玉龙雪山 @ Lijiang

Located 35km from Lijiang, soaring to 5596m.

Recently, Zhang Yimou directed a folk musical << 印象丽江>> against the natural setting of 玉龙雪山.

The audience will have a full view of the show staged on a round platform at an altitude of 3,100 metres above sea level, most likely the highest theatre in the world. The performance is a window into the local ethnic groups, particularly the Naxi people and their world.

The cast of more than 500 performers are local people of different ethnic groups, coming from 16 villages across Yunnan. When they recited poems and introduced themselves, they spoke Putonghua (Mandarin) with strong accents.

But too bad, I dint get to watch this musical. Watch it if you all have a chance !

The tickets are easily available are the tickets booth @ the old town itself. If I dint remember wrong, the tickets are priced @ RMB179 each. You will need find your own transport (either by public bus or hire a taxi) to bring you to the foot of the mountain. It is not too far from the old town itself.