Shangri-La of Yunnan Tour

Shangri-La, is a mid-Tibetan, meaning "heart of the sun and the moon." "Shangri-La", the beautiful and touching but distant, unfamiliar names, this "paradise" and "Garden of Eden," a synonym, like a great suspense, full half a century to follow the human. When the Yunnan Province in September 1997, solemnly announced that, after nearly a year to dozens of experts and scholars of the inspection, survey and information on police evidence, confirmed that "Shangri-La" in the Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Region, Yunnan, China, the world was shocked. Since then, the Shangri-La has become a timeless, peaceful, quiet symbol.

Shangri-La known as "mountain garden", "Animal Kingdom", "non-ferrous metal kingdom" of the name. Shangri-La scenic stretch of peaks, has a unique Meili Snow Mountain; the highest peak in Yunnan Kawagebo peak; deep canyon aspect, the most famous Jinsha River Tiger Leaping Gorge, the Lancang River Canyon Grand Canyon; again by the vast alpine grassland pastures La Prairie, luxuriant forests and dotted with alpine lakes, the magic of the natural landscape Diqing steep but quiet scenery. Living Shangri-La Tibetan, Lisu, Han, Naxi, Yi, Bai, Hui and other 13 other kinds of people, their unity and harmony in the lifestyle, dress, marriage customs and rituals, and residential buildings in traditional practices, have maintained the characteristics of the nation, the formation of the nation's unique style.

Shangri-La is a sacred clean land, where your body feel the hard, your eyes enjoy the feast, your soul has been washed...

The Mysterious Naxi Dongba Pictograph of Yunnan Tour

Naxi Dongba pictograph Pictograph known. Dongba hieroglyphs,Dongba, Dongba painting, Dongba music, dance and other comprehensive form Dongba Naxi Dongba Culture brilliant.

Dongba culture as the most important part of the hieroglyphs, known as the world's only "live" hieroglyphs, it is both ancient texton human origins, development, applied research of high academic value, but also in painting Art has a high aesthetic value.It created a wide variety of shaped symbol, ideograph, notes.Dongba legend began created characters, the "handDeer sent bamboo pen, bathed Bluebird brings inspiration, the face of rough bark, with the nascent intelligence and watch KuixingPark song trend. Munia police trace the signs of turtle, and the gathering the U.S. public, combined into words. "

Naxi Dongba were whittled bamboo bamboo pen, with ink made ​​from pine smoke and glue to write the classics. Whether it is the dragon fly, crane dancing or angry bison, Mercedes-Benz horse,vigorous hunter, the leopard has a vigorous fluent lines. On the use of bold in the expression of exaggerated and generalized way, the pursuit of the momentum of the vivid, the details of realimprovement. After writing the book with a wood fiber paper ismanufactured, was ivory, the course of time, easy to becomebronze. Bayeux by the form of beautiful lines, shapes, beautifulcolors, dynamic performance and characteristics of the intake formDongba Art features the image of the text, giving a moon andmountains Full of prehistoric birds, fish and insects of the Pacificthe beauty of feelings.

The Unique Architecture of Yunnan Tour

Northwestern Yunnan Naxi, Bai's houses, retaining the traditional Chinese architecture remains charming. Houses here are mostly civil or brick (stone) wood, white walls and gray tiles, as elegant as the local landscape. The Lugu Lake Moso people Muleng Fang, places the entire root stacking logs into the wall, split into blocks with a tree board roofs. Along the western and southwestern Yunnan, the Dai, Jingpo, Va, De'ang, Jino, Lahu of houses are bamboo, wood, grass and other materials to build a wooden house, reveals a sort of elegance in simplicity, gives particularly elegant feeling.

These houses have their own characteristics to adapt to various ethnic groups in Yunnan natural environment, culture, customs and show the wisdom, they are two kinds of architectural forms from the ancient - nesting and burrowing evolved. The so-called nest, nesting like a bird that lived in the same height; so-called cave, like the animals that live in caves, like holes.

