Mount Garm

Among the mountains, Jiamu mountain is especially popular. The mountain is majestic and tall. It looks like a lion crouching on the edge of the lake. The lion's head is on the lake, and it also points out its ears, nose and eyes. The more you look, the more vivid you feel. People often call it lion mountain. The dense forest on the top of the mountain is its black hair, the white clouds on the mountainside are its veil, Lugu Lake is its silver basin, and the colorful Yongning dam is its skirt. It is also said that there is a "Jiamu" goddess on the mountain, who protects the safety and happiness of the people of all ethnic groups at the foot of the mountain, makes the people have many children, makes the girls strong and beautiful, makes the crops prosperous, and makes the cattle and sheep prosperous.

Transportation route: take the shuttle bus from Ninglang bus station to Jiamu mountain.

Mount Garm

Lugu Lake has beautiful water and beautiful mountains. Among the mountains, Jiamu mountain is especially popular. The mountain is majestic and tall. It looks like a lion crouching on the edge of the lake. The lion's head looks like a lake. The sloping horizontal ridge looks like a familiar person. It can also point out the ears, nose and eyes. The more you look, the more wonderful you feel. People often call it lion mountain. The dense forest on the top of the mountain is its black hair, the white clouds on the mountainside are its veil, Lugu Lake is its silver basin, and the colorful Yongning dam is its skirt.

Related Legends

According to local legend, there is a goddess named "Jiamu" on the mountain. She protects the safety and happiness of the people of all ethnic groups at the foot of the mountain, makes the people have many sons and grandchildren, makes the girls strong and beautiful, makes the crops prosperous and the five livestock prosperous. It is also said that this goddess, like the Mosuo women, had a Tian Mountain God as a long-term "ah Zhu", and several male mountain gods as a temporary "ah Zhu". In the eyes of Mosuo people around the lake, lion mountain is the most beautiful and sacred mountain. They built a shrine for it at the foot of the mountain and regarded the goddess Jiamu as the head of the gods.

Customs and festivals

Every year on July 25 of the lunar calendar. They all hold grand sacrificial activities. Young men and women put on festive costumes and went to lion mountain and Lugu Lake for horse racing, cruise, singing, picnics and camping. Make friends in the activities, looking for Ruyi's "ah Zhu". Mosuo people's inner pursuit of all beauty and kindness is embodied in the natural beauty of lion mountain and Lugu Lake.

Address: Ninglang Yi Autonomous County, Lijiang City

Longitude: 100.77526027985

Latitude: 27.247143500258

Tel: 0888-5158111

Tour time: 1 day

Ticket information: 5 yuan

Opening hours: all day

Chinese PinYin : Jia Mu Shan