Tonghai County

Tonghai emphasizes on unique ethnic culture and profound history. At the mention of ethnic culture, Tonghai is the main place of Mongolian people in Yunnan, which can trace back to Yuan Dynasty. Tonghai also enjoys the traditional Muslim culture, and Najiaying Mosque is the greatest mosque in Yunnan. Moreover, the rich culture deposit is another point that makes Tonghai popular. Tonghai offers many cultural and history sites like Sansheng Palace, Tonghai Confucius Temple and Yongjin Temple, carrying on people’s beliefs and thoughts. It is also provides Xiushan Mountain, which is wonderful in south Yunnan. Check more and you will find more top attractions of Tonghai county.

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Yunnan Exploration elaborately arranges some tour packages of Tonghai for travelers, which covers main attractions of Tonghai like Najiaying Mosque as well as other top destinations in Yunnan. Most of the tours lasts over 10 days because there are so many places which is worthy to visit. We have tour packages covering Muslim culture, history sites like 10 Days Southeast Yunnan Family Tour with Ethnic Culture, Rice Terraces, Mushroom House & Butterfly Valley, 13 Days Yunnan Muslim Culture Discovery Tour and 22 Days China-Laos Cycling Tour from Kunming to Luang Prabang and Vietnam. Moreover, tours of Tonghai can be customized according to your specific needs.

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Tonghai county enjoys the plateau moonsoon climate of subtropical zone. The climate of Tonghai is warm and temperate, with great deal of rainfall, even in the driest month. The Köppen-Geiger climate classification is Cfa. The average annual temperature is 17.3 °C in Tonghai. In a year, the average rainfall is 997 mm. The region enjoys 276 frost-free days.

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Tonghai county enjoys a convenient transportation system, and the transportation of Tonghai county mainly rely on highway, with 8 passenger and over 75 lines. Among those highways, national highway occupies 123km, provincial highway 639 km, county road 780km, and the village road occupies 2108km. The annual transport capacity of passengers and freight reached 0.95 million and 8.1 million respectively. The post and telecom industry took a step forward. You can choose minibus or long-distance bus to go to Hongta District in Yuxi, and buses depart to Kunming everyday.

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As the principle habitation of Mongolian in Yunnan province, Tonghai offers the typical festivals of Mongolian people. It also carries on Muslim culture and celebrates their festivals. Check more and you will find more activities of Tonghai and entertainment in Tonghai.

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Tonghai is a destination definitely worth your visiting, and when you travel here, some tips listed as follow may be helpful.

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To help you have a better understanding about Tonghai, and plan a Tonghai tour easily, Yunnan Exploration offers some very useful Tonghai tourist maps, including Tonghai location maps, region maps, Tonghai attractions mas, maps of scenic spots around Tonghai, which may be helpful in your Tonghai travel.

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Tonghai county offers the favorable accommodation. Travelers can choose the hotel according your requirements. You can also stay in luxury hotels of Yuxi city if you want a better stay. Yunnaan Exploration offers some recommended hotels of Tonghai for you.

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Tonhai people like the taste of sour and spicy, so dishes here are kind of spicy and sour. Famous dishes here are spicy chicken soup with herbs on Yudai Road, roasted duck on Daying Street, cold rice noodles, ice porridge etc.

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Ethnic Groups

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We have many photos of Tonghai taken by our customers and our teams on their trips. These pictures covers attractions, ethnic groups, festivals and food, including pictures of charming landscape like Xiushan Mountain Park, Qilu Lake, also the greatest mosque in Yunnan- Najiaying Mosque. There are also photos of other attractions and fantastic moments of local festivals and activities. You dear can feel its fantasy in advance.

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Enjoying favorable environment, Tonghai county boasts various local products, and you can buy all kinds of native specialties like Tonghai folk silver ornaments, soybean powder candy(豆末糖), Tonghai pickles, Tonghai dessert wine and so on, and you can find these specialties in those local markets in Tonghai county. Usually, markets in towns and townships are opened three days a time, and markets in the county seat are opened everyday. 

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There are 88 schools totally in Tonghai county, covering 1 high school, 2 complete middle school, 26 primary schools, 14 kindergartens etc. Here are some main school of Tonghai. They may be helpful to your education tour.

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As of the end of February in 2011, Tonghai has jurisdiction over 2 sub-districts, 4 towns and 3 ethnic townships.

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