Why is Guanglu Ancient Town So Special
Guanglu Ancient Town has the profound cultural accumulation with many ancient buildings and ancient relics. There is Longhua Temple(龙华寺), which was built in the Tianyou Period of the Tang Dynasty(唐朝天佑年间). The main building of the Tribal Command(军民总管府) (one type of the agencies created to administer southwestern aboriginal groups) in Yao’an Road of the Yuan Dynasty is still in existence. the Wenchang Palace of the Qing Dynasty was exquisitely crafted. During the Republic of China, the Gao Xuejun Ancestral Hall(高雪君祠), as a combination of Chinese and Western elements, was built with a unique architectural pattern. The overall layout of the old residential buildings in Beita Street(北塔街) is unique, with complete structure of “回” character and unique architectural pattern. Guanglu Ancient Town has a long history, with beautiful mountains and rivers, numerous scenic spots and historical sites.
Where is Guanglu Ancient Town
Guanglu Ancient Town is located 12 kilometers north of Yao’an County, Chuxiong Prefecture, Yunnan Province. It has a long history, beautiful mountains and rivers, numerous historical sites, and many high-quality tourist attractions.
How to Get There
After arriving in Yaoan County, taxi or car rental is the best way to get to Guanglu Ancient Town, which takes about 19 minutes.
Best Time to Go
Guanglu Ancient Town is a small town dominated by historic culture and farming culture. Throughout the year, the pastoral scenery changes can show different natural views in spring, summer, autumn and winter, which forms the beautiful idyllic scenery. It is suitable to visit Guanglu Ancient Town at any time.
Nearby Attractions
Yaoan Longhua Temple
Yao’an Longhua Temple is located in 12 kilometers north of Yaoan County, the foothill of Xishan Mountain, Guanglu Town. The shape of the Xishan Mountain is like a dragon, and the mountain is known as Longhuashan Mountain(龙华山) by the locals.
Zijiuhai Sea(自久海)
Zijiuhai Sea was built in the early years of Ming Hongwu(明洪武), which has been more than 600 years. It is said that Zijiuhai Sea was excavated by the groups led by Zijiu(自九), the leader of the Yi nationality. There is a peninsula on the east bank of the sea, which is surrounded by the long embankment .
Defeng Temple
Defeng Temple is located in Defeng Road, Dongchuan Town, Yao’an County, Chuxiong City, Yunnan Province, which is a group of ancient buildings, built in the second year of Ming Yongle(明永乐二年,1404 AD). It is the ancient architectural group of Sanzhongtang(三重堂). It is a contemporary building with the Forbidden City in Beijing. It is the most complete one of the existing Ming Dynasty Dougong buildings(斗拱建筑) in Yunnan Province.
About Ailao Mountain and Rice Terrace
Ailao(哀牢) region is steep with high mountains and deep valley, the elevation changes between 600 meters and 3000 meters, forming a three-dimensional climate of cold temperate zone, subtropic and tropic. The stories of Hani people are hidden in the rolling mountains. Hani people with strong perseverance have created the world-renowned and magnificent rice terrace in Ailao mountain. This land not merely gives Hani people material needs, but also gives us a beautiful place of art.
Hani Rice Terrace in Yuanjiang County
The Yuanjiang(元江) Ailao rice terraces are mainly concentrated in Yangjie Township(羊街乡) and Nanuo Township(那诺乡), among which Nanuo rice terrace is the most spectacular.
1. Nanuo Rice Terraces那诺梯田
Nanuo rice terraces, located in Yuanjiang county of Yunnan province, the south central of Ailao mountain, are a masterpiece of Hani people. Nanuo rice terraces vary with mountain and terrains, and are suitable for the local conditions. Nanuo rice terraces are grand and magnificent, stretching throughout the whole south central Ailao mountains. They are the gateway of the Hani rice terraces in Yunnan. Departing from Nanuo Rice Terrace, all the way towards south, you will open the gate to Honghe County Rice Terraces, Yuanyang Rice Terraces and Lvchun Rice Terraces. The main scenic spots of Nanuo Rice Terrace include A Lang Bang Ke(阿郎邦克), Village Affection(山寨情), Terraces Family(梯田人家), Shuangru Terrace(双乳田), Damang(打芒) and Mailong(麦拢), etc. If you drive up the winding mountain road and enter the deep Ailao mountain, the vast terraces will appear in front of you, which can make you suddenly enlightened. It is like you get into another world. This is Nanuo Rice Terrace, the gateway of the Hani rice terraces. It is also the first stop to enter the world heritage core reserve.
More information about Nanuo Rice Terrace.
