Yunnan - Traveling Through China

Author: Compiled by the Editorial Department of "Traveling in China"
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Publishing Date: 2006-05-01
Features: The beauty of Yunnan is indescribable; The beauty of Yunnan is unparalleled; Yunnan is silent. The beauty of Yunnan is indescribable, as it is difficult to summarize this beauty with a metaphor or an image, because any metaphor would seem too petty, and any image would disrupt the traveler's lifelong experience of being immersed in it. The beauty of Yunnan is unparalleled. In the northwest of Yunnan, towering peaks rise, with snow-capped mountains, meadows, and lakes, where a "Shangri-La" dream is hidden; The mountains in western Yunnan are densely covered with countless mountain paths leading to distant lands, and the primitive forests are filled with the enchanting dance and music of the Dai people among exotic flowers and plants; In southeastern Yunnan, there is a place called "Bamei," celebrated as a "paradise on earth"; The northeast, under the "‘thorn' with an added ‘person' ()," adds a layer of mysterious enigma to its high mountains; Central Yunnan, with the "spring-like weather all year round" in Kunming, has gained a romantic charm of flowers that never fade with the seasons. Yunnan is silent. The Yunnanese people, who have been guarding this land for generations, are like wealthy heirs, calm and composed, never actively boasting about their "blessed wealth." Perhaps they have long been accustomed to the beauty bestowed by heaven, and like the surrounding scenery, they simply guard it silently. Until one day, an earthquake shook the world, and people suddenly realized, "There are still such beautiful places in the world." From then on, millions of pairs of tourist shoes broke the tranquility of Lijiang, and Lijiang no longer belonged to Yunnan or China, but to the people. Yunnan has also become a place everyone yearns for, a "Shangri-La."