One side of the Xi'an city wall is a moat, and the other side is a modern market. It seems that this city wall is still protecting the people of Xi'an today.
The high and low female walls at hand are exactly where archers hid in the wars of the past. The quaint environment leads people to appreciate the rich storyline, as if the war scenes seen in the movies were staged here.
While riding, Chen Xing felt the unevenness of the floor tiles. These mottled marks made the cyclist deeply realize that the long years have flowed here.
Although this is just a section of the city wall, there are definitely many ancient buildings, including gate towers, arrow towers, main towers, watchtowers and many other ancient military facilities.
Since they were manufactured, these buildings have served to defend the city wall, and they have an iron-blooded temperament that cannot be possessed by ancient buildings in ancient towns.
If you look closely, you may be able to find traces of being burned by the flames, as well as small holes that were shot out by bows and arrows.
It's a pity that I can't go in and take a look. In this way, Chen Xing walked eastward, looking at the scenery on both sides of the city wall, looking forward and looking back at the open scenery in front and behind the city wall, while looking forward to the moment when the sky quickly darkened and the lights on the city wall first came on.
Although the weather was a bit gloomy and the light was very dim at four or five o'clock, it didn't stay dark for a long time. Chen Xing rode around the city wall and returned the car within three hours of renting it.
Then I stood a little bored at the crenel and looked at the city outside. Nowadays, a large number of modern buildings have been built on both sides of the Xi'an City Wall. The scenery is generally the same, but like green leaves, it sets off the landmark architectural image of the ancient Xi'an City Wall, attracting the attention of every traveler.
If the city wall had not been preserved, Xi'an would have definitely lost more than half of its charm.
It finally got dark. The lantern festival has also started. The city wall was deserted at five or six o'clock, but now there are more people, and many of them bring children to visit. The children's screams of surprise after seeing the lanterns made me happy. It seems very lively here.
Chen Xing also walked slowly with a camera, occasionally taking a few photos. There is a place on the city wall where you can rent Hanfu to take pictures. Some girls who are confident about their figure will put on Hanfu and take pictures on the city wall.
After seeing this, Chen Xing would also join in the fun. No one would mind seeing too many beauties, right?
During the day, he also photographed several beauties wearing Hanfu, but at night, when they put on Hanfu and posed on the ancient city wall, it had a different flavor and felt better.
There were no large lanterns at the lantern festival. The biggest ones were the two lions that Chen Xing saw when he went up to the city wall.
This is different from the Zigong Lantern Festival, which likes to put ancient legends and stories on the lanterns, which is mysterious and terrifying.
Chen Xing had seen huge moving dinosaurs when he went there before, but he didn't know how they were doing in the past few years.
After getting off the city wall, Chen Xing called a car. When I looked back, I realized that the city wall was also decorated with colored lanterns.
At night, the overall appearance of the Xi'an city wall cannot be seen, but it has an outline under the colored lights. I don't know why, although the colored lights are a modern thing, the city wall now seems to have a primitive temperament.
The lights on the city wall are in full swing. Looking from below, you can only see streaks of light appearing on the edge of the city wall.
The taxi driver was impatient, opened the window and asked, "Can we leave?"
"Let's go, of course we'll go." Chen Xing quickly put away his things before getting in the car.
"Lemon Hotel." The driver started driving and said, "You took the suitcase and spent a whole day looking at the city wall here?" Chen Xing said with a smile, "I even drove around."
"Oh, what's there to see now? It's cold. The cold wind is blowing up there. There's no wind protection." It's true that there's no wind protection. The nearest buildings around are far away.
Chen Xing said: "You are right, but the more I think about it, the more I realize that the people who were guarding the city wall in the past were powerful. We were wearing down jackets and coats and felt cold. How do you think those soldiers would be so cold?"
"It wasn't as cold as it is now. Now our winters are getting colder and our summers are getting hotter. Last summer it was 40 degrees. This year it will definitely be hotter. Hey, where is this handsome guy from?"
"I'm from Sichuan Province."
"Sichuan Province, it's hotter there." The driver was also talkative, but he didn't seem to know much about history. The late Ming Dynasty was the Little Ice Age, so it couldn't be colder than modern times?
