#55 ๐๐ช๐ธ๐ฌ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ท๐ฐ ๐จ๐ช๐ญ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐๐ช๐ฝ๐พ๐ป๐ฎ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฟ๐ฎ
This article takes a look at an awesome natural landscape in China and how its name is intertwined with Chinese history, just like many names of places in China.
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"Daocheng Yading Nature Reserve in southwest China's Sichuan Province is hailed as one of the last remaining pristine paradises in the world, renowned for its mysterious and magnificent natural landscapes.
The Milk Sea Scenic Area is situated within the nature reserve. It is a glacial lake resembling a drop of milk and covers an area of 0.5 hectares. Surrounded by snow-capped mountains, the lake's crystal-clear blue waters and cascading waterfalls create a picturesque and tranquil setting, earning its fame for its exquisite beauty and emerald-blue hues.ย " ๏ผtext and below photo taken from CGTN article "Pristine beauty of 'Milk Sea' in southwest China")
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The Chinese name of Daocheng Yading is ็จปๅไบไธ. Daocheng ็จปๅ (lit. rice city) refers to the Daocheng County (็จปๅๅฟ) in the southern part of Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province. According to the local govt website, it states that โๅ
็ปชไธๅไธๅนด๏ผๅ ๅจๆญคๅฐ่ฏ่ก็ง็จป๏ผๆ
ๆนๅ็จปๆๅฟ๏ผ้ข็ฅๅ
ถๆๅไนๆ" which means :
"๐ธ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐น๐น๐๐ ๐ข๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ด๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ถ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ (๐ท๐พ๐ฝ๐ท-๐ท๐ฟ๐ถ๐พ), ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ณ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ็จปๅ with the hope ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ็จปๅ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ็จปๆ ๐.๐. ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ (ๆ) ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ (็จป)."
Yading is the village ไบไธๆ located in Daocheng and it is a transliteration of a Tibetan word which meansย a place where the sun stays very long (ๅ้ณไนๅฐ). Because the village is near the nature reserve, and hence its name was borrowed to label such an idyllic place.
Below are some spellbinding photos of Daocheng Yading Nature Reserve (Credit : official tourism site in English, see here.)
