Xishuanbanna Attractions

Xishuanbanna Introduction

In many aspects, Xishuangbanna is China's own Mini-Thailand. As far as the population of this southernmost part of Yunnan is concerned, it is indeed more Thai than Chinese. In this district, the minority (and by Chinese definition the Dais populating the area are a minority) are actually the majority. Of the district's population of more 650,000, more than half belong to the Dais who is just as closely related to the Thais of Thailand as the name suggests. The Han Chinese make up o­nly about a quarter of the population. The district's name, too, is more Thai than Chinese. "Sip song pan na" is Thai for "Twelve thousand rice fields", and that's what the fertile district has been called among the local Thai, or Dai, population for centuries. Xishuangbanna is China's Mini-Thailand, too, because like Thailand in all of Southeast Asia, Xishuangbanna is, among China's provinces, a

Tips: Banks, Foreign Exchange & ATMs -- The Bank of China (open Mon-Fri 8-11:30am and 3-6pm) is at Minzu Nan Lu and Jingde Xi Lu.Internet Access -- Manting Lu has several Internet cafe..

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