Shuhe Ancient Town

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(Xinhua)

Shuhe or "Shaowu" in the Naxi language, means the village at the foot of the high hill. It is also called Dragon Spring Village after a spring that rises nearby.

Nestled at the foot of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, 6 km northwest of Lijiang old town, Shuhe was once a staging post at ancient Tea & Horse Road. In history, with the rise of Tea & Horse Road, Shuhe town was a major producer of leatherworking in the region. Shuhe town is just like a small-sized Lijiang with a similar layout, which boasts a Square Street (Sifangjie) and rivers flowing at downtown.

UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) has listed it as an important component of Lijiang as it is a well-preserved example of a town along the ancient tea route and one of the earliest settlements of the ancestors of Naxi people. It is called "the hometown of springs".

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