2. Yangjie Rice Terraces羊街梯田
There is a place named Yangjie Township(羊街乡) in Yuanjiang County of Yunnan Province, is the habitation of Yeche People(叶车人 A branch of Hani minority). Yangjie Township is located in the Ailao Mountain. With high mountain and deep valley, as well the altitude changes between 600 meters and 3000 meters, Ailao mountain forms a three-dimensional climate of cold temperate zone, subtropic and tropic, brings abundant rainfall and spectacular cloud sea, as well as moistens the magnificent rice terraces in the Ailao Mountain. Yangjie rice terraces wind and stretch along the mountain, tier upon tier, like silver staircases, connecting several mountains together. The rice terraces are the most beautiful scenery here.
Best Time to Visit
Although Ailao Rice Terrace scenery in Yuanjiang County are different in four seasons, November to the following April is the best time to visit the rice terraces. Whether you can capture sunrise, sunset and cloud sea landscape depends on the weather during that time. Therefore, if you have high requirements for photography, you can reserve enough time to stay there.
How to Get There
If you want to go to Ailao Rice Terrace in Yuanjiang County, you have to go to Yuanjiang County of Yuxi first. When you are there in Yuanjiang county, you will transfer there to Yangjie Township(羊街乡) and Nanuo Township(那诺乡). You can choose to take regular bus or minibus from Yuanjiang county to Yangjie Township and Nanuo Township.
Kunming South Bus Station-Yuanjiang Bus Terminal
Departure Time: 9:00, 12:00, 15:20, 16:30, 18:00, 19:30
Price: 90 CNY
Distance: 231 kilometers
Consume Time: About 3 hours
Yuangjiang County-Nanuo Bus Terminal
There are few buses from Yuanjiang bus terminal to Nanuo bus terminal.
Departure Time: 7:30, 8:00, 9:00, 13:00
Price: 23 CNY
Distance: 66 kilometers
Consume Time: About 2 hours
Accommodation in Yuangjiang County
You can stay overnight in Yangjie Township or Nanuo Township. You can also go back to Yuanjiang County for overnight. Accommodation in Yuanjiang County is relatively good. Here are several recommended hotels.
1. Yuanjiang Hotel元江大酒店
Address: No.2, Hongqi Road, Lijiang Town, Yuangjiang County, Yuxi玉溪市元江县澧江镇红旗路2号
Tel: 0877-6012888
Starting Price: 185 CNY
2. U HOTEL元江优家酒店
Address: No.118, Wenhua Road, Yuanjiang County, Yuxi玉溪市元江县文化路118号
Tel: 0877-6559900
Starting Price: 60 CNY
3. Dayu Jinyuan Hotel元江大宇金源酒店
Address: Wenhua Road, Yuanjiang County, Yuxi玉溪市元江县文化路
Tel: 0877-6515555
Starting Price: 105 CNY
Useful Travel Tips
1. Ailao Rice Terrace in Yuanjiang County is high in elevation, ultraviolet ray is strong on sunny days, you’d better bring sun cream. sunglasses, sun hat and other sunscreen products.
2. With large temperature difference between daytime and night, it is easy to develop a cold, therefore, you are suggested to bring coats and some cold medicine.
3. Compared with Honghe Hani Rice Terrace, Ailao Rice Terrace in Yuanjiang County is remote, not many people are familiar with it. However, like Honghe Hani Rice Terrace, the beauty of the Ailao rice terraces is pure, they are the painstaking efforts of Hani people for hundreds of years.
Why is Zixi Yi Ethnic Village So Special
Zixi Yi Village, in Zixi Town, Chuxiong City, is an immigrant village. In 1994, it relocated here from Qianliangqiao Village Committee in Lvhe Town(吕合镇钱粮桥村委会) due to supporting the construction of Xijinghe Reservoir(西静河水库), a national key project. It is located in the beautiful national forest park, at the foot of Zixi Mountain in the provincial scenic spot, 12 kilometers from the city center. The village has 151.5 mu(unit of measurement, 1 mu=0.667 ha) of cultivated land, including 41.5 mu of paddy fields and 110 mu of dry land. There are 80 households with 319 people, including 303 Yi people, accounting for 95% of the total population. It is the Yi ethnic village, which is the closest to the capital of Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture and the most completed preservation of the traditional culture of Yi people.
Where is Zixi Yi Ethnic Village
Zixi Yi Village is located in Zixi Mountain, Zixi Town, Chuxiong City, Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province. It is 12 kilometers away from the city center. In 2013, it was built into a special tourist attraction in Yunnan, and it is known as “the beautiful village of Yunnan” and “the First Yi Village in China”.
