Lushui City
Lushui City Overview
Chinese Name: 泸水市 English IPA: Lushui Location: South of Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture, East to the Biluo Snow Mountain, Population (city): 178，758 Language: Southwestern Mandarin, Lisu Dialect Zip code: Tel code: Time zone:
Lushui City, the capital of Nujang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture, is located in west of Yunnan Province. It is an essential part of world natural heritage, ‘Three Parallel Rivers’. It has an area of 3203.04 square kilometers, a total population of 0.155 million. Except for the natural landscape, Pianma in Lushui City has a glorious history by fighting bravely in anti-British war. It is a ideal place for you to discover.
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Natural landscape: Nujinag enjoys the magnificent natural scenery which recollects people’s reverence of nature, such as Wala Yaku Scenic Area in Lushui City, Tingming Lake and Bajiao River Scenic Area in Lushui City, Nujiang.
Minority culture: as the only one Lisu Autonomous Prefecture of China, Nujiang provides not only the primitive and complete Lisu culture, but also the indigenous Dulong and Nu ethnic groups. Lushui provides many ethnic villages, such as Luobenzhuo Bai Ethnic Town in Lushui City and Luzu Village of Luzhang Town in Lushui City, Nujiang.
History sites: Pianma played an essential role in the anti-British and other wars. Travelers can overview in Pianma Anti-British Monument and Museum and The Hump Airline Memorial Hall.
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Lushui City Attractions
Lushui is the integration of significant landscape in Nujiang River and the diverse culture of indigenous ethnic groups. Travelers can enjoy the leisurely life pace in the ethnic villages. There are also natural scenic spots like Nujiang River and Nujiang Grand Canyon. Otherwise, local ethnic villages can show you the profile of life of ethnic groups. In addition, the history sites should be put into your travel, such as the Pianma Anti-British Monument and Museum and The Hump Airline Memorial Hall. We also suggest travelers take part [...]
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Lushui City Tours
Yunnan Exploration elaborately arranges some tour packages of Lushui City for travelers, which covers main attractions and unique landscape like Nujiang Grand Canyon as well as other top destinations in Yunnan. Most of the tours lasts over 10 days because there are so many places which is worthy to visit, such as Dali and Lijiang. We have tour packages like 6 Days Nujiang Grand Canyon Adventure with Bingzhongluo Hiking Tour, 20 Days Yunnan Three Parallel Rivers Adventure Trekking Tour and [...]
Climate & When to Go
Lushui enjoys the Indian tropical monsoon climate. The climate in Lushui is mainly affected by the tropical monsoon, dry and wet clearly. It is also influenced by the complex topography and atmospheric circulation. Climate differs a lot because of the regions. The topographic climate, local climate and local microclimate are very prominent. There are three climatic zones from the Nujiang Valley to the top of the mountain: subtropical zone, temperate zone and cold zone. They have a typical vertical climate zone spectrum. The climate of [...]
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Transportation
The transportation center of Lushui county is the Liuku town. Liuku is a famous ancient town in Yunnan province. Liuku Town is situated at Lushui County and it is the first town of Nujiang Grand Canyon in Nujiang Prefecture. Liuku Town is closed to Biluo Snow Mountain in the east, Myanmar in the west, Shangjiang Town and Laowo Town of Lushui County in the south, Daxingdi Town and Luzhang Town in the north. Liuku is the cultural, political and economy [...]
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Festivals and Activities
Lushui county is inhabited by minorities of Lisu, Nu, Pumi, Dulong, Bai, Tibetan, Yi, Naxi, Dai, Hui, Jingpo, Lisu as the dominant ethnic group accounts for about 55% of the total population, resulting in a large inhabited by ethnic minorities. Yunnan Exploration offers the featured festivals for you. They shouldn't be missed. Kaquewa Festival(New Year Festival) of Dulong People 卡雀哇节 Kaquewa Festival is the only New Year Festival of Dulong people. It is held during the 11th and 12th lunar months, there is no [...]
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Travel Tips
Where to Stay Xianggela Grand Hotel(香格拉大酒店) Address: Southern Xiangyang Road 8, Lushui County, Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture Huatian Grand Hotel(华天大酒店) Address: Huatian Shopping Mall, Lushui County, Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture Nujiang Jinmeng Grand Hotel(怒江锦盟大酒店) Address: Renmin Road 90, Lushui County, Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture What to Visit Lushui county is a charming city with green hills and clear water, its tourism resources are unique and various. Within the territory, there are over 10 scenic plots. Pianma Anti-British Monument Museum 片马人民抗英胜利纪念馆 The Hump Airline Memorial Hall 怒江驼峰航线纪念馆 Qingshan Park(青山公园) Nu River Grand Canyon(怒江大峡谷) Hexie Town(和谐塔) Lingshan Temple(灵山寺) Zhuentang(主恩堂) Useful [...]
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Useful Maps
To help you have a better understanding about Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture, and plan a Nujiang tour easily, Yunnan Exploration offers some very useful Nujiang tourist maps, including Nujiang location maps, region maps, Nujiang attractions mas, maps of scenic spots around Nujiang, which may be helpful in your Nujiang travel. [...]
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Lushui City Accommodation
Lushui is the capital of Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture, which enjoys the best hotels of Nujiang. There is no luxury hotels, but the comfortable hotels. English Name Chinese Name Address Telephone Number Comment Shengshi Hongbang Hotel of Lushui City 泸水晟世红邦大酒店 No. 1 Nujiang Commercial Plaza, Renmin Road of Liuku in Lushui City 0886-6666666 Located in the commercial center of Liuku, hotel is a garden hotel, with lodging, dinning, shopping and entertainment. It also provides the complete facilities. Nujiang Hotel of Lushui City 泸水怒江大酒店 No.1 Northern Tongxing Road, Nujiang Avenue, Xincheng District, Liuku Town, [...]
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