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Famous Spot area of Gold Palace
It is in Fengming Mountain of the north suburb in Kunming, is apart 7 kilometers from the downtown. The pines and cypress are full in the mountain, are luxuriant, because of bottom follow the stone stairs of steps up, through& the first sky door&,& the second sky door&,& the third sky door& can cross impressive demeanor& Taihe Temple& and& the Xiuxing Door& then, arrive at& Zhenwu Palace & that is made of copper, being so called the jade price gold palace. The gold palace was set up in 1602 at first, Chen Yong Bin of Yunnan once followed the Taihe Temple to set up the copper palace, the original palace was moved to Jizhu Mountain in Ming, then Wu Sangui rebuilt up the copper palace. The palace signs on the marble terrace, is heavy more than 200 tons, high 6.7 meters, breadth and deep 7.8 meters for each, it is the biggest copper palace in our country.
The front of the copper palace terrace has the sun and moon seven star ensigns, the copper ensign is the empty sun and moon above, the ensign side is wolf tooth form, insets 28 constellations, it is a Great Dipper in the center. There is a seven star double-edged sword in the Taihe Temple, which is heavy more than 20 kilograms, the both sides edge of sword insets seven copper stars, is as mountain magic weapon that is evil for true to make the strange town. The Forbidden City is the construction center of the Taoist temples, which was set up in M it is long 365 meters around, established four gates. Sanfeng Palace is outside the south side, original Zhang Sanfeng. Sanyuan Palace is original in the south of the palace, now it is Autumn Park. Go south to the highest peak of Fengming Mountain, there is one clock buildings with three layers, crest of descend hang a big clock, made in 1423, pit is high 3.5 meters, the caliber round is long 6.7 meters, it is stirring focus attention.
Grand View Garden
The Grand View Pavilion Park Scenic Spot includes the three-storied Grand View Pavilion, which provides a spectacular view across sparkling Dianchi Lake to the distant Western Hills, and some winding corridors, bonsais, rockeries, trees and porches, willowed causeways, arch bridges, and archways centering around.
The pavilion was built in 1890. The roofs of the pavilion were painted golden, and the pavilion appears elegant in between the verdant trees. The pavilion faces north and south, with the south gate (the facade) facing water (Dianchi Lake); on both sides of the south gate were the couplet written by Sun Ranweng (, a poor scholar in Qing Dynasty); this couplet of 180 Chinese characters is believed to be the longest antithetical couplet in the world and one of the most valued cultural treasures in Yunnan. The first part (on the right) of the couplet describes the beautiful and magnificent natural views around Kunming, e.g. the local mountains and extolling nature in an optimistic mood. The second part (on the left) reviews the 2,000 years' history of Yunnan, commemorating its rulers and warriors, battles and victories and indicating that no matter how successful or frustrated you are, all will be in nothingness in the end. The words are carefully chosen. The language is beautiful and elegant.
Inside the pavilion on the third floor, looking into the distance, you will have a panoramic view of Dianchi Lake and the Western Hills.
World Horticulture Expo Garden
The World Horticulture Expo Garden is 218 hectares in area, 2.5 km in length, and 1.1 km in width. In the garden you can find 5 big exhibition halls (China Hall, the Man and Nature Hall, the Green House, the Science and Technology Hall, and the International Hall), 6 theme gardens (the Tree Garden, the Tea Garden, the Bonsai Garden, the Medicinal Herb Garden, the Bamboo Garden, and the Vegetable and Fruit Garden), 3 outdoor showplaces (the International Outdoor Exhibition Area, the Domestic Outdoor Exhibition Area, and the Exhibition Area for Enterprises), and 2 big squares (Century Plaza, and the Performance Plaza).
The theme of this exposition garden is &Man and Nature, marching into the 21st century&. The 34 Domestic Outdoor Exhibition Area is spacious and magnificent, including the gardens of the 31 provinces in China, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government, Hong Kong and Macao Special Administration Regions and Taiwan. There are two green belts running from south to north symbolizing the Yangtze River and the Yellow River (Huang He). The gardens of the provinces not only display the natural beauty, but also the local culture, religion and constructions of various places. Some typical gardens are the graceful Wanchun Garden (Beijing), the elegant Xiaoxiang Garden (Hunan Province), the modern Bio Garden (Fujian Province), the special Ningchun Garden (Ningxia) and the delicate Shanshui Garden (Guangxi, Shanshui means water and mountains).
The International Outdoor Exposition Garden is a great place for people to enjoy the traditional culture of ancient Asian gardens, the ocean culture of European gardens, the harmonious and straightforward immigrant culture and primitive culture in the American garden and the Australian-flavored Oceania Garden.
It locates in the Jixiang Yi Clan and Mosslem people's country of Yiliang County in Kunming City, is apart 40 kilometers from Yiliang County is apart 90 kilometers from the downtown of Kunming, is apart 20 kilometers from Shilin Scenic Area, Jiuxiang is the scenic area which takes the Kasite landscape for mainly sight-see contents.
Jiuxiang is the masterpieces of the great universes extremely skillful,& the strange hole insurance water shows& is the personality that the great universe gives it. Cross-straits ancient wood of Yincuixia, the strange stones are many, permeate a kind of strange, originality of beauty. Lover's valley in Xia, to the song sweet prattle, the romance becomes the good luck. There is Xia in the White Elephant Hole, there are river, hole, bridge, sky in the hole. The hole crest is smooth, two sides are steep, there is the name of& frightened Xia& in canyon in hole, go boating among them, sky is such as a glimmer of, cut through the ancient course of river, along the road of natural carve to let your eyes not connect, linger on, forgetting to return. The Fairy Temple, the clock milk is plentiful full, extremely keen, just as just pretty fairy maiden of a bath.
