Map of Yunnan Province
Geography of China: Yunnan Province (Lijiang)
Located in Lijiang City, the southeastern edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the Northwest Yunnan Plateau, and the middle reaches of the Jinsha River,
It is located at the junction of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau and the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
It is an internationally renowned tourist city and a national historical and cultural city.
It is an important passageway of the ancient "Southern Silk Road" and the "Tea Horse Ancient Road".
It is connected to Diqing Prefecture, Dali Prefecture, Nujiang Prefecture and Chuxiong Prefecture, and borders Sichuan Province.
It is a key forest area in Yunnan Province, and also one of the bases for sending hydropower from west to east.
It is known as the "green pearl of the Yangtze River Economic Belt".
The total area is 20,600 square kilometers, and the permanent population is more than 1.25 million.
It administers 1 district: Gucheng District;
4 counties: Yulong Naxi Autonomous County, Yongsheng County, Huaping County, and Ninglang Yi Autonomous County.
The Municipal People's Government is located in Dayan Town, Gucheng District.
The terrain of Lijiang City is high in the northwest and low in the southeast.
The Jinsha River flowing through the city and the three major mountain systems of Laojun Mountain, Yulong Mountain and Mianmian Mountain (XiaoliangShan) rising from the ground on both sides of the river,
It constitutes the basic meridian and skeleton of the terrain of Lijiang City.
The climate belongs to the low-latitude temperate grassland mountain monsoon climate, which has both oceanic climate and continental climate characteristics.
It ranges from tropical to alpine climates in South Asia:
The four seasons do not change much, and the dry and wet seasons are clear; the vertical differences in climate are obvious;
There are many catastrophic weather; the annual temperature difference is small and the temperature difference between day and night is large.
The rivers in the territory belong to two major river basins and three major river systems:
The Jinsha River system in the Yangtze River Basin, the Yalong River system, and the Heihui River system in the Lancang River Basin.
There are three natural lakes in the territory: Lugu Lake, Cheng Hai and Lashi Hai.
The forest coverage rate of Lijiang City is 66.15%,
There are rare plants such as Yunnan hemlock, yew, beech, water green tree, etc.;
There are rare and endangered animals under national key protection, such as Yunnan golden snub-nosed monkey, clouded leopard, golden leopard, snow leopard, macaque, red panda, split-bellied fish, etc.
Lijiang is rich in hydropower resources,
The section of the Jinsha River flowing through Lijiang is planned to have a large-scale hydropower station construction plan of "one reservoir and eight levels".
The main minerals in the territory are coal, copper, granite and so on.
Map of Lijiang
Lijiang is a famous tourist city,
It has the World Cultural Heritage Lijiang Ancient City, the World Natural Heritage Three Rivers Flowing Together,
Memory of the World Heritage Site of the Naxi Dongba Ancient Texts three World Heritage Sites.
