Guizhou, Nature’s Dreamscape

GUIZHOU Province has long suffered from a regional inferiority complex. A plateau in China’s southwest, the province has Sichuan and its world-famous pandas to the north; Yunnan, whose spectacular towns include Shangri-La (Zhongdian), to the west, and Hunan Province, home of much Communist Party lore, to the east.     

Shangri-La:An Earthly Utopia

AT the end of last year, the name of ZhongdianCounty, capital of Deqen TibetanAutonomous Prefecture in southwesternChina's Yunnan Province, was changed toShangri-La County. After nearly nine months ofresearch, specialists and scholars now conclude thatZhongdian is indeed the Shangri-La of the 1933novel Lost Horizon by James Hilton.     

Realizing A Dream

正Selfless giving from a Tibetan man changes the lives of his fellow villagersSitting in his traditionally styled three-story Tibetan home and drinking butter tea,Pema Dhundrup,82,eyes the asphalt road in front of his house in Shuizhuang village,a Tibetan settlement in Shangri-La County of southwest China’s yunnan Province."It is this road that leads us out of the mountains to live a happy life,"he said.     

Natural Beauty on the Roof of Yunnan Zhongdian-Deqin Plateau

Yunnan is one of China's most beautiful and fascinating provinces. Home to many colourful ethnic groups it is an ideal tourist destination. However many of its finest locations are isolated because of physical geography. To overcome this problem considerable investment has been put into building airports. Recently one opened at Zhongdian, a possible Shangri-La high on the remote Deqin Plateau close to Tibet. This has created exciting travel opportunities with a new air route being developed from Chengdu and     

Shangri-La Hotel Jinan To Open in 2015

<正>Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts to open third hotel in Shandong Province, China Shangri-La Asia Ltd. announced on September 29 it would open a Shangri-La hotel by 2015 in Jinan, the capital of Shandong Province in east China. As the third hotel of Shangri-La Hotels and     

Seventy Years Later, James Hilton＇s Shangri-la Rediscovered

WHEN the Beijing Olympic torch relay passed through Shangrila （Zhongdian） County in June, seat of Yunnan＇s Deqen Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture and the likely inspiration for James Hilton＇s book tatso, China＇s first national park on the mainland. The park was the brainchild of - Kyhigyala, secretary of the Communist Party of China （CPC） Deqen Prefectural Committee, who proposed establishing the nature preserve in Shangrila three years ago, and today the park＇s pristine beauty compares favorably with Hilton＇s mythic Shangrila, an imaginary kingdom where no one grows old.     

Diqing -Plateau Wonderland

DEEP in the snowy mountains of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, legend recalls, is a blessed valley in the shape of an eight-petal lotus. Spectacular snowcapped mountains, steep gorges and alpine meadows sprinkled with wildflowers are found here. It is Shangri-La in Yunnan Province＇s Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.     

Diqing – Plateau Wonderlan

正DEEP in the snowy mountains of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau,legend recalls,is a blessed valley in the shape of an eight-petal lotus.Spectacular snowcapped mountains,steep gorges and alpine meadows sprinkled with wildflowers are found here.It is Shangri-La in Yunnan Province’s Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.     

Shangri-La Hotel,Hohhot

正Shangri-La Hotel,Hohhot now invites guests to indulge in the luxury of a holiday retreat with the hotel's specially created Grassland Experience Package.The three-day,twonight or four-day,three-night packages are available from 11,800 yuan for two people     

Seventy Years Later, James Hilton’s Shangri-la Rediscovered

WHEN the Beijing Olympic torch relay passed through Shangrila (Zhongdian) County in June, seat of Yunnan’s Deqen Tibetan Auton-omous Prefecture and the likely inspiration for James Hilton’s book Lost Horizon, it began its second leg with a lighting ceremony at Po-tatso, China’s fi rst national park on the mainland. The park was the brainchild of Kyhigyala, secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Deqen Prefectural Committee, who proposed establishing the nature preserve in Shangrila three years ago, and today the park’s pristine beauty compares favorably with Hilton’s mythic Shangrila, an imaginary kingdom where no one grows old.     

