旅游英语景点介绍—西双版纳

　　【简介】西双版纳傣族自治州，古称勐巴拉娜西(意为理想而神奇的乐土)，位于中国云南省最南端，是云南省下辖的一个少数民族自治州。这里以神奇的热带雨林自然景观和少数民族风情而闻名于世，是中国的热点旅游城市。每年的泼水节于4月13-15日举行，被誉为“东方狂欢节”。其东西面与江城县、普洱市相连;西北面与澜沧县为邻;东南部、南部和西南部分别与老挝、缅甸山水相连，邻近泰国和越南，与泰国的直线距离仅200余公里。东距太平洋的北部湾400多公里，西距印度洋的孟加拉湾600余公里。边界线长达966.3公里，约等于云南省边境线总长的1/4。这里有中国唯一的热带雨林自然保护区，有亚洲象、犀鸟、孔雀、黑冠长臂猿等珍奇异兽，还有望天树、红光树、云南肉豆蔻、胡桐、三尖杉等珍稀植物。

xishuangbanna is the southernmost prefecture of yunnan province. the prefecture is nicknamed "aerial garden" for its luxuriant and multi-layered primitive woods and tropical rain forests， which are teeming with animals and plants. renowned as a huge natural zoo， xishuangbanna’s rain forest and monsoon jungles provide a habitat for nearly 1000 species of animals. within thick and boundless forests wild elephants and wild oxen ramble about， with peacocks in their pride， gibbons at play， and hornbills whispering.

thirteen species of wild life enjoy state protection， including loris， the gibbons， the red-necked cranes， the brown-neck horn-bills， and the green peacocks， which to the dai people are a symbol of peace， happiness and good fortune and whose graceful postures can put professional dancers to shame. the region has 5，000 kinds of plants or about one-sixth of the total in china. this has earned it the renown and sobriquet "the moonstone on the crown of the kingdom of plants".

among these are such fascinating ones as the "color-changing flower" whose colors change three times daily and the "dancing herb" whose leaves rotate gently. then there is "mysterious fruit" which reverse tastes， turning sour to sweet.

species of trees that go back a million years are still propagating themselves. the "king of tea trees ，"which authorities say is at least 800 years old， continues to sprout， adding extraordinary splendor to the homeland of the famous pu’er tea. in xishuangbanna， there is a saying： "even a single tree can make a forest and an old stalk can blossom and beat fruit ."

notes：

1. xishuangbanna 西双版纳

2. aerial garden 空中花园

3. pu’er tea 普洱茶