Top 10 Chuxiong Tourist Attractions and Things To Do Rated on TripAdvisor
These are the the top 10 Chuxiong tourist attractions and to-do items selected by TripAdvisor. Chuxiong has a long history and splendid culture. Yuanmou County has found fossils of Yuanmou people 1.7 million years ago, as well as traces of stone tools and fire. Chuxiong is a unique tourist attraction due to its beautiful natural scenery, beautiful mountains and clear water, lush vegetation, famous local products, myths and legends and rich Yi customs.
1. Yuanmou Clay (Earth) Forest
Although clay forest is the product of soil erosion, it can also be called the masterpiece of nature. This is a very worthwhile place to visit. You can fully exert your imagination and think of the forest inside as a myriad of animals, plants and buildings. While imagining, one sighs at the uncanny workmanship of nature.
2. Exhibition Hall of Yuanmou Man
As one of the birthplaces of human ancestors, when you arrive in Yuanmou, you should go to a museum to learn about the history of human evolution.The museum displays different scenes of life in which primitive human beings and nature are accompanied and struggle and utilization are combined.
3. Miyilu Folk Custom Valley
Miyilu Folk Custom Valley is a minority community with beautiful scenery, rich ethnic customs, profound Yi culture and well-preserved folk customs. Come here to see those rich ethnic customs and listen to those beautiful legends.
4. Jiyi Grand Valley
The Jiyi Grand Rift Valley, also known as Central Yunnan Grand Rift Valley, is located in Wuding County in the central part of Yunnan Province, 123 kilometers from the county seat. The scenic area is about 30 square kilometers and there are more than 10 scenic spots. The Grand Rift Valley is about 12 kilometers long. The widest part is about 200 meters, and the narrowest part is about 6 meters. The deepest part of the rift valley is more than 300 meters and is bottomless, which forms the thrilling cliff wonder.
5. Lion Mountain in Wuding County
Regarded as an ideal land for taking a closer touch to nature, Lion Mountain in Wuding County is now full of cloud-capped ancient trees——a sea of forest that shadows the sun, the towering crags, the strangely-formed rocks, beautiful flowers such as peony, attractive landscapes and sweet spring. The relics and the legends about the Emperor Hui of the Ming Dynasty who shaved his own hair to become a reclu sive monk at Lion Mountain make the resort even more interesting.
6. Huafo Mountain
Huafo Mountain is located in Mouding County in Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture. Huafo Mountain is one of the famous mountains for Buddhists congregat ion in Central Yunnan. The mountain stands there like a powerful lion, facing the east, striding forward with his chin up.Standing on the Mountain, visitors can enjoy themselves in the forest of nature. Various shapes of bamboos and plants can be seen here and there.
7. Ten-Month Solar Calendar Park
Chuxiong is a fascinating land fostering an age-old minority with brilliant culture, among which the Ten-month Solar Calendar is the most striking one. According to this calendar, one year was divided into ten months in five seasons. There were 36 days in a month and two months constituted a season. So, the total was 360 days. The rest 5 or 6 days were defined as annual festival.
8. Lufeng World Dinosaur Museum
The Lufeng Dinosaur Museum includes the hall of ancient living beings where four complete dinosaur skeletons ranging from 2.4 meters to 9 meters in length are on display. In addition, there is a display of photographs and diagrams of dinosaurs from around the world. The museum includes the hall of ancient bronzeware and earthenware and the hall of ancient Pithecanthropus.
9. Dayao White Pagoda
It is known that Dayao White Pagoda is the only one Tibetan style Lamaist Pagoda in Yunnan. It has an important position in the history of Yunnan anci ent pagodas. The architectural mechanics principles of white pagodas are cleverly applied. After more than a thousand years of wind and rain, the Pagoda still stands. In 2006, the White Pagoda was announced as the sixth batch of key cultural relics protection units in the country.
10. Ejia Rice Terraces in Shuangbai County
The Ejia Rice Terraces are the rare landscapes sprinkled by the celestial beings. It is the witness of the farming culture of Ejia. The hundreds of thousands of acres of natural scenery along the mountain can make people people enjoys as much as to fo rget to leave, and can be compared with the Yuanyang Rice Terraces that is well-known at home and abroad.
These top 10 Chuxiong tourist attractions and to-do items selected by TripAdvisor. If you want to know more about other Chuxiong tourist attractions, you can inquire on the website or consult relevant staff.