How to Get There
After arriving at Chuxiong City, it is very convenient to get to Zixi Yi Village. Taxi or car rental is the best way to get there, which takes about half a hour.
Best Time to Go
It is suitable to visit Zixi Yi Village at any time. Every season has its own beauty. Come here and experience the original Yi ethnic culture.
Nearby Attractions
Yiren Ancient Town
Yiren Ancient Town is an outcome of modernization, built in 2005. As the core of Yi culture, it is integrated into the Yi dynamic museum of Chinese traditional architectural culture, regional folk culture and leisure culture. The collision between modernization and ethnic culture has spawned Yiren Ancient Town. Yiren Ancient Town imitated the building groups of Ming Qing built in small towns in the south of Yangtze river, clean, tidy and elegant.
Chuxiong Confucius Temple
Chuxiong Confucius Temple is located in Lucheng Primary School, Middle Street, Chuxiong City, Yunnan Province. Chuxiong Confucius Temple was built in the Yuan Dynasty, it was relocated in the Ming Dynasty. Chuxiong was located at the important site of the Southern Silk Road. In 1987, the Yunnan Provincial People’s Government designated Chuxiong Confucius Temple as provincial-level key cultural relics protection unit.
Wanjiaba Ancient Tombs
The Wanjiaba Ancient Tombs are located on the banks of the Qinglong River, 3 km south of Chuxiong City. They are the ancient tomb sites of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. They have a history of more than 2,000 years.
Futa Pagoda Park
Futa Pagoda Park is located in Dongshan Mountain, Lucheng, Chuxiong City, donated by social members who are mobilized by the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference of Chuxiong Prefecture, which was built in the ancient pagoda site of the Ming Dynasty (later destroyed).
The news was updated on June 11, 2019.
The 2019 Shangri-La Horse Racing Festival, also known as the first tourism and culture festival of the place, was unveiled in Shangri-La, northwest Yunnan’s Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, on June 7.
It is a crucial event celebrated annually among Tibetan and other ethnic populations in the area.
Athletes of not merely horse racing, but also archery and crossbow from around the country have delved into this 14-day-long celebration.
Meanwhile, a variety of traditional arts and skills are on display during the festival.
Caicun Village
Cai Village(才村) is located in the east of Dali Ancient Town in Dali City, Yunnan Province, on the west bank of Erhai Sea. It has a coastline of more than 3 kilometers. The Bai people here lived on fishing for generations. The village is adjacent to the Erhai Lake and has been transformed into the Erhai Wetland Park by the government. Relying on natural beauty and humanistic aura, the village has more than 120 kinds of inns and over 20 restaurants. It is the largest tourist scenic spot in terms of Bai village around the Erhai Lake, and it is also the natural original village that receives the most tourists.
How to get to Caicun Village?
1. Take the No.2 bus in the North Gate of Dali Ancient Town and take of at terminal station.
2. It takes you 30 minutes to drive from Eastern Gate of Dali Ancient Town to Caicun Village.
What to See
Currently, thousands of tourists come to Caicun. Caicun also offers the comprehensive service for tourists, cruising ship, taxi, unique restaurants and inns etc. Travelers can enjoy the leisure ecologic tour here.
Leisure Life of Caicun Village
If you have enough time in Caicun Village, you can enjoy the local life the whole day. It is a ideal choice for you to buy the fresh vegetables of local farmers and the fresh fish of Erhai Lake in nearby market personally. You can cook in Jane’s Sea Home, a private house, and share the favorable dishes with friends here. Enjoying the sunshine in local featured inns is also an approving way.
Charming Landscape of Caicun Village
Surrounded by Erhai Lake, we can appreciate the sight that Erhai Lake melts into sky. There are also the idyllic views of west of Erhai. Cycling or running around Erhai, you will lose in the charming landscape around.
Useful Travel Tips
If you want to spend your day in local private house, like Jane’s Sea Home, please order before you go.
When the weather is fine in Dali, the sunshine is heated, and ultraviolet light is strong. People should avoid direct sunlight, and the sun hat preparation is required during outdoor activities, a pair of sunglasses will make you comfortable in the trip.
About Nie Er
Nie Er聂耳, whose original hometown is Yuxi, was born in Kunming in 1912. He is a famous Chinese musician composing the national anthem of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). It is great pity that he was drowned when swimming in Japan in 1935.
Nie Er, who grew up poor and had deep feelings for the laboring masses, wrote 37 revolutionary songs in his limited 23-year life. His series of works are the products of the people’s revolution led by the communist party. Nie Er opened up China’s new music road, he was the music pioneer of the Chinese proletarian revolution.
