Old Town of Lijiang

Settled in a charming valley with the range of snow mountains on the back, the old town of Lijiang has retained as a traditional Chinese town over decades. The cobbled streets are lined with wooden houses, towers, canals, bridges and water wheels, forming a little labyrinth in the small town. These infrastructures were incooperating elements from several cultures, and this old town located in Yunan was inscribed as a UNESCO cultural heritage in 1997, a year after a strike of a devastated earthquake.