Baoshan Stone Village or Baoshan Stone City is located in the riverside of Jinsha River, hides in the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, with 110 km away from the ancient city of Lijiang. In the Stone City, the tile roofs and roadway aspect can see everywhere. Nakhi (Naxi) people use local resources to polish the stone pillars and house potential, which is filled with ancient natural and wonderful infinite.

Baoshan Stone City is a Village with real natural barrier, with the cliffs surrounding on three sides, and Jinsha River Protecting the fourth side; it is just two stone doors in the north and south available for access.

It was about on five or six centuries in Northern and Southern Dynasties (220—589), Naxi ancestors migrated here. Around the end the Sui Dynasty (581－618) and the early of Tang Dynasty(618-907), there was a team of Mosuo people moved from Ninglang Yongning to Baoshan Stone City. They bulled by the horns and used the locally available stone to built stone steps terraces.

Residents living in the stone village are good at farming; they built their homes in the boulder, build terraced fields and construct water conservancy to plan rice, wheat, corn and so on. When wheat matured in May, and rice yellow at Oct, it is the most beautiful season of Baoshan Stone Village.