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10 Places in Yunnan are Finalists been selected for Most Beautiful Places in China

"The sky of Yunnan is beautiful, as well as the land, glaciers and sea, chasing clouds in the blue sky, the mountain of Yunnan is beautiful, so is the water. The beauty of Yunnan cannot be enjoyed enough, is always worth talking about, and its beauty is colourful and unforgettable."

Yunnan is beautiful, in the judging of the most beautiful places in China. Yunnan lives up to expectations and has ten places in the final. So, have you ever been to or heard about these ten places.

1.Lijiang Dayan Town: expressing love on Pa Pa strings

An ancient town with a long collection of Naxi culture and a Jiangnan water town on the Southwest border.

2. Hani Villages: thousands of mirrors reflecting the smoke

Wonders condensed from Hani people's wisdom and labour.

Hani Rice Terraces

3. Xishuangbanna Tropical Rain Forest: bank of biological genes

It is China's most completely reserved tropical rain forest at high latitude and high altitude, and there is the “upside down” phenomenon of vertical distribution of plants unique in the world.

4. Meili Snow Mountain: honor guard of snow god

The main Kawagebo Peak, with an elevation of 6,740 metres, is the “virgin peak” that humans have failed to conquer and the only peak prohibited from climbing for cultural preservation.

5. Jinsha River Tiger Leaping Gorge: Even a tiger worries about crossing it

Tiger Leaping Gorge, one of the world's deepest canyon.The Jinsha River has seven consecutive drop steep in the gorge.The gap is huge in the 216 meters short distance, so current the water is turbulent and the roaring can be heard from miles.

6. Luoping County Kowloon Waterfall

 “Kowloon with ten waterfalls, unique in southland”, ten - stage waterfall, which is grand, or steep, or beautiful, or soothing, and a wonder to behold.

7. Nujiang River Grand Canyon: the grand canyon of China

It is a canyon which is the longest in the world, the most mysterious, the most beautiful, and the most primitive.

8. Luoping peak forest: golden garden

Every February and March, 200,000 acres of rapeseed flowers compete for the spring in Luoping dam, and it is an endless golden yellow looking around,. When people stop to look at the largest natural garden, they all exclaim that Luopin is a town “full of glory”.

9. Lancang River Merry Canyon:Jade belt beside the snow mountain

Large degree height difference fluctuation makes the river raging and roaring, and huge canyon were round with Snow mountain, and makes it even more holy and sacred. It is with a magic, holy and lush and waving beauty.

10.Baima Snow Mountain Rhododendron Forest: a paradise on the snow mountain

In addition to stunning scenery, Baima Snow Mountain is also the “cold temperate zone alpine plant and animal kingdoms”, with a high scientific value.