What is the legend of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain?

Historical legends of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain

1. Jade Dragon Snow Mountain is a sacred mountain in the hearts of the Naxi people and other ethnic groups in Lijiang. After the incarnation, Lijiang still holds a grand annual "Sanduo Festival".

2. In the Tang Dynasty, Yimou, the lord of Nanzhao, sought out the mountains and worshiped the mountains. He once granted Jade Dragon Snow Mountain as Beiyue. During the Zhenyuan period, the famous official Wei Gao asked Nanzhao to attack Tubo and drove them to the west of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain.

3. In the early years of the Yuan Dynasty, when Kublai Khan, the founder of the Yuan Dynasty, came to Lijiang, he named Yulong Snow Mountain the "Great Sage Snow Stone Beiyue Anbang Jingdi".

4. The Jade Dragon Snow Mountain is often regarded as the external symbol of the Naxi people, and the legendary Jade Dragon hero has become a symbol of the inner spirit of the Naxi people. "Sanduo", the patron saint of the Naxi people, is the incarnation of the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain; another legend is that the Jinsha River, Nu River, Lancang River, Yulong Mountain, and Haba Mountain were originally five brothers and sisters. When the three sisters grew up, they met to choose a son-in-law. , the parents were anxious and angry, and ordered Yulong and Haba to catch up.