And Heaven play with - Lugu Lake Travel

Lugu Lake is located in southwestern Sichuan, Yunnan and northeastern border, the Government spent sixty thousand in 1996 to build a road around the lake fell into the water. Around the lake inhabited mostly Mosuo, believe in Tibetan Buddhism, Nyima reactor and White Tower are visible everywhere. It seems the locals turn the lake is a very common thing, and most local people have had the experience of transfer Lugu Lake. Lunar New Year on April 25 every year is a unique turn Moso Lake, worship the goddess of Mt Brigham festival. The total distance of about 50-60 km around the lake, the road is in a league Tai Villege to be translated into several very short section of the hill, and the remaining lots were no slope, and the path clear to the locals along the way for information, almost no lost the case there. Locals (such as the famous world of Tashi) take only 8 hours, faster pace of ALICE 12 hours, if you hurry, turn the lake in one day is no problem. If you have time, approached the Moso to real life, like the beauty of three-dimensional look around Lugu Lake, would like to see the mist rising toward the night listening to birds singing, it would take two days or more for it, take arbitrary, arbitrary the stop, good scenery along the lake where many locals have opened the inn, conditions not very favorable, but simple accommodation with the most beautiful scenery it makes the heart can relieve one of the most thorough tour.

Lugu Lake Scenic Spots
Lugu Lake is located in Yanyuan County, Liangshan Yi Autonomous County of Yunnan bordering Ninglang the mountains, elevation 2685 m, with an average depth of 40 meters, is a horseshoe Xingzhuang Si plateau freshwater lake in the six islands, verdant forests, duck into the group. Around the lake, Castle Peak winding, towering trees, camellias, azaleas, morning glory, and many called the vain name of the mountain flowers, and colorful. This is a country on the plateau southwest of the Pearl attractive, Mosuo people call it "Xie Nami" means "Mother Lake", the mother of the lake. She looked like a quaint, quiet Sleeping Beauty, lying among the green hills of the arms, like a God hidden in a huge sapphire here, the days of shiny side mirror. The lake is about fifty kilometers north shore of the lake, stands a beautiful "Planted" mountain, meaning a female mountain. Moso her as the goddess incarnate. Looked far across the lake from the south Brigham and like a head women's clothes mountain lion, people called it the Lion Rock. Where air, water, plants, have been given the myth of female images, as our contemporary real "daughter."

Entrance tickets:
1, Lugu Lake tickets cost 78 yuan into the mountains plus 3 per environmental protection fees, home visits, 10 yuan / person, bonfire party 15 yuan / person Zhu Caochuan 30 yuan / person.
2, servicemen, disabled 60-70 years old and in school, your ticket with a valid document, 5 discount;
3,1.30 m children, disabled soldiers on active service, 70 years old, retired cadres and purchase tickets with a valid ID free;
4, To go by boat from Lugu Lake in Yunnan Lugu Lake boat fee is 80 yuan / person, from Yunnan to Sichuan Lugu Lake Lugu Lake boat fare of 120 yuan / person, boat tours cost 25 yuan island island / time.

Main Attractions

Eastern
(1) Valentine Beach: less than 1 km east of mouth is a village full of Gesang Hua lover beach, where you can feel the most romantic mood.
(2) concave terminal collapse: collapse Valentine Beach pier east is concave, the terminal point of the Lion Rock was the best, the best in the morning or evening to see; morning misty; red glow illuminated the evening.
(3) Zhao Jia Wan: Au collapse Pier go east about 3 km (there is a road sign - a bird sense), turn left on to six kilometers, this is our dream of paradise, very clean and quiet, you can even find the time stagnation, you can hear my heart, you can also do not want anything in a daze. . . This is also the best place to swim.
(4) Caohai: jaws 8 kilometers east of the village is the holy lake wetland Caohai. "Caohai" refers to a grassy plateau lakes, in which more than 2000 meters above sea level on a plateau very unique. It is the child of Lugu Lake, Lugu Lake's water and it is connected. Every spring and summer season, Caohai in green, people thought it was an oasis in the prairie, only to see half of the body of cattle grazing in the grass, swimming, or see Zhu Caochuan gently slide in the grass, you will understand that there is grass in the lake. Autumn or winter, the grass brown lake, gently down on the lake, yellow, blue and white on the plateau and swayed, people more like the golden Caohai. Throughout the year, Caohai have their own characteristics.

