麗江的東巴谷景區是這天的第二個景點。東巴谷位於玉龍雪山腳下，是個在造山運動中形成的斷裂谷。這裡是納西族的東巴文化之發源地，東巴文字也是現世唯一還活著的象形文字。這景區不大，主要介紹東巴文化和裸美樂大峽谷的景色。我們在雨中匆匆地走完景區，全程不到一個小時。
Dongba Valley, where the Naxi’s Dongba culture began, is our second destination of this day. Dongba’s hieroglyphs is the only hieroglyphs that still in use nowadays. The scenic area introduces the Dongba’s culture and the Luomeile Grand Canyon, and we spent about an hour to finish the tour in rain.
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25日早上，我們先到玉龍雪山景區。玉龍雪山是中國最南的雪山，也是北半球最南的雪山，南北長35公里，東西寬13公里，共有十三峰，主峰扇子陡海拔5.596米。因巴特懼高不敢坐索道，登高到海拔4.500米冰川公園之類的節目就免了，唯有到藍月谷走走，欣賞白水河之美。
July 25th, we began our tour by Jade Dragon Snow Mountain scenic area. Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, or Yulong Mountain, is the southernmost glacier in the Northern Hemisphere and consisting of 13 peaks. The highest peak is Shanzidou with an altitude of 5,596 meters. The mountain stretches a length of 35 kilometersand a width of 20 kilometers. Due to acrophobia, Bart could not join any trip with cable cars, so we went to the Blue Moon Valley in this scenic area.
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