& Bisexual Waterfall & in Lying Dragon Hole hands fall into more than 30 meters since then and together descend dissolve for the integral whole in the deep pond, how much person their & infatuated and intimate& let admire not already. The absolute being farmland form, such as hillock, soft and beautiful its water, the limpidity of the water.
Scenery Famous Spot Area of Shen Pond
It locates at the city of Kunming and the surroundings region of Shen Pond. The view area includes city of Kunming, Shen Pond and the numerous parks, famous spot historic monum the total area is 770 square kilometers. The history of Kunming is long, as early as 30,000 years ago in Palaeolithic, there were people living in the surroundings region of Shen Pond. Since in Yuan Dynasty, Kunming was the politics, economy, cultural center of Y Galaxy of talent, the historic monuments are numerous, it is the Chinese history and cultural famous city, the dam of Kunming is the second dam in Yunnan Province, the total area is 763.6 square kilometers, even fertile valley, the products are rich, it is the famous land flowing with milk and honey. She locates between E102°10' to 103°4', N24°23' to 26°22', the elevation is 1891 meters, the four seasons of weather are such as spring, it is comfort and pleasant, so is called Spring City again, it is the all-weather tour beauty spot which is famous in the world, is also the axis and the commercial center of Yunnan's tour.
Shen Pond locates in the southwest of Kunming City, is called the Kunming Lake again, was called the Shennanze in the past, is the plateau lake with the biggest area in Yunnan Province, is also the sixth biggest fresh water lake in the whole country. The water department of Shen Pond is one of the 13 point protection water departments of whole country. It is long about 40 kilometers from south to north of the Shen Pond now, the breadth from east to west is about 8 kilometers, the total area is 300 square kilometers, the shore line of the lake is long 163.2 kilometers, the biggest water depth is 10.4 meters, the average water depth is 4.4 meters. More than 20 rivers, such as Nanpan Rivwe, Baoxiang River etc., flow to infuse into the Shen Pond, water is in the seaport, flowing into the Tanglangchuan, Pudu River and remit in the Jinsha River. On the all sides of the Shen Pond, there are Jinma Peak and Biji Peak in the west and east sides, there are Changzhong Mountain and Baihe Mountain in south and north, the landscape and famous spots are more. On the lake the mist-shrouded waters, the landscape is charming.
Stone Forest
The Stone Forest has unique karst topography which is one of the best of its kind within China. There are six scenic spots in the Stone Forest: the Greater Stone Forest, the Lesser Stone Forest, the Naigu Stone Forest (also known as the Heisong Cave), the Zhiyun Cave, the Long Lake, the Da Dieshui Waterfall and the Qifeng Cave. The stelae and the stalagmites are erecting abruptly from the ground forming a magnificent stone forest. Looking from afar, the stone forest looks amazingly like a mighty army of thousands of soldiers. Strangely the stones stay stainless and keep themselves away from dust and dirt seemingly naturally. Walking through the stone forest was quite an adventure and an unforgettable experience.
The Greater and Lesser stone forests are the largest and the most beautiful clusters among all. There are a good variety of conformations stelae, cliffs and apices, some of which look like phoenixes, elephants and rhinoceros.
The Naigu Stone Forest is situated 13 kilometers north of the main Stone Forest. Naigu means “black” in Yi language. Thus in the Naigu Stone Forest, the stones look like rough ocean with terrifying roaring waves covered by dark black clouds.
On the other hand, the beautiful Long Lake lies silently beside the Weize Village, about 15 kilometers from the town center. It is such a heavenly scene of a peaceful lake surrounded by greenery and rolling hills.
The Da Dieshui Waterfall pours down from the cliff, looking like a piece of milky silk hanging from the cliff. It is such a splendid and dramatic scene.
The rich folk customs and interesting legends of the local ethnic group Yi are equally charming if not more than the scenic attractions of the Stone Forest. There are the tale of Ashima, the colorful Sani (a tribal group within the Yi ethnicity) embroideries, the ancient and mysterious Torch Festival (every year on June 24th of the lunar calendar) as well as the passionate and joyful Sani dances all make the place more attractive.
The Tale of Ashima
Somewhere in the Lesser Stone Forest, there is a pinnacle resembling a slim and beautiful girl. Seen on the side, together with another stone formation, the pinnacle appears to be a girl carrying a basket on her back. And this is the famous Ashma, the heroine of a legend that has been popular among Sani from generations to generations.
The tale goes like this: Once upon a time there was a rich and ruthless landlord in Sani called Rebubala. He arbitrarily decided that he would marry the local beauty Ashma. However Ashma and Ahei were deeply in love with each other at the time. She fearlessly refused the marriage. Rebubala was very furious and threatened to kidnap Ashma. Ahei became very anxious. One day when he rushed home from a remote livestock farm, he found that his beloved Ashima had been kidnapped three days ago while he was away.
Ahei was upset but he quickly put himself together and rushed to Rebubala's home to rescure Ashma. He fought against Rebubala and managed to get them both out of Rebubala's place safely.
The love bird they rode on their horse heading home with much hope for the future at heart. They continued their journey crossing mountains, valleys and jungles, even when it became dark and windy. Suddenly a thundering rainstorm came without notice. The night was so dark, the wind was so strong, and the storm was so heavy that they couldn’t see, couldn’t hear each other and lost each other in the middle of the storm. But luckily when the storm was over, the flood retreated, they found each other. While they were so lost and so worried about finding way home, a humming bee circling them for three times and said, &You can stay at m and my home is in a cave.& They had no choice but followed the bee into the Stone Forest.
