Listed sites in Yunnan 云南

233 scenic areas and heritage sites from the official lists, by city. 106 have a page of their own; the rest open as cards on the map.

Listed sites: 233
Rated 5A: 2
Rated 4A: 140
National heritage: 114
Region: Yunnan

The A-level rating is the national grading of scenic areas, 5A being the top tier; national heritage sites are the buildings, ruins, tombs and carvings protected by the State Council. Both lists are on the lists page.

5A scenic areas in Yunnan

Potatso National Park 普达措国家公园 5A scenic area
A protected area of lakes, wetlands, forest and alpine meadow east of Shangri-La, inaugurated in 2007 as the first reserve in mainland China to be named a national park, within the Three Parallel Rivers World Heritage area.
World Horti-Expo Garden 昆明世博园 5A scenic area
The grounds of the 1999 Kunming International Horticultural Exposition cover about 220 hectares of wooded slopes in the north-eastern suburbs, next to the Golden Temple.

By city

Baoshan (18) · Chuxiong (17) · Dali (28) · Dehong (9) · Diqing (7) · Honghe (28) · Kunming (36) · Lijiang (14) · Lincang (10) · Nujiang (2) · Pu'er (14) · Qujing (11) · Wenshan (4) · Xishuangbanna (16) · Yuxi (7) · Zhaotong (12)

Baoshan 18 sites

Beihai Wetland 北海湿地 4A scenic area · on the map
Beihai is a protected wetland in a volcanic basin north of Tengchong.
Dongshan Grassland 东山草原 4A scenic area · on the map
Dongshan is an upland meadow on the hills east of Tengchong, a state pasture from 1983 that was badly overgrazed and has been restored since 2012.
Gaoligong International Coffee Culture Park 高黎贡国际精品咖啡文化园 4A scenic area · on the map
A coffee-themed park in the Lujiang valley, Baoshan's main coffee-growing area below the eastern flank of the Gaoligong range, rated 4A in 2022.
Gaoligong Mountain Tea Expo Park 高黎贡山茶博园 4A scenic area · on the map
A tea-themed park in Qingshui township next to Tengchong airport, operating since 2013, with tea gardens holding a collection of more than 500 Chinese tea varieties and a tea-culture museum by the entrance.
Guoshang Cemetery 国殇墓园 4A scenic area · National heritage site
Guoshang Cemetery was completed in 1945 for soldiers of the Chinese Expeditionary Force's 20th Army Group who were killed retaking Tengchong from Japanese forces in 1944.
Jiangdong Ginkgo Village 江东银杏村 4A scenic area · on the map
Jiangdong, in Gudong town north of Tengchong, is a cluster of four farming hamlets set among tens of thousands of ginkgo trees growing on fertile volcanic soil, more than a thousand of them over a century old.
Qihualing Flower Park 原乡栖花岭 4A scenic area · on the map
A flower and family leisure park at the foot of the Gaoligong range in Qushi township, developed by a property company as part of a holiday-housing project and rated 4A in 2020.
Qinghua Lake Wetland Park 青华海 4A scenic area
Qinghua Lake National Wetland Park spreads across the floor of the Baoshan basin on the east side of the city, taking in an East Lake and a West Lake, the Beimiao reservoir and the banks of the East River.
Rhododendron King Ancient Wood Park 杜鹃王古木博览园 4A scenic area · on the map
An exhibition park of about 5 ha in Tengchong's economic development zone that displays more than 300 pieces of ancient timber and tree roots, including yew, left uncarved and unpainted to show their natural colour, grain and shape.
Shanzhou Forest Farm 善洲林场 4A scenic area · on the map
This forest farm on Daliangshan in Shidian county was planted from 1988 by Yang Shanzhou, a former Communist Party secretary of Baoshan prefecture, who after retiring led local people in reforesting the mountain.
Simola Wa Village 司莫拉佤族村 4A scenic area · on the map
Simola is the middle hamlet of Sanjia village in Qingshui township, a Wa settlement with a history of more than 500 years.
Songshan Battlefield 松山战役旧址 4A scenic area · National heritage site
Songshan, a mountain above the Nu (Salween) River, was held and heavily fortified by Japanese forces from 1942, cutting the Burma Road, until the Chinese Expeditionary Force took it in September 1944 after months of fighting.
Youdian River Park 右甸河公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A riverside park along the Youdian River through the centre of Changning county town, built as a river clean-up and wetland-restoration scheme and opened in 2017.
Guangzun Temple 光尊寺 National heritage site · on the map
Guangzun Temple, north-east of Baoshan, is a temple complex where Buddhist, Taoist and Confucian worship share one site.
Hanzhuang City Site 汉庄城址 National heritage site
These are the rammed-earth walls of a town of the Eastern Han dynasty, linked to Yongchang commandery, which the Han set up in this area in AD 69.
Huitong Bridge 惠通桥 National heritage site · on the map
Huitong Bridge is a steel-cable suspension bridge over the Nu (Salween) River, finished in 1935 with funds raised by the overseas Chinese businessman Liang Jinshan and Chinese communities in Burma, and later the Burma Road's only crossing of the river.
Jade Emperor Pavilion, Baoshan 玉皇阁 National heritage site · on the map
The Yuhuang Ge is a Ming-dynasty pavilion dedicated to the Jade Emperor, the supreme deity of Chinese folk religion and Taoism.
Wenchang Palace, Qiluo 绮罗文昌宫 National heritage site · on the map
This temple complex in Xia Qiluo village honours Wenchang, the god of literature and examinations, and blends the layout of a Confucian temple with a Taoist shrine.

