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Jianshui, China
Jianshui is China’s last Mongol enclave where the ladies still dress in traditional, fantastically coloured costumes.
Your first sight of this peaceful town is likely to be the Chaoyang Gate, topped by a busy tea house frequented by locals, which is an earlier version of the dusky pink gates in Tiananmen Square.
Around Jianshui
From this traditional town it is possible to visit the 700-year-old Twin Dragon Bridge and Swallow’s Nest Cave, a cavern into which you can journey eight kilometres on foot and three kilometres by boat.
The area sees a remarkable festival each August when local men shin up the stalagmites, risking life and limb to retrieve the empty swallows’ nests, a regional delicacy.
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Suggested Jianshui itinerary
This sample itinerary will give you an idea of what is possible when you travel in Jianshui, and showcases routes we know work particularly well. Treat this as inspiration, because your trip will be created uniquely by one of our specialists.
Southwest China: Yunnan's mountains & minorities
Yunnan in Southwest China is an intriguing province with 25 ethnic groups inhabiting its abundant mountainous terrain. This itinerary will give you insight into the contrasting lives of the Bai, Naxi and Tibetans who live in the plateaus and high mountains of the northwest and the Hani, Dai Miao and Zhuang minorities who live among the rice terraces in the southeast of Yunnan. You will also have the opportunity to see the endangered golden snub-nosed monkeys, just one species that represents Yunnan’s diverse wildlife and plant life. This itinerary is ideal for discerning travellers who have seen the iconic sights of China and wish to return to China to explore Yunnan’s mountains and learn about its ethnic minority cultures.
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Chaoyang gate, Jianshui
