1. How to estimate the travel time to Lijiang
If you only have 3-4 days, I suggest you stay in the ancient city of Lijiang and stroll around the ancient city and surrounding scenic spots. For example, it takes 1-2 days to visit the ancient city, 1 day to visit the Lashi Sea, the Ancient Tea Horse Road and Shuhe River, and 1 day to visit the Yulong Snow Mountain.
If you have 5-7 days, it is recommended that you go to Meili Snow Mountain for 4 days, Lijiang Ancient City for 1 day, and Lashi Sea, Tea Horse Ancient Road and Shuhe River for 1 day.
If you have 10 days, it is recommended that you go to Meili Snow Mountain for 4 days, Lugu Lake for 2-3 days, Lijiang Ancient City for 2 days, and Lashi Sea, Ancient Tea Horse Road and Shuhe River for 1 day.
If you have 15 days, it is recommended that you arrange to go to Yubeng for 6 days, to Lugu Lake for 2-3 days, to Lijiang Ancient City for 2 days, to Lashi Sea and Tea Horse Ancient Road for 1 day, and to Shuhe for 1 day.
If you still have time, you can go to Daocheng, Aden...
Different attractions should be chosen in different seasons. If you come to Lijiang in summer, there is not much snow in the snowy mountains, so you should choose Lugu Lake, Shangri-La, etc. When you come to Lijiang in winter, you can choose Meili Snow Mountain, Shangri-La Shika Snow Mountain, Yulong Snow Mountain, Lugu Lake, etc. The ancient city of Lijiang and its surroundings are available all year round.

2. How to estimate travel to Lijiang
Generally speaking, the travel expenses to Lijiang are the largest, the scenic spots are the second, and the food and accommodation expenses are the least. - The travel expenses are up to your own discretion. Taking trains and buses is cheaper, and you are lucky to be able to find special fares. The round-trip fare is controlled at around 2000 yuan; the estimated cost to the scenic spot is 1800 yuan for a six-day tour of Yubeng, 1500 yuan for a four-day tour of Meili Snow Mountain, and 700 yuan for a two-day tour of Lugu Lake; 800 yuan for a two-day tour of Shangri-La, 500 for a one-day tour of Yulong Snow Mountain, 200 for a one-day tour of Lashi Sea and the Ancient Tea Horse Road, and 200 yuan for an ancient city of Lijiang and Shuhe Ancient Town. The fees for the above-mentioned scenic spots are purely for fun and include fare, accommodation, tickets, tour guide fees, and insurance premiums, but do not include meals. Travel agencies that bring shopping are half cheaper.
The budget for food and accommodation in the ancient city is around 1000 yuan. Of course, this does not include the expenses of eating, drinking and shopping.

3. What things should you prepare when you go to Lijiang
Lijiang and its surroundings are high-altitude areas. The ancient city of Lijiang is 2400 above sea level, Shangri-La is 3200 above sea level, and the Yulong Snow Mountain, Meili Snow Mountain and Baima Snow Mountain are 4,500 - 4,800 above sea level. Due to its proximity to the snowy mountains, the climate is dry and the temperature difference between morning and evening is large. Therefore, you should bring: clothing: in summer, 1-2 sets of short sleeves, 1 set of thick long sleeves, hiking shoes, and casual shoes (the ancient city's stone floor, high heels are painful); in winter, sweaters and woolen pants. If you go to Meili Snow Mountain, you can also bring or not bring a down coat, and rent a down coat at Shangri-La.
Items: Personal washing supplies (for environmental protection, most inns do not provide disposable washing supplies), high SPF sunscreen, sunglasses, hats. It's best to bring a laptop. My lazy nest provides wireless Internet access, and you can access the Internet anywhere, including when you are squatting in the toilet. A camera and a large-capacity memory card are a must-have. Lijiang is a sight even if you raise your hand. My lazy nest has a hair dryer and slippers, so I don't need to bring them personally.
A trolley suitcase and a small backpack are enough to accommodate items. When going to the scenic spot, you can put your luggage in the inn. The backpack is practical and can free your hands and make it easy for walking and climbing.

