What are the Three East and Three Jade in Lijiang? What does Lijiang's "Sandong Sanyu" mean?

Lijiang’s Three Easts and Three Jade

East:

Dongba Valley, Dongba Pantheon, Dongba Kingdom

East Ba Valley:

Dongba Valley, located at the foot of Yunnan Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, 15 kilometers away from Lijiang, is a natural ecological grand canyon, a fractured valley torn apart by ancient orogeny. This valley is 9.0 kilometers long, its cliffs are stunning and its caves are like a dream. In addition, there are also various stalactites, dead vines, strange trees, strange rocks, rare birds, songbirds, and waterfalls. After being discovered by local people, it was called Dongba Valley. Naxi is called Numei Waterfall, which means huge valley in Chinese.

Dongba Divine Garden:

Dongba Divine Garden is based on the Naxi ancestors’ simple philosophy of heaven and man and their wonderful imagination of life and the world, and strictly follows the ancestors’ concepts of heaven, earth and gods. Arranged in an array, yin and yang correspond to each other, black is white, and there are gods and ghosts. The Dongba Sacred Garden is a cultural and natural tourist attraction with the theme of promoting and displaying the ancient and magical Dongba culture of the Naxi people and reproducing the harmonious development of man and nature.

Dongba Kingdom:

Based on Dongba ancient books and documents, Dongba classics and various forms of Dongba art are engraved on natural stone and wood. It consists of the villages of ancient Naxi ancestors, which are subdivided into hieroglyphic squares and ancient Wuqiao; door staff; route map;

The totem square of Naxi culture and the ancient villages of Naxi ancestors.

The Dongba culture of the Naxi people in Lijiang includes two aspects; one is the Dongba hieroglyphic wall. Dongba hieroglyphs are one of the three major heritage sites in Lijiang, a World Memory Heritage Site, and are known as the only living hieroglyphics.

The Dongba Elephant Wall is 99 meters long and 4.9 meters high. There are more than 1,400 Dongba characters, divided into 18 categories, including astronomy, geography, humanities, human body, birds, etc.

The second is called the first long scroll of ancient religious paintings by Chinese and foreign academic circles. The Dongba Kingdom is a spiritual and cultural kingdom, with the purpose of inheriting and promoting the Dongba culture of the Naxi people. It vividly demonstrates the theme of advocating nature and harmonious development of nature, and brings together the national soul of the entire Naxi people.

Jade: Yushui Village, Yufeng Temple, Yuzhu Qingtian.

Yushui Village:

The village is located fifteen kilometers north of the beautiful and magical Lijiang County in the northwest of Yunnan Province, at the foot of the famous Jade Dragon Snow Mountain. It is known for its primitive nature, beautiful mountains and rivers, and beautiful scenery. , becoming a geomantic treasure land with national cultural characteristics. Yushui Village is a tourist attraction developed by Lijiang Yushui Village Ecological and Cultural Tourism Co., Ltd. In June 2001, it was rated as one of the first batch of AA-level tourist attractions in the country. In 2006, it was rated as a national AAAA tourist scenic spot.

Yufeng Temple:

Yufeng Temple is located at the southern foot of Yulong Mountain, 13 kilometers away from Lijiang County. Yufeng Temple, built in the late Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, is one of the famous lamasery temples in Lijiang.

Yuzhu Qingtian:

Yuzhu Qingtian Scenic Area is one of the components of Lijiang Jade Dragon Snow Mountain Scenic Area. The southern foot of the main peak of Yulong Snow Mountain is also called the first village under Yulong Mountain - Uluken (White Sand Yuhu Village), more than ten miles away from the ancient city. Yuzhu Qingtian is about 2,800 meters above sea level. The main attractions include the huge stone wall, Prince's Cave, Guanyin Rock, Cedar Temple, thousand-year-old tree, Shentan Waterfall, the former residence of American Olympian Locke (he lived here for 27 years), Alpine Locust Dam, cliffs, Dujuan Mountain, Mu Tianwang Ranch, Wanhua Garden, Earthshaking, Sansi Water, beautiful scenery, etc.

The above are for reference only.