玉龙雪山导游词篇locatingbetween10004’-10016’eastlongitudeand2703’-2740’northlatitude,jadedragonsnowmountain(yulongmountain)isthesouthernmostglacierinthenorthernhemisphere.consistingof13peaks,amongwhichshanzidouisthehighestonewithanaltitudeof5,600meters(18,360feet),jadedragonsnowmountainstretchesalengthof35kilometers(22miles)andawidthof20kilometers(13miles).lookingfromlijiangoldtowninthesouthwhichis15kilometers(ninemiles)away,thesnow-coveredandfog-enlacedmountainresemblesajadedragonlyingintheclouds,hence,thenamejadedragonsnowmountain.accordingtothegeologists’research,forabout400millionyearstheareaaroundjadedragonsnowmountainwastheoceananditwasduringthelast600thousandyearsthatthedifferentlandscapeshadcomeintobeingbecauseoftheuprisingofthelithosphere.archaiclegendaboutthismysteriousandbeautifulsnowmountaingoeslikethis:onceuponatime,jadedragonsnowmountainandhabasnowmountainweretwins.theyhadlivedonpanningingoldensandriveruntilonedayanevilfiendusurpedtheriver.thebrotherswereverybraveandhadafiercefightwiththefiend,habadiedinthefightandjadedragondroveoffthefiendafterwearingout13swords.forguardingthepeopleandpreventingthereturnofthefiend,jadedragonheldthe13swordsinhandsdayandnight.astimepassed,thebrothershadturnedintothetwosnowmountains,andthe13swordshadbecomethe13peaks.jadedragonsnowmountainisaholymountainforthelocalnaxipeoplenotonlybecauseofthelegend,butalsobecauselongtimeago,itwasaplaceforyoungloverstosacrificetheiryounglivesinhonoroftrueloveandtoescapefromthearrangedmarriagesandfeudalethics.jadedragonsnowmountainisasanctuaryforrareanimalsandwildplants.infact,onefourthofallplantspeciesinchinacanbefoundhereand20primevalforestcommunitiesshelterabigfamilyof400typesoftreesand30kindsofanimalswhichareprotectedbythestate.thesespeciesliveindifferenttemperaturelevelsandcreatedifferentkindsofviewsofjadedragonsnowmountain.the13peaks,whichhavethealtitudesofatleast4,000meters,arecoveredbysnowallyearround;themountainiscalledthe"naturalglaciermuseum"forithasalltypesofglacier.movedownDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDfromthemountaintopandyoucanseeriversandpools,whichareformedbythethawedsnowwaterrunningalongthevalleyandthroughtheforests.theplantsandtheanimalsaredifferentaccordingtothealtitude,soaretheviews.everysightbringsyouasurpriseandeverysteptakesyoutoanewscene.eachofthemeadowsonjadedragonsnowmountainhasitsownspecialcharacterduetotheirdifferentlandscapeandheight.forinstance,yunshanping(spruceplateau)isgrasslandwithgiganticspruceswhilstganhaizi(drysea)usedtobeahighlandlakeasitsnametells,themeadowwasformedafterthewaterhaddriedup.jadedragonsnowmountainnowisafamousscenicspotforsightseeing,mountaineering,skiing,exploration,scientificresearchandtakingholiday.besides,widespreadlegendsandmythsofthenaxiethnicminorityandtheunclimbedshanzidouareallimportantattractivespotsforthosewhocometojadedragonsnowmountain.DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD13DDDDDDD35DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD1800DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD3240DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD)DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD;DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD(ODDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDODD(ODD)DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
