一篇关于丽江的英语作文
Chinese:丽江市;pinyin:LìjiāngshìreferstoanadministrativedivisioncomprisingofurbanandruralareasinnorthwesternYunnanProvince,PeoplesRepublicofChina.Itspopulationis1,100,000.Thefamous"Lijiangoldtown"asitiscommonlyknownismorecorrectlycalledtheDayanoldtown大研古镇.LijiangCityisafairlylargegeographicalareathatcomprisesonedistricttheoldtowndistrictandfourcounties,includingtheLiijangnewtown,Dayanoldtown,Shuheoldtown束河古镇,Baishaoldtown白沙古镇,andpartsoftheTigerLeapingGorge.TheLijiangoldtownhasahistorygoingbackmorethan800yearsandwasonceaconfluencefortradealongtheoldteahorseroad.TheLijiangoldtownisfamousforitsorderlysystemofwaterwaysandbridges.Ithasbeencalledthe"VeniceoftheEast".TheoldtownofLijiangdiffersfromotherancientChinesecitiesinarchitecture,historyandthecultureofitstraditionalresidentstheNaxipeople,thereforepeopletherearecalled胖金哥and胖金妹maleandfemalerespectively.OnethirdofthetownwasdestroyedbyanearthquakeinFebruary1996.LijiangoldtownincludingDayan,BaishaandShuhewasregisteredontheUNESCOWorldHeritageListinDecember4,1997.Sincethen,thelocalgovernmenthastakenmoreresponsibilityforthedevelopmentandprotectionoftheoldcity.Lijiangstourismalsoboomed,andtravellersfromaroundtheworldfloodedin;althoughmanylocalsfearthatduetomuchofthedevelopment,theoldtownofLijiangwillloseitsappeal.Recently,thegovernmenthasstartedtodevelopadditional"oldcity"sectionsadjacenttothesiteoftheoriginaloldcity.Thisistoaccommodatethelargenumberoftourists,particularlyHanChinese,whowalkthecobblestonestreetscarsarenotallowedintheoldcity,typicallyaspartofpackagetours.Eveningsintheoldcitycanbeparticularlyrowdy,notleastduetothemanyoutdoorbars,whereboisterousgroupsoftouriststryto"outsing"othergroups.