Contents

9

On the Road

4

Highlights 5

Getting Started

12

Itineraries

16

Destination

Southwest China

21

History

23

The Culture

40

Minority Cultures

51

Environment

57

Southwest China

Outdoors

63

Food & Drink

69

Gateway Běijīng

79

Information 79
Dangers & Annoyances

81

Sights 81
Sleeping 83
Eating & Drinking

84

Getting There & Away

85

Getting Around

85

Gateway Shànghǎi

86

Information 86
Sights 88
Sleeping 89
Eating 89
Getting There & Away

90

Getting Around

90

Gateway Hong Kong

92

Information 92
Sights

94

Sleeping

95

Eating 95
Getting There & Away

96

Getting Around

96

Guìzhōu

98

History 99
Climate 99
Festivals & Events

99

Language 99
Getting There & Away

99

CENTRAL GUÌZHŌU 100
Guìyáng

101

Around Guìyáng

108

Ānshùn

109

Around Ānshùn 113
WESTERN GUÌZHŌU 117
Wēiníng

118

Around Wēiníng 121
Xīngyì

121

Around Xīngyì 123
EASTERN GUÌZHŌU 125
Kǎilĭ

126

Around Kǎilĭ 129
Eastern Region

133

Dong Region

134

Tóngrén

142

Around Tóngrén

143

NORTHERN GUÌZHŌU 145
Zūnyì

145

Chìshuǐ

147

Around Chìshuǐ 149

Guǎngxī

151

History 153
Climate 153
Festivals 153
Language 153
Getting There & Away

154

Getting Around

154

Guìlín

154

Around Guìlín

164

Li River

166

Yángshuò

166

Around Yángshuò

175

Huángyáo

179

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Lóngshèng

180

Zīyuán

183

Sānjiāng Dong Minority

Autonomous County

184

Sānjiāng to Kǎilǐ 187
Róngshuǐ

187

Around Ròngshuǐ 188
Liǔzhōu

189

Nánníng

190

Around Nánníng

195

Guìpíng

197

Around Guìpíng

198

Běihǎi

199

Around Běihǎi 204
Chóngzuǒ

205

Zuo Jiang Scenic Area

206

Píngxiáng

208

Detian Waterfall

208

Around Détiān 210
Jìngxī & Around

210

Bǎisè

211

Around Bǎisè 212
Side Trip to Húnán

212

Wǔlíngyuán & Zhāngjiājiè 214

Yúnnán

216

History 217
Climate 218
Language 219
Getting There & Away

219

Kūnmíng 220
Around Kūnmíng 234
Shílín

238

Around Shílín

239

Lùnán

239

Jiǔxiāng

239

Chǔxióng

240

Around Chǔxióng 240
Hēijǐng

241

Xiàguān 242
Jīzú Shān 245
Wēishān

245

Around Wēishān 246
Yúnlóng

246

Around Yúnlóng

248

Dàlǐ

257

Around Dàlǐ 262
Lìjiāng

265

Around Lìjiāng

271

Báishā

273

Yùlóng Xuěshān

274

Jiànchuān

274

Around Jiànchuān 276
Hèqìng

278

Bǎoshān & Shítouchéng

278

Shígǔ & the First Bend of the

Yangzi

280

Límíng

280

Wéixī County

281

Tiger Leaping Gorge

281

Lúgū Hú

285

Lǐgé

285

Shangri-La (Zhōngdiàn) 287
Around Shangri-La

291

Déqīn

294

Around Déqīn 295
NUJIANG VALLEY

297

Liùkù

297

Fúgòng

299

Gòngshān

299

Around Gòngshān 301
SOUTHEAST YÚNNÁN

302

Luópíng

302

Around Luópíng

304

Lúxī

305

Around Lúxī 306
Chéngjiāng

306

Around Chéngjiāng 306
Jiāngchuān

307

Around Jiāngchuān 307
Tōnghǎi

307

Around Tōnghǎi 309
Jiànshuǐ

310

Around Jiànshuǐ 313
Shípíng

314

Around Shípíng

316

Kāiyuǎn

316

Gèjiù

317

Around Gèjiù

320

Qiūběi

320

Pǔzhěhēi

321

Wénshān

322

Around Wénshān 323
Yuanyang Rice Terraces

323

XĪSHUĀNGBǍNNÀ

REGION 324
Jǐnghóng

327

Around Jǐnghóng 331
Dàměnglóng

336

Around Dàměnglóng 337
Měnghǎi

337

Around Měnghǎi 337
Mènglián

338

Around Mènglián

340

Láncāng

341

Sīmáo

341

BǍOSHĀN REGION

341

Bǎoshān

342

Around Bǎoshān 344

Téngchōng

344

DÉHÓNG PREFECTURE

348

Mángshì

(Lùxī) 348
Ruìlì

350

Around Ruìlì

353

Sìchuān

355

History 357
Climate 357
Language 357
Getting There & Away

357

Getting Around

358

CENTRAL SÌCHUĀN 358
Chéngdū

358

Around Chéngdū 371
Làngzhōng

376

Guǎngyuán

377

Zhāohuà

378

Éméi Shān

378

Lèshān

383

WESTERN SÌCHUĀN

& THE ROAD TO TIBET

387

Kāngdìng (Dardo, Darsedo) 387
Around Kāngdìng 390
Lúdìng

391

Móxī

391

Hailuogou Glacier Park

392

Sìchuān–Tibet Highway

(Northern Route)

393

Sìchuān–Tibet Highway

(Southern Route)

402

Lǐtáng to Shangri-La

(Zhōngdiàn)

406

NORTHERN SÌCHUĀN 409
Mǎ’ěrkāng (Barkam)

409

Around Mǎ’ěrkāng 411
Sōngpān

411

Huanglong National Park 414
Jiuzhaigou Nature Reserve 415
Northwest Route

418

SOUTHERN SÌCHUĀN 421
Zìgòng

422

Yíbīn

425

Around Yíbīn 427
Xīchāng

431

Around Xīchāng 434

Chóngqìng

436

History 437
Climate 438
Language 438
Orientation 438
Information 439

C O N T E N T S 11

Dangers & Annoyances

441

Sights

441

Walking Tour

446

Tours 446
Festivals & Events

447

Sleeping 447
Eating 449
Drinking 450
Shopping 451
Getting There & Away

451

Getting Around

452

AROUND CHÓNGQÌNG

453

Dàzú County

453

Wànshèng District

454

Wǔlóng County

455

Láitān

456

Shuāngjiāng

457

Cruising the Yangzi

458

The Three Gorges

458

Boats & Tickets

458

The Route

460

Chóngqìng to
Wànzhōu 460
Wànzhōu to Yíchāng 462

Directory

464

Transport

478

Health

493

Language

501

Glossary

510

The Authors

513

Behind the Scenes

516

Index

525

World Time Zones

534

Map Legend

536

GU‡NGX¹ p152

YÚNNÁN p217

SÌCHU„N p356

CHÓNGQÌNG p437

GUÌZH±U p100

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