Dashanbao,a wonderland where man dances with the crane

<正>Dashanbao,located in the west of Zhaotong County,Yunnan Province,is 79 kilometers from the urban area.Lying between 3,100m and 3,140m above sea level,its ann...     

Romantic Date with the Mountain （Ⅱ）—Jingpo Wedding

A Jingpo fellow in Xishan Village is marrying.
This means a big celebration for Xishan.a stockadcd village in Mangshi City in Jingpo and Dai Autonomous Prefecture of Dehong.     

“CAPITAL OF SALT”on an Ancient Trade Route

<正>The town of Shiyang,the ancientCapital of Salt,on the beautiful,Southern Silk Road,nestles like a bright pearl set into silk. The town is located in Dayao County,in the southwest of Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture in central Yunnan,where more than ten nationalities have lived for generations,among them the Yi,Hui,Miao,Bai,Dai,and Hani peoples.Shiyang has been famous for salt production since the Han(206 BC—220 AD) and Tang Dynasties(618—907 AD),and it gradually grew to become Yunnan'sCapital of Salt.     

Expansion of Shigatse Airport Slated for October

The 4th Beijing Ethnic Expo and Beijing Ethnic Wine Songs Festival will be held during the Nation,＇d Day Holiday, announced Niu Song, deputy director of the Beijing Ethnic Affairs Commission at a press conference on June 24.     

China-Russia Bond

Thanks to China's successful launching of the Year of Russia, 2006 will surely go down as a milestone in the history of the China-Russia bond. Furthermore, a still-warmer climate will continue to prevail in 2007 when Moscow, in its turn, hosts the Year of China, trying to outshine its next-door neighbor in this regard, as Russian President Vladimir Putin promised in the exchange of new year greetings with his Chinese counterpart, President Hu Jintao.