Nest beast can not attack, this form of continuous development, the development into the current southern Yunnan Dai, Blang and other ethnic bamboo house construction. This mostly two-story bamboo house, upstairs to live in, downstairs raising livestock, ventilation, very adaptable tropical and subtropical climatic conditions. Bamboo house shape is also different. Dai-style scenery and elegant, the Wa-style rounded plain, keno, Lahu of the "big house" is the world living together with the Han few residential structure similar to Hani's house because of the shape of mushrooms and mushroom named. Mushroom house with adobe build a wall, thatched roof, the round for the United States, just like the shape of smoke mushroom soil.

In addition, the towers of Yunnan Tibetan, Buyi stone house, also have their own characteristics, different styles.

The Water-Sprinkling Festival Tour of Yunnan

In fact, as the Dai Water Festival New Year, is the most ceremonious traditional festival in Xishuangbanna, one of the general mid-April in the Dai Li (about ten days before the Lunar Tomb Sweeping Festival) held for three to four days. In the Gregorian calendar April 13 to 15 three days.

Dai Water Sprinkling Festival, also known as "Buddha Day", Achang, Deang, Brown, Wa and other ethnic over the holidays. Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, Laos and other countries over Songkran. Water Festival from India, with Buddhist influence in the region to deepen Dai, Songkran has become a national custom handed down, has been for hundreds of years. To the festival, Dai men and women wear their holiday best, and women will each pick a load of water for the Buddha welcome home, plead for Buddha Spirit bless. "Buddha" is completed, people started splashing each other, said the blessing, hope washed away with holy water, disease and disaster, in exchange for good and happy life. Collective splashing water on each other began. Groups of young men and women in a variety of containers filled with water, pouring the streets, chase play, telling everyone poured. "Spray release, Dai mad", "throwing a wet, happy life!" A symbol of good fortune, happiness, health, water droplets in the air of a blossoming in full bloom, enjoy throwing people enjoy sprinkling, laughter Lang Lang, wet, high spirits Mi. At night, the village can hear the drums, people indulge in singing and dancing, great excitement. During the festival, in addition to a dragon boat race, soaring up, up lanterns, splashing water, packet loss and other traditional recreational activities, as well as fighting cocks, balloons, garden get-together, the exchange of goods and other new activities. Yunnan Nationalities Village, Dai, Wa men and women are wearing costumes and visitors together to celebrate Songkran.

Dai Water-splashing Festival is prestigious; addition, Miao Huashan Festival (Lunar New Year January 3), activities include: antiphonal singing, dancing Lusheng dance, pole climbing flowers; Yi Torch Festival Every year on June 24 to 25 people in the Stone Forest, Chuxiong, Dali held in the ignition, wrestling, bullfighting, dancing and flower festivals and events; hit song festival in the eighth lunar month, all to big Yao, Shuangjiang inserted in the azalea collection Department, young men and women dressed jump "left foot dance."

The Custom Tour of Minorities in Yunnan

Dai costumes
Xishuangbanna Dai on white women, Cardinal breasted sleeveless straps tight underwear, tight sleeves round neck Waichuan dajin or tight-fitting jacket buttons down the front. Lower body is wrapped in a simple black or color systems long skirt, decorated with a single piece together two pieces of cloth will become down through the "barrel" shape, Kuanyu part of the fold to the waist, fastened with a silver belt. This system skirt at the hip compared to the skin, while the legs swing freely at the relaxed, without prejudice to the walk, which will help air through the heat and frequent washing. Both young and old, regardless of hair style hair into a bun dish, decorated with comb and Bob, or the fragrance of flowers, bright silk flower. Like when they go out from the woven tube Pa Kua, support the traditional flat bone umbrella.

