Ascent over Black Dragon Park

Black Dragon Park, located about a kilometer north of the historic center, consists of several lakes and bridges between them. However, the center is a nice pagoda-like temple on a mini island. A look at it and the Jade Dragon games in the background is simply a local classic.

The whole area of the park is quite large and as if made for a long love with panoramas. The waters of the ponds are full of multicolored fish and you will also see a lot of women in traditional costumes of the Naxi people, so different in appearance from the majority Chinese nationality Chan.

Another important building in the park area is the Yufeng Temple adjacent to the hill, where it pays to go for a walk on the „endless“ stairs.

In a few minutes you have a very nice view of the whole park and the modern part of Lijiang. The forested mountains on the western horizon are only about three thousand meters above sea level

From the Black Dragon Park, several sidewalks lead up to the adjacent hills. You can go directly to the higher Elephant Hill (2,690 m above sea level) or a longer way through a side peak (2,660 m above sea level). Count on almost 300 meters of stairs, so it is no longer a completely difficult difficulty.

Lijiang lies in a vast alpine valley stretching many kilometers north to the Jade Dragon Mountains. When viewed from Lijiang, it seems that this mountain range has perhaps only one distinctive peak, but it is only an optical illusion. Apart from the Černý Drák pond, another significantly larger water area can be seen.

You are finally at the top of Elephant Hill. There is a lookout tower in the form of a small pagoda. There are already significantly fewer tourists compared to the park.

The view of the highest mountain of the Jade Dragon – Shanzidou mountain range (5,596 m above sea level) is great

From the viewpoint there is also a very nice view of the whole park complex.