2008-12-08

Old Town of Lijiang - Chinese tourism scenic spots

Lijiang is located in the upper reaches of the Jinsha River, has a long history, beautiful scenery, the majesty of the natural environment, it is the descendants of the ancient Qiang, the home of the Naxi. Old Town of Lijiang 2,400 meters above sea level, the Lijiang Naxi Autonomous County is the center of the city, is China's historical and cultural city is one of the key national scenic spots. Yunnan is located in Sichuan, Tibet transport hub, in ancient times the frequency of business travel activities to promote local prosperity of the small, soon to become known and the market town. Lijiang city is generally believed that began in Late Song Yuan. Year in 1253, Kublai Khan (Khan) Nan Zheng Dali country, the troops had here. This year, direct Near the beginning of the Qing Dynasty 500 years, Lijiang, the central region are under the jurisdiction of the dynasty's ancestors of the Naxi wood and wood Tusi's (established 1382) hereditary rule. In the meantime, Yunnan has traveled extensively during the geographer Xu Ming Dynasty (1587 - 1641), "Yunnan Tour Diary" was described in Lijiang city, "group homes , Chlamys than Tile House ", the ancient city residents up to the end of Ming Dynasty more than 1,000 households, shows that urban construction has been well-established.

Chinese historical and cultural city as a world cultural heritage and the Old Town of Lijiang, the ancient town of white sand, beam River town, the town study the relative independence of the three units together, which is the main part of the large study ancient town Large study in the ancient city of Lijiang, located in the central Bazi, an area of about 3.8 square kilometers, 2416 meters above sea level, was built in the Southern Song Dynasty, has been 800 years of history. Large research thousands of years near the ancient city of Yunnan Province in the northwest has been the political, economic, cultural and military center, is the way Xuanfu Si Yuan Dynasty and Ming Lijiang Prefecture of soldiers and civilians, the Qing government of Lijiang resident. Naxi language, said "the Chi Gong", meaning the storage market town, the Old Town of Lijiang can be seen live on pay-based economic development, the Southern Song Dynasty, Li Mu's ancestors were to rule from the center of Shandong Lions moved to the white sands of "Leaves Field "to create a new home, as a result of an ancestor tree Naxi behalf of the beam, leaves, Mei Ho of the four major branches of the "leaf" a, so its construction of new homes from the name of the "big leaf market," the Ming Dynasty, also known as the "big leaf car," the Qing Dynasty called " Research ", the Republic of China be changed to" study the town. " Mongolia Year in 1254 set up three military officers of the public Dan pipes, the year 1277 be changed to Lijiang On-state, the year 1382 state-an-known Arab states have a submission Ah Ming, Ming set up in the Lijiang government soldiers and civilians, Zhu Yuanzhang Cixing for wood, and called hereditary Zhifu, the ancestors of wood in the construction of the Lion Rock Lijiang government soldiers and civilians Yashu . Since then, the ancient city of trade fairs and street widening, and a fairly large scale, at the time of the ancient city Northwest Yunnan plateau into the city.

Research and big city most of the ancient Chinese city, not to build walls. It is said that Lijiang was named ruler of the wood, he believes that if the construction of walls, wood framing the word has become "trapped", so taboo wall. Large study of the ancient city with its unique style, in order to study ancient China Urban construction has provided valuable materials, which are valuable historical heritage and a treasure of the Chinese nation.

The overall pattern of the ancient city of Lijiang, Yulong Snow Mountain to the north based on the South Hill for the barriers to writing, is a major for the Naxi people living in the old town to Taoism to form a map of the Eight Diagrams Street party for the art and business center to Xinhua Jie, Sun Yee On Street, Guangyi Street, 71 Street, May Street, the main street for five context, to form a four-week extension of the number of lanes. The hard-working and simple living in the Naxi Ren, "Zhaobi a three-Square", "Five Tetraena courtyard" to a two-story structure housing the civil, "stars were wearing on" Naxi women a year only in the busy Lunar New Year's Day Lanjue of sleep a day. Housing construction and cultural integration of the Central Plains and the essence of family neighborhood, and the formation of the Naxi architectural style reflects the Naxi layout of the brick Han, Tibetan painting, sculpture four of the Bai ethnic characteristics, known as "residential The museum " In harmony with nature, nature, people can cleverly decorated in the ancient Kuni doors, windows, so that they live with the life of Naxi language, said, "Bogut Four Seasons", Chinese for "Fu Bao Four Seasons" Meaning.

