Swallow Cave, Honghe, Yunnan Province, China 燕 子 洞
The Swallow Cave 燕 子 洞, pronounced as Yanzi Dong, is part of a karst system formed over 3 million years ago in the Honghe Hani Yi Autonomous Prefecture 红 河 哈 尼 族 彝 族 自 治 州 of Yunnan Province 雲 南 省. 8 km of the Lushui River 瀘 水 河 runs underground through the Cave.
The Swallow Cave is the largest of its kind in the world.
In spring and summer, hundreds of thousands of swallows come from South-East Asia to build nests and raise their young. When the climate turns cool, they leave again. The bird nest is built from straws with swallow saliva, which is a Chinese delicacy. Harvest of the bird nest begins in August when the swallows are gone.
My time of visit was at the end of May.
Jianshui Ancient Town, Honghe, Yunnan Province, China 臨 安 府
Jianshui 建 水 is 220 km south of Kunming 昆 明, capital of Yunnan Province 雲 南 省.
The Nazhao State 南 詔 國 (738-937) built the city of Huili 惠 歷 in the present location of Jianshui during the Tang Dynasty 唐 代 (618-907). In Yi language, Hui Li means Vast Sea, which has been translated into Jian Shui 建 水 in Han language, the Standard Chinese.
Jianshui was a Zhou 州 or Prefecture in the Yuan Dynasty 元 朝 (1271-1368), renamed to Lin An Fu 臨 安 府 in the Ming Dynasty 明 朝 (1368-1644) and dropped to the county 縣 level by the Qing Dynasty 清 朝 (1644-1911).
Jianshui County is now under the jurisdiction of the Honghe Hani Yi Autonomous Prefecture 红 河 哈 尼 族 彝 族 自 治 州 in the Yunnan Province 雲 南 省.
The Jianshui Ancient Town is fondly called Lin An, for keeping its traditional style from the Ming era.
Jianshui to Yuanyang Expressway BIM Documentary建元高速施工纪录片
Jianshui to Yuanyang expressway is a Y shape expressway,start from Jianshui and Gejiu city,end in Nansha town,Yuanyang county:
including 700m span,228m high Honghe bridge Jianyuan:
high beam bridges such as 150m high Baojiazhuang bridge:
and a spiral tunnel.
建水（个旧）到元阳高速公路是一条Y型高速公路，位于云南南部，桥隧比高达75%左右。难点在当地高差太大，建水和个旧位于云贵高原上海拔1800米左右，元阳在红河峡谷里海拔只有200米，中间的山脉海拔2000多米。直线几十公里内须克服两千米左右的高差，“一山有四季、十里不同天”说的就是云南山高谷深的地貌。为克服高差，全线几乎桥隧相连，包括主跨700米，高228米的红河大桥和许多高墩梁桥，以及螺旋隧道。
这条高速尽头的元阳县位于红河谷底，被高出河谷数千米的高山团团环抱，原先交通极为不便，是高速公路禁区。不久后将有5个方向高速公路通车：元江方向（西北向，远期延伸到四川攀枝花），建水方向（北上到昆明的直路），个旧方向（东出两广的大道），河口方向（东南向连接越南首都河内），绿春方向（南达西双版纳景洪，出境至老挝和泰国）。还有元阳机场在建。
Mengzi Jianshui
Yunnan Visite de Mengzi et Jianshui
jianshui ancient town
There are many ancient wells in jianshui. The wells are hidden in lines. Searching for these well is a interesting thing.
Our Excellent Room in Linan Inn Jianshui - Yunnan - China - May 2013
Jianshui Old Town
Jianshui Ancient Town in Yunnan Honghe, with a history of about 1200 years and rich cultural heritage, attracts lots of local tourists and people like my self who is looking for old and traditional way of life of the world
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Guilin Day 1 18 Oct 2018
Day 1 of our Guilin China Trip. Took off from Singapore Changi Airport via Hong Kong to Guilin. Departure from Singapore @8am and reached Guilin @1600hrs. Head straight for dinner and check-in to our lodge and walk around the street before calling it a day. Day 2 activities come up next...
Leaving Jianshui Bus Station on route to Nansha Yunnan - China - May 2013
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yingzi cave scenic tourism guilin
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La cueva de las Golondrinas de Jainshui
Espectáculo de escalada libre, sin cuerdas, de la Cueva de las Golondrinas en Jianshui, Yúnnán (China).
La cueva de las Golondrinas de Jainshui por dentro
Proyecciones en las paredes de la Cueva de las Golondrinas de Jianshui, Yúnnán (China).