HEADING FOR NEW HOME

Herders from Shuanghu County,Nagchu City,Tibet Autonomous Region in southwest China,are on a migration trip on December 23,2019.A total of 2,900 residents from three villages of Shuanghu have recently left their villages at an average altitude of 5,000 meters above the sea level and traveled nearly 1,000km to resettle in Konggar County,Shannan City,which is at a relatively low altitude.Their new homes are located on the southern bank of the Yarlung Zangbo River in south Tibet.     

Love and Health to Shangri-La

<正>At nine o’clock, May 16, Shangri-La People’s Hopital, a group of people waited outside the consulting room to see the doctor. Some lived in the Shangri-La co...     

A Typical Ethnic Dong Drum Tower

Here we are in Mapang Village in Sanjiang Dong Autonomous County under the jurisdiction of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, southwest China, Under a gorgeous blue sky, silhouetted against rolling, lush-green mountains, we are greeted by a typical ethnic Dong drum tower.     

香格里拉第一村（英文）

<正>Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan Province boasts magnificent snow-capped mountain ranges,glaciers and"Three Parallel Rivers".Here,with some of the most breathtaking and fascinating scenery on Earth,the industrious Diqing people live in peace.A mysterious and profound mix of cultures,primitive simplicity and modernity are in perfect harmony,adding charm to the prefecture.Shangri-La,also known as"land of idyllic beauty,"     

郎木寺晒佛节（英文）

<正>Langmu Temple is situated in a small town at the juncture of Zoige County,Sichuan Province,and Luqu County,Gannan Tibetan Prefecture,Gansu Province.A creek named White Dragon River flows through the town,with a width of less than 2 meters.The river cuts through the town,splitting it in half.On the northern side that belongs to Gansu Province are the Saichi Temple,the Buddha Show Platform,the white     

The Past Preserved

<正>With a history of several thousand years,central China's Hunan Province boasts a large number of cultural relics.The Hunan Provincial Museum in the provincial capital of Changsha alone houses more than 180,000 ancient artifacts.According to Yu Yanjiao,a researcher with the museum,there are four"must-knows"about Hunan's cultural heritage.Birthplace of rice Hunan's climate and soil are eminently suitable for the growth of rice.In 1995,four rice kernels dating back over 10,000 years were discovered in the archaeological site of Yuchanyan in Daoxian County,Yongzhou,which indicates that wild rice has been grown in the region since ancient times.Archaeological discoveries indicate that there are multiple locations in which wild rice used to be grown in Hunan.In 1988,a large quantity of rice husks mixed in with broken pottery pieces were found in the Pengtoushan Site in Lixian County,Changde City.These rice husks were identified to date back 9,000 years.     

Destroying The Dragon Kilns

A television documentary and better transportation have brought illegal treasure hunters to Minqing County with devastating results for the region's ancient kilns In Yiyou Village,Minqing County in south China's Fujian Province ancient ceramic bowls,kettles and cups fitter the ground.The ancient treasures are relics from the Song and Yuan dynasties and date back almost a thousand years.     

池哥昼（英文）

<正>The Baima Tibetans are a subgroup of Tibetans living in Pingwu County,Jiuzhaigou County of Sichuan Province and Tielou Village bordering on Baima River,Wenxian County of Longnan City,Gansu Province,with a total population of 14,000.Every year,from the 13 th to the 16th day of the first lunar month,Baima people perform a traditional folk dance called Chigezhou,an appeal for auspiciousness     

Birthplace of the Chinese Circus

ACROBATIC arts have a very long history in China and they are also the root of the Chinese circus tradition which counts as a precious cultural heritage. Several places in China are renowned for acrobatics, and among them are Liaocheng of Shandong Province, Yancheng of Jiangsu Province, and Tianmen of Hubei Province. In Wuqiao County in Hebei Province however, it looks like acrobatics may be the only game in this town of 280,000. Fully 10 percent of its small population is engaged in acrobatic-related work.     

Coming ome ——My Experience in Zhangjiachuan

<正>Zhangjiachuan Hui Autonomous County is in Tianshui, located in the southeast of Gansu Province and has a population of 320 thousand,207 thousand of which are...