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| About
the River |
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| Wide
water surface(from 45m to over 200m), the most of it is smoothly and slowly,
but still has some rapids. |
| There
is a big whirlpool when river has an "S"
turn, especially in summer(June to October). |
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| Special
Scenic |
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Cock
Stone
A big stone like a cock suddenly stand in the river, with a Tibetan Monastery
on the top of it, colorful flags fluttering in the wind. |
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Terrace
field
Beautiful terrace
fields from the edge to the half way of mountains. |
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| Animals
and Vegetations |
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| Egret----If
you are lucky, you can see egret flying in the blue sky. |
| Jinsha
fish----Because the high altitude and cold water, fishes here
are hard to grow up, but delicious. In the past years, Jinsha fishes are
less and less, smaller and smaller, so the government prohibit fishing
during February to April. |
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Wild
flower----Blue, yellow, redĄtake a photo! |
| Custom
and Local Food |
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| Fishing---The
local Naxi people use a bamboo stick tied a rope with leave, as a fishing
rod but no hooks. The small fish will bite the leave, and then people
pull the stick, put the fish into a washbasin. |
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Ferryboat---Make
of iron, slim but can carry a truck from this bank to the other. |
| Chicken
pea pudding---Make from special pea in Lijiang, cool and spicy! |
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Red
pepper---local hot preserved red pepper. |
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| Itinerary |
| Day
1 |
Drive
to Tacheng, start to rafting. Camping beside the river. |
| Day
2 |
Rafting
for 1 day to Stonedrum, and then drive back to Lijiang. |
| River
Rate |
Class
I - II |
| Season |
Any
season |
| Group
Size |
Minimum:
5 |
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The name "Yangtze"
is used before The R.P. China. Now the whole river is called "ChangJiang",
means long river. But the upper of it (from the source to Yibin
Sichuan), it is called "JinshaJiang", means golden sand
river.
Want to know
why? Just come and feel ! |
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