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Where is the best place to travel in Yunnan?

Xishuangbanna, Shangri-La, Dali Ancient City, Old Town of Lijiang, Foreigners Street, Cangshan Erhai Lake, butterfly spring, Yulong Snow Mountain, Kunming Stone Forest and Tiger Leaping Gorge.

Old Town of Lijiang is a rare well-preserved ancient city of ethnic minorities in China, which concentrates the essence of Naxi culture and completely preserves the historical features formed since the Song and Yuan Dynasties. Lijiang has been a transit point for the Silk Road and the ancient tea-horse road since ancient times. Lijiang has Old Town of Lijiang, which was built in the Southern Song Dynasty. Naxi people's name is Miyamoto Nao, Miyamoto Nao is a granary and Naxi Nao is a market. Old Town of Lijiang used to be a gathering place for granaries.

Shangri-La is one of the cities under the jurisdiction of Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, located in the northwest of Yunnan Province, where Yunnan, Sichuan and Tibet provinces meet, and also the hinterland of the "Three Parallel Rivers" scenic spot. As of 20 14, Shangri-La has a total area of 1 16 13 square kilometers, governing 4 towns, 7 townships, 6 communities and 58 administrative villages.

Shangri-La has a long history and culture and beautiful natural scenery. It has Pudacuo National Park, Dukezong Ancient City, Gadansong Zanlin Temple and Tiger Leaping Gorge.

Shilin is one of the first national key scenic spots approved by 1982 the State Council. It is the most typical karst landform in the world, covering an area of 350 square kilometers. Known as the "Natural Museum of Geomorphology", it is one of the four natural landscapes in China. Shilin was rated as "World Geopark" and "World Natural Heritage Landscape" by UNESCO.

Cangshan Mountain, the main peak at the southern end of Yunling Mountains, consists of 19 peaks from north to south, starting from Eryuan Deng Chuan in the north and reaching Tiansheng Bridge in Xiaguan in the south. Cangshan 19 peak is magnificent, which is in sharp contrast with the beautiful scenery of Erhai Lake. There are 19 peaks in Cangshan Mountain, and a stream flows downstream between every two peaks into Erhai Lake. This is the famous eighteen streams.

Erhai Lake, once called Ye Yuze in ancient literature, is located in the suburb of Dali, Yunnan, just like a crescent moon, lying quietly between Cangshan Mountain and Dali Bazi. It is the second largest freshwater lake in Yunnan Province, with an area of 256.5 square kilometers and an average lake depth of 10 meter. It is named Erhai Lake because it is shaped like an ear. Erhai Lake is a rift lake with clear water, high transparency, excellent water quality and abundant aquatic resources.

"Xiaguanfeng, Shangguanhua, Cangshan Snow and Erhai Moon" are the four major scenic spots here. There is a fan-shaped impact flat dam between Erhai Lake and Cangshan Mountain, where fertile fields are connected with villages, and the three towers of Chongsheng Temple stand tall and straight, known as the "landscape gallery", where scenery, scenic spots and folk customs are integrated. The nearby White Fishing Village is the only plateau fishing village in China. The famous film Five Golden Flowers in 1950s reflects the romantic life of the Bai people here.