with fog, making it feel like it is above the clouds. There are many beautiful roads and bridges in Yunzhou, which is a paradise for self-driving. Those who can drive in Yunzhou are experienced drivers.
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Master Zhou is all smiles.
"This super bridge will definitely allow more people to take the Yunxi Route. Therefore, it is a landscape passage, a historical and cultural passage, and an international passage. It is the Southern Silk Road in the new era!"
When the car drove to the center, there were mountains on both sides of the river. A hundred meters below, the Longchuan River was like a ribbon winding away among the mountains.
"Wow! So beautiful!"
He Huan also picked up the camera to take pictures. After taking the pictures, he said: "We have been looking for a passage from Ailao Mountain to Ailao Country, from the Western Han Dynasty to the Eastern Han Dynasty for more than a hundred years, and now we are here in half a day!"
The tourists' faces were full of joy, "I wonder what it would be like if Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty traveled through time?"
"Live up to the ancients!" He Huan said.
Everyone laughed and felt very proud!
After passing the bridge, you will arrive in Tengchong.
Heading straight to Tanglang Hot Spring Hotel, the capable and beautiful woman was already standing there with a smile on her face, reaching out her hand from afar, "Little White Dragon, welcome! Welcome Little White Dragon Group!"
"Hello, Director Yu." He Huan shook her hand.
Director Yu took them inside. Inside was a South Asian-style courtyard, covered with hot springs and filled with mist, making it feel like entering a fairyland.
"These are public hot springs and swimming pools, all natural hot springs. We also have a SPA. You just need to go to the SPA center and tell the front desk that you are the Little White Dragon Group, and you can enjoy the service for free as many times as you want."
The tourists said happily: "Thank you, Director Yu! Thank you, Xiao Bailong!"
He Huan also smiled and said, "Thank you, Director Yu."
When they arrived at the room, the tourists were even more happy. Each room has a courtyard with a hot spring and lush flowers and trees, making it very private and comfortable.
Director Yu looked at Xiao Bailong and saw that he was also very satisfied. He was relieved and said, "You can come to me if you have any opinions or needs."
Let the tourists put away their luggage, rest for a while, gather in the lobby, and He Huan also goes to his room.
Director Yu walked next to him, "Xiao Bailong, you can leave your luggage here the night you go to Gaoligong Mountain, and I will reserve a room for you."
"Thank you, Director Yu, but if anyone needs a room, just let me know."
"Yes." Director Yu nodded, "There are not many high-end hotels in Tengchong, and we are not a brand hotel. We started construction of the Longjiang Bridge in the same year, just because we were sure that the west line would be popular. Now that the Longjiang Bridge is open to traffic, you are here too.
Thank you very much for choosing our hotel and staying for three nights.”
He Huan smiled and said, "I took a fancy to the name at first glance. Tanglang is the name of a place in Tengchong in ancient times. Compared with the standard chain luxury brand hotels, I was looking forward to Tanglang more. Sure enough, your decoration is also very charming. Sorry
The Lao State was founded by the ancestors of the Dai people and had early access to South Asia. This feeling is very atmospheric."
Director Yu nodded happily, "Well, when you come to Tengchong, you can come to me for anything. Where are you going to eat? Do you want me to lead the way?"
"No need. You are busy with your work. I will take them to the ancient town for a walk later."
"good."
After Director Yu left, Master Zhou came in from the courtyard and said, "Xiao Bailong, do you really want to come with your girlfriend?"
"Yes! Why do I always go to a hot spring hotel like this with a man?"
"Hahaha... Only men want to take a bath together! But it's really enjoyable to be in your group! I'm going to be like Lao Feng today and post on WeChat to tease them!"
We waited for the tourists in the lobby and took them to a restaurant recommended by the tour guides for dinner. Needless to say, the food was delicious.
The ancient town is right next to it. With Master Zhou following him tacitly, He Huan doesn't need to find anyone to lead the way.
But Master Zhou had been driving for a day, and He Huan looked at him, "Are you tired? Do you want to go back and take a bath first?"
"No need, nothing happened when we got here. I didn't run continuously. I'll just follow you and listen to the story. We will also gain experience and become a well-educated veteran driver."
The tourists all laughed, and He Huan looked at him with a smile. Master Zhou is really a good person. Maybe it's because he has a bad mouth. He always likes to be listened to, and he also likes to drag the driver to listen.
Master Zhou led the way, and He Huan took the tourists without leaving a trace into Heshun Ancient Town.
"This ancient town feels very similar to Wuzhen!" said a tourist.
He Huan looked at the white walls and blue tiles on both sides, "Yes! Qing Dynasty poets called it Little Jiangnan. Why are there so many ancient Jiangnan cities in the mountains of Yunzhou? You have to ask Zhu Yuanzhang.
