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Heijing Old Town 黑井古镇Hēijǐng Gǔzhèn
4A scenic area · Chuxiong, Yunnan
- Time needed
- Half a day to 1 day
- Days to budget
- 1 day
- City
- Chuxiong
- Region
- Yunnan
- Type
- Culture
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area
About Heijing Old Town
Heijing, on the Longchuan River, grew rich on its salt wells and was at its most prosperous in the Ming and Qing dynasties. The town keeps much of its Ming–Qing layout, with the Dalong Shrine, a Confucian temple, an old opera stage, the Wu family mansion, the Wuma Bridge across the river and a salt-mining museum. It is listed as a national historic and cultural town.
How to get to Heijing Old Town
The daily Kunming–Yuanmou West slow train, one each way, stops at Heijing station just south of the town; by road it is roughly 1.5 hours from Chuxiong or Lufeng.
Nearby
- Yuanmou Earth Forest 元谋土林 50 km
Ochre clay pillars carved by rain in a hot, dry valley, glowing at sunrise and sunset
On the map
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