Lijiang Ancient City at the Men's Bridge

The High City of Lijian

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October 22nd 2007
Following our epic journey to Lugu Lake we returned to the city of Lijiang, a city of about 750,000 people, which lays in a broad valley at one of which is the beautiful range in which Yulong Xueshan (snow maintain) can be seen. The modern city is attractive as a whole, with broad main streets, distinguished among Chinese cities of its size by its lack of high-rise development. Lijiang is the he ... read more

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more