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19 Nov 2010 by

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Top Attractions in Yunnan

Yunnan is located in the southwestern China. Benifti from its unique location, Yunnan has beautiful landscape and rich travel resouces. Yunnan has become a more and  more poular travel destinations in China. More and more tourists plan their yunnan tours to explore this beautiful and unique places. Here are some top attractions in Yunnan Province.

1. Snow Mountain

The Jade Dragon Snow Mountains (玉龙雪山) are a small group of peaks close to the city of Lijiang. The nearest slope is only about 30 kilometers north of the Dayan Ancient City District, and the mountain can be clearly seen from the Black Dragon Pool next to the ancient district. The group of mountains is notable because they contain a small ski area, good hiking along Tiger Leaping Gorge, great scenic views, and a 15,000 foot mountain with a specially built stairway and path to make climbing to the summit easy. If you'd like to climb to the top of a high mountain, that might be one to try. There is no sliding on steep paths or climbing with your hands, the distance from the tram is short, and oxygen tanks can be rented for a little more than 4 dollars USD. But the view is excellent! The tallest peak called Shanzidou has only been climbed once by two Americans who say it is extremely dangerous. The Yangtze River runs through Tiger Leaping Gorge in the valley below. The mountains are a place to go to in Yunnan for skiing or fun in the snow in the winter and for hiking and enjoying the natural scenery the rest of the year.

2. The Butterfly Springs

Butterfly Spring（Hudie Quan in Chinese）lies in a park at the foot of Yunlong Peak of Cangshan Mountain. This Butterfly Spring and a clear pool have been famous for centuries because every spring tens of thousands of butterflies of many species converge at this spot. The mate here and are attracted to silk trees, on which they rest, mate and drink the flower nectar. It is quite fascinating. The spring has been decorated, and there is an inscription by Guo Moruo. The site is about 20 kilometers north of the ancient sector of the city of Dali with the Three Pagodas. If you are there at the right time in April and May, the spectacle is a highlight of a visit to the Dali and the Xizhou area.

3. Lijiang Ancient Town

Three old districts in this small city retain a special character of Naxi and Han construction and Naxi customs, arts and culture. It was a former trading town and a stop for traders carrying goods on the "Chama Road" trails. It was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997 following an earthquake and reconstruction in 1996 that returned the city to a more ancient look. The UNESCO description says: "The Old Town of Lijiang, which is perfectly adapted to the uneven topography of this key commercial and strategic site, has retained a historic townscape of high quality and authenticity.

4. The scenery of Erhai Lake

This amazing lake lies next to the amazing historic sites in the Dali valley and the natural scenery and good hiking trails on Cangshan Mountain. The whole region is full of interesting and beautiful sites. The easy access to beautiful and quiet places to camp, ride horses, ride bikes and hike in high mountains is unusual in China. You can experience ethnic cultures in this area as well.

5. Stone Forest Kunming

Being one of the National Scenic Resorts in China, Stone Forest Scenic Resort is 83km from Kunming and has a complete range of karst formations. Among the most wonderful attractions in this area are the following eight scenic spots: Large & Small Stone Forests, Naigu Stone Forests, Large & Small Zhiyun Caves, Qingfeng Cave, Long Lake, Moon Lake, Fairy Lake, Feilong Falls. Standing upright in the Stone Forest are innumerable cliffs and peaks, lofty and majestic, steep and precipitous, charming and enchanting.

6. Black Dragon Pool

The Black Dragon Pool is located 12 kilometers northeast of the city. It first became a popular tourist attraction over 700 years ago during the Ming Dynasty. The area contains many attractions alongside the main tourist draw, the Black Dragon Pool itself.

The best time to plan tour to Yunnan is in Spring and Autumn, Summer is too hot. Winter is ok for its mild climate.

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Singular shape jade heart-shaped wear

 

Singular shape jade heart-shaped wear

Heart-shaped jade is also called "heart-shaped wear", shape wear with similar shapes, and different is the body flat, multi-carving, and for wearing or hanging. Its shaped like a heart-shaped main body, gemstone wholesalers so called heart-shaped wear.

Wear heart-shaped main oval, or too fat, the sub-length. The upper middle high and low on both sides of the three Feng Jian, was Yamagata, lower end of arc, center of a large round hole, aperture and thickness similar to the thumb. The linear wear of various relief carving or ornamentation, mainly around the top and left or openwork or stand Diao, Chi Hu and other motifs.

Such accessories mainly popular in the Han Dynasty, Hebei Jing of Zhongshan city is the heart-shaped tomb of Liu Sheng Pei earlier times, and representative works, its simple and neat shape. After a large heart-shaped wear everywhere, the higher the status of Han tomb in popularity, and accessories on the carved decoration and the surrounding Zhuo becoming more complex and dynamic. Heart-shaped wear regardless of the Han Dynasty unearthed in archaeological or handed down, there are many. Overall shape is characterized, to wear body lines on the pattern carved mostly to Yinxian that pattern, surrounding many in the last, left, right carved patterns, mostly openwork decoration technique, three-dimensional feeling is not strong.

Wei later, even the Sui Southern and Northern Dynasties, wear this heart-shaped almost disappeared. wholesale gemstone Until the Song Dynasty, imitation jade wind suddenly began to make heart-shaped wear again. Song of the heart-shaped wear modeling and the Han Dynasty were similar, but the wear pattern with the Song Dynasty style body, such as adding more relief methods, strong sense of hierarchy, and the patterns varied more freely, to watch for the main purpose of the Ming and Qing dynasties are still production. On the whole style, after the Song Han delicate heart-shaped wear than soft, but the lack of Han's charm. jewelry supplier in china.

This works for the imitation of the Han Dynasty jade pieces of heart-shaped wear for the Beijing million Ruixiang works, is a rare species of glass, no cracks impurities, Bach. Very particular about their work, absorbing the porcelain works in practice over the wall long, round hole in the middle position of carving a Chi Hu, Chi Tiger For wall out, this design makes the whole piece is more substantial, more three dimensional and dynamic . Pei in the heart-shaped top is also carved with a hornless dragon tiger, tiger only seemed to climb over the heart-shaped Chi Pei, dynamic full. Chi just below the tiger with echoes. But this Chi Tiger is to facilitate a more important role in wear, Chi tiger's body blocked the heart-shaped wear just the top three Feng Jian, this way, forming a rope through the site, but also to those who wear it will not be Feng Jian bundle to. Gemstone suppliers On the really pains, works not only retained the shape heart-shaped wear, they added modern and practical, truly a rare masterpiece in jade.

 

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