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Cangyuan Rock Paintings & Sigangli Valley 沧源崖画Cāngyuán Yáhuà
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Lincang, Yunnan
- Time needed
- Half a day
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Lincang
- Region
- Yunnan
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Cangyuan Rock Paintings & Sigangli Valley
Red rock paintings at 17 sites on limestone cliffs at 1,200–2,000 metres in Cangyuan county, made with haematite pigment, apparently by finger, and dated by uranium-series tests to about 3,800–2,700 years ago. The Sigangli Rock Painting Valley scenic area combines the main painting site with a sinkhole, caves including Sigangli, the cave of the Wa creation legend, and Bange village, where a new visitor centre opened in 2026.
How to get to Cangyuan Rock Paintings & Sigangli Valley
About 20 km north-east of Cangyuan county town by road, roughly 30 minutes; carry your passport, as there are police checkpoints on roads in this border area.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Guangyun Temple 广允缅寺 (10 km), Wengding Wa Village 翁丁 (20 km), Hulu (Gourd) Town, Cangyuan 葫芦小镇 (20 km).
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