Mural at the Entrance of the Wangu Pavilion 万古楼
At the very top of Lion Hill at Lijiang Ancient Town is the Wangu Pavilion. This is one of the more well known structures here in Lijiang. It is funny to realize that out of the many similar looking structures here in the ancient city, there exists a few which which are more special and the Wangu Pavilion is just one of them. It is not difficult to think why the Wangu Pavilion is so special. Its location is already a giveaway to its importance. Its location above Lijiang Ancient Town gives it a commanding view of the the entire town.
Blurry Photo of the Ten Thousandth Dragon at Wangu Pavilion 万古楼
As it turns out, the Wangu Pavilion turns out to be a very new structure, although it didn’t look like it. The pavilion is five stories high sporting Qing architecture. The walls of the pavilion are carved with numerous dragons – 9999 in total. The final one is underneath the roof, you can see it the moment you enter the pavilion. This gives it a total of 10000 dragons giving rise to its name Wangu which means Ten Thousand Old. So, essentially, this is a viewing platform, time to go up!
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