Although June is the rainy season in Yunnan, the breeze is right, flowers are in full bloom, and the aquatic poplar flowers in Lugu Lake are also in bloom.
Snow-capped mountains, ancient cities and white clouds are the most beautiful symbols belonging to Yunnan. Come with me to Lijiang again.

Every time you visit Lijiang, you must visit Dayan Ancient City. From my childhood to middle age, I have been to Lijiang many times. Every time, my mentality is different. From my curiosity about visits to the peace of wanting a vacation, I have changed, and the ancient city is still the same ancient city, still noisy and gorgeous. Although many people criticize it for being too commercial, walking through the complex alleys and discovering more beautiful corners is still my favorite thing to do every time I come to Lijiang. Living in a B & B with layers of roofs visible, getting lost in the ancient town, and staring blankly at the Yulong Snow Mountain from the roof is the best time in Dayan Ancient City.
This visit to the ancient city also found many small alleys that are easy to visit, and I recommend them to everyone.

Zhenxing Lane: Dengdeng Street, this place is really beautiful!! The wooden houses on both sides are covered with lanterns, giving a feeling of being searched for thousands

Sakura Restaurant: It turns out that a restaurant can be made more beautiful than a garden. It's so romantic to be surrounded by flowers ~ I suggest coming in the evening

Xianwen Lane (Oil Paper Umbrella): Internet celebrity Paper Umbrella Street has different styles in the morning and at night. It is not far from the Internet celebrity Cherry Blossom Restaurant. You can check in together

Ancient City of Lijiang-Dayanhua Lane: A small alley that brings together many Yunnan characteristics of cultural creativity and culture ~ There is also a lovely colored staircase

Dayan Ancient City is like a maze. There are many unknown but very beautiful alleys. It is full of sunshine, flowers, ethnic customs, and music. I am willing to stroll aimlessly here and empty myself ~

🕒Opening hours: All day
Tickets: Free
Transportation: Take No. 4 and No. 18 to Zhongyi Market and walk 1 kilometer. Take Bus No. 2 and No. 13 and get off at the Gucheng Parking Lot Station, or take Bus No. 7 and get off at the Department Store. You can enter on foot from the North Gate of Gucheng; you can also take Bus No. 2, No. 3 and No. 12 in the urban area. Get off at Nanmen Street Station and enter on foot from the South Gate of Gucheng.
There is a parking lot next to each larger door, so students who drive here don't have to worry.

When you come to Dayan Ancient City, you must choose a B & B hotel with a good view, watch the sunset and itinerary, and go out surrounded by flowers. So the B & B I chose this time was Tinghuatang B & B in Dayan Ancient Town.
The B & B is a traditional courtyard style in the ancient city of Lijiang. It is built of logs and has a full charm of ancient times. It has a small garden. Daisies and hydrangea are all in bloom. The whole atmosphere is particularly comfortable and comfortable. This is the beauty of Lijiang ~

I especially like the vines on one side of the yard, from the roof to the corner, and the green ones are particularly beautiful ~
There is also an open-air patio where you can eat on the other side of the lobby. It is full of hydrangea flowers. The big ball is especially healing. I am used to seeing Beijing's stingy hydrangea balls, and I feel that only Yunnan can grow such big hydrangea balls.

Roof terrace
Compared with the garden, I prefer the roof terrace, where you can overlook the panoramic view of the ancient city and the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain. You can enjoy the sunrise and sunset here. You can also watch the night view at night. It's perfect.

The roof is designed in a tatami style, with bohemian pillows, blankets, and round tables. It is an unparalleled joy to lie directly on the tatami and watch the sunset in Lijiang. After watching the sunset and then looking at the night view, the beauty of the ancient city of Lijiang is worth waiting for you slowly!

B &B Guest Room
The B & B rooms are very elegant in the ancient town style, with simple design but not simple.
I like the window design of the room very much. When you open the window, you can see the small garden of the B & B.
B & B: #Tinghuatang Private Inn (Lijiang Flagship Store)
Address: Lijiang Ancient City
There is no traffic in the ancient city. After arriving in the ancient city of Lijiang, you can contact the housekeeper of the B & B to pick up and help with your luggage at the entrance of the ancient city.