About the Former Residence of Nie Er
Former residence of Nie Er was built in the late Qing dynasty by Nie Liandeng聂连登, Nie Er’s great-grandfather, and left to Nie Er’s father Nie Hongyi聂鸿仪. In the 28th year of the reign of emperor Guangxu光绪(in 1902), Nie Hongyi went to Kunming to practice medicine. The house was left to Wang Jingzhen王静珍, the sister-in-law of Nie Er. In 1927, after he graduated from Junior Middle School, Nie Er returned to Yuxi with his mother, Peng Jikuan彭寂宽, he reviewed his lessons here from the 22nd day of the 6th lunar month to the 10th day of the 7th lunar month.
In September 1984, the former residence of Nie Er was published by the people’s government of Yuxi as a municipal key cultural relic protection unit. In February 1992, the people’s government of Yuxi city restored the former residence of Nie Er, covering an area of more than 1,500 square meters. It is composed of memorial area, green area and music activity area. There is Nie Er statue in the courtyard. In this year, the government set up management organization and former residence of Nie Er opened to public officially. In November 1998, the government of Yunnan province announced Nie Er’s former residence as the fifth batch of provincial key cultural relics protection units.
Best Time to Visit
Former residence visit is mainly indoor activities, consequently, tourists can visit former residence of Nie Er at all seasons.
Transportation and Accommodation
The former residence of Nie Er is close to Yuxi Museum. For transportation and accommodation, you can refer to Yuxi Museum.
Useful Travel Tips
1. With convenient transportation and strong cultural characteristics, the museum is definitely a good place to enrich your knowledge about Nie Er.
2. The former residence of Nie Er is close to Yuxi Museum, you can pay a visit to Yuxi museum.
The news was updated on June 12, 2019.
The 2019 South and Southeast Asia Commodity Expo and Investment Fair (SSACEIF) opened this morning (June 12) in Kunming, Yunnan Province.
With the theme of “a better gateway and powerhouse for shared development and prosperity,” the SSACEIF covers an exhibition area of 170,000 square meters.
Around 7,500 booths were set up in 17 pavilions at this year’s trade fair, including the Pavilion of Green Energy, the Pavilion of Green Food, the Pavilion of Biomedicine and General Health, the Pavilion of Culture and Tourism, the Southeast Asia Pavilion, the South Asia Pavilion, the Pavilion of Other Countries, the Taiwan Pavilion, the Pavilion of B&R Investment and Cooperation, and others.
Sri Lanka serves as the theme country, while Cambodia is the guest country of honor. Special exhibition areas are designated for the honored countries at this year’s trade fair. Representatives of 74 countries and regions and 3,348 enterprises attended the opening.
A total of 14 high-end forums are staged in Kunming during the 2019 SSACEIF: the 2nd China-South Asia Cooperation Forum, the 17th ASEAN Overseas Chinese Entrepreneurs Conference, the 8th Yunnan-Taiwan Economic Trade and Cultural Conference, the 14th China-South Asia Business Forum, the 3rd China-Southeast Asia Business Forum, the 7th China-South and Southeast Asia Think-Tank Forum, and others.
The SSACEIF is co-organized by the China Chamber of International Commerce, the SAARC Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the ASEAN-China Center, and the Secretariat of the China-South Asia Expo and Kunming Import & Export Fair. And it is undertaken by Yunnan Provincial Department of Commerce, Yunnan Foreign Affairs Office, the CCPIT Yunnan Sub-Council and more.
In recent years, Yunnan has made good use of its natural resources and favorable location, while improving connectivity, stepping up opening up and optimizing business environment. In 2018, Yunnan’s GDP reached 1.78 trillion yuan, an increase of 8.9% year-on-year. Foreign trade volume amounted to 193.7 billion yuan (around 29.89 billion USD), increasing 24.7% year on year and representing a record high in the same period over the past years.
Why is Laoshan Mountain So Special?
Laoshan Mountain scenic area老山风景区 consists of 42 scenic spots covering an area of 180 square kilometers including Laoshan Mountain老山, Nanwenhe River南温河, Dawangyan大王岩, Xiajinchang下金厂 and Xinzhai Village新寨. The main attractions in Laoshan Mountain include the Site of Laoshan Self-defensive Warfare老山自卫反击战遗址, the Sea of Forest in the Laojun Mountain老君山林海, the marvelous and serene Karst Caves groups, the Cat Jumping Gorge猫猫跳峡谷, the irregularly changing cloud sea, rare plants, and the Tianbao Frontier Trade Port. All in all, the scenic area of the Laoshan Mountain is an ideal place for frontier trade and shopping, tour abroad, scientific and geological researches, and the research for the biodiversity. Laoshan was one of the main positions in the war of self-defense. Nowadays, there are exhibition hall, martyr statues, Maoerdong cave猫耳洞, trenches, lookout post and other facilities built on the main peak. It is an important patriotic education base. Tianbao port天保口岸 is an important border trade port between China and Vietnam.
