Xishuangbanna is a
Tai Lü autonomous prefecture in the extreme south of
Yunnan. You may wonder what the link with Guangdong-based Shenzhen Airlines is... this 737 was in fact flying for the small Xishuangbanna branch of the airline, which had been launched in August 2007. This region of China is noted for its distinct culture, different to that of Han Chinese culture. The people, architecture, language are more similar to those of the Shan and Tai people from neighbouring Laos and Thailand.
The two sides were different and displayed the tropical rainforest, a Dai pagoda, Asian elephants and local
Dai people during the
Songkran festivities. The Dai national water-splashing elephant mascot could be seen under the cockpit windows.
Images © Liuqianlu & YanShuai (both KMG)
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