Chuxiong 17 sites

Chuxiong Prefecture Museum 楚雄彝族自治州博物馆 4A scenic area · on the map
Opened in July 1995, the prefecture museum in Chuxiong covers the archaeology, history and Yi culture of central Yunnan in eight main galleries, with fossils, bronzes and Yi costume among its strongest collections.
Guanglu Old Town and Longhua Temple 光禄古镇 4A scenic area · National heritage site
This scenic area covers the old centre of Guanglu, a small town north-west of Yao'an county seat, and Longhua Temple at the town's western edge.
Heijing Old Town 黑井古镇 4A scenic area
Heijing, on the Longchuan River, grew rich on its salt wells and was at its most prosperous in the Ming and Qing dynasties.
Jinshan Ancient Town 金山古镇 4A scenic area · on the map
A Ming–Qing-style commercial and residential quarter in Lufeng city, built from 2017 as part of a shantytown-redevelopment scheme and opened in 2019.
Lion Mountain, Wuding 武定狮子山 4A scenic area · on the map
Lion Mountain, just west of Wuding town, has long been called the 'first mountain of the south-west'.
Lufeng World Dinosaur Valley 禄丰世界恐龙谷 4A scenic area · on the map
Lufeng has been known for Jurassic dinosaur fossils since 1938, when the first skeletons, including Lufengosaurus, were dug up in the area.
Shiyang Old Town 石羊古镇 4A scenic area · on the map
Shiyang, north-west of Dayao, is an old salt town, once the seat of the Baiyanjing salt administration, and has a salt-culture museum.
Yi People's Ancient Town 彝人古镇 4A scenic area · on the map
A Yi-style 'ancient town' newly built in Chuxiong city as a commercial, hotel and residential district, with an opera stage, squares, shops and restaurants.
Yi Ten-Month Solar Calendar Park 十月太阳历文化园 4A scenic area · on the map
A modern cultural park in Chuxiong's high-tech zone that presents the Yi people's traditional ten-month solar calendar.
Yuanmou Man World Park 元谋人世界公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A leisure park on Fenghuang hill in Yuanma town, themed on the 'Yuanmou Man' hominin fossils found in the county, combining cultural displays with water-park rides and a hot-spring pool complex.
Zixi Mountain 紫溪山 4A scenic area · on the map
Zixi Mountain, west of Chuxiong city, was one of Yunnan's Buddhist holy mountains in the Ming and Qing dynasties and is now a forest park and summer retreat.
Chuxiong Confucian Temple 楚雄文庙 National heritage site
Chuxiong's Confucian temple was founded in the Ming dynasty, and in the Qing the county and prefecture temples were combined on one site.
Dayao White Pagoda 大姚白塔 National heritage site
This solid brick pagoda on top of Baofa Hill, above Dayao county town, was first built in the Nanzhao period and has an unusual outline: a large oval crown swells above a narrow waist and an octagonal base, like the hammer used to strike a stone chime, which gives it its other name, Qingchui Pagoda.
Defeng Temple, Yao'an 德丰寺 National heritage site · on the map
Defeng Temple, beside Meige Square in Yao'an county town, is a Buddhist temple whose Ming-dynasty buildings are protected as a national monument.
Xingxiu and Fengyu Bridges 星宿桥和丰裕桥 National heritage site
Xingxiu Bridge, in Xingxiu Park on the old course of the Xingxiu River in Lufeng city, is a seven-arch stone bridge 118.8 metres long, completed in 1832 after earlier bridges on the site had been washed away several times.
Yuanmou Man Site 元谋猿人遗址 National heritage site
Two fossil human incisors found here on 1 May 1965 belong to Yuanmou Man, an early Homo erectus usually dated to about 1.7 million years ago, though the dating has been disputed.
Yunnan–Burma Railway Bridges and Tunnels at Lianxiangguan 滇缅铁路炼象关桥隧群 National heritage site · on the map
This 6.3 km stretch of abandoned line near the old Lianxiangguan pass, south-east of Lufeng, keeps a roadbed, five bridges and four tunnels of the Yunnan–Burma Railway, begun in 1938 to bring in foreign aid during the war against Japan.

