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This is a great article, but could do with a picture of this spectacular region. Anyone have anything suitable? Coyote-37 11:24, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

I second the request for a picture. Also, can someone clarify the information about the languages of Yunnan a little bit? Which is the most widely spoken? Which will you hear people talking on the streets? To what degree is Mandarin understood and spoken? 多谢。 --LakeHMM 02:12, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

Your question about "streets" depends on the street that you're talking about. Yunnan's ethnic distribution is extremely complex. In Kunming, however, it's probably the Kunming dialect (of Southwestern Mandarin division, of Mandarin). -- ran (talk) 13:58, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

Maybe this is a silly question, but we are sure it's spelt with two N's in the middle? -Fsotrain09 18:23, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

I heard that some people can understand Cantonese in Yunnan Province. But the major language is Mandarin there. Sonic99 20:19, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

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Contents 1 History - Exploration 2 Wildlife of Yunnan 3 Flag of Yunnan 4 acres? 5 Buddhist?

[edit] History - Exploration

I've noticed that there are references to two foreign explorers at the bottom of the history section, but some of the most important ones like Joseph Rock are not present. We should add him, as well as a few others like Peter Goulart.

We should actually create a new section for this altogether. There are some other interesting things that might need their own subtopics, like info about how the camellia, azalea and rhododendron all made their way into Western gardens from Yunnan.

Xiefeilaga 05:55, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

There's an Optimus Prime statue in Yunnan: http://www.karateparty.org/content/view/387/37/ PAHC

[edit] Wildlife of Yunnan

Yunnan has a great biodiversity, and so contains a large number of animals. Some of them are flagship species of conservation due to their might and beauty. For ex: The 1.5 ton gaur:

http://www.arkive.org/species/GES/mammals/Bos_frontalis/Bos_frontalis_00.html

and the tiger:

(links removed ---J.S (T/C/WRE) 17:02, 18 August 2007 (UTC))

[edit] Flag of Yunnan

Image:Yunnan.gif Is this a real historical and/or regional flag of Yunnan? -- Himasaram 02:50, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

According to crwflags.com, this appears to be a prayer flag of the Nakhi, an ethnic group in Yunnan. -- ran (talk) 15:52, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

For issues of national unity, Chinese Provinces do not have flags. This looks vaguely Nakhi, but I've never seen it before Xiefeilaga 05:55, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] acres?

Areas this large are not normally given in acres. I've replaced that figure with square km and sq miles, from http://www.travelchinaguide.com/cityguides/yunnan/ . Thnidu (talk) 00:12, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Buddhist?

Was the region buddhist before the cultural revolution? I could not find anything in the article about the religeous traditions in the region?Billlion (talk)