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Yunnan is located in Yungui Plateau. The hilly land occupied 93 percent of the area. And the basin only occupied 6 percent. The topography her is complicated. Approximately, the northwestern part is higher than the southern part. The rivers are parts of Jinsha River, Nu River, Nan pan River, Yuan River and Yiluowadi River. It is the moist monsoon climate of tropical highland in subtropical zone. The vertical change is very striking. Yun nan abounds in mineral resources. Mainly, there is tin, zinc, titanium, copper, antimony, and phosphorous.
In Yunnan, there is a lot of natural scene. The places of interest here are Dian Spring, Cang Mountain in Dali, Xishuang banna and so on. The traditional specialties are Dali sculpture, Yun tobacco, Yun tea, Yun medicinal herbs and silver ornament.
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Lake Lugu Lake
Lugu is the home of the Mosuo tribe, a matriarchal and matrilineal society,
in a valley on the border of China's Yunnan and Sichuan provinces. At the
center of their home and cultural identity is a sacred body of water that
they call Mother Lake. Sitting at an elevation of 2,290 meters, Lake Lugu is
a deep pool of pure azure water dotted by a few small, lush islands bearing
Tibetan-style temples, shrines, and one monastery. The men of Lugu are
uncommonly handsome, the women beautiful and exceptionally outgoing. While
this trait is strange for rural China, in a matriarchal society it makes
sense. Around Lugu, women make most major decisions, control household
finances, and pass their surnames on to their children.
But what makes the Mosuo truly unique is one particularly juicy facet of their familial relationships, their practice of zuo hun, or "walking marriage." The Mosuo do not marry - rather, a woman chooses her lovers from among the men of the tribe, taking as many as she pleases over the course of her life. In Mosuo culture, having children with different men bears no social stigma. Children are raised more or less communally, and in most cases grow up in the mother's home, surrounded by any number of sisters, brothers and "uncles." This highly personal practice - rather than their colorful dress and ethnic song-and-dance routines, as official Chinese tourist brochures would have you believe - has made Lake Lugu one of southwest China's most talked-about tourist destinations, infinitely fascinating to Han Chinese tourists and foreign anthropologists alike. This, in turn, has changed the economy of the Mosuo from a herding and farming economy to one of titillation-driven tourism. |
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 Lijiang,
possibly the best preserved old town in China, is one of the last places in
this country where a visitor can witness and experience a historic,
traditional urban culture. Remarkably, the old houses with stone
foundations, plastered whitewashed brick walls, red wooden doors, shutters
and balconies, and sloping tiled roofs, survived a recent earthquake without
much damage, while the new concrete buildings were flattened. Adding to the
charm of the narrow, winding, mostly pedestrian cobblestone streets is a
network of canals. They are fast flowing from the Black Dragon Pool, a nice
park with some interesting temples and a great view of the nearby Jade
Dragon Snow Mountains.
Lijiang is home to the Naxi, a minority matriarcal culture originating from Tibet. The Dongba, Naxi shamans of a religion which is an almalgalm of Tibetan buddhism, Islam, and Taoism, created more than a thousand years ago a writting language consisting of more than 1300 pictographs. It is the only hieroglyphic language still in use. There are interesting foods to try, as well as traditional music to hear. The old town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Lijiang is in Yunnan, 570 km north-west of Kunming. It can be reached by air or road (a couple of hours from Dali, a full day to Jinjiang, the railhead). |
Non-ferrous metals, tobacco and sugar production are in the first places
in China. In agriculture, mainly, there is rice, rape and tobacco.
Sugar-cane, tobacco, tea and tropical crops are in the important places in
our country. The main communication is railway. The highway is important
too.