Soon the Lemon Hotel arrived. This is the place Chen Xing booked before coming to Xi'an. Since he couldn't find a hotel in Tibet, he likes to book a hotel in advance before coming to a city.
This location is also very good. It is in the Beilin District and there are many attractions around it. Before coming today, Chen Xing planned to visit the city wall first, and then go to the Bell Tower and Drum Tower to have a look, but the plan could not keep up with the change. Chen Xing stayed on the city wall for a few more hours to watch the lantern festival, and now it is long past the opening of the Bell Tower and Drum Tower. It's time.
After opening the room at the front desk, Chen Xing went in to take a shower, and then went out to look for food with his camera. Xi'an's snacks are also famous throughout the country. When Chen Xing was in the car, he saw many noodle restaurants, roujiamo shops, and spicy soup.
Chen Xing was very curious about spicy soup and didn't know what it tasted like. After going downstairs, Chen Xing walked aimlessly, looking for anything delicious on the way.
When he detoured into an unknown alley, he found that it was full of food. And most of them are late night snacks.
Isn't this a coincidence? What about Lao Bai’s Noodle House, Fu Min’s original clay oven barbecue, lobster barbecue, spicy grilled fish, red Fu Xiang stir-fried yellow beef... Shops all over the street have tables outside their shops, and every household is separated by wire fences.
But these shops are all on the right, and there is a wall on the left, and inside the wall is a community. The people who live here are pitiful. Not only do they have to hear the noise outside at night, but they also have to sleep smelling this fragrance every day. How can they sleep at all?
Chen Xing would definitely not be able to sleep, so he would have to come out here every night to have something to eat. While he was choosing what to eat tonight, a small yellow car seemed to slip and the wheels started to shake.
The person sitting on it obviously had no experience in riding a bicycle. He couldn't hold the faucet steady and was in a panic. He just kept barking.
"Help! Give way!" When Chen Xing saw the car approaching him, he reacted quickly and quickly got out of the way. He also had time to pull the hanging camera to the side.
The car was about to fall when it passed in front of him. Subconsciously, Chen Xing hugged the person and pulled her out of the back of the car.
The bicycle fell to the ground and slid forward a few meters, hitting the barbed wire fence outside a store. The girl driving was so frightened that she kept taking deep breaths, and the hot air kept hitting Chen Xing's neck.
After putting her down, Chen Xing moved his shoulders. The speed of driving was so fast that Chen Xing almost stopped.
"Are you OK?"
"Wow!!!!" The girl wearing a baseball cap cried out and hugged Chen Xing again when he put her down.
"Hey! Beauty!" She looked at Chen Xing's face and didn't know what she was thinking. She continued crying and said, "I'm scared to death. Who threw the banana peel? It's so unethical! "Chen Xing sighed and asked again: "Are you okay?" She then stepped back and said: "It's okay." Several more people riding small yellow bicycles came over. Someone got off the car and said: "I didn't fall. Right?" Some people who were far away and didn't see it said, "What's wrong?" Chen Xing saw that there were six of them in total, including men and women, and they were probably here for supper together, but he didn't say anything. I looked at the girl in the baseball cap who was wiping her tears.
"It's okay, I slipped just now, and this handsome guy saved me." The most anxious boy exhaled, thinking that he was fine, and said to Chen Xing, "Thanks, buddy." The girl turned around and asked, "Handsome guy, Thank you, how about we treat you to dinner?" At this time, people eating late-night snacks come here, otherwise who would go into this alley?
So she thought Chen Xing was here to eat too, so she invited him by the way. One more person doesn't cost much.
Chen Xing shook his head and said: "No, I didn't do anything." The girl had recovered from the previous panic and said carelessly: "Oh, you're welcome, are you young?" The remaining people also asked Chen Xing Star with them.
Chen Xing refused twice. After seeing that they were serious, he said nothing and was dragged into the barbecue restaurant.
Six people, two girls and four boys. Okay, now there are five boys. Two of the men went to get food, and the woman in the baseball cap was talking to her companions about the danger just now. She was showing her teeth and claws, and she seemed to be a very lively person.
Another girl was introducing people here to Chen Xing. These six people were students from a nearby university. They had formed a band and had just come out for a bite to eat after training.
