Top 10 Baoshan Tourist Attractions and Things To Do Rated on TripAdvisor

These are top 10 Baoshan tourist attractions rated on TripAdvisor. In Baoshan, you can follow the thousand-year-old ancient road deep in the hoof pit to explore the footprints of the ancient silk road caravan, and you can also feel the bitter resistance in western Yunnan from the rut eroded by years. Baoshan will definitely not disappoint you as long as you set foot on this magical land.

1. Heshun Ancient Town

Heshun ancient town is located 4 kilometers west of tengchong county. it is a famous hometown of overseas Chinese in Yunnan province. it is also an important town along the tea-horse ancient road and a necessary route for the southwest silk road.

Heshun Ancestral Hall of Liu Family in Tengchong County, Baoshan

2. Tengchong Hot Sea

Located in Qingshui Township, southwest of Tengchong County, the hot sea covers an area of about 9 square kilometers and has more than 80 gas springs and hot springs. Hot springs can be seen spewing everywhere. The hot air shrouds this place in a white mist, , it is not only an important part of natural resources, but also a precious and non-renewable geological natural heritage.

3. Tengchong Volcano Park

When you enter the volcano park, all the mountains you can see are volcanoes, and every volcano is an active volcano in dormancy. It is said that the latest eruption is 7,000 years apart. In the Volcano Geothermal National Geopark, you can take a hot air balloon to spy on the panorama of the park from a height. In addition to taking a hot air balloon, climbing stairs and watching the volcano, you can also see the introduction of the volcano at the gate. There are many pictures and volcanic rocks. You may as well calm down and feel the charm of history and geography.

4. Three Parallel Rivers Natural Reserve

Three Parallel Rivers Natural Reserve is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, a nature reserve extending over 170, 000 km2 within the undulating mountains of northwest Yunnan Province. It is the combination of seven geographical features over eight geographic region s. The whole reserve is composed of the drainage areas of the three great rivers – Nu River, Lancang River, Jinsha River, and the mountains around.

5. Beihai Wetland Reserve

The wetland is surrounded by mountains, located in a special geographical position, and is a typical subtropical volcanic lava barrier lake marsh wetland. The reserve features a “floating blanket style” marsh, complex biodiversity and high productivity. The reserve is not only a garden of national protected plants like Brasenia schreberi and wildwater chestnuts, but it is also a paradise for water birds.

6. Longjiang Bridge

The Longjiang River Bridge or Longjiang Bridge is a suspension bridge near Baoshan. The bridge project is also part of a larger effort to connect Yunna n’s impoverished west to the province’s more prosperous central region and, eventually, to neighboring Southeast Asian countries. The construction of the project is a landmark building to create “the journey of the history and culture, the journey of the natural landscape, the journey of the international channel” in Yunnan Province.

7. Ruilijiang River

Floating along Ruilijiang River, you can experience the unique beauty of Ruilijiang River, which will make you enjoy yourself so much as to forget to leave here. There are many tourist attractions, such as Bambusa multiplex and subtropical fruit trees, when you come here, your eyes are occupied by these beautiful attractions.

8. Yunfeng Mountain

Yunfeng and its main peak of 2, 450 meters above the sea level stands in Ruidian Township and over 50 kilometers away in the northwest of the county seat. Seen from a distance, the mountain looks like a bamboo shoot towering into the sky. The mountain got its name because there are often clouds covering its top. “The three fl ights of steps” is one of the most beautiful landscapes in Tengchong. Climbing up to the top, tourists have to get hold of chains and to walk very close to the precipice.

9. Laifeng Mountain National Forest Park

Laifeng Park lies at the foot of the Laifeng Mountain. It was built where the Laifeng Temple was built in the Qing Dynasty. Climbing on scores of steps, you will reach the gate of the Laifeng Temple, over which is a board engraved with “Laifeng Temple”, which was written by Zhao Puchu, president of the Chinese Buddhism Association. Everywhere you can see ponds, winding corridors, rockeries, little bridges and pavilions, which will remind you of the gardens in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

10. The Graveyard of the National Heroes

The Graveyard of the National Heroes  constructed to honour the martyrs at the battle of recovering Tengchong lies in the west of the county seat at about 1 kilometre’s distance. The construction was started in 1944 and completed on the 7th of July, 1945. It was Li Genyuan who called for the construction of the memorial graveyard. Covering over 10,000 square meters, the main structures are the memorial tower, the martyrs’ tombs, the memorial hall and the gate.

These are the top 10 Baoshan tourist attractions and to-do items selected by TripAdvisor. If you want to know more about other Baoshan tourist attractions, you can inquire on the website or consult relevant staff.