Dali 28 sites

Butterfly Spring 蝴蝶泉 4A scenic area
A clear, square spring pool edged with marble at the foot of the Cangshan range, about 27 km north of Dali Old Town.
Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture Museum 大理白族自治州博物馆 4A scenic area
The prefecture's main museum, opened in 1986 beside the Xi'er River in Xiaguan, in a building that blends Tang-style architecture with Bai house forms.
Dali Geothermal Kingdom 大理地热国 4A scenic area · on the map
A hot-spring resort beside Cibi Lake on the edge of Eryuan town, where mainly sulphurous springs at about 70–90 °C feed more than 30 open-air pools of different styles.
Dali Ocean World 大理海洋世界 4A scenic area · on the map
An aquarium and marine theme park in the new hillside district of Haidong on the east side of Erhai Lake, with twelve themed halls including an underwater tunnel, a jellyfish hall, a polar section and displays of fish native to south-west China.
Jianchuan Woodcarving Art Town 剑川木雕艺术小镇 4A scenic area · on the map
A woodcarving-themed town at Shihe village beside Jianhu Lake, built from 2017 and devoted to Jianchuan woodcarving, a Bai craft on China's national intangible cultural heritage list.
Mount Jizu 鸡足山 4A scenic area
A Buddhist holy mountain north-east of Erhai Lake, venerated as the place where the Buddha's disciple Mahakashyapa waits for the coming of the future Buddha, and a meeting point of Chinese, Tibetan and Theravada Buddhist traditions.
Nuodeng Village 诺邓古村 4A scenic area · National heritage site
A Bai village built up a steep hillside above an old salt well near Yunlong, said to have kept its name since the Nanzhao period and long made prosperous by salt.
Qianshi Mountain (Thousand Lions Mountain) 千狮山 4A scenic area · on the map
A wooded hill at Manxianlin on the western edge of Jianchuan, where local stonemasons have carved more than 3,000 lion figures into the rocks and boulders along its trails since the late 1990s.
Shibaoshan Grottoes 石宝山石窟 4A scenic area · National heritage site
Buddhist cave carvings on forested Shibao Mountain above the Shaxi valley, cut during the Nanzhao and Dali kingdoms.
Shimen Pass Gorge 苍山石门关 4A scenic area · on the map
A gorge on the western flank of the Cangshan range, where a stream from the Cangshan peaks drops through a chain of pools and waterfalls between sheer cliffs, with walkways following the water.
Shuimu Mountain 水目山 4A scenic area · National heritage site
A wooded mountain near Yunnanyi with the Shuimu Temple complex, one of the earliest Buddhist sites in Yunnan, a centre of Chan (Zen) Buddhism in the west of the province and a royal temple under the Nanzhao and Dali kingdoms.
Tianlong Babu Film City 天龙八部影视城 4A scenic area · on the map
A film set built in 2002 below the Cangshan mountains for a CCTV television adaptation of Jin Yong's martial-arts novel Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, and used since for other productions.
Tianshengqiao Natural Bridge, Midu 弥渡天生桥 4A scenic area · on the map
A karst scenic area a few kilometres east of Midu town, centred on Tianshengqiao, a natural rock bridge, with walking trails through a wooded valley.
West Lake (Eryuan) 洱源西湖 4A scenic area
A small highland lake at the northern foot of the Cangshan range, about 2 km² at 1,968 m, whose water drains south into Erhai Lake.
Wuliang Mountain Cherry Blossom Valley 无量山樱花谷 4A scenic area · on the map
A tea plantation on the slopes of Wuliang Mountain in Nanjian county where winter-flowering cherry trees were planted among the tea terraces.
Xinhua Village, Heqing 鹤庆新华村 4A scenic area
A Bai village on the edge of the Heqing plain whose families have long made silverware by hand, a craft that the county gazetteer traces back more than 500 years and that is on China's national intangible cultural heritage list.
Ancient Bridges of the Bi River 沘江古桥梁群 National heritage site
A group of 37 historic bridges over the Bi River and its tributaries in Yunlong County, mostly built between the Ming dynasty and the early Republic and listed together as a national monument in 2013.
Deyuan City Ruins 德源古城遗址 National heritage site
A hilltop fortress above Dengchuan, at the northern end of the Erhai plain, that was the seat of Dengdan, one of the six chiefdoms the Nanzhao kingdom absorbed in 738, and then guarded Nanzhao's northern approaches.
Fotu Pagoda (Snake Bone Pagoda) 佛图寺塔 National heritage site
A 13-tier square brick pagoda about 30 m tall, built under the Nanzhao kingdom and close in date and form to Qianxun Pagoda, the tallest of Dali's Three Pagodas.
Hongsheng Temple Pagoda 弘圣寺塔 National heritage site
A 16-tier square brick pagoda about 44 m tall at the south-western corner of Dali Old Town, built during the Dali kingdom; because it stands alone, its temple is known locally as the 'One Pagoda Temple'.
Jianchuan Old Town 剑川古城 National heritage site
The old quarter of Jianchuan, a Bai county town between Dali and Lijiang renowned for woodcarving, a craft listed as national intangible heritage in 2011.
Kublai Khan Stele, Dali 元世祖平云南碑 National heritage site · on the map
A stone stele erected in 1304 at the Sanyuejie fairground just west of Dali Old Town, recording Kublai Khan's campaign that brought the Dali kingdom under Mongol rule.
Nanzhao Iron Pillar 南诏铁柱 National heritage site · on the map
A cast-iron column 3.3 m tall and weighing about two tonnes, erected in 872 under the Nanzhao kingdom according to the 22-character inscription on its west face.
Taihe City Ruins and Nanzhao Dehua Stele 太和城遗址与南诏德化碑 National heritage site
The site of Taihe, capital of the Nanzhao kingdom from 739 to 779, on the slope between the Cangshan range and Erhai Lake.
Tianfeng Mountain Taoist Temples 天峰山 National heritage site
A large group of Taoist halls on the summit of Tianfeng Mountain in Pupeng, eastern Xiangyun County, and an important centre of the Zhengyi school of Taoism in western Yunnan.
Wutai Temple, Midu 五台大寺 National heritage site
A temple complex in Dasi village, Juli, in south-eastern Midu County, founded in the Ming dynasty and repaired and extended under the Qing and in the early Republic.
Yunnanyi 云南驿 National heritage site
A village on the old caravan road south-east of Xiangyun, named after the Han-dynasty Yunnan County seated here and the post station ('yi') kept on the route from the Yuan to the Qing dynasties.
Zhoucheng Confucian and Martial Temples 州城文庙和武庙 National heritage site
The Confucian temple of the old Binchuan prefectural school, founded in 1494 in Zhoucheng, Binchuan's former seat, with the town's Martial Temple beside it.

