jiejie,
You have done so much detailed journaling, its incredible. Wish I had read this before my last July trip to Lijiang.
The Jade Dragon Snow Mtn was not out while I was in the park. The lower park at the blue water lakes area was beautiful. I went up to the Spruce Meadows, and found it so-so. Any meadows in Alaska would beat that by miles. We left the park late afternoon when it started pouring rain.
As soon as we arrived back to Lijiang, the sun broke out and voila, the mountain was out. I stopped the driver and hopped out on curbside and shot a whole bunch of pictures.

Nice work. This will benefit a lot of FTers who plan to do Lijiang and beyond.

When I was there, the airport road was under construction (or reconstruction). It was a mess and dusty! Is it finished now?