4. How to stay in Lijiang

There are thousands of hotels and inns large and small in Lijiang, and the overall room prices are relatively reasonable. Rates vary according to the location of the inn, the degree of decoration, and the seasonal and seasonal seasons. Hotels in Xincheng have lower prices than Gucheng Inn. Generally speaking, when traveling to Lijiang, it is better to stay in the ancient city so that you can experience the characteristics of Naxi houses.
For accommodation in the ancient city, the prices on the upper sections of Sifang Street, Wuyi Street and Qiyi Street are higher, and the lower sections are cheaper. The high ones are 300-800 yuan per night, and the low ones are 20-30 yuan per night. Tourists who like quiet should try to choose an inn in the middle or lower section.

5. How to eat in Lijiang
The taste of Lijiang people is similar to that of Yunguichuan, but is salty and spicy. People in Fujian, Zhejiang, Guangdong and Shanghai don't adapt very well.
There is a saying that you live in the ancient city and eat in the new city. Restaurants in the ancient city are more expensive, while restaurants in the new city are cheaper.
I suggest that people who have just arrived in Lijiang should go to the Dashiqiao area on Wuyi Street to eat indiscriminately to taste the local flavors and tastes. If you stay for a long time, you can go back to the inn to eat, which is affordable. You can also go to Zhongyi Market to buy vegetables and make them yourself. Lijiang vegetables are cheap, sweet, and have few pesticides.
The main snacks in Lijiang are:
1. Hot pot. Due to climate reasons, the most popular food in Lijiang is hot pot. Among them, pork ribs hot pot and black goat hot pot are more famous. The ribs hot pot located in Xiangshan Market in Xincheng is famous, where hundreds of people eat it every day. 60 yuan per pot, the amount for 4 people, but it is not enough to add a bowl, 30 yuan.
2. Naxi grilled fish, hot and sour fish, Lashhai carp, red rice enema, and Lugu Lake pork fat are Lijiang specialties.
3. Soybean noodles, Lijiang cake, chicken bean jelly, and crossing the bridge rice noodles are special snacks. Suggest try it. Lijiang's roasted red heart potatoes and fried red heart shredded potatoes taste good.
4. Lijiang has many mushrooms and various vegetables, which are relatively original, pollution-free and particularly delicious. There are also roasted water dragonflies, roasted bamboo insects, etc. I am afraid and still dare not ask about them.
5. You can try butter tea, Heqing wine, and yogurt.

6. How to go to Lashi Sea, Ancient Tea Horse Road, and Shuhe River
Rush Sea is a lake surrounded by nationally protected wetlands and grasslands. Tourists can boat here and watch a variety of natural birds.
The Ancient Tea Horse Road was a horse path used by merchants to transport tea and salt into the mountains, and then transport furs, cattle and sheep out of it. Tourists can ride horses, climb mountains and rivers, experience the hardships of their predecessors 'long journeys, and enjoy the scenery along the way.
Shuhe is a village, a beautiful rural town. Quiet and leisurely are her greatest characteristics.
If you are short on time, spend a day visiting two places, having lunch in Lashhai (Ancient Tea Horse Road) at noon, having dinner in Shuhe at night, and returning to Lijiang after dinner. The tour fee for Rush Sea (Ancient Tea and Horse Road) is divided into 200, 150, and 100 yuan, including four items.
1. Car to car, that is, the driver picks you up at the inn and then sends you back to the inn
2. Make a light lunch-;
3. Riding horses for 3 hours on the ancient tea-horse road, 1.5 hours up the mountain, and 1.5 hours down the mountain;
4. Boating for 1 hour in Rush Sea. Departs at 10 a.m. and ends at 3 p.m.
When you return, you can ask the driver to take you to Shuhe, and the driver will also take you on a small road into Shuhe. When you arrive in Shuhe, you can go shopping and have dinner in Shuhe. Try to return to Lijiang Ancient City before 8 p.m. There are three ways to return: 1. 20 yuan by taxi;2. 5 yuan by bus;3. 1 yuan by bus.
If you have enough time, you can play it all day in Lashi Sea (Ancient Tea Horse Road) and all day in Shuhe. You can also rent a bicycle for 15 yuan and ride to Shuhe.

