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| Dep. | From | Arr. | To | Duration | Distance | Hard Seat It is the cheapest option, and the coaches are usually overcrowded. Though the seats are actually thinly padded, you could hardly sleep on the upright seats. |
Soft Seat It is the cheapest option, and the coaches are usually overcrowded. Though the seats are actually thinly padded, you could hardly sleep on the upright seats. |
Hard Sleeper It is the cheapest option, and the coaches are usually overcrowded. Though the seats are actually thinly padded, you could hardly sleep on the upright seats. |
Soft Sleeper It is the cheapest option, and the coaches are usually overcrowded. Though the seats are actually thinly padded, you could hardly sleep on the upright seats. |
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Lijiang Travel Guide
The Lijiang City locates in the northwestern Yunnan, which is the connection of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau and the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, with the Tibetan Nationality Autonomous Prefecture in the north, the Dali Bai Nationality Autonomous Prefecture in the south and the Lisu Nationality Autonomous Prefecture in the west. Panzhihua City and the Liangshan Yi Nationality Autonomous Prefecture are adjacent to it in the east. Lijiang City covers 20,600 square kilometers, including the ancient city area, the Yulong Naxi Nationality Autonomous Country, the town of Yongsheng, the town of Huaping, the Ninglang Yi Nationality Autonomous Country and so on. There are 69 towns and 446 villages in total, with the population of 1,100,000 persons. Lijiang has been a multi-ethnic region since ancient times. There are 12 minority nationalities inhabiting here, including 233,700 persons of Naxi Nationality, 201,400 persons of Lisu Nationality.
Lijiang has a long history since it has been a political and economic center in northwestern Yunnan. In Han (25A.D.~220A.D.) and Tang(618A.D.~907A.D.) dynasties, it was also an important collecting and distributing center on the Southern Silk Road and the Ancient Tea and Horse Caravan Road. In Shuhan dynasty (221A.D.~263A.D.) ,which is one dynasty in the Three-Kingdom Period), Lijiang was dominated by the royalty as Suijiu Town. Till Yuan dynasty (1206A.D. ~1368A.D.), “Chahan” (official position) was the local governor administering Lijiang. In the early Ming dynasty (1368A.D. ~1644A.D.), Lijiang State (was equivalent to province) was established. In Qing dynasty (1606A.D. ~1911A.D.), it was called "Lijiang Military–Civilian State”. To the 30th year of the ROC period, the 7th Administrative Government-Office of the Inspecting-Commissioners was set up in Lijiang. In December 1949, the Lijiang People’s Government-Office of the Administration Commissioners was established, which was changed into the Lijiang Commissioners’ Government-Office in April 1950, governing 13 towns——Lijiang, Yongsheng, Huaping, Ninglang, Weixi, Lanping, Zhongdian, Deqin, Bijiang, Fugong, Gongshan, Heqing and Jianchuan. In 1953, the Lushui Town was put under Lijiang’s governing, which was divided into two regions——the Nujiang Lisu Nationality Autonomous Country and the Diqing Zang Nationality Autonomous Country, dominated by the Lijiang Special Administrative Area in substitute. This substitute-administration authority was recalled in 1973. The Heqing Town and the Jianchuan Town were put under the governing of the Dali Bai Nationality Autonomous Country. The Lijiang Civic Administration was founded in 1980. Finally, the State Council approved to establish Lijiang City to take the place of the Lijiang District.
Lijiang has rolling topography. Mountains, basins and valleys coexist here. The highest peak is the main peak of the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, which is 5,596 meters high. The lowest point is the Tangba Estuary, which is 1,015 meters high above sea level, locating in the Shilongba Village of the Huaping Town. The altitude difference is 4,581 meters, which makes Lijiang have gradual-changing and layered climate. The mean annual temperature is 12.6~19.9 ℃. The mean annual precipitation is 910~1,040 ㎜. The frost-free season lasts 191~310 days every year and the duration of sunshine is 2,321~2,554 hours.
"Two mountains, one city, one lake, one river, one culture, one custom” are the representatives of Lijiang’s tourism resources——
"Two mountains” stands for the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain and the Laojun Mountain.
The Jade Dragon Snow Mountain is a scenic resort on national level, a natural protection area on province level and also a development area of tourism exploitation. The acreage of the scenic resort is 26,300 hectares. The modern maritime glacier is a glacier most close to the equator in the Northern Hemisphere. Over 20 well-preserved primary forests and 59 kinds of precious wild animals are distributed here, so that the scenic area is hailed “Museum of Glacier” and “Treasury of Animals and Plants”. The Laojun Mountain is the central scenic area of the “”conflux point of the three rivers”, covering 842.64 square kilometers. There are unique Danxia landform, leafy primary forests and undamaged sorts of plants and animals in various descriptions. Over 280 kinds of plants and animals in 79 classes and 167 categories are living here, including lots of endangered species.
"One city” means the Lijiang Ancient City, which began to be constructed in the transitional period of the late Song dynasty and the early Yuan dynasty. That means Lijiang has already had 800 year history. The ancient city covers 3.8 square meters, which was put into the namelist of the Famous National Historic and Cultural Cities in 1986 and was listed into the world Cultural Heritage Directory on Dec. 4th, 1997.
"One lake” indicates the Lugu Lake locating in the town of Ninglang, which is one of the 9 plateau lakes in Yunnan Province. The water surface of the lake is 2,685 meters high above sea level, covering 48.45 square kilometers. The average depth of the water is 40.3 meters, the deepest point is 93.5 meters in depth. The Lugu Lake scenic spot has been listed as one of the province-level natural protection areas and tourism and vocation resorts in Yunnan Province.
"One river” stands for the Jinsha River, running through 651 kilometers, with lots of unique sceneries along it. The best representatives are “the 1st Bay of the Changjiang River”, "the Tiger-Leaping Gorge” and the “Baoshan Stone City”.
"One culture” stands for the Dongba culture of Naxi Nationality, including the hieroglyphs,ancient music, scriptures, paintings, architectures and religion cultures, which are all broad and profound.
"One custom” stands for the Mosuo custom. People of the Mosuo Nationality, who have been
living on the lakefront of Lugu Lake, still preserve the matrilineal custom of “male-leaving marriages”.
The lively ancient city, distinguishable Dongba culture of Naxi Nationality, various historical heritages, beautiful snow mountains, aqueducts and meadows call more and more public attentions world-wide.