The History and Present of Laoshan Mountain
Laoshan Mountain, located at China-Vietnam Border of Yunnan Province in the southwestern China, is closely linked to northern Vietnam. In the past 10 years from 1979 to 1989, there was a fierce battle between China and Vietnam in the vibrant mountains and jungles, which turned Laoshan Mountain to be a place “famous” of violence and death. And as a result of the battle, Laoshan Mountain who witnessed the victory of Chinese and the loss of Vietnam became a holy place in memory of these heroes sacrificed in the battle. More than 20 years have passed, and now the spirits of these heroes are still in the minds of people living here.
The leftover of the war in Laoshan Mountain has been carefully collated and repaired after the war. The place that once saw the violent and cruel battle has turned into a beautiful and peaceful park for the fighters to rest. There are many inscriptions and sculptures describing the glorious feat of the warriors dedicated to the country.
Under the main peak of Laoshan Mountain, there built a small square where stood a huge statue. Its prototype is called Zhangdaquan张大权, one of the 3000 Chinese soldiers who dedicated to the China-Vietnam war in Laoshan Mountain years ago.
How to Get There
1. By Long-distance Bus
There are long-distance buses from Kunming to Malipo County.
Kunming East Bus Station-Malipo Bus Terminal
Departure Time: 11:00, 18:30
Price: 137 CNY
Distance: 394 kilometers
Consume Time: 6 hours
2. By Train
If you want to take train, you should go to Zhulin Station珠琳站 in Guangnan county first. Then another 2 hours is needed from Zhulin Railway Station to Malipo County.
Kunming Railway Station-Zhulin Railway Station
Departure Time: 17:12
Price: 103 CNY
Distance: 413 kilometers
Consume Time: 2 hours
Kunming South Railway Station-Zhulin Railway Station
Departure Time: 7:30
Price: 92 CNY
Distance: 407 kilometers
Consume Time: 1.5 hours
Accommodation Around Laoshan Mountain
Laoshan Mountain is not far from the county seat of Malipo County.
1. Dawangyan Hotel大王岩酒店
Address: No.288, Yuerbei Road, Mali Town, Malipo County, Wenshan Prefecture文山州麻栗坡县麻栗镇玉尔贝路288号
Tel: 0876-6628899
2. Guohao Hotel麻栗坡国豪大酒店
Address: No.190, Yuerbei Road, Malipo County, Wenshan文山州麻栗坡县玉尔贝路190号
Tel: 0876-6629888
Starting Price: 149 CNY
3. Yajing Theme Hotel麻栗坡雅景主题酒店
Address: No.260, Yuerbei Road, Mali Town, Malipo County, Wenshan文山州麻栗坡县麻栗镇玉尔贝路260号
Tel: 0876-6621777
Starting Price: 94 CNY
Useful Travel Tips
1. The weather in Malipo麻栗坡 is mild, but because of large temperature difference in mountain area, you should bring long-sleeve clothes and coats for the change in the weather.
2. After traveling in laoshan Mountain老山, people usually stop by Tianbao port on the Vietnamese border to go shopping. Tianbao Port is not far from Malipo county. You can take the midibus from Malipo麻栗坡 to Chuantou船头, and the ticket price is less than 5 yuan.
Why is Xianrendong Village So Special?
Xianrendong Village仙人洞村 is a picturesque fairyland in Qiubei County, Southeast of Yunnan included in Puzhehei Scenic Area. It’s a typical Sani撒尼 village with limpid lakes and lush vegetation. “Puzhehei普者黑” is a word from the Yi language which means “a place abundant in fish and shrimps”. The Sani people there claim themselves “Sanipo撒尼人”. They believe they are the descendants of the Sani People who fled from Stone Forest area to Qiubei丘北 Area 400 years ago. The entire village is made up of 173 families or more than 800 villagers. They are Sani people, a branch of the Yi Minority.
Features of Xianrendong Village
As the first ethnic cultural ecological demonstration village in Yunnan province, Xianrendong Village仙人洞村 is mainly responsible for the protection and development of ethnic culture, the improvement of ethnic quality, the cultivation of ethnic culture pillar industries, the injection of new vitality to the tourism industry, making it a major influence within and outside the province and a base and window for world cultural exchanges.