7. How to visit the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain
The Yulong Snow Mountain Scenic Area mainly has natural attractions such as Lanyue Valley, Heibaishui River, Ganhaizi, etc., as well as some man-made attractions. The fees are: 80 for ancient city maintenance, 80 for tickets, 40 yuan for environmentally friendly vehicles, and 172 for large cableways. Yulong Snow Mountain is very close, so I go the same day and return the same day. There are three ways to go to Yulong Snow Mountain: 1. Go to the local travel agency for more than 400 yuan for shopping;2. Go to the Pure Play Club for about 500 yuan;3. Go by yourself, and the fare is about 150 yuan each; The maintenance fee for the ancient city can be purchased at the inn or at the Snow Mountain. Go to Yulong Snow Mountain and present the purchased bills.

8. How to visit Meili Snow Mountain
It takes four days to visit Meili Snow Mountain. The cost of pure play is about 1,300 - 1,500. This includes accommodation, tickets, fares, insurance, and tour guide fees for three nights, but does not include food. Food can be equivalent to the tourists on the bus. Tourists recommend a representative. The road to Meili Snow Mountain has many corners and is dangerous. It is recommended to go with the local club's pure entertainment group to be safer. The club has applied for various insurances and hired old local drivers to run every day to be familiar with the road conditions.
There are dozens of clubs in Lijiang that run the Meili Snow Mountain tour line. It is recommended that tourists go to the inn. The inn has information about these clubs. Compare yourself and see which one you like. With a phone call, people from the club will come to the inn to find you sign the contract. When signing the contract, people from the inn were present, which was also relatively safe and would not be deceived. If something goes wrong, there are witnesses and places to look for them. There is an argument and there is also a buffer zone.
When going to Meili Snow Mountain, high-waisted hiking shoes are of course the best. Tiger Leaping Gorge, Baima Snow Mountain and Mingyong Glacier are on foot. Other times, general hiking shoes are enough.
Just keep your clothes warm, bring down jackets with you, and rent them in Shangri-La if you have no body. This journey will go through almost spring, summer, autumn and winter climates, so don't forget short sleeves. Heavy luggage can be thrown at the inn, just a rucksack, and try to free both hands for easy climbing
Buy some energy-replenishing chocolates, mineral water, and snacks in the ancient city. To prevent altitude sickness, buy oxygen tanks or medicines. Ancient cities are cheap, but meri is expensive. If you are in good health, don't buy anything. The Pure Play Club provides each guest with an oxygen cylinder and down jacket at no additional charge.

9. How to visit Lugu Lake
Lugu Lake is composed of two categories: natural landscape and cultural landscape. The natural landscape is the wonderful lakes and mountains, and the cultural landscape is the Mosuo, a rare matriarchal clan at home and abroad, living, so it is called the Eastern Daughter Country.
Although Lugu Lake has beautiful scenery, its attractions are scattered, the road conditions are relatively poor, and the temperature difference between day and night is large. It takes more than 4 hours to drive from Lijiang to Lugu Lake.
There are two ways to travel to Lugu Lake: one is to take a two-day tour with a pure entertainment group. The price is around 700 yuan and there is no meal included. A two-day tour with a travel agency costs more than 300 yuan, including food, accommodation and play, but there is shopping. The second is self-service travel. You can buy your own tickets and take the bus, find your own accommodation, play your own, and play as you please for a few days.
There are two ways to take a bus to Lugu Lake: one is to take a shuttle bus to the passenger terminal and transfer in Ninglang; the other is to take a tourist bus for 80 yuan and go directly to Lige Village, Lugu Lake.
Self-service tour routes (basically a tour around the lake, you can charter a car, 150 yuan per car per day, one car can seat 6 people)
One-day tour route: Luoshui-Ligge-Dazui Village-Zuosuo-Caohai Bridge-Shankua Village-Sanjia Village-Luoshui
Two-day tour route, the first day: Shuishui-Ligg-Nisai Village-Xiaoshui-Dazui Village-Zuosuo-Wuzhiluo; the second day: Wuzhiluo-Caohai Bridge-Nawa Village-Shankua Village-Langfang Village-Sanjia Village-Shuishui
Accommodation and dining in Lugu Lake are convenient and cheap. There are 50-300 meals a night. You can buy whatever you want to eat.
Admission to Lugu Lake is 100 yuan, and a boat tour of the lake in pig trough is 30 yuan. Participating in a bonfire party in the evening is divided into 15, 30, and 60 yuan according to the grade.

