meili Snow mountain range mark the very border between yunnan province and Tibet .its also the highest mountain peak in yunnan 6740m .in tibetan land there are 8 alive Holy mountains to be respected.meili is one of them.in 1998after 2years negotiation between yunnan goverment and the US Nature conservancy .with a veiw to establish the great 3River National Park in hope to protect endangered animals.Birds.plants and ethnic groups .it claims also as China s first world class Park.covering 66000sqkm.this vast region is home to 9different minority grou ps such as tibetan.naxi.Yi,bai.lisu.moso.gained the reputation for kingdom of plants .it sustains 60% of herbs used in Chinese medicine and 70% in tibetan medicine .they are more than 1000 kinds of birds, they are 10000 identical herbs grow in. the area.

Sheepskin cape is an important symbol of the lijiang naxi women's dress. It usually made from the whole piece of pure black sheepskin.  Sheepskin cape is elegant , can not only have adornment effect, but aso keep  warm and  protect the body,   the Naxi clothing can be concluded as"Pixingdaiyue" in chinese which means "To travel day and night" .    there is 7 embroidery circles in the middle of Black and white color,  symbol of 7 stars in the sky, means naxi women get up early, to travel day and night, in a show of diligence.

Circle cutting sheepskin is to imitate the shape of a frog,  There is 2 round embroidery circles on the shoulder according to the old  style of Naxi clothing, meaning "the eyes of the frog,"  this shows the aboriginal residents worship of frog and Sheep.

Clothing of Naxi people living in shangrila is much more primitive, They use the whole piece of sheep skin as shawl in their back. 

In China, the eagle hunting culture can be dated  back to almost four thousand years ago. Unfortunately, in quite long period in history, the culture has always been popular in the palace only among aristocrats, this situation lasted until the end of the 19th century.   Now,   its hard to see this precious human cultural heritage in the vast land of China .

when we see the situation of falconry in Individual regions ,the eagle hunting culture has lost  its integrity.   In the naxi region, however, formed a kind of folk custom, and relatively intact so far. the history  of Naxi  Falconry can be traced back to  1253 AD When Kublai Khan and his Mongolian army conquered Lijiang. 

Why this kind of cultural phenomenon is enduring in the lijiang naxi areas?

There are 3 reason,

Firstly,  Because Lijiang has unique natural geographical conditions. since the ancient times, there is a passage of birds migratory over Lijiang,   every autumn,  various birds of prey successively flying over lijiang from north to south,  this is the prerequisite of  eagle hunting culture for the lijiang . 

Secondly,  Naxi people accepted Chinese culture in Ming dyanaty i(about 1368 AD),  so the traditional Chinese Confucian philosophy and moral ethics influenced them alot, Naxi ladies  are working very hard while their husband are focusing on literature and study,  they think a man should make achievement on literature  rather than doing bussiness.  man's life concept namely advocate nature, pursuit of quality of life is plain and simple. They are good at leisure, as long as they have free time,they engaged in music, chess, calligraphy and painting, flower ,species of bamboo, fishing and hunting activities .

Thirdly, Naxi people are open to  foreign cultures ,In a long period of time in the history ,  there are less wars and natural disasters in lijiang, once in the different cultures were introduced it will not easy to loss.

the mile city is 160km from kunming.now it is the new impression of yunnan.there not only has the nice people but also the beautiful view. expecially the spring there which attractes many visitors sightseeing there but enjoy the spring. i thing if thereis anyone who has time .you should go to.

Panlong temple is a rising tourist area.there are three religions :TAOISM.BUDISM.CONFUCIOUSM.many people go there to make wishes.and rhey say it works.i hope so.it has 70km from kunming.usually,the local people go to there to do wishes,for example you have kids to do exam.parrents would like to come to here to make a wish that childrens can have a nice and hoped scores in school.sometimes when operate your own business you want a smoothly ending.you comme to here to say your heart to god.the hope will become true.