| |
Luoping
Luoping county is 228 km to the east of
Kunming. It is located on the border of Yunnan, Guizhou,
and Guangxi Province.Luoping county has a population of
500,000 and covers an area of 3,006 square kilometers inhabited
by many nationalities, including the Han,the Yi,the Buyi,and
the Hui.
Luoping enjoys a mild and humid climate. It is dominated
by karst features with small basins among independent green
hills. It is a national base for raising bees and for processing
honey oroducts. The rape flowers covering an area of 250,000
mu and on February of March every years, thousands of Yellow
Rapeseed Flowers are in full bloom, looking like and expanse
of a golden sea.
There are many things to see when you
travel Luoping. The major sights include the Jiulong waterfall
(nine dragons), the Duoyi River and the Lubuge Gorges.
The Jiulong (nine dragon )waterfall is
consist of 10-tier waterfalls which are compactly grouped
in a valley with a length of 4 km and a depth of 200 m ,which
forms a splendid view. The biggest waterfall is 110 m wide
and 56 m high. Each of them represent a dragon, so we call
it "nine dragon waterfalls ".
The Duoyi River lies 33 km southern of
the county. Formed by the water from 5 underground springs,
the river flows between its green banks for 12 km as if
it were a tender Buyi girl. It is on the way to the Gorge
of Lubuge, you will find different shape of ethnic architecture
and landscape like Guilin along the road.
The Lubuge Gorge is located 40 km southern
of the count. Lubuge is from Buyi language, meaning "a
beautiful village". The major scenic spot is the Power
Station Dam and its artificial lake. The dam is 103 m high
and the reservoir has a storage capacity of 110,000,000
cubic m. The project was designed by 4 counties engineers
(British, Italian, German & Chinese). The human power
made the valley into a fascinating view with the 18 floors
dam like a labyrinth.
|