Xianrendong village is an ancient village, which is back against green mountain. Xianren Lake仙人湖 surrounds the village, green like jade, reflecting beautiful isolated peak and primitive dwelling. Rich fish and shrimps swim in the water, water plants swing with the waves. In midsummer, thousand mu of wild lotus are in blossom, blowing in the wind. In the lakeside, there are ten thousand farmland with dark green waves. This is the true life of Sani People撒尼人. They make living by water, work at sunrise, rest at sunset, plant rice seedlings, fish, catch the shrimps, pick lotus seeds, all at ease.
When visitors enter the Yi culture ecological village, they can enjoy the original and authentic ethnic songs and dances, stone worship culture, ethnic customs, ethnic food, ethnic housing, ethnic sacrifice, ethnic sports, and ethnic handicrafts, etc.
Whoever visitors enter the village, Sani people will always give you a bright smiling face. They will treat you the clean and sweet water and ask whether visitors would like to have a try for their bamboo water pipes. They will also warmly introduce you to their customs their legendary stories. If you are interested enough to hear their music, they can also sing accompanied with their unique three-string instrument. They will sing the popular narrative poem, Escape to the Sweet Spot.
Religious Beliefs and Festivals
As other minorities do in Yunnan Province, Sani people believe in animism which makes their traditional festivals mysteriously link to gods and the nature. They deem themselves a nationality that was gave birth by trees. That’s probably why a huge sacred tree is enshrined as the Dragon Tree during their annual Mizhi Festival密枝节. The villagers living in Xianrendong Village are simple, honest and unspoiled. Sani people regulate people’s behavior mainly through the ancient religious activities such as Mizhi festival, a sacrifice to the sacred Dragon Tree.
Hualian Festival花脸节, is a traditional festival of Sani People in Puzhehei or Xianrendong Village. It’s extremely popular and preferred by the young people. During the festival, lard and chimney soot are mixed into paste to be smeared by people to make fun.
The Bimo culture毕摩文化 of Yi minority is extensive and profound. Bimo毕摩 is an intellectual of the Yi minority, who has created the Yi minority scripture. The scriptures of Yi people are important tools for the practice of religious activities. Perhaps because of the escape, the Yi people’s scriptures of Xianrendong Village have been lost, and their classics are handed down by chanting from generations to generations. They believed that if there was no scripture, there would be no communication between man and god, and religious activities would not be carried out.
About Sani People
Women in Xianrendong Village love to wear ethnic costumes. They are able to spin their own threads, and all of them are good at needlework. Their clothes are not the same as those Sani families in Shilin area. The “high mountain and flowing water” picture on their headdress seems like the beautiful and colorful butterfly. The women here have to change their beautifully embroidered flower sashes seven times in their lifetime. There is a bright red embroidered ball hanging on the belt, which is really brilliant.
Sani people撒尼人 can sing and dance well. At the tourist season, the villagers will be divided into four teams to perform excellent show for the visitors every night. They dance enthusiastically, in addition to the three-stringed dance we know, there are a lot of folk dances.
Best Time to Visit
The best time to visit Xianrendong Village is from May to October, and especially in July and August. May to October is on season. At that time, the lotus flowers are in full blossom. And the local “Painted Face Festival(Hualian Festival)”, the local busiest and happiest festival, usually celebrates around July 18, lasting for about one month.
Accommodation and Transportation
Xiangrendong Village is in Puzhehei Scenic Area, therefore, for transportation and accommodation, you can refer to Puzhehei Scenic Area.
Useful Travel Tips
1. Learn something about Sani people and Yi Minority in advance.
2. After arriving at Puzhehei Scenic Area, there are battery cars, bicycles, sightseeing carriage and boats you can choose to the place you want.
3. The local torch festival is around the 6th lunar month and Hualian festival(Painted Face Festival) is about the 2nd lunar month. If you travel in Puzhehei during the festival, you will have a chance to experience the festival party.
4. The landscapes in Puzhehei are intriguing too. There are limpid lakes, countless green hills, flourishing lotus flowers and small villages side by side.
Tour Including Puzhehei Scenic Area
6 Days Yunnan Ancient Villages Tour with Puzhehei Scenic Area and Bamei Xanadu Village
3 Days Puzhehei Lotus Flowers Tour and Bamei Xanadu Discovery By Speed Train(June,July,August)
3 Days Yi Ethnic Minority’s Hualian Festival Tour Held in Puzhehei
8 Days Yunnan-Guizhou Karst Landform Tour and Ethnic Minorities Discovery
Why is Zhiziluo village So Special?
