What are the World Heritage Sites in Yunnan Province

Lijiang Ancient City, Three Parallel Rivers, Stone Forest of Southern Karst, Chengjiang Fossil Land, Honghe Hani Terraces.

Lijiang Ancient City

Lijiang Ancient City was built in the late Song and early Yuan Dynasty, more than 800 years of history, is the "Southern Silk Road" and the Tea Horse Road on the town.

The ancient city, with the Tiger Leaping Gorge of the Yangtze River as its barrier, the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain as its background, and the flowing water as its soul, perfectly combines the mountains with the water, and the water with the living environment organically.

The unique urban pattern, winding streets, high and low residential buildings and gurgling water constitute a harmonious and unified living space between man and nature, overflowing with "snowy mountains, green areas, bridges, running water, Naxi families" poetic and picturesque.

It is the world's only living hieroglyphics - Dongba Wen for the essence of the Naxi national culture of the crystallization of the deep historical precipitation, is the Chinese nation, the world's cultural heritage is rare.

Three rivers

The twentieth century, the 1980s, a UNESCO official in a satellite remote sensing map was surprised to find that the earth is located in the longitude of 98 ° 100 ° 30 `, latitude 25 ° 30 ` - 29 ° parallel to the region of the three rivers will never dry up the flow of the great river, which is located in the Tibetan Plateau south to the Hengduan Mountain Range, northwestern Yunnan, the longitudinal valley of the "three rivers". The "Three Rivers" (Jinshating, Lancang River, Nujiang River) area.

Three rivers running parallel and flow in Yunnan about one hundred and seventy kilometers, located in the western part of Yunnan Province, Lijiang area, Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture, the entire area of 40,000 square kilometers.

Nujiang and Lancang River air the shortest straight-line distance of only 18.6 kilometers, while the Lancang River and the Jinsha River shortest straight-line distance of only 66.3 kilometers, from the elevation of 760 meters Nujiang River Valley to the 6740 meters of the Kawagabo Peak, it can be said that there are four seasons in one day, ten miles of different days.

The Jinsha River goes eastward from the north, bringing together the Yarang, Dadu and Jialing rivers, so China has the Yangtze River.

The Lancang River flows slowly from the north to the south and crosses the border to become the upper reaches of the neighboring Mekong River.

The Nujiang River, which flows southward from the north to Myanmar, became the headwaters of the Salween River.

The three rivers originate on the Tibetan Plateau and flow hand in hand in Yunnan's mountainous terrain. And the Jinsha River through the town of Shigu Tianzuo wonders (the first bay of the Yangtze River) quickly turned back to the east and eventually flow into the Pacific Ocean ...... while the Lancang River, the Nujiang River through the flow of Myanmar, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand and eventually flow into the Indian details ......

Karst of the Stone Forest

Shilin in Yunnan is the hometown of China's Ashima. It is widely known for its popular epic poem "Ashima", the lively "torch festival" and the heartfelt song "Guests from afar, please stay".

It is known as "the first wonder of the world" and is a gem in the world geology. It has been honored as the World Natural Heritage, World Geopark, National AAAAA Tourist Attractions, and China's Famous Tourism Brands, and is a well-known tourist attraction both at home and abroad.

Shilin Karst Landscape covers an area of 1,100 square kilometers, with a protected area of 350 square kilometers, and numerous scenic spots, such as Big and Small Shilin Scenic Area, Naiku Shilin Scenic Area, Dajianshui Scenic Area, Changhu Scenic Area, and Guishan National Forest Park.

CHENGJIANG FOSSIL FIELD

Beijing time on July 1, 22:30, local time 18:30, in St. Petersburg, Russia, Winter Palace Conference Center Smolny Palace of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee held in the 36th session of the General Assembly of the World Heritage, Chenggjiang fossil land in Yunnan Province, the successful passage of the vote was formally inscribed in the "World Heritage List".

When the news from St. Petersburg 10,000 miles away to Chengjiang County, Chengjiang County people from all walks of life dressed in festive costumes, up to the fossil square, dancing long dragons, singing and dancing, celebrating this historic moment.

July 1, 1984, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing Institute of Paleontology researcher Hou Xiangguang in Chengjiang BaoTianShan collection of high muscle worm fossils, accidentally found a piece of precious neritic worm fossils, which knocked open the Cambrian period, "the great outbreak of life" of the door of time and space.

Chengjiang animal fossil group refers to the Chengjiang fossil land. After scientists research, 530 million years ago, the fossil field has more than 200 kinds of rare fossils of the Early Cambrian animals, is so far, the earth found the most concentrated, the most complete preservation, the richest kinds of "Cambrian explosion of life" example.

By the international scientific community as the "paleontological holy land", "paleontological fossil model specimen origin", "world-class fossil treasure trove" and "the most amazing fossil in the twentieth century". "one of the most amazing discoveries of the twentieth century".

Honey Terraces of Honghe River

On June 22, 2013, the 37th World Heritage General Assembly delivered good news, following the successful inscription of the Tianshan Mountains in Xinjiang, the Honey Terraces of Honghe River in Yunnan Province were inscribed as a heritage site through a vote, and China's world heritage has increased to 45 sites, surpassing Spain to become the second largest world heritage site, second only to Italy.

The 12-day 37th session of the World Heritage General Assembly was formally held in Cambodia on March 16, and the General Assembly deliberated on this year's nominations for the World Heritage List. Among them, China has two entries on the candidate list for application, and the Hani Terraces in Honghe is one of them.

Some experts say that the successful bidding of Hani Terraces will become the first world heritage site named after an ethnic group. And Hani terraces heritage success, its significance is not only limited to China to add a world heritage, but also because it is a typical masterpiece of Chinese farming culture.