西双版纳, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, China Vacation, 2019
Xishuangbanna. This region of China is noted for its distinct culture, one unlike that of the Han Chinese. The people, architecture, language, and culture more closely resemble those of the Shan, Dai and Tai peoples, which includes the Thai and Lao.
西双版纳有中国唯一的热带雨林自然保护区，是国家级生态示范区、国家级风景名胜区、联合国生物多样性保护圈成员，植物种类占全国的1/6，动物种类占全国的1/4，森林覆盖率80.8%，是中国第二大天然橡胶生产基地，大叶种茶的原生地、普洱茶的故乡，建有1个5A级景区，9个4A级景区，西双版纳以神奇的热带雨林自然景观和少数民族风情而闻名于世，是中国的热点旅游城市之一。
Tropical Garden Walking Tour in Xishuangbanna
This is one of tropical gardens in Jinghong, Xishuangbanna (Sipsongpanna in Lao), and it is one of beautiful gardens in the world comparing to some tropical places in Laos, Thailand, Hawaii, Florida, and other places; so I'm glad I've seen it with my new friends (01/2013).
云南十八怪，Eighteen Oddities Folk Customs in Yunnan, China Vacation 2019
云南由于其独特的地理风貌，特殊的气候状况，多彩的民族风情，奇特的风俗习惯，产生了许多不同于其他地方的奇异现象，随着远来的游人、匆匆的过客们在这片神奇的土地上留下短暂的足迹并离开之后，他们所耳闻目睹的那些奇闻异趣也逐渐流传开来，并每每被冠以‘怪’字，也因而流传下“云南十八怪”
Eighteen Oddities in Yunnan (Chinese: 云南十八怪; pinyin: Yúnnán Shíbā Guài; sometimes called Eighteen Wonders of Yunnan) are eighteen unique traits of the Yunnan province of southwest China. The oddities, which are as follows, are generally presented in the form of a list, which is promulgated in promotional materials advertising the province to foreign and domestic tourists.
Eggs are tied up sold in rope-like clustersphoto
Bamboo hats are used as wok lids
Three mosquitoes make up a dish - mosquitoes are so large that it is said that just three are large enough to make a meal
Bamboo is used to make water pipes for smoking
Erkuai - a local culinary specialty made of rice, whose name translates literally as ear piece (called zi ba, 糍粑 in Mandarin)
The same dress is worn for all four seasons - clothing for all four seasons may be seen on a single day in Yunnan, as climatic conditions may vary widely according to altitude and region
Young girls are called Old Lady
Automobiles move faster than trains
Toes are exposed all year round
Rain here but sunshine there - the weather is often variable between areas just a few kilometers apart
Girls wear flowers in all four seasons
Girls carry tobacco bags
Green vegetables are called bitter vegetables
Grannies climb mountains faster than monkeys
Trains go abroad but not inland
Monks can have love affairs[citation needed]
Children are raised by men - Yunnan women have a reputation for being hard-working, thus many men stay home to take care of their children
Automobiles move in the clouds - many roads are high in the mountains
Shan State
Shan State is a state of Myanmar. Shan State borders China to the north, Laos to the east, and Thailand to the south, and five administrative divisions of Burma in the west. Largest of the 14 administrative divisions by land area, Shan State covers 155,800 km², almost a quarter of the total area of Burma. The state gets its name from the Shan people, one of several ethnic groups that inhabit the area. Shan State is largely rural, with only three cities of significant size: Lashio, Kengtung, and the capital, Taunggyi. Taungyyi is 150.7 km north east of the nation's capital Naypyitaw.
Shan State, with many ethnic groups, is home to several armed ethnic armies. While the military government has signed ceasefire agreements with most groups, vast areas of the state, especially those east of the Thanlwin river, remain outside the central government's control, and in recent years have come under heavy ethnic-Chinese economic and political influence. Other areas are under the control of military groups such as the Shan State Army.
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Yunnan (云南) is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the far southwest of the country. It spans approximately 394,000 square kilometres (152,000 sq mi) and has a population of 45.7 million (as of 2009). The capital of the province is Kunming, formerly also known as Yunnan. The province borders the Chinese provinces Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan, and the Tibet Autonomous Region, and the countries Vietnam, Laos, and Myanmar.
