 Lijiang is an old city with gorgeous surroundings
resting in northwest Yunnan, located on a plateau at an elevation of
8,530 feet. Tectonic movement, which took place over 65 million
years ago, created the Himalayas and gave rise to the Qinghai-Tibet
Plateau. In the southeastern part of this plateau and the
northwestern part of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, meandering mountain
ranges tower into the sky and swift rivers roar in deep gorges,
presenting magnificent landforms over an area covering more than 77
thousand square miles. This area embodies the beauty of Lijiang
Prefecture.The
Yulong Mountains are located where the Qinghai-Tibet and
Yunnan-Guizhou plateaus interlock, and together they form the peak
of the Yunling Mountains, the southern-most section of the Himalayan
Mountain range. Harboring a string of marine glaciers, the Yunlong
mountain range, extends unbroken for 21 miles, forming a "Jade
Dragon" dancing in clouds. Its silvery scales shining bright, the
dragon's head faces towards to the north, while its body rolls
south. The southernmost peak Shanzidou is 18 thousand feet in
altitude and is also known as the "jade pillar that props up the
sky."
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