Jiaozi (Sedan Chair) Snow Mountain (轿子雪山) Private Day Trip

Jiaozi Snow Mountain, located in Yunnan Province, is a breathtaking destination known for its snow-capped peaks, pristine alpine landscapes, and seasonal beauty. Rising over 4,200 meters above sea level, making it one of the tallest peaks in Yunnan. This majestic beauty offers a tapestry of natural wonders that will leave you in awe. From the majestic glaciers and snow-capped peaks to the crystal-clear alpine lakes and cascading waterfalls, this mountain range is a photographer’s dream come true.

The mountain changes moods with the seasons — famed across the country for spectacular ice-bound photo opportunities in the winter, flushed pink and red with blossoms during the spring, green and verdant during the warm and wet summer months, and mysterious and foggy during the autumn.

It is also considered one of the best places in the country to see the sun rise and set, no matter the season. For those looking to hike a mountain in Yunnan, but maybe not one that requires too much technical ability, Jiaozi Mountain and its boardwalk pathways are truly the answer.

The springtime thaw starts in earnest around March, and at this time the slopes of the mountain burst into color as the meadows and forests bloom with spectacular, multi-colored flowers. This is followed by the rainy season, so pack a waterproof jacket and be prepared for periods of thick and ghostly fog. From August to October is the dry season, a time of endlessly temperate, cloud-free days and nights punctuated by gorgeous star-lit skies.

The forests of Jiaozi Snow Mountain are composed of all types of pine and other evergreens, but the azalea trees are the main attraction. There are more than 30 different species, each with its own unique and dazzling flowers. The largest type of azalea on the mountain grows up to 12 meters high and has blossoms ten centimeters wide.

These woods are home to musk deer, long-legged goral, pangolin, pine martens and other medium-sized mammals. The area also contains numerous bird species, including hawks, eagles, and the spectacular Lady Amherst's Pheasant and Crimson-bellied Tragopan.

A paradise for flora and fauna and a glacial wonder

It is home to thousands of rare species of flora and fauna. The national first-class protected plants include Yunnan yew, the second-class protected plants in Yunnan Province include Gaohe cabbage, and the provincial-level protected plants include short-petaled Ruixiang, Yanshu and Luquan Flower and Leaf Chonglou.

The national first-class protected animals include the forest musk deer, and the second-class national key protected animals include impala, Sumatra antelope, otter, green ferret, pangolin, pine sparrowhawk, big bird, snake eagle, collar horn, white-bellied golden pheasant, bar-headed gull, red-bellied horned chicken, red set, etc.

The most admired god in the hearts of the Yi people - the Jiaozi snow mountain

Alpine meadows, waterfalls, Buddha light, sea of clouds and glaciers, superior natural endowments make the sedan chair snow mountain well-known at home and abroad, and in the hearts of the Yi people, the sedan chair snow mountain has a more special status, here is the "holy mountain" in their minds, is the birthplace of the Yi people, but also the sustenance of the spirit and soul. The belief and folk customs that the Yi people have adhered to so far have also endowed the sedan chair snow mountain with a mysterious and strong historical culture, and the stories and legends are definitely worth savoring.

The sedan chair snow mountain, the spiritual sustenance of the Yi people

The sedan chair snow mountain is the "holy mountain" in the minds of the Yi people, which entrusts their faith and soul. According to Zhang Tingen, secretary general of the Yi Association of the two districts of Kunming, in the Yi classic "Guiding the Way", the sedan chair snow mountain is called "Lenibai".

In the "Guiding Path", "Lenibai" (sedan chair snow mountain) is depicted as a paradise with beautiful mountains and rivers, fertile land, beautiful and rich, and is also regarded as the birthplace of the Yi people and the place where the soul of the Yi people belongs.

The Yi people believe that no matter where they are, or in the ancestral temple, or on the road, or in the high mountains, or in the sea of flowers, as long as they chant "Le Ni Bai", it is a kind of formless and tangible, godless and godless, soulless and soulful chant rhyme, which gives the sedan chair snow mountain a mysterious religious and cultural color, and the sedan chair snow mountain is the holy mountain in the minds of the Yi people.

Walking into the sedan chair snow mountain, in these layered, undulating mountains, there are many Yi people, perhaps because the mountains are high and the valleys are deep, and they are less affected by the outside world, and the Yi people living around the sedan chair snow mountain still inherit the most simple and primitive folk customs.

Zhang Tingen introduced to Yun Lujun that there are more than 600 Yi people living in Duonuo Village, Zhuanlong Town, and the buildings here are still mostly traditional tile houses, and the elderly and children in the village communicate in Yi language, just like a "living museum" of Yi culture.

The Yi people living here have an inseparable relationship with the sedan chair snow mountain. Like many ethnic minorities, the Yi people believe that all things have spirits, that every mountain and every tree has life, and that living in harmony with nature is the creed of the Yi people.

The villagers never cut down the trees in the snow mountains of the sedan chair, and they also resolutely put an end to behaviors that damage the ecological environment." Zhang Tingen introduced. In the Jiaozi Snow Mountain, the Yi nationality's thousand-year-old pilgrimage to the holy mountain has never been interrupted, which not only contains the incomparably deep admiration and worship of the Jiaozi Snow Mountain, but also contains the awe of the mountains and rivers.