Lijiang:located in Lijiang Prefecture in the Northwest of Yunnan Province, is about 580 kilometers away from Kunming. It takes about 17 hours to get there via Chuxiong, Xiaguan. Dali and Jianchuan.

Tne total area of Lijiang Prefecture is about 21219 square kilometers. The population is 1.06 million involving 2I nationalities, for example, the Naxi. Yi, Lisu, Pumi. etc.There are 4 counties in the prefecture.

Lijiang Prefecture is the major developing tourist area of Yunnan Province. It contains beautiful natural scenes, unique minority amorous reelings, age-old minority cultures, and rich tounst resources. The scenic spots are mainly scatteredin Lijiang County and Ninglang countr.

The main scenic spots in LIjing Contry are as follows:the Ancient' Town of Lijiang, the Yulong Snow Mountains,the Yuquan (Jade Spring) park (also called the black DragonPol) ,the Yufeng (Jade Peak )Temple, the Baisha frescoes, the first bend of the Yangtze River,.the Tiger Leaping Gorge, the Ancient Stone Town of Baoshan.

The main scenic spots in Ninglang County me ns follows:Lugu lake, the Yongning Lamasery.

The Ancient Town of Lijiang has a history of almost a thousand years, The scenes are unique and unconventional. It is one of the best-preserved historical, cultural cities at the state level in China.

The yulong Snow Mountains are a natural treasure-house of animals and plants, a scenery area of historical andcultural relics at the state level, and can be developed into a comprehensive attraction not only for scientific investigation, but also for toarism, skiing, mountain-climbing and vacationing.

In the Yufeng (Jade Peak) Temple there is an old, giant camellia tree of more than 500 years old. which can put forth thousands of flowers, so that it is called a ) "Ten-Thousand-Flower Camellia", 'Therefore it is known as "the Firs Tree in the World". The Ming Dynasty Frescos.in Baisha are the cul
tural and historical refics emphatically protected by the state.The mystical Dongba hiereglyph is know as "the only living hieroglybh in the world" The old Naxi music with noble elegant lingering charm is thought to be "the living fossil of the Chinese classical music" LUgu Lake with its deep and transparent water is known as "the pearl on the platau". The Mosuo village on the shore of Lugu Lake and the folk customs and the folkways are unique in the world and make tourists open-mouthed. There are still some matriarchale families The Mosuo people are now still keeping the "Axia" marrige pattem by which a young man dosent't get married and a girl is .not be married off.

Lijiang,whith its rich resources in plants and animals,the natural beauties and amazing minority folk customs,attracts more and more tourists from home and abroat.