It was extremely wet and slippery in the Stone Forest. Ashma slipped, grabbing a stone in for support, only to find that her hand was stuck on the stone. She was crying out for Ahei &Help me, Ahei. Please go and find a white cock and a white pig who can sacrifice to the stone god, so then I shall be freed.&
Ahei was extremely upset and worried about Ashsma, but he had to be strong and set off to find the white cock and the white pig. After crossing 49 mountains and 81 rivers, he found a white cock. Continuously searching countless number of villages, he failed to find the white pig, but a black pig and dug a basket of white mud. Ahei mudded the pig and it turned into a white pig. He then started to return to the Stone Forest. After crossing the last mountain, he decided to sit down and have a rest. He was so tired that he fell asleep very quickly. He was awakened by heavy rain pouring down only to find that the white mud was washed away and the pig turned back to its own color.
With much desperation and sorrow, Ahei couldn't bring back the required white pig, and Ashma, his lover was stuck to the stone forever. It is the stone image that we see today.
Black Stone Forest(Naigu Shilin)
The Naigu Stone Forest is 13 kilometres to the north of Shilin, which is also called the Mozhai Stone Forest. 'Naigu' means black in Yi' s language, thus the 'Naigu Stone Forest' means a black stone forest. It covers an area of over 5,000 mu with a newly tapped 6-kilometre-long travel route. Compared with Shilin's stone forests, this place owns different features and styles.
In the Naigu Stone Forest, oddly-shaped stones in dark shadow pierce into the sky like angry waves, with full of power and grandeur, or stand there like frightening ancient battle fields, which may arouse visitors' all kinds of thoughts and imaginations. Some precipices are hundreds of meters high, as flat as knife-cut, some stone posts pierce into the sky, some are as big as mounds, some are like Zhuge Liang's Eight Diagram Formations, or 'Taishang Laojun in front of a pill oven', or a castle, mushroom, elephant, field, pig and goat, etc.
The rocks are ancient, simple and black, giving visitors a feeling of mystery and vastness under such a mysterious atmosphere. In the scenic area, there is an exotic and beautiful underground cave, which is called white cloud cave or crystal palace, and is belonged to underground lava topography.
The scenes inside are of different kind of shapes, such as terraced paddies, peasants' cottages, and animals and plants. Some can produce chimes with percussion. At the bottom of the mountain is the White Cloud Lake which is extraordinarily tranquil.
The Hot Springs in Anning
They locate in Anning County which is apart more than 30 kilometers from the west of Kunming City. The scene in view area is pretty, the beauty spots are numerous, take the hot springs in Anning of& the first soup in the world & be the most well-known, there are another Caoxi Temple, the Pearl Spring...etc., it is the famous health resort and the tour areas. The hot springs in Anning are called the Jasper Spring again, are the race springs. The spring water contains the little chemical element of potassium, Na, zinc, Si ...etc., which are beneficial of human's, bodes. The sculpture flavor of the hot springs in Anning is little, the spring is sweet and tasty, drinking and taking the bath over a long period of time, have curative effects to the disease, such as chronic stomach trouble and the rheumatism arthritis...etc. very good. The spring of the four seasons of hot springs in Anning can flow out 2000 tons to 6000 tons every day and the water temperature is between 42---45 degrees of Celsius. They set up the guest house, hospital, sanatorium etc. in the neighborhood of hot springs, all the service facilities are supplied here.
Green Lake Park
Green Lake Park, locate in the centre of Kunming, consists of Harbour Pavilion, Moon Water pavilion, Guan Yu House and some gloriettes together with the lake.
The Green Lake Park was only a small sinus in Dianchi Lake at the very beginning, while it became what it is now after the lowering of water level. There, the water sparkles in the sunlight, and environment is beautiful very much. It seems to be the precious emerald in Kunming, and it is well known as &the Jade Flower Bowlder of the city&.
Moon Water Pavilion and Golden fish Island are on the southeast of the lake, and on the northeast are Bamboo Island and Jiulong Chi. Huludao and Jiuqu Qiao lie on the south, and Harbour Pavilion lies on the west. The lake is designed logically and novelly.
Every year, from October to next February, there will be thousands of black-headed gulls here gamboling with tourists. They splash in the water and feed their younger generations, adding unlimited interests and vitality to the lake. Here, tourists can experience perfect harmony between man and nature.
Golden Horse and Jade Cock (Jinma Biji) Memorial Archways
There are a lot of legends about golden horse and jade cock. Some people say that the golden horse is the embodiment of the fine horse in Dianchi Lake, and the jade cock is the embodiment of a peacock. Other people say the golden horse is the totem of the bronze which is rich in Yunnan, and the jade cock is the spiritual symbol of jade. Still others think that golden horse refers to the steep Golden Horse (Jinma) Mountain in East Kunming, and Jade Cock is the winding and exquisite Jade Cock (Biji) Mountain in the West.
A more widely believed legend goes that the golden horse and the jade cock are the gods of the sun and the moon. When the sun rises, the glittering Golden Horse looks like a galloping horse. When the sun sets, the misty Jade Cock looks like a dancing peacock.
The archways of Golden Horse and Jade Cock were built on an east-west axis, not far from each other. At 5 or 6 p.m. on the day when Autumn Equinox (September 22, 23 or 24 of the Gregorian calendar) and the Mid-Autumn Festival (August 15 of the lunar calendar) of the year of cock (you year. There are 12 symbolic animals associated with a 12-year cycle, often used to donate the year of a person’s birth. One of the animals is cock) happened to be the same day (it happened once every 60 years), when the sun has set and the moon is rising, the shadow of sunshine on Golden Cock becomes longer gradually and the shadow of moonlight on the Jade Cock becomes clearer [Traditional Chinese calendar calculated the passage of years, months, days and hours by combining one Heavenly Stem (tian gan in Chinese. The 10 Heavenly Stems are jia, yi, bing, ding, wu, ji, geng, xin, ren and gui) and one Earthly Branch (di zhi in Chinese. The 12 Earthly Branches are zi, chou, yin, mao, chen, si, wu, wei, shen, you, xu and hai) to form 60 unique pairs in a complete cycle. In the lunar calendar in use today, only years and days are in such cyclic pairings]. Then the shadows of Golden Cock and Jade Cock draw near bit by bit and finally become one shadow. That is the splendid scene of the overlapping shadow of Golden Horse and Jade Cock.
