云南英语介绍

China’s Yunnan Province

“Yunnan” this word refers to “the South of Clouds”, it sounds beautiful and it is really a beautiful place. Let me tell you something about this wonderful land.

Yunnan, province in southern China, bordering the countries of Myanmar, Laos, and Vietnam. Yunnan is the eighth largest province in China. This place has beautiful mountains, and rivers and full with many local minority races. Because Yunan is high elevated, comparatively level expanse of land and a plateau, it has a overall warm weather, which is perfectly fit for human. It is close to the sun, therefore the UV level is high, and local people has comparatively darker skin. Culturally diverse and ethnically rich Yunnan is one of China’s most fascinating regions. No place in C hina offers as much diversity, both geographical and cultural as Yunnan! Yunnan is “the Kingdom of Wildlife” “the Kingdom of Animals” “the Kingdom of Plants”and “the Kingdom of Nonferrous Metals” .

According to our Chinese culture, a perfect place should consist of both the waterscape and the mountain. Yunnan’s mountains are also famous, including the Yulong Mountain in Lijing, which was regarded as one of the key scenic spots at state level. The mountains and rivers in Yunnan are both very superb landscape. Besides the landscape here, in my opinion there is another factor making you here, which is the climate in Yunnan. As we all know Kunming is called the Spring City that because it’s always warm as spring. Let me tell you something about Kunming.

Kunming, the capital of Yunnan Province, sits at 6,500 feet above sea level off the northern shore of the Lake Dian ,the province’s largest lake.The altitude makes Kunming pleasantly cool in the summer, sunny and mild in the winter.

Everyone knows the cross-bridge rice noodle ,but don’t know the its story. Once upon a time,there was an scholar living in a islet. Every day his wife sent meals for him across a bridge.One day, his wife mistook to pot the chicken soup with the meat.Unexpected,the rice noodle made in this soup tastes fresh and delicious. From then on, others imitate the way to make rice noodle and call it by a good name of “Mengzi Cross Bridge Rice Noodle”.

Now,let’s go to XiShuangBanNa.Knowned as a huge natural zoo, Xishuangbanna’s rain forest and mon soon jungles provide a habitat for nearly 1000 species of animals,within thick and boundless forests wild elephants and wild oxen rambling about, with peacocks in their pride, gibbons at play, and hornbills whispering. If you get there on Water-splashing Day, congratulations! That means:the more water you are splashed,the luckier you will be.

Let’s go to the next city—Lijiang. Lijiang is a beautiful shining jewel on the Northwest Yunnan Plateau neighboring the southeast side of the Tibetan Plateau which is considered to be the "Roof of the World" . It is impressive because of its scenery and lush vegetation.

Lijiang boasts of breath-taking wonderful sights such as Jade Dragon Snow Mountain and its modern maritime glacier, the only one of its kind in the southern end of the Northern Hemisphere; Tiger Leaping Gorge; the world - famous grand canyon; Lugu Lake, the cultural cradle of the "Matriarchy" of the Yongning Mosuo people in Ninglang.

Lijiang Town is officially called "Dayan Town"-- "Dayan" literally means a "great inkstab", a graphic description of the town’s location on a piece of rich flatland fed by a river and surrounded by green mountains. There is no other town in China like Dayan which incorporates the folkways of so many people and the architectural styles of both north and south China.

The people of Naxi, while developing their land of snow-clad mountains and turbulent rivers since ancient times, have to their credit the "Dong Ba Culture" seen as one of the world wonders, a culture all-embracing while unique.

All these natural sceneries and these cultural treasures of the minority peoples have been continuously drawing tourists from all over the world and have recently vote Lijiang as one of the favorite destinations in China.