Yunnan is well known for its magnificent landscapes and enchantingly natural scenes. At this the most southern end of the northern hemisphere, visitors could find sky-piercing snow mountains, thick primitive forests, mysterious deep valleys, torrential rivers, calm and limpid highland lakes, and many wonderful Karst mountains such as the Stone Forest and Alu old cave?

　　Yunnan shows colorful and unique ethnic folk customs.Inhabited by 26 ethnic nationalities, the Province is well known for its greatest number of ethnic groups in China. Apart from the Han nationality, there live 25 indigenous ethnic minorities, of which, 15 are the sole ones in China. In the long process of Historic evolution and through exchanging and blending their outstanding cultures, each of those ethnic nationalities has formed its specialized and colorful ethnic culture and art.

　　As China's important port leading to the Southeast Asian countries, Yunnan is attracting more and more tourists by its rich tourist resources, rationally deployed tour routes and daily-improving tourist facilities. The province is gradually establishing its image as a tourist rendezvous.

　　Friends from all over are welcome to visit Yunnan and explore the Natural wonders. Please come and enjoy the sensations of returning to the great Natural and share with us the beautiful scenery and colorful ethnic customs.

2 Xishuangbanna

In the southwest of China and at the southern most tip of Yunnan Province, there is a picturesque, fertile and mysterious land - Xishuangbanan. In the Dai language, "xishuang" is "twelve" and "banna" is "one thousand pieces of land", thus "Xishuangbanna" can be directly translated into "twelve thousand pieces of land". As a matter of fact, it refers to the twelve regions that are under its administration. With Myanmar to the southwest and Laos to the southeast, Xishuangbanna has a boundary line of 1,069 kilometers.

Covering an area of 19,700 square kilometers, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous