Old Town of Lijiang

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UNESCO World Heritage Site historic town tourist attraction

The Old Town of Lijiang is a well-preserved ancient Chinese town famed for its traditional Naxi architecture, intricate canal system, and historic role as a trading hub on the Tea Horse Road.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Lijiang	4
Lijiang City	3
Old Town of Lijiang canonical	2

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ historic town ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
architecturalInfluence	Siheyuan courtyard houses ⓘ surface form: Han Chinese architecture Tibetan architecture ⓘ
architecturalMaterial	stone ⓘ wood ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Naxi traditional architecture ⓘ
country	China ⓘ
culturalTradition	Naxi Dongba culture ⓘ Naxi music ⓘ
elevation	about 2400 metres above sea level ⓘ
ethnicAssociation	Naxi people ⓘ
governingBody	Lijiang municipal authorities ⓘ
heritageCriteria	(ii) ⓘ (iv) ⓘ (v) ⓘ
heritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
historicFunction	stop on the Ancient Tea Horse Road ⓘ trading hub ⓘ
knownFor	cobblestone streets ⓘ historic role as a trading hub on the Tea Horse Road ⓘ intricate canal system ⓘ stone bridges ⓘ timber-framed houses ⓘ traditional Naxi architecture ⓘ waterways running through the town ⓘ well-preserved ancient urban fabric ⓘ
locatedIn	Old Town of Lijiang self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Lijiang City Yunnan Province ⓘ Southwest China ⓘ surface form: southwestern China
near	Jade Dragon Snow Mountain ⓘ
notableArea	Dayan Old Town ⓘ
notableSquare	Sifang Street ⓘ
partOf	Tea Horse Road ⓘ surface form: Ancient Tea Horse Road network
preservationStatus	well-preserved ⓘ
region	eastern Himalayas foothills ⓘ
tourismImportance	major domestic tourism destination in China ⓘ popular international tourist destination ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageId	811 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear	1997 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageRegion	Asia-Pacific ⓘ
urbanPlanFeature	courtyard houses ⓘ organic street layout ⓘ small squares ⓘ
waterManagementFeature	diversion channels ⓘ network of canals ⓘ stone-lined waterways ⓘ
waterSource	Jade Dragon Snow Mountain watershed ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yunnan Province → containsCity → Old Town of Lijiang ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lijiang

Yunnan Province → hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Old Town of Lijiang ⓘ

Naxi language → region → Old Town of Lijiang ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lijiang

Old Town of Lijiang → locatedIn → Old Town of Lijiang self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lijiang City

Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas → locatedIn → Old Town of Lijiang ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lijiang City

YN → hasMajorCity → Old Town of Lijiang ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lijiang

Dali → nearbyCity → Old Town of Lijiang ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lijiang

Diqing → borderedBy → Old Town of Lijiang ⓘ

subject surface form: Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture

this entity surface form: Lijiang City

World Heritage Sites in China → hasPart → Old Town of Lijiang ⓘ