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 as much as 3,000 metres (9,800 ft). Yunnan is rich in natural resources and has the largest diversity of plant life in China. Of the approximately 30,000 species of higher plants in China, Yunnan has perhaps 17,000 or more. Yunnan's reserves of aluminium, lead, zinc and tin are the largest in China, and there are also major reserves of copper and nickel.
The Han Empire first recorded diplomatic relations with the province at the end of the 2nd century BC. It became the seat of a Sino-Tibetan-speaking kingdom of Nanzhao in the 8th century AD. Nanzhao was multi-ethnic, but the elite most-likely spoke a northern dialect of Yi. The Mongols conquered the region in the 13th century, with local control exercised by warlords until the 1930s. From the Yuan dynasty onward, the area was part of a central-government sponsored population movement towards the southwestern frontier, with two major waves of migrants arriving from Han-majority areas in northern and southeast China. As with other parts of China's southwest, Japanese occupation in the north during World War II forced another migration of majority Han people into the region. These two waves of migration contributed to Yunnan being one of the most ethnically diverse provinces of China, with ethnic minorities accounting for about 34 percent of its total population. Major ethnic groups include Yi, Bai, Hani, Zhuang, Dai and Miao.
Yunnan | Wikipedia audio article
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00:02:28 1 History
00:02:37 1.1 Prehistory
00:03:07 1.2 Pre-Nanzhao period
00:06:10 1.3 Nanzhao period
00:11:11 1.4 Dali Kingdom
00:12:15 1.5 Ming and Qing dynasties
00:14:43 1.6 Post-Imperial
00:16:26 1.7 Naturalists
00:17:40 2 Geography
00:18:48 2.1 Geology
00:20:06 2.2 Paleontology
00:20:24 2.3 Climate
00:21:52 2.4 Topography
00:23:30 2.5 Borders
00:24:21 2.6 Lakes
00:25:14 2.7 Rivers
00:26:52 2.8 Biodiversity
00:29:28 2.9 Designation
00:30:19 2.10 Natural resources
00:32:09 2.10.1 Drought
00:32:41 3 Scenic areas
00:32:51 3.1 National parks
00:33:12 3.2 UNESCO World Heritage Sites
00:33:48 4 Governance
00:33:56 4.1 Administrative divisions
00:34:37 4.1.1 Urban areas
00:34:45 4.2 Politics
00:38:28 5 Demographics
00:38:37 5.1 Ethnicity
00:40:34 5.2 Languages
00:42:05 5.3 Literacy
00:42:41 5.4 Religion
00:44:22 6 Agriculture
00:47:14 7 Economy
00:52:59 7.1 Economic and Technological Development Zones
00:58:04 8 Education
01:00:37 9 Health
01:00:57 9.1 HIV-AIDS
01:01:09 10 Transport
01:01:18 10.1 Railways
01:03:55 10.2 Burma Road
01:05:29 10.3 Highways
01:07:34 10.3.1 Expressways
01:08:57 10.4 Waterways
01:09:57 10.5 Airports
01:10:55 10.6 Bridges
01:11:44 10.7 Metro
01:12:02 11 Culture
01:13:08 11.1 Eighteen Oddities of Yunnan
01:13:17 11.2 Cuisine
01:13:25 11.3 Tea
01:13:53 11.4 Music
01:14:01 11.5 Chinese medicine
01:14:22 11.6 Tourism
01:17:53 11.7 Places of interest
01:18:29 11.8 Sport
01:18:55 12 See also
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Yunnan (云南) is a province of China. Located in Southwest China, the province spans approximately 394,000 square kilometres (152,000 sq mi) and has a population of 47.368 million (as of 2015). The capital of the province is Kunming, formerly also known as Yunnan. The province borders the Chinese provinces Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan, and the Tibet Autonomous Region, as well as the countries Vietnam, Laos, and Myanmar.
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 3,000 metres (9,800 ft). Yunnan is rich in natural resources and has the largest diversity of plant life in China. Of the approximately 30,000 species of higher plants in China, Yunnan has perhaps 17,000 or more. Yunnan's reserves of aluminium, lead, zinc and tin are the largest in China, and there are also major reserves of copper and nickel.
The Han Empire first recorded diplomatic relations with the province at the end of the 2nd century BC. It became the seat of a Sino-Tibetan-speaking kingdom of Nanzhao in the 8th century AD. Nanzhao was multi-ethnic, but the elite most-likely spoke a northern dialect of Yi. The Mongols conquered the region in the 13th century, followed by the Ming dynasty.
