Top Things to Do & See in Lijiang

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Lijiang is a dream for those who desire for a peaceful life. It stands there silently, no matter how noise it is. The real Lijiang need to be discovered with your heart and love.

The attractions below are collected by our travel experts with the purpose of helping you get some knowledge of Lijiang and preparing for your tour to here.

Lijiang Ancient Town

Lijiang Ancient Town is a distinctive ancient town unlike the others in China which is open without any walls. There are blue marble stone pathways winding along the town, wood houses made by hands with unique Naxi and Han style and bridges and streams running through the whole town. It is a central town and the main tourist attractions of Lijiang with an altitude of about 2.400 meters above sea level. The town is firstly built in the late Song Dynasty and the early Yuan Dynasty, which has a history of 800 years. Lijiang Ancient Town is a leisure town where you can spend a comfortable and relaxing holiday wll the year around.

Lijiang Ancient Town

Baisha Village

Located about 10 kilometers away from the north of Lijiang Ancient Town, Baisha Village is another ancient town in this region with more tranquil an peaceful atmosphere. It was first built in Tang Dynasty and became prosperous in Song and Yuan Dynasty. There are many things Baisha Village can offer for tourists like the delicate bridges, blue sky and warm sunshine, as well as the tranquility that Lijiang Ancient Town cannot offer.

The Baisha is famous for the Baisha Murals. It started made this kind of murals from the early Ming Dynasty and lasted about three hundred years. The main theme of Baisha Murals are religion, such as the figures of Buddha, the Four Heavenly Kings as well as the daily life scenes, plants and animals. Most of the existing murals are preserved in Dabaoji Palace, a temple built 1582.

Baisha Village

Black Dragon Pool

Black Dragon Pool Park is a public park with a pond with crystal spring squirting out, as well as pavilions and bridges. Besides, there is a small museum of Dongba culture located at the back door of the park. The splendid Jade Dragon Snow Mountain reflecting on the surface of the water is the famous pictures that once represented Lijiang.

Black Dragon Pool

Lashi Lake

Located on the south slope of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain and about 10 kilometer away from Lijiang Ancient Town, Lashi Lake is about 20 square miles and has an altitude around 2,437 meters. Lashi Lake is the paradise for many migrant bird to stay for the winter every year, which makes it an unique experience to view these rare thousands of birds by boat. As the origin of the Ancient Tea-Horse Road, Lashi Lake has many horse farms offering horse-riding service for tourists.

Lashi Lake

Jade Dragon Snow Mountain

Jade Dragon Snow Mountain is a small group of nearly 13 peaks close to Lijiang, with an average altitude of 4000. The highest peak called Shanzidou enjoys an altitude of 5,600 meters, which is dangerous to climb to the top. Seeing from Lijiang Ancient Town, the snow-capped and fog-enlaced mountain shaped like a jade dragon lying in the clouds. It is a shelter to rare animals and wild plants. Nearly 30 kinds of animals here are protected by the state like the wild ass, the Yunnan snub-nosed monkey, the lesser pandas and so on. Besides, almost one fourth of all plant species in China can be found here. Tourists can take short trip here to do some sightseeing, mountaineering, skiing, exploration and etc.

Jade Dragon Snow Mountain

Tiger Leaping Gorge

Tiger Leaping Gorge has enjoyed the fame of one of the deepest gorge in the world and the Oriental Grand Canyon. It is about 100 kilometers northwest of Lijiang Ancient Town, lying between Jade Dragon Snow Mountain and Haba Snow Mountain. The gorges stretches about 17 kilometers, consisting three sections, the Upper Gorge, the Middle Gorge and the Lower Gorge, drops about 300 meters in a series of 18 rapids. Tourists can have a amazingly peaceful boat trip in the rivers. In addition, with the best hiking trail in Lijiang area, tourists can take a hike tour here to see the spectacular sights.

Tiger Leaping Gorge

The First Bend of the Yangtze River

The Yangtze River surges southeastward from the origin in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Flow to here,the river meets the Hengduan Mountain Range and the geological structure forces it to make a 90 degree turn from the south to east within a distance of only 1 kilometers. This mysterious turn offers many beautiful and marvelous views here. Alongside the river are large willow trees, deep green vegetables, as well as fulling blooming flowers in spring.

The First Bend of the Yangtze River

Lugu Lake

Located on the border between Ninglang County in Yunnan Province and Yanyuan County in Sichuan Province, about 230km north of Lijiang and about 700km south of Chengdu, Lugu Lake is famous for its peculiar natural scenery, unique and mysterious culture of the Mosuo people, and matriarchal system and walking marriage custom. Click here to get more information about Lugu Lake.

Lugu Lake