Located in the northwest plateau of Yunnan Province with an altitude of 2,400m, Lijiang Ancient City or the Old Town was built in the Southern Song Dynasty. This world famous Old Town is UNESCO Heritage Site, listed in 1997. The town has a history going back more than 800 years and was once a confluence for trade along the old tea horse road. It takes Jinsha River and Lishui River as its soul, with the zigzag streets, lanes, high and short civil residents and the quiet bridge as well as flowing water forming the harmonious unity of human, building and natural environment. The Lijiang old town is famous for its orderly system of waterways and bridges. The old town of Lijiang differs from other ancient Chinese cities in architecture, history and the culture of its traditional residents the ‘Naxi’ people. After included in UNESCO Heritage Site, there was a sudden tourist boom there and the city became one of the most popular tourist spot in China. In these days, this city seems like sleeping in the morning and wakes up in the evening to entertain the tourists and even themselves with its traditional mouth-watering cuisines, romantic music and dreamy lighting.