It is said that the phenomenon of the overlapping shadow of Golden Horse and Jade Cock appeared during the reign of Emperor Daoguang (). Once during the reign of Emperor Guangxu (), the shadows of Golden Horse and Jade Cock nearly overlapped but disappeared when they were only several steps apart because the two archways were not rebuilt strictly according to the original size after being destructed during war. The present archways of Golden Horse and Jade Cock were rebuilt in the 1960s strictly according to the original size. It is hopeful that the spectacle of Overlapping Shadow of Golden Horse and Jade Cock will appear some day in the future.
The archways of Golden Horse and Jade Cock have long been the symbol of Kunming. People refer to Yunnan as the homeland of Golden Horse and Jade Cock, which are the pattern for the city emblem.
Zoo of Kunming
It locates on the Yuantong Mountain which is in the north segment of Qingnian Road of Kunming. Yuantong Mountain's form is such as the one willow ' leaf, it is long from east to west but it is narrow from south to north, the total area is about 26 hectares, it is a park whose appreciation contents is the most abundant, the visitors is the most in Kunming's downtown of Yunnan. Among them, flowers, animals and ancient temples are stirring.
Although this park is in the city area, has the strong countryside breathing, the strange stones on top of hill are beautiful, the forest is verdant, wrong fall to go to, delightfully fresh. The planting area amounts to above 70% now, there are many the valuable flowers and trees in park, first step formation of flower areas of spring, summer, autumn and winter. In summer, a water lotus, in Autumn, the chrysanthemum covers with the gold, the laurel floats the joss- in winter, the plum is cold, the mountain tea vomit red, the magnolia is pure and lustrous, their each elegant appearance, ask for the persons' fancy. The special behavior calls that way is flower area of spring. It locates on the slope of North Mountain in the segment, planting the plum flower and hanging several thousand stubs of the silk begonia, becoming a plum flower wood, be divided into up in next three sets. Plain March, appreciate the plum flower is also a big happy event of the persons of Kunming.
In the neighborhood of plum flower wood, it is an animal exhibition area. While setting up the park in 1953, the animal of the exhibition only had 4 kinds of total 4; currently, there are already 140 varieties animals in the whole park, they are close to one thousand. Not only there are the rare birds and animals of Yunnan, such as the elephant, gaur, palm tree neck hornbill, the tiger of Mengla, black tail serpent of Xishuangbanna, there are panda, black gibbon, leopard, leaf monkey in the northwest of Yunnan and peacock of Li River's side etc.; there are still the local rare animal, such as the gold silk monkey, northeast tiger, giant panda, big eagle ...etc.; there are even the foreign visitors, such as Australia kangaroo, cassowary, panther, African zebra, giraffe...etc.
Park inside everywhere hexangular station, eight Cape stations, square stations of the row of the cent, connect the body station, many star arch month station...etc., become big view in arbor. Park inside still keep the mausoleum of Tang Jiyai who was the main leader of Chongjiu Revolution in Yunnan.
The Yuantong Mountain is higher 50 or 60 meters than the downtown, is one of the good places on all sides of Kunming to look at the landscape in Yunnan. Yuantong Temple is under the crag of the south of mountain, is the biggest ancient temple of Kunming city area in Yunnan. The layout is careful and symmetry, the corpus is outstanding, it is one of the excellent ancient buildings in Spring City.
Botanical Garden of Kunming
In the four seasons such as the spring city Kunming of the spring, locate at a scenery beautiful, the botanical garden that different wood of famous courtesan constellate. It is apart 12 kilometers from city center of Kunming, constituting the famous scenery tour area with the Black Dragon Pond Park of the ancient trees.
The total area of Botanical garden of Kunming which has the history of more than 60 years is 44 hectares, is a the plant collections park which takes leading to grow valuable flowers, Yunnan in Yunnan and aring rare to be in imminent danger the plant in the herb medicine, Yunnan important tree and Yunnans as the main contents to live. It has already collected the plants now near 4000 kinds of, establish 10 particularly a botanical garden.
The camellia park is a domestic to have most the special features particularly one of a parks, the total collections tea belongs to the plant near 40 kinds of, mountain tea species more than 100ses of Yunnan, is at home and abroad to collect the gold at the earliest stage was particularly one of a parks. The cuckoo park with collections often green cuckoo is lord, have 320 remaining, such as rich brocade cuckoo and the big tree cuckoo...etc. to grow. There is 90 kinds of near dragon woman's tea, red flower wood lotus, Yunnan wearing a smile etc. wood orchid in the wood park.100 grass parks gather 37, heavy building, cloud wood joss-stick etc. the valuable medium herb medicine 1000 remaining grow. There are the loose red bean, money, Yunnan plum flower etc. Joe, bush 1170 varieties in the tree park. Rare is in imminent danger the plant area to gather near 380 remaining of the national class protection plants of etc.s of the pigeon son flower, yellow peony, almond yellow to grow. Exhibit the glasshouse contain tropical zone, subtropics the plant 2000 remaining grow.
There are a gingko and maples in the park the tree bordered boulevard that constitute, arrive the deep autumn each time for seasonal changes, the yellow leaf floats to fly, red maple fire, and the landscape make person infatuate with.
