Dabaoji Palace (Baisha Murals)---Yufeng Monastery (10-Thousand-Flower Camellia)

The Mu Clan Headman ruled Lijiang and managed to stabilize his political power in the late Ming Dynasty which brought forth prosperity of the local economy. In the mean time, constructions were unfolded to build the royal palaces and monasteries. Among the survived ancient architectural groups at Baisha Village of Lijiang, the Dabaoji Palace and Glazed Palace were built during Headman Muwang's reign. The Dabaoji Village is consisted of 3 courtyards, each of which is flanked with buildings supported with thick wooden columns and magnificent upturned eaves, clearly depicting the architectural styles of the Ming Dynasty of ancient China.

The Baisha Murals are listed for focused protection at the provincial level. The murals were successively painted in 300 years starting in the early Ming and ending in the Qing Dynasties. The Murals had incorporated the Han, Tibetan and Naxi cultures, and depicted religious stories of the Tibetan Buddhism and Taoism. All the murals were delicately designed, and all the figures showed true-to-life forms which were painted with elegant and colorful touches. Such murals are praised as the refined, multi-religion masterpieces as well as the rare treasures of the ancient times.

One of the 7 major monasteries of Lijiang, the Yufeng Monastery located in the north of Lijiang Town was planted with a camellia tree which is praised to be the "First Tree Under Heaven" and the "King of the World's Camellias". This is the world-famous Ten-Thousand-Flower Camellia. Planted during the reign of Emperor Chenghua of the Ming Dynasty, the camellia tree measures 3 meters in height and 30 centimeters in tree-trunk diameter. The tree is the witness of the vicissitudes of over 500 years. Every year at the Beginning of Spring, about 10 thousand scarlet camellia flowers bloom amongst the verdure leaves. Each of the flowers would be the size of a 10-inch plate, and would keep in full bloom for 100 days. Two gigantic roots of the tree interweave into the shape of a silk-tree flower, thus showing a most magnificent form. What is more remarkable, the flowers bloom from the same tree show diversified colors and unequal number of petals. When in full bloom, the camellia tree resembles the brilliant morning sunglow or burning flames when looked from afar. Therefore, the tree well deserves its name "King of the Camellia Trees".