Yungui area

Yunnan and Guizhou are the two most distinctive provinces in southwest China. One has the largest terrain, climate and terrain gap in China, and the ecological environment in different climate and terrain areas is different. A country with the largest number of ethnic minorities in China, a culture born with them. Now it is absolutely familiar, and it exists as a tourist destination. However, although it is a tourist attraction, the history and culture of Yunnan-Guizhou region itself is still a blind spot for most people. People only know that these two places have beautiful scenery and many ethnic groups, but they don't know the reasons for these factors: then, in this article, let's deeply analyze Yunnan and Guizhou from two aspects of geography and humanities!

Topographically, Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau borders Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Indo-China Peninsula, Sichuan, Hunan and Guangxi in turn. As the name implies, it is a plateau with a high northwest direction and a low southeast direction. Because it directly contains a huge mountain called Hengduan Mountain, because the mountains are almost side by side, it is very, very difficult to cross, and the terrain gap of Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau is extremely exaggerated. The highest peak reaches an altitude of 67,000, but the lowest point is only a few hundred dozens of altitudes, and the political altitude is between 4,000 meters and 100 meters, which may be several kilometers apart. As a result, there has been a changeable climate: from tropical rain forest climate to monsoon climate. To the cold zone climate, all exist in this terrain area. With the enrichment of climatic conditions, it is naturally a biota under various climatic conditions, from the creatures in the cold plateau to the creatures in the tropical rain forest. From another name of Yunnan-Guizhou region: Natural Expo Park, we can see the richness of its species.

Of course, the rich climate in Yunnan-Guizhou region does not only come from the plateau, because if so, then the border area between Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and Xinjiang in northwest China should also produce a rich and colorful climate environment because of its huge terrain gap, but obviously there is only desert in that area. What is another influencing factor? This is a geographical location. You know, the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau is a part of the southern region within the equator, not far from the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean! It is this geographical layout that gives the foundation of tropical and subtropical climate in Yunnan-Guizhou region, and with the increase of altitude, a changeable climate is produced.

After solving the terrain and climate problems in the two regions, the question comes: can Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau produce civilization independently? I believe you can get the answer easily, impossible! Let's not say that all kinds of mountains in the whole plateau have blocked the function of human beings gathering to build a country independently, but that it is possible to carry out a lifestyle that almost all early civilizations will choose: farming, which is almost completely unrealistic in such a place without three miles of land and three sunny days. Therefore, although the early Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau was able to support the lives of some primitive people with the rich materials brought by the tropical monsoon climate and subtropical monsoon climate at low altitude in the plateau area, it was undoubtedly impossible to truly form a civilization.

So, where are the development opportunities for people in Yunnan-Guizhou region? Imagine that a weak person wants to become a strong person, a salted fish wants to turn over, and a carp wants to jump over the dragon gate. What is the most direct way? Naturally, they are hugging their thighs, and so are the aborigines in Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau who have weak development opportunities. Since I can't develop in my own terrain and resources, let's see if there are any civilizations in other places that can make me develop! Needless to say, there are just two powerful civilizations beside the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, one is the Indian civilization in the west of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, and the other is the Central Plains civilization in the east of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau. However, who will be re-elected?

? Don't bother, Indian civilization is still taking care of itself at this time, because to be honest, India is an ancient civilization from a distance, but at that time it was a pile of ancient civilizations. For various reasons, it has never been truly unified since ancient times. It is impossible for such a messy civilization that was scattered before the arrival of Aryans (Aryans actually unified India) to affect the development of Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau. It's impossible to fucking open the door and go home. Moreover, even if the factors of Indian civilization and its division are excluded, compared with the Central Plains, Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau is only a few relatively low hills and plains, and the whole towering Hengduan Mountains are separated between Indian civilization and Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, which is not an exaggeration to call it a natural barrier. Therefore, in fact, at that time, the only civilization that the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau could rely on for development was the Huaxia civilization in the Central Plains.

? However, why did Chinese civilization accept the younger brother of Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau? What can Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau offer to Chinese civilization? On the surface, it seems that nothing can be provided. The Chinese civilization in the Central Plains is a farming civilization. Where is your Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau? Small and broken places are all mountains, and there are few fields that can be cultivated. The round-trip freight is higher than the income that can be provided here. Therefore, when the Central Plains civilization was discovered in the early days of Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, it was actually not very welcome. It was only incorporated into the territory of China and did not really benefit the development of Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau. The Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau has also spent a long period without development in this state.

? It was not until the chaos in the Central Plains after the Tang Dynasty and the whole Chinese nation moved south that the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau gradually showed its unique value: at that time, because the Central Plains regime lived in the south, it could never get a major force of the army: horses, but there were horses in the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau (although they were short-legged horses, they were at least real horses! Something is better than nothing. At that time, drinking a refreshing drink tea had become popular in China, and there happened to be a unique tea variety-Pu 'er tea in Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau. Now, the Central Plains regime finally noticed two special products on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, so it began to use the ancient tea-horse road to trade with the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau. Although the ancient tea-horse road itself is steep and can transport few goods and culture every year, it has at least brought some sparks of civilization to the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau.

? But it's just some sparks of civilization.

? With the constant change of time, the whole Central Plains region entered the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, which was the most humiliating period for the whole Chinese nation. But what about the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau? The Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau has always been ignored by the great powers and the revolutionary masses because of its steep mountains. On the one hand, it has not been invaded too much by foreign powers, on the other hand, it has not been transmitted into a spark of revolution.

Later, after the founding of New China, the Chinese nation finally stood up from a pool of blood and stood upright. But what about the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau? On the one hand, there is no good contact with the outside world because of the road barrier. On the other hand, even if many mineral deposits are discovered, there is not enough capacity to exploit them, so we can only stare blankly and worry.

Is there really no way out in Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau? What are the real characteristics and advantages of Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau? Let's review the beginning. What's your impression when you think of Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau? This is a tourist attraction! Although the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau is separated from the outside world by several mountains, it is inconvenient to contact with the outside world. Although there are only a few arable fields in Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, it still has almost all climates from tropical to cold, and has the most kinds of ethnic minorities in China! These alone, coupled with the constant conquest of mountains and rivers after the development of science and technology, are enough to attract a large number of tourists! Tourism may be the best way to develop the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau.

? Nowadays, the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau is undoubtedly developing in a good direction, constantly overcoming difficulties, making itself undoubtedly the best tourist area in the country, and earning huge income to continue the transformation of tourist areas, thus carrying out a positive cycle. The development experience of Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau also gave me great enlightenment: God may close one door for you, but he will definitely open another window for you. Any region has its unique development significance and path, and it is the same for people.