There is also the famous bridge and walking marriage Princess House, Princess Island, lying off the pier.

If we are lucky and the weather is calm face, across the lake in Princess Island, you can see a strange sight, the reflection of the mountain across the lake to form a living Bodhisattva.

West
(5) Lion Rock: the direction of mouth village 6 km west of Yunnan Brigham goddess is also called the Lion Rock Mountain, take the cable car up at the top of the Lugu Lake overlooking the panoramic view and the mysterious goddess hole.
(6) Yang Namu her house two cars and the Museum: 2 km west of the inn is the image of the Lugu Lake and stroke were the second car Namu Yang, spokesman for the family and to her museum named Moso, which kept her I and the Moso books and articles.
(7) Rigby Island: It is the location of many elegant inns and other distinctive bar, here is the perfect combination of fashion and old. As seen in the cell from Lion Rock Island is like a jewel set in the holy lake on.
(8) Yongning Spa: more than 30 km away from the village at the mouth there is a bathing place Moso, Moso men and women over the past year every bathing in here, is said to be holy water, after washing will Qubing to magic.
(9) temple bar the United States: the largest pilgrimage temple Moso.

Photo Best point:
1, in the grid to the Nepalese village of Pass the first race, you can take back the peninsula in the panoramic format, the famous lover game tree Nigeria, Niger Bay and Bird Island race.
2, a small village fell into the water to Yang, the second family car Namu Pass Museum Namu Yang two cars (not yet completed) in the vicinity.
3, the fish outlet (the birthplace of the Lugu Lake water), mouth village (mainly inhabited by the Naxi people)
4, Caohai, Caohai bridge, Pavlova Bay, Petrova Island (Island Princess), a large village fell into the water.

Lugu Lake Travel Tips

Route planning:

Day version:falling into the water - in the grid - a small village fell into the water - mouth Village - left the - Caohai Bridge - Mountain Quarry Village - Sam Ka Tsuen - drowning

Village, the village fell into the water inside cells: falling into the water, along the lake walking path is not difficult to find, even if no road also does not matter. Need to turn a small slope, and finally to basically go on the road. No problem, plus walk, walk before. Shortly after the 81 km road signs, bends over a small ridge, you can see on the peninsula in the barrack of the grid. And then move forward along the road, roadside forest fire wall slogans written on the stone wall on the wall there is a sidewalk leading to the leagues village. This road is a dirt road, the vehicle can go straight along the road bend over, and this was waiting to see the best in the grid points.

Rieger has more than 30 households in the village, mostly distributed in the lake, looking forward sidewalk directly under the ridge, the first lake, Dali Ge village households. Jiao car at home grandmother Mary, very hospitable. Fell into the water to this village about two hours walk.

Race to the Nepalese village in the village of cells: the path along the side of the island can direct leagues. There is a Mani Dui island, and in front of the village is somewhat different, Mani Dui spared after a bend along the path through, what a farm, a mud wall, the wall against a thorn from livestock. Come to the end of the wall through the wall after the farmland, to the opposite hill, look to identify and find the path. Will then take the obvious characteristics of the soil of a ditch, a bit like a dry ditch, exposed stone surface Mizobe fragmentation, that is the formation of perennial trampled by horses. This is the caravan to go ditch the past, once the

Sichuan Tea Horse Road

to a branch of the left does not exceed 500 meters. Local residents can still be seen rushing through the horse from here. Road near to the head. Bridleways and roads connected soon. Over the ridge, the village facing a race called the Nigerian village.

Nigeria match in color, also called the village the village, went to the village of Nepal side of the road race, but also a footpath through farmland to the village, where Nigerian game grid to walk about 30 minutes. Have several set up in the lake, the fields are also established a tree alone, Nepal is also the island race in sight, Nepal scenery good race.

Nigeria Race to the small village of the village fell into the water: to continue to move forward along the road, no sidewalk, 30 minutes, then fell into the water to a small village on the way can be seen on the hillside adjacent to a lake Mani Dui. Always walk the road, over two hills to the village fell into the water can see a small farm, the village can go sidewalk.

