Yunnan Province Guide

Golden Temple Park

Golden Temple Park (Jindian gongyuan) includes two of Kunming’s most notable temples. Taihe Temple is Yunnan’s most active and important Taoist temple. The Golden Temple, from the Ming Dynasty, also Taoist is made almost entirely of bronze, weighing 280 tons, and is the heaviest and...

Kunming City Zoo

Kunming is not world famous for its zoo.  The zoo is probably what one would consider a "standard Chinese zoo" and comes outfitted with all of the required amenities, including lots of steel bars, cages, and of course, concrete.   There are a few nice parts of the zoo,...

Green Lake Park

Green Lake Park (Cuihu gongyuan) is downtown Kunming’s nicest (and only) park.   Compared to lakes in other cities, like Xi Hu in Hangzhou, Green Lake Park is not all that special.  However, it is a nice place to take a sunny afternoon stroll and is conveniently located...

Bamei

    A village which has been isolated for hundreds of years, all sufficient by itself, and the only channel to connect with the outer world is a cave, where you have to take boat in and out. Is there anything like this, at all? Yes, it's Bamei, about almost 8-10 hours drive from...

Shangrila Yila highland pasture

Lugu lake

Lugu lake belongs to Yangtze river water system,  About 200KM from Lijiang,  located in the north east of Lijiang city. its the third deepest lake in china with with an elevation of 2690m above sea leave on the mountain(The first deepst fresh lake is Tianchi lake Located on border of...

China YunNan(LiJiang) & GuiZhou(XiJiang)

Hei Jing Old Town

The first band of Yangtzi River

Yangtzi River, considerd the mother river of China, flows majestically through the center of China and is the third longest river in the world. Starting from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the Yangtze River surges southeastward until it meets the Hengduan Mountain Range. About 50 miles outside of...

Lijiang Airport