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Urgently seeking legends or stories of famous ancient buildings in Yunnan (e.g., Jinma Bijie Fang, Lijiang Ancient City, etc.), or poems about them.

Lijiang Ancient City is located in southwestern China's Yunnan Province in Lijiang City, Lijiang Ancient City, also known as the town of Danyan, is located in the middle of the Lijiang Dam, and with the same as the second batch of national historical and cultural cities of Langzhong in Sichuan Province, Pingyao in Shanxi Province, Anhui Province, Shexian and known as the "best preserved of the four great ancient cities," which is China's historical and cultural cities in the only old city with no city walls! It is the only historical and cultural city in China without walls, it is said to be because of the Lijiang hereditary ruler surnamed wood, building the city must be as wood plus frame into the "sleepy" word. Lijiang ancient city of Naxi name called "Gongbenchi", "Gongben" for the granary, "know" that is the market, it can be seen that Lijiang ancient city was once a granary distribution place. Lijiang Old Town was built in the late Song and early Yuan (late 13th century AD). The ancient city is located in the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, more than 2,400 meters above sea level, the whole city covers an area of 3.8 square kilometers, since ancient times is known as the market and the town. There are more than 6200 households and 25000 people living in the ancient city. Among them, the Naxi accounted for the vast majority of the total population, 30% of the residents are still engaged in copper and silverware production, fur and leather, textile, brewing industry based on traditional handicrafts and commercial activities.

Dayan Ancient City is an ancient city without walls, with smooth and clean green stone roads, completely hand-built adobe houses, and ubiquitous small bridges and streams. Danyan ancient city is a small city with a strong humanistic atmosphere, bright sunshine, there will always be a slow pace of the old Naxi old man leisurely pacing, they are dressed in indigo clothes full of history, head wearing the Red Army period of the eight-pointed hat, in front of the back of the eyes behind the curiosity of the eyes of the blind, do not give a damn.

The streets of Lijiang Old Town are built alongside the mountains and the water, and most of them are paved with red conglomerate, which is not muddy in the rainy season or dusty in the dry season, and the patterns on the stones are natural and elegant, complementing the environment of the entire Old Town. Located in the center of the ancient city of Lijiang Sifang Street is the center of the ancient city of Lijiang, is located in the ancient city and the junction of the new city of Lijiang waterwheel is the symbol of the ancient city of Lijiang, the ancient city of Lijiang big waterwheel next to a big screen, the daily broadcast of the song that is the ancient city of the most popular and most distinctive songs.

In the Lijiang Old Town area of the Yu River system, the construction of 354 bridges, the density of an average of 93 per square kilometer. Bridges of various shapes, the more famous lock Cuiqiao, Dashiqiao, Wanqianqiao, Nanmenqiao, Ma'anqiao, Renshouqiao, were built in the Ming and Qing dynasties (14th to 19th centuries A.D.). Which is located in the Sifang Street, 100 meters east of the Dashi Bridge is the most distinctive.

The Wooden Mansion in the ancient city was originally the Yamen of Lijiang's hereditary Tusi Woods, built in the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368 AD), and rebuilt in 1998 as the Ancient City Museum. Wooden House covers an area of 46 acres, the House has a large and small rooms **** 162. Inside it also hangs eleven plaques given by successive emperors, which bear witness to the history of the Mu family's prosperity and decline.

Located in the city of Fuguo Temple of the five phoenix building was built in the Ming Dynasty Wanli twenty-ninth year (A.D. 1601), the building is 20 meters high. Because of its architectural form resembles five flying colorful phoenix, so the name "five phoenix building". Five phoenix building fusion of Han, Tibet, Naxi and other national architectural art style, is a rare treasure and typical examples of ancient Chinese architecture.

Baisha residential complex is located 8 kilometers north of Lijiang Ancient City, which used to be the center of politics, economy and culture of Lijiang in Song and Yuan Dynasties (10th to 14th centuries AD). Baisha residential complex is distributed in a north-south axis, the center of a trapezoidal square, a spring from the north into the square, four lanes from the square to the four sides, very distinctive. The formation and development of the Bisha residential complex laid the foundation for the layout of Lijiang Old Town.

Shuhe residential complex is located 4 kilometers northwest of Lijiang Old Town, Lijiang Ancient City around a small bazaar, the complex of residential houses in the patchwork, the layout of the layout and shape of the Lijiang Ancient City Sifang Street similar. The Qinglong River passes through the center of the complex, and the Qinglong Bridge, built in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644 AD), is the largest stone arch bridge in Lijiang.

Lijiang Ancient City has a long history and is simple and natural. The layout of the city is staggered, both with the mountain city style, but also rich in the flavor of the water town. Lijiang residential not only blends the essence of the Han, White, Yi, Tibetan ethnic groups, but also the unique style of the Naxi people, is the study of China's architectural history, cultural history of the important heritage can not be missed. Lijiang Old Town embraces the rich traditional culture of the ethnic groups, focusing on the prosperity and development of the Naxi ethnic group, and is an important historical material for the study of the development of human culture.