Notable places of interest include:
1. Ancient City Area:
Lijiang Ancient Town (including Shuhe Ancient Town), Donghe Ancient Town, Lijiang Heilongtan Park, Guanyin Gorge, Lijiang Golden Pagoda Scenic Area,
Mufu, Lijiang Lion Mountain Park, Ancient City Water Wheel, Fang Guoyu Former Residence, Wangu Lou, KegongFang,
Heilongtan Ancient Building Complex, Lijiang Golden Dragon Bridge, "Three Rivers Flowing Together" strange natural geographical wonders,
Lijiang Sifang Street, Lijiang Wenchang Palace, Baima Longtan Temple, Wang Pizhen Memorial Hall, Lijiang Ancient Scene Area;
2. Yulong County:
Yulong Snow Mountain, Dongba Holy Land Yushui Village, Dongba Valley, Lijiang Laojun Mountain Scenic Area, Baisha Mural,
Lijiang Wenbi Mountain, Lashihai Wetland Park, Dongba Pantheon Park, Lijiang Dongba Kingdom, Yufeng Temple,
Yuzhu Qingtian Scenic Area, Lijiang Tiger Leaping Gorge, Anago, Laojun Mountain, Dongbabi Gallery,
Yulong Beiyue Temple, Ninety-Nine Dragon Pond, Baoshan Stone City, Dabaoji Palace and Liuli Hall,
Shro Temple, Lashi Sea Sunshine Coast Flower Sea;
3. Ninglang County:
Lugu Lake (including Lige Peninsula, Liwubi Island, Daughter-in-law Island), Lige Village, Mosuo House,
Lugu Lake Daluoshui Village, Yongning Hot Spring, Lugu Lake Observation Deck, Jiyi Cave, Lugu Lake Gem Goddess Mountain,
Plateau Hot Spring, Nisai Village, Luyuan Cliff of Lugu Lake, Mosuo Folk Museum, Lugu Lake Axia Valley,
Yang Erche Nam International Art Museum;
4. Yongsheng County:
Yongsheng Guanyin Pavilion stone carvings, Yongsheng ancient tomb forest and ancient city ruins, Yangping Reservoir, Zili Ancient Town,
Xingwen Tulin, Liude Stele Forest, Hongshiyan Ancient Earthquake Site, Cheng Hai (Heiwuhai),
Lingyuan Zhen guanyin pavilion, Sina ancient building complex;
5. Huaping County:
Wuping Reservoir, Huaping Dripping Rock Waterfall, Huluping Cave, Huaping Immortal Cave.
Lijiang specialties and cuisine mainly include:
Lijiang Maca, Dongba wood carving, Dongba batik, Naxi Lijiang rice dumplings, Lijiang Tianma,
Lijiang bronzeware, Dongba artwork, Cordyceps steam pot chicken, ice powder cool night, Lijiang preserves,
Pork rib hot pot, Lijiang begonia, fried dragonfly, Ciman pear, Lijiang chicken brown, Lijiang copper lock,
Lijiang wooden handicrafts, Lijiang red beans, Lijiang pine mushrooms;
Lijiang tobacco leaf, Yulong DianzhongLou, Lijiang snow peach, maca, Lijiang steam pot chicken, sweet rice wine,
Chicken bean cold powder, plateau wild morel mushroom, green thorn fruit oil, Lijiang chicken brown, seven-star backpack,
Yulong Snow Mountain Treasure Snow Tea, Pork Belly (Pipa Meat), Glutinous Rice Blood Sausage, Dolly Nine Supplements,
Lijiang matsutake mushroom, hemp supplement (flavored food), bead ginseng;
3. Yongsheng County:
Taliu black bone chicken, Cheng Hai spirulina, Mosuo people's pork belly, Yongsheng oil tea, Yongsheng ceramics,
White kidney beans, Sanchuan ham, Lijiang chicken brown, Jinsha red pottery, Surima wine, Cheng Hai silver fish,
Yak beef hot pot, salmon, glutinous rice blood sausage, Yongsheng shajin, Lijiang matsutake mushroom,
Yongsheng hard honey, Cheng Haihu spirulina;
4. Ninglang County:
Blowing liver, Lugu Lake sake, Miaojia pleated skirt, Ninglang black sheep, bitter buckwheat, yunmuxiang,
Lump meat, begonia, mountain cabbage, Lijiang chicken brown, Phnom Penh white melon seeds, roasted corn, tiger palm fungus,
Angelica, Lijiang matsutake mushroom, paclitaxel, patterned rice, Mosuo red rice, rhododendron scrambled eggs, nasimi enema;
Huaping apple, Naxi seven-star shawl, Lijiang bean stewed rice, begonia and begonia fruit, Zhaoshui plum,
Lijiang chicken brown, cellar wine, ebony spring green tea, pickled sour fish, Naxi hot pot, black goat hot pot,
Bazaar wine, mango source mango, rice enema, yungui, citron, soybean noodles, wooden fish bell,
Dongba Textile, Huaping Walnut.