Lijiang

Lijiang is a prefecture-level city in the northwest of Yunnan province, People's Republic of China. With a history of over 800 years, the ancient town of Lijiang offers a unique step back in time. One unique aspect of Lijiang is that the majority of its residents are of the Naxi Dongba Ethnic Minority Group and the architecture, and layout of the town reflects their cultures and traditions. Visitors to the city can witness the minority group’s music and cultures firsthand. Located near Lijiang is the Tiger Leaping Gorge, and the stunning Jade Dragon Snow Mountain.

The history of Lijiang city started as early as the late Song Dynasty. It is built where the Jade River divides into three and its streams form the canals and waterways which flow along the old town streets. Lijiang became known in the west through a book written by an American commissioner who traveled in and out of Yunnan province in late 19th century. Particularly after China started to admit foreign tourists in the 1980s, Lijiang began to attract visitors. To fulfill their needs, local people started restaurants and cafes. It was the earthquake in 1996 that brought Lijiang to the world's attention. Chinese people also long for the lifestyle and the excellent environment in Lijiang and started pouring in. This started the new era of Lijiang.

Tours

18-day Guangzhou Guilin Guiyang Kunming Lijiang Bullet Train Tour

Guangzhou → Guilin → Guizhou → Kunming → Lijiang → Shangrila

18-day Guangzhou Guilin Guiyang Kunming Lijiang Bullet Train Tour covers the highlighted tourist attractions of Guangdong, Guangxi Guizhou and Yunnan in Southwest China.

16-day Xinjiang Gansu Yunnan Sichuan Tibet Tour

Urumqi → Turpan → Dunhuang → Jiayuguan → Lanzhou → Xian → Kunming → Dali → Lijiang → Lhasa → Emeishan → Leshan → Chengdu

16-day Xinjiang Gansu Yunnan Sichuan Tibet Tour tour to visit Urumqi, Turpan, Dunhuang, Jiayuguan, Lanzhou, Xi'an Kunming, Dali, Lijiang, Lhasa, Leshan, Chengdu in Northwest and Southwest China and more....

12-day Trails China Hiking Tour

Beijing → Kunming → Lijiang → Shanghai

12 days China hiking, trekking tour package is to go through Beijing Great Wall, Kunming Stone Forest, Lijiang Tiger Leaping Gorge, Shanghai China resorts and more...

16-day Southwest China Essence Tour

Shanghai → Guilin → Yangshuo → Longsheng → Kunming → Dali → Lijiang → Shangrila → Chengdu → Emeishan → Leshan

The 16-day Shanghai Guilin Kunming Dali Lijiang Shangrila Chengdu Leshan to Li River, Yangshuo, Longji Terraces, Stone Forest, Dali Lijiang Old Town, Panda Bases, Leshan Buddha, Mt.emei and more....

18-day Shanghai Yangtze Chongqing Yunnan Guilin Guangzhou Tour

Shanghai → Yichang → Chongqing → Kunming → Dali → Lijiang → Yuanyang → Guilin → Yangshuo → Guangzhou

This 18-day Shanghai Yangtze Chongqing Yunnan Guilin Guangzhou Tour is featured by unique landscape of mountains and peaks, rivers and lakes, ethnic culture and buildings, Southern China always enjoy great popularity among travelers worldwide.

Attractions

Jade Dragon Snow Mountain

Located outside of the Lijiang Old Town, the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain is sacred to the Naxi Dongba Ethnid Minority Group. The mountain has 13 peaks with the highest being 5,600 feet tall and is 35 kilometers long.

Mountain Laojun

Mountain Laojun Lijiang, Yunnan ToursThe Mountain Laojun stands 70 km upward the First Bend of Yangtze River. It is known as the "Grandfather of all mountains in Yunnan Province", according to the myth.

Baoshan Stone City

This mysterious Naxi citadel hides deep in the green Jinsha River Valley northeast of the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain. Just like the Inca city of Machu Picchu, Baoshan is also a stone city (properly speaking, it is a small stone village).

Black Dragon Pool

Walking from the Lijiang Old City, visitors can see the Black Dragon Pool in the Jade Spring Park built in 1727, during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). The pool offers incredible views of the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain.

