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| Top tourist city strengthens cultural protection |
March sees picturesque landscape in Shangri-La |
People enjoy cherry blossoms in Kunming |
| Dongba symbols are used by China's Naxi ethnic group and one of the world's only remaining pictographs. For them, happiness is a steaming hot pot of food. |
Recent online aerial photos present picturesque scenery of Shangri-La, northwest Yunnan’s Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in March. |
People enjoy cherry blossoms at Yuantongshan Park in Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province, March 16, 2019. |
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| Tourists from 20 countries visit Yao’s Garden in Shangri-La |
Lijiang cracks down on misconduct to restore tourists' faith, official says |
Shuiliandong offers roadside break for drivers |
| Located in the Shixiang village of Jinjiang Town, Shangri-La City, the Yao’s Garden has brought in an increasing number of tourists, along with effective local efforts in developing rural ecotourism in recent years. |
Zheng Yi, mayor of Lijiang, said his office has moved to improve tourist experiences along with burnishing the infrastructure and landscape within its scenic spots. |
Sitting near the bank of the Jinsha River, the scenic spot is where the Weixi-Shangri-La road and roads linking up the surrounding towns to Shangri-La City meet. |
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| Thangka art: the tale of a Tibetan family |
Naxi folks in Sanba hold picnic, outdoor entertainment |
Spring flowers on show in Shangri-La |
| Norbu Sidar, a thangka master, spent his teenage days reciting vast sutras from Buddhist scriptures, and made sure that his nephews Konchoge and Tsering did the same. |
On the 8th day of the second lunar month each year (March 14 in 2019), the Naxi people in Sanba Township, Shangri-La City, hold picnic and outdoor entertainment to renew their relationships. |
The 2019 Shangri-La Spring Flower Show and the Painting and Calligraphy Exhibition opened at the Shangri-La alpine botanical garden on February 20. |
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| Thousands pray at Ganden Sumtsenling Monastery |
Annual "sunning of the Buddha" ceremony of Labrang Monastery held |
Wow, what a flowery site at Dukezong! |
| Thousands of Tibetan Buddhism monks and believers gathered to attend prayers at the Ganden Sumtsenling Monastery in Shangri-La City. |
The annual "sunning of the Buddha" is one of the most important ceremonies at Labrang, which is regarded as a top Tibetan Buddhism educational institution in China. |
Since its opening in September 2018, the Huaxiang cultural tourism project has made a hit in the Shangri-La tourist market. |
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