China Cultural Chronicles December 8, 2012
- Winter view of Songhua Lake
Located 24 kilometers southeast of Jilin City, Jilin Province, Songhua Lake is one of the most famous artificial lakes in China. It was created after the completion of the Fengman Hydropower Station in 1937. Equal to four Miyun Reservoirs in Beijing in size, the lake rivals the Qiandao Lake in Zhejiang Province. It is a perfect summer resort. [Photo/China.org.cn]
- Tibet receives record number of tourists
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下载安装Flash播放器Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region has received a record 10 million domestic and foreign tourists so far this year, tourism authorities said Friday.
As of Nov. 30, the total number of tourists visiting the region had surged 22.6 percent year on year to 10.34 million, exceeding 10 million for the first time, said Wang Songping, an official with the region's tourism bureau.
Revenues in the tourism sector increased 33.9 percent year on year to 12.4 billion yuan (1.99 billion U.S. dollars), said Wang.
Wang attributed the boom to nationwide promotion efforts, improved transportation access and an increasing number of individual trips.
Tibet is situated on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, an area predominantly populated by ethnic Tibetans. Tourist destinations include Tibetan Buddhism heritage sites, such as Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple and the Zhaxi Lhunbo Monastery.
Nearly 300,000 people are employed in the region's tourism sector, according to government figures.
The number of tourists traveling to Tibet has grown by an average of 30 percent annually over the past five years. Last year, more than 8.69 million people visited Tibet, bringing in tourism revenues of 9.7 billion yuan. Authorities expect to see 15 million tourists annually by 2015.
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- China's Great Wall Museum
Coming to China and not visiting the Great Wall is like going to Egypt and neglecting the pyramids. It is the equivalent of not really visiting the ancient civilization. One of the architectural wonders of the world, the scope of the Great Wall dates from when the Qin dynasty unified China. [Photo/Guangming Online]
- Visitors enjoy Chinese Light Festival in Rotterdam
- Landscape that belongs to Nomads, Tibet 2012
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Domesticated yaks have been kept for thousands of years, primarily for their milk, fibre and meat, and as beasts of burden. Their dried droppings are an important fuel, used all over Tibet, and is often the only fuel available on the high treeless Tibetan Plateau. Yaks transport goods across mountain passes for local farmers and traders as well as for climbing and trekking expeditions. "Only one thing makes it hard to use yaks for long journeys in barren regions. They will not eat grain, which could be carried on the journey. They will starve unless they can be brought to a place where there is grass. They also are used to draw ploughs. Yak's milk is often processed to a cheese called chhurpi in Tibetan and Nepali languages, and byaslag in Mongolia. Butter made of Yak's milk is an ingredient of the butter tea that Tibetans consume in large quantities, and is also used in lamps and made into butter sculptures used in religious festivities. Yaks grunt, and unlike cattle are not known to produce the characteristic bovine lowing (mooing) sound.
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