The 10 Best Sights & Landmarks in Yulong County, Yunnan

May 18, 2021 Merry Kessler

Discover the best top things to do in Yulong County, China including Baoshan Stone Town, Lijiang Romance Park, Yulong (Jade Dragon) Mountain, Spruce Plateau (Yunshan Ping), Puji Temple, Lijiang, Former Residence of Luo Ke, Red Army Ferry, Shigu, Xuesong Village, Yuzhu Qingtian Scenic Resort, Yunshanping Ropeway.
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1. Baoshan Stone Town

In Jinshajiang Canyon, Baoshan Town, Yulong County 674100 China
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5.0 based on 9 reviews

Baoshan Stone Town

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. Lijiang Romance Park

No.88 Yuxing West Road, Yulong County 674100 China +86 400 888 8518 http://www.songcn.com/EternalLove/Lj.shtml
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5.0 based on 88 reviews

Lijiang Romance Park

Large-scale song and dance "lijiang eternal love" is the soul of lijiang culture, with IMAX3D large visual, recreate the naxi genesis, "LuGu girl country", "caravan legend", "mu's residence brilliant", "yulong third country" lijiang one thousand years of history and tradition, such as lead audiences across the snowy mountains, in the domain of KuangYuan original conceptions, the mosuo flowers at the bank of lugu lake floor, in relying on the wind rain tea ma gu, the resplendent and magnificent mu's residence, and melancholy in the romantic feeling of yulong third country, in the idyllic shambhala meet a sentimental encounter, a beautiful moment.

3. Yulong (Jade Dragon) Mountain

Yulong Naxi Autonomous County, Yulong County 674100 China +86 888 512 0929 http://www.lijiangtour.com
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4.5 based on 690 reviews

Yulong (Jade Dragon) Mountain

Also known as Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, the snowcapped Yulong Mountain is a sanctuary for rare animals and plants.

Reviewed By CatherineO502 - Brisbane, Australia

We didn’t want to take a cable car up the mountain so went out from Lijiang in a taxi to the mountain - the entrance fee to the mountain park is 100Y per person. At the tourist centre the buses for Blue Moon Lake/White Water River are downstairs (the buses to the glacier cable car are on the level you enter at). The ticket for the bus to Blue Lake was 20Y - Blue Lake is the second stop on the bus. While it is a bit odd that Blue Lake is man-made the location does give spectacular views of the mountain. Getting a bus back to the tourist centre was very orderly. We had organised for our taxi driver to come back to pick us up which worked out well.

4. Spruce Plateau (Yunshan Ping)

Eastern Foot of Yulong Snow Mountain, Yulong County 674100 China
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4.5 based on 16 reviews

Spruce Plateau (Yunshan Ping)

Reviewed By GGVZ_

Ancient forest, grazing yaks and Yulong peaks on the background! To go there, first of all, you need to take a big blue bus at the bus stop near the Ancient City Zhongyi Market (Lijiang Old Town), ask a driver if it goes to the Jade Dragon Mountain, just in case. You'll be charged 100 RMD at the entrance, the bus will drop you off near the tourist center. Then you need to turn around and follow the signs to the Spruce Meadow Ticket office, where you'll pay 60 RMD for BOTH WAY cable cat. Then you take a local bus which goes to the Blue Moon Lake spot, there, on the right hand, you'll see Spruce Meadow Ropeway. When you are there - take your time, don't rush!

5. Puji Temple, Lijiang

Puji Village, Yulong County 674100 China
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4.5 based on 21 reviews

Puji Temple, Lijiang

6. Former Residence of Luo Ke

No.1 East Main Street, Yulong County 674100 China
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4.5 based on 8 reviews

Former Residence of Luo Ke

7. Red Army Ferry, Shigu

Shigu Town, Yulong County 674113 China
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4.5 based on 2 reviews

Red Army Ferry, Shigu

8. Xuesong Village

Yuhu Village, Baisha Country, Yulong County 674101 China
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4.5 based on 12 reviews

Xuesong Village

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.

9. Yuzhu Qingtian Scenic Resort

Yuhu Village, Baisha Country, Yulong County 674101 China +86 888 513 7508
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4.5 based on 3 reviews

Yuzhu Qingtian Scenic Resort

10. Yunshanping Ropeway

Within the county, Yulong County 674100 China
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4.5 based on 7 reviews

Yunshanping Ropeway

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