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Liangshan Travel Tips

When to Go: Winter and spring are the best times to appreciate Liangshan's sunny weather and clear sky. It is rainy in summer and autumn, and about ninety percent of the year's rain falls in summer. Actually, the summer is cool and it usually rains at night, therefore, visitors can also choose to come in summer.

For those who are interested in the traditional Torch Festival of the Yi ethnic minority, plan to visit Liangshan in early or mid-August. Every year around the twenty-fourth day of the sixth lunar month, this grand carnival is held, accompanied by dancing flames all night long.

Local Highlights:

Dongba Culture is an old ethnic cultural form descended from the Naxi people through the Dongba Religion (the ancient religion of the Naxi ethnic minority) and recorded by Naxi Dongba scriptures. Dongba Culture includes hieroglyphics, scripture, painting, music, dance, religious instruments and ritual. Eya Naxi Ethnic Township is the heart of the Dongba Culture.

Liangshan is the largest compact community of Yi in China with more than 1.7 million people.

In isolated areas in the depths of the mountains, the open marriage of the matriarchal society is still adopted by some tribes, such as the Mosuo tribe in the Naxi villages of Lugu Lake region.

Xichang is spoken of as the 'moon city' of the county, because the moon in the city is the best for admiring. The moon appears to stay in the sky longer in Xichang than in any other place in China.

Special Local Products:

Snacks: Tuo Tuo Rou (Big Pieces of Meat), Guo Tie Ru Bing (fried dairy cake pieces)

Fruit: apple, megranate, orange

Herbs: Liangshan bitter buckwheat

Handicrafts: lacquer wares of Yi ethnic minority

Tours

10 Days Yunnan Birding Tour

Summary Kunming-Dali-Lijiang-Shangrila

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10 Days Yunnan Birding Tour

Summary Kunming-Dali-Lijiang-Shangrila

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