{"id":489,"date":"2013-11-17T13:16:04","date_gmt":"2013-11-17T05:16:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.evince.net\/?p=489"},"modified":"2013-11-26T09:34:39","modified_gmt":"2013-11-26T01:34:39","slug":"one-night-in-lijiang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.evince.net\/?p=489","title":{"rendered":"One night (stand) in Lijiang"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.evince.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_1910.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-467\" alt=\"Bar\" src=\"http:\/\/www.evince.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_1910-540x360.jpg\" width=\"540\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.evince.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_1910-540x360.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.evince.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_1910-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.evince.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_1910.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a>In the evenings, the city takes on a very different look. They say that in Lijiang, it is entirely common for one night stands, because this is one of those places where young men and women who have just broken up tend to collectively agglomerate. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.evince.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_1982.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-469\" alt=\"IMG_1982\" src=\"http:\/\/www.evince.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_1982-540x360.jpg\" width=\"540\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.evince.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_1982-540x360.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.evince.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_1982-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.evince.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_1982.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a>The streets teem patrons chilling in bars and pubs in the night. It is said that in Lijiang, a person seeking for comfort, may just have to sit alone in the bar and he will find &#8216;comfort&#8217; will seeking him. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.evince.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_1967.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-494\" alt=\"bar\" src=\"http:\/\/www.evince.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/20131030_234055_1-540x405.jpg\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.evince.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/20131030_234055_1-540x405.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.evince.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/20131030_234055_1-510x382.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.evince.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/20131030_234055_1.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-474\" alt=\"IMG_1967\" src=\"http:\/\/www.evince.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_1967-540x360.jpg\" width=\"540\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.evince.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_1967-540x360.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.evince.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_1967-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.evince.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_1967.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a>I personally can&#8217;t vouch for it, but my Chinese colleague had no problems chatting up the ladies in the area. It was one of those times I wish I had a better command of my mother tongue. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.evince.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_1918.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-482\" alt=\"IMG_1918\" src=\"http:\/\/www.evince.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_1918-540x360.jpg\" width=\"540\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.evince.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_1918-540x360.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.evince.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_1918-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.evince.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_1918.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a>A tea house in Lijiang. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.evince.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_1935.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-484\" alt=\"Drum girl\" src=\"http:\/\/www.evince.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_1935-360x540.jpg\" width=\"360\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.evince.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_1935-360x540.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.evince.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_1935-510x764.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.evince.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_1935.jpg 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a>At practically every street, the guitar and drum melody of a type of acoustic music will fill the air, lending itself to a very relaxed atmosphere. Sometimes the music is live, and the female drummers as enchanting as the beats they produce. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.evince.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_1916.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-468\" alt=\"IMG_1916\" src=\"http:\/\/www.evince.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_1916-540x360.jpg\" width=\"540\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.evince.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_1916-540x360.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.evince.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_1916-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.evince.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_1916.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a>I&#8217;ve always wondered what women talk about in the absence of men. When I was younger, I would crane my ears to eavesdrop on girls chatting away in the public buses. I never could catch anything. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.evince.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_1929.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-476\" alt=\"IMG_1929\" src=\"http:\/\/www.evince.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_1929-540x360.jpg\" width=\"540\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.evince.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_1929-540x360.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.evince.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_1929-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.evince.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_1929.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a> Food looks amazing sometimes, but most nights we were already so full of it, we could only appreciate its aesthetics. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.evince.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_1931.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-477\" alt=\"IMG_1931\" src=\"http:\/\/www.evince.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_1931-360x540.jpg\" width=\"360\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.evince.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_1931-360x540.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.evince.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_1931-510x764.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.evince.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_1931.jpg 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.evince.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_1988.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-490\" alt=\"Bee larvae\" src=\"http:\/\/www.evince.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_1988-540x360.jpg\" width=\"540\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.evince.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_1988-540x360.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.evince.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_1988-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.evince.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_1988.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a>The huge white cob you see on the left is full of writhing bee larvae. The cook plucks them out from their hives and deep fries them into crisp before serving them. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.evince.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_1989.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-478\" alt=\"IMG_1989\" src=\"http:\/\/www.evince.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_1989-540x360.jpg\" width=\"540\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.evince.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_1989-540x360.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.evince.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_1989-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.evince.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_1989.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a>Oh and one more thing.<\/p>\n<p>You know when someone tells you that the more horrible a dish looks, the better it tastes?<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t <em>ever <\/em>believe it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the evenings, the city takes on a very different look. They say that in Lijiang, it is entirely common for one night stands, because this is one of those places where young men and women who have just broken up tend to collectively agglomerate. The streets teem patrons chilling in bars and pubs in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":467,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[55,51,56],"class_list":["post-489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel","tag-drums","tag-lijiang","tag-one-night-stand"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.evince.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_1910.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.evince.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.evince.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.evince.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.evince.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.evince.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=489"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.evince.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":518,"href":"https:\/\/www.evince.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489\/revisions\/518"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.evince.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.evince.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.evince.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.evince.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}