雄奇迷人的中国西部

China's Magnificent and Fascinating West

一位外国旅游者游历中国后说:到世界旅游,不能不到中国;到中国旅游,不能不到西部。中国西部实在是太雄奇、太迷人了………

China' s west embraces the following provinces and regions: Yunnan. Guizhou, Sichuan. Tibet. Guangxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia, Xinjiang and Qinghai -a vast lerritory where natural and cultural landscapes abound, exceptionally captivating, awe-inspiring and splendid. Lofty snow-capped mountains. the vast Gobi desert, boundless forests, powerful plateau, mighty rivers, untrammelled canyous, limpid lakes, rare karst caverns, temples shrouded in mystery and inimitable historic relies all enter into a composition of a seeond-to-none landscape in the west. The world' s highest snow peak, lakes, the Bnddha rock sculptures. China' s largest waterfalls, deserts and tourist attractions in the front rank: terra cotta army, the Yangtse Three Gorges, Guilin landscapes, JiuzhaigouHuanglong Nature Reserves, Stone Forests in Yunnan and Dunhuang Grotto dot the area of the west. As commented by one of the overseas tourists who has truvelled across China' s west: A world tour is incomplete without seeing China, so is the China tour without seeing China' s west. The western China is almost an enigma, extremely charming and fabulous……Since the reform and op.ening up to the outside world. the awakening of spring has warmed up the mother earth out west. As the Visit China 1997' - a year of tourismapproaches, hills and waters here in the west, acting as an ardent host. rejoices seeing in tourists and visitors throughout the world.