Xiaowan Town

Xiaowan Town is rich in natural resources, and the cash crops mainly include tea, walnut, pepper, apple, persimmon, jujube, etc. There are attractions in Xiaowan Town, including the world's largest ancient tea tree(3200 years), the Ancient Tea Horse Road Qinglong Bridge and three small reservoirs, that is, the Huangcaoba Reservoir黄草坝水库(with a capacity of 3.66 million cubic meters), the Ganshaba Reservoir干沙坝水库(with a capacity of 1.16 million cubic meters), and the Fanxinhe Reservoir翻新河水库(with a capacity of 1.43 million cubic meters). The Long Lake formed after the completion of three reservoirs and Hydropower Stations, as well as the world's highest hyperbolic arch dam, Xiaowan Hydropower Station(292 meters high), has become the leader of tourism development in Xiaowan.

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Xiaowan Tours are usually related with the destinations such as Dali and Pu'er. There are Yi, Bai, Miao, Lisu, Hui, Dai, Wa, Lahu, Han, 9 ethnic groups living in Xiaowan Town. Among them, minority population is over 60% of total population. In addition, there are reservoirs, tea gardens and ethnic villages in Xiaowan Town. Therefore, our Xiaowan Town tour packages are involved in ethnic culture and tea culture. Several tourism themes can be chosen in Xiaowan Town tours, such as ethnic minority discovery tour, ethnic villages tour, Tea Culture tour, etc. If you prefer, contact our consultant and we can adjust the itinerary of our prearranged routes or we can just tailor-make your own Xiaowan Town Tour.

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Xiaowan Town is a summer resort. With an altitude of 987 meters to 2804 meters, the annual average temperature is 16.5℃, the annual average rainfall of 1503 mm, long sunshine duration and short frost peroid(the frost-free period is more than 300 days), which belongs to the subtropical climate type. Climate in Xiaowan Town is warm and moderate all the year round. There are many rivers and abundant water source in Xiaowan Town. There are 3.66 million cubic meters of Huangcaoba reservoir(荒草坝水库) and 1.16 million cubic meters of Ganshaba reservoir(干沙坝) at 2600 meters above sea level. Xiaowan Town has dense forest vegetation with the coverage rate of more than 50%. The vegetation is mostly Pinus yunnanensis, Pinus armandi, Quercus, Alnus cremastogyne and so on. 

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At present, almost every village in Xiaowan Town has access to roads. Although the road condition in some villages is not so good, it is much better than before since Xiaowan Town is a remote town in Yunnan. In the future, transportation in Xiaowan Town will be better, the cement roads in each village are paving. 

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Xiaowan is an ethnic minority town with a multi-ethnic population living together. There are eight ethnic minorities including Yi, Bai, Miao, Lisu, Hui, Dai, Wa, Lahu, among them Yi minority has the largest population. Xiaowan Town is mainly rural, entertainment there is less. Here below are several festival and activities related to Xiaowan Town.

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Xiaowan Town travel tips provide some considerations when traveling in Xiaowan Town, which can help you to prepare a trip.

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If we go to somewhere new, maps are good helper for us. To help you have a better understanding of Xiaowan Town, we provide you different Xiaowan Town maps including Xiaowan Town transportation map, Xiaowan Town region map, Xiaowan Town location map and Xiaowan Town tourist attractions map, etc, through which you can probably know how to get to Xiaowan Town and what to discover there.

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Xiaowan is a small and remote town in Yunnan. It is not well-known, but the environment is good and the air is fresh. It is still waiting to be developed, so the accommodation in Xiaowan Town is not so convenient. You are Suggested to go to Fengqing or Nanjian County for overnight because these two places are not far from Xiaowan Town and have better accommodation conditions.

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Fengqing is known as the hometown of Dianhong black tea in the world. And there are famous ancient tea trees in Xiaowan Town, Fengqing. However, you can not only drink various tea here, but also eat tasty and distinctive local food. Unique local food can make you feel people's passion for life in Xiaowan Town of Fengqing County. Such as, Jizong Mushroom (鸡枞), Ersi(饵丝), rice noodle, rice noodle roll, bacon(腊肉), Fengqing Baba Roll(粑粑卷), Shutoucai(树头菜), Hairy Tofu(毛豆腐), Liangxiao(凉宵), Fermented Bean Curd(酱豆腐), peas powder(豌豆油粉) and various local snacks. You may never heard before, but you will love them. 

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Xiaowan is an ethnic minority town with a multi-ethnic population living together. There are eight ethnic minorities including Yi, Bai, Miao, Lisu, Hui, Dai, Wa, Lahu, among them Yi minority has the largest population. As for ethnic festivals in Xiaowan Town, in addition to the traditional festivals of Han nationality like Spring Festival, the Lantern Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and Tomb Sweeping Festival, etc, the main ethnic minority festival is the Torch Festival.

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Photos can help tourists to view scenery in advance and know a place in a more intuitive way. In order to attract more your attention and help you know Xiaowan Town well, this part will provide you some photos of Xiaowan Town. These photos cover traditional ethnic villages, hydropower station, Reservoir, tea garden and ancient tea tree, etc. Such as, photos of Xiaowan Hydropower Station, photos of Huangcaoba Reservoir, photos of the king of tea, Photos of Jinxiu Village, etc.

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Xiaowan Town is rich in natural resources, and the cash crops mainly include tea, walnut, pepper, apple, persimmon, jujube, etc. There is a ancient tea tree for more than 3200 years at Xiangzhuqing of Jinxiu Village(锦绣村香竹箐), known as "the ancestor of tea tree" and "the king of tea". You can buy the tea picked from the ancient tea trees. There is no relatively big supermarket in Xiaowan, people in Xiaowan Town usually go shopping in the county seat of Fengqing. 

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Recent years, education in Xiaowan Town has been improving through constant integration. Teaching conditions are also improving, teaching quality rises ceaseless. At present, there is only one middle school in Xiaowan Town. As for primary school, almost every village in Xiaowan Town has a primary school, and pre-school education grows out of nothing. There is no high school in Xiaowan Town, after graduating from Middle School, students need to go to county seat of Fengqing for senior high school education. 

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Xiaowan Town covers an area of 204 square kilometers, and has jurisdiction over 12 villages. It is further divided into 184 villager's groups. 12 villages are Xiaowan Village(小湾村), Juecai Village(蕨菜村), Qingzhong Village(箐中村), Zhengyi Village(正义村), Wenquan Village(温泉村), Guihua Village(桂花村), Jinxiu Villge(锦秀村), Huafeng Village(华峰村), Sanshui Village(三水村), Meizhu Village(梅竹村), Chunguang Village(春光村) and Majie Village(马街村).

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