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LIJIANG: An ancient town that lies NW of Yunnan Province & about 40 mins by flight from Kunming (580 km / 360 miles). It`s very close to Tibet & Zhongdian (Shangrila).
Lijiang survives on tourism & is a mountain town of stones & tiles laced with many canals. A very pleasant town to walk in (though the temperature can be freezing before 10 am & after 6 pm) with a population of around 400,000. There are 22 minorities in Lijiang; the majority of which are Naxi, Yi, Lisu, Bai, Pumi, Dai, Miao, Tibetan, Hui & Zhuang.
Trivia:
Why was Lijiang built with no walls while most cultural cities in China were built with walls to protect outside invasions?
During the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Zhu Yuan Zhang gave the name `Mu` (meaning wood) to the family who was ruling Lijiang then. In Chinese Character, if one place a wall around the word `mu`, the word becomes `kun` which means entrapment & difficulty. That sounds unlucky! Hence, since the very beginning, there had been a rule `no walls around Lijiang`. |
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raraavis Tue May 2, 2006 00:20 UTC
Thanks for the useful tips. Looking forward to using them when we are in Lijiang. | atobol Sat Dec 17, 2005 07:57 UTC
The place I love most here in summer...just laying on the grass...quite...Unfortunatly Lijiang has turned into kind of Disney Land. | Waxbag Mon Jan 17, 2005 16:10 UTC
Great information here. This looks like a facinating place. | GillianMcLaughlin Thu May 27, 2004 09:28 UTC
This is a great page Sharrie - I loved Lijiang... in fact I loved all of Yunnan. Note to self: get those pages finished. Many thanks |
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