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1、GeneraloverviewofLijiangLIJIANGISABEAUTIFULSHININGJEWELONTHENORTHWESTYUNNANPLATEAUNEIGHBORINGTHESOUTHEASTSIDEOFTHETIBETANPLATEAUWHICHISCONSIDEREDTOBETHE"ROOFOFTHEWORLD".ITISIMPRESSIVEBECAUSEOFITSSCENERYANDLUSHVEGETATION.ALLTHENATURALSCENERIESANDCULTURALTREASURESOFTHEMINORITYPEOPLESHAVEBE
2、ENCONTINUOUSLYDRAWINGTOURISTSFROMALLOVERTHEWORLDANDHAVERECENTLYVOTELIJIANGASONEOFTHEFAVORITEDESTINATIONSINCHINA.一:HistoryofLijiangTheOldTownofLijiangisalsoknownasDayanTowninLijiangba.ItisanintactancientcityinhabitedmostlybyNaxiethnicpeopleandcoversanareaof1.5squarekilometers.Itwasfirstbu
3、iltinSouthernSongDynastyandin1253,Kublai(thefirstemperoroftheYuanDynasty)wasstationedhereonhismarchintothesouth.InMingandQingdynasties,itbecamemuchlarger.Lijiangisworldrenownedasanancientcitybuiltinasimpleandartisticstyleandscientificallylaidout.Thereisasquareinitscenter.Itwaslistedasana
4、tionalhistoricalandculturalcityin1986.GeographyLijiangCityislocatedinthenorthwesternportionofYunnanandbordersSichuan.ItisinaregionwheretheQinghai-TibetPlateau(青藏高原)andYunnan-GuizhouPlateau(云贵高原/雲貴高原)converge.ClimateOwingtoitslowlatitudeandhighelevation,thecitycentreofLijiangenjoysasubtro
5、picalhighlandclimate(KoppenCwb).Wintersarenormallymild,dry,andthesunniesttimetimeoftheyear,withahighsof13.7to14.8°C(56.7to58.6°F),butduetotheariditythistimeofyear,lowsoftenfalltoaroundthefreezingmark.SpringlastsfromMarchtoearlyJuneandbeginsrelativelydryandsunny,butconditionsprogressively
6、getmoisterandmoreovercast.Summersarewarmanddamp,withJuneandJulymeansof19°C(66.2°F),muchcoolerthanlowlandareas.AutumnlastsfromlateSeptembertoearlyDecember,progressivelydryingout.Annualprecipitationisaround970millimetres(38.2in),almostallofitfallingfromMaytoOctoberTransportLijiangAirportis
7、locatedinthesouthofLijiangcity,28kmawayfromdowntown.ThereisanairportshuttlebusserviceindowntownLijiang.TheairportwasopenedinJuly1995andhasflightstoKunming,Chengdu,Xishuangbanna,Beijing,Shanghai,Guangzhou,Shenzhen,andGuiyang.Italsoofferscharteredairplaneservice.Therearefli