Zhongling Mountain National Forest Park
Located at the side of 320 national highway, Zhongling Mountain National Forest Park covers an area of 8100 acres and with an elevation of 2332 meters. It is 27 kms away from the town and 5 kms from the Yilong Pass of Kunqu Expressway. It has a interesting story that goes like this: About over 1000 years ago when the three countries formed, the Prime Minister of Shu Country Zhu Geliang led the army to attack the south and ever camped at the Yangmo Mountain about 3 kms away from the southeast of Zhongling Mountain. The Yangmo Mountain was changed into Guansuo Mount as Guansuo guarded here who was the son of Guanyu. The mountains and rivers here were covered a mystical color and permanent life as the battle among Zhu Geliang, Guansuo and Menghuo.
The East Temple Tower, West Temple Tower
The East Temple Tower locates in Shulin Street in Kunming City. The West Temple Tower locates in the East Temple Street of Kunming City. Two towers were all set up in Tang at first. Two towers face to each other far away and mutually. They are all 13 layers brick towers. The East Temple Tower is high 40.5 meters, the West Temple Tower is high 31 meters, they all were re- fixed after set up. The East Temple Tower can be followed the wood pedal climb to the crest from the inside, four Capes of the treasure crest are each have a make into with the copper skin of& chicken of gold&, each is high more than one meter, the chicken mouth implies the copper tube, there is metal reed in the tube, neck and chests of the chicken of gold are empty. It is said that at formerly whenever the fresh breeze blew vigorously, infusing to go into through the copper tube, the current of air that return makes the metal reed flap, the chicken of gold will send out then oh oh oh of call, express the ability intelligent wisdom and ability of the work clever artisan in the ancient times. Later because a long day is long, the dust the chicken of gold is just not to call. But four chicken of gold still are sign in the tower crest, even making the pagoda interesting aspect full of life, have the special features. Now the towers have already been link by a lately- set up on foot street, the West Temple Tower is fix a new, the East Temple Tower still keeps the original, new and old contrast under, pour to feel the bright and new west temple tower a the parties nouveau riche imposing style, let hard compliment of person, read the east temple tower of the exhausted vicissitudes of life but cool-headed astringent, let the persons extremely regret.
Yuantong Temple in Kunming
Yuantong Temple locates in the Yuantong Street in the downtown of Kunming, with the zoo of Kunming adjacent to, is the most ancient Buddhism temple of Kunming. The Nanzhao Country set up& Butuoluo Temple& to rise on the whole here from Tang, have already set up the temple history from more than 1200 years. At the same time, it is also the biggest monastery inside Kunming City now, in the region of Chinese southwest and Southeast Asia to possess the great reputation. The Buddhism associations in Yunnan Province and Kunming City all are established here.
The Yuantong Temple was set up the temple with the skill that build the park, the green mountain, bluish green water, colorful fish, white bridge, red station, Zhuting, colorful gallery hands over to reflect mutually, landscape, such as painting, is one of the national point Buddhism temples. The temple sits the north with a southern exposure, sumptuous, the whole monastery take flexible treasure palace as the center, having one pond before, two sides established to copy the hand curving corridor to round the pond to connect to the hall, special style of the formation water type sanctuary and the garden pond courtyard. The oblation inside the palace contain a three a life time of year of pure Guangxu sit to be like, the big palace is exact center two the roots be up to more than 10 meters to sign the pillar up, each has a colorful dragon, four walls return the to have 500 Luohan statues, all being rated as the Chinese Buddhist temple in of best make. The big view building grows author Sun Ranweng, the old age is once at this place virtuous curse the set to hang on the whole for living.
The Yuantong Temple contains the high and big grand view of flexible win the view shop, flexible treasure palace, eight Cape stations, have the our country hinterland a Buddha of the one and only seat of honor to teach the Buddha palace- copper palace currently. Made of copper Gautama who the Kingdom teaches the boundary how to present inside the palace sits to be like, with Gautama's statue of the flexible treasure palace, each difference of appearance, showed that the Buddhism the difference that the two major department sends, make person open new vista greatly.
Yuantong Temple, teach( call that the north spreads the to teach again) from the Mahayana, the seat of honor a teach( be so called the Hinayana to teach) and hides to spread the palace of that Buddhism( is also a teach) the three greatest religious sections to constitute, with the Mahayana Buddhism for lord. Go to this, you need not run a lot of places, can teach the palace of the three greatest religious sections to the Buddha to take in everything at a glance, can also to three greatest religious section the different religious style contain the understanding of a first step.
Caoxi Temple
It locates in the east of Dragon Mountain, is the famous ancient temple of Yunnan. It is rumored that it was built up when monks who were Caoxi Party in Guangdong came to Yunnan to spread the Chan doctrine of& realize suddenly to become Buddha&, so was called the Caoxi Temple. It was set up in Dali at first, the existing big palace and the wood carving of Huanyansanxiang all were constructed in Song Dynasty. The big palace is a heavy summit of hill, the arch is crude and uncivilized, seeming to be the ancient solemn, there is& Tianhanbaoyue& spectacular sight, in constructing the art of Buddhism to build to be like the art, there is important cultural object value. There is one stone tablet in the temple, engraving two words of& insect two&, calling person guess, is the idea boon of& breeze the month is limitless&. There is one stub of each a flower, plum flower of a dollar by the side of the temple, very valuable, was praised for &the treasure flower&. There is a Pearl Spring which is not apart far from the temple, the water is pure such as the jade, the environment is nice and secluded, and it is the famous religious tour divine spot of Yunnan.
Bamboo Temple (Qiongzhu Si)
Bamboo Temple (Qiongzhu Si), a Tang Dynasty temple known for its Arhat statues, is arguably the most famous of Kunming's temples. Arhats are famous monks and &saints& of Chinese Buddhism, usually displayed in large groups of 500 or more. The Arhats of the Bamboo Temple were made over a period of seven years by a famous craftsman from Sichuan called Li Guangxiu. His masterpieces are extremely realistic and lifelike, even if some of the statues are a bit surreal.