Dehong 9 sites

Mangshi Dai Ancient Town 芒市傣族古镇 4A scenic area
A Dai-style quarter built from 2019 on a hillside on the east side of central Mangshi and opened in 2020, with the Menghuan Palace, a hall styled on Dai Buddhist temple architecture, and lanes of restaurants, craft and costume shops and a hotel.
Mengbanaxi Rare Plant Garden 勐巴娜西珍奇园 4A scenic area · on the map
A garden park on the south-east side of central Mangshi, formerly the Mangshi Nationalities Cultural Palace, whose Dai name means 'a beautiful place'.
Menghuan Silver & Golden Pagodas 勐焕银塔 4A scenic area · on the map
A white Theravada Buddhist pagoda on Leiyarang hill above Peacock Lake in Mangshi, built as a counterpart to the Menghuan Golden Pagoda a few hundred metres away.
Moli Tropical Rainforest 莫里热带雨林 4A scenic area · on the map
A forested valley north-east of Ruili whose Dai name is said to mean 'beautiful waterfall'.
Nandian Chieftain's Yamen 南甸宣抚司署 4A scenic area · National heritage site
The headquarters of the Gong family, hereditary chieftains (tusi) of Nandian who ruled the area for about five centuries, in Zhedao, the county town of Lianghe.
One Village, Two Countries 一寨两国 4A scenic area · on the map
A Dai village south-west of Ruili where the China–Myanmar boundary runs through the settlement, so that the Chinese part is called Yinjing and the Myanmar part Mangxiu.
Peacock Valley, Mangshi 孔雀谷 4A scenic area · on the map
A forest park in the hills north-east of Mangshi where peacocks are bred and roam the grounds in large numbers, and flocks are released from the hillside in staged flights down into the valley.
Wanding Bridge 畹町桥 National heritage site
A short bridge over the Wanding River on the China–Myanmar border, first built in 1938 for the Burma Road; the present steel truss span was put up by Chinese and American forces in January 1945 after Japanese troops blew up its predecessor.
Yunyan Pagoda 允燕塔 National heritage site
A Dai Buddhist stupa complex on Yunyan hill at the edge of Yingjiang county town, commissioned in 1946 by the local chieftain Si Hongsheng and finished only in 1955–56 after delays caused by epidemic and war.

Diqing 7 sites

Potatso National Park 普达措国家公园 5A scenic area
A protected area of lakes, wetlands, forest and alpine meadow east of Shangri-La, inaugurated in 2007 as the first reserve in mainland China to be named a national park, within the Three Parallel Rivers World Heritage area.
Balagezong (Shangri-La Grand Canyon) 巴拉格宗 4A scenic area · on the map
A deep canyon area in the north-west of Shangri-La, near the borders with Sichuan and Tibet, within the Hongshan section of the Three Parallel Rivers World Heritage Site.
Shika Snow Mountain 石卡雪山 4A scenic area · on the map
A mountain rising to around 4,500 metres just south-west of Shangri-La town; its Tibetan name is said to refer to a place where red deer roam.
Cizhong Catholic Church 茨中教堂 National heritage site
A Catholic church in the village of Cizhong in southern Deqin County, rebuilt here by French missionaries of the Paris Foreign Missions Society in 1909–1911 after their earlier church, about 15 km to the south, was burnt in 1905.
Shouguo Temple, Kangpu 寿国寺 National heritage site · on the map
A Tibetan Buddhist monastery of the Qing dynasty in Kangpu township, in the Lancang (upper Mekong) valley of north-western Yunnan, usually described as belonging to the Karma Kagyu school.
Tongle Lisu Village 同乐村 National heritage site
A Lisu village of about 130 households on a slope above the east bank of the Lancang (upper Mekong) at about 2,200 metres, founded more than 200 years ago.
Yezhi Tusi Residence 叶枝土司衙署 National heritage site
The seat of the Wang family, hereditary Naxi chieftains (tusi) of the Yezhi area, begun under the Kangxi emperor and enlarged until it reached its present size in the Guangxu era.

