Popular Kunming Attractions
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Tanhua Temple
Tanhua Temple is known for its luxuriant trees and showy flowers. At the beginning of the republic of China, the abbot Yingkong was good at gardening and famous in Yunnan. He made the trees and flowers in Tanhua Temple green and bloom in every four season. The plants such as peony, cymbidium, orchid, Myanmar osmanthus and Malus halliana were very famous at that time. Now, it still attracts a lot of tourists both at home...
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Kunming Yongdao Street Flower and Bird Market
Kunming Yongdao Street Flower and Bird Market is a distinctive place which full of strong spice of life. It is the city's biggest and most popular bazaar. On the narrow street with half of kilometer long, there many proliferation of shops. And you can see a sea of people here. What a boisterous place it is! Visitors can purchase all kinds of flowers and birds, as its name suggests, one can also find a wide array of knick...
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Daguan Park
Situated in the southwest of Kunming, on the northeast shore of Dian Lake (Dianchi Lake), Daguan Park, or Grand View Park, is one of the famous parks of Kunming City. The park used to be a garden owned by the noble Mu family. The scenery of the park includes flowers, trees, ponds, causeways, pavilions and halls. It is a fantastic place in which to enjoy beautiful scenery and get close to nature and is also an excellent...
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Qiongzhu Temple
Qiongzhu Temple, also called Bamboo Temple, located in Yu'an Mountains in the western suburb of Kunming, 7 km away from the center of the city, is the first temple that introduces Chinese zen Buddhism to Yunnan. Qiongzhu Temple was built in Tang and Song Dynasty. It rebuilt twice during the reign of Emperor Qianglong and Guangxu in Qing Dynasty. Qiongzhu Temple is known for the painted clay sculptures of the 500 Buddhist...
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Kunming Botanical Garden
Kunming Botanical Garden is 12 km away from Kunming downtown area. It is adjacent to the Black Dragon Pool Park, where ancient trees grow luxuriantly to form a famed scenic resort. Covering a total area of 40 hectares, the garden was first built in 1938 for the purpose of cultivating rare and precious flowers, medicinal herbs, major trees and endangered floral species etc. It has collected some 4,000 species of plants...
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Kunming Black Dragon Pool Park
The Black Dragon Pool is located at the foot of Wulao Peak of Longquan Mountain in the north suburbs of Kunming (12 km from downtown). Comprising one of the oldest Taoist temples in Yunnan Province, the Black Dragon Pool has for long been regarded as “the Most Ancient Taoist Shrine in Central Yunnan”. The “Four Wonders” inside especially highlight the sights of the park, namely: the Ancient Plum Tree (Tang Dynast...
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Yunnan Nationalities Village
Lying on the northeastern shore of Dianchi Lake, in the southwest of Kunming, 20 minutes drive from city centre, Yunnan Nationalities Village is the epitome of Yunnan national culture. It displays the colorful cultures of 25 ethnic minorities in Yunnan Province through shows and performances as well as architectural practices.With an area of about 133.4 hectares, Yunnan Minorities Park is vast, including 25 minority villa...
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Green Lake Park
Located at the foot of Luofeng Mountain in Kunming, Green Lake Park, or Cui Hu Park, is an urban park in Kunming. It was established in the 17th century on the west side of the Wuhua Mountain and is sometimes described as a "Jade in Kunming".Since the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), the officials in Kunming made great efforts to erect some pavilions in the Green Lake Park. As the most popular park in the downtown...
