Old Town of Lijiang information

Old Town of Lijiang is located in the ancient city of Lijiang, also known as Dayan Town. Located in the middle of Lijiang Dam, it was built in the late Song Dynasty and early Yuan Dynasty (1late 3rd century). Located in Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, with an area of 7.279 square kilometers.

Old Town of Lijiang's streets are surrounded by mountains and rivers, covered with red breccia, and there are many scenic spots such as Sifang Street, Shogunate and Wufenglou. ? [2]? Lijiang is one of the second batch of famous historical and cultural cities in China, and also one of the two ancient cities in China that have successfully declared the world cultural heritage as an ancient city as a whole.

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 embodies the achievements of ancient urban construction in China, and it is one of the types with distinctive features and unique style in China.

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Architectural composition

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. 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, 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.

In terms of external modeling and structure, the ancient city houses have integrated the skills of Central Plains architecture and Tibetan and Bai architecture, and formed architectural techniques such as stone walls, overlapping roofs, small blue tiles and wooden frames, and 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.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Old Town of Lijiang