The only Dai ancient city endangered

时间：2007-02-27 05:27:57

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Chinanews, Kunming, February 26 – Nayun Ancient City in Menglian Dai, Lahu and Wa Autonomous1 County in Yunnan Province is the only existing ancient city of the Dai people in China; however, it might be destroyed by fire and mould.

 

Nayun Ancient City was built in 1829, and currently covers some 36 hectares of land. It consists of 3 main blocks and 2 subblocks. Most importantly, the formal government building of the city has been perfectly2 preserved, which provides precious information for historical and political researches. It is even said that Nayun is a live evidence of the system of appointing ethnic-minority hereditary3 headmen in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911).

 

Though the former government building in Nayun Ancient City has been under state-level protection, the local government has not been able to provide it with proper protective measures. “We don't even have fire fighting devices in the ancient city,” said Zhang Haizhen, a researcher from the local museum.

 

The ancient city receives some 30,000 visitors every year, which is beyond its capacity. If protection still remains4 insufficient5, it will be a matter of time for it to be go out of existence, which will be a disaster to the passing on of the history and culture of the Dai people.

 
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1 autonomous DPyyv     
adj.自治的；独立的
参考例句：
  • They proudly declared themselves part of a new autonomous province.他们自豪地宣布成为新自治省的一部分。
  • This is a matter that comes within the jurisdiction of the autonomous region.这件事是属于自治区权限以内的事务。
2 perfectly 8Mzxb     
adv.完美地，无可非议地，彻底地
参考例句：
  • The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
  • Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。
3 hereditary fQJzF     
adj.遗传的，遗传性的，可继承的，世袭的
参考例句：
  • The Queen of England is a hereditary ruler.英国女王是世袭的统治者。
  • In men,hair loss is hereditary.男性脱发属于遗传。
4 remains 1kMzTy     
n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹
参考例句：
  • He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
  • The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
5 insufficient L5vxu     
adj.(for，of)不足的，不够的
参考例句：
  • There was insufficient evidence to convict him.没有足够证据给他定罪。
  • In their day scientific knowledge was insufficient to settle the matter.在他们的时代，科学知识还不能足以解决这些问题。

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