Local customs and beautiful scenery in western China

Western China includes 12 provinces, cities and autonomous regions, namely, five southwestern provinces and municipalities (Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Tibet, Chongqing), five northwestern provinces and regions (Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Xinjiang, Ningxia) and Inner Mongolia, Guangxi.

I. Terroir:

1, Yunnan cuisine, Yunnan cuisine consists of three regions of the dishes featured. Northeast Yunnan: due to the proximity of the mainland, the transportation is more convenient, and more interaction with the Central Plains, bordering Sichuan, its cooking, flavors and Sichuan cuisine is similar. Western Yunnan and southwestern Yunnan: due to the neighboring Tibet and border with Myanmar and Laos, there are more ethnic minorities, and their cooking characteristics are influenced by Tibetan, Hui, and monastery cuisine, and the dishes of various ethnic minorities are the main body.

2, Inner Mongolia's ethnic customs, grassland event a Na Da Mou: that is, the meaning of the amusement, carnival, more in the grasslands held in August, originated seven hundred years ago. The day of the Nada Maku traders gathered, talking about all kinds of art, the main traditional sports such as horse racing, wrestling, archery.

3, Guangxi folklore, "March 3" song dike, formerly known as the "March 3" Song Festival, has been held since 1985, 18 sessions, renamed "song dike" in 2003!

Two, the beautiful scenery of western China:

1, Kunming City, Shilin Scenic Area, also known as Yunnan Shilin, is located in Kunming Shilin Yi Autonomous County, 78 kilometers from Kunming, the capital of Yunnan Province. The scope reaches 350 square kilometers. Kunming City Stone Forest Scenic Area developed as an excursion area is mainly: Stone Forest Scenic Area, Black Pine Rock (Naiku Stone Forest) Scenic Area, Flying Dragon Waterfall (Dajianshui) Scenic Area, Changhu Scenic Area.

Shilin Scenic Area in Kunming City has been named by the United Nations Educational, Cultural and Scientific Section of the "World Geopark", "World Natural Heritage Scenery", in 1982, approved by the State Council to become one of the first batch of national key scenic spots, is the national 5A-level tourist attractions, national civilized scenic tourist areas. It is a national 5A-level tourist attraction and a national civilized scenic tourist area.

2, Tengger Desert: China's fourth largest desert, the Mongolian language for the sky, meaning that the vast flowing sands such as the boundless sky. Inside the desert, sand dunes, lake basins, salt marshes, grassy beaches, mountains and plains are interspersed. The Tengger Desert is also home to hundreds of pristine lakes that have survived for tens of millions of years, including Moon Lake and Swan Lake (Juyan Sea).

3, Longji Terraces, refers to the terraces developed on the Longji Mountain, called Longsheng Terraces in the broad sense and Longji Terraces in the narrow sense. Located in guangxi longsheng autonomous county longji town peace village longji mountain, 22 kilometers from the county town. It is 80 kilometers away from Guilin City, between 109°32'~110°14'E longitude and 25°35'~26°17'N latitude.

Longji Terraces is divided into Jinkeng (Dazhai) Yao Terraces Viewing Area and Ping'an Zhuang Terraces Viewing Area. The Longji terraces in the usual sense refers to Longji Ping'an Zhuang terraces, which are also the earlier developed terraces. Terraces are distributed between 300 meters to 1100 meters above sea level, the maximum slope of 50 degrees, to the terraces are almost all the mountain road, has risen to about 600 meters above sea level, to the terraces when the altitude reaches 880 meters.

4, jiuzhaigou: world natural heritage, national key scenic spot, national AAAAA level tourist attraction, national nature reserve, national geopark, world biosphere reserve network, is the first nature reserve in China to protect natural scenery as the main purpose.

5, seven donggou ancient name tiger jumping rock, flying spring gorge, because the canyon has a flying spring temple and many waterfalls and named, for the national AAAA level tourist attractions, national key cultural relics protection units and famous summer resort and natural oxygen bar. The scenic spot is located in Changning County, Yibin City, Sichuan Province, which is the hometown of longevity, China's top ten famous ecological health tourism county, and 2019 China's most beautiful county.

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