From the Yuan dynasty onward, the area was part of a central-government sponsored population movement towards the southwestern frontier, with two major waves of migrants arriving from Han-majority areas in northern and southeast China. As with other parts of China's southwest, Japanese occupation in the north during World War II forced another migration of Han people into the region. These two waves of migration contributed to Yunnan being one of the most ethnically diverse provinces of China, with ethnic minorities accounting for about 34 percent of its total population. Major ethnic groups include Yi, Bai, Hani, Zhuang, Dai and Miao.
Tea | Wikipedia audio article
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00:01:24 1 Etymology
00:04:59 2 Origin and history
00:14:21 3 Cultivation and harvesting
00:17:06 4 Chemical composition
00:19:14 5 Processing and classification
00:20:38 5.1 Additional processing and additives
00:21:12 5.1.1 Blending
00:21:42 5.1.2 Flavouring
00:22:14 5.1.3 Milk
00:24:39 6 Preparation
00:24:48 6.1 Black tea
00:26:06 6.2 Green tea
00:26:52 6.3 Oolong tea
00:27:30 6.4 Pu-erh tea
00:28:00 6.5 Masala chai
00:28:20 6.6 Cold brew tea
00:29:15 6.7 Pouring from height
00:30:04 7 Tea culture
00:35:59 8 Production
00:36:22 9 Economics
00:37:26 9.1 Labor and consumer safety problems
00:37:57 9.2 Certification
00:39:10 9.3 Trade
00:39:47 10 Packaging
00:39:56 10.1 Tea bags
00:41:05 10.2 Loose tea
00:41:52 10.3 Compressed tea
00:43:10 10.4 Instant tea
00:44:52 10.5 Bottled and canned tea
00:45:26 11 Storage
00:46:28 12 Gallery
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Tea is an aromatic beverage commonly prepared by pouring hot or boiling water over cured leaves of the Camellia sinensis, an evergreen shrub (bush) native to East Asia. After water, it is the most widely consumed drink in the world. There are many different types of tea; some, like Darjeeling and Chinese greens, have a cooling, slightly bitter, and astringent flavour, while others have vastly different profiles that include sweet, nutty, floral or grassy notes.
Tea originated in Southwest China during the Shang dynasty, where it was used as a medicinal drink. An early credible record of tea drinking dates to the 3rd century AD, in a medical text written by Hua Tuo. It was popularized as a recreational drink during the Chinese Tang dynasty, and tea drinking spread to other East Asian countries. Portuguese priests and merchants introduced it to Europe during the 16th century. During the 17th century, drinking tea became fashionable among Britons, who started large-scale production and commercialization of the plant in India. Combined, China and India supplied 62% of the world's tea in 2016.
The term herbal tea refers to drinks not made from Camellia sinensis: infusions of fruit, leaves, or other parts of the plant, such as steeps of rosehip, chamomile, or rooibos. These are sometimes called tisanes or herbal infusions to prevent confusion with tea made from the tea plant.
Tea | Wikipedia audio article
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Tea
00:01:18 1 Etymology
00:04:45 2 Origin and history
00:14:03 3 Cultivation and harvesting
00:16:52 4 Chemical composition
00:18:55 5 Processing and classification
00:20:21 5.1 Additional processing and additives
00:20:56 5.1.1 Blending
00:21:26 5.1.2 Flavouring
00:21:59 5.1.3 Milk
00:24:25 6 Preparation
00:24:34 6.1 Black tea
00:25:54 6.2 Green tea
00:26:40 6.3 Oolong tea
00:27:19 6.4 Pu-erh tea
00:27:50 6.5 Masala chai
00:28:10 6.6 Cold brew tea
00:29:07 6.7 Pouring from height
00:29:58 7 Tea culture
00:35:55 8 Production
00:36:18 9 Economics
00:37:20 9.1 Labor and consumer safety problems
00:37:52 9.2 Certification
00:39:06 9.3 Trade
00:39:44 10 Packaging
00:39:52 10.1 Tea bags
00:41:03 10.2 Loose tea
00:41:52 10.3 Compressed tea
00:43:12 10.4 Instant tea
00:44:59 10.5 Bottled and canned tea
00:45:34 11 Storage
00:46:37 12 Gallery
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
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Tea is an aromatic beverage commonly prepared by pouring hot or boiling water over cured leaves of the Camellia sinensis, an evergreen shrub (bush) native to East Asia. After water, it is the most widely consumed drink in the world. There are many different types of tea; some, like Darjeeling and Chinese greens, have a cooling, slightly bitter, and astringent flavour, while others have vastly different profiles that include sweet, nutty, floral or grassy notes.
