Prefecture

Lijiang 丽江

Naxi old town, Jade Dragon Snow Mountain and Lugu Lake.

What to see

1 Lijiang Old Town Lijiang & Jade Dragon A UNESCO World Heritage site and the heart of Naxi culture. Canals, little stone bridges and wooden houses make it feel like a mountain version of …

2 Jade Dragon Snow Mountain & Blue Moon Valley Lijiang & Jade Dragon The snow-capped Jade Dragon Snow Mountain (5,596 m) towers over Lijiang. A cable car takes you up through primeval forest towards the glacier. Afte…

Jade Dragon Snow Mountain & Blue Moon Valley

3 Shuhe Ancient Town Lijiang & Jade Dragon A smaller, quieter old town just north of Lijiang, once a stop on the Tea Horse Road. Clear streams run past the houses around a small square, and …

4 Baisha Murals Lijiang & Jade Dragon In the village of Baisha, Ming-dynasty frescoes combine Han, Tibetan and Naxi art, with Taoist, Buddhist and Dongba stories painted side by side – …

Baisha Murals

5 Lugu Lake Lugu Lake A clear mountain lake at about 2,700 m on the border of Yunnan and Sichuan, called "Mother Lake" by the Mosuo people, one of the last matrilineal s…

6 Caohai and the Walking Marriage Bridge Lugu Lake On the Sichuan side of the lake, a long wooden bridge crosses the reed marshes of Caohai. It is named after the Mosuo custom of "walking marriage",…

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