Men's round neck long-sleeved dress shirt is white breasted, wearing a light cyan or white, red header, and decorated with colored thread at the end, hanging on the ear. People in border areas of Myanmar affected by the neighboring countries, men have to wear down through the skirt, but not a belt, but the pull towards the ventral part of the Kuanyu before binding, commonly known as "cage base."

Naxi costumes
Lijiang County, Tennessee area research on women to wear sleeved Bupao dajin, stroke cuff to the elbow, plus a purple or dark blue waistcoat; under the trousers, tied at the waist with a black, white and blue color cloth sewn apron, on play pleats, set under blue broad-brimmed; back Phi "seven sheep" sheepskin upper seam has two long white band, Phi take over from the shoulder, chest, staggered and tied in the back later. Zhongdian County, along the white women, wearing a gown buttons down the front, then tied pleated skirt, wool ribbons around his waist, wearing black boots cloud head, back white hair draped suede, braided hair braid plate, keep antiquity. Ninglang Yongning area Moso women, wearing a cloth large header, wearing dajin Xiaogua, long lines can be and to pleated skirts, ribbon tied at the waist, nice.

Naxi unmarried girls love hair braids at the waist, or wear a veil, a hat. Young women's clothing and more emphasis on bright colors, bright colors, middle-aged women clothing colors is to use more green, black and other colors of fabrics, it is dignified elegance. Women also like to wear earrings, rings, silver or jade bracelets and gold, silver necklaces and other ornaments.

The Romantic Dali Ancient Town Tour 2

Small carriage to go well in black on the red gravel road, over a five-Ma, as if through time and space to 300 years ago, back to that walk through merchants, caravan bells, cries after another of the salt. Kuroi this palm-size town, and has been hidden in numerous underground salt mine, all among the most prosperous trading center in Yunnan. But back to reality in black Well, the old scenery has long gone. Tourism has become another one of local scenery, and more sharp.
 
Well there is another beautiful black and the name of "smoke river." Local people said, well before the black day cooking salt, always floating above the town of boiled salt produced gas, the smoke to the fields, roadside ditch landing, lingering, they formed a river of smoke, it was called Yanxi. Black Creek was smoke in the wells, salt, cooking gas due to this, a small town, "frost-free seasons, spring and summer without mosquitoes."
 
Because there is a river within the town around the village, renamed "along the river," after taking "and the people who shun" in Italy, elegant into rolls. Block a temple, shrine, ancient Ming and Qing sparsely yo around a small piece of Bazi. There was a caravan city, the ancient "Southwest Silk Road" must pass through, a variety of foreign cultures in this blend, is also the hometown of famous expatriates. However, after these rings, rolls remained ancient Ming and Qing style has not changed. Within the town still retain traditional culture and architecture, Ming and Qing Dynasties shrine, the Church, etc. all over town town, just like the legendary paradise.
 
Today's rolls still quiet life, not contaminated with modern. Egrets glide in green farmland, the villagers under the banyan singing leisurely chat, waterside pavilion peasant woman in the laundry Huan Yi, school of idyllic small town atmosphere people great joy.
 
Six more than a century, the Central Plains culture mainstream rolls, eclectic, rolls through dozens of generations of hard work, creating a brilliant history and splendid culture, fostered a number of cultural celebrities, rich merchants. Retained under a lot of high artistic value of ancient culture and residential buildings. 2005 CCTV Chinese town charm with a unique selection of six rolls charm - for the first town in South Asia; resort surrounded by volcanoes; South Asian culture, Chinese culture and Western cultures of the window; large caravan to the emerald pack town; Southwest Silk Road's largest hometown; six thousand people live in harmony town area - conquered by the national jury of leading experts of the top ten finalists and was awarded the town a unique charm of the Year Award.

