How many mountains and rivers are there in Chuxiong, Yunnan? (below)

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multiculture

What attracts them?

There are many substances

One of the most important things is

salt

For 200 million years

Inland salt lakes in central Yunnan

Accumulated a lot of salt deposits.

The rock salt in Chuxiong is of good quality.

2000-3000 years ago

Indigenous people living in Chuxiong

It created a splendid ancient Dian culture.

The bronze drums they cast

The shape is simple and unique

It is considered to be the ancestor of all bronze drums.

Known as Wanjiaba bronze drum

And the salt trade between ancient Yunnan and the outside world.

Let countless ancient roads

Can be formed in highlands and mountains.

It has become a channel for Chuxiong to communicate with the outside world.

Except for the goods coming and going on the passage.

There are others.

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From the eastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Direct access to Hengduan mountain area in northwest Yunnan

Tibetan-Yi Corridor

They are Yi, Hani, Naxi and Lisu.

The ancestors of Lahu, Bai, Jinuo and other ethnic groups.

Enter Yunnan

(Schematic diagram of Tibetan-Yi Corridor, cartography @ Chen Zhihao/Planetary Institute)

The ancestors of Yi people

This is what entered Chuxiong.

In the process of continuous migration and integration

They formed their own words.

Yi

Use independent words

Carrying a unique culture

Chuxiong is one of the areas with the largest number of Yi ancient books.

besides

They illuminated a vertical column with the sun.

Form a shadow on the ground

Take the earth as the form of "dial"

Created the ancient calendar.

In this calendar,

There are ten months in a year.

There are 36 days in every month.

The remaining 5-6 days are New Year's Day.

This calendar is called

Yi October solar calendar

Chuxiong has rich and unique mountains and rivers.

It has become the source of inspiration for Yi costumes.

Yixiu

Patterns are taken from nature.

Mostly local plants, birds and animals.

Chuxiong mountains are vertical and horizontal.

Geographical environment separated by dams

Created countless independent small areas.

It is also to make Yi embroidery patterns rich in variety in unity.

Yi people hold grand ceremonies every year.

Competition festival

Show the diversity of Yi costumes.

Also attracted

There are also Han people in the Central Plains and Jiangnan areas.

Chuxiong is not only rich in salt resources

It is also the traffic artery in eastern Yunnan and western Yunnan.

It has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times.

Chuxiong periphery

Ancient roads, ancient customs and ancient post stations are endless.

"Jiuguan 18 Road" on the ancient road in western Yunnan

Chuxiong occupied the "eight customs and fourteen shops"

Along the ancient road

The rise of ancient towns and cities

Heijing town

It is one of the "four ancient towns" in Yunnan.

Han immigrants

Brought more advanced farming techniques.

Valley, dam, hillside

There are patches of farmland.

Different religions and cultures

The Collision and Fusion of Chuxiong

Groups of ancient people.

Created endless culture in Chuxiong.

And today's Chuxiong

Still attracts the attention of modern people.

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End of movement

Today's Chuxiong

In the modernization drive

Surging with stronger vitality.

It connects eastern Yunnan and western Yunnan.

And the main roads in Sichuan and Yunnan.

Convenient traffic

(Schematic diagram of Chuxiong highway network, drawing @ Chen Zhihao/Planet College)

The expressway crosses the plateau.

Form a "three vertical and four horizontal" backbone road network

Internal roads extend in all directions.

Connect Chuxiong into a whole.

This magnificent bridge crosses the natural barrier.

Connect the two sides of the canyon

The speeding high-speed rail crosses the plateau.

Bring efficient flow of materials and personnel.

Based on transportation

Chuxiong gradually realized industrialization.

Large and medium-sized reservoirs such as Hewei, Maobanqiao and Qingshan Lake.

Distributed among the mountains.

Set majestic and beautiful in one.

Other industries are also welcoming updates and upgrades.

Bazi and valleys have become the main agricultural areas.

The use of modern agricultural machinery

Improve agricultural production efficiency.

Diversified environment

Make agriculture more three-dimensional

Various crops

Three-dimensional climate and unique soil quality

Let flue-cured tobacco, rape, tea, walnuts, etc.

You can also occupy a place in Chuxiong.

Chuxiong is near Kunming, the spring city.

It is at the same latitude as Kunming.

And the altitude is relatively low.

In addition, it is influenced by topography and climate.

Chuxiong is warm in winter and cool in summer, with four seasons like spring.

The environment is very pleasant

It has high air cleanliness and concentrated sunlight.

The average sunshine hours in the whole state are more than 2300 hours.

Annual sunshine hours in Yongren, Chuxiong

Second only to Xigaze, Tibet.

It is one of the high sunshine areas in China.

(Annual sunshine hours and annual water surface evaporation, drawing @ Chen Zhihao/Planetary Institute)

bright sunshine

A warm climate

Antique architecture

Blooming flowers

Responding to people's concern for Yunnan everywhere.

Imagination of "Four Seasons Like Spring"

Compared with the bustling Kunming

Chuxiong has more peace and tranquility.

A small bridge at the end of the field is bright.

Telling that the years are quiet.

Today Chuxiong

But also has its unique natural landscape.

Precious paleontological fossils

And rich and colorful national culture.

Attract more and more tourists.

Chuxiong in the future

As one of the centers of the central Yunnan Plateau

Will play a greater role in connection.

Will also walk out of textbooks and museums.

Become more modern and lively.

From ancient behemoths to the dawn of mankind

From mountains and rivers to human civilization

Chuxiong changed hands several times and experienced great changes.

But it will never change.

It is an endless vitality.

It promotes the evolution of life and historical changes.

Formed in Chuxiong

Life corridor describing the origin of life

A strange mountain corridor describing the vicissitudes of the earth

The cultural corridor of the Yi people records the ancient and magical history of the Yi people.

And the ancient town cultural corridor that reflects each other with multiculturalism.

in the future

As long as this vitality continues

Chuxiong will not be forgotten.

It will continue on this land.

Give birth to a new landscape and vigorous life.

And splendid culture.

Creative team

Author: Cheng Bingji

Photography: Feng and Yu Kuan

Design: Zheng Borong

Map: Chen Zhihao

Review: Book Cat, Cloud Dance, Empty City

This article was specially produced by Wei Chu Museum of Weichu Cultural Tourism Bureau.

particular thanks

Ailaoshan natural reserve area Chuxiong management bureau

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