Overview
Lijiang is a prefecture-level city in the northwest of Yunnan province, China. Lijiang is famous for its UNESCO Heritage Site, the Old Town of Lijiang.
Lijiang is located in the northwestern portion of Yunnan and borders Sichuan. It is in a region where the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau converge. It borders Sichuan Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture and Panzhihua City to the east, and Jianchuan, Heqing and Binchuan three of the Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture in the south. County and Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture Dayao and Yongren counties, west and north are adjacent to Lanping County of Nujiang Yi Autonomous Prefecture and Weixi County of Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.
The city has a total area of 20,600 square kilometers and governs the ancient city, Yulong Naxi Autonomous County, Yongsheng County, Huaping County and Ninglang Yi Autonomous County.
Geography of Lijiang
Lijiang City is located in the northwestern portion of Yunnan and
borders Sichuan. It is in a region where the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and
Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau converge.
Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Lijiang north and south of Dali
Bai minority autonomous prefecture, west of Nvjiang Lisu Autonomous
Prefecture, eastern border connects to Sichuan Liangshan Yi Autonomous
Prefecture and Panzhihua city. Lijiang has a total area of 20600 square
kilometers, and governed Lijiang Ancient Town, Yongsheng county, Yulong
Naxi Autonomous county, Huping county, Ninglang Yi autonomous county.
Climate
Owing to its low latitude and high elevation, the city centre of Lijiang enjoys a subtropical highland climate. Winters are normally mild, dry, and the sunniest time of the year, with a highs of 13.7 to 14.8 °C (56.7 to 58.6 °F), but due to the aridity this time of year, lows often fall to around the freezing mark.
Tourism
Lijiang is located in the northwest Yunnan plateau, Jinsha river middle reaches. With "two mountains, one town, one lake, one river, one culture, and one custom feeling" as the main representative, attracts thousands of tourists all the year round to here. Two mountains refer to the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain and the Laojun Mountain; one city is Lijiang Ancient Town, namely Dayan ancient city; one river is the Jinsha River; one culture refers to the Naxi Dongba culture; and one custom feeling is Mosuo people custom feeling. Nowadays Lijiang tourism is continuous development and there are more and more attractions, Top China Travel will combine information and recommend for you to feel the real Lijiang.