Old City of LiJiang

The Lijiang old town has a history going back more than 800 years and was once a confluence for trade along the old tea horse road. The Lijiang old town is famous for its orderly system of waterways and bridges.

 

One third of the town was destroyed by the February 1996 Lijiang earthquake. 200 people died in the earthquake and 14,000 were injured, 3,800 of them seriously. 186,000 houses collapsed, and another 300,000 people were forced out of their damaged homes. 184 aftershocks occurred in the 26 hours following the earthquake, including 18 which measured between 4.0 and 4.8 on the Richter scale.In addition to damage to structures from the earthquake itself, it triggered more than 200 landslides in a 12,000 km2 area.

 

In the aftermath, many high-rise buildings in the area were torn down and reconstructed as traditional single-family dwellings; along with earthquake reconstruction assistance from the provincial government and the World Bank, which was used to restore many traditional streets, bridges, and canals, this played a major role in Lijiang's efforts to achieve designation by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.

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A beautiful shot and a interesting story, Cherlyn!

I love the style of the buildings, the colors and the window shutters are very cool, great shot!

Beautiful and colorful place,well done Cherlyn,best regards

beautiful svene and interesting composition. have a nice day.

A lovely image and fascinating history. Regards...

very beautiful place and shot..congrats

Fascinating. So many details in such a small space. And so colorful.

 

Thanks for sharing - the history too.

 

Cheers ~

Such a nice mood by a traditional scene of the China ___the running water under little bridge...as great as poetry, Cherlyn !!! Best regards

Excellent composition of a beautiful place

 

Thanks for the useful information

 

Regards

I always enjoy your background stories.I also enjoy this view. Well done.

This is such a rich image, with so much delightful detail, and just the right splashes of brilliant color. The light is wonderful. Along with the history you've provided, makes me hope to visit here one day.

Wonderful photo, Cherlyn--very well composed. The eye is drawn to the vista on the left and the detail on the right. The water heaters (?) introduce a subtle incongruity but can't compete with those wonderful shutters. The water in the canal is an important "grounding" element.

Interesting place and very beautiful shot. Ciao. Glauco

Wonderful, Cherlyn, great composition!

Estupenda composicion,Cherlyn.

 

Un cordial saludo -Tolo.

Good colours nice photo Cherlyn !

Lovely-beautiful colors and sharpness.

Great capture, composition, colors, Great scene and view, well done

I like the artistic feeling that area is portraying crowded, colorful humanistic.well composed. Thanks fot the history part Cherlyn.

Nicely done.

Beautiful image, dear Cherlyn. A delight of composition, colors and atmosphere. Excellent photograph! Best regards!

Very good composition,exposure and colours,Cherlyn. Thanks for taking us there.

Cherlyn, an excellent travel shot which evokes the spirit of the place very successfully. Great color.