Huatingsi Monastery
The Huanghuatingsi Monasteryis located on the middle of the Western hill in the Western Hill Park, 15kilometers to the city center. Huatingsi Monastery, founded in Yuan Dynasty (1320), is one of the oldest and largest Buddhist complexes in Kunming. There are Daxiong Temple, Tianwang Temple, Kwan-yin tier building,Bell Tower, Flower Terrace , Fangsheng Pool(the Free Life Pond), etc. ancient constructures in the Huanghuatingsi Monastery. There are 572 painted sculptures and more than 260 stone animals and birds, which are of marvelous shape and some romantic feel. Still remained in the temple are 17 stone stele of Ming and Qing Dynasty, along with 7 tower tombs from Qing Dynasty.
Taihua Monastery
Taihua Monastery, surrounded by ranges of Xi Mountains and dense forest, is on the top of TaiHua Mountain. It is 2500 meters high, and it is the highest point on Xi Mountains.
Taihua Monastery, built in the Yuan Dynasty, is the oldest Monastery among those in Xi Mountains. The predecessor of this Monastery is known as XuanJian who is the first Zen Buddhism of Yunnan.
The building style of TaiHua Monastery follows the Chinese traditional fashion—“face to the east and ‘center theory’ ”. Followed the Chinese theory of “line”, the most important building is built on the center among those less important and all buildings are built in the “line”. Taihua Monastery mainly consists of Stone Torii, King of Heaven Temple, DaXiong Temple, DaBei Temple, Misty Pagoda, ShuiXie Hall, etc.
The monastery is also famous for the flowers in it, Yulan (a kind of flower which is very fragrant), camellia, plum blossom, rhododendron and DanGui(a kind of flower)—all those followers are abloom all year long. While, among those flowers, camellia and Yulan are the most famous and lovable.
No matter when you come, you will find that you are in the world of beautiful and fragrant flowers. Walking in the forest path, watching the sunrise and enjoying the local food, smelling the beautiful flowers—how wonderful!
Yunnan Southern Army Military School (Jiangwutang)
In Yunnan, there used to be two famous educational establishments. One is the National South-West Associated University, called the &civil& (wen in Chinese) school. In 1937, the Japanese soldiers began to attack Beijing (called Peking at that time). In order to save the education, three universities, Qinghua University, Beijing University and Nankai University were moved to Changsha, the capital of Hunan Province. The temporary university moved again to Kunming in April, 1938, and an associated university, called the National South-West Associated University, was established. After the Anti-Japanese War () was over, the three universities moved back to Beijing and Tianjing (Nankai). During the eight years in Kunming, the National South-West Associated University nurtured several outstanding scientists and educationist.
The other educational establishment is Yunnan Southern Army Military School (Jiangwutang), called the &military& (wu in Chinese) school. This school nurtured many militarist and revolutionist, for example, Zhude () and Ye Jianying (), who were two PRC heroes.
Yunnan Southern Army Military School (Jiangwutang means &hall of emphasizing military affairs&)was built in the 1909.
It was one of the earliest Western-style military academies in China.
Most of its students were members of Sun Yat-sen's fraternal organization, and the school played an important role in the 1911 uprising that overthrew Qing Dynasty () rule as well as the &Protect the Nation& movement several years later.
Until 1928, altogether 19 sessions of military classes were held, with 4,000 graduates. Every session lasted one and a half years to two years and included four kinds of the arms of services, infantry, cavalry, artillery and military engineer. The 15th session received returned overseas Chinese and students from North Korea and Vietnam. The main part of the remained school building is a two-storey post panel structure, with the four buildings in the four directions joining together and forming a courtyard dwelling. The school is 14,400 sq meters in area. The east and west buildings are both 119 meters long and 10 while the north and south buildings are both 116 meters long and 12 meters wide. The grand Drilling Viewing Building, which is located in the middle of the south building, is 115 meters long and 13 meters wide.
All of the works exhibited there were installations having to do with the idea of the classroom, looking to interrogate the changes in both Chinese traditional education and the Western educational model, and thinking about reactions to the process of modernization.
Yunnan Southern Army Military School also enjoys a nice environment. It is situated next to Cuihu Lake, a pearl in Kunming. The military school is also surrounded by green trees, with flowers booming and birds singing.
Yunnan Provincial Museum
The Yunnan Provincial Museum is a regional museum, containing around 50,000
objects in its collections. Among these, historical objects account for around
30,000 items of which there are 7,000 bronzes, revolutionary items (7,200),
ethnic minorities cultural objects (7,000), handicrafts (4,000). The Museum
represents the local minority people in particular, and features arts from the
Dali Kingdom as well as other periods of Yunnan history.
The Yunnan Historical
Objects Exhibition has strong regional characteristics, elements that
distinguish the local cultures from the Central Plains Han-Chinese culture.
Using a diversity of excavated objects, the exhibition displays the face of
ancient Yunnan. Many of the objects in this exhibition have important scientific
and artistic value, and provide material evidence of mankind's social
development. Discoveries from the Yuanmou site in Yunnan are displayed in this
exhibition. The fossilized remains of two early hominid teeth, dating from
around 1.7 million years ago, were found at the site in 1965.
