KUNMING, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- Late on Sunday night in a remote mountain village in southwest China's Yunnan Province, a crowd burst into applause after receiving the news that their native tea forest lands had been inscribed on the World Heritage Site list at the 45th session of UNESCO's World Heritage Committee.
People from multiple ethnic groups wearing traditional clothing joined a celebratory bonfire on Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er City, Yunnan.
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