Old Town of Lijiang

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Title

Old Town of Lijiang

Description

The Old Town of Lijiang is located in the ancient city of Lijiang City, Yunnan Province, also known as Dayan Town. It is located in the middle of Lijiang Dam. It was built at the end of the Song Dynasty and the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty (late 13th century AD). It is located on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau and covers an area of 7.279 square kilometers. The streets in the ancient city of Lijiang are built with mountains and rivers, paved with red breccia, including Sifang Street, Mufu, Wufeng Tower, Black Dragon Pool, Wenchang Palace, Wang Pizhen Memorial Hall, Xueshan Academy, Wangjiazhuang Christian Church, Fang Guoyu’s Former Residence, Baima Longtan Temple, Gu Peter’s Former Residence, Jinglian Temple, Puxian Temple, Jiefeng Building, October Literature Museum, Red Army Long March Lijiang Command Memorial Hall, Lijiang Ancient City History and Culture Exhibition Hall, Lijiang Ancient City Xu Xiake Memorial Hall and other attractions. Lijiang is one of the second batch of approved Chinese historical and cultural cities. It is one of the two ancient cities in China that has successfully declared the entire ancient city as a world cultural heritage. The ancient city of Lijiang embodies the achievements of ancient Chinese urban construction, and is one of the types of Chinese citizens with distinctive characteristics and styles.

Source

worldheritagelayer

Contributor

sg316

Type

Site

Identifier

371

Date Submitted

24/05/2021

Extent

cm x cm x cm

Spatial Coverage

current,26.872717296650883,100.23260593414308;

Europeana

Europeana Data Provider

Old Town of Lijiang

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TEXT

Site Item Type Metadata

Institutional nature

Building

Status

public

Condition

1

Contact

1037040203@qq.com

Citation

“Old Town of Lijiang,” STAGE, accessed December 13, 2025, https://stage.openvirtualworlds.org/omeka/items/show/578.

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