When you are tried of working or have troubles in your work or life, you need a place to relax yourself. Most of us are all live in cities which are around of concrete iron and cement. People are busy at working from day to night. But some times, we need to stop and have a rest to adjust ourselves.. Traveling to Li Jiang is a good choice. Li Jiang is a place full of peace and ease. You may get lost and forget all of the trouble.
Lijiang was established in the early Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368 AD) after Kublai Khan conquered the nearby city of Dali. The Lijiang area has been home to the Naxi minority for over 1,400 years. The Naxi descend from the Tibetan Qiang people, who migrated down the Yangtze from Northern Tibet.Nestled in a high mountain valley, Lijiang’s charming Old Town has long been a center of Naxi culture and in recent years has become a major tourist attraction.
Nature the Great Creator showed extreme affection in his ancient piece of land. Naxi culture is traditionally matriarchal, with women inheriting all property and mediating tribal conflicts; the matriarchy, however, has broken down somewhat in recent years with increased exposure to the decidedly patriarchal Han. The ancient Dayan Town of Lijiang has a history of over 800 years. The Town is well-known to the world because “each of the household is built by the stream and surrounded by willow trees”. Therefore, Dayan Town is praised as the “Oriental Venice” and “Suzhou on the Plateau”.
The crystal-clear waters of Lake Lugu, about an 8-hour drive from Lijiang, is home to the unique Mosuo folk, a matriarchal clan that is considered by the Chinese government as a sub-group of the Nahki Ethnic Minority (based on scholarly evidence of course), though the Mosuo insist that they are separate from the Nahki, who, in contrast to the Mosuo, are patriarchal, as are most mainstream ethnic minorities of China – and indeed, as are most cultures the world over.
One mountain you must go is Yulong Mountain. Whicn also called Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, located 15 kilometers north of the county seat of Lijiang, is a national-level scenic area. It is a snow-capped mountain and the southernmost mountain with snow capped all year round in the Northern Hemisphere. Yulong Snow Mountain has rich vegetation coverage, featuring distinct and complete alpine vertical ecosystem from subtropical zone to frigid zone. Still heavily forested, the mountain bursts into bloom every spring with camellias, rhododendrons, and azaleas. Herders take their cattle, goats, sheep, and yaks to graze on its slopes. In autumn, some of the pine trees turn amber yellow, while the deciduous trees transmute their green leaves into patches of bright yellow, orange, and scarlet.
