#Old House Street Auction#
Walking into Shaxi Ancient Town, it is very quiet, there are not many tourists, compared to the hustle and bustle of Lijiang, here is like a paradise, blue sky and white clouds and old houses. Yunnan Dali Shaxi Ancient Town is known by the United Nations as "the only surviving market on the Tea Horse Ancient Road", but also a truly simple and primitive ancient town, strolling vertically like a line of sanli ancient street, "the world's first ancient alley" sign is eye-catching, the Ming and Qing Dynasty a unique bridge door hole, antique Lao Tzu shop, paint a new, bright lights, a small yellow flag to the wind, the newly opened shops have lantern shops, cricket shops, antique shops, soup shops, etc., the ancient town is not large, most of the people who live are indigenous people. There are also a small number of outsiders who set up shops and live here, and there is a curved Black River in front of the town, across which are wide fields and villages. With Sifang Street as the center, there are four alleys in the southeast, southwest, and northwest, the ground is an ancient red sand stone slab, and there are various small shops and restaurants with special tastes on both sides of the street. The town is quaint and quiet, warm and quiet, and the time has stopped a thousand years ago. The houses were old, their walls mottled, and their blue-black tile roofs were overgrown with weeds. In the clear blue sky, the clouds were rolling; the sun was shining all over the town, and the sunlight that swam from the branches of the trees fell on the ground and the walls, and the light and shadow were enough. Here people will naturally calm and enjoy the body and mind. Walk around the town; ride horses; watch the morning mist, sunset, and stars; shop; drink coffee; tease cats and dogs; walk through the laneways; make a pot of tea in an inn and read a good book. Day after day, time passes lightly from the fingertips, and the longer you stay, the more reluctant you are to leave.
