Arriving in Lijiang after another bus ride from our last destination Dali was quite nice for us, as it is probably THE MOST ADMIRED old town among Chinese people. We checked-in our hostel in the heart of the more than 800 years old town and immediately went off to the hill of Lijiang to get a first impression and overview of this lovely place. It convinces of its nice waterways, different architecture and the population of the local ethnic group – the Naxi.
The Tiger Leaping Gorge is a canyon on the Yangtze River that lies 60km north of Lijiang and is surrounded by a few more than 5.000m mountains. We mainly went to see the famous rock, where according to a legend the tiger leaped to the other side in order to escape the chase of a hunter.
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February 12, 2009 at 12:57 pm
Joy
Gorgeous~~~Lijiang, hope I can go there this year!