Jade Dragon Snow Mountain

Day 3, 玉龙雪山"yulongxueshan" Jade Dragon Snow Mountain

第三天， 玉龙雪山

Talking about Jade Dragon Snow mountain it says at www.TravelChinaGuide.com: " Located between 10004'-10016'east longitude and 2703'-2740' north latitude, Jade Dragon Snow Mountain (Yulong Mountain) is the southernmost glacier in the Northern Hemisphere. Consisting of 13 peaks, among which Shanzidou is the highest one with an altitude of 5,600 meters (18,360 feet), Jade Dragon Snow Mountain stretches a length of 35 kilometers (22 miles) and a width of 20 kilometers (13 miles). Looking from Lijiang Old Town in the south which is 15 kilometers (nine miles) away, the snow-covered and fog-enlaced mountain resembles a jade dragon lying in the clouds, hence, the name Jade Dragon Snow Mountain."

在 www.travelChinaguide.com 说： “在东 10004'-10016' 经度线和北纬 2703'-2740' 度线，玉龙雪山是在北半球最南方的冰河。 它有十三山，在玉龙山中间“shanzidou" 有5,600米高是最高的山。玉龙雪山直里有35 公里和横里有20 公里。15公里从这儿在古城，这个山看起来雪峰的一只玉龙在雾里面。

Below we are on our way to Yulong mountain. This time we decided to skip the trouble and rent a mianbao che from the start.

在下面我们在去玉龙雪山。 这次从开始我们就租了一辆面包车。

Staccyyy! We miss you! Come back!

Staccyyy! 我们想念你！回来！

Jade Dragon Snow Mountain has a lot of interesting culture surrounding it specifically in the Naxi minority group that is very prevalent there. According to www.travelchinaguide.com the:

玉龙雪山文化很有意思，尤其是他们的纳西族. 在 www.travelchinaguide.com 说：

"Archaic legend about this mysterious and beautiful snow mountain goes like this: Once upon a time, Jade Dragon Snow Mountain and Haba Snow Mountain were twins. They had lived on panning in Golden Sand River until one day an evil fiend usurped the river. The brothers were very brave and had a fierce fight with the fiend, Haba died in the fight and Jade Dragon drove off the fiend after wearing out 13 swords. For guarding the people and preventing the return of the fiend, Jade Dragon held the 13 swords in hands day and night. As time passed, the brothers had turned into the two snow mountains, and the 13 swords had become the 13 peaks. Jade Dragon Snow Mountain is a holy mountain for the local Naxi people not only because of the legend, but also because long time ago, it was a place for young lovers to sacrifice their young lives in honor of true love and to escape from the arranged marriages and feudal ethics."

这个又神秘的又漂亮的山传奇说的这样： 很久以前， 玉龙雪山和"Haba" 雪山是一卵双胎 (yi(4) luan(3) shuang(1) tai(1). 以前他们生活是在金沙河做申斥，但是一天一个坏人篡了那条河。 那两个弟兄很勇敢(yong(3) gan(3) 和他们跟那个坏人一起打斗了。 ha ba 死了和玉龙用十三剑坏了以后排轧了那个坏人。

Above is in a gift shop stationed right before the lift. the big yellow characters are Chinese but above that is the traditional Naxi script. 18 weirdies of Yunnan often called the 18 strange things of Yunnan are a list of things that only can be found in Yunnan providence.

	1.Eggs Sold in Bundles.
	People in Longlin County of Baoshan area are used to tying egg vertically and horizontally up into a bar with rice straw and sell them in bars in the market.

云南第一怪，鸡蛋用草串着买

	2.Young Girls called " Old Lady "
	People in Xiaguan and Chuxiong call unmarried girls (normally from fourteen to eighteen years old )"old lady" . It is said that such address embodies intimacy and goodwill to wish her good health , which has become a customs .

云南第七怪，种田能手多老太。

	3.Pies called "Ear Piece "
	Ear piece is one of Yunnan's special -flavor foods . It is made of rice in shape of thin pies . Apart from ear piece , rice noodle , flat rice noodle and so forth are local favorite non-staple food . It can be boiled or fried and the famous speciality "Teng Chong Dajiu Jia " actually is stir-fried thick rice noodle .

云南第二怪，粑粑饼子叫饵块

	4.Automobies Move in Clouds
	Roads wind up along colossal and precipitous mountains . Fog spreads all over the top of mountains making one feel being placed upon clouds in fairyland .

5.Key Hung on Waist -belts .
The Dai women in southern Yunnan like wearing long skirts with silver belts on which keys are hung . It is a rule that only married women are allowed to hang keys . Because wearing a belt with keys shows one in capable of running the household .

6.Trains Go Abroad not Inland
There was a narrow railway of 464.2 kilometres long from Kunming to Hanoi in Vietnam at the end of Qing dynasty which was the first international railway in the province . It was constructed by the French from 1903 to 1910 and cost more than 50,000 people's valuable lives . However , by then Yunnan hadn't even a domestic railway .

	7.Straw Hats Used as Cooker Covers .
	hardworking and honest countrymen weave every day necessities shoes , fans , hats , baskets , cooker covers and so on with bamboo and paddy stems .

云南第五怪，摘下草帽当锅盖。

	8.Raining Here but Sunning There .
	Yunnan possesses a plateau climate like a changeable kid's face since rain and wind come and go without one knowing . A saying goes like this , " Weather varies within a circumference of ten lis (Li is a Chinese unit of half a kilometer ) and winter comes once it rains " . Even in the same area , one often sees rain here and sunshine in another place .

	9.Girls Wear Flowers in all Seasons .
	The weather s like that of eternal spring " in most regions of Yunnan . As the capital of the province , kunming city has a state of ecstasy as " the whole year us February and March while endless flowers and twigs are at all times " , therefore , it is named as " Spring City " in China . Fresh flowers can be seen in any season and floral industry becomes a main economic industry here .

