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| About YunNan |
Yunnan is situated on a plateau in southwest China formed with the rising of the Himalayas from the ancient sea. "Yunnan" in Chinese means "south of the clouds". Various colors and shapes of the clouds over this plateau give Yunnan its full name "South of the Colorful Clouds". These beautiful rosy clouds always appear in the south, which is thought to be an auspicious sign. Yunnan people, therefore, are proud of living on this blessed land. People like to call Yunnan the province of "perpetual |
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spring". If you do not come to Yunnan yourself, however, you will never know what we mean by "four seasons on one mountain and a changing climate within a small area". Because of its abundant natural resources, Yunnan enjoys the reputation of the "kingdom of flora and fauna", "kingdom of medicinal herbs", "natural garden", "hometown of perfumes", " hometown of animal fossils " and is a popular area for tourism. |
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The Stone Forest is known as "One of Earth's Natural Wonders". All visitors to Kunming from home and abroad never hesitate to come here to admire the unique scenes formed by the stones. The Stone Forest is located in Lunan County, 100 kilometres southeast of Kunming. Covering 400 square kilometres in the Lunan Country, flocks of stones looking as black forests spread around. If you climb to the top of one of the peaks, you can behold thousands of peaks and valleys just like a |
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marvelous vast black forest.Wandering in the Stone Forest is a unique experience .The stone mountains form strange shapes, the peaks are like poems and pictures, like the vertical "Lotus Peak," the majestic "Rhinoceros Admiring the Moon". The curious shaped rocks excite people's imagination. In the depth of the Stone Forest, numerous lakes are like bright mirrors reflecting the rocks and peaks. |
Dali, a historically and culturally famous city of China, is renowned for her historical interest. During the Tang and Song Dynasties, it was the capital of Nanzhao and Dali Kingdoms, the political, economic and cultural centre of Yunnan, an important gateway of cultural exchange and trading with southeastern Asian countries, and an important pass of the ancient "Silk Route of the South". Cangshan Mountain and Erhai Lake are the best scenic spots in Dali,which are reputed as the |
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"Snow-covered Cangshan Mountains and Jade-Green Erhai Lake". The Wind, Flowers, Snows and the Moon make a perfect natural picture that renders this ancient city even more attractive. So, people adorn it as "Switzerland in the East." |
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Situated in the northwest plateau in Yunnan, Lijiang (the Beautiful River) got its name from its position at the middle reaches of the beautiful Jinsha River. Scattered on an area of 7,648 square kilometers, the population is made up of the Naxi, Bai, Lisu, Pumi, Yi,Miao minority groups. Among them, the Naxi people constitute 57% of the total. Affected by the plateau wind from South Asia, Lijiang has two distinctive seasons, the dry and the |
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wet. The temperature range of the four seasons is narrow. The annual mean temperature ranges from12.6 C to 9.9 C. Called Naxi ancient music as ˇ°Chinese classical music live fossilˇ±, the only ˇ°aliveˇ± Dongba glyph in the world, jade-dragon jokulˇall this make Lijiang being the hot tour spot. |
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