First Bend of the Yangtze River

About 51km outside of Lijiang, the Yangtze River makes a sudden V-shaped bend and flow to the northeast. This extraordinary turn, nearly 180 degrees, creates breathtaking views that startle the imagination.

Lugu Lake

Lugu Lake lies 280 kilometers from Lijiang City, on the border between Ninglang County in Yunnan Province and Yanyuan County in Sichuan Province.

Tiger Leaping Gorge

The Tiger Leaping Gorge, one of the world's deepest river canyons, is famous for its breathtaking scenery of rock and water. It got its name from the legend, in China's ancient past, a tiger, fleeing from a hunter jumped across the gorge.

Baisha Old Town

Lijiang Baisha Village is one of the oldest towns in Lijiang City. The town is famous for profound Naxi ethnic culture and well-preserved ancient Mural Paintings.

Lijiang Old City

Yunnan Lijiang Old City is famous for its incredible intact ancient architecture groups preservation in China that has not changed for centuries. All the buildings and the newer ones were set up with the same materials and construction methods that have been used for centuries, allowing them to blend into the city.

Shuhe Ancient Town

Shuhe Old Town in Lijiang is a well-preserved example of township along the ancient tea route and one of the earliest settlements of Naxi people's ancestors.

Naxi Dongba Ancient Music

Naxi Ancient Music (Dongba Ancient Music) was listed as one of the masterpieces of the oral and intangible heritage of humanity. Known as a "living fossil," ancient Naxi music originated from Taoism music that dates back to the Tang dynasty.

Areas of Three Parallel Rivers

The Protect Areas of Three Parallel Rivers (the Three Parallel Rivers Of Yunnan) are located in northwestern Yunnan Province, covering the three prefectures of Diqing, Nujiang, and Lijiang, including, specifically, Deqin County, Lisu Autonomous County of Weixi, Shangri-La County....

Hotels

Lijiang International Hotel

Opened in 2007 and invested by Lijiang seven stars construction group, it gathered Chinese traditional culture and national cultural feature of Naxi. It is located at seven stars Business Street, Lijiang, Yunnan province, and also adjacent to Lijiang Old Town-the famous World heritage city. The hotel is richly endowed by nature in geographical position with accessible transportation. At the same time, there are 316 guest rooms in this hotel and decoration inside shows strong national flavor of Naxi. The hotel provides guest with various service facilities, such as restaurant, meeting room, business center, recreation center, cafe bar and so on. In addition, the hotel has perfect advanced security system for ensuring each guest's privacy and safety.

Lijiang Sanhe Courtyard

Opened in 1995 and renovated completely in 2004, it is designed according to Naxi courtyard style and owns the characteristics of Ethnic customs. Its main courtyard that owns the classic characteristics of Naxi courtyard with three houses and one wall was built in Roc thirty-seventh year. With 60-year-old history, the courtyard enjoys the reputation as one of the most complete, best and magnificent building in the Old Town of Lijiang at present. The hotel located in the golden area has convenient transportation and it is just 50 meters from the entrance of the ancient town. It has 47 various guest rooms with elegant decoration, which are equipped with modern sanitary facilities and broadband internet access. In addition, the hotel also provides services such as business center, car rental, tickets booking, laundry and etc.

Pullman Lijiang Resort & Spa

Opened in 2011, the Pullman Lijiang Resort and Spa is French Accor Hotel Management Group's brand, blends in Naxi Nationality style and morden decoration. It is located between the famous Dayan Old Town and Shuhe Old Town and has a view of the Jade Dragon Mountain. It is about 10 minutes walk to the Dayan Old Town and Lijiang City Center.

Wonderport International Hotel

Treasure Harbour International Hotel is located at Shangri-la Road, close to World Cultural Heritage - Dayan Ancient Town, spectacular Yulong Snow Mountain and mystery Shuhe Ancient Town. The hotel has 435 guest rooms and suites with full facilities. The hotel is equipped with full facilities, including various restaurants, café, bar, tea house, KTV, fitness room, swimming pool, sauna, chess room and so on. Note: Lijiang hotels are required to charge an additional 80 Yuan fee to each guest for maintenance of local historical sites.