10. How to go to Yubeng to play
Yubeng, a beautiful and magical place, walking through it gives people the feeling of a world-renowned paradise. Yubeng Village, located on the back of Meili Snow Mountain, has a unique geographical environment and sparsely populated. There are only 20 households in the village. Traveling to Yubeng for six days is quite hard, three days by car and three days by foot. There is a saying that the body is in hell and the heart is in heaven.
If you have no physical strength, if you can't drink butter tea, if you can't stop taking a bath, if you can't stop making phone calls, if you can't stand going to the toilet in the wild, if you can't walk mountain roads for a long time, if you are afraid of cold, heights, and humidity, if you can't trust your partners, tour guides, and drivers, then please give up.
If you want to purify your soul and insist on participating, I suggest:
1. Warm, hiking, and quick-drying travel equipment is a must. It is best to prepare two pairs of travel shoes and several pairs of socks.
2. Before leaving, say hello to your family. There was no mobile phone signal for 3 days.
3. Carry out intensive physical training in advance and practice walking. Eat rhodiola rosea a few days in advance.
4. Don't force yourself when walking. If you really can't stand it, you can hire a horse to ride it. Buy more chickens from fellow villagers along the way to maintain your strength.
5. Of course, don't forget to bring a large-capacity camera memory card. The beautiful scenery along the way will be indescribable.

11. How to stroll and shop in the ancient city
The streets and alleys of the ancient city are crisscrossed and have no rules, so it is easy to get lost when visiting the ancient city of Lijiang. In order to prevent you from being unable to find an inn to stay in, keep two points in mind: First, remember the alley where the inn is located and the inn's phone number, and ask for help if you can't do it; second, ask for directions frequently. As the saying goes, it's the way on your lips. Fortunately, Naxi people are enthusiastic and will help you point out the maze.
Lijiang has a wide variety of small things and is not expensive. It is a favorite for girls. The main specialties are: silverware, jade, tie-dyed cloth and shawl, Pu 'er tea, and spirulina.
Silverware refers to snowflake silver, which is divided into 95 silver and 99 silver according to the content, and the price is about 18 yuan per gram. How much does a fake silver bracelet cost?
Jade articles are mainly Burmese jade, but don't buy them if you can't recognize them.
Shawls are divided into handmade shawls and machine-woven shawls. The handmade shawls are half as expensive, and the machine-woven shawls are cheaper. Depending on the width and size of the shawl, the price varies. Machine woven strips are generally 10-40 yuan each, and hand-woven strips are 20-80 yuan each.
Spirulina is produced in Chenghai Lake in Yongsheng County, Lijiang, Lake Chad in Central Africa, and Lake Texicoco in Mexico. It is also listed as natural spirulina in the world's three largest freshwater lakes. The nutrient content of 1 gram is equivalent to the nutrient content of 1000 grams of various fruits and vegetables. Prices range from 100 to 300.
Pu 'er tea is the most abundant, with prices ranging from tens to hundreds of yuan.
Some suggestions for wandering around the ancient city are as follows:
1. Beware of travel traps and shopping traps. Travel traps mean that as soon as you go to the streets, many people will drag you to stay or ask if you want to go to Shuhe or Lashi Sea. As long as you chat up, the prices range from heaven to earth, or even propose free rides, there are not so many good things in the world, and no one will do the business of posting books. Shopping traps mean that you should not listen to others for items you are unfamiliar with or understand. It's a small matter to spend money on buying a fake product, and I'm in a bad mood all day.
2. Cover your wallet, don't buy it on the first day, compare it everywhere first, and buy it on the day you leave. Generally speaking, the upper sections of Sifang Street, Wuyi Street and Qiyi Street are more expensive, the lower sections and those alleys are cheaper, and the lower sections and alleys are about the same price as Shuhe.
3. Dare to bargain. This is a woman's strong point, so I won't go into it here.
4. Buy valuables or consult acquaintances or inns, and never be impulsive.