Yunnan Travel Guide: Lijiang Historic Sites I

Ancient Lijiang City

With a history of more than 800 years, Lijiang Ancient City China travel deals was first built at the end of Southe Song Dynasty (1127-1279). It is an old alpine town inhabited by Naxi people. With Sifang Street as its center, the city is orderly arranged with five main roads radiating to all directions, and lined with row upon row of tile-roofed houses which are surrounded by streams. Mufu Palace, built in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), has chastity stone arches at the back and front, Hall for Official Affairs, Wanjuan Building, Hufa Hall, Guangbi Building, Yuying Building, and Sanqing Hall and so on, which have blended the culture of Han, Bai and Naxi ethnic groups, gathering the beauty and elegance of the gardens in south China. Ancient Lijiang City was put on the List of World Heritages by UNESCO in 1997.

Mufu Palace

It was the palace of the headmen of Lijiang of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), deserved to be a grand view park top 10 China tours of the culture of Ancient Lijiang city. The palace, located at the southwest coer of the ancient city, is a large group of buildings, an imitation of the Forbidden City in Beijing. Among them the Loyalty Stone Arch, with spectacular looking and superb workmanship, may be rated as a treasure of China.

Shuhe Ancient Town

Shuhe Ancient Town popular China travel package, an important part of the Ancient Lijiang City, is one of the earliest sites inhabited by Naxi ancestors in Lijiang highland, and at the same time it was once an important post station on the ancient tea road. Its leather industry is well-developed with its leather products sold to Lhasa, faraway India and some other places.

Yufeng Temple

The temple, located at the south foot of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain travel China guide and built in the Qing Dynasty (1616-1911), is one of famous lamaseries of Lijiang. The ten thousand camellias in the temple were planted during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) with a history of more than 500 years. The camellias are in full blossom when spring begins every year, praised as the first of its kind in the world.

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