Zhiziluo was the government seat of Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture before 1974. In history, Zhiziluo was a pivot along the Nujiang River and an important courier station on the Tea and Horse Road which connected Nujiang with central China in the past. Nowadays, it is often called “the city of memory”. It is a place where old architectures are well preserved and maintained which could give you a vintage tour back to the 1980s.
Where is Zhiziluo village – Location
Zhiziluo village is under jurisdiction of Pihe Nu Township(匹河怒族乡) of Fugong County of Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture, which is located in the east of Pihe township, adjacent to Lanping Bai Pumi Autonomous County(兰坪白族普米族自治县) in the east, Puluo village(普洛村) in the south, Jiajiu village(架究村) in the west and Shava village(沙瓦村) in the north, 44 kilometers away from Fugong county.
History and Culture
Zhiziluo, means “a good place” in Lisu language. More than one thousand years ago, the descendants of one Wuman Tribe of Diqiang, crossed the Biluo snow mountain from the Lancang river and reached the “Zhiziluo” for settlement. In the past, it only took about 1 day from ancient Nanzhao Kingdom(Dali) to Gaoligong Mountain via Zhiziluo and Biluo Snow Mountain, then Zhiziluo became an important post and market on the ancient tea horse road.
Due to its special location, it was once the core city of the Nujiang basin. The seat of Nujiang prefecture and Bijiang county were located here, becoming the most prosperous political and economic center of nujiang state. On December 25, 1986, the Bijiang county, with a newly built building on a hillside was abruptly abandoned because it had been analysed by experts from the geology department that extensive landslides were possible in this area. So the name “Bijiang county” disappeared from the map of China forever.
Features
Zhiziluo is a small village located in northwest Yunnan’s Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture. What makes Zhiziluo unique is its old-fashioned look which arouses people’s nostalgic feelings. The octagonal library is a must-see attraction in Zhiziluo. Today it sits unused, its doors propped open so random tourists can climb the stairs to reach its wrap-around balconies. The slogans in the 1980s and the images of Chairman Mao are still posted on the walls in the library, just like what old movies show.
Much of the local populace are of the Lisu and Nu minorities and many of them practice Christianity. An old church is one of the few non-residential buildings put to use on a regular basis and is still a place of worship for those left in the village. In recent years, especially after the film “Zhiziluo” hit the screen, more and more tourists are attracted by its well-protected architectures. It is reported that there is a high-end tourism project under construction in Zhiziluo now.
How to Get there
There is no direct long-distance bus to Zhiziluo from Kunming and Dali. Tourists can only transfer to at Liuku. There is direct night bus from Kunming to Fugong. For the last leg of the journey you will need to arrange a ride in a minibus from one of the Liuku locals. Bargain hard, this should be very inexpensive. Keep in mind the final push from Liuku to Zhiziluo is another 108 kilometers and depending on road and weather conditions, can easily take four or more hours.
Accommodate at Zhiziluo Village
There are several agritainments which can provide accommodation for tourists.
Useful Travel Tips
▪ Do take a camera. The scenery is extremely beautiful there
▪ Respect the customs of ethnic minorities and avoid disturbing the lives of local people.
▪ Grab your rain gear. There’s a lot of rain during the rainy season from May to August.
Why is Lufeng World Dinosaur Museum So Special
Lufeng is the site of numerous Jurassic dinosaur discoveries, first found there in 1938. Most well known is Lufengosaurus, a Jurassic prosauropod. More recently, teeth and a skull of Ramapithecus, a Miocene period primate related to the orangutan, have been found in Lufeng.
The Lufeng Dinosaur Museum includes the hall of ancient living beings where four complete dinosaur skeletons ranging from 2.4 meters to 9 meters in length are on display, say Woo casino Canada experts. In addition, there is a display of photographs and diagrams of dinosaurs from around the world. The museum includes the hall of ancient bronzeware and earthenware and the hall of ancient Pithecanthropus.
Where is Lufeng World Dinorsaur Museum
Lufeng World Dinosaur Museum is a part of the Lufeng World Dinosaur Valley, and located in Jingshan Town, Lufeng County, Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China.
How to Get There
After arriving in Lufeng County, it is very convenient to get to Lufeng World Dinosaur Museum, which only need few minutes to get there. If there are not two many luggages, walking is the best choice to get there.