Honghe 28 sites

Alu Ancient Cave 阿庐古洞 4A scenic area
A group of karst caves in Luxi County, billed as the 'First Cave of Yunnan', made up of the Luyuan, Yuzhu and Biyu caves and the underground Yusun River, together more than 3 km long.
Bisezhai Railway Station 碧色寨 4A scenic area · National heritage site
A station on the French-built Yunnan–Vietnam railway, opened in 1909, where goods were transferred to the narrow-gauge Gejiu–Bisezhai–Shiping line, turning a small village into a busy trading post nicknamed 'Little Paris of the East'.
Dishui Miao Town 滴水苗城 4A scenic area · on the map
A newly built Miao-style district and tourist hub on the Muyang River at the north-western edge of Pingbian county town, with stilt-style houses, covered bridges and a waterfall on the river.
Dongfengyun Art Town 东风韵 4A scenic area · on the map
An art and leisure town begun in 2014 on the former Dongfeng state farm south of Mile, a grape-growing area since the farm was founded in 1958.
Fenghuang Eco-Park 凤凰生态公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A large city park in Kaiyuan's southern new district, opened in 2017, made up of Phoenix Hill, Phoenix Lake with a small beach and lakeside walks, and a wetland along the Nandong River.
Former Mengzi Customs House and Southwest Associated University Memorial 蒙自海关旧址 4A scenic area · National heritage site
Mengzi was opened as a treaty port after the Sino-French War, and its customs house, set up in 1889, was the first in Yunnan.
Huquan Eco-Park 湖泉生态园 4A scenic area · on the map
A large lakeside park on the western side of Mile city, set around a broad lake with a sand beach, islands, lakeside paths and birds such as egrets and black swans.
Jinping Mountain and Mile Maitreya Buddha 锦屏山 4A scenic area · on the map
A hillside temple park north of Mile whose centrepiece is a seated, laughing Maitreya Buddha 19.99 m tall, installed in 1999 at the top of a flight of 1,999 steps.
Keyi Village 可邑小镇 4A scenic area · on the map
A village of the Axi, a branch of the Yi people, north of Mile, regarded as one of the birthplaces of the Axi tiaoyue, a moonlight dance to the three-stringed guitar listed as national intangible heritage in 2008.
Laoyin Mountain 老阴山 4A scenic area · on the map
The forested mountain that rises steeply above the east side of Gejiu, the old tin-mining city, to a summit of about 2,160 m.
Mabang Ancient Town (Yisa), Honghe County 马帮古城 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
Yisa, the county town of Honghe County, is built along a narrow ridge south of the Red River; it grew rich on mule-caravan trade and is known as a home town of overseas Chinese.
Nandong Cave, Kaiyuan 开远南洞 4A scenic area · on the map
A scenic area on the southern outskirts of Kaiyuan where underground streams emerge from the limestone hills to form the Nandong River; long counted first among the area's traditional eight views, it opened to visitors in 1988.
Samaba Rice Terraces 撒玛坝梯田 4A scenic area · on the map
Samaba is a sweep of Hani rice terraces on a single mountainside in Baohua town, Honghe County, which the prefecture's publicity department puts at more than 14,000 mu (over 9 sq km) in over 4,300 levels.
Swallow Cave (Yanzidong), Jianshui 建水燕子洞 4A scenic area · on the map
A large karst cave in the hills east of Jianshui, divided into a dry cave and a water cave through which an underground river flows.
Taiping Lake Forest Resort 太平湖森林小镇 4A scenic area · on the map
A forest and lake resort on the outskirts of Mile city, built on once-barren karst hills that have been replanted, with forest cabins to stay in, flower fields and a lakeside wetland.
Tuanshan Village 团山村 4A scenic area · National heritage site
A village of courtyard mansions about 13 km west of Jianshui, settled by the Zhang clan from Jiangxi in the early Ming and rebuilt on a grand scale in the late Qing with fortunes made in the Gejiu tin mines.
Yilong Lake 异龙湖 4A scenic area · on the map
A shallow plateau lake beginning just east of Shiping town, known for the lotus flowers that cover parts of its surface.
Baofenglong Trading House 宝丰隆商号 National heritage site
A tin-smelting works and residence built between 1916 and 1926 for a leading Gejiu tin merchant surnamed Li, described as the city's only surviving tin-smelting site of the Republican era.
Faux Namti Bridge 五家寨铁路桥 National heritage site
A steel arch railway bridge built in 1907–08 by the French Batignolles company to carry the Yunnan–Vietnam railway across the Sicha River gorge, 102 m above the riverbed, between tunnels cut into sheer cliffs.
Kaiyuan Changhong Bridge 开远长虹桥 National heritage site
An open-spandrel stone arch bridge over the Nanpan River, completed in 1961, with a main span of 113 m, a total length of 171 m and a height of 30 m.
Laihe Pavilion 来鹤亭 National heritage site · on the map
A small hillside complex at the top of Xiaoruicheng village on the shore of Yilong Lake, made up of a pavilion with upswept eaves and the Wenchang and Kuixing halls behind it.
Nalou Chieftain's Office 纳楼长官司署 National heritage site · on the map
The headquarters of a Yi hereditary chieftain (tusi) of the Nalou line, built in 1907 high on a mountainside above the north bank of the Red River, nearly 1,000 m above the water.
Shiping Confucian Temple 石屏文庙 National heritage site
Shiping's Confucian temple, founded in the Yuan dynasty and rebuilt in 1389, stands in the old town of a county long known for its scholars, among them Yuan Jiagu, the only Yunnanese to come first in an imperial examination (1903).
Shuanglong Bridge 双龙桥 National heritage site
A 17-arch stone bridge about 148 m long where the Lu and Tachong rivers meet west of Jianshui, described as the largest and finest old stone bridge in Yunnan.
Xin'ansuo Old Buildings 新安所古建筑群 National heritage site
Xin'ansuo, south-east of Mengzi, was a Ming military garrison town, walled in 1517, and is now a national historic town, although its walls were pulled down in 1951.
Yuhuang Pavilion, Mengzi 蒙自玉皇阁 National heritage site
A temple group in central Mengzi whose main building, the triple-eaved Tongming Pavilion founded in 1578, stands about 20 m tall between matching east and west pavilions added in 1734.
Zhengying Village 郑营村 National heritage site · on the map
An old village in Baoxiu, west of Shiping, with lanes of traditional courtyard houses; it was named a Chinese historic and cultural village in 2008.
Zhou Family Mansion (Wangyun Museum) 周家宅院 National heritage site
A Chinese-Western merchant's mansion of four courtyards and about 90 rooms, built from 1916 by Zhou Ziyin, a banker and railway promoter, reportedly with money the Guangdong governor Long Jiguang had given him to build a residence for Long.

Kunming 36 sites

World Horti-Expo Garden 昆明世博园 5A scenic area
The grounds of the 1999 Kunming International Horticultural Exposition cover about 220 hectares of wooded slopes in the north-eastern suburbs, next to the Golden Temple.
Daguan Lou and Daguan Park 大观楼 4A scenic area · National heritage site
A lakeside park in south-western Kunming whose focal point is Daguan Lou, a three-storey Qing-dynasty pavilion facing south over Dian Lake towards the Western Hills.
Fenglongwan Resort 凤龙湾 4A scenic area · on the map
A resort built around the Fenglongwan Reservoir, dammed on the Malong River in 1956, at Tangzi in Xundian county.
Golden Temple (Taihe Palace) 太和宫金殿 4A scenic area · National heritage site
A Taoist temple complex on Mingfeng Hill whose centrepiece is a hall cast entirely of copper, 6.7 metres high, rebuilt here in 1671 by the general Wu Sangui with more than 250 tonnes of copper after the original of 1602–1604 had been moved to Jizu Mountain.
Guandu Ancient Town 官渡古镇 4A scenic area · National heritage site
An old ferry settlement near the northern shore of Dian Lake, about 10 km south-east of central Kunming, whose temples, pavilions and lanes were restored and partly rebuilt in 2001–2003.
Jiaozi Snow Mountain 轿子雪山 4A scenic area · on the map
A high massif on the border of Luquan County and Dongchuan District in northern Kunming, rising to more than 4,000 metres as the highest point of the eastern Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau.
Jiuxiang Scenic Region 九乡风景区 4A scenic area
A karst area in Yiliang County where more than 20 caves have formed in layers along the Maitian River, a tributary of the Nanpan; where cave roofs have collapsed, the river runs