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)