Ancient town of Zili

Zili ancient town is an ancient town near Jin'anqiao and Jinsha River in Yongsheng County, Lijiang. At an altitude of 1850 meters, it is a multi-ethnic market. You can see the scenery along the river in Zili ancient town. There are "wooden stairs" ancient plank road beside Xiumei village, "houzipo" dangerous rock green forest, and "lagudong" peculiar banyan tree beside Banqiao Village. The village is inhabited by Naxi, Bai, Yi, Lisu, Miao and Han nationalities. The market is held on the first and sixth day of every month in the ancient town of Zili. Local people exchange shoes, saddles, leather clothes, hemp thread, iron ware, bamboo ware, as well as some cloud silk, cloud legs, medicine, kohlrabi, steamed chicken, rice noodles and so on.

Ancient town of Zili

Zili ancient town is an ancient town near Jin'anqiao and Jinsha River in Yongsheng County, Lijiang. At an altitude of 1850 meters, it is a multi-ethnic market. You can see the scenery along the river in Zili ancient town. There are "wooden stairs" ancient plank road beside Xiumei village, "houzipo" dangerous rock green forest, and "lagudong" peculiar banyan tree beside Banqiao Village. "Lagudong" banyan roots gurgle gushing a spring pool, quite beautiful. Along the route, you can see banana forest, olive forest and other river valley scenery; simple and rich ethnic customs, such as Yong'an, Xiumei, Banqiao, Jiahe, etc. along the way, villages of large and small are inhabited by Naxi, Bai, Yi, Lisu, Miao and Han people, especially the Bonfire Dance in Jiahe village at night, which has strong folk customs; in addition, you can experience the fun of exploration and enjoy Jiahe through the forest along the river The valley from Hecun to Taiji is beautiful. In the ancient town of Zili, people exchange shoes, saddles, leather clothes, hemp thread, iron and bamboo wares, as well as some Yun silk, Yun legs, Baiyao, kohlrabi, steamed chicken and rice noodles.

To travel to the ancient town of Zili, you can take the bus to Yongsheng at Lijiang passenger station, get off at Jin'anqiao, and walk 10 kilometers along a pitted earth rock road beside the river to Zili village, which is about 1850 meters above sea level. Along an ancient post road in the west of Zili village, it spirals down the river slope to the riverside. It takes nearly an hour to reach Zili bridge, which is called Jinlong bridge by local people. The distance between Zili and Jinlong bridge is about 400 meters. The best tourism time of the ancient town of Zili: due to the low temperature in autumn and winter, it is difficult to see the beautiful scenery of the ancient town of Zili by the river. The best tourism season of the ancient town of Zili is from April to October.

Address: Yongsheng County, Lijiang City

Longitude: 100.397331

Latitude: 26.771055

Traffic information: you can take the bus to Yongsheng in Lijiang (about 50 kilometers away from Lijiang City), and tell the driver to get off at Jin'anqiao. Across the Jin'an bridge on the Jinsha River, and then along a pitted earth rock road by the river for 10 kilometers, you will arrive at Zili village.

Chinese PinYin : Zi Li Gu Zhen