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Jianchuan Old Town 剑川古城Jiànchuān Gǔchéng
National heritage site · Dali, Yunnan
- Time needed
- Half a day
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Dali
- Region
- Yunnan
- Type
- Culture
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Jianchuan Old Town
The old quarter of Jianchuan, a Bai county town between Dali and Lijiang renowned for woodcarving, a craft listed as national intangible heritage in 2011. Ximen Street keeps a run of Ming courtyard houses and a memorial shrine built between 1392 and 1641, and a short walk west, at the foot of Jinhua Mountain, the Jingfeng Pavilion complex groups an octagonal triple-eaved pavilion, a pagoda, a Confucian hall and other mostly Qing buildings decorated with local carving and painting.
How to get to Jianchuan Old Town
Jianchuan is about 120 km north of Dali and 50 km south-west of Lijiang, roughly 2 hours by road from either.
Nearby
- Shaxi Ancient Town 沙溪古镇 20 km
A caravan town on the old Tea Horse Road, with a village market every Friday - Lijiang Old Town 丽江古城 50 km
Cobbled lanes, rushing canals and Naxi courtyards beneath a snow-capped peak
Also within 20 km: Qianshi Mountain (Thousand Lions Mountain) 千狮山 (under 10 km), Jianchuan Woodcarving Art Town 剑川木雕艺术小镇 (under 10 km).
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