Nujiang Canyon

The Nujiang Grand Canyon is located in Nujiang Prefecture in the northwest of Yunnan, running from south to north. It is a continuation of the Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon to the southeast, and another geographical wonder in Yunnan! It is the longest, most mysterious, most beautiful and primitive grand canyon in the world! The canyon is quiet and deep, and the Nujiang River is roaring, which is shocking! Along the canyon, several counties such as Lushui, Gongshan, and Fugong are inhabited by ethnic minorities such as Lisu, Nu, Derung, and Tibetan, adding a lot of fun to the Nujiang Grand Canyon!

Sanjiang Parallel Rivers Nature Reserve, the most beautiful time for the Nujiang Grand Canyon in western Yunnan has come. Here's a self-driving travel guide for the western Yunnan loop, with no backtracking, Day 1, gather in Lijiang or Dali Day 2, Lijiang to Dali, visit the Nodeng ancient village, Taiji Locking Water, stay overnight in Lushui City Day 3, visit the Denggen hot spring bathhouse, zip-line across the Nujiang River, explore the Nujiang Grand Canyon, Tiger Leaping Gorge, Laomudeng Zhizi Luo, stay overnight in Laomudeng Day 4, Laomudeng, Nujiang Grand Canyon, Stone Moon, Dulongjiang Road, Pukawang, stay overnight in Dulongjiang Day 5, visit the tattooed women, the First Bend of the Nujiang River, Bingzhongluo, stay overnight in Bingzhongluo Day 6, Wulicun Tea Horse Ancient Trail, Qiunatong, Yunnan-Tibet border, Deqen Road, stay overnight at Feilai Temple of Meili Snow Mountain Day 7, sunrise over Meili Snow Mountain, Baima Snow Mountain, Moon Bay of the Jinsha River, Napahai, Dukezong Ancient Town, stay overnight at Baishuitai Day 8, Baishuitai, Tiger Leaping Gorge, First Bend of the Yangtze River, return to Lijiang Yunnan Loop Snow Mountain

Nujiang, located in the northwest of Yunnan Province Second only to the Grand Canyon of Colorado in the United States🏔️, it is the world's second-largest canyon Home to the autonomous prefecture with the largest number of ethnic minority groups in China Lisu, Nu, Dulong, Pumi, and other 22 ethnic minorities On one side is the surging river water like thousands of horses galloping On the other side are the high mountains and deep valleys where the clouds are so thick🌳 Less commercialized, with fewer people and more beautiful scenery, it's much more beautiful than Shangri-La‼️ 90% of the locals in Yunnan have never been there It's a pity that I never entered it once despite passing by several times 🏔️Nujiang's Terrain ◽️The river is densely covered with rapid water flow, and the small and large rivers belong to three major river systems: the Nu River, the Lancang River, and the Irrawaddy River, which are an important part of the World Natural Heritage 'Three Parallel Rivers' ▫️Named for its large drop and rapid flow, it originates from the southern foothills of the Tanggula Mountains, with the highest peak being the main peak of Gaoligong Mountain, Gawagap Peak, at an altitude of 5128 meters; the lowest point is Shitouzhai in Lushui City, at an altitude of 738 meters, with a relative height difference of 4390 meters ▫️It has a subtropical mountain monsoon climate, with the three-dimensional climate characteristics of 'one river, two mountains, three climates', and a rich ecological environment for flora and fauna 🗺️5-Day Itinerary 𝐃𝐚𝐲𝟏: Nujiang Grand Canyon (stay in the Grand Canyon scenic area) 𝐃𝐚𝐲𝟐: Laomudeng scenic area → Pass by the canyon wonder 'Stone Moon' → 'Great Man Peak' 'Crown Mountain' → Laomudeng scenic area viewing platform (stay in Laomudeng) 𝐃𝐚𝐲𝟑-𝟒: Bingzhongluo: Self-drive on National Highway 219 → Pass by the first bend of the Nu River → Bingzhongluo viewing platform (monument check-in) → Wulicun (one of the most beautiful villages in the country) → Zhanatong (Bingzhongluo's Peach Blossom Island) → Qiunatong (the last village before entering Tibet) → Chongding Church 𝐃𝐚𝐲𝟓: Dulong River, Tiger Leaping Gorge → Dulong River (if lucky, you may see the rare Dulong ethnic grandmothers) 🥩Recommended Food Hand-grabbed rice/ Lacquer oil chicken/ Stone slab cakes/ Nujiang coffee (known as China's Blue Mountain coffee)/ Pipa meat 🛖Travel Tips 1. Transportation: Fly✈️ to Baoshan Airport, self-drive or join a tour to Nujiang Prefecture 2. Best time to travel: It is recommended to go after October each year, as the summer is rainy and prone to landslides and mudslides, so it is important to save your life and go in winter 2. The people of Nujiang are simple and good at singing and dancing, and both men and women have a good capacity for alcohol, so don't easily compete in drinking with the people of Nujiang. The cuisine is sour and spicy, and friends who can't eat spicy food should bring diarrhea medicine and stomach medicine in advance 4. Zip-lining is one of the best ways to quickly understand Nujiang, but it is also very dangerous⚠️ It is not recommended for the elderly and the young 5. Nujiang has a mountainous road all the way, it is recommended to self-drive or join a tour, choose a petrol car, because there are very few charging piles, and it is inconvenient to take a taxi

