前言
PREFACE
某天，我们散步在古镇柳荫河道的小路上，身边四只狗狗前呼后拥蹦跳着撒欢。大地葱茏万象更新，鸟儿枝头鸣唱繁花绽放，清澈的青龙河水底冒出串串珍珠泉 …… 又一个明媚春天到来了！
One day, we were walking along tree lane by a little river passing through the ancient town and our four dogs were happily around us by a retinue. Spring returns and brings verdant earth and everything looks fresh again. Birds were singing and flowers were blooming. The strings of Pearl spring were running out of the clear Qinglong river bottom. Oh, another beautiful spring was coming.
蓦然回首，不知不觉中我们竟在这个叫作束河的地方度过了六个春秋，期间曾有过多少酸甜苦辣，多少欢声笑语，迎来了无数新老朋更留下无尽的美好记忆。光阴匆匆白马过隙，年华似水。
Suddenly it was realized that we have spent six years in this place called Shuhe. During this period, numbers of sweets and bitters were passing; numbers of laughter were living through; and endless memories were leaving by numbers of new and old friends. Time is rushing so quickly like stream.
曾有外国朋友对我们提意见，说“如意坊”网站图文并茂，可惜仅有中文没有英文无法阅读，只能“看图猜测”很是遗憾。
Some foreign friends offered us a comment: although photos are cool on the website of Ruyifang, unfortunately, they could not read without English. It is so pity for them to guess meanings by looking at photos. Only Chinese is not enough.
因为水平和手懒一直没能为网站文章配上英文（我们而言，可是一项极其繁重和艰难的工作），直至今天，终于写下了这篇中英文版的《建设如意坊》，如实纪录了我们的一段快乐生活，也是在丽江时光的一次回顾吧！
We hope everybody could understand that it is such a difficult and heavy work for us to add English version on our website. Till now, Building Ruyifang is finished in both Chinese and English version. This is our first attempt to record our life in two languages and this article is also a review of our time in Lijiang.
如意坊——这间位于中国云南省丽江束河古镇中的私人乡村会所，我们花了整整六年的时间和心血。
RUYIFANG, a private village lounge in Shuhe Ancient Town , Lijiang , Yunnan Province, is building up and running with our six year of great efforts.