云南十八怪，鲜花四季开不败。

10.Non-slanting Walls Built with Cobbles .
People draw on local resources to build houses along river bands in the countryside . Cobbles as a building material makes wall neat and creates a unique local architecture .

11.Green Vegetables Called Bitter Vegetables .
Green vegetables are grown in up southern part of the province that is a kind of thin featherlike overlapping vegetables like vanilla . Its name comes from old customs but not from its taste .

12.Bamboo Used as Smoking Pipe .
Smoking bag is also called "Tobacco Tube " which is a typical local smoking utensil used mostly in Yunnan , Guizhou and Sichuan provinces . Its length is from a half to one meter while its diameter varies from five to ten centimeter. People put cut tobacco on the bamboo tube , the lower part of which in filled with water , and smoke . Gurgling sound is heard when one smokes from bamboo tube mouth .
People said brave and struggling " Dian Army " of the past days carried tobacco tubes on their backs to frontline to fight fro anti-Japanese army mistook such smoking tools as a new type of weapons and were horrified , so "Dian Army " won the name of " Army with Double Guns " .

云南第八怪，竹筒能做水烟袋


13.Tea Leaves Sold in piles .
The Jinpo minority group in Luxi county of Dehong prefecture sell tea leaves by piles instead of using scales .

14.The Same Dress for Four Seasons .
The weather in most part of Yunnan is always like that in spring and the alternation of seasons is not obvious . So people dress themselves without distinct seasonal characteristics .



云南第六怪，四季衣服同穿戴。


15.Girls Hang Tobacco Bags
The Lisu minority girls have a habit of smoking and chewing tobacco so that most married or unmarried females hang tobacco bags on their waist belts . They present bags to one another with respect on the occassion of union to show kindness and intimacy that gradually becomes a necessary entertainment to their guests .

16.Automobiles Move Faster than Trains .
The speed of train is much lower than that of automobiles on the narrow railways across certain precipitous relieves in Yunnan .






云南十四怪，火车没有汽车快

17.Toes Show Outside .
Some people from the mountainous areas wear straw shoes with holes all year round since the four seasons are mild .


18.Three Mosquitoes Make up a Dish
There are non poisonous mosquitoes with long legs in Yunnan .They look so big at the first glance that outsiders say " three mosquitoes make up a dish " for fun .

云南十八怪——蚂蚱能做下酒菜

These are the original 18 strange things of Yunnan that can be found on echinaromance.com, however others have been added including:

Grannies are the expert farmers. The abundant fertile land, mountainous terrain and distinct cultural circumstances forced Yunnan women to be more skilled and resourceful. Many times, women were the primary farmers while men engage in other endeavors.

Granny beats the monkey at climbing. The rugged terrain of Yunnan has caused its people to become expert mountain hikers.

Here we are riding the lift up the mountain

在这里我们坐电梯上山

Here are the Girls. It was Stacy 's idea to try to do the Charlie's Angels pose, however no one else seemed to catch on...

在这里有女人。Stacy 要他们一起做 "Charlie's Angels" 的姿势 （zi(1) shi(4), 但是别的人没有明白。

Here we are strategizing...
在这里我们在打算。。。

Tom was kind of confused at this point...
在这时间tom 有一点不明白



My kongfu name is 独孤剑 “dugujian" which means lone sword

我的武术名字是 “独孤剑"



That was the best souvenir ever

那是最好的纪念品

For 20 kuai we could have dressed up like minorities and rode these poor yaks. All day long they are standing ankle deep in this cold water with a big medal ring in there nose with attached to a string anchored by a rock. Anyways, we got to eat real Yak meat in the old City latter on that day, its really good!

如果我们要了可以买二十块钱然后穿消暑民族的衣服和奇这很穷的牦牛。都天他们在冷水站立跟一个大戒指在他们的鼻子里和有一个绳和石头下碇。 ，shìanyway de fēi biāo zhǔn xíng shì');">无论如何, 我们以后在古城吃了牦牛肉，很好吃！






These Yaks were not the nicest animals. At one point he tried to ram heather with his horns and another guy just about got knocked into the stream...

这些牦牛不是很祎的。 一次他式一式顶牛儿了 Heather， 和一个别的人差不多在溪里掉了.

That water was cold!
哪儿水很冷！

littering comes at a higher price here! off with your head!


above is the gangstas on there way to the next location

These were some of the new warning signs at the entrance to one of the parks at the foot of the mountain...

Sssssssssssssssssssssstttttttttttttttttttaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaacccccccccccccccyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy








ａｂｏｖｅ　ａｒｅ actually rocks found around Jade dragon snow mountain that resembled chunkｓ of meat!

在上面是真真的在玉龙雪山旁边的势头看起来真 真的肉！

Oompa Loompa doom-pa-dee-do
I have a perfect puzzle for you
Oompa Loompa doom-pa-dee-dee
If you are wise, you'll listen to me
What do you get when you guzzle down sweets?
Eating as much as an elephant eats
What are you at getting terribly fat?
What do you think will come of that?

I don't like the look of it

Oompa Loompa doom-pa-dee-da
If you're not greedy, you will go far
You will live in happiness too
Like the Oompa Loompa doom-pa-dee-do

Here we are desperately trying to find a restaurant that has the same prices as back home, and of course we can't do it... Anyways this was the end of the day and we would be coming back home from Lijiang soon.

在这里我们在很认真找一个有根玉溪一样的打价饭店，但是我们当然不能找到它。。。 ，shìanyway de fēi biāo zhǔn xíng shì');">无论如何, 我们差不多玩好了和要快回玉溪。