Jade Dragon Snow Mountain Scenic Area
The southernmost modern maritime-glacier snow mountain in the Northern Hemisphere; its main peak, Shanzidou (5,596m), is the embodiment of Sanduo, the Naxi guardian god
Visitor info
- Opening hours
- 07:30-16:00 (last cableway 17:00)
- Ticket
- Mountain entry fee CNY 100 (large cableway CNY 140 / Spruce Meadow cableway CNY 60 / Yak Meadow cableway CNY 45 extra)
Price is indicative — final quote on inquiry.
The southernmost modern maritime-glacier snow mountain in the Northern Hemisphere; its main peak, Shanzidou (5,596m), is the embodiment of Sanduo, the Naxi guardian god. The large cableway climbs straight to the Glacier Park boardwalk at 4,506m for close-up glacier views, while Blue Moon Valley and the Ganhaizi meadows spread out at the mountain's foot—the Impression Lijiang theater sits here. The altitude is high, so guard against altitude sickness; the entry fee and cableway tickets are sold separately, and in peak season cableway tickets should be booked several days ahead.
Getting there: Self-drive from the Old Town / scenic-area shuttle bus (approx. 25km)
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More in Lijiang
- Old Town of Lijiang (Dayan)
A Naxi old town built from the late Song into the early Yuan, standing unwalled for 800-plus years (legend holds that the Mu chieftains' surname means "wood", and a wall around it would form the character "trapped"—so walls were taboo); inscribed as a World Heritage Site in 1997
- Mu Mansion (Mufu)
Residence of the Naxi Mu chieftains, built in the Ming Wanli reign and said to comprise 162 rooms: "in the north the Forbidden City, in the south the Mu Mansion"
- Wangu Tower
The old town's highest point atop Lion Hill, a five-story wooden viewing tower 33 m tall; overlooking the unbroken grey-tiled roofs of Dayan Old Town, with Jade Dragon Snow Mountain and the old town in one frame—the most classic Lijiang photo
- Grand Waterwheel · Black Dragon Pool Park (Yuquan Park)
A clear spring lake at the foot of Elephant Hill at the source of the Yu River, Deyue Pavilion and Five Phoenix Pavilion reflected in the water, Jade Dragon Snow Mountain framed across the lake—hailed as "the foremost view of the snow mountain" and the birthplace of Lijiang's postcards
- Five Phoenix Pavilion (Fayun Pavilion)
Built in the Ming Wanli reign, its three tiers of flying eaves spread like five phoenixes in flight; originally the main building of Fuguo Temple, later relocated to the shore of Black Dragon Pool
- Naxi Dongba Culture Museum
A museum dedicated to Dongba culture, with systematic displays of Dongba scriptures, ritual implements and sacrificial ceremonies; the Dongba pictographic-script documents are inscribed in UNESCO's Memory of the World Register