Thousand miles of Nujiang: The magnificent and primitive secret land of Yunnan 💕Exciting route is here, hurry up and remember it! Backed by Myanmar, heading north along the mysterious river🏞, what kind of experience will it be? Nujiang - This mysterious river located between the Gaoligong Mountain and Yunling in Yunnan, China, is still an undeveloped primitive river. First, gather in Xizhou Ancient Town in Dali. This is a Bai ethnic town, once a gathering place for famous merchants👬, still retains those elegant courtyards🛖 and legendary big family clans. Walking on the antique streets, it seems to feel the weight of history. Here, freely explore the most glorious city of the ancient Nanzhao country, and feel the leisurely atmosphere of Dali. The next day, cross the Grand Canyon⛰, and go to Laomudeng Village. Pass by Vila Dam Sleeping Beauty, feel the majestic momentum of Tiger Leaping Gorge. Listen to the Lisu singing🎤 in Laomudeng Village, which is like a heavenly music🎼, and have the opportunity to watch the church activities with medieval characteristics that have disappeared in Europe. Stay in the mountain view inn in the canyon at night, you can taste the Nu ethnic hand-grabbed rice🍱 feast, listen to the boss singing🎭 Oh De De, play Dabiya, dance Dabiya dance, and be enveloped by the folk culture atmosphere of the Nu ethnic group. When it is quiet at night, open the curtain, it is a silent starry sky🌌, you must sleep with the starlight✨! The third day, go to Ghost City Zhiziluo and Dulong River. Ghost City Zhiziluo is an abandoned county seat, and there are still some residents who are unwilling to leave, making this former county seat special. Arrive at Gongshan in the afternoon, admire the stone moon along the way, and listen to the legend of the origin of the Lisu people here. Then go to the mysterious Dulong River: one of the areas with the most complete preservation of the original ecology! There live the ancient and closed ethnic group - the Dulong people👤. Go deep into the primitive village, look for the most mysterious "tattooed woman" of the Dulong people, and listen to those old stories about tattoos🗣. The fourth day, go to the Sino-Myanmar No. 41 boundary marker and Halong Waterfall💦. This is the border line between China and Myanmar. A conspicuous boundary marker symbolizes the sacred majesty of the motherland🇨🇳. Taking a photo📸 here is definitely of extraordinary significance! In the Halong Waterfall area, the most beautiful and shocking waterfall area of the Nujiang River, the animal and plant groups have survived the impact of the fourth-century glacier that occurred 1.7 million years ago and have been preserved to this day! If you are lucky, you can see a lot of wild animals🦥🐿🦜🦅~ On the sixth day, go to Bingzhongluo, which can be described as a paradise in the Nujiang Grand Canyon🏜! There are the first bay of the Thousand Miles Nujiang, Peach Blossom Island, Bingzhongluo pastoral scenery, etc., you can play to your heart's content!

Nu River: Ten miles of different skies, all things in one mountain, a tribe with a fairy festival lives here. In Tibetan, it's called 'Naqu River' 'Yu Mercury' refers to it as the Black Water River The Nu people call it 'Anu Rimei' 🚌 Kunming-Dali-Liuku-Xiaosha Dam-Daxing Land-Tiger Leaping Gorge-Bird Valley-Gaoligong Mountain-Snowy Yagou-Pianma Port-Pianma Town-Snowy Yagou-Liuku-Binchuan-Kunming 📜 Departing from Kunming, after a whole day's drive, we arrived in Lushui City and checked in. Night view: The five big characters 'Nujiang Grand Canyon' 👣 Stepping on the beach of the Nu River, feeling the world's third largest canyon up close 🏔 Without snow, it's not the real Snowy Yagou, the throat passage from our mainland to Pianma abroad 🗻 Gaoligong Mountain: World Natural Museum, World Species Gene Bank, Wildlife Paradise 🏠 Pianma: It takes two hours to drive from Liuku. From an altitude of about 800, winding up the Gaoligong Mountain Range Road, to the Snowy Yagou at over 3100, and then down to Pianma at over 1900, the altitude rise and fall is obvious 🏨 Accommodation environment: Liuku's first choice is the river view room, around 200 you can choose a very good room! Pianma's accommodation conditions are limited, rooms around 70, very small, very cold at night ⏳ Travel time: 4 days

Liu Ku Town is the first stop on the way north up the Nu River, a necessary pass to Laomudeng and Bingzhongluo, and also an important part of Lushui City. The name 'Liu Ku' comes from a local waterfall cave by the Nu River, commonly known as the Dragon Cave. In the Lisu language, 'dragon' is called 'Lu' and 'cave' is called 'Ku', hence the name 'Liu Ku' is derived from the phonetic transformation of 'Lu Ku'. Liu Ku was once the capital of the Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture, known as 'the first town of the Nu River'. The area is characterized by high mountains and deep valleys, with ravines crisscrossing. To the east is the Biluo Snow Mountain, which separates the Nu River and the Lancang River and rises to 4,500 meters, and to the west is the Gaoligong Mountain, stretching 600 kilometers with an elevation of 5,200 meters, home to the beautiful Nu River Grand Canyon. Lushui City, situated in the longitudinal valley zone of the Hengduan Mountains, with its majestic and precipitous canyons and rivers, is an important part of the 'Three Parallel Rivers' World Natural Heritage and the Shangri-La Ecotourism Area of China. The main scenic spots include: Nu River Grand Canyon Scenic Area (Shuannawadi Gorge, Biking Landscape, Cliff Fields, Divine Fields, Denggeng Bathing Ponds, Lama Deng, Zip-lines, Baihua Ridge a cappella quartet, Lichai Dam Ferry Tragedy Site, etc.), Gaoligong Mountain Scenic Area (Tingming Lake, Fengxue Yaport, Dripping River Eternal Lovers Yin Yang Waterfalls, etc.), and Pianma Border Tourism Area (Pianma Anti-British Monument, Pianma People's Anti-British Victory Memorial Hall, Nu River Hump Airline Memorial Hall, Xiaojiang Scenery, etc.).