From Lijiang to Shangri-La｜A super detailed guide to chasing the sun and moon in your heart

Feeling emo 😢 Decisively choosing Yunnan to decompress!
Picked Yunnan over Daocheng Yading and Changbai Mountain
Super comfortable 20℃ winter🔥 Let’s go～

✈️ Flight & Transportation:
- Direct flight from Pudong Airport at 8:30 to Lijiang (boarding at Satellite Terminal requires 20min metro ride)
- Tip: It’s recommended to arrive at the airport 2 hours early

🏡 Lijiang Homestay Recommendations:
- [Lijiang InterContinental Resort He Fu]
- 📍 Location: No.1 Sifang Street, Lijiang Old Town
- 💡 The homestay owner is super thoughtful, actively helps with luggage (stone roads make rolling suitcases tough)
- 🌿 Full of artistic vibes! Instantly immerse in slow living

🍽️ Lijiang Food Must-Try:
- Bawang Chaji is a must drink! (Shanghai internet celebrity’s hometown is in Yunnan haha)
- Naxi cuisine:
- Smoked pork rib hotpot
- Lijiang Baba (local flatbread)
- Crossing-the-bridge rice noodles
- Anyi Night Market is super lively at night!

🏯 Mu Mansion Highlights:
- Filming location of "Mu Mansion"
- 👑 Naxi Culture Museum
- Also try snow tea (said to help with slimming and removing dampness hh)

❄️ Jade Dragon Snow Mountain Guide:
- 🎫 Tickets:
- Mountain entry fee ¥100
- Spruce Meadow cable car ¥60
- Yak Meadow cable car ¥65
- Tips:
1️⃣ Buy tickets in advance from [Lijiang Tourism Group]
2️⃣ Oxygen tank + down jacket are must-haves
3️⃣ Best time to watch the sun hitting the mountain peaks: 7:30-8:30
4️⃣ Climb slowly! Slowly! Slowly! (Learned the hard way😭)

🚞 Most Beautiful Sky Road:
- Train from Lijiang to Shangri-La
- Recommended to sit on the right window side (can see Jade Dragon Snow Mountain + Tiger Leaping Gorge + Haba Snow Mountain)
- Total duration 3.5 hours

🏨 Shangri-La Homestay:
- [Shangri-La Songtsam Linka Hotel]
- 📍 Location: Kenna Village, Jiantang Town
- 💯 The owner is super nice! (Provides free oxygen tanks)
- 🛏️ Rooms are clean and comfortable, Tibetan-style decor with great feel

📸 Travel Photography Hotspot:
- Songzanlin Monastery (Tibetan costume photoshoot is a must!)
- Great value: ¥299 includes costume + makeup + shooting
- Tip: Plateau photoshoot for 2 hours is really exhausting～

🌊 Winter Exclusive Scenery:
- Napa Lake (dry grass in winter has a more desolate beauty)
- Chilling at the lakeside café is so healing
- Pudacuo National Park (little squirrels will come to play with you)

✨ Soul SPA:
Lijiang = Lazy 🍃
Shangri-La = Purifying ✨
This trip is totally worth the ticket price!

Next flags to raise 🚩:
Tibet｜Western Sichuan｜Xinjiang｜Yubeng
(One trip a year is not too much, right hh)