http://www.chinatravel.com/rssRSS-BoardSELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 2667) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCWed 4 Jan 2011 10:46:00 GMTjoycehttp://www.chinatravel.com/yunnan/xishuangbanna/attraction/mandian-waterfall/Brief introduction: The Man Dian waterfall is located in the tropic rain forest natural protective area, surrounded with the Dai minority villages and Ha Ni minority villages, 27km southeast Jung Hong city. The waterfall consists of 10 grades with the head drop of 20 meters, the width of 10 meters, thundering sounds. Staring out from Man Dian village and walking along the valley among the thick forest for about 2.5 km, you will see the first grade of the waterfall, also the greatest one. Y...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 4323) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCWed 4 Jan 2011 10:44:00 GMTjoycehttp://www.chinatravel.com/yunnan/xishuangbanna/attraction/xishuangbanna-virgin-forest-park/Xishuangbanna Virgin Forest Park covers an area of 25,000 mu (1666 ha, circa, where 1 mu is roughly equal to 1/15 hectare). Here are deep gorges, mountain streams, thick forests, clear lakes, and a seemingly infinite variety of tropical plants that share every available square centimeter of stratified space, from the floor of the forest to its canopy; here is truly some of the most prized tropical rain forest on earth (the plant coverage here is greater than 98%, a remarkable density even for a ...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 4324) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCWed 4 Jan 2011 10:37:00 GMTjoycehttp://www.chinatravel.com/yunnan/xishuangbanna/attraction/tropical-flowers-and-plants-garden/Introduction: The Tropical flowers and plants Park is located in the Tropical Crop Scientific Research Institute covering an area of 80 hectares. It is a four A's tourism scenic spot. The natural formed water system tourism line successively links Hundred-flower Park, Aerial Flower Garden, Monument to Premier Zhouenlai, Palm Zone, Rare Trees and Lawn Zone, Potted Landscape Zone, Leaves Sightseeing Zone and Tropical Fruit Trees Zone. It is an assembly for scientific research, popularization of s...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 1344) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCWed 20 Jan 2009 2:21:00 GMTchinatravelhttp://www.chinatravel.com/yunnan/xishuangbanna/attraction/national-minorities-park/The National Minorities Park (Minzu Fengqingyuan) is located near to the pretty Liusha River, 1 kilometer from Jinghong. Occupying an area of 20.8 hectares, land covers 53.4 thousand kilometers with the remaining 13.3 thousand kilometers covered by water. The National Minorities Park which is divided into the Northern Park and the Southern Park is a national place of interest and scenic resort as well as a tourism host organization. The park is host to many luxuriant tropical trees and...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 4325) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCWed 20 Jan 2009 2:05:00 GMTchinatravelhttp://www.chinatravel.com/yunnan/xishuangbanna/attraction/mange-buddhist-temple/The Man Ge Buddhist Temple is also called 'Wa Zha La Tan Man Ge' in the Dai language, which means the central Buddhist temple of Man Ge. Facing east, such temple is very grand with wooden roof-beams, thick eaves and tiled-roof. The unique main temple is supported by sixteen red haven tree columns, which are 8 meter high and 40 centimeters thick. All the roof-beams are Dou Gong style, with set brackets on top of the columns supporting the beams within and roof eaves without. There are also 16 ele...]]>Wed 20 Jan 2009 2:02:00 GMTchinatravelhttp://www.chinatravel.com/yunnan/xishuangbanna/attraction/olive-dam/Tue 19 Jan 2009 3:18:00 GMTleomagichttp://www.chinatravel.com/yunnan/xishuangbanna/restaurant/food-palace-in-the-banna-hotel/Tue 19 Jan 2009 3:17:00 GMThttp://www.chinatravel.com/yunnan/xishuangbanna/restaurant/damanmo-dai-village/Tue 19 Jan 2009 3:14:00 GMTleomagichttp://www.chinatravel.com/yunnan/xishuangbanna/restaurant/manla-dai-village/Tue 19 Jan 2009 3:13:00 GMTleomagichttp://www.chinatravel.com/yunnan/xishuangbanna/restaurant/manjinglan-dai-food-street/Thu 14 Jan 2009 1:22:00 GMTjasminehttp://www.chinatravel.com/yunnan/xishuangbanna/restaurant/golden-beach/Wed 13 Jan 2009 19:48:00 GMTjasminehttp://www.chinatravel.com/yunnan/xishuangbanna/festival/ethnic-songs-and-dances/SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 1326) AND (ServiceType = 35) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCWed 13 Jan 2009 0:53:00 GMThttp://www.chinatravel.com/yunnan/xishuangbanna/product/arabica-coffee/Arabica Coffee is a peculiar category in Xishuangbanna. The full-bodied coffee has sweet aftertaste, which is quite different from those produced in the tropical Africa. ...]]