| Description: | Being capital, the political, economical, cultural, scientific and technological center of Yunnan, Kunming has a history of more than 2400 years and it was the gateway to the Silk Road that promoted trade with Tibet, Sichuan, Myanmar and India. The city is one of China's best tourist destinations. Kunming is known as a city of "Eternal Spring" without cold winter and hot summer. Its average temperature is 9ºC in winter and 23ºC in summer and annual average temperature is 15.1ºC. With the karst landform, exotic ethnic minorities, rich culture, Kunming is attracting more and more visitors from home and abroad!
Main Scenic Spots
Stone Forest: A world natural heritage site and world geological park with numerous stone peaks, pillars, and stalagmites stemming from underground and towering into the sky, looking like a vast forest of stone, hence the name - "Stone Forest".
Western Hills: A forest park which is nicknamed "Sleeping Beauty" as the outline of the hills looks like a lady lying down and trailing her hair in Dianchi Lake. Ascending the hills, you can have a bird's eye view of Kunming city and the lake. The park is also a destination for hiking and trekking, a place to be amazed at with the temples and grottos chiselled from the cliff.
Bamboo Temple: A Buddhist temple famous for the 500 life-sized clay statues of arhats.
Dianchi Lake: A lake which lies to the south of Kunming city and it has an area of 370 square kilometers, depth of 44 meters and altitude of 1,885 meters. The lake is the eighth largest in China and the largest in Yunnan Province and for its exceptional charms, it is nicknamed "Pearl" on Plateau.
Golden Temple: A Taoist temple which is celebrated for the heaviest bronze temple in China with weight of 250 tons and a 14-ton bell which is the third heaviest one in China. Its bell tower offers an excellent viewpoint to overlook Kunming city and see "Sleeping Beauty" clearly in the distance.
Other Attractions: Yunnan Nationality Village, Yunnan Ethnic Minority Museum, Daguan (Grand View) Park, Green Lake Park, Tanhua Temple, Golden Horse and Jade Rooster Archways, East and West Temple Pagodas, Flower & Bird Market, World Horti-Culture Exposition Garden, Black Dragon Pool, Jiuxiang Karst Cave, Red Earth in Dongchuan, Jiaozi Snow Mountain etc. |
