The Meli Snow Mountain with an elevation of 6740 meters, magnificent and precipitous, has not been conquered by men. The Lunan Karst topography covers an area of 350 square kilometers and forms " the first wonder in the world "- Stone Forest. The Tiger Leaping Gorge , 3,200 meters height from side mountain tip to the water surface of Golden Sand River which is full of rapid currents and precipitous overhanging cliff. More than 40 highland lakes like beautiful pearls scatter in mountains. Many rare speices of plants and endangered animals live in Xishuangbanna. The flowers around Kunming, the City of Spring, always bloom all around four seasons. Cut off by precipitous mountains from easy communication with outside world, Shangri-la, referred to in James Milton's Lost Horizon, may be the last virgin land where one can observe cultural layers going back for thousands of years into the past.