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...     

Highland Beauty： the wetland of Lugu Lake

<正>Lugu Lake lies in a mountainous area between Yongning Village in the north of Ninglang County in Yunnan and Yanyuan County in Sichuan.     

“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.     

Fire and Ethnic Minorities in Yunnan

Fire, to the ancients, was a mysterious and unpredictable substance. appearing and vanishing without trace, scarlet in hue, dazzling and amazing, holy and divine, Fire-worshipping rituals have been passed down to this very day among many ethnic minorities in Yunnan Province. They cherish .special deep feelings for this element, feelings manifested in the joyous ioreh festival of the Yi people,