Introduction of Lufeng World Dinosaur Museum
Lufeng is nicknamed the Home Town to Dinosaurs. Back in 1938, Bian Meinian(卞美年), one of China’s famous geologists, and Yang Zhongjian(杨钟健), one of China’s renowned paleontologists, discovered whole clusters of rare dinosaur fossils as well as other fossils of extinct plants and animals from ancient times. They are named “Lufeng reptiles and dinosaur clusters”. In the same year, the complete skeleton of a dinosaur was unearthed. Ever since then, the Lufeng dinosaur became famous. There are dozens of other dinosaur fossils which were excavated in the following years. It is found that the distribution of dinosaur fossils extended for 10 sq.km (6. 2 sq.miles), with Lufeng being at the center. It is believed that dinosaurs found here are the best vertebrate fossils that are the most primitive, the oldest, with the most varieties and in their most complete form. China’s first assembled dinosaur for study purposes was unearthed in Lufeng, and it has been dated to have more than 180 million years.
There are some kinds of unearthed dinosaur fossils, which are displayed in the Lufeng World Dinosaur Museum. At the end of 2008, the newly constructed Jurassic Park was finished, adding a more scientific and trendy atmosphere to the ancient dusty place.
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At the north side of Lufeng County, about 9 km (5.6 miles), away is the site where the fossil, one of China’s most ancient homo sapiens, was discovered. In May 1975, archaeologists found a tooth fossil in a pile of coal deposits. After that, more than 700 pieces of bone fossils were excavated. They were named Lama Ancient Homo Sapiens by archaeologists and anthropologists, believing that they lived about eight million years ago. In January 1988 the site of the coal deposit, where the first tooth fossil was found, was designated as a national key protection area, and the surrounding area of 20 acres (1.4 hectares) was walled. Within the protected area, an ancient ape statue monument was erected to mark this important archaeological discovery.
Best Time to Go
It is appropriate to visit Lufeng World Dinosaur at any time.
Nearby Attractions
The Grand Courtyard of Wu Family
The Grand Courtyard of Wu Family is a typical Ming and Qing architecture that has been preserved to now. The Grand Courtyard of Wu Family was built in the 16th year of Daoguang in Qing Dynasty. It was expended in the 7th year of Xianfeng in Qing Dynasty and was built along the mountain. It is a “王(Wang)-shape”, with a unique layout. It consists of four patios with 99 houses. It, with a building area of 10,000 square meters, is well-connected and is one of the rare ancient residential buildings in Yunnan.
Feilaisi Temple
Feilaisi Temple is located at the hillside. Because of the steep mountain, looking from the bottom of the mountain, the whole temple is like a big bird entwined in the mountain. It seems to be flying and it also seems to have just landed from the sky. Therefore, Feilaisi Temple got its name. Looking down from the temple, the Longchuanjiang River(龙川江) passes through the deep canyon, and the town’s buildings are dotted on both sides of the river.
Heijing Confucius Temple
The Heijing Confucian Temple is located in the Longchuanjiang River Gorge(龙川江峡谷), Lufeng County, Chuxiong Prefecture. The Heijing Confucius Temple was built in the 45th year of Ming Wanli (1617). It was repeatedly destroyed by mudslides in the Qing Dynasty and was repeatedly rebuilt. The Confucius Temple is large in scale. There were 13 scholars (进士), which could show the prosperity of Heijing culture education.
Heijing Ancient Town
With traditional folk residences, archways, and religion architectures, Heijing Ancient Town is well conserved in a traditional style as others do in China. Among them, 27 have been listed as county-level cultural relics protection units, and are known as “the treasure house of historical relics – the living fossil of Ming and Qing Dynasties”.
Travel Tips
- Do not make a loud noise in the museum and turn the phone into vibration mode;
- Do not touch any exhibits in the museum at will;
- Do not use the flash when taking photos. Because precious items will suffer from the permanent damage under the strong light.
Tour including Lufeng World Dinosaur Museum
1 Day Chuxiong Lufeng World Dinosaur Valley Tour from Kunming
The news was upodated on June 11, 2019.
Twenty teachers and students from the Champion School in Denver, Colorado, experienced the art of pressed flowers and tea ceremony on June 6 in the Yunnan-Taiwan Engineering Research Center for Characteristic Agriculture Industrialization (YNAU) in Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming.
“We attended flower-related workshop in the United States. Those flowers might come from Yunnan,” said the American teachers and students, who felt familiar with the flowers in the YNAU.
The Americans showed their curiosity seeing four tea specialists dressed in Chinese clothes sitting gracefully at the tea table and performing traditional Chinese tea ceremony. “Their clothes were special!” “What tea do they prepare?” After tasting Pu’er tea, the students asked questions about the tea and experienced the tea art.
The staff of YNAU introduced that Yunnan is famous for its flowers and tea. Yunnan Agricultural University has played an important role in supporting the development of flower and tea industries, and organized many exchange activities to promote traditional Chinese culture and its charm to global friends.
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