The lights of Boxinyunshe gradually brighten, like stars scattered in the veins of the ancient city.

🌙 As night falls, the lights of Boxinyunshe gradually brighten, like stars scattered in the veins of the ancient city.✨ Sitting on the stone steps beside the water system, watching the water reflect the outline of the wooden eaves, it feels as if the entire courtyard is gently supported by another tender universe. The evening breeze passes through the copper bells hanging under the corridor, their tinkling sound unable to wake the sleeping roses, only turning the moonlight into fine silver sand, sprinkling it on the travelers' slightly wet eyelashes. 🌿 【Ancient City Stroll Guide】 🦊 Walk three hundred steps south from Sifang Street to find the blooming Three-Eyed Well, where Naxi grandmothers dry plums on the bluestone slabs. 🎐 The white tea flowers at Wenchang Palace always bloom with dew in the early morning, perfect for reading a copy of "Lost Horizon" while sitting on the doorstep. 🛍 At Zhongyi Market, remember to exchange wild mushroom sauce and Dongba paper lanterns with the shop owner using gardenia flowers and stories. 📸 【Secret Spots for Late-Night Photos】 🌌 On the guesthouse rooftop where tie-dye curtains hang, you can capture Yulong Snow Mountain and the Milky Way in the same frame. 🪔 The sheepskin paper lantern at the corridor corner will illuminate the Dongba script "Homecoming" on the wall exactly at 23:17. 💦 For the water courtyard reflections, it’s recommended to use a slow shutter speed to turn the swimming koi into crimson brushstrokes on a canvas. 🧳 【The Housekeepers’ Magic】 🐇 Naxi girls wearing embroidered aprons will slip hand-drawn maps into your luggage, marking cherry wine shops known only to locals. 🦉 If you meet the grandfather brewing snow pear tea in the tea room late at night, try exchanging three walnuts for his stories about caravan bells crossing the Ancient Tea Horse Road. 🎁 Before leaving, the little housekeeper quietly places a dried snow mountain rhododendron in the suitcase compartment, with "See you next time" written on the back of the petals. 🌸 【Seasonal Tenderness】 🍃 In March, wait in the corner of Xue Lou to catch the crabapple blossoms falling into your tea cup. ❄️ On the winter solstice, the kitchen fills with the aroma of pine needle-smoked ham, and a clay pot of rose brown sugar simmers by the hearth. 🎑 Under the corridor at Mid-Autumn Festival, a wooden moon plate is displayed that reflects the thirteen peaks of Yulong. 💌 【A Letter to Your Future Self】 On page 204 of the guestbook at Boxinyunshe, I drew a little cloud elephant carrying luggage. If one day you turn to this page, you will find a ginkgo bookmark collected last autumn—at that time, I was sitting by the window blooming with bougainvillea, sewing the ancient city’s morning light, the breath of the snow mountain, and the starlight in the housekeepers’ eyes into the memory bag of the journey. 🕊️ Before you leave, remember to make a wish at the century-old camellia tree at the end of the porch. The Naxi say that if you tie your wish to the highest branch, the drifting clouds next year will bring back an echo. At this moment, the evening breeze is stirring the eaves’ wind chimes, turning the reflection of Boxinyunshe into moonlight that will illuminate your next journey.