At Luxing Ancient Town's Boxing Yun She, bougainvillea blooms on the balcony

🌿【Boxin Yun She · Healing Time】🌿 🌞 The 3 PM sunlight is like a spoonful of melting honey, slowly pouring over the blue tiles and white walls of Lijiang Ancient Town. The Naxi courtyard of Boxin Yun She is gilded in gold, the rattan chair casts scattered light spots on the wooden floor, and I curl up on the balcony’s soft cushion like a cat warmed by the sun. The wind blows from the direction of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, carrying the fresh scent of pine needles and wildflowers, and when it brushes my cheek, it feels as if I can hear the clouds breaking apart. 📖 Opening the yellowed "Chronicles of the Mu Mansion," the pages emit the echo of camel bells from the Ancient Tea Horse Road. The book writes: "The Mu Tusi ruled Lijiang for 470 years, with pavilions and terraces like clouds, yet the study room faces the snow mountain." Looking up, the distant snow mountain indeed stands framed in the window like a long poem. Suddenly, I understand their deep affection—embroidering stars on shawls, carving flowing water on corridor pillars—this land’s story is meant to be slowly read under the sunlight. 🍵 Travel Tips: 🌺 For afternoon tea in the ancient town, the second-floor terrace homestay is the top choice; Boxin Yun She's Pu'er tea paired with flower cakes is excellent. 🎐 It’s recommended to visit the ancient town early morning or evening to avoid crowds and truly experience Naxi life. 📸 When visiting the Mu Mansion, remember to hire a guide; the hidden Dongba script codes will amaze you. 🌸 The bougainvillea on the balcony is blooming wildly, with purplish-red petals occasionally drifting into the tea cup. Here, daydreaming becomes a serious matter—watching how the light moves shadows from the west wall to the east wall, watching clouds tie a veil around the snow mountain. Time is no longer the ticking of a clock but the speed of sunlight crawling over pages, the process of tea cooling from hot to warm. 🌙 Night Stay Guide: 🛏️ Choose a room with floor heating; Lijiang’s day and night temperature difference feels like two seasons. 💤 Before sleep, open half a window to let the snow mountain breeze and stream sounds enter your dreams. 🌄 If you wake to see morning mist filling the window, don’t linger in bed—the ancient town looks like an ink painting at this moment. 💦 The soul of the ancient town is water. Early morning, follow a Naxi grandmother wearing a seven-star shawl to fetch water; she shows me the three wells: the first for drinking, the second for washing vegetables, the third for laundry, all clear as ever for six hundred years. Every day at Boxin Yun She, I wake to the sound of flowing water, a sound more healing than any white noise. 🎨 Cultural Experience: ✍️ On weekends, visit Fang Guoyu Primary School to write Dongba script, clumsily drawing "snow mountain" and "love." 🎶 Near Zhongyi Market, elders play the jaw harp, the melody winding like the Jinsha River. 🧵 For shawls, go to Guangyi Street; the "Grandma Weaving" shop still preserves old-style looms. 🌿 On the day of departure, I left the unfinished "Chronicles of the Mu Mansion" on the homestay bookshelf, using a maple leaf as a bookmark. The landlady gave me a pack of snow tea: "Remember to come see the snow in winter; the snow mountain will always watch over the ancient town." I looked back; the wooden window of Boxin Yun She was open, as if waiting for the next person who needs healing from the sunlight. ✨ Boxin Memories: 🕊️ Here, time is soft. 📮 The story continues, waiting for you to write. 🌿 May you also find your own piece of Lijiang’s clouds. (The End)