Yulong Snow Mountain 玉龙雪山

Overview

Chinese Name: 玉龙雪山
English Name: Yulong Snow Mountain;Jade Dragon Snow Mountain
Location: Yunnan
Type: Ancient culture and art
Rating Level: AAAAA (5A)
Website: https://sw.lijiangtour.com/

Brief Introduction

Yulong Snow Mountain in Lijiang is the southernmost snow mountain in the northern hemisphere. Located in Yulong Naxi Autonomous County, it is a 5A national scenic spot officially approved by the National Tourism Administration. It is 35 kilometers long from north to south, 13 kilometers wide from east to west, and covers an area of 960 square kilometers. The main peak Shanzidou 扇子陡, with an altitude of 5596 meters. The alpine snow scenery is located above an altitude of 4000 meters, with dangerous, strange, beautiful, and beautiful scenery.

Yulong Snow Mountain means “Tianshan” in Naxi纳西语. Its thirteen snow peaks are continuous, just like a “dragon” flying, so it is called a “jade dragon”. It is also called “black and white snow mountain” because its lithology is mainly limestone and basalt, which are black and white. It is the sacred mountain of the Naxi people, and it is said that the incarnation of the Naxi protective god is “Sanhua”.

In 1984, Yunnan Yulong Snow Mountain Provincial Nature Reserve was established. In 2001, Yulong Snow Mountain was rated as a 4A tourist attraction. In May 2007, Yulong Snow Mountain was rated as one of the first 5A tourist attractions in China.

Geography

In Yulong Snow Mountain, the annual average temperature is 11.3 ℃, the average temperature in the coldest month is 3.0 ℃, and the average temperature in the hottest month is 17 ℃. The annual rainfall of Yulong Snow Mountain in Lijiang is about 1000-1200 mm, mainly from June to October, accounting for 80% of the total rainfall; There is little rainfall from November to next April.

Located in Yulong Naxi Autonomous County, Yulong Snow Mountain is the southernmost snow mountain in the northern hemisphere. It is 35 kilometers long from north to south and 13 kilometers wide from east to west, covering an area of 960 square kilometers. The alpine snow scenery is located above 4000 meters above sea level, and the scenic area is 415 square kilometers.

What are worth visiting and seeing？

Shanzidou Peek is located 15 kilometers north of Lijiang City, Yunnan Province, with an altitude of 5596 meters. It belongs to the Yulong Snow Mountain range. It is the peak with the lowest latitude and the highest altitude in the northern hemisphere of the world. It is located in the northwest of Lijiang, Yunnan Province, China, with a north-south trend. It is about 13 kilometers wide from east to west and 35 kilometers long from north to south. It is opposite Haba snow mountain and the Jinsha River surges in it.

Ganhaizi甘海子 is located at the eastern foot of Yulong Snow Mountain. It was originally an Alpine glacial lake. Later, due to the rise of the snow line, the ponding decreased and dried up. It is called “Ganhaizi干海子”. Ganhaizi is a plateau meadow surrounded by mountains on three sides, which can take a panoramic view of Yulong Snow Mountain. The whole meadow is about 4 kilometers long and 1.5 kilometers wide, covered with dense grass and low shrubs.

Ganhaizi is the tourist distribution center of the Yulong Snow Mountain tourist area, which can provide tourists with food, accommodation, travel, entertainment, shopping, and other services. It has the longest fairway in the world, the highest altitude in Asia, and the only golf course at the foot of snow mountains.

Lijiang theater is located in Ganhaizi, 3100 meters above sea level, with the peaks of Snow Mountain as the natural background. Lijiang is a live performance of the original ecology during the day directed by directors Zhang Yimou张艺谋, Wang Chaoge王潮歌, and Fan Yue樊跃.

Blue Moon Valley蓝月谷 scenic spot is the former “Baishui River” scenic spot, located in the valley north of Ganhaizi at the east foot of Yulong Snow Mountain and south of Yunshanping云杉坪. After the melting of the ancient ice and snow from the snow mountain glacier, it flows down the cliff and continuously converges into mountain streams and streams, and finally forms a clear and sweet river in the deep valley at the upper reaches of the blue moon valley.

Because the riverbed is composed of white limestone, the whole river presents a white luster and appears extraordinarily pure, so it is named “Baishui River”. The reason why it is called “Blue Moon Valley” is that on a sunny day, the color of the water is blue, and the valley is crescent-shaped. From a distance, it looks like a blue moon inlaid at the foot of Yulong Snow Mountain, so it is called Blue Moon Valley.