Where is Old Town of Lijiang?

Old Town of Lijiang is the central town of the old town of Lijiang City, Yunnan Province, located in the northwest of Yunnan Province, with an altitude of more than 2,400 meters. Its geographical coordinates are 100 14' east longitude and 26 52' north latitude. It is a famous city with beautiful scenery, long history and splendid culture, and it is also a rare well-preserved ancient city of ethnic minorities in China. Old Town of Lijiang, also known as Dayan Town, is said to be because the hereditary ruler of Lijiang is surnamed Mu, so building a city must be like the word "sleepy" framed by a wooden character. The ancient city was founded in the Song and Yuan Dynasties and flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Xu Xiake, a famous traveler in the Ming Dynasty, once said in the Diary of a Trip to Yunnan that the palace of the chieftain in Zhongmou, Old Town of Lijiang is "the beauty in the palace, meaning to be king". In the urban area, "living in seclusion, touring the city with valleys" and "residential quarters, tiled houses" show Old Town of Lijiang's fame at that time. Old Town of Lijiang was once the seat of Lijiang Military and Civilian Mansion in Ming Dynasty and Lijiang Mansion in Qing Dynasty. It was called Dayan Lane in Ming Dynasty and Dayanli in Qing Dynasty. After the Republic of China, Naxi was renamed as the ancient town of Dayan Town, Lijiang, and it was named "Miyamoto Nao", where Miyamoto was the granary and Naxi Naxi was the market. It can be seen that Old Town of Lijiang was once the gathering place of granaries. Old Town of Lijiang is rich in traditional national culture, which embodies the prosperity and development of Naxi nationality. It is an important historical material for studying the development of human culture. Old Town of Lijiang has gradually become the economic and cultural center of northwest Yunnan, providing good environmental conditions for the development of national culture. The Naxi people living here have created splendid national culture together with other ethnic minorities. No matter the streets, squares, archways, water systems, bridges, residential decorations, courtyard sketches, threshold plaques and stone inscriptions of the ancient city, they are permeated with the cultural literacy and aesthetic taste of the Naxi people, fully embodying the cultural connotation, artistic conception and charm of local ethnic religions, aesthetics, literature and other aspects, and showing the profound and rich contents of history and culture. Old Town of Lijiang is a famous historical and cultural city with high comprehensive value and overall value, with a long history and simple nature. As a minority city with a long history, it combines the essence of Han, Bai, Yi and Tibetan nationalities from the overall layout of the city to the engineering buildings, and has the unique style of Naxi nationality. It is a rare and important heritage to study the history of urban construction, architecture and culture in China. [Complete Collection of Tourism Resources, Free Trade Platform, Tourism Community, Tourism Software, www.tourunion.com] Ancient urban architecture has precious characteristics such as respecting nature, being pragmatic, frank and compatible, which embodies the unique human creative spirit and progressive significance of urban architecture under specific historical conditions. Old Town of Lijiang, because it has concentrated the essence of Naxi culture and completely preserved the historical features formed since the Yuan Dynasty, was listed as a national historical and cultural city by the State Council, and was listed as a world cultural heritage by UNESCO on February 3rd. 1997.