Heilong Tan Gongyuan (Black Dragon Pool Park)

Description:

• About 1.5km (1 mile) north of the old town, this park, which contains the source of much of the old town's water, also offers Li Jiang's most famous photo op: the distant snowcapped Jade Dragon Snow Mountain fronted by the park's Deyue Lou (Moon Embracing Pavilion), and Wukong Qiao (Five Arch Bridge). In the eastern section is the three-story Ming dynasty Wufeng Lou (Five Phoenix Hall), with soaring eaves meant to resemble flying phoenixes. Also here is the Dongba Cultural Research Institute (Dongba Wenhua Yanjiusuo), where you can see experts translating Dongba pictographs.

• © Frommer's 2012

Awards:

Frommer's

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