What are the tourist attractions in Lijiang, Yunnan?

1. Lijiang Ancient Town

Lijiang Ancient Town is located in the Gucheng District of Lijiang City, Yunnan Province, also known as Dayan Town. It is located in the middle of Lijiang Dam. It was built in the late Song Dynasty and early Yuan Dynasty (AD 13 late century), is located on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, covering an area of ??7.279 square kilometers.

The streets in Lijiang Old Town are built along mountains and rivers and are paved with red breccia. They include Sifang Street, Mufu, Wufeng Tower, Black Dragon Pond, Wenchang Palace, Wang Pizhen Memorial Hall, Snow Mountain Academy, and Wang Family. Zhuang Christian Church, Fang Guoyu’s former residence, Baima Longtan Temple, Gu Peter’s former residence, Jinglian Temple, Puxian Temple and other attractions. Lijiang is one of the second batch of approved Chinese historical and cultural cities. It is one of the two ancient cities in China that successfully applied for world cultural heritage as an entire ancient city.

2. Jade Dragon Snow Mountain

Jade Dragon Snow Mountain is a group of snow mountains in Lijiang City, Yunnan Province. It is about 15 kilometers north of Lijiang and has a total length of 75 kilometers. The 13 peaks of the mountain are arranged vertically from south to north. The main peak, Fan Steep, has an altitude of 5,596 meters and is covered with snow all year round.

In 1984, the Yunnan Jade Dragon Snow Mountain Provincial Nature Reserve was established. In 2001, Jade Dragon Snow Mountain was rated as a 4A-level tourist attraction, and in May 2007, it became the first batch of 5A-level tourist attractions in the country.

3. Black Dragon Pool

Black Dragon Pool (also known as Yuquan Park) was first built in the second year of Qianlong (1737), and was rebuilt in the 60th year of Qianlong and the 18th year of Guangxu. record. The old name was Yuquan Dragon King Temple. It was named after the Emperors Jiaqing and Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty conferred the title of "Dragon God". It was later renamed Black Dragon Pool.

Located at the foot of Xiangshan Mountain in the north of the city, upstream from Sifang Street in the ancient city of Lijiang along the criss-crossing Yuhe River, about one kilometer away there is a crystal clear spring pool, which is the famous Black Dragon Pool at home and abroad.

The ancient buildings include the Dragon God Temple, Deyue Tower, Suocui Bridge, Yuhuang Pavilion, as well as the former Ming Dynasty Zhishan Fuguo Temple’s Liberation Gate Tower and Wufeng Tower, which were later moved here, and the former magistrate’s office The Ming Dynasty Guangbi Tower and the Qing Dynasty Tingli Pavilion, Yiwen Pavilion, Wenming Square and other buildings are included in the department.