Fell into the water to a small village, asking primary schools to find teachers Cao, see what the lake shore only a private substitute teacher. Can live and eat in the teacher at home. Other village residents are also available. Payment is to "look to" the village fell into the water generally in accordance with the slightly lower price point could be. In addition to normal pay, the etiquette of the Moso people and two bottles of wine to bring a small gift like brick. Needless to say after the door courtesy, directly on the small platform above the fireplace. Owners usually let you sit above the fireplace. Do not sat down, give way about, try not to sit. This can be very difficult, because you respect their customs. Village has no power, points candles.

Dazu small village to village, fell into the water: lake in the vicinity of the village are very close, if the first day to the small village fell into the water too early, you can continue to move forward, to Dazu Village (aka mouth) accommodation. After leaving the small village of substantially all fell into the water on the road to walk, bend to twelve to Dazu Village, the time at 1 hour. Top of the hill on his way to see the Tennessee side of the road by the Church, to go up, then walked along the road also. Tennessee by the Church very early, now five or six years ago by the Church is built.

Dazu in Sichuan has been the territory of the village. Dazu's upper Naxi live more than 800 villagers who had not practiced Moso take the marriage customs. Dazu is still the second half of Mosul. Dazu also started a tourism development, there are hotels, shops and restaurants. Simple character of the local population, live in farm payment is still "looking for." In addition, there tricycle, did not want to walk to car travel. Tricycle to Lugu Lake in front of town or even village and Caohai, usually to a 10.

Dazu Estate to Caohai: Dazu road after the village is very good, take it as a walk. A fork can be directly plugged into the peninsula, if you can go straight to the Lugu Lake Town.

Lugu Township can move forward to the many homes the village, there lived the legacy of the last king of cream toast, are interested can visit these elderly people. Although Han Chinese, but the home as the customs and Moso. There is not far from Mosul by the Church. Forward is not far from the bridge Caohai and Caohai, Caohai Tibetans lived in nearby villages, where is the "natives family."

Caohai down water Village: Do not continue reading through the grass Caohai Lai Bridge on the lake, because the bridge after the small villages far apart. Caohai the bridge from the side by the Bo tree, five Luo, Bowa to spit cloth villages of the island, which is a center of the peninsula into the lake, is the best place for panoramic view of the lake. Then you can enjoy boating on the lake was unaffected. Can hire local villagers to bargain down the water village Zhu Caochuan directly. Price of 80 yuan for a boat, depending on the tourist season and the climate has been down. Each boat can take 3-4 people.

If it is physical Shang Hao, and like the original rustic scenery, you can choose the water down by the mountain village of praise, this section is almost not developed, the road is not very good, but more simple and natural villages along the way, the scenery more beautiful.

Version two days
First day: falling into the water - in the grid - Niger Race Village - a small village fell into the water - mouth Village - left the - five Law

The next day: five Law - Caohai Bridge - Na Wacun - Mountain Quarry Village - Lang put Village - Sam Ka Tsuen - drowning

Day version of the road conditions and almost, because there is enough time, you can enjoy the view. Overnight stay recommended five rout, from the seagrass near here (about 5 km away from the seagrass Bridge) the price and conditions of stay in the cell similar difference is that here are more tourists in Sichuan, Yunnan, came to live here from the visitor but a little less. If it is winter, go, to bring more warm clothing, where nighttime temperatures a lot colder than in the cell.

Traffic conditions:
First, the Yunnan section of the line
Kunming - Dali - Lijiang - Lugu Lake

Kunming - Lijiang: 20:00 pm 7:10 the next morning take a sleeper bus to Lijiang, 120 yuan / person
Express luxury bus the morning sitting height of about 8-9 hours to Lijiang, 151 yuan / person
The aircraft 40 minutes to Lijiang, 530 yuan / person

Kunming - Dali: train (frequency: Daily 9:02 | 21:26 | 22:36 | 23:15 | driving 7 hours)
Dali - Lijiang: high fast luxury bus about 3 hours to Lijiang, 50 yuan / person

