A century-old Longdu tells the story of the Shaxi people themselves?

Shaxi is located in the southwest of Jianchuan County, Dali, Yunnan Province, in the southeast of the Jinsha River, Lancang River, and Nujiang Parallel Rivers Nature Reserve. It is located between the Dali Scenic Area and the ancient city of Lijiang. It is famous far and wide. Shibaoshan is here. Shaxi is a small dam surrounded by green mountains. It has beautiful mountains and clear waters, a pleasant climate, and rich products. The Heilongjiang River, a water system of the Lancang River, runs through the entire dam from north to south.

Shaxi is a small town with a long history, dating back to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period more than 2,400 years ago. During the Tang and Song Dynasties, Nanzhao and Dali Kingdoms emerged in the southwestern region and became a buffer zone between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo at that time. It was also a link between the powerful and the main route of the Tea Horse Road that connected the economic and cultural exchanges between the two. one. As an ancient town on the ancient road at that time, Shaxi played an active role. Perhaps God has a special liking for Shaxi. After the Tang Dynasty, a salt well was discovered in Misha, located in the west of Shaxi, separated by a mountain from Shaxiba. It was called Pangmi Qianjing in ancient times. Shaxi is the tea horse closest to the salt well. The ancient road market and the trade in the ancient town also added a new content - salt. The mining of salt wells is like the icing on the cake, fueling the development of Shaxi. As the market of the Ancient Tea Horse Road closest to the salt wells, the ancient town has become the salt capital of the Ancient Tea Horse Road and a distribution center for salt supply in Tibet and northwest Yunnan. As one of the necessities of people's lives, salt has gradually become another important commodity in Shaxi after the tea and horse trade.

Sideng Sifang Street is the soul and core of Shaxi, and the place for business transactions in Shaxi. It is located at the head of Jiefeng Mountain in the center of Shaxi Bazi, surrounded by mountains and rivers. It is a geomantic treasure land with excellent geographical location. It is a collection of temples, ancient stages, shops, horse shops, and broad red sandstone streets. It has a century-old history. It is a thousand-year-old market with complete functions including trees, ancient lanes and village gates. There are three gates in Sideng Ancient Street - Dongzhai Gate, Nanzhai Gate, Beizhai Gate, and Wuzhai Gate close to Baofeng Mountain in the west. The Dongzhai Gate leads to the Dali area, the Nanzhai Gate connects the south and west Yunnan Salt Wells of the ancient town, and the Beizhai Gate leads to the Tibet area. After passing the village gate, a narrow, deep and long ancient lane comes leisurely, with dilapidated ancient shops on both sides standing quietly on both sides of the lane. At the end of the long and narrow lane is Sifang Street, the trading center of Sideng. Sifang Street is shaped like a curved ruler. The main street is about 300 meters long from north to south and 100 meters wide from east to west. The northern street is about 100 meters long from east to west and about 50 meters wide from north to south. The entire street is paved with red sandstone slabs. There are two trees in the center of the street. Hundreds of years old locust trees. To the east of Sifang Street is an ancient stage facing west, and to the west is the Xingjiao Temple facing east. The two echo each other and divide Sifang Street into two halves, north and south. The whole street is surrounded by shops and horse-drawn shops and three ancient lanes. Extending to all directions of the ancient town.

Sedeng Street used to have a market every three days, which was very lively. Caravans from all over the street came to the ancient street through the lanes one after another in the afternoon, and ancient music was played on the stage. , Bai Overlord Whip Dance and folk song performances started on the street the day before in the afternoon. The ancient stage is the most distinctive building on Sideng Sifang Street. It is located in the center of the building complex on the east side of Sifang Street and faces the street. It forms a central axis with the Xingjiao Temple and temple gate buildings on the west side, dividing the ancient Sifang Street into north and south. Two halves, thus providing a physical symbol for delineating the scope of various business operations. There is a damaged stone lion in Xingjiao Temple to the west of Sifang Street with a small round hole in its body. According to the old people in the ancient town, there used to be a large red wooden pole molded in the small hole, with a huge weatherproof oil lamp on it, which was guarded by Sideng villagers in turns, one household per day. When the sun sets, the household on duty will refuel and light the lamp. The next morning, the household will turn off the lights and hand them over to the next household for duty. This means that when the Tea Horse Road was quite lively in the past, Sideng Sifang Street was brightly lit every night, regardless of wind or rain, and Sideng Ancient Town was not only lively during the day, but also lively at night.

Wander the red sandstone slabs of the ancient streets, climb the ancient stage, take a look at the shops and horse shops on Sifang Street, walk on the Yujin Bridge on the Heilongjiang River, and go to Xingjiao Temple to experience the integration of various schools of Buddhism into one In the temple, listen to the ancient music of the Shaxi Cave Sutra, experience the charm of the ancient music of the ancient nation, watch the traditional Bawang Whip of the Bai people, dance the traditional Xiaola dance of the Bai people, listen to the Shaxi girl singing a Bai tune, Try the local specialties of Shaxi: ginseng seeds, matsutake mushrooms, and goat's milk cake. We are grateful that a complete ancient market can be preserved on the Tea Horse Road.