有人说，丽江是上帝遗留在这个世界上唯一的一块人间仙境，那里瑞云缭绕、祥气笼罩，鸟儿在蓝天白去间鸣啭，牛羊在绿草红花中徜徉，人们在古桥流水边悠闲，阳光照耀着生命的年轮，雪山涧溪洗涤着灵魂的尘埃。在那里，只有聆听、只有感悟、只有凝视人与自然那种相处的和谐、那种柔情的倾诉、那种深深的依恋，把这些统统加在一起，告诉你，这，就是丽江。
Lijiang丽江
Lijiang is a beautiful shining jewel on the Northwest Yunnan Plateau neighboring the southeast side of the Tibetan Plateau which is considered to be the "Roof of the World" . It is impressive because of its scenery and lush vegetation.
Lijiang boasts of breath-taking wonderful sights such as Jade Dragon Snow Mountain and its modern maritime glacier, the only one of its kind in the southern end of the Northern Hemisphere; Tiger Leaping Gorge; the world - famous grand canyon; Lugu Lake, the cultural cradle of the "Matriarchy" of the Yongning Mosuo people in Ninglang.
Lijiang Town is officially called "Dayan Town"-- "Dayan" literally means a "GREat inkstab", a graphic description of the town's location on a piece of rich flatland fed by a river and surrounded by green mountains. There is no other town in China like Dayan which incorporates the folkways of so many people and the architectural styles of both north and south China.
The people of Naxi, while developing their land of snow-clad mountains and turbulent rivers since ancient times, have to their credit the "Dong Ba Culture" seen as one of the world wonders, a culture all-embracing while unique.
All these natural sceneries and these cultural treasures of the minority peoples have been continuously drawing tourists from all over the world and have recently vote Lijiang as one of the favorite destinations in China.
Notes:
1. Lijiang 丽江
2. Roof of the World 世界屋脊
3. Jade Dragon Snow Mountain 玉龙雪山
4. Tiger-leaping Gorge 虎跳峡
5. Lugu Lake 泸沽湖
6. Dayan Town 大研镇
