How to go to the Si Fang Jie(四方街 means Square Market)
I just find all the pictures uploaded are not about Sifangjie.For a stranger it's really too difficult to find someplaces in the Lijiang Old Town with a total area of 3.8 square kilometers.Singfang (四方)means square or four directions(the east,the south,the west and the north).Actually, most of the main streets in the old town can lead you to the Sifangjie which located at the center of the old town.And the easiest way is starting from the two big waterwheels and walking along the east street(东大街) for 600meters until you find the archway as shown on the following picture. On a clear day,from 9am to 10:30am,there are some Naxi ladies dancing hands in hands on the square, worths a visiting.

How to go to Yufengsi(玉峰寺 means Jade Peak Monastery)
Located on the mountain side of the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain,the Monastery is quite remote,no public transportaion but only taxi can take you there.
It's one of the five Lama Monasteries in Lijiang,and the highlight of this monastery
is that there's a 500 years old huge Camelia tree,it's said it's the oldest and biggest
Camellia tree in the world,even 200 years older than the monastery.
The 93 year-old Naduo Lama,who came to the monastery at his 14,devotes all his life time to take care of the tree.Thanks to him,the holy Camellia tree survived during the Culture Revolution,as he risked his own life to stop the Red Guard from destroying the tree.
Entrance ticket RMB25/PP + Preservation charge of Lijiang old town RMB80/PP at the editing time.



To JMC
Generally speaking,the raining season in Lijiang is from May to early Oct,and much rainfall in June.
But the temperature will be very comfortable then,between 15℃to 28℃.
It's easy to find some guest rooms for tourists to stay in Baisha street.
Wish you a nice trip to Lijiang!






