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Places in Southwest China
01 / SOUTHWEST CHINASOUTHWEST CHINADazu Rock CarvingsThe Dazu Rock Carvings are a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the masterpiece of China's late grotto art — "the final monument of Chinese cave sculpture". First cut in the early Tang, they continued through the late Tang, Explore ↗
02 / SOUTHWEST CHINASOUTHWEST CHINAGuizhou HighlightsExplore ↗
03 / SOUTHWEST CHINASOUTHWEST CHINAEverest Base CampEverest Base Camp, in Tingri county, Shigatse, sits at 5,200 m — the closest an ordinary traveller can get to Mount Everest (8,848.86 m), with a full view of its north face turning gold at sunrise and sunset. Around it aExplore ↗
04 / SOUTHWEST CHINASOUTHWEST CHINAYamdrok LakeYamdrok (Yangzhuoyongcuo, "Yamdrok Tso") means "swan lake" in Tibetan — one of Tibet's three great sacred lakes and known as the "jade lake". The surface lies at 4,441 m, the shoreline winds for 250 km, and the water shaExplore ↗