Yuxi Beicheng | A trip back to the old streets and alleys of the 1980s

If you're also interested in niche destinations from the 🎈 era, then Yuxi Beicheng might be a good choice for you 😉~ The ancient Gao Gu Lou landmark of Yuxi city is surrounded by streets and alleys 🛕 where time seems to stand still 🕰. Press the shutter 📷, and it's as if your childhood self is coming around the corner 👶~ - 🌌 Ascend Gao Gu Lou - This is a 32-meter-tall pavilion with a double-eaved pointed roof, originally built during the Yuan Dynasty, and was enlarged by 1.6 times during its reconstruction in 2003 🆙. - Beicheng is located at the throat of central Yunnan, a gathering place for merchants and an essential stop on the ancient Tea Horse Road. It has been known since ancient times as the 'Commercial Wharf of Central Yunnan' and 'Commercial Stronghold', a place of outstanding people and numerous cultural relics, with Gao Gu Lou being one of them. - Climbing the building, you'll see an amusing couplet 'It turns out it's just one more floor up' 🤣, as if to say we didn't know we could go up another level. From the top, you can gaze far into the distance, where the busier city center appears now and then through the mist, along with archways and overpasses. Streets extend from the east, west, and south sides of the pavilion 🎢. - 🚶‍♂️ Stroll through the streets and alleys - Walk into the frozen old times at half speed. On Qiming Street, there is a road called 'Old Street'. - Here you'll find wooden houses overgrown with grass, red windows with steel rims, and wooden doors, peeling long benches, and small shops with handwritten signs. Along the way, you can also see out-of-production bicycles 🚲. - Walking into the alleys, it gets quieter, and occasionally you can hear the sound of mahjong 🀄. Deserted houses, wild grass, and earthen walls are full of a sense of time travel, as if returning to the childhood of the eighties and nineties. Although you can't go back to the very beginning, I hope you can remember those little dreams hidden in tin boxes 🎁~ 💌Tips: 1. Many nearby snack shops have closed, if you want to experience the local atmosphere, head towards Changgeng Street 👣. 2. Beicheng is quite far, and a taxi from the city center costs about 37 yuan 🚗. 3. The easy-going restaurant recommended before is about four or five kilometers away from here, which can be planned together 📅. 4. This area is suitable for exploring ancient sites and photography 📸, the scenery is average. 5. To get good photos, just focus on the old street and alleys 🤳. 6. Other ancient sites to explore nearby: Li Family Courtyard, Chu Gong Fang, Huan Wen Tower, Se Shui Well, Da Shi Ban Village 🛤.