White
Stupa |
| White
stupa is located on the top of a small hill behind Manfeilong |
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village, Damenglong, which is about 70 kilometers far
from Jinghong. Stupa |
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build in 1204, the major one in the middle is 16.29 meters
and eight |
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minor ones around are 9.1 meters in height. This stupa
group is very |
| famous
in Southeast Asia, there is a huge footprint in its niche,
it is said |
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was left by Buddha and very sacred to Buddhists. |
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Tropical
Botanical Garden |
| Tropical
botanical garden in Menglun is the biggest tropical botanical |
| garden
in China, it is a research belonging to Chinese Academy
of Science, |
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about 80 kilometers far from Jinghong. Garden was built
in 1959 under |
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leadership of famous botanist Cai Xitao, specializing
in cultivation and |
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introduction of all kinds of tropical plants. Garden
covers an area of around |
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900 hectares, more than 3000 kinds of plants growing here,
formed a |
| picturesque
garden and attracted countless visitors. |
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Ganlanba |
| Ganlanba
is about 30 kilometers away from Jinghong City. It is
a basin by |
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the Mekong. Here is where you can see the most typical
Dai villages and the |
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nicest countryside scenery. Palms, villages, paddy field
and mountains at |
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distance formed a gorgeous picture. |
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Octagonal
Pavilion |
| Octagonal
Pavilion is another famous architecture work of Dai people. |
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It's located by Jingzheng village, Mengzhe, Menghai County,
about 80 |
| kilometers
from Jinghong. This pavilion was built in 1701, 21 meters
in heigh |
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and 10 meters in diameter. It served as a meeting
room for senior monks in |
| locality.
Special architectural art makes it well-know.
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Elephant Valley is to the North of Jinghong City, about
50 kilometers |
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far. It actually is a nature reserve for tropical rainforest
and wild lives. Here |
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in jungle live about 70 wild Asian elephants. Wild elephants
usually come out |
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at night, so people built a small hotel on tops of trees
in forest for tourists who |
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want to observe wild elephants closely.A 2-kilometer long
cable way in the |
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park enables people to enjoy rainforest view from the
air. |
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Nationality
Park |
| Nationality
Park is situated in the south of Jinghong City, it
used to be an |
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litchi orchard. This park concentrates on the ethnic
customs of 6 major |
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nationalities in Xishuangbanna. They are Dai, Aini, Lahu,
Bulang, Yao and |
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Jinuo. In museums of them, you will find out how their
traditional life is |
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going. If you are interested in ethnic groups, you come
to the right shop. |
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Manting
Park (Chunhuan Park) |
| Manting
Park is called Chunhuang as well in local Dai language,
means |
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Garden of Spirits. This park is the oldest park in Xishuangbanna,
used to be |
| royal
garden of Dai. Many trees and ornamental plants growing
in it providing |
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people with a good rest place. Wabajie Temple, the Buddhist
temple with the |
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highest status in Xishuangbanna is situated here.
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Tropical
Flower & Plant Garden |
| Tropical
Flower & Plant Garden is situated in Jinghong City,
occupies |
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an area of about 80 hectares. This park once was the experimental
field of |
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Yunnan Tropical Crops Institute, which specializes in
research on various |
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tropical crops and made a big contribution to rubber planting
in |
| Xishuangbanna.
With all kinds of nice tropical flowers and ornamental |
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plants cultivated with their advantageous technology,
it was opened to |
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public as a park in 1999. |
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Ethnic
Minority Villages |
| Xishuangbanna
is a multi-nationality region, so, villages of different |
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nationalities are scattered everywhere and offered a special
view. People |
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are hospitable and friendly in the village, they smile
to every visitor and |
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always keep optimistic about their life. You can find
chances to observe |
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local people's life at very close quarter. |
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