特约作者 马威(William Spence) | 文
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一直以来,丽江的历史都是被周边自然环境塑造出来的。几个世纪里,向东奔流的长江为纳西族的人们提供了肥沃的耕地,而北侧广阔的喜马拉雅山麓则是一道天然屏障。
■ The history of Lijiang has always been shaped by the nature that surrounds it. For centuries, the Naxi people were provided for by the fertile fields of the Yangtze river that spreads out to the east, and protected by the vast Himalayan mountain range that dominates its northern region....