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Module One General Introduction to Yunnan Province

Module One General Introduction to Yunnan Province. Lead-in Questions:. -----How much do you know about YN?. -----Why is YN attractive to international visitors?. ----- What suggestion will you give to your friends if they intend to visit YN?. Vocabulary.

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Module One General Introduction to Yunnan Province

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  1. Module One General Introduction to Yunnan Province

  2. Lead-in Questions: -----How much do you know about YN? -----Why is YN attractive to international visitors? ----- What suggestion will you give to your friends if they intend to visit YN?

  3. Vocabulary Origin, frontier, administrative divisions, autonomous prefectures, plateau, monsoon, germanium, copper, nickel, silver, aluminium, tobacco, ethnic groups

  4. Cultural Notes: Beginning: Welcome and greetings Self-introduction Key words: be glad to … I’m on behalf of (KMCITS)… general impression

  5. Contents: The origin of the name “Yunnan”: South of the clouds, Han Dynasty, Emperor Wudi, caught sight of, sent an envoy, the place identified, “ home of clouds”, Xiangyun county, auspicious clouds…..

  6. 1.Location: • be located in… , southwest frontier, neighboring/bordering countries and provinces (Notes: unnecessary to mention the specific latitude and longitude in your tour guiding)

  7. The location of YN in the map of China China: a rooster / a cock Yunnnan: a peacock in his pride

  8. Tibet Sichuan Guizhou Guangxi Burma Vietnam Laos

  9. 2. Size: • 394,000 square kilometers , • 94% mountainous areas / plateaus • 6% flatland / basins 3. Population • more than 42 million

  10. 4.The administrative divisions of YN: 16 sub-provincial regions --- 8 big cities / municipalities directly under the administration of the provincial government: Kunming, Qujing ,Yuxi，Simao, Zhaotong, Baoshan, Lijiang, Lincang ---8 autonomous prefectures of ethnic peoples:Dali ( Bai), Honghe (Hani-Yi), Xishuangbanna (Dai), Dehong ( Dai-Jingpo), Chuxiong ( Yi), Wenshan (Zhuang-Miao), Nujiang( Lisu), Diqing (Tibetan)

  11. 迪庆 怒江 大理 楚雄 德宏 文山 红河 西双版纳

  12. 16 sub-provincial regions in YN:

  13. 5. Landform A. Northwest Qinghai-Tibet plateau, roof of the world , the highest point, 6740 m above sea level B. Southeast Slope down, like a ladder, close to the Pacific Ocean, the lowest point, 76.4 m , the joint / confluence of Nanxi River and Yuanjiang River

  14. 6. Climate resulting from the location : highland monsoon climate --- in autumn and winter • dry continental monsoon from northwest controls YN. --- in spring and summer • humid /wet oceanic monsoon from southeast dominates YN.

  15. Five features: 1. A number of climate types: tropical, sub-tropical, warm temperate, cold-temperate and cold. 2. Small difference in annual temperature but big difference in daily temperature 3. The significant vertical change of climate. 4. The abundant but uneven rainfall. 5. A long free-frost period due to the abundance of sunshine.

  16. 7. Abundant Resources • Resulting from the location: frigid, temperate, subtropical, and tropical zones • The fame of “Three Kingdoms” • Kingdom of Animals: Animals which number the most in China: mammals, birds, amphibians and freshwater fish Examples: Animals under the state protection

  17. (distinguish: peafowl, peacock, peahen) green peacock

  18. gibbon snub-nosed monkey

  19. wild ox / bison wild elephant

  20. Kingdom of Plants: • “Natural Garden” (60% of higher plants of the national total) • Tea: Pu’er Tea (see P 212) the name of a significant market for tea trade, south, fermented , brick tea

  21. Lump tea Compressed tea Pancake tea

  22. Flower tea: Osmanthustea 桂花茶：

  23. Chrysanthemum tea

  24. Jasmine tea

  25. Rose tea

  26. Fruits: mango pineapple

  27. papaya durian

  28. banana red waxberry coconut lichee/litchi

  29. cherry carambola strawberry loquat

  30. muskmelon grape watermelon

  31. kiwi fruit olive Whitethorn / hawthorn jackfruit

  32. persimmon date apricot (杏子) plum(李子)

  33. Medicinal herbs:( see P210) pseudo-jinseng

  34. Cordyceps ( compound, worm in winter, fungus, plant in summer) Medicinal value: a tonic effect for weakness after illness

  35. gastrodia fresh dry Medicinal value: to cure convulsion ( 惊风抽搐) and delirium (神志昏迷).

  36. 8 famous flowers: azalea camellia

  37. magnolia Fairy primrose

  38. lily orchid

  39. Meconopsis 绿绒蒿 Rough gentian 龙胆花

  40. Kingdom of nonferrousmetals Examples: ---The largest deposits in China: lead, zinc, tin Other abundant mineral resources: germanium, copper, nickel, silver, aluminium

  41. 8. Six Major River Systems • Jinsha-Yangzi Rivers (金沙江—长江) • Nanpan –Zhujiang Rivers (南盘—珠江) • Yuanjiang –Honghe Rivers (元江---红河) • Lancang-Mekong Rivers (GMS) (澜沧江—湄公河) • Nujiang-Salween Rivers (怒江—萨尔温江) • Du long,Dayin,Ruily-Irrawaddy Rivers • ( 独龙江,大盈江,瑞丽江—伊洛瓦底江) Please draw a map of the river systems for your own!

  42. 9. A brief introduction to the history of YN Keywords: the cradle of early living beings, the birthplace of early human beings , brilliant civilization, the lifeline of anti-Japanese war…

  43. 10.Development of YN A. transportation: ---Aviation: 11 Airports ( the number ranks the 1st in China.), the 11th one is the airport in 普者黑 (Yi language: the pond rich in fishes and shrimps). ---Railways: a network connecting with inland railways; Pan-Asian Railways are being planned. ---Express / high ways: highways network, expressway from KM to Bangkok is finished. B. Main /backbone industries

  44. Tobacco (cigarette and flue-cured tobacco)

  45. Tourism

  46. Biology: Flower- planting, tea and pharmacy (Spirulina algae and Chinese yew)

  47. Mineral-mining

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