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Yuanmou
Yuanmou County (; Chuxiong Yi script: , IPA: ) is under the administration of the Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture, in the north of Yunnan province, China, bordering Sichuan province to the north. The famous Yuanmou Man was found in Yuanmou County in 1965. Administrative divisions Yuanmou County has 3 towns and 7 townships. ;3 towns * Yuanma () * Huangguayuan () * Yangjie () ;7 townships Climate Tourist Resources Besides the big discovery of Yuanmou Man, Yuanmou County is also famous for its Tulin, which literally means earth forest Tulin () meaning ''Earth Forest'' is a form of geological clay formation. It takes the form of pillars which from a distance give the impression of a forest. There are multiple examples of tulins in Yuanmou County in the Yunnan Province ....It is a natural landscape composed of earth columns or pillars forming like immense forest. The unique landscape was formed by geological movement and soil erosion one or two million years ag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuanmou Man
Yuanmou Man (, ''Homo erectus yuanmouensis'') is a subspecies of ''H. erectus'' which inhabited the Yuanmou Basin in the Yunnan Province, southwestern China, roughly 1.7 million years ago. It is the first fossil evidence of humans in China, though they probably reached the region by at least 2 million years ago. Yuanmou Man is known only from two upper first incisors presumed to have belonged to a male, and a partial tibia presumed to have belonged to a female. The female may have stood about in life. These remains are anatomically quite similar to those contemporary early ''Homo'' in Africa, namely ''H. habilis'' and '' H. (e?) ergaster''. Yuanmou Man inhabited a mixed environment featuring grassland, bushland, marshland, and forest dominated by pine and alder. They lived alongside chalicotheres, deer, the elephant ''Stegodon'', rhinos, cattle, pigs, and the giant short-faced hyaena. The site currently sits at an elevation of . They manufactured simple cores, flakes, ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture
Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture (; Chuxiong Yi script: ，IPA: ; Yi script: ꊉꇑꆑꌠꑼꂰ; Yi Pinyin: wop lup nut su yuop mi) is an autonomous prefecture located in central Yunnan Province, China. Chuxiong has an area of . The capital of the prefecture is Chuxiong City. Subdivisions There is two county-level cities and eight counties. Demographics According to the 2010 Census, Chuxiong Prefecture has 2,684,000 inhabitants, and according to the 2000 Census, Chuxiong Prefecture has 2,542,530 inhabitants with a population density of 86.91 inhabitants/km2. Ethnic groups in Chuxiong, 2000 census The ''Chuxiong Prefecture Almanac'' (1993:411) lists the following two ethnic Hani subgroups and their respective locations. * Woni () (in Shuangbai County and Chuxiong City): Fabiao , Dazhuang , Yulong , Damaidi of Shuangbai County *Luomian () (in Wuding County): Nigagu The Bai language The Bai language (Bai: ; ) is a language spoken in China, primarily in Yunnan Provi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earth Forest
Tulin () meaning ''Earth Forest'' is a form of geological clay formation. It takes the form of pillars which from a distance give the impression of a forest. There are multiple examples of tulins in Yuanmou County in the Yunnan Province of China, in an area of about 50 square kilometers. The tallest formation has a height of . The features are one to two million years old. The area was opened for tourism as the Yuanmou Earth Forest (''Tulin'' in Chinese) in 1985. Tulin formations in Yuanmou File:Earth forest1.jpg File:Earth forest2.jpg File:Earth forest3.jpg Other tulins in China *Longyangxia Tulin (龙羊峡土林) in Gonghe County, Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai. *Zanda Tulin (札达土林) in Zanda County, Ngari Prefecture, Tibet. *Nanjian Tulin (南涧土林) in Nanjian Yi Autonomous County, Dali, Yunnan. *Jingdong Tulin (景东土林) in Jingdong Yi Autonomous County, Pu'er City, Yunnan. *Yongde Tulin (永德土林) in Yongde County, Lincang, Yunna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yunnan
Yunnan , () is a landlocked Provinces of China, province in Southwest China, the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (as of 2018). The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders the Chinese provinces of Guizhou, Sichuan, autonomous regions of Guangxi, and Tibet Autonomous Region, Tibet as well as Southeast Asian countries: Vietnam, Laos, and Myanmar. Yunnan is China's fourth least developed province based on disposable income per capita in 2014. Yunnan is situated in a mountainous area, with high elevations in the northwest and low elevations in the southeast. Most of the population lives in the eastern part of the province. In the west, the altitude can vary from the mountain peaks to river valleys by as much as . Yunnan is rich in natural resources and has the largest diversity of plant life in China. Of the approximately 30,000 species of Vascular plant, higher plants in China, Yu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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