>Tue 12 Jan 2009 21:14:00 GMThttp://www.chinatravel.com/yunnan/xishuangbanna/food/rice-cooked-in-fragrant-bamboo/SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 1327) AND (ServiceType = 35) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCTue 12 Jan 2009 2:52:00 GMTjasminehttp://www.chinatravel.com/yunnan/xishuangbanna/product/puer-tea/Xishuangbanna is the home of China's famous Puer tea. The oldest tea tree in Menghai is 700 years old. The six most major Chinese Puer tea fields are all located in Xishuangbanna. In the Ming Dynasty, Puer tea, being sold to the middle and eastern Asia, was one of the most important trading goods in the ancient Tea-Horse Trading Route. The Xishuangbanna broad-leaf tea can be made into black tea and green tea. The former looks fresh and watery and fragrant while the latter looks fine and thin wit...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 1321) AND (ServiceType = 35) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCTue 12 Jan 2009 2:48:00 GMTjasminehttp://www.chinatravel.com/yunnan/xishuangbanna/product/black-pottery/Black pottery is the traditional handwork product of the Dai minority nationality. Local black pottery wares include earthen jug, jar, vase, smoking set, tea set and so on. They are carved delicately with patterns of primitive simplicity, which makes they perfect souvenirs. ...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 4322) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCFri 8 Jan 2009 1:02:00 GMTchinatravelhttp://www.chinatravel.com/yunnan/xishuangbanna/attraction/dai-ethnic-garden/Introduction The Dai Ethnic Garden, located in the Ganlan Basin in Menghan County, proudly holds a national 4A rating as one of China's top scenic spots. Within the Dai Ethnic Garden, five Dai villages -Manjiang, Manchunman, Manting, ManZha, and Manga - cover an area of 3.36 square kilometers and consist of 309 families, or 1487 individual villagers. Rainforest surrounds and permeates the villages. The well-proportioned bamboo-constructed houses of the Dai people are dotted here and ther...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 1347) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCFri 8 Jan 2009 0:51:00 GMTchinatravelhttp://www.chinatravel.com/yunnan/xishuangbanna/attraction/xishuangbanna-tropical-botanical-garden/Introduction The Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, the whole name of which is The Tropical Plant Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Science, is located in Menglun, a town in Menglai County which is about 80 kilometers from Jinghong city. The Menglun Tropical Botanical Garden is the largest tropical botanical garden in China. It was established in 1950s by Chinese famous botanist Prof. Cai Xitao. The garden boasts more than 3000 species of tropical plants covering an area...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 1597) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCWed 30 Dec 2008 20:07:00 GMTchinatravelhttp://www.chinatravel.com/yunnan/xishuangbanna/attraction/manfeilong-white-pagoda/The White Pagodas, located on the top of a small hill behind Manfeilong village, are the famous group pagodas in Xishuangbanna. They are also called Bamboo Shoot Pagodas because their shapes are like bamboo shoots.The pagodas standing in the rubber trees and bushes consist of pedestal, altar stage, clock bed, alms bowl, lotus, banana bud, precious umbrella, and weather vane. The major pagoda in the middle is 16.29 meters high covered with color ceramic tile on the surface; and eight minor ones a...]]>Wed 30 Dec 2008 19:56:00 GMTchinatravelhttp://www.chinatravel.com/yunnan/xishuangbanna/attraction/one-free-forest/