At the northern foot of Lion Mountain, next to the Shuangshi Bridge, stands the Embedded Snow Tower. Known historically as Qianxue Lou or Guiyi Tang, this structure sits on the sloped grounds of the Net Lotus Temple in Lijiang. Its origins trace back to either 1471 during the Ming Dynasty, or the early nineteenth-century Jiaqing and Daoguang eras of the Qing Dynasty. A Naxi Buddhist poet-monk named Miaoming designed the building. He aligned its rear windows directly with the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain. This orientation created a visual illusion where the wooden frame appears to hold the eternal white peaks, giving the tower its poetic name.

Human hands have repeatedly shaped and rescued this sanctuary. In the late Qing Dynasty, fires from military conflicts reduced the original complex to ashes. In 1876, local builders reconstructed the site, combining traditional Naxi courtyard layouts with classical Han mountain-villa principles. They raised an eleven-meter-wide main hall with a single-eave gable roof, facing east over the cascading gray tiled roofs of Dayan Old Town.

For centuries, the tower served as a refuge for creative minds. The Guixiang Poetry Society and the Snow Society gathered in these courtyards, leaving behind a legacy of brushstrokes and shared tea. In late 2025, the Yuquan Poetry Society established a modern creative base here, continuing this literary lineage.

Today, the site operates as a boutique heritage hotel. Visitors walk along the stone corridors, past ancient heritage trees, to copy Buddhist sutras in the quiet halls or taste local tea. The sensory experience remains unchanged from the descriptions in old local chronicles. The sound of the Jade River murmurs below, the scent of fresh ink fills the air, and the cold mountain wind still sweeps through the open windows, offering a direct connection to the quiet world Miaoming built.