Dali ancient city is not in Dali.

How can you experience the ancient Dian culture and Bai customs when you come to Dali, not the ancient city of go to dali? ! But I want to tell you a disappointing thing. Going to the ancient cities of Renmin Road and Foreigners Street is really going to the wrong place. Dali's veritable ancient city is elsewhere.

Once the ancient city of Dali, no one cares about it, and there is no large-scale renovation of various houses. You can still see the quaint ancient buildings; There are few tourists, the ancient city is still a residential area, the pace of life is slow and the price is low; The city is still quiet and peaceful. In the morning and evening, you can also see the old white people sitting on the side of the road with a cigarette rod on their shoulders and walking slowly, full of street flavor; Young artists from all walks of life gather here to do what they like seriously for their ideals.

Who knows, a movie completely broke the peace here. With the popularity of this film, Dali also became popular in an instant, and a large number of tourists flocked to it. Followed by commercial development, soaring rents, urban transformation, People's Road Foreigner Street was quickly occupied by various tourist commodities and food stores, a large number of residents moved out to places where countless people lived, and many struggling new immigrants began to evacuate.

It is undeniable that the arrival of tourists has brought great opportunities to the development of Dali, but excessive commercial development and transformation have almost destroyed the spiritual homes of countless people. Today's Dali ancient city has only one name, which is not worthy of the name.

Dali ancient city is not in Dali, but in Xizhou.

Starting from Shimonoseki, you will reach Xizhou more than 20 kilometers north along the Xijing Line. When you see this big tree, you can go further inside and you will find the ancient town of Western Zhou Dynasty.

After the big banyan tree, the city goes to the street. There are all kinds of shops that transform old houses in this street, many of which are beautiful and modern. Go straight along the streets of the city, and you will arrive at Sifang Street, which is a market in the town with many merchants. The legendary Xizhou Baba can be eaten authentic here.

Across Sifang Street, there are many shops to visit on the left and right roads. The barber shop run by local people is a bit like the street barber shop when I was a child. There are also individual shops run by foreigners. Not far away is Jiutan God, and further inside is the main street. There are almost no tourists here, and all kinds of old houses of large local families can be seen. Nine altar gods go in, Dong 'anmen comes out, and the tour can basically be over.

Xizhou now conforms to all your fantasies about the ancient town.

This is the birthplace of the Bai nationality, and there are many old houses and ancient buildings, which are well preserved.

I want to see traditional houses, which are everywhere, and many big families have a sense of residential design.

Large-scale commercial development has not yet begun, and there are few tourists, so you can walk around quietly.

? The rent is not high and the pressure is not great. Some people can open some interesting shops here and live according to their own ideas.

There are many handicraft shops here, such as Ma Jia and tie-dye shops.

The commercial street is also slightly transformed from the old house, retaining the original architectural layout of the ancient town.

The coffee shop here is also very good, both the design inside and outside the store and the quality of coffee reflect the boss's intention.

If you want to experience the traditional national culture, you can also visit the production process and tie-dyeing of milk fans.

Xizhou is such a place worth savoring. There are many interesting places that need time and patience to find slowly, but isn't this the fun of traveling?

Perhaps for the sake of development, Xizhou will eventually attract large-scale commercial tourism development, or it may be brand-new and crowded with tourists everywhere, but at least now, in Xizhou, we can still see a real ancient city.