Meaning of Yün-nan | Babel Free

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Noun. [B1]

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“The mining industry was severely crippled by the Pathay Rebellion ; but prior to that date, although iron ore is most abundant, copper was mined on a much larger scale in order to provide for the requirements of the Empire, which formerly were almost entirely dependent upon the Yün-nan mines for their needs, which may be put at about 6,000 tons annually.”

“Not all of Yün-nan is beautiful. Much of it is just roughly churned rock, much is flat and drab. But it has room for many pictures as well; Yün-nan is vast, China's third province in size, its area almost one fourth more than Great Britain's.”

“In 1922 Rock took up his residence in Li-chiang, the heart of the Na-khi country. His interest in these aboriginal people and their unique culture led him to make, a decade later, his life work the study of the Na-khi tribe of northwest Yün-nan Province. Using Li-chiang as a base, Rock explored and collected plants on the nearby Snow Range to the 17,000 foot level, in the Kingdom of Mu-li, and along the Burma-China border. By 1923 he was far into Yün-nan Province in southwest China, and the National Geographic Society took over the sponsorship of his explorations for more than a year.”

“Ninety-five per cent of the cultivated area of the country lies east of a line drawn from Tsitsihar (Ch'i-ch'i-ha-erh) in northern Manchuria to K'un-ming in Yün-nan Province. This is eastern China, and within it is the Chinese ecumene.”

“Ta-li City, visible as the rectangular walled patch in the center of the lake plain, is the western rival of Kʻun-ming, capital of Yun-nan Province.”

“Orographic rain seems significant only when the monsoon current runs into the high plateaux of Yun-nan and Kuei-chou, and into the mountains of Ssu-ch'uan.”

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