Sichuan - Panda Hometown

Sichuan - Panda Hometown
Sichuan Province is located in China's western hinterland, and the western part of which is composed of numerous traverse mountain chains with firn all the year round extending to Tibetan Plateau. It borders Chongqing in the east going straightly to the middle and mower reaches of the Yangtze River through Three Gorges. Sichuan connects with Ch'in Ridge and Ba Mountain in the north linking Central Plains by steep flagging paths that serve as the boundary for south and north China in terms of geography. It borders Guizhou and Yunnan Plateau in the south that can reach Burma, India and Central Asia. Since ancient times, Sichuan has known as the natural link connecting northwest and southwest of China, and the juncture of famous north and south "Silk Roads". It is situated at the upper branch of the two Mother Rivers for Chinese Nation — the Yangtze River and Yellow River. Sichuan province is the main part of the economic region for Yangtze River drainage area, also plays an essential role of ecological barrier for this drainage area.
Sichuan has a vast territory across 1,075 km from east to the west swiss replica watches and 900 km from north to south with an area of 485,000 km². The landform of Sichuan Province is complex with a wide variety of landscapes including great rivers, rivulets, lakes, swamps, plains, basins, hills, plateaus, ravines, snow apices and glaciers. The topographic character of it is high in the west and low in the east, and wide gap in height. The western part is a plateaus and mountainous region with Gongga Mountain at an elevation of 7,556 m, while the eastern part features basin and edge hilly land only about 250 m above sea level at its lowest place. The height difference between these two parts is over 7,300 m. The large gap of hypsography in Sichuan province is very infrequency in China, and it is especially unique that the entire original environment has preserved in traverse mountain chains of west Sichuan.
Sichuan is the home of many ethnic groups. Except for the Han nationality, there are fourteen minorities, such as Yi, Tibetan, Qiang, Hui, Mongolian, Lisu, Man, Naxi, Bai, Buyi, Dai, Miao, Zhuang and Tujia etc. It deserves the name of a big ethnic group's province. In the Hengduan mountain areas in west of Sichuan province, there are tens of nationalities who had migrated, multiplied, and lived there. Thus, it is called "the corridor of ethnic group". The Tibet population in Sichuan is only less than that in Tibet Autonomous Region. It is also the largest residing place of Yi and the only living place of Qiang.
The land of Abundance - Sichuan Province, the hometown of Giant Panda.
Elegant and colourful Mt. Emei, Fairyland Jiuzhai valley, Jasper-lake Huanglong, Magic land of Shangri-la, a land of renown under the sun.
Sanxingdui and Jinsha Ruins, ancient dam project, ancient Jianmen pathway, mysterious Kingdom of woman at Mosuo, are well-known worldwide. Local specialities of delicacy, tea, drinks allures people from home and abroad. Master pieces of Shu brocade and embroidery win global reputation.