Fresh flower in the lobby of Asian Star hotel

">Dali--the homeland of "Golden Flower Lady" <1>

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February 27th 2009
Literally Yunnan this name means "further south of colorful clouds" and Dali means "Great governing" based upon a local legend says an ancient king made up his mind to give his ppl a better place to live, the so called "the ever greatest governing". The best way to travel around Yunnan Province is: Kunming / Dali / Lijiang / Shangri-La for northern route, to further south that's gonna be total ... read more

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more