Upon the ancient city of Yulong Snow Mountain snow, and clear spring gurgling Longtan built, Hill near potential, the three major river systems around the ancient city from the Yulong Bridge over Chuanjie Lane, admitted through walls, the town spread to form a "water every family, every household Chueiyang" south of the Yangtze River scenery, as the "Oriental Venice," " Suzhou's high altitude, "both in the mountain city of tolerance, and the Shuicheng Maung. Water is the soul of the city, the city is building muscle , And the ancient city of over 354 large and small ancient stone bridge, stone wood, and formed a "small bridge, flowing water, people," the beauty, thus narrowing the distance between people.

December 4, 1997, the Old Town of Lijiang with a long history and unique style, splendid culture have been combined World Cultural Heritage Organization inscribed on the World Heritage List, the first Chinese to become subject to all of humanity's shared responsibility for the protection of world cultural heritage cities.

  There are ancient Naxi Ren drops of sweat to infiltrate the colorful stone road, tell it to the world of the Tea Horse Road Station on the city's long history. Lijiang Naxi Ren has been re-teach Shang-wen, many people are good at Qin Shi painting. In the ancient city of colorful festivals, in addition to the all-night national and local song and dance drama, playing amateur "Naxi ancient music," the most famous. Among them, "Le fine white sand," set to song, dance, music as one of the major classical music divertimento, As a "living fossil of music"; Lijiang, another "hole through music" is derived from the ancient Taoist music, it retains many of the Central Plains long ago lost his music song. Lijiang Naxi ancient music was invited to go to Europe to perform multi-national, was warmly welcomed by the audience and acclaim. As the members of the band are from the civil over the age of the elderly Therefore there are "longevity Naxi Orchestra" in the world.
 

There in the ancient city of Xuan Ke, led by President of the ancient band music through holes that the ancient heritage of integration of the crystallization of the Naxi music. The old music, old band, so you have to appreciate in a dream fantasy into the kingdom of heaven. Ancient "fine white sand music" is the Naxi ancestors to non-classical theme-based story, "Dragon Tree" movement-based music and dance, which is from the Naxi Ren, the harmony between man and nature of the music and dance. Naxi, "Le fine white sand," is given by the Yulong Snow Mountain Spirituality is the Dongba Culture to cultivate wisdom. It had its origins in folk, popular Civil, Naxi Ren is in production, life and nature have a kind of cry, as the "living fossil music." Today, the establishment of "Le fine white sands" Research heritage and the establishment of the Naxi Ancient Music Center, a gathering of "Le fine white sand," eighth-human transmission of Lijiang, led by all musicians to demonstrate the integrity of its people, its World Cultural Heritage of the Old Town of Lijiang add bright flowers of the nation, which give you - the distance to the distinguished guests in the night away at the ancient city of Naxi Ren another attachment.

World-famous murals of Lijiang, located in and around the ancient city of 15 temples, these murals of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, with a variety of religious and Send the contents of the integration of both feature. Remains of Lijiang in Pak Sha Tsuen, Tai Po plot palace of large-scale murals, "Nyorai life will be immeasurable," Han Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhism and Taoism of 100 painted statues of God together, reflects the Naxi culture and religious characteristics.

Lijiang area has been a picture of a pictographic The word "Dongba text." This used to record ancestors of the Naxi Dongba scriptures teach the unique characters, is the world's only living pictographic text picture. Today, collectors were in Europe and the United States, as well as some of the Chinese National Library, the Museum of more than 20,000 volumes of ancient books by the Dongba, the Naxi records for thousands of years of glorious history and culture One referred to as the "deliberate mode" Dongba dance spectrum, including dozens of music and dance of the ancient art of dance, it is extremely rare precious artifacts. Ancient Naxi known as the "Encyclopedia" by the Dongba, the Naxi study of the history, culture and great value.

These rare as Sambo, the Great depth the history, culture, in this ancient city in the deeply into these ancient peoples and land and water in this side. Therefore, China not only belong to the Lijiang Old Town of Lijiang, China, and it belongs to the people of the world.

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