The main features of Old Town of Lijiang

What are the main characteristics of Old Town of Lijiang? Main features of Old Town of Lijiang: As a minority city, Old Town of Lijiang combines the essence of Han, Bai, Yi, Tibetan and other nationalities from the overall layout of the city to the engineering buildings, and has its own unique Naxi style. Old Town of Lijiang, with water as the core, presents a unique spatial layout of water lanes due to the flexible use of water. Dense bridges are the greatest feature of Old Town of Lijiang.

As a minority city, Old Town of Lijiang, 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. There are three rivers running through the city, and every household has tap water; 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.

Old Town of Lijiang was founded in the late Song Dynasty and early Yuan Dynasty (1end of 3rd century). The streets of Old Town of Lijiang are surrounded by mountains and rivers, covered with red breccia, and there are four scenic spots, namely Sifang Street, Shogunate, Wufenglou, Heilongtan, Wenchang Palace, Xueshan Academy, Wangjiazhuang Christian Church, Baimalongtan Temple, Jinglian Temple and Fukenji. Old Town of Lijiang has rich and colorful local ethnic customs and entertainment activities, such as Naxi ancient music, Dongba ceremony, divination culture, ancient town bar and Naxi Torch Festival.

Old Town of Lijiang, which embodies the achievements of ancient urban construction in China, is one of the types with distinctive features and styles in China.