Lijiang - Ninglang - Lugu Lake
Long-distance bus ride to the Ninglang City, 23 yuan / person, which lasted: 3.5 hours
City bus station in the Ninglang to Lugu Lake, a lot of the car, 20 yuan / person, fell into the water to reach the big village, where Yongning Village and township grid. Duration: 2 hours
By Lijiang - Lugu Lake green car, start the morning 8:00-8:30, 60 yuan / person, which lasted :5-6 hours (advance booking)
Xichang bus ride to Lijiang; early as 7:10 distribution of vehicles, buying buy Lugu Lake town.
Package taxi directly from Lijiang to Lugu Lake, the general back and forth for three days 500-600 yuan, 300 yuan one-way;

Second, the Sichuan section of line
Chengdu - Xichang - Lugu Lake Town (also known as the left)
Chengdu, Xichang flights fly every day to one-way ticket prices in Xichang 460 Yuan / Zhang, 40 minutes.

Chengdu to Xichang, the train 10 hours, 40 yuan / person.
2010 will be opened in Chengdu to Xichang high speed, when the Chengdu to Xichang about 5 hours to arrive.
Lugu Lake to Xichang bus 8:40,9:20, Lugu Lake to reach the town of 15:00, 15:40; fares 70 yuan, will take about 6-8 hours, the entire 265 km, are high-grade asphalt, Only a small part of the way the ground is gravel. Along the beautiful scenery.
Mopanshan after the tunnel opened in 2010, Xichang about 5 hours to drive to Lugu Lake.

Panzhihua - Ninglang - Lugu Lake
Panzhihua, Chengdu flights fly every day, one-way fare of 570 yuan, 400 yuan for each passenger group.
Chengdu to Panzhihua, trains 16 hours, 70 yuan / person,
Ninglang car over 280 km to 58 / person, last: 7 hours
Ninglang City, a lot of long distance bus station to the Lugu Lake's car, 20 yuan / person, fell into the water to reach the big village, where village and Yongning Township grid. Duration: 2 hours

Daocheng Aden - Lugu Lake
Aden took 8 days on foot to the Lugu Lake.
2010 to about 6 hours to reach by car.

Accommodation:
Since both villages around Lugu Lake, tents, of course, is not needed, unless there are special interest; basically do not need sleeping bags, and got a little older than the cold winter. In the Lo, in the grid village, five rout (about 5 km away from the seagrass) are more mature tourist village, there are many hotels Houses, cheap, fully equipped. Recommend a few lines around the lake have more rest and style points, while best to hurry leisurely sitting in a rocking chair on the inn, enjoy the front of this long soulful blue lakes.

Food Description:
Villages along both around Lugu Lake, along the way can supply water and food, without carrying too many materials. Mouth village, left the, the Lo, there are restaurants to eat grid village, if you eat the words used, but also to the Moso people eat around the fireplace, eat and drink Su Lima secret Zhu Biaorou wine.

Lugu Lake Tour Map:

Additional Information:

Preparing lake
1. Rain gear: rain gear essential (preferably a backpack rain cover, rain can be either dust),
2. Gastro-intestinal drugs: Rasi inevitable belly ran away from home, I suffered gastrointestinal problems.
3. Sunglasses, sunscreen: Plateau region, even in the winter, where the sun is still very interested in the. (I am not prepared to protective measures, would have preferred just a little tan, but now severe skin damage, sunburn, and pain associated with)
4. Kettle: hot water irrigation along the way, you can also cater to brush your teeth cup, not a small role
5. Camera: role would not have talked about, so sorry.
6. Flashlight or headlamp: the evening go to the toilet need them.
7. A small amount of high energy foods: chocolate, beef jerky, hard tack ... ..., on the road grinding teeth, add a *** force.
8. Communication Products: cell phone signals along well.
9. Headscarf: Some sections of large ash can be used to header, so the hair dirty faster. You can also wipe or masks when using, in short, is useful for MM.
10. More village name: falling into the water, where cell Village, Nepal Race Village, a small village fell into the water, large Tsui Village, left the, A six villages, Caohai Bridge, Na Wacun, Hill Quarry Village, Lang put the village, Sam Ka Tsuen, fell into the water. Hill Quarry Village will be through the village, to Guaiqu Shui, the need to ask the way ground.

