Top Things to do in Yulong County
Top Restaurants in Yulong County
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8 Historic Sites in Yulong County That You Shouldn't Miss
Discover the best top things to do in Yulong County, China including Baoshan Stone Town, Former Residence of Luo Ke, Red Army Ferry, Shigu, Xuesong Village, Yushui Village, Baisha Ancient Town, Baisha Frescoes, Daju Village.
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1. Baoshan Stone Town
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 9 reviews
Reviewed By ggm96822 - Honolulu, United States
The second great bend of the Yangzi is inaccessible by road, but not far downstream is the last walled village in China, Bao Shan, a very old Naxi village 130 km from Lijiang, translated as "Stone Town" because of its distinctive architecture, foundations of the houses carved into the steep cliff. Since I wanted to see more of the mountains and more Naxi villages, and my Naxi taxi driver from the Shigu trip seemed up for it, we settled on 600¥ for a round trip. We covered approximately 100 km in first two hours, very scenic, thick pine forests, long-tailed birds fluttering by, meadows and mountain streams, small villages, rice, potatoes and corn being harvested in the narrow fields. The road gradually worsened, switchbacks up into and down out of the clouds, enough altitude change that my ears would pop, occasional road damage from landslides but nearly no traffic. Then the next hour the side road was more problematic, a one lane road with two way traffic and no shoulder, in fact the road surface was raised so leaving the road even a few inches would be disastrous, hairpin turns, many fresh landslides (it was raining every night in October), mostly just rocks but some parts of hillside with entire pine trees in them, places where the outer edge of the road had collapsed down the cliff, cracks where the road surface had shifted, I was thinking that this might be a candidate for the worse road I had ever been on, but that was before the road got really bad, basically a rock donkey path (there were in fact donkeys on it), fortunately only one car coming the other way for the 15 km stretch, ruts on which we bottomed out and I began to think that the taxi, a VW Lavida, was not going to survive, flooded sections of flowing red mud, but the driver would laugh each time we scraped or thumped something, he would navigate the worst turns in first gear, and when, 4 hours after leaving Lijiang, we reached Baoshan, he said something in Naxi that I interpreted as "I bet you thought we would never get here," which was true. I recommend hiking those last 15 km.
2. Former Residence of Luo Ke
3. Red Army Ferry, Shigu
4. Xuesong Village
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 12 reviews
Reviewed By ggm96822 - Honolulu, United States
It took four people at my hotel and one on the phone to convey "Yuhu/Xuesong" to my Naxi taxi driver but the village does still have Naxi living in it, traditional architecture, and the historic home where Joseph Rock lived for many years. Definitely worth visiting, very close to the Yuzhuqingtian (Jade Pillar Supporting the Sky), another taxi/bus challenge to reach but also worth the effort. Yuhu, #14 bus, 2¥, or 300¥ all day round trip taxi from Lijiang including Yugengsi, Baisha, Yu zhu qing tian, Yufensi, and Fuguo Temple.
5. Yushui Village
6. Baisha Ancient Town
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 201 reviews
Reviewed By KCL315
Visiting this place gave us an idea of how Naxi people lived and practice their trades in embroidery, music and crafts. Pleasant stroll through the town provided memorable views
