Yangshuo Shangri-La

by ruiyu4268 on 2010-04-04 14:30:23

Go north along Guiyang Highway, only tens of minutes' drive from Yangshuo, you will arrive at the "Shangri-La". She stands quietly by the city like a simple country girl, not showy or artificial, naturally endowed with true charm. If it is in the season of "Apricot flowers and drizzle that wets but not soak your clothes, willow breeze that blows against your face without a chill", stepping into the "Shangri-La", what unfolds before your eyes will be a picturesque landscape of mountains and fields. The rippling Yanzi Lake is set in a vast expanse of green fields, resembling a maiden's bright eyes with affection. The willows sway gently on the lake shore, lightly touching the water surface. A huge water-driven cylinder wheel creaks slowly, turning through time, and singing the ancient ballads of the countryside. Looking afar, the distant mountains are verdant, the village trees are misty, the roads crisscross, and the houses are scattered, just like the idyllic scene described by Tao Yuanming: "Fragrant grasses are lush and beautiful, petals flutter about," and "there are good fields, beautiful pools, mulberry and bamboo groves." Undoubtedly, taking a small boat to tour Yanzi Lake is a kind of enjoyment. When the small boat cuts and glides smoothly on the lake surface like green silk, the heart of the tourist will feel as happy and delighted as a little bird that has been "long in a cage, now returns to nature". With vast sky and low-hanging clouds, broad shores and calm waves, the fresh and vast embrace of nature will cleanse one's worldly worries and eliminate mundane thoughts.