一篇关于丽江的英语作文

(Chinese:丽江市;pinyin:Lìjiāngshì)referstoanadministrativedivisioncomprisingofurbanandruralareasinnorthwesternYunnanProvince,People'sRepublicofChina.Itspopulationis1,100,000.ThefamousLijiangoldtown(asitiscommonlyknown)ismorecorrectlycalledtheDayanoldtown(大研古镇).

LijiangCityisafairlylargegeographicalareathatcomprisesonedistrict(theoldtowndistrict)andfourcounties,includingtheLiijangnewtown,Dayanoldtown,Shuheoldtown(束河古镇),Baishaoldtown(白沙古镇),andpartsoftheTigerLeapingGorge.

TheLijiangoldtownhasahistorygoingbackmorethan800yearsandwasonceaconfluencefortradealongtheoldteahorseroad.TheLijiangoldtownisfamousforitsorderlysystemofwaterwaysandbridges.IthasbeencalledtheVeniceoftheEast.

TheoldtownofLijiangdiffersfromotherancientChinesecitiesinarchitecture,historyandthecultureofitstraditionalresidentstheNaxipeople,thereforepeopletherearecalled胖金哥and胖金妹(maleandfemalerespectively).

OnethirdofthetownwasdestroyedbyanearthquakeinFebruary1996.

Lijiangoldtown(includingDayan,BaishaandShuhe)wasregisteredontheUNESCOWorldHeritageListinDecember4,1997.Sincethen,thelocalgovernmenthastakenmoreresponsibilityforthedevelopmentandprotectionoftheoldcity.Lijiang'stourismalsoboomed,andtravellersfromaroundtheworldfloodedin;althoughmanylocalsfearthatduetomuchofthedevelopment,theoldtownofLijiangwillloseitsappeal.

Recently,thegovernmenthasstartedtodevelopadditionaloldcitysectionsadjacenttothesiteoftheoriginaloldcity.Thisistoaccommodatethelargenumberoftourists,particularlyHanChinese,whowalkthecobblestonestreets(carsarenotallowedintheoldcity),typicallyaspartofpackagetours.Eveningsintheoldcitycanbeparticularlyrowdy,notleastduetothemanyoutdoorbars,whereboisterousgroupsoftouriststrytooutsingothergroups.