Rainwater samples were colleted from Lijiang City, China, in 23 May-2 July, 2006. Rainwater chemical compositions and sources were studied, using HYSPLIT model, ions tracer techniques, correlation and trend analysis. Total ionic concentration was dominated by SO4(2-) and Ca2+, which account for 65.5% and 15.6% respectively. Sort order of ions concentration is SO4(2-) > Ca2+ > Cl(-) > NO3(-) > Na+ > K+ > Mg2+. Total anions concentration is higher than total cations concentration in 13 rainwater events. The ratio of SO4(2-) to NO3(-) varies from 7.2 to 37.1 and average value is 15.7, it reflected SO4(2-) made great contribution to rainwater acidity in Lijiang City. The correlation among ions is significant due to the atmospheric chemical process and similar ionic sources, and correlation coefficient between SO4(2-) and NO3(-) is 0.74. And what's more, the negative correlation of ionic concentration, precipitation and the average wind speed is also outstanding. The source of NO3(-), SO4(2-), K+ and Ca2+ is mainly land dust, and the non-marine source percent of NO3(-), SO4(2-), K+, Ca2+, Mg2+ and Cl(-) is 100%, 98.8%, 96%, 99.3%, 46.7% and 50.3%, respectively. The main reason of atmospheric environmental variation in Lijing City is pollution caused by economic actions. The pollutants from surrounding industrial parks input into Lijiang City by local circulation, and from industrial regions of Southern Asia, Southeastern Asia and Southeastern China input into Lijiang City by monsoonal circulation.