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	DongBa Characters Tip Rating:

Updated By vigi on October 13, 2003

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Before leaving the BaiSha Mesuem, I had to pass through a long street of tourists shops. Here is one of them doing sculpture of "DongBa writing" which is also a living fossil. Dongba is an ancient written language of the Naxi people developed about 1000 years ago, its script is firmly based on pictures.

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	Naxi Orchestra Performance Tip Rating:

Updated By vigi on October 13, 2003

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Second day in Lijiang, I headed to BaiSha Village, wanna feel the minotiry beat. Without disappointment, the first thing I saw was a group of old Naxi man. They are actually 70-80 years old musicians of a Naxi Orchestra, working inside the mesume. How amazing when these old people played the long lost ancient music.

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	A Drink Along the River Tip Rating:

Updated By vigi on October 13, 2003

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A short walk after dinner, we found a table alongside a river stream, sat down and had a few beers. Romantic enough with breathtaking views beside me. The river is clean, very clean, not smelly at all. There're even live fishes and seaweeds inside. Absolutely pleasant experience.

There're lots of restaurants along the river, not difficult to find one with nice view. But funny that I can hardly find one solely bar or pub is this area.

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	A view of SiFang Street Tip Rating:

Updated By vigi on October 13, 2003

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Si Fang Street is the heart center of Lijiang Old Town. Since ancient times, Sifang Street has been a collecting and distributing center of all kinds of products with travelers and traders going and coming everywhere. Nowadays, you can still find people wearing traditional minority clothings in Si Fang Street.

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	A view of DongDa Street Tip Rating:

Updated By vigi on October 13, 2003

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Lijiang Old Town is one of the few ancient towns in the world that not to be surrounded by city walls. DongDa Street is the main street in the old town, you can find everything here: banks, pharmacy, convinent stores, restaurnts, tourist information office, etc. In order to preserve structures of the old town, no motorized transport is allowed here. Only wheeled vehicles such as bicycles and carts are permitted within the old town.

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	Naxi Dance Tip Rating:

By vigi on October 13, 2003

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After the orchastra performance, I took a look at the mural wall paintings, very impressive, unfortunately no photos allowed. Walked into the back yard, I found some Naxi women dancing in the traditional Naxi way. They gathered in a circle, swinging hands and kicking legs. Always the same steps and same music, nothing new. And they came to ask for "donation" after dancing, really "professional"!

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	Chinese & LaoWai Tip Rating:

Updated By vigi on October 6, 2003

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Chinese people are actually very friendly, except some of them from money driven cities such as Guangzhou & Shenzhen. I met these group of mainland Chinese tourists from Guizhou when I stepped in a guest house in Lijiang, they don't speak English, but were having fun singing and playing with this Dutch guy. They even invited him for dinner.

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	Chiarman Mao Alive? Tip Rating:

Updated By vigi on October 13, 2003

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Chairman Mao Alive?

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After dinner, I wondered around Lijiang Old Town, found this "alive Chairman Mao". He looks very real (he is indeed a real person) and was posting Mao's posts in front of my camera. In fact, he was trying to attract customers to browse/buy his calligraphy.

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	Can anyone tell me what type of 'lady' this is?!!! Tip Rating:

Updated By sugarpuff on February 5, 2006

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I can see you....!

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And several months into the competiton we have another VTer making an attempt to guess what this picture is of. Their comment...?

" Is this a ten spot Lady? Lol...Blu"

Well at a glance..you COULD just be right!!! Congratulations to you!

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	And what are these creepy crawlies? Tip Rating:

Updated By sugarpuff on June 1, 2005

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Really gross....

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This time however.... HERSHEYBAR DOES not get full marks for sending THIS reply!!!!!

"The creepy crawlies are catepillars! They munch away at things that are green like leaves...... and you know how they eventually turn into butterflies?"

I DID know that these were caterpillars, but I was wondering if anyone could tell what TYPE they were!!!! I'm not that stupid!!!!!!"

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