Nujiang River

 

 

Nujiang River is a famous river in southwest China. Nujiang deep inside the Qinghai-Tibet plateau, flows into Burma and then renamed Salween, finally go into the Indian Ocean in the Andaman Sea. Nujiang Grand Canyon is the world’s third Grand Canyon to the Brahmaputra waters canyon in China and of the Colorado Grand Canyon in the southwestern United States. 

High mountains, deep canyons, waterfall, river are raising the Nujiang grand canyon people and to temper children of all nationalities. 

 

Here live Lisu minority, Nu minority, Drung minority and Pumi minority etc. 

 

They are industrious and brave, bold and vigorous, created the unique way of life and national characteristics of culture. 

 

Their costumes, singing and dancing, festival activities, the form of marriage, living customs, religious activities, such as unique and charm characteristics, constitute a harmonious canyon graffiti.

 

 Canyon compatriots of all nationalities are simple, sincere, friendly and hospitable. In Lisu clan and Nu clan villages, if you have come to their village wherever you coming from afar, they all hospitable to put up guests for the night and take out food to treat.

 

♦ Geography

Nujiang Grand Canyon is located in the northwest of Yunnan province in the Nujiang Lisu clan autonomous territory, from the point of view of China map, it is just at the position of “chicken ass”. Nujiang river originated in the foothill of the Mount tunggula in Qinghai-Tibet plateau, via Yunnan, from north to south and then go into Burma (called the Salween river in Burma), then enter into the Indian Ocean, the whole length is more than 1540 km.

 

♦ Canyon features

Nujiang river within the territory of Nujiang county is more than 310 km, due to river east has Biluo snow mountain (has more than 20 peaks are 4000 meters above the peak), river west has Gaoligong mountains (also has more than more than 20 peaks which are 4000 meters), Nujiang river flowing between these two mountains, on both sides of the mountain is magnificent, all in the 3000 meters above sea level, deep valleys, big river fall, and the rapid water form a 310 km long, 2000-3000 meters deep canyon area. On upper Nujiang grand canyon--Qinatongnakaluo, the snow mountain in the both side is 5000-6000 meters high, the river at an altitude of 2000 meters high, 3000-4000 m elevation difference, because the mountain bold, river rushing, sparsely populated, this section of the canyon appear depth, become the perfect place for adventure tourism.

 

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