Where is Old Town of Lijiang, which province and which city?

Where is Old Town of Lijiang? Which province and city? Old Town of Lijiang is here. Lijiang Old Town, also known as Dayan Town, is one of the two ancient cities in China that successfully declared the world cultural heritage with the whole ancient city. Old Town of Lijiang was founded in the late Song Dynasty and early Yuan Dynasty (1end of 3rd century). Old Town of Lijiang's streets are surrounded by mountains and rivers, covered with red breccia.

This paper introduces the rich and colorful local ethnic customs and entertainment activities in Old Town of Lijiang, such as Naxi ancient music, Dongba ceremony, divination culture, ancient town bar and Naxi Torch Festival. Old Town of Lijiang embodies the achievements of ancient urban construction in China, and it is one of the types with distinctive features and unique style in China. As a minority city, Old Town of Lijiang has its own unique Naxi style from the overall layout of the city to the engineering buildings, which combines the essence of Han, Bai, Yi and Tibetan nationalities.

Old Town of Lijiang has not been influenced by the copy of the Central Plains, with nine miles in the square, three gates on the side, nine wells and nine fairs in junior high school, and Jiugui Liquor in Jingtu. There is no road network or tight fence in the city. In the layout of the ancient city, three mountains are screens and one river is connected. Three rivers in the water system pass through the city, and every family flows; The layout of the street and the setting of meridians have a curved, secluded, narrow and vivid style. The pattern of Old Town of Lijiang is spontaneously formed, with northwest facing southeast.

Water-centered Old Town of Lijiang presents a unique spatial layout of water lanes due to its flexible use of water. Dense bridges are the greatest feature of Old Town of Lijiang. It has formed a unique style in architectural layout and architectural artistic techniques. Most of the dwellings are civil structures, and the common forms are: three squares and one wall, four entrances and five patios, front and rear courtyards, one entrance and two courtyards, etc.