The Romantic Dali Ancient Town Tour

Romantic - Dali Ancient Town
Dali is the beginning of the dream world traveler, is a secular stability, years of quiet good legend. Walking through the quaint streets, accompanied by the moon breeze, listen to past left town to tell dream. About Xizhouzhen, leafy evergreen greeted quietly tell the town's long history. Locals told me, when autumn comes, often habitat full of white egrets, which is the special nature of some hi Island landscape.
 
Xizhouzhen native of the Bai ethnic minority, where well-preserved "Three Square to screen wall, Courtyard five yards," Bai residential architectural features, a large number of Ming and Qing dynasty to the contemporary periods of the Bai distinctive residential buildings group, attracted the attention of domestic and foreign tourists, as has a long history and splendid culture of the Bai as that locals proud. As early as the Neolithic period 4,000 years ago, ancestors of the Bai side began to settle in the Erhai life for generations to survive, and in architecture, painting and sculpture are on to create a high achievement. In short, this is a fascinating nation.
 
Among the national historical and cultural city of the ancient city of Lijiang, Lijiang, located in the central dam. Lijiang Song Yuan Dynasty was founded, has been 800 years of history. She pillow Lion West, north as the eye mountain, surrounded by green hills, gurgling springs to go through Lane School, the shape of a jade Dayan, hence the name "Dayan", that means big Yan. Town is home to more than 4200 families of Tile side by side, spectacular style. Its architectural layout of the city known to the world of science for urban construction of the treasures of ancient China.
 
Square Street of the ancient city center, accessible through the quiet lanes around, wood is said to be Ming's toast the beginning of their printed seal is built. Here is the ancient market centers, day ten thousand Education dynamic, very lively. Square Street extends from the four corners of Main Street, through Old and environs, and from Main Street fork out more from the streets, such as the spider cross, between smooth it. All streets paved with cobbles, flat clean, clear no dust, rain is not water. Are associated with almost every street side of the gurgling water.

The Elegant Towns Tour in Yunnan

Sunlight scattered as diffuse soft yarn down, covered with the soft Lijiang Dayan Ancient Town, filled with lonely quiet Shaxi, anadromous and on the distant town of Dali, honest Baisha town, charming cis the town also silently waiting and who meet. Beautiful Yunnan, pleasant town, like the misty fireworks, like the gorgeous rainbow, like a thought-provoking songs, singing her slowly, gently together with you. Magnificent Tiger Leaping Gorge in Northwest Yunnan adventurers eager to challenge themselves into place, unexpected spectacular Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, Haba Snow Mountain Meili Snow Mountain with its strange steep snow-capped mountains at home and abroad Xianfeng attracted explorers; in a peaceful Old Town of Lijiang , people prefer the lazy homebound in the city's residential areas, immersed in the Dongba culture of Naxi ancient music and the influence of; southwest Yunnan Xishuangbanna is graceful, tender girl Dai peacock gives elegance, willowy is wrapped under the skirts Banna watery style; southeast Yunnan, "Journal of name states" to build the cultural meaning of water into the city's puzzle cornice brackets, col Hani terraced fields were cultivated for generations layers; every September , Luo golden rape fields mountains and plains, overwhelming.

Best Time to Travel to Tibet

Travel in Tibet seasonal factors must be considered. Long cold winter and summer weather the region is short, only the south-east Tibet, more distinct seasons in some areas. For Lhasa, Shigatse and Shannan areas in terms of transportation, basically you can travel throughout the year, from July to September is the best tourist season, the temperatures, the festival is greater.

1. Ngari is the best spring and autumn days, Xia Tiannan line is not good to go, after the winter snow is not easy to pass on a base;

2. Nyingchi summer road is not good, cold spring of hip, for the most beautiful scenery in the fall, when the climate is the best;

3. Qamdo the aircraft through to Chang city, but also the rainy season, poor road conditions;

4 In addition to the Qinghai-Tibet highway outside the northern Tibet, the summer lake and basically had no way to go, the spring wind, autumn is best to go, but time is short, as long as no snow downtown, take it very convenient in winter. Overall, spring and autumn days are the best season of outdoor tourism in Tibet.

