云南石鼓：家住长江第一湾

Yunnan Stone-Drum Town:Homes At the First Bay of the Yangtze River

在距离丽江大研古城约60公里处，有一个名叫石鼓的古镇，它背负青山，面临长江，坐落在一片开阔的台地上，人们来到这里多因这里的一个奇观：长江第一湾，殊不知，这石鼓古镇也曾是丽江的政治、经济中心，也是兵家必争的战略要地，亦是内地和藏区茶马互市贸易古道上的一座重镇，有过无比辉煌的岁月。

About 60 kilometers from the Dayan ancient town in Lijiang, there is an ancient town named Stone-Drum Town, which is backing green hills and facing the Yangtze River, situated at an open land. Stone-Drum Town had ever been the political and economic center of Lijiang, and militarily important town. It is also an important link in the ancient tea-horse trade market between Tibet and inland with matchlessly glorious days. Now, the sound of history has been melt into a tranquility here for a long time. Sitting in a boat to travel in the river, you can enjoy the following views： the willows all along the banks, the wave of house tiles, the affluent river water rushing to the northeast, the multi-layer and continuous mountains around, terraces, hills, flat fields. No wonder that Stone-Drum Town is awarded a reputation as＂ little Jiangnan＂ （Jiangnan means south side of Yangtze River, a tourist area nationally and internationally renowned for its beautiful natural views）.