What kind of place is Xanadu? Is there really such a place?

Tao Yuanming, a writer in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, recorded in The Peach Blossom Garden that a fisherman left his boat alone and found a peach blossom garden. There are men and women living here, and there are no taxes and corvees. The relationship between people is very simple and cordial, and there is a peaceful atmosphere everywhere, completely isolated from the outside world.

In a romantic legend, a place where peach blossoms are in full bloom has entrusted almost all the dreams of China people, without the noise of the city and the troubles of the world. Legends only stay on paper. But in Guilin, China, there will be a more beautiful and authentic place-Xanadu on the way from osmanthus to Yangshuo. Misty rain, green grass, mountain flowers, caves and mulou are everywhere. Fengyu Bridge yearns for the noble quality of a nation, and songs float in the gap between bamboo and bamboo ... All the joys and hardships have found a home here. A paradise full of motherhood is a Guilin girl who left home many years ago, and now she has grown into a picturesque girl ... This is a magical land, a place full of charm, with mountains, holes, bridges, flowing water, pleasing folk customs and endless affairs. ...

In Xanadu, you will feel the calmness, clearness and profundity of Yanzi Lake. Around Yanzi Lake, villages, fields and peaches and willows are flat and harmonious. When you arrive at Lusheng Mountain, the enthusiastic "Bamai" (meaning "friend" in tribal dialect) will invite you to dance, while Taoyuan will reproduce the artistic conception of "delicious grass and colorful English" for you. There are songs and dances of young men and women from primitive tribes under a hundred-year-old red maple, Drum Tower in Dong Township and Bijia Mountain. ...

Xanadu is in the east, and Xanadu is synonymous with an ideal realm of life, which is equivalent to a western Xanadu or Xanadu. For thousands of years, perfectionists have been looking for and deliberately creating their own imaginary "Xanadu". In the landscape kingdom of Guilin, there is a "Xanadu" in the nearest place to the city.

Go north along Guiyang Highway, only ten minutes' drive from Yangshuo, and you will arrive at "Xanadu". She is like a simple village girl, standing quietly on the edge of the city, unassuming and unpretentious, natural and full of real interest. If you step into the "Xanadu" in the season of "wet clothes, apricot flowers and rain, blowing cold willows", you will see a beautiful landscape and pastoral scenery. The rippling Yanzi Lake is embedded in endless green fields and plains, just like a girl's bright eyes. On the shore of the lake, weeping willows linger and gently brush the water. A huge water tumbler creaks, shakes the years and sings ancient pastoral songs. Looking around, in the distance, the mountains are lush, the village trees are green and the buildings are scattered, just like Tao Yuanming's Taoyuan painting, which is characterized by "lush grass and flowers" and "fertile fields and beautiful ponds and bamboos".

It is undoubtedly a pleasure to visit Yanzi Lake by boat. When the boat breaks waves and glides leisurely on the green silk lake, the tourist's heart will be as comfortable and happy as a bird that has been locked in a cage for a long time and returned to nature. The sky is vast, the coast is wide and flat, and the fresh and broad embrace of nature will make people worry and wash away vulgar thoughts. Suddenly, a clear song came, and it turned out that the girl on the dance floor on the shore was singing and dancing. They wear bright national costumes and welcome guests from afar with songs and dances full of rich national customs.

Turning the podium, the ship sailed into a narrow waterway. I really can't see the twists and turns behind Yanzi Lake. -Xanadu is an open scenic spot with no walls and piles. Pastoral landscapes, small bridges and flowing water, cottages are natural, and the beauty of heaven and earth is satisfied.

The channel is getting narrower and narrower. The boat passed the swallow cave without lights, like a night flight, and there was a small pass that was "very narrow at first, so people could pass". It seemed that there was no way, and the mountains and rivers were suspicious. I don't want to be suddenly enlightened and have a bright future-Peach Blossom Island has arrived. The island is small, surrounded by water, but lush vegetation, flowers and trees, a red peach in a warm and brilliant smile. What a poetic "sunrise is better than fire, and spring is as green as blue".

After the Peach Blossom Island, you can experience the charm of primitive tribes. But listen to the sirens and drums on the hillside ahead. It turned out that the indigenous ancestors of primitive tribes found foreign strangers, rushed down the hillside with spears and harpoons in their hands and danced a cheerful national dance. These indigenous ancestors covered themselves with bark and feathers. They are fierce and strong, with dark skin. You can tell at a glance that they are extremely tenacious tribes. Through them, you can imagine how clever and tenacious the ancestors of the Chinese nation were.

Through the waters of primitive tribes, the boats slowly sailed back along the dotted villages. This is a real village, with blue tiles and mud walls, bamboo fences and vegetable fields, and the sound of chickens and dogs can be clearly heard. From time to time, village women in twos and threes can be seen washing clothes by the river, and their wooden sticks knock out the ancient rhythm on the bluestone board. Farmers carrying buckets walk barefoot in the fields, naughty children frolic in the open space in front of the house, and even an old man is fishing, sitting on a bamboo raft, with a pipe in his mouth, drifting with the flow in the clouds. From primitive tribes to villages in front of us, history spans hundreds of thousands of years, which really makes people feel suspicious and ignorant.