Letter from Dabancheng: Where are the beautiful girls?
By Raymond Zhou | China Daily | Updated: 2007-09-08 06:23
Most tourism officials would kill for a song like "Girls of Dabancheng," a folk song so popular that no amount of money can buy the publicity it generates.
In reality, most tourists are somewhat disappointed when they make a stop in this small town, located halfway between downtown Urumqi and Turpan in Xinjiang.
Here are the lyrics almost every Chinese can hum:
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