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Modified 25-Jan-08
Created 25-Jan-08
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New Year's Eve was spent touring Xichang ( 西昌 ). We visited the new Torch Square ( 火把廣場 ), and then went around Qionghai ( 卭海 ) and had lunch there. In the evening, we attended a dance show performed by local students in very pretty costumes.
Beautiful lobby of the Lushan Grand Hotel.
First stop, Torch Square ( 火把廣場 ), with its 56 pillars representing the ethnic groups.
Symbols and figures tell about Yi traditions and history.
A group of sculpture with the black tigers, from who the Yis believe they descend from.
The new apartments behind go for about 400RMB per sq. meter.
A stage was set up for that night's New Year's Eve function. Young dancers rehersing.
While the ladies rehersing inside the cultural complex.
A new folk art museum is part of the complex.
The torch in the middle of the square.
A huge brozne eagle.
Movie theater specializing in western movies. Tickets: 20RMB.
Lushan ( 瀘山 ), which our hotel is named after. Just south of city center.
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Subcategory:Asia
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