This is the
earliest hominid fossil found on the Asian continent to date, and provides
extremely important scientific evidence in the research into man's development
from primates. From the Warring States to the Western Han period, the various
peoples of Yunnan were creating a distinctive bronze culture. Bronzes excavated
at a place called Wanjiapo include the earliest bronze drums to be excavated in
China. Some bronzes from this site have been exhibited in over ten countries
around the world, among which are a cow-and-tiger patterned piece that is
particularly lively and a cowry-shell container notable for its reflection of
slave-society sacrificial practices. Various items reflect the close cultural
interaction of Yunnan people with people of the motherland. These include an
incense burner that is central-plains in character, a walking lamp, a bronze
mirror, a bronze spear, Wuzhu coins, and so on. The seal of the King of the Dian
Kingdom in particular testifies to the fact that Yunnan was already an
indivisible part of China from some 2,000 years ago. This exhibit displays the
dress and ornamentation of some 22 national minorities living in Yunnan,
including Dai, Bai, Naxi, Hani, Lahu, Jingpo, Blang, De'ang, Lisu, Pumi, Va, Nu,
Drung, Achang, and Jino.
Black Dragon Pool
Black Dragon Pool is one of the ancient scenic spots in Kunming. It got its name for the crystal clear pool in front of the temple. It is said that a black dragon has been living in the pool.
Black Dragon Pool is quiet and beautiful, with a lot of ancient trees and famous flowers, such as the four most famous plants there: Tang Plum (planted in Tang Dynasty, 618-907), Song (960-1279) Cypress, Yuan () Fir and Ming () Tea Tree. The black dragon pool is composed of two pools, where the water mix together and a stone bridge in the middle dissect the pool into two parts. The left part is turbid, while the right part is clean. What is special with the pool is that although the two pools meet in the middle, the water doesn' even the fish doesn't swim to the opposite side of the pool. And the two pools are just clearly set apart, making the pool looking like an Eight Trigrams (Ba Gua, in an octagon, usually with the figure of yin and yang in the middle).
There are grand Taoist temples in the scenic spot. Longquan Temple in the shade of huge trees is called the upper temple (shang guan), which has several stories and is simple but quiet and elegant. A high archway with four Chinese characters(zi ji xuan du) stands in the yard, looking very solemn and spectacular. Crossing Heishui Temple, you get to Sanqing Temple, where tourists can appreciate the plums planted in Tang Dynasty (618-907), the prosperous Song Cypress, and the Ming Tea Trees in buds. Black Dragon (heilong) Palace located near Black Dragon Pool is called the Lower Palace (xia gong) and was built in 1454. The ancient Black Dragon Palace appears solemn. A sculpture of black dragon playing with water is set near the dooryard, looking as if it is going to fly and is quite vivid.
Haigeng Park
Haigeng Park is mainly a natural scenic spot and a lakeside bathing beach with green willows, sky-piercing eucalyptuses, and blooming flowers. The part and the nearby fishing villages merge harmoniously into one. On bright sunny days, the water stretches out in white clouds float lazily across the blue sky while gentle waves are rippling, sails are drifting with the current and sea gulls are skimming over the water. On moonlit nights, gentle breeze caresses you fondlingly while the silver moonlight shimmers on the wrinkled the dim reflection of the Western Hills flickers in the lake, while the lights of fishing boats flare. Haigeng is a natural lakeside park where you can enjoy the enchanting beauty of nature, go swimming in summer, and go angling in the four seasons
The West Hills stretch from north to south for 40 km. The rolling hills are at an elevation of 1,900 – 2,350 meters and are magnificent and grand.
The hills resemble a reclining girl lying along the shore of Dianchi Lake with her long hair flowing down into the lake. Therefore, the West Hills have the nickname of the &Sleeping Beauty Hills&. The West Hills include excellent sceneries of rolling hills, luxuriously green forests, together with singing birds and blooming flowers. The major sites include Huating Temple (Huating Si), an ancient B Taihua Temple (Taihua Si), a temple wit Sanqing Pavilion (Sanqing Ge), a T Nie Er's G and Dragon Gate (Longmen) with a collection of Taoist caves and sculptures.
Dragon Gate is the steepest spot in the West Hills, but the view is spectacular. It seems to be a place hung on the cliff, and the winding stone stairs seem to be reaching the sky at the end. Beside Dragon Gate are some stone rooms of Ocean of Cloud (Yunhai), Stone Forest (Shilin), Colorful Cloud (Caiyun) Cave, Yunhua Cave and Sky Reaching (Datian) Pavilion, all of delicate sculptures and fine craftsmanship. The images of some deities are sculpted in the wall, all with vivid postures and carved from the rocky cliffs by hand. Standing on Dragon Gate and looking at the vast water of Dianchi Lake, you cannot but feel calm and inspired by the harmony in nature and the reverence for nature and the people who built the constructions here.
Dadieshui Waterfall
Dadieshui Waterfall is also called &Flying Dragon Waterfall& which is the tributary of Nanpan River. It is one of the most biggest and famous waterfall in China. Dadieshui Waterfall is about 90 meters high and 30 meters wide. And when it stands its full water capacity, it could reach the width of 60 meters at least.
During the dry season, the waterfall seems to be covered by a piece of misty gauze, full of mystery.While during the rainy season, the water pours down with great velocity, sending out a thunderous noise audible for several kilometers like a howling dragon, whose sound shocks the whole valley. In the sunshine, colorful rainbows often appear. These colorful rainbows, jagged rocks, the sparkled water, and the mountains associate a picture which is so beautiful and spectacular.
The pool under the waterfall is clear and shining that many people like disporting here very much. All in all, Dadieshui Waterfall is a ideal place for people to relax.
Yunnan Minority Village
Each nationality has its particularities in terms of language, religion, and in the ways of conducting themselves in relation to others, in attire, eating habits, the way of travelling, festivities, marriage, birth and burial customs, just as people say that &Yunnan has ten thousand kinds of customs and conventions&. In order to exhibit the customs and conventions of the 26 nationalities in Yunnan, it is planned to build 26 natural villages, giving prominence to the architectures of various nationalities. Now eight villages have been completed and they were officially opened on February 18, 1992. The group sculpture at the entrance is called &white elephants greeting guests&. When night falls, real elephants in the villages would solute to guests.
