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PAGE PAGE 1 2011-2011年第二学期 《商务英语写作》科目考查卷 专业： 班级： 任课教师： 姓名： 学号： 成 绩： The Old Town of Lijiang The Old Town of Lijiang is also called as Dayan Old Town, which is located in Yunnan province, Lijiang city. The old town of Lijiang is also known as one of the most well-preserved four big old towns. They are Sichuan LangZhong、shanxi Pingyao、 Anhui shexian and Yunnan Lijiang. The Old Town of Lijiang is one of the two old towns which do not have the city wall because of some history reasons. It is an intact ancient city inhabited mostly by Naxi ethnic people and covers an area of 3.2 square kilometers. Geography location: The Old Town of Lijiang is on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, with an altitude of 2400 meters. The whole town covers an area of 3.2 square kilometers. Nowadays, the inhabitants are about 6200 households, 25000people. The majority people are the Naxi ethnic people. The Old Town of Lijiang is surrounded by Lion Mountain in the west and by Elephant and Golden Row Mountains in the north. These mountains in the northwest shelter it from the cold wind. In the southeast, there are fertile fields, which are dozens of kilometers long. The city is favored with plentiful sunlight, an east wind and clear spring water which flows in three streams and reaches every family. Their houses’ structure is built by wood. The streets are paved with the local stone slabs, which do not get muddy in the rainy season and are free of dust in the dry season. Many stone bridges and arches in the city were built during the Ming and Qing dynasties. Orderly roads and lanes extend to four directions from the central square. Residential houses most have a screen wall in front and some have a quadruple courtyard. Local people plant flowers in their courtyards. The Old Town of Lijiang has a long historical standing, simple and natural. The city layout is well-arranged. Lijiang habitants have absorbed the national essence of Han、Bai、Yi、and Zhang and combine with the Naxi nationality