Among the four boys, there is a pair of twins, Liu Guanghui and Liu Guangyao. The more introverted boy is named Liang Yu. The person who thanked Chen Xing before is named Luo Jianguo. The girl who spoke is named Yang Ying. The girl with the baseball cap is named... Still talking to a friend. When the girl heard that she was introduced, she quickly reached out to Chen Xing.
"My name is Zhou Xueyan. Thank you. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't know how I would have been thrown." Chen Xing shook her hand and said, "It doesn't matter, we just happened to meet each other and asked for help." Yang Ying Said: "This is not a matter of helping others, this is a hero saving a beauty." Luo Jianguo came back with the things, and his face turned black after hearing this.
He also wanted to be a hero and save the beauty, but why was he beaten to the throne by this man, and he was so handsome, a powerful rival.
He put the things down, looked at the heat skillfully, and thought it would be better to wait a little longer to bake, so he said: "My name is Luo Jianguo, and the sword is the sword of the sword. Hello, hello."
"Chen Xing, hello from the starry sky." Yang Ying said, "I just introduced you to Chen Xing."
"Ah?" Luo Jianguo took back his hand and said with a smile, "Did you say that I am the guitarist and lead singer of the band?"
"I am the lead singer!" Zhou Xueyen said.
"Yes, yes." Luo Jianguo nodded repeatedly, and then asked Chen Xing: "Are you coming to Xi'an for tourism?"
"kindness."
"I see you are so young. Where are you studying?" Now that the universities are open, there is still time to travel around with a camera. Luo Jianguo can't think of any other schools. In this way, Chen Xing is just a Didn't go to college?
You haven’t even passed the college entrance examination yet you still want to pursue my goddess? Chen Xing reacted conditionedly. Look up at him. Huh?
Coming? When competing in schools? Chen Xing still remembered that when he had dinner in the Holy City, there were three people at the table and he was sitting there like a gangster. He was too embarrassed to talk about his school, and he was so embarrassed that he could only persuade him to drink.
Unexpectedly, at another dinner table, someone asked me about my school again.
"Ahem, I'm studying abroad, and school hasn't started yet."
"Huh?" Luo Jianguo was dumbfounded.
"Really? Are you studying in college abroad?"
"What country is it? Is it fun to study abroad?" Several other people were very curious. Interests were not related. They only thought that Chen Xing was a very good person and very suitable for making friends... They didn't say a few words, and no one thought carefully about where this feeling came from.
Zhou Xueyan let out a wow.
"What do you study?"
"I'm in Paris, studying photography."
"Photography?" She looked at Chen Xing's camera and asked, "Is it just taking pictures? I have always been curious about what this major is about, but taking pictures seems too monotonous." Chen Xing took a sip of sour plum. Jue said, "There are many. Art, design, art theory, modeling, and photography are not just about taking pictures. Departments related to film, television, and advertising are all professional counterpart departments."
"What school?"
"ensad, École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France."
"Wow, that's amazing." Yang Ying also nodded and said, "It sounds amazing. I really want to travel to Paris." Chen Xing said, "I'm very familiar with Paris. If you come, come find me. I'll be your personal tour guide." For first-time visitors to Paris, tour guides are very important... at least that's what Chen Xing thinks.
Because the security in some places is indeed not very good, if you are accompanied by a local who can speak French, at least the chance of losing your bag will not be very high, and generally speaking, you will not encounter robberies.
The best thing is to know how to plan a route and choose a safe route.
"Great, let's add a friend!" Yang Ying was very positive. She really wanted to travel to Paris. Girls of their age are still yearning for Paris, just like Chen Xing once made an appointment with his first love to go to Paris to see the Eiffel Tower, and there is a sense that Paris is very romantic.
"Yes, yes, add a friend!" Zhou Xueyan also quickly took out his mobile phone. Chen Xing responded with a smile, feeling so happy.
Those students from Qinghua Yan University probably felt this way when they were suddenly asked about their school outside.
Finally I can feel it too. After Zhou Xueyan added friends and saw that the temperature was ready for baking, he asked: "Chen Xing, what do you want to eat? I'll help you bake it!"
"I can do it myself."
"I like to bake things for people, it's delicious!"