Each of the 26 nationalities in Yunnan has a village built on the premises, and there are also a square symbolizing the unity among various ethnic groups, a theatre for the performance of ethnic songs and dances, a folklore museum, and a museum of ethnic waxworks. The typical villages include those representing Dai, Bai, Naxi, Mosuo, and so on.
Dai Village: With three sides facing water and all with green trees and beautiful flowers, the Dai Village is the first village in the ethnic village. The main buildings are the wood or bamboo pile-dwelling houses with wood stilts propping the houses and ladders leading up. Every year towards the end of June of the Dai calendar (April 13th – 15th of the Gregorian calendar) is the Dai Water Splashing Festival, as well as the Dai New Year’s Day. It is quite ceremonious. On the second day of the festival, a water fight involves all the village people, even the visitors as everyone carries any basin or bucket they can lay their hand to, fill it with water and dumps on the closest target as a cleansing blessing of good fortune. It is really a wild and wet holiday full of fun.
Bai Village: The typical Bai Village is composed of some traditional Bai residential houses with rooms on three sides and a wall (with the door) on the southern side. Tourists should never miss the occasions of Bawang dances and March Street (a festival normally celebrated from March 10th to 21st of lunar calendar in Dali).
Naxi Village: Naxi Village is located to the east of Bai Village. Tourists can appreciate Naxi folk culture (called Dongba Culture), especially the local Dongjing music, the so-called sound of nature.
Next to Naxi Village is Mosuo Village, which still maintains the matriarchy clans and the customs. What are special in Mosuo Village are the exquisite wood houses, delicious food, beautiful girls and last but not the least, the mysterious custom of walking marriage. Mosuo people’s marriage culture is quite uncommon. They prefer a visiting relationship between lovers---an arrangement they sometimes refer to in their language as sisi (zou hun in Chinese, meaning wa or azhu zou hun, meaning friend marriage. Azhu means friend in Mosuo language). A Mosuo woman is free to receive male visitors after the coming-of-age ceremony at 12. A lover may stay overnight in her room but will return to his own mother’s home. Children born from such a relationship live with their mother. In Mosuo society, lovers can end their relationship at any time. For example, a woman may refuse her lover by simply no longer opening the door. Their marriage relationship is not a formal one.
In addition to the ethnic constructions, clothes and customs, there are activities that take place such as performing white elephants, ethnic singing and dancing performances. The climax of the performances is a film shown on a fountain of water. Tourists can also taste the local food and buy the ethnic art crafts here. They can also attend some typical festival celebrations of the ethnic groups. For example, the March Street (Bai Nationality), Water Splashing Day (Dai), Torch Festival (Yi), Daogan Festival (Lisu), and so on. The “villagers” are all chosen from the youth of the relevant nationalities to act as guides or performers for tourists.
Yunnan Ethnic Museum, the best and largest ethnic museum in China, is located near the Ethnic Village. It is composed of the Exhibition Museum, the Research and Office Building, a storehouse and a handicrafts workshop. In the exhibition museum there are 16 exhibition halls with a total area of 6,000 sq meters, a demonstration workshop and a gallery. There is a square before the museum buildings.
Customer’s feedback:
It is a good place for visitors to appreciate Yunnan culture and traditions of all the ethnic groups in the province.
Birds and Flowers Market
Since 1983 the Flowers and Birds Market has gradually been built into a comprehensive public spot for leisure, shopping, and trading. Strolling on the market street, you can see shops and stalls of all sorts, especially those featuring flowers, birds, and fish.
Beautiful blossoms and delicate plant crafts lure the visitor. Hundreds of flowers, including orchids, camellias, lilies, roses, and tulips bloom in profusion. You can buy loose flowers, made-up boutiques, or potted flowers as well as various styles of vases there. You'll hear continuous bird song from parrots, mynahs, thrushes, and cuckoos, most of which are for sale.
The fishes are mainly tropical -- small and brightly colored for home aquariums. The Flowers and Birds Market is also a popular trading place for antiques. Curios, coins, jade articles, jewelry, ink stones, porcelains, potteries, stone carvings, and marble products are among the arts and crafts to be found there.
It is a treasure trove for souvenirs. Do not miss the shops that sell colorful ethnic costumes with headdresses. Most are handcrafted and very popular with tourists. Prices are reasonable, and you may even bargain with shopkeepers. Beautiful well-preserved old buildings within the market are now home to many Western restaurants and shops.
During your visit to the market, stop for a leisurely cup of tea. original a part of a series of streets and markets in central Kunming where an attempt has been made to preserve some of the typical architecture of the region. Traditional wooden houses with grass growing from their roofs line the streets where a variety of products are sold, including of course a small alley devoted to flowers and cage birds.
Dou Nan Flower Market
Dou Nan Flower Market is located near Chengong, southeast of Kunming. Dou Nan Flower Market is the &heart& of the nation's flowers’ markets as well as one of the biggest flowers’ trade markets all over the Asia. Its flowers planting base occupies the land of 4 square kilometers, and the flowers of more than 50 species and 200 varieties like Perfume Lily, Rose, Forget-me-not, Carnation, Butterfly Orchid, Gerbera and so on of different colors. The volume of business per day researches 2.5 million RMB. These flowers will not only supply our domestic market, but also are set to international market. Some countries like Japan, North Korea, Singapore and Thailand import fresh flowers from Dou Nan Flower Market by air every day.
In Dou Nan Flower Market, you will have the chance to see all sorts of Chinese flowers and even some flowers which couldn’t' be planted in China before. The different kinds of flowers make the market a fragrant and colorful sea, which will bring you a nice mood.}