The Old Town of Lijiang, or the Lijiang Ancient City, which is perfectly adapted to the uneven topography of this key commercial and strategic site, has retained a historic townscape of high quality and authenticity. Its architecture is noteworthy for the blending of elements from several cultures that have come together over many centuries. Lijiang also possesses an ancient water-supply system of great complexity and ingenuity that still functions effectively today.

She lies at the north of ancient town of Lijiang. Shuhe village is a reproduction of Lijiang ancient town, but she appears more simple and quite.

15 km away, at the north of Lijiang ancient town is Yulongxushan with 13 peaks of 5596 meters. She is a treasure of wild plants and rare animal and looks like a silver dragon lying in the clouds.

Awesome and unconquered, she dominates the Lijiang plain here in the north of China's southwestern province of Yunnan.

She is one of Yunnan's protected nature reserves for making scientific investigations, collecting animal and plant specimens, taking photos.

At the north of Dayan is Yuquan park in which Museum of Dongba Culture lies. More than 1.000 years ago Naxi's ancestors created mysterious pictographs wherein they recorded their religious scriptures that became the people¡¯s ancient encyclopedia and are now an important ,source of history, language, and social and religious customs of the tribe.

The Dongba culture chiefly consists of scriptures, painting, music, dance, ritual implements and religious service.

Some scriptures, paintings and ritual implements are kept in the museum

She, one of the deepest, longest and narrowest gorge in the world, is 96 kilometers northwest of Dayan and overlooking the roaring Yangtze River.

According to local legend, The gorge acquired its name because at its narrowest point, a mere 28 meters wide, a tiger leaped over its swirling waters.