Kunming
3 Days/2 Nights
Day 01 Arrive in Kunming
Airport pick up, and then transfer
to your hotel
Day 02 Kunming (AB,L)
Tour Stone Forest, West
Hill, Dragon Gate and the Grand View Pagoda.
Day 03 Kunming (AB,L)
Transfer to Airport, depart Kunming
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Hotel
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Rating
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All Season
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Single Supp
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Jin Hua Hotel
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4 star
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$159
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$ 120
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v Optional tours (with tour guide, Private bus service, admittance):
Minority Singing and Dancing Show: $30/person
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It
is spring all year round in Kunming, capital of Yunnan Province and a famous historical and
cultural city in the center of Yunnan-Guizhou
Plateau 1,891 metres above sea level, with mild humidity,
an average annual temperature of a pleasant 15 degrees Celsius, and flowers
blooming in all four seasons. A world-famous tourist resort, Kunming holds such major attractions as Dianchi Lake, West hill, West Hill forest Park, Yunnan thnic
Village, Grand View Pavilion, Qiongzhu Temple, Golden Hall, Yuantong Temple, Cuihu Park, and the Garden of the World
Horticultural Exposition. The 300-square-km dianchi
is Yunnan's largest alpine lake known as
"Highland Bright Pearl" for its vast expanse of liquid silver and
graceful scenery. Standing by dianchi Lake is Yunnan
Ethnic village, a huge congregation of ethnic villages in which visitors are
entertained with a diversity of folk singing and dancing and folklore gigs. Dianchi Litself is surrounded
by many scenic attractions, including Dianchi
National Holiday Resort, West Hill Forest Park, and Grand View Pavilion.
China's largest cast-bronze hall is found in Jindian
(Golden Hall) Scenic Zone on the camellia-covered Mingfeng
Mountain to the northeast of Kunming. From May 1 to
October 30, 1999, Kunming was the venue of the last
international horticultural exposition, which was a resounding success. The
large group of buildings erected for this exhibition are
found in the Garden of the World Horticultural Exposition, now open
permanently as a new tourist attraction.
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Eighty-four km southeast of Kunming is Stone Forest in Shilin
(Stone Forest) County, a 350-square-km topographical
turmoil wrought by a jungle of 100 or so groups of monoliths in shapes
ranging from overhanging cliffs to grotesque boulders. "Number One
Bizarre Spectacle Uner Heaven, "as the Stone Forest is nicknamed. The natural
spectacle is made all the more alluring by its inhabitants, the Sani people, whose peculiar habits and customs never
fail to keep the visitors mesmerized. Grand celebrations are held during
the Torch Festival, which falls on the 24th day of the 6th lunar month.
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The Dragon Gate in the Western Hills
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Lying 15 km west of Kunming City, the Dragon Gate in the
Western Hills is close to the west shore of the Dianchi Lake. It consists of the Sanqing Temple Complex and the Dragon Gate Grotto
Complex. The buildings of the Sanqing Taoist Temple are arranged in nine tiers:
They are the Lingguan Hall, the Chunyang Pavilion, the Sanqing
Hall, the Yuhuang Temple, the Taiqing Palace, the Zhenwu
Hall, the Luzu Temple, the Qisheng Temple, Lingxiao
Pavilion, the Laojun Pavilion and the Taiji Palace. The Dragon Gate Grotto
Complex, on the other hand, includes Lanhaichu,
the Ciyun Cave, the Yunhua Cave and the Datian
Pavilion.
The marvelous Dragon Gate Grotto Complex was accomplished through 72
years hard work.(1781-1853). Its
consists of 3 parts: a stone archway, a platform, a stone room and a
number of sculptures, all carved out of the same rock. It is both the
summit of the grotto and the highlight of the grotto as well. The
characters "Longmen-Dragon Gate(the sign of the Dragon Gate)" are inscribed in
red and gold upon the arch.On the left,a platform surrounded by a stone railing is the
ideal place to welcome the wind and to view the bold cliff. When looking
far into the distance by the railing, one will be carried away by the
beauty of the misty, 500 hundred square kilometers Dianchi
Lake: the glistening waves, the sailing boats, the green mountains and the
floating clouds.The elevation of the Dragon Gate
is over 2,300 meters, 300 meters higher than the water surface of the Dianchi Lake. The scene is well noted for its dangerousness
and uniqueness.
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Daguan Park, located in the southwestern
suburb of Kunming City, is a picturesque lakeside
park. In the 35th year of Emperor Kangxi(1696),Wang Jiwen, governor of
Yunnan, carried out a largescale construction of a two-storyed
pavilion. Ponds were dug, embankment was constructed, and trees and flowers
were planted. With a good view of the waters and hills in the distance, and
the sailing boats and trees in mist, the pavilion was titled Daguan(Grand
View) pavilion. In the later years, the Daguan
pavilion had twice been reduced to ruins by warfare and flood. In the 9th
year of Emperor Guangxu(1883), Chen Yuying, governor of Yunnan
and Guizhou Provinces, ordered Monk Xingtian to take charge of the renovation of the
pavilion, and the pavilion has remained intact ever since.
Since the Daguan pavilion was built, men
of letters coming from far and near have often gathered here, composing and
reciting poems. During the past two to three hundred years, many excellent
works and poems have been created. Among them, the Long Couplet written by
Sun Rangweng has for many years enjoyed the
highest reputation around the world. Daguan Park has become famous due to Sun Rangweng's Long Couplet.
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