Golden Spring Hotel

Golden Spring Hotel is located on Shangri-la Road, close to the beautiful Xiangshan and Black Dragon Pond Park, with view of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, about 10-min-walk from Lijiang Old Town. The 9-storey hotel has 265 rooms and suites, with standard room measuring 19 square meters. The hotel features Chinese restaurant, Western restaurant, lobby bar, fitness, chess room, beauty/hair salon, billiards, table tennis, night club and conference rooms. Note: Lijiang hotels are required to charge an additional 80 Yuan fee to each guest for maintenance of local historical sites.

Shiner Hotel

Shiner Hotel is located on Shangri-La Road, only 15 minutes to the Ancient Town on foot and 25 minutes to the airport by car. The 7-storey hotel has 176 rooms and suites and is designed and decorated strictly according to the international standards of four-star hotels. Chinese restaurant, night club, massage, foot bath, conference room and business center are all available.

Guanfang Hotel Qidian - Lijiang

Guanfang Hotel Lijiang is located in the golden district of Shangri-la Road, north of the Municipal Administration Square and east of the old town of Dayan Lijiang. The hotel has 1228 guest rooms and suites equipped with central air conditioning, hair dryer, slipper, electric kettle, complementary broadband internet access, mini refrigerator, in-room safe and so on.Chinese restaurant, Western restaurant, cafe, gym, indoor tennis court, bowling alley, dance hall, karaoke hall, beauty salon, sauna center, night club and conference room are all available. Note: Lijiang hotels are required to charge an additional 80 Yuan fee to each guest for maintenance of local historical sites.

Nanmen Hotel, Lijiang

Standing in the middle of the Lijiang Huma tourist culture street, opened in 2005, it is near to the beautiful HeiLongtan Park, the folk street and the entertainment cattle and surrounded by all kinds of famous restaurants and cafes. 110 humanistic guestrooms with the exquisite, elegant and comfortable decoration are equipped with soft beds, blankets, carpets, electronic locks, independent air-conditioner, cable TV, Internet port as well as international and domestic distance telephones. The hotel also provides Chinese and Western restaurants, business centre, ticketing, car rental, laundry, shopping mall, parking lot and charged airport pick-up.

Lijiang Wangfu Hotel

Opened in 2005, it is located in the World Cultural Heritage, Mu Wangfu Site in the Lijiang old city (the southern door district next to the Sanyan Well). The hotel faces the distant Yulong Snow Mountain, lying against the Lion Mountain and the Baima Longtan Temple where Prince Mu made a pilgrimage is to the west of the hotel. There are 106 guest rooms with Internet access in all the rooms. The old traditional hotel integrates the Na Xi culture into the design of the hotel, embodying the features of Na Xi ancient civil architecture. When you walk through the yard seeing all the rare flowers, the bird and the bug which completely show the essence of Na Xi civil custom, you will feel like being in the southern China. The hotel also provides guests with food, business centre, tickets booking, car rental, laundry, shopping mall, parking lot, massage, hairdressing, free airport pick-up service etc.

Lijiang Hua Ma Hotel

Hexi Courtyard, Lijiang

Opened in 2005, it is a registering Four Star accommodation with the service for accommodation, catering, business, conference and tourism. It is located at the Nanmen Square of the ancient city which is 1 kilometer from the SiFang Street. There are 171 guestrooms with luxury, elegant and comfortable decoration, which have all the necessary facilities and the free internet port to fulfill the needs of all the guests. The hotel owns business centre, bar, shopping mall, restaurant, some entertainment facilities such as sauna, massage service and beauty salon and provides private parking lot and the tour service.

Grand Lijiang

Opened in 1996 and redecorated in 2003, the Grand Hotel is located in the centre of the Ancient city. It is very near the Dongba culture centre and Yuquan Park. And it is only 30 kilometers away from the Lijiang Sanyi Airport.

Photo Gallery

Lijiang Yunshanping

White Water River

Lijiang Shuhe Old Town

Lijiang Lugu Lake

Qujing Luoping

Lashihai Wet Land