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The Daying River is one of the three major
tributaries of the Irrawaddy. It is 240 kilometers long within
China. It passes the old city of Yingjiang and Manyin Street, and
then flows southward along the boundary line before it pours into
the Irrawaddy at Bhamo of Burma. Lt finally empties into the Bay
of Bengal of Indian Ocean. The Daying River is a tropical river
running through ravines. It consists of two sections with quite
different Landscapes respectively. On the riverbank of the
Yingjiang section, green and Luxuriant banian trees Look like
umbrellas; in the distance where the water seems to meet the sky,
bamboos seem to be growing in the water. At the end of the river
the Daying River reaches "the Tiger -Jumping Rocks''. There are
quite a few natural landscapes and historical relics. The most
typical are as follows: the national preservation unit "the
Official Residence of the Nandian Chief Administrator'', the
relics where the world-famous "Margary Incident'' took place, the
Yunyan Southern Buddhist Pagoda, the Tiger -Jumping Rock, the king
of the banian trees, the Mother of the Chinese Rubber Trees. The
whole area abounds in natural scenery, historical relics and
ethnic cultures.
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