Lugu Lake area of beautiful scenery, attractions scattered along the relatively poor road conditions, difficult journey, must have good psychological and physical, and psychological well prepared to endure hardship; Lugu Lake, a large temperature difference between day and night, morning and evening temperature is lower, the weather was strong ultraviolet radiation, please supply thereafter, cold clothes, rain gear, flashlight, sunglasses, sunscreen, skin care products, lipstick, oil, and used emergency drugs, such as: motion sickness, colds, burns, falls, diarrhea medicine, etc.; more time to leave some maneuvering, the real Lugu Lake is not your day or two to comprehend; Lugu Lake water temperature is low, even in the summer on the lake and soaked long enough to put people from freezing. And lakeshore terrain, so visitors do not ventured into the lake to swim, to avoid accidents; riding need to pay attention to safety, can only be led by the groom to ride, not riding alone, not to riding by, dangerous road and walk downhill to dismount, it will be very likely to cause injury; in advance to prepare some more cash for a good change (Lugu Lake is currently no ATMs); Lugu Lake are mostly wooden buildings, some of fire; protect the local ecological environment, do not litter ; not allowed to eat wild animals; respect local religious beliefs, folk customs, not to the city's state of mind and standards to measure local conditions; to take the marriage customs of local people to show respect, do not take any marriage with the locals

Home visits in the Mosuo people should pay attention to:
Not in the presence of family members especially the elderly and say everything about the topic of sex; in Huo Tangbian can not walk in front of others; not use village on foot in the pot; can not be crossed off your shoes before the fireplace or fireplace; can not spit the fireplace ; meal can not turn their backs fireplace; can not foot the threshold could not speak foul language swearing

Features food and specialty
Zhu Biaorou ("cloth poor"), also known as the pipa meat, is the most traditional and most Mosuo characteristics of the food is the cuisine Mosuo entertain guests, and its production methods on the annual sacrificial slaughter a pig at the time of the winter outside of the pig except the skull bones, offal and meat all removed, wipe the salt and other spices in good stitching, press into a lute-like, made a few years after release does not rot, for a long time are also used medicinally, Zhu Biaorou eat up fat but not greasy, fragrant meat, how much there Zhu Biaorou, marking the Moso family wealth.

In addition to Zhu Biaorou, Mosuo people in the village fell into the water at home, you can also enjoy yak butter tea, Su Li Ma wine, liquor and other Mosul bang when the national food.

History and legend of Lugu Lake
Mosuo people in mind, Lake Lugu Lake is their mother ("Xie Nami"), Lion Rock is their goddess Hill ("Brigham"), all big things are female, this is for women of Culture and a vivid manifestation of the Centre; on the mother goddess of the lake and mountains, there are many moving stories: in a long time ago, Lugu Lake is a low-lying basin, where there are nine villages, surrounded by luxuriant forests, soil and fertilizer grass beauty, food Shing Fung Mat , west of Lion Rock at the foot of the rock, there is a hole of springs, year-round seasons, clear spring water from here out; have a grazing lunch with Baba dumb here every day grazing, thirsty, in the spring in stock drink a few mouthfuls, one day, no water hole, and he was very strange look, turned out to be a big fish stuck in the hole, cut a piece of dumb fish burning out waist knife to eat the next day, the fish is cut local and long to recover, and since then, dumb no longer bring food from home, just enough for every day he cut the meat meals a day, over time, the villagers do not bring food out dumb and still look ruddy, can not help but feel strange, dumb question but can not tell, they followed him to see what happens, the fish saw the hole, dragging the greedy people he wanted to go home to enjoy, so rush to the nine eighteen head of cattle, shelf lift rod, trying to trap the rope with nine fish, hard pull it out, the fish dragged out, but also will be a disaster: the flood surging out from the hole, instantly drowned out all the villages, have drowned all the humans and animals, the entire into an ocean basin, the Lugu Lake to form today, when only one is the mother of the pigs, see rolling in the flood, she Jizhongshengzhi, the two children into the pig trough, so that the children escaped the disaster of , survived, and their descendants to commemorate this brave and wise mother, known as the mother of the Lugu Lake, and has been in use this pig trough-shaped canoe so far, is that all of us sitting on the lake, "Zhu Caochuan"; moral of the story is actually in the relationship between humans and nature, the development of human nature to restrain excessive greed would have been the nature of punishment.

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