{"id":4889,"date":"2021-08-10T10:37:33","date_gmt":"2021-08-10T10:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/happy-nomads.nl\/?p=4889"},"modified":"2021-08-10T12:18:04","modified_gmt":"2021-08-10T12:18:04","slug":"lijiang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/happy-nomads.nl\/en\/lijiang\/","title":{"rendered":"Lijiang, Cobbled streets and canals, Yunnan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cobblestone street, canals and wooden buildings in the lovely town of Lijiang in Yunnan province, China.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4892 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/happy-nomads.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/lijiang.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"694\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/happy-nomads.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/lijiang.jpg 694w, https:\/\/happy-nomads.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/lijiang-278x300.jpg 278w, https:\/\/happy-nomads.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/lijiang-600x648.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 694px) 100vw, 694px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Lijiang is a hill town (2400m) located in the northwestern part of Yunnan province and borders the province of Sichuan.<br \/>\nThe city is known for its unique Naxi culture. The Naxi are descended from Tibetan nomads. They have a matriarchal family tradition and their own writing system that is more than 1000 years old.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4897 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/happy-nomads.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/lijiang2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"690\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/happy-nomads.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/lijiang2.jpg 690w, https:\/\/happy-nomads.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/lijiang2-276x300.jpg 276w, https:\/\/happy-nomads.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/lijiang2-600x652.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Lijiang is also known as the &#8220;Venice of the East&#8221; (because of its system of waterways and bridges) and is an UNESCO World Heritage Site. <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4902\" src=\"https:\/\/happy-nomads.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/lijiang4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"710\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/happy-nomads.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/lijiang4.jpg 710w, https:\/\/happy-nomads.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/lijiang4-284x300.jpg 284w, https:\/\/happy-nomads.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/lijiang4-600x634.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 710px) 100vw, 710px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cobblestone street, canals and wooden buildings in the lovely town of Lijiang in Yunnan province, China. Lijiang is a hill town (2400m) located in the northwestern part of Yunnan province and borders the province of Sichuan. The city is known for its unique Naxi culture. The Naxi are descended from Tibetan nomads. They have a matriarchal family tradition and their own writing system that is more than 1000 years old. Lijiang is also known as the &#8220;Venice of the East&#8221; (because of its system of waterways and bridges) and is an UNESCO World Heritage Site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[106,109],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-china","category-travel-adventure-asia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lijiang, Cobbled streets and canals, Yunnan - Happy Nomads<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lijiang is a hill town (2400m) located in the northwestern part of Yunnan province and borders Sichuan. 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