China 'Yosemite'-----Kanas

Kanas is in Altay Prefecture, Xinjiang, China. It is famous for the Kanas lake. Its natural beauty and fresh air can be comparable with the Yosemite. The scenic spot is classified as a AAAAA scenic area by the China National Tourism Administration. The lake was formed around 200, 000 years ago during the Quaternary period as a result of glacier movement. The crescent moon shaped lake have water storage capacity 53.8 billion cubic meter, average depth 120 meters.

There is a large population of Tuvans and Kazakhs in the Kanas valley area. While most of them have maintained their traditional agriculture and nomadic life style, many of the local people also begin to participate in the developing tourism business recent years, managed to establish facilities for orienteering, hiking, rafting, rock climbing, paragliding and camping.

Guan Yu Ting was built at an altitude of 2030 meters in the Sahara Decatur on top of the hill, with a vertical drop of over 600 meters of the lake. It is in the best position to observe "lake monster", so it named after the concept Guan Yu Ting. Guan Yu Ting is the only one able to stop and enjoy the beauty of the best platform in Kanas.

Kanas Lake is a lake in the other wonders of the giant "monster." According to local folklore, the Kanas Lake has a huge monster that can spray clouds, horses and sheep are often swallowed the shore, such legends, since ancient times, and continuously. There are numerous visitors and staff from the top scientific expedition to observe first-hand the giant fish, which is a beautiful Kanas Lake adds a bit of mystery.

Podcast----China ‘Yosemite’ --- Kanas

Kanas is in Altay Prefecture, Xinjiang, China. It is famous for the Kanas lake. Its natural beauty and fresh air can be comparable with the Yosemite. The scenic spot is classified as a AAAAA scenic area by the China National Tourism Administration. The lake was formed around 200, 000 years ago during the Quaternary period as a result of glacier movement. The crescent moon shaped lake have water storage capacity 53.8 billion cubic meter, average depth 120 meters.

Many of the local people also begin to participate in the developing tourism business recent years, managed to establish facilities for orienteering, hiking, rafting, rock climbing, paragliding and camping.

The Nearest Place from the Sun in China

    The nearest place from the sun in China is Lhasa. Lhasa is the administrative capital of Tibet. It is the second most populous city on the Tibetan Plateau, after Xining, and at an altitude of 3,490 meters, Lhasa is one of the highest cities in the world. The city contains many culturally significant Tibetan Buddhist sites such as the Potala Palace, Jokhang temple and Norbulingka palaces, many of which are located in Chengguan District, the city seat.

    Lhasa literally means "place of the gods". It is Tibet's political, economic, cultural and religious center. Magnificent Potala Palace is the supreme symbol of the theocratic regime.

Potala Palace

    Lhasa is located in the north of the Himalayas, by the downdraft of the year and more sunny weather, scarce rainfall and winter cold, summer heat, is a semi-arid plateau temperate monsoon climate. Historical maximum temperature 29.6 degrees Celsius, minimum temperature of minus 16.5 degrees Celsius, the average temperature 7.4 degrees Celsius. Rainfall concentrated in 6,7,8,9 month annual sunshine time is 3000 hours or more.

    Lhasa Barkhor area is famous for turning lanes and commercial center. By the end of the 17th century, Lhasa's Barkhor area formed a bustling market for foreign goods.  in 1716 that the city had a cosmopolitan community of Mongol, Chinese, Muscovite, Armenian, Kashmiri, Nepalese and Northern Indian traders. Tibet was exporting musk, gold, medicinal plants, furs and yak tails to far-flung markets, in exchange for sugar, tea, saffron, Persian turquoise, European amber and Mediterranean coral.

Enjoy the Natural Scenery

    Bright and clear mountain brook flowing slowly, piece of beauty is a masterpiece of nature. Nature as a painter, he freely sway in the hands of pen and ink, depicts an amplitude world wonders; nature and if a pianist, his hands heartily percussion keys, playing out a wonderful melody branch ; nature and if a magician, he heartily play unlimited imagination to create one after another miracle. What is the nature color? Green? Red? Yellow? Purple?
    Yosemite National Park is the United States National Park spanning eastern portions of Tuolumne, Mariposa and Madera counties in the central eastern portion of the U.S. state of California. The park designated a World Heritage Site in 1984, and it covers an area of 761,268 acres and reaches across the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada mountain chain. Yosemite is famous for its spectacular granite cliffs, waterfalls, clear streams, Giant Sequoia groves, and biological diversity.

spectacular granite cliffs

waterfall

Giant Sequoia groves are majestic. They had reached the age of about 2000 to 3000 years, the tree about 80 meters high, bust 20 meters, the tallest redwoods height of about 104 meters, 6 meters in diameter.