Lijiang Travel
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 Nationali... Lijiang Overview
Lijiang Attractions
"Two mountains, one city, one lake, one river, one culture, one custom” are the representatives of Lijiang’s tourism resources. 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. Lijiang Attractions
- The Jade Dragon Snow Mountain: The Jade Dragon Snow Mountain is a snow capped mountain with an altitude of 5596 meters above sea level. The mountain has 13 peaks of which the highest is 18000 feet above sea level. Its high mountain and meadow views setting off the snow and rivers, construct amazing picture. It is a large patch of pasture tucked away hidden amongst a virgin spruce forest on the eastern side of the Yulong Snow Mountain.
- Shuhe Naxi Village: Also called Longquan Village, it was an important town on the ancient tea and horse route, and also the earliest settlement of Naxi people. The whole town is peaceful with flowing streams flow pass ancient houses and bridges.
- Tiger Leaping Gorge Hiking: Tiger Leaping Gorge is the one of the deepest gorges in the world. Its good paths high above the Yangtze River, magnificent view of Yulong Snow Mountain and First Bend of the Yangtze, ethnic villages, and inexpensive accommodation along the way make it one of the best and most popular hiking routes in China.
Lijiang Nightlife
- Show of Impression Lijiang: The “Show of Impression Lijiang” is consisted of six parts——“the Caravan on the Ancient Tea and Horse Route”, " Drink facing snow mountain”, "the Ea...
- The Small Paris Bar: There are not only various kinds of vino and tea but also counter meals and Chinese fried dishes with Naxi’s characteristics. The hoster Xue and Le who came from France were deeply attracted by ...
- The Sakura Bar: In 1996, “SAKURA”——the 1st bar in Lijiang opened, where tourists could stop for a rest. The characteristics——distinguishable dishes of Korean BBQ, fried rice in sto...
Lijiang Transportation
- Railway: Trains from Kunming to Lijiang via Dali have been opened to traffic. Kunming - Lijiang K9606/K9607 22:00-08:00 Lijiang - Kunming K9608/9605 21:35-07:22
- City Transportation: Taxi Although the population number is not very big, there are over thousands of taxis in Lijiang. the per-capita taxi number have come top in Yunnan Province. Red cars of brand Xiali are main vehicl...
- Air: As a famous tourist resort, Lijiang’s transportation is convenient. And Kunming and Xishuangbanna of Yunnan, lots of other cities like Bijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Chengdu, Chongqing and Guiyang have already established direct flight to Lijiang. Most of the tourists choose to use Kunming as the transfer stop-fly to Kunming first, then go to Lijiang by air or by bus. The air journey takes about 40 minutes. The Lijiang airport is 28 kilometers away from the town.
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