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1、GeneraloverviewofLijiangLIJIANGISABEAUTIFULSHININGJEWELONTHENORTHWESTYUNNANPLATEAUNEIGHBORINGTHESOUTHEASTSIDEOFTHETIBETANPLATEAUWHICHISCONSIDEREDTOBETHE"ROOFOFTHEWORLD".ITISIMPRESSIVEBECAUSEOFITSSCENERYANDLUSHVEGETATION.ALLTHENATURALSCENERIESANDCULTURALTREASU
2、RESOFTHEMINORITYPEOPLESHAVEBEENCONTINUOUSLYDRAWINGTOURISTSFROMALLOVERTHEWORLDANDHAVERECENTLYVOTELIJIANGASONEOFTHEFAVORITEDESTINATIONSINCHINA.一:HistoryofLijiangTheOldTownofLijiangisalsoknownasDayanTowninLijiangba.ItisanintactancientcityinhabitedmostlybyNaxieth
3、nicpeopleandcoversanareaof1.5squarekilometers.ItwasfirstbuiltinSouthernSongDynastyandin1253,Kublai(thefirstemperoroftheYuanDynasty)wasstationedhereonhismarchintothesouth.InMingandQingdynasties,itbecamemuchlarger.Lijiangisworldrenownedasanancientcitybuiltinasi
4、mpleandartisticstyleandscientificallylaidout.Thereisasquareinitscenter.Itwaslistedasanationalhistoricalandculturalcityin1986.GeographyLijiangCityislocatedinthenorthwesternportionofYunnanandbordersSichuan.ItisinaregionwheretheQinghai-TibetPlateau(青藏高原)andYunna
5、n-GuizhouPlateau(云贵高原/雲貴高原)converge.ClimateOwingtoitslowlatitudeandhighelevation,thecitycentreofLijiangenjoysasubtropicalhighlandclimate(KoppenCwb).Wintersarenormallymild,dry,andthesunniesttimetimeoftheyear,withahighsof13.7to14.8°C(56.7to58.6°F),butduetothear
6、iditythistimeofyear,lowsoftenfalltoaroundthefreezingmark.SpringlastsfromMarchtoearlyJuneandbeginsrelativelydryandsunny,butconditionsprogressivelygetmoisterandmoreovercast.Summersarewarmanddamp,withJuneandJulymeansof19°C(66.2°F),muchcoolerthanlowlandareas.Autu
7、mnlastsfromlateSeptembertoearlyDecember,progressivelydryingout.Annualprecipitationisaround970millimetres(38.2in),almostallofitfallingfromMaytoOctoberTransportLijiangAirportislocatedinthesouthofLijiangcity,28kmawayfromdowntown.Thereisanairportshuttlebusservice
8、indowntownLijiang.TheairportwasopenedinJuly1995andhasflightstoKunming,Chengdu,Xishuangbanna,Beijing,Shanghai,Guangzhou,Shenzhen,andGuiyang.Italsoofferscharteredairplaneservice.Therearefli