Yanyuan County is located on the southeast edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and on the west bank of the lower reaches of the Yalong River, with an area of 8,398 square kilometers and a population of 335,000. The territory has beautiful scenery, rich products, pleasant climate and simple folk customs. Historically, it flourished because of the "Southern Silk Road", but now it is famous for its advantages of salt and iron, beautiful scenery of mountains and rivers and the marriage customs of Mosuo people in Lugu Lake, and is known as the mysterious "daughter country".

The county has 4 1 species of mineral resources such as salt, iron and gold. There are many rare animals here, such as red-crowned cranes, bears and roe deer. Rich in apples, Phnom Penh melon seeds and other famous specialties, it is the largest apple production base in Southwest China. Comrade He Haoju, former chairman of Sichuan Provincial People's Congress, once wrote an inscription for Yanyuan: "The victory of mountains and rivers, according to the view of lakes and seas, has the advantages of salt and iron and the length of trees."

Yanyuan County governs 8 towns and 25 townships 1 Ethnic townships: Yanjing Town, Weicheng Town, Meiyu Town, Wu Bai Town, Shuhe Town, Huangcao Town, Pingchuan Town, Lugu Lake Town, Shuanghe Township, Ganhai Township, Xiahai Township, Mianya Township, Gan Tang Township, maluxiang, Tengqiao Township and Tianwan Township. Yanyuan County has a history of 2 140 years and has been renamed several times. The Han Dynasty called Dingze County; It was called Kunming County in the Tang Dynasty (renamed Xiangcheng County in the Middle Tang Dynasty); In the Song Dynasty, it was called Hetou Store; In the Yuan Dynasty, it was called Baixingfu (later renamed Runyanzhou); In the Ming Dynasty, the seventh year of Yongzheng in Qing Dynasty was named Yanyuan County.

Yanyuan is famous for its "benefits of salt and iron" in ancient and modern times. It is an important commercial corridor of the ancient Southern Silk Road, an important town in the southwest and a famous historical county. Location Yanyuan County is located in the southern margin of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, on the west bank of the lower reaches of Yalong River. Geographical coordinates: east longitude10042' 09 "-10203' 44", north latitude 2706' 31"-2816' 31". It belongs to Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture. Yalong River borders Xichang City, Dechang County and Miyi in the east, Yanbian County in the south, ninglang county in Yunnan Province in the west, and mountains and rivers in Muli Tibetan Autonomous County and Mianning County in the north. It covers an area of 8398.6 square kilometers. The county seat is located in Yanjing Town. [Edit this paragraph] Population Yanyuan County is inhabited by 2/kloc-0 ethnic groups, including Yi, Han, Mongolian, Tibetan, Hui, Naxi, Lisu and Pumi, with a total population of 335,000.