The Jade Dragon Snow Mountains are a small group of peaks close to the city of Lijiang

The Jade Dragon Snow Mountains are a small group of peaks close to the city of Lijiang. The nearest slope is only about 30 kilometers north of the Dayan Ancient City District, and the mountain can be clearly seen from the Black Dragon Pool next to the ancient district. The group of mountains is notable because they contain good hiking along Tiger Leaping Gorge, great scenic views, and a 15,000 foot mountain with a specially built stairway and path to make climbing to the summit easy. If you’d like to climb to the top of a high mountain, that might be one to try. There is no sliding on steep paths or climbing with your hands, the distance from the tram is short, and oxygen tanks can be rented for a little more than 4 dollars USD. But the view is excellent! The tallest peak called Shanzidou has only been climbed once by two Americans who say it is extremely dangerous. Welcome to China, Chinatourguide.com is pleasure to provide service for your China tours or Vietnam Tour, We also provide Guangzhou hotels for Canton Fair in guangzhouhotel.com.

 
In the alpine meadows of the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain's lower slopes, lonely herders sing to their goats and set the wild echoes flying with the music of their reed pipes. It is a botanist's paradise, and a " kingdom of medicinal materials." Of the 13,000 kinds of plants in Yunnan, more than half of them can be found on Jade Dragon Snow Mountain as well as 400 types of trees in 20 primeval forest communities. On its slopes grow such trees as fir, dragon spruce, Chinese hemlock, Chinese larch, and fragrant camphor. There are more than 50 species of azalea, 60 kinds of primroses, eight species of poppies and 20 lilies, four species of peonies, five camellia, 50 species of rough gentian, and six kinds of flowering crabapple. The mountain is decorated with blooming flowers 10 months of the year. It is also home to a rare tea - Wild Snow Tea -which the Naxi insist is good for high blood pressure. The mountain is also considered a sanctuary for animals. It is home to 30 kinds of animals protected by the state, such as the wild ass, the Yunnan snub-nosed monkey, the lesser panda, etc. It even has green glittering snow. You can see it from Yunshanping ( Dragon Spruce Meadow )if you look westward. The only explanation that has emerged is that it may be caused by crystals or algae. And she has a glacier at the lowest altitude in China that is 7.5 miles wide and 21.7 miles long.

A Chinese poet once wrote: "Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, level with sky all year long. Cloud ain't in love with peak, so peak starts to weep. Cliff turns steady, as if it is chopped by wind. Unconsciously as I am, new-born lush herb has grown luxuriant." The poetry describes the beautiful landscape of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain.