Atlas of China
Pu'er 普洱Pǔ’ěr
Ancient tea forests in hill country bordering Laos, Vietnam and Myanmar
About Pu'er
Pu'er tea takes its name from here: under the Ming and Qing, the town of Pu'er, now Ning'er, was the market where tea from the hills of south-west Yunnan was gathered and sent north by caravan. The city, called Simao until 2007, governs mountainous country where Hani, Yi, Lahu, Dai and Wa people make up most of the population, and pu'er is now also grown widely in Xishuangbanna and Lincang. Its finest sight is the Old Tea Forests of Jingmai Mountain.
What to eat in Pu'er
- Pu'er tea (普洱茶)
Featured places in Pu'er
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Old Tea Forests of Jingmai Mountain 景迈山古茶林
Ancient tea trees grown beneath the forest canopy around Blang and Dai villages
Listed sites in Pu'er
14 sites in Pu'er are on the official lists. Those with a page of their own link to it; the rest open as cards on the map.
- China Pu'er Tea Expo Garden 中华普洱茶博览苑 4A scenic area · on the map
A tea-themed park on Yingpan Mountain south-east of Pu'er city, set in the middle of some 1,500 hectares of tea gardens. - Jingdong Confucian Temple 景东文庙 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
The Confucian temple of Jingdong, founded in 1442 under the Ming and moved and rebuilt several times since. - Laodabao Lahu Village 老达保 4A scenic area · on the map
A Lahu village in Jiujing township, Lancang county, known as the home of the song 'Happy Lahu' and for villagers who sing Lahu folk songs to the guitar. - Mengsuo Dragon Lake 勐梭龙潭 4A scenic area · on the map
A natural freshwater lake at about 1,150 m beside Ximeng, a Wa autonomous county in western Pu'er, ringed by forest and regarded by the Wa as a sacred lake. - Mohei Ancient Town 磨黑古镇 4A scenic area · on the map
An old salt-producing town in north-eastern Ning'er county, whose name comes from Dai words meaning 'salt well'. - Mojiang Confucian Temple 墨江文庙 4A scenic area · National heritage site
The former Confucian temple of Talang sub-prefecture, begun in 1821 in Lianzhu, now the county town of Mojiang. - Mojiang Tropic of Cancer Park 墨江北回归线标志园 4A scenic area
A hillside park on the western edge of Mojiang county town, built where the Tropic of Cancer passes through, with marker towers, a sundial square and sculptures on the theme of the sun along a path up the hill. - Nakeli Tea Horse Road Post Station 那柯里 4A scenic area
A small village in Ning'er county that grew up as a staging post on the Tea Horse Road, where mule caravans rested and traded. - Pu'er Tea Horse Road Heritage Park 普洱茶马古道 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
A heritage park on the edge of Pu'er city built around a section of the Tea Horse Road, the caravan route along which tea from southern Yunnan was carried north; Pu'er was a gathering point for tribute tea bound for the imperial capital. - Taiyanghe Forest Park 太阳河森林公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A forest park of about 216 km² in the hills south-east of Pu'er city, protecting a large, little-disturbed tract of southern subtropical monsoon evergreen broadleaf forest. - Dai Buddhist Temples of Jinggu 景谷傣族佛寺建筑群 National heritage site · on the map
A national heritage listing that groups three Dai Theravada Buddhist sites of Ming and Qing date in Jinggu county: the twin stupas of Mengwo Temple and the Qiannuo and Mangdao temples. - Menglian Chieftain's Palace 孟连宣抚司署 National heritage site
The seat of the Dao family, hereditary Dai chieftains of Menglian, whose post the Qing raised to a pacification commission (xuanfusi) in 1709; in Dai it is called the 'golden palace'. - Monument to the National Unity Oath 民族团结誓词碑 National heritage site
A stone stele erected at the start of 1951 after a traditional Wa oath-taking ceremony held to promote unity among the area's ethnic groups under the new government. - Nuofu Church 糯福教堂 National heritage site · on the map
A church built in 1921 by American Baptist missionaries in Nuofu, a Lahu area in southern Lancang county near the Myanmar border.
On the map
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