I have been to Lijiang too many times, and I have been to Dayan Ancient Town and Shuhe Ancient Town. This time, I am really surprised to come to the relatively small Baisha Ancient Town. Although it maintains the simple style of Naxi culture, there are also many beautiful shops full of artistic flavor. The key point is that the Yulong Snow Mountain you see here is much more magnificent than that seen in Dayan Ancient Town. It really feels like an exotic paradise under the snowy mountain. Here, you can find the sunshine, snowy mountains, and slow life of your dreams ~

Baisha Ancient Town is about 10 kilometers away from Dayan Ancient City. It is the birthplace of Naxi culture and the residence of Mu's Tusi before the Ming Dynasty. The entire ancient town is not big, and there is actually only one street worth visiting, but it is very interesting. I feel that every store is unique, unlike Dayan Ancient Town, which is a very repetitive product. There are tie-dyeing, handicrafts, painters, and exquisite hand-made works. Locals and tourists also look more harmonious. When you look up, you will see the beautiful and magnificent Jade Dragon Snow Mountain. This is about what a paradise outside the world looks like.

There are several very distinctive cafes in the ancient town, the most famous one being 7Sea Bar. It is next to the archway of Baisha Ancient Town. On the second floor, it is the best place to check in to shoot buildings + snowy mountains, but it is really so popular here. There was no room at all in the afternoon, so we moved to another place.
We walked in the direction of the snowy mountains and ate Miliang Coffee. Although this place does not have a good view as the 7Sea Bar, it has a large courtyard and is very exquisitely decorated. The coffee and desserts are excellent. I highly recommend it!

There are also Baisha mural attractions near the entrance of Baisha Ancient Town. Not far away is the famous Tinghua Valley, which can be arranged to visit on the same day.
Baisha Ancient Town
Baisha Town, Yulong Naxi Autonomous County, Lijiang City
It is recommended to go by car, but there are also buses that can reach it.

Summer is here, and the flowers in Tinghua Valley are in full bloom. What I am most looking forward to when I come to Lijiang this time is actually not to visit the ancient city, but to visit the Tinghua Valley under the Yulong Snow Mountain!
Now the entire Tinghua Valley is surrounded by flowers, blue skies, white clouds and snowy mountains, flowers, as well as Keke Aiai's Hobbit Cottage and alpacas. It's really cute to cry!
It sounds like the Flower Valley is very big. If you want to take most of the scenery to be photographed for half a day, you will still be very tired. I recommend that you go to the places that you are interested in first when your physical strength is good. We just want to take pictures because there are many people in this Hobbit. I want to take pictures at the end, but in the end, I have no energy at all. Let me summarize a few must-take places for everyone:

Hobbit House
Listening to the most classic Hobbit House in Flower Valley, it is always surrounded by wedding photography. I suggest that you avoid the peak shooting hours before sunset. Generally, there will be fewer people at two or three in the afternoon, and use telephoto to photograph the cabins and snowy mountains. It's really dreamy. There is also a small lake in front of the hut where reflections can be photographed. All kinds of flowers change with the seasons and are super photographed. You can take pictures for a long time in this place.

garden Restaurant
If you are tired of filming in Tinghua Valley, you can go to the Garden Restaurant for dinner. It mainly serves Western food and afternoon tea. The environment is surrounded by snowy mountains and flowers. The environment is first-class. Moreover, the restaurant building itself also has many angles worth shooting, such as round windows with snowy mountains behind it, island-style bird's nest, etc.

Ins wind of buses and beetles
It's a great place to take photos of travel trends. Who wouldn't want to drive a cute bus to travel?

Hydrangea and Verbena Sea of Flowers
There is a large sea of hydrangea flowers next to the Garden Restaurant. It is pink, purple, white and green. It is colorful, setting off the Yulong Snow Mountain in the distance. Any photo will make a large sea!

We didn't finish filming the entire afternoon we arranged in Tinghua Valley. It was really too exciting. Come here and be a little princess for a day ~
Lijiang·Tinghua Valley
Address: No. 100, Guluo Village, Baisha Town, Lijiang City
Transportation: Self-driving/taxi, about 15 minutes drive from Lijiang Ancient City to Tinghua Valley, about 2 hours drive from Dali Ancient City to Tinghua Valley

This is the only hotel in the Yulong Snow Mountain Scenic Area. Each room has an oversized balcony facing the snow mountain. You can see the entire continuous mountain peak, with unique location and angle. When you wake up in the morning, you can see the magnificent Rizhao Jinshan, and when the weather is good at night, you can see the stars all over the sky.
However, I was a little unlucky. It was a small pity that I didn't see the golden mountains of sunshine and the starry sky in Lijiang during the rainy season, but it was also a foreshadowing for another time.

