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2024.07.10 07:55 GMT+8

Amazing Xizang: The secret land of Yi'ong

Updated 2024.07.10 07:55 GMT+8
CGTN

China has the most geological heritage sites in the world. Xizang's first national geopark, the Yi'ong National Geopark, was established in 2002 to look at major landslide ruins and modern maritime glaciers. Yi'ong means "beautiful" in Tibetan. Check out the breathtaking views and amazing wildlife there.

A still from CGTN's documentary series "Journeys in Nature" shows the Yi'ong Township Bome County in Nyingchi City, Xizang Autonomous Region, southwest China.

A still from CGTN's documentary series "Journeys in Nature" shows the Yi'ong tea plantation, the only organic tea production base in Xizang Autonomous Region, southwest China.

A still from CGTN's documentary series "Journeys in Nature" shows the Yi'ong Lake in Bome County, Nyingchi City, Xizang Autonomous Region, southwest China.

A still from CGTN's documentary series "Journeys in Nature" shows black-necked cranes in the fields in Yi'ong Township, Bome County, Nyingchi City, Xizang Autonomous Region, southwest China.

A still from CGTN's documentary series "Journeys in Nature" shows black-necked cranes in the fields in Yi'ong Township, Bome County, Nyingchi City, Xizang Autonomous Region, southwest China.

A still from CGTN's documentary series "Journeys in Nature" shows ripe berries in Yi'ong Township, Bome County, Nyingchi City, Xizang Autonomous Region, southwest China.

(Cover: Rapeseed flower fields in Yi'ong Township, Bome County, Nyingchi City, Xizang Autonomous Region, southwest China, March 19, 2019. /CFP)

(Cover designed by Zhu Shangfa)

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