Yunnan: Yulong Snow Mountain

Old town of Lijiang is a settlement of Naxi people. When it is sunny, Standing Lijiang and Looking to northwest direction, you will see the magnificent scenery of Yulong Snow Mountain. The boss of the old inn is Naxi people, during the talk with him, he mentioned some stories about Yulong Snow Mountain. Naxi people call the snow mountain as “Boshioulu”, which means silver rock. Legend says that the patron saint of Naxi people, Sanduo, is an embodiment of Yulong Snow Mountain.

Even tough it is a legend, leaning against the mysterious snow town, Lijiang is a certainly a auspicious land in Yunnan from the perspective of fengshui(Feng shui is an ancient art and science developed over 3,000 years ago in China. It is a complex body of knowledge that reveals how to balance the energies of any given space to assure health and good fortune for people inhabiting it), which is very popular in Shaanxi Province particularly. If you travel  Xian, you will find fengshui theory is widely used in buildings construction.

The main peak of Yulong Snow Mountain is at an altitude of 5,596 meters above sea level, running in straight lines in east-west direction, with east to west of 13 kilometers and north to west of 35 kilometers. When viewing the mountain in Old town Lijiang, you will feel it at a short distance. In fact, if you drive from Lijiang to the mountain foot, it is about 20 kilometers ride.

The essay is quoted from the travel website http://www.travel-xian.com .