Lijiang History

The region of Lijiang is in the ground of side, but it has the long history and ancient civilizations. As early as 100,000 years ago, there were already the ancestries of the Chinese nation to multiply in the region of Lijiang. In 316 B.C., Qin exterminated Ba and Shu, established successively three counties of Ba, Shu and Hanzhong. Zhang Rou stretched Qin's governance influence into the region from Yanyuan of Sichuan to Lijiang of Yunnan now.

In the period of Two Jin South and North Dynasties, the Lijiang still belonged to the county of Yunnan, called Shuijiu County. Ajiaade Surrendered, the emperor granted with the wood surname, set up the mansion to cure, teach the officer of Lijiang, and help the soldiers of Ming to unify the northwest region. In Ming Dynasty, it may be said it was the vigorous period of the wood surname department of Lijiang developed. In 1673, Wu Sangui betrayed the Manchu Court again, taking to fight the confusion. Muyi arrived Wu Sangui's exploitation threat, supporting the motherland to unify.

The revolution of 1911 overthrew the Qing Dynasty, established China republic. In 1913, they established three counties of Lijiang, Yongbei and Huaping in the region of Lijiang now, the Yongbei County changed name to Yongsheng County in 1934, in 1936 Ninghen County changed in order to establish to cure the bureau (point in the organization that the soil takes charge of the place constitution that the system still exists), were leaded by the province directly, after increased to establish the administration inspector area between the province and county again. On July 1st in 1949, Lijiang County carried out the liberation earlier in the province of Yunnan. Later, three counties of Yongsheng, Ninghen and Hauping also acquired the liberation one after another.

The Ancient Lijiang City has a history of 800 years or 900 years, it began to take shape in the Southern Song Dynasty. The Ancient Lijiang City was named "Dayanxian County" in Ming Dynasty. Since it is in the middle of the Lijiangba Dam and surrounded by the green mountains and a river that runs through the forest, and looks like a green ink stone, it was given the name. An American scholar arrived at Lijiang in 1921 and the Dongba culture of Naxi Nationality began to attract the attention of the foreign scholars.

With the founding of the People's Republic of China, Naxi Nationality experienced a huge unprecedented social change as China's other nationalities. A 7-degree earthquake took place in Lijiang on 24 February 1996, and more than 5,000 people died, Naxi Nationality suffered the unprecedented damage. The earthquake caused many parts of the world to pay attention to Lijiang, and at the mean time, the unique landscape and culture of Lijiang began to catch the attention of the world.

Approved by the World Legacy Committee of the United Nations Education, Science and Culture Organization, Lijiang was put into the list of the world cultural legacy in 1997 (Only Pingyao of Shanxi Province and Lijiang of Yunnan Province are put into the world cultural legacy list due to their ancient style and features). The tourist undertaking in Lijiang began to develop fast, and Lijiang has become one of the famous tourist spots in China.