Tea originated in Southwest China, where it was used as a medicinal drink. It was popularized as a recreational drink during the Chinese Tang dynasty, and tea drinking spread to other East Asian countries. Portuguese priests and merchants introduced it to Europe during the 16th century. During the 17th century, drinking tea became fashionable among Britons, who started large-scale production and commercialization of the plant in India. Combined, China and India supplied 62% of the world's tea in 2016.
The term herbal tea refers to drinks not made from Camellia sinensis: infusions of fruit, leaves, or other parts of the plant, such as steeps of rosehip, chamomile, or rooibos. These are sometimes called tisanes or herbal infusions to prevent confusion with tea made from the tea plant.
Austin, Texas | Wikipedia audio article
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Austin, Texas
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Austin is the capital of the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Travis County, with portions extending into Hays and Williamson counties. It is the 11th-most populous city in the United States and the 4th-most populous city in Texas. It is also the fastest growing large city in the United States, the second most populous state capital after Phoenix, Arizona, and the southernmost state capital in the contiguous United States. As of the U.S. Census Bureau's August 1, 2018 estimate, Austin had a population of 967,629 up from 790,491 at the 2010 census. The city is the cultural and economic center of the Austin–Round Rock metropolitan statistical area, which had an estimated population of 2,056,405 as of July 1, 2016. Located in Central Texas within the greater Texas Hill Country, it is home to numerous lakes, rivers, and waterways, including Lady Bird Lake and Lake Travis on the Colorado River, Barton Springs, McKinney Falls, and Lake Walter E. Long.
In the 1830s, pioneers began to settle the area in central Austin along the Colorado River. In 1839, the site was chosen to replace Houston as the capital of the Republic of Texas and was incorporated under the name Waterloo. Shortly afterward, the name was changed to Austin in honor of Stephen F. Austin, the Father of Texas and the republic's first secretary of state. The city grew throughout the 19th century and became a center for government and education with the construction of the Texas State Capitol and the University of Texas at Austin. After a severe lull in economic growth from the Great Depression, Austin resumed its steady development, and by the 1990s it emerged as a center for technology and business. A number of Fortune 500 companies have headquarters or regional offices in Austin including, 3M, Amazon.com, Apple Inc., Cisco, eBay, General Motors, Google, IBM, Intel, Oracle Corporation, Paypal, Texas Instruments, and Whole Foods Market. Dell's worldwide headquarters is located in nearby Round Rock, a suburb of Austin.
Residents of Austin are known as Austinites. They include a diverse mix of government employees, college students, musicians, high-tech workers, blue-collar workers, and a vibrant LGBT community. The city's official slogan promotes Austin as The Live Music Capital of the World, a reference to the city's many musicians and live music venues, as well as the long-running PBS TV concert series Austin City Limits. The city also adopted Silicon Hills as a nickname in the 1990s due to a rapid influx of technology and development companies. In recent years, some Austinites have adopted the unofficial slogan Keep Austin Weird, which refers to the desire to protect small, unique, and local businesses from being overrun by large corporations. In the late 19th century, Austin was known as the City of the Violet Crown, because of the colorful glow of light across the hills just after sunset. Even today, many Austin businesses use the term Violet Crown in their name. Austin is known as a clean-air city for its stringent no-smoking ordinances that apply to all public places and buildings, including restaurants and bars.U.S. News & World Report named Austin the #1 place to live in the U.S. for 2017 and 2018. In 2016, Forbes ranked Austin #1 on its Cities of the Future list, then in 2017 placed the city at that same position on its list for the Next Biggest Boom Town in the U.S. Also in 2017, Forbes awarded the South River City neighborhood of Austin its #2 ranking for Best Cities and Neighborhoods for Millennials. WalletHub named Austin the #6 best place in the country to live for 2017. The FBI ranked Austin as the #2 safest major city in the U.S. for 2012.