The travel event "Lijiang in Dreams - Kids Taking Snapshots of Lijiang" was held in Lijiang Old Town on Nov 8, 2013. It was sponsored by Xinhua News Agency and the information department of Lijiang municipal Party committee.
Tiantian Business Travel Agency in Ningbo, Zhejiang province, has launched a direct flight tour from Ningbo to Lijiang as of Nov 8.
The traditional manufacturing technique to make Dongba paper was created by the Naxi ethnic group in Yunnan province.
Many stores in Lijiang Old Town in Yunnan province are selling Dongba engravings, Nov 7, 2013.
Dongba culture, originated from the Dongba religion about 1,000 years ago, is a branch of culture of the Naxi ethnic group. The culture has its own unique ceremonies, characters, music, dances and paintings.
When you hear that a hotel's newest property in China embraces a theme of the ancient Tea Horse Caravan Trail, you might conjure a mental picture that's rather rustic: traders hauling Yunnan tea to Tibet to exchange for sturdy farm horses.
Most locals seemed indifferent to a railway project currently under way to connect Shangri-La with the tourist paradise Lijiang city, which is equidistant between Kunming, the provincial capital, and Shangri-La and will link the two larger cities. However, those who have taken an interest in the 139-km-long line expect to see plenty of changes.
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Protection Bureau of World Cultural Heritage Lijiang Old Town.
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