Zhongdian/Shangri-La
County
Shangri-La County is
located at the northwest of Yunnan Province, the southeast of the
Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and the hinterland of the extension parts of
Himalaya. It occupies an area of 11,613km2, and it has a population of
140,000, including about 25 nationalities, they live harmoniously
together to share their different cultures and life styles. Shangri-La
County is the joint of the nationalities culture corridors of
Gansu,Qinhai,Yunnan and Tibet. It has nine local nationalities, seven
languages, five kinds of characters, and it has its own system of
customs. Tibetan Buddhism, Dongbaism of Naxi people and other
nationality religious cultures are booming together like flowers in the
spring, and adding radiance and beauty to each other. There is Gedan
Songzanlin Lamasery, one of the thirteen largest Tibetan monasteries in
Kangba area. It has the Dongba pictograph, the only living one in the
world, and its birthplace-Sanba White Land. Meanwhile, the strange and
unique nationality folklore, and nationality festivals are fully bloomed
flowers in the culture history of mankind. Shangri-La, with its colorful
folklore, mysterious and time -weathered religious culture, wonderful
and marvelous natural scenery, has become a crown of Yunnan's
tourism.
National
Folklores
Shangri-La County is
located at the joint of the nationalities corridors of Gansu, Qinhai,
Yunnan and Tibet. It has nine local traditional nationalities, seven
languages, five kinds of characters, and it has its own system of
customs. In this county, among the 25 nationalities, the population of
ethnic nationality is 95212,occupying 77.79% of the total
population.
White Water
Terrace
White Water Terrace
lies in Sanba Township, the Northeast o f Shangri-La Downtown with the
distance of 101km and the elevation of 2380m. This is the biggest tufa
in China, has the area of 3 square kilometers. It is formed by the
elements of CaCo3, is a wonder of the world. White Water Terrace in Naxi
language means the growing flower, and the one of the famous religious
places for Naxi people for worship. White Water Terrace is claimed as
"the Fairy Left Terrace" which is like the terrace fields down from the
mountain slope, where is the place for the female reproduction worship.
Not only this is a beautiful scenery but also a root of Naxi culture,
which is well known in the world by its photographic characters, Dongba
and the scriptures of Dongba religion.
High Land Pasture
-Shudu Lake
Located at the
northeast of the city of Shangri-la with a very convenient
transportation. Shudu lake is 43 km from the city .Now it is constructed
into a high-land pasture resort .
The lake is 3705 metres above the
sealevel with is square kilmetres of water area ,it is one of the
biggest lakes in Diqing Prefecture .The lake water is so limpid that
people could see the cracked-stomach fish produced in the lake whose
colour is golden and there is a crack line along its stomach .
Around
the lake ,there are dense forest of fir spruce and birch .There lives
different wild animals such as musk deer ,bear ,leopard ,golden cat
,deer ,pheasant etc .
Shuda Lake is a famous pasture in Diqing Every
Spring and summer ,herds of yak and goat grazing beside the lake the
sheperd`s shelters dots on the grassland ,frequenly .People can hear the
sound of flute comes from afar .Staying beside the lake ,you can deeply
feel the quiet and leisurely life of high-land people .
Shudu lake
pasture Resort has provide people with the service of hiking around the
lake .horse-riding tour .watching wild fauna and flora in the primitive
forest and fishing in the lake ,etc .Tourists coming here could freely
chose these tour items.
Lijiang-Zhongdian 1-3days
| Around Zhongdian 5-7dyas
Shudu lake-Niru trekking / horse riding 3-5days
Lijiang | Dali | |Lugu
lake | Yahding |
Litang
