Yunnan Lijiang Travel | Shuhe Ancient Town One-Day Tour Guide
Shuhe Ancient Town is one of the must-visit attractions in Lijiang, with a long history and rich folk culture. You can stroll through the alleys of the ancient town, feel the unique charm of the town, and also visit ancient buildings and classical gardens.
While everyone else is crowding into the old city, this is the pinnacle of Lijiang tourism.
Shuhe Ancient Town really is the epitome of Lijiang's slow-paced lifestyle, with beautiful scenery, well-preserved ancient Tea Horse Road, traditional Naxi architectural style, and few tourists, making it very quiet
📍Location: Shuhe Ancient Town, Gucheng District, Lijiang City (7.5 kilometers from Lijiang Old Town)
⏰Time: One-day tour
🎫Ticket: Free (open all day)
🚌Transportation guide: Lijiang Old Town—Shuhe
🚲Bicycle: Shuhe Ancient Town is about 6 kilometers from Lijiang Old Town, you can rent a bicycle to go there.
🚌Minibus: There are private minibuses outside the old city, the cost is generally around 5 yuan; there are also microbuses to Shuhe at the entrance of Likelong Supermarket on Shangri-La Avenue, 10 yuan/person, about 20 yuan for a chartered ride.
🚕Taxi: The fare is 15-20 yuan, usually without a meter.
🚎Bus: Bus No. 111 connects Lijiang Old Town and Shuhe Ancient Town, passing through Hongtaiyang Square.
🍀Recommended attractions:
❶Shuhe South Gate Archway, the main entrance to Shuhe.
❷Feihua Touches Water
The core area of Shuhe, with many bars and restaurants. When the autumn wood flowers bloom, they will fall onto the water surface with the wind, hence the name 'Feihua Touches Water'.
❸Qinglong Bridge
With more than 400 years of history, it is also the most ancient bridge in Lijiang, and the smooth stone slabs are enough to witness its history.
❹Jiuding Longtan
Under Longquan Mountain, ancient trees reach the sky, and a stream of good water accumulates into Jiuding Longtan, where you can also see the reflection of the snow mountain.
❺Sifang Tingyin
The cultural center of Shuhe Ancient Town, and also the core area of the Tea Horse Inn, this stage has become the intersection of the ancient Tea Horse Road and modern culture.
❻Lantern Alley: Leads to Tinglian Inn, absolutely beautiful!
❼Internet celebrity Big Bear: At the entrance of Jian Xiaoyi Tea Drink Shop.
🍝Food
✔Fuxian Small Pot Rice, a restaurant with a good reputation and popularity, no blind spots in dishes, small pot rice and iron plate tofu are must-eats, group purchase of 128 yuan set meal, all signature dishes.
✔Jungege Wild Mushroom Experience Restaurant
Authentic cooking, solid ingredients, delicious chicken soup, average cost of 50 yuan per person, full meal, wild mushrooms are in season from August to October, better taste.
✔Yunzhong Fish Steam Stone Pot Fish·Cured Pork Ribs, boneless and thornless Qingjiang fish, two-person set meal for 128 yuan, good environment and service attitude.
✔Tuogang Tibetan Meal
Authentic Tibetan meal, a lot of celebrities check-in restaurant, highly recommended 45 yuan/portion 【Ando Yak Beef Buns】
🏠Accommodation
◆Youth hostel recommendation: Backpack Ten Years Youth Hostel, those who like lively should be able to blend in quickly, good atmosphere, with fixed activities every day (listening to slow rock, playing Werewolf, watching movies)
◆Various homestays in the ancient town are also very characteristic, you can try them out, choose according to your own preferences, prices vary.
⚠️Precautions
①In high-altitude areas, ultraviolet rays are relatively strong, sunglasses, hats, sunscreen, etc. are good sun protection items to avoid sunburn.
②Protect the environment, the beautiful scenery of Shuhe Ancient Town needs everyone to maintain together.
This is a very good tour. The tour guide Aqi has a rich cultural heritage. The vivid humor of the talk. explained. The best cultural ancient town in the world reflects the history of China. I like her very much. Recommend others to participate in this group.
Shuhe Ancient Town is located in the core of all Lijiang scenic spots, is the hub point for visiting Lijiang Ancient City, Yulong Snow Mountain, Wuhu Lake, the first bay of the Yangtze River and the three rivers parallel scenic spots. From the ancient city of Lijiang to the north, along the east side of Zhongjihai for about four kilometers, you will see a dense village at the foot of the mountains on both sides, which is called Shuhe Ancient Town, the hometown of Qingquan. When Xu Xiake visited Zhishan to free the forest, he walked this road and wrote in his account: "Crossing a withered rock bridge, looking to the sea from the west, Liu dark waves, there is a large settlement on it, which is the ten-he courtyard." "Ten-he" is the ancient name of Shuhe Ancient Town. Shuhe Ancient Town is an important part of the ancient city of Lijiang, a world cultural heritage. Famous attractions include Jiuding Longtan, Qinglong Bridge (Dashi Bridge), Sifang Tingyin Square, Museum, and Sifang Street. The inns in Shuhe Ancient Town basically follow the traditional architectural style of the Naxi people, with a strong ethnic customs, and many inns have introduced water scenes, which are unique.
The early customer service communication was very careful, the airport positioning was clear, the navigation could be reached smoothly, the on-site service staff was very good, and the captain's explanation during the flight was in place.
Three newly retired old women are in Shuhe Ancient Town, walking the tea-horse ancient road, in a daze, and looking at young beautiful women. After retirement, I have a lot of time, rent a house in Tengchong, play around, and enjoy a good leisure time.
Shuhe Ancient Town is an important part of the ancient city of Lijiang. It is a world cultural heritage and national scenic spot. It is known as "China's charming town - the best living environment town". Shuhe, Naxi called "Shaowu", means "village under the peak". Shuhe Ancient Town is one of the earliest settlements of Naxi ancestors in Lijiang Bazi. Shuhe Ancient Town is 2,440 meters above sea level, and the core area is about 3 square kilometers. There are thousands of households and more than 4,000 indigenous residents.
The water of Shuhe is clear and bright, and the stream of the ancient tea-horse road is either slow or urgent in the two-foot-square-foot riverway. Most of the commercial shops in the ancient town have been open, some restaurants for the guests, resident singers will play and sing at the door, if you say this is very common in Yunnan, not novel, then choose a horse to help the horse, re-take the tea horse ancient road, will definitely be worthwhile. It is best to enter at the entrance of the east gate of the ancient town, so that you can ride a horse at the door and circle the ancient town. To the Hari Valley, we decided to take Line B, not only in the ancient town, but also to the top of the mountain (road map, price is public in Hari Valley, picture 1, 2 below). Leaving the ancient town road, stepping on a few steps, suddenly turning around, the scenery in front of you has been different, Shuhe stream flowed at the feet, clear and beautiful. The horse owner took the horse and did not go straight forward, but turned right into a small uphill alley, only one person and one horse to pass, we walked into the tea horse ancient road (Figure 4). The home of the horse leader Zhang Guotou is here (Figure 5 below). We seem to have left modern civilization and entered the era of the booming horse gang trade. I think that this house was also a person coming and going, and how many horse gang messages came from here. Slowly, there is no road at my feet, only the stone sheep farm trail that I stepped on all the year round. The road went steeper and steeper, and the horse could be heard gasping for breath, and it climbed to the top of the mountain against the head. When the view of the mountain was widened, and the whole picture of the ancient town appeared in front of her, and she lay so quietly at the bottom of the mountain. Standing on the top of the mountain, let the mountain wind mess up the hair, it doesn't matter, it seems that I have become a horse helper. The stone road down the mountain is also very exciting, but we are very excited. Go back and don't go up the same road, turn right at a Y-shaped intersection and return to the town. The mountain is on the left side of this Y-shaped road. With this sloppy horse ringing, a consignment was completed. After getting off the horse, I reluctantly took a photo with the horse. Then visit the ancient city, walk around, eat and drink.
️ Shuhe Ancient Town is free of tickets. The ancient town is especially suitable for slow life. It is also very lively at night. The ancient town is more grounded than the ancient city of Lijiang. Unlike the commercialization of the ancient city of Lijiang, it is particularly heavy. You can feel the local lifestyle. The ancient town is not particularly big. There are many small alleys, and the homestays inside are also very distinctive. Take a walk in the ancient town, you can see the snow-capped mountains in the ancient town, come and feel the slow life.