The view from the public areas of the hotel is also very good. The entire mirror surface and water surface are designed on the platform outside the yoga room, which is very suitable for taking photos. Whoever takes it will be beautiful!
Living here is super convenient to visit the Yulong Snow Mountain National Scenic Area. It is only 2 kilometers away from the tourist center and you can also walk directly to the Blue Moon Valley. But because the weather was normal when we came and the hotel was so comfortable, we just lay in the hotel and looked at the snowy mountains. Haha.

There are also a variety of experience activities in the hotel. The hotel will provide an activity schedule when checking in, including papermaking, tie-dyeing, scripture copying, tea art classes, lipstick making, leather goods making, yoga, starry night, etc. So although I didn't climb the snowy mountains, I still had a full schedule in the hotel. The most recommended thing is the starry sky experience, which is great from explanation to experience.

Tips: To stay in Jinmao Puxiu, you must first go to Jinmao Hyatt Regency Hotel in the city to obtain the entrance pass of #Yulong Snow Mountain Scenic Area. At the same time, you will avoid the entrance fee of 100 yuan per person in the scenic area. It is recommended to go by car. If you don't drive by yourself, you can also take the Lijiang shuttle bus.

As a hotel in the mountains, three meals a day are served in the hotel. I had no hope at all, but I was also full of surprises. The yak meat hot pot, which was the first to bear the brunt, was large and delicious. Cross-bridge rice noodles and stir-fried dishes are also very delicious. In addition, we also experienced the barbecue at the terrace restaurant that was just launched in summer. Watching the sunset on the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain and eating the barbecue, it was really YYDS

Driving from Lijiang to Lugu Lake has always been a frightening road. After leaving Lijiang, the Lining 72 turn is under the galloping Nujiang River and next to it is a vertical cliff, which is really very stressful.

It was already afternoon when I arrived at Lugu Lake. This kind of Lugu Lake really disappointed the tourists who came here a little. But compared with a few years, the management of Lugu Lake is indeed much better. There are clean toilets, and the pig's waste boat is rated. Overall, the experience is good.

When the boat paddles to the center of the lake, there will be very clear waters that can be directly picked up and drank. It is very well protected.
We came here to see the aquatic poplar flowers, but in fact the aquatic poplar flowers will break in the afternoon. In fact, the aquatic poplar flowers are mainly concentrated on the water bank, and we can't see many flowers by boat.

I attended the bonfire party in Daluo Water Village in the evening.

The beginning of this trip to Yunnan was to come to Lugu Lake to see aquatic poplar flowers. June is the most beautiful season for aquatic poplar flowers, but aquatic poplar flowers have high requirements on the living environment. Only first-class water quality can survive. Currently, only Lugu Lake can you see such beautiful aquatic poplar flowers.
They always bloom against the first ray of sunlight and wither and wither over a few hours. Sometimes heavier rain will knock off these small petals and break them into pieces.
Moreover, the best time to admire water poplar flowers is 8:00-10:00 a.m.. In the afternoon, when the wind is strong or the sun is strong, the fragile flowers will disappear. Therefore, friends who want to enjoy the beautiful scenery must pay special attention to time.

We got up early and found that there were already some scattered small flowers on the lake outside the hotel. The little sister told us that the water poplar blossoms in Valentine's Beach bloom best, and she immediately drove there.
Sure enough, arriving at Lovers Beach at 9 o'clock is the time when the aquatic poplar flowers bloom at their best. The crystal clear Buddha glass flowers float on the water, like a smart elf on the lake, dancing with the waves.
Clusters of white and crystal clear flowers are undulating on the blue lake. Looking into the distance, you can see green mountains and boats coming and going.
This is the "aquatic poplar flower", an aquatic plant with the scientific name of "wavy leaf sea cauliflower".

Aquatic poplar flowers are usually about two meters near the shore of the water. You can take it at its most beautiful appearance with telephoto.

We walked around the entire Lugu Lake and found that Valentine's Beach was the best. There are two lover beaches in Lugu Lake, one in Yunnan and the other in Sichuan. What is strange is that the water-based poplar flowers on the two lover beaches bloom very well, and the water surface is very calm, allowing the reflection of flowers and mountains to be photographed. In addition, we also entered the dock in Ligg. The water-borne poplar flowers near this dock also bloomed very well, but the wind in Ligg was relatively strong and it was difficult to capture reflections.

When you go around the lake to Caohai, you can find some boats by the water along the road, and you can take pictures of Caohai and the boats together.