TRAVEL&Culture
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Over the years, the Naxi brothers have been running Handicraft of Lijiang -- a Dongba papermaking mill -- by fusing tourist activities into the intangible cultural heritage.
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After a snowfall, the Shenyang Imperial Palace showed a beautiful landscape in the northeast Chinese province of Liaoning. The red walls, blue tiles and cornices of the palace in the falling snow were engaging to the passers-by.
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In the cuisine of Southwest Yunnan’s Pu’er City, “pounding” is a unique way of cooking. Almost every food can be pounded, such as beef jerky, chicken feet, sour docynia, Indian gooseberry, rice cakes, chilies, sprouts and more.
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In the early morning of a clear day, golden sunshine descends from the sky, casting on peaks of the Meili Snow Mountain. One of the best positions to watch the Meili sunrise is the Feilai Temple.
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Thanks to the joint effort by the designer, the abbess and other voluntary workers, Jizhaoan was turned into a most beautiful and artistic nunnery in west Yunnan’ Dali prefecture.
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The special exhibition of "Golden Years -- glory of the Chinese animation school in a century" was launched November 19 in Guiyang city, southwestern China’s Guizhou province. The exhibition will last till January 2022.
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The Huangshan scenic area in east China's Anhui province ushered in its first snow fall on November 22. The area was then decorated like a fairyland in the winter sunshine.
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The Yuyuan garden is a good choice for Kunming citizens and tourists to relax in winter. Adjacent to the Daguan park, Yuyuan used to be a private garden.
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Pu'er, a city situated in Yunnan Province, southwest China, has developed itself into a global golden growing belt for Arabica coffee, reputed broadly as the "heaven of Arabica".
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The exhibition on Hu Xiaoxing's 80 watercolor works was unveiled on Nov. 19 at the Pu'er Art Museum in southwest Yunnan’s Pu’er city.
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When you look over from the Ailao mountain tops in a winter morning, the Hani rice terraces in southern Yunnan’s Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture may be shrouded in clouds, showing visitors a fantasy sight.
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More than 20,000 people in Heqing are engaged in making silver handicrafts, and around 10 million pieces are sold to Chinese provinces and neighboring countries.
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Li Xianlan, an inheritor of Wa brocade intangible cultural heritage, teaches students how to weaves brocade in Yangluo Village, Ximeng Wa Autonomous County, southwest Yunnan’s Pu’er City.
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Located in Mile city, south Yunnan’s Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture, the Honghe water town has witnessed much of the city’s slow lifestyle. Traveling along the river, people can enjoy its most fascinating spots.
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As winter arrives, the Baima Snow Mountain is presenting visitors a striking landscape, with snow and ice coating more peaks and vegetations.
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Yang Guifei, 28, is a Miao girl from Chishui city, southwestern China’s Guizhou province. In 2016, migrant ...
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A lady surnamed Qian has run a restaurant near the former site of the coal-machinery factory in Kunming, Yunnan province since 1995. Her restaurant has won praise from countless Kunmingers.
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Located in Menglian county, southwest Yunnan’s Pu'er city, the Heha village is home to the unique “mountain god” dance that has been recognized as a cultural heritage this year.
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The ‘mysterious box’ of Pu'er Coffee or ‘blind box’, created by Culture and Tourism Bureau of Pu'er City and other three parties, has recently become a popular cultural and creative product.
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The Wenbi Shuyuan bookstore was opened in southwest Yunnan’s Pu'er No. 1 Middle School on November 6, providing students and teachers there with extracurricular reading opportunities.
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Mangba is a village where Bulang people live under the jurisdiction of Simao District, southwest Yunnan’s Puer City. The village is famous for bird-watching because about 400 rare parrots called Derbyan Parakeet inhabit here.
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The most stunning sight in Ning'er is nothing more than the sea of clouds, southwest Yunnan’s Pu’er City. The sunrise tinted the clouds into reddish over the Pu'er Mountain which looks like a fairyland!
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Located at the foot Mt. Wuliang in southwest Yunnan, Chahe is a beautiful village under the jurisdiction of Puer City.Home to Han, Yi, Hani and other ethnic groups, the village boasts beautiful natural landscapes and is abundant in biodiversity resources.
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Tree leaves turning yellow, reeds swaying in the breeze, flowers blooming in the grass..., the Wangjiadui Wetland...
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As a traditional folk art form in the Yunmeng region of central China’s Hubei province, the origin of Yunmeng shadow puppet play dates back to the middle of the Qing Dynasty(1644-1912). It is now a national intangible cultural heritage(ICH).