In addition, 7-8 months each year is the Tibetan tourist season, this time really is the best climate in Tibet, the warmest time, every time this time, a large number of domestic and foreign tourists flock. Tickets, housing, vehicles will become intense and expensive.

The Tips of Shopping in Tibet Tour

To Tibet (in particular, came to Lhasa) tourism, sightseeing, it should be said, the Barkhor Street is covered with granite travelers first choice. Barkhor Street is not only religious, cultural, Street, street folk, and that is a famous tourist street, shopping streets and commercial streets. Shopping in Barkhor, there will not be any language barriers.

Here's tourism products, many of them are full of local flavor and national arts and crafts style products, all kinds of wooden bowls, Bowl, bamboo bowls, leather goods, knives and other Tibetan handicrafts are traditional weaving products; there are many things in Nepal, batch processing business in India and other countries of imitation, such as various bone carving animals, anti-true jewelry, after treatment of the old anti-colored "antique"; have a real baby, such as the archaic "mats", rare porcelain, the loss of temple artifacts to the private sector; even priceless nine cats stone, amber, fine turquoise, red coral excellent fineness ... ..., which of course you need to know what's what.

If tourists are intellectuals, or a literary aspects Masaoki, we certainly did not forget to recommend the Tibetan People's Publishing House Book Service, location Lin Kuo Road, near the statue of King Gesar riding archery, relatively easy to find.

The Lhasa numerous art galleries throughout the main tourist attractions, especially in Lhasa, the Potala Palace and the Holiday Inn across from the main entrance for the most. Make a visual mess.

China Tour of Yulong Snow Mountain

Spirit pure, faithful. Snow-capped Yulong Snow Mountain peak 13 are arranged from north to south, against the backdrop train travel in China of the azure sky, like a Dragon flying volley. Yulong Snow Mountain of seasonal and alternating light and dark, the landscape is fickle, sometimes cloud steaming fog Chung, Yulong first hidden Zhaxian; sometimes Bitian water, cloudless, Yu Ye cleaned peaks as being the same, glorious snow crystal head dazzling. Here are more "Yimiyangguang" moving legend, so who do not want to love the beautiful holy get it?
 
Recommended line: on Maoniuping, view picture of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, and then to White Water River, take the main peak of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain on the big cable fan steep, you can go down from the mountains to visit the Dongba God Garden, you can also go to Yufeng Temple, Baisha Village, then return Old Town of Lijiang.
 
Tickets: February 19, 2011, the Snow Mountain tickets individually adjusted for each person $ 105. "Big Dragon" tourist ticket is 220 yuan (including the Yulong Snow Mountain area, Jade Water Village, Dongba Valley, Yuzhu Atlas, Dongba God of garden, Dongba Kingdom, Yufeng Temple).
 
Transportation: chartered to the Yulong Snow Mountain 60-100 yuan / day; also available from large tankers in the vicinity of the Red Sun Square, take the bus to the Yulong Snow Mountain Road, 7, 15 yuan / person. Visitors can also take the cable company's bus up the mountain, the ancient road every morning at Bay Hotel start.
 
Nearby attractions: Jade Water Village, Dongba Valley, Yuzhu Atlas, Yufeng Temple, Dongba God of garden, Dongba Kingdom Yulong Snow Mountain area in the foot, they will be china train trave the Yulong Snow Mountain is the axis to form a "big Dragon" Travel Link.
 
Tips with the way network:
1 best time to travel: the winter, other seasons may go, but when the weather needs to go.
2 Hours: Jade Dragon Snow Mountain Tourist Cableway is open 9:30 to 16:00. Recommended seven to easily line up around 8:30 to go.
3 Snow Shanghai overstating, in the case when the wind must rent down jacket, it is recommended not to take environmental protection in the rental car place, more expensive than the mountains.For more information, please shift to China Tour Packages