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1、龙之心HeartoftheDragonThelasthiddenworld,China.Forcenturies,travelerstoChinahavetoldtalesofmagicallandscapesandsurprisingcreatures.Chinesecivilizationistheworld'soldestandtoday,itslargest,withwellovera1.3billionpeople.It'shometomorethan50distinctethnicgr
2、oupsandawiderangeoftraditionallifestyles,ofteninclosepartnershipwithnature.WeknowthatChinafacesimmensesocialandenvironmentalproblems.Butthereisgreatbeautyhere,too.Chinaishometotheworld'shighestmountains,vastdesertsrangingfromsearinghottomind-numbingco
3、ld.Steamingforestsharboringrarecreatures.Grassyplainsbeneathvasthorizons.Andrichtropicalseas.Nowforthefirsttimeever,wecanexplorethewholeofthisgreatcountry,meetsomeofthesurprisingandexoticcreaturesthatlivehereandconsidertherelationshipofthepeopleandwil
4、dlifeofChinatotheremarkablelandscapeinwhichtheylive.ThisiswildChina.OurexplorationofChinabeginsinthewarm,subtropicalsouth.OntheLiRiver,fishermenandbirdsperchonbamboorafts,apartnershipthatgoesbackmorethanathousandyears.Thissceneryisknownthroughoutthewo
5、rld,arecurringmotifinChinesepaintings.Andamajortouristattraction.ThesouthofChinaisavastarea,eighttimeslargerthantheUK.It'salandscapeofhillsbutalsoofwater.Itrainshereforuptodaysayear,andstandingwateriseverywhere.InthefloodplainoftheYangtzeRiver,black-t
6、ailedgodwitsprobethemudinsearchofworms.Butisn'tjustwildlifethatthrivesinthisenvironment.Theswampygroundprovidesidealconditionsforaremarkablememberofthegrassfamily.Rice.TheChinesehavebeencultivatingriceforatleast,years.Ithastransformedthelandscape.Late
7、winterinsouthernYunnanisabusytimeforlocalfarmersastheypreparetheage-oldpaddyfieldsreadyforthecomingspring.ThesehillslopesoftheYuanyangCountyplungenearly,metrestotheflooroftheRedRivervalley.Eachcontainsliterallythousandsofstackedterracescarvedoutbyhand
8、usingbasicdiggingtools.Yunnan'sriceterracesareamongtheoldesthumanstructuresinChina.Stillploughed,astheyalwayshavebeen,bydomesticatedwaterbuffaloes,whoseancestorsoriginatedintheseveryvalleys.Thisman-madelandscapeisoneofthemostamazingengineering
