But it does share the giant panda's taste for bamboo. Southwest China's red pandas are known for their very strong facial面部 markings, 标记which distinguish区别 them from red pandas found anywhere else in the Himalayas. Like the monkeys, they were isolated 单独in these high forests when the mountains quite literally rose beneath them in the greatest mountain-building event in recent geological history.地质历史
Over the last 30 million years, the Indian subcontinent印度次大陆 has been pushing northwards into Eurasia.亚欧大陆 On the border between India and Tibet, the rocks have been raised 8 kilometers above sea level, creating the world's highest mountain range山脉, the Himalayas. But to the east, the rocks have buckled扣住 into a series of steep陡峭的 north-south ridges南北向的山脊 cutting down through the heart of Yunnan, the parallel mountains of the Hengduan Shan.
These natural barriers屏障 serve to isolate Yunnan's plants and animals in each adjacent（邻近的） valley. While the huge temperature range between the snowy peaks and the warmer slopes 斜坡below provides a vast array 大批of conditions for life to thrive. Through spring, the Hengduan slopes stage one of China's greatest natural spectacles. (景观) The forests here are among the most diverse botanical（植物的） areas in the world.
Over 18,000 plant species grow here, of which 3,000 are found nowhere else. Until little more than a century ago, this place was unknown outside China. But then news reached the West of a mysterious hidden world of the Orient: hidden among the mountains, a lost Shangri-la paradise. Western high society in the grip of a gardening craze was eager for exotic外地的 species from faraway places. This gave rise to a new breed of celebrity adventurers: intrepid 无畏的botanist植物学家 explorers, known as “the plant hunters”. Yunnan became their Holy Grail. The most famous was Joseph Rock, a real life Indiana Jones. Remarkable film footage电影胶片 captured his entourage环境、随从 on a series of expeditions as they pushed into the deepest corners of Yunnan.
第二篇：彩云之南：美丽的地方
彩云之南：美丽的地方
每次坐在云南的火车上，都会听到这首歌曲《彩云之南》，也许在云南呆久了，每次听到这首歌都生发出一种激情，跟着歌词重游一次云南。闭上眼睛，仿佛云南美丽画卷就在我面前展现。
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