Heshun Ancient Town, like Weishan Ancient City and Dali Ancient City, was the will of Zhu Yuanzhang. In other words, Ailao, Nanzhao, and Dali were all powerful countries in history, and Ming Taizu was more concerned about them.
Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, like Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, both knew how to control the barbarian heart. So there are many Hui-style buildings, Jiangnan gardens, and many ancestral halls here."
Along the way, I felt like I was in the south of the Yangtze River.
“Although the Han Dynasty had penetrated deep into China, it was the Ming Dynasty that really occupied this Silk Road.
Jade comes from Tengyue, which comes from the Ming and Qing Dynasties, precisely because this is the trading center of South Asia. Tengyue is the ancient name of Baoshan.
In addition to military villages, civilian villages and merchant villages. Wherever Zhu Yuanzhang's will reaches, there must be a country famous for its literature.
Therefore, many literati, businessmen, jade kings, and cloth kings also emerged here. They also traveled across the oceans through the Southern Silk Road, making this place a famous hometown of overseas Chinese.
Then, they came back to build ancestral halls, academies, etc. They have regarded this place as their hometown. Today, 90% of Baoshan are Han people, and 95% of Tengchong are Han people."
"Ah!" Everyone did not expect that there were so many Han Chinese in this border town.
"There are fewer ethnic minorities than there actually are. After the immigrants moved here, some of them followed local customs and assimilated. They said they were ethnic minorities, but in fact, going back several generations in their family tree, they were all immigrants from the Central Plains, especially in the Pingba area.
Such-and-such post, such-and-such battalion, such-and-such charge, such-and-such station, and such-and-such village are all derived from military villages. Place names like Yunzhou abound. This is what military villages came from.
The Han people in Yunzhou have a common ancestral home - Nanjing. Especially Chuncheng, known as Little Nanjing. But there were a total of three million immigrants in the Ming Dynasty. Were there so many people in Nanjing?
In fact, they came from various places, but they just gathered at Yingtian Mansion and set off. In order to allow them to immigrate, Prime Minister Liu Bowen wrote a poem: Jiangnan has thousands of rivers, Yunnan has thousands of mountains. Five hundred years later, Yunnan will be better than Jiangnan."
The tourists looked at this small Jiangnan, the sunset, and suddenly they didn't know where they were.
"Now six hundred years have passed, Yunnan has not defeated Jiangnan, but because of the Qianzhong Mountains, many Jiangnan towns have been preserved intact."
When everyone wanders around this ancient town, it feels like they are in a water town in the south of the Yangtze River, which is worthy of being compared to Little Suzhou and Hangzhou.
Following the ancestral halls in the ancient town, He Huan told them about the several major families that had moved there.
"People are constantly migrating. For their ancestors, their hometown is the Central Plains. Then they also walked out along the South Silk Road and spread all over the world. For them, their hometown is Heshun."
"Where did the Ailao people move to?" a tourist asked.
"There is no exact record, so it is said that they disappeared together with the Ailao Kingdom.
But when Liu Maung surrendered, he was the big king, and there were seventy-seven little kings. You can think of it as seventy-seven ethnic groups, so the legend of the Virgin Mary and the Dragon Son is spread among many ethnic minorities, because the nine
Long is their common king.
Nanzhao said that he was from the Ailao royal family, which is not accurate. The Shelong tribe may also be one of the small countries. It said that they fled to Weishan, which may be the rebellious Tiger tribe who moved to Weishan.
Those who later moved to Banna may be from the Central Kingdom. Others moved to Dehong, Nujiang and other places and became different ethnic groups.
Similar legends and customs are often found in South and Southeast Asia. In short, step by step, the Ailao people have scattered in the mountains of Yunzhou, along the rivers, or walked out along the poisonous road of Shu.
Therefore, the central country of Southeast Asia does exist and has been glorious for hundreds of years. It also continues to exist in other ways. It is just like a broken jigsaw puzzle, and it is difficult for us to piece it together completely."
When everyone wanders around Suzhou and Hangzhou on this plateau, what they see are ancient buildings and landmarks with a history of 600 years, but the ancient country from 2,000 years ago has disappeared.
I can only imagine it from the story of Xiao Bailong.
When night falls, it is not as lively as Dali and Lijiang ancient cities. The yellowed white walls, gray-black eaves, tall archways, and ancient ancestral halls give it a somewhat gloomy feel.
The tourists seemed a little sad.
This is an in-depth tour.
He Huan looked at them and said, "Go back and soak in the hot springs! Tengchong Hot Spring was also spread by Xu Xiake in the Ming Dynasty. Many beautiful scenery in Yunzhou was discovered by Xu Traveler. However, the custom of ethnic minority bathhouses in this area has a long history. Maybe Jiulong is
He and his brothers and sisters soaked in the pool to establish the Kingdom of Taguang."
After returning to the hotel and soaking in the hot spring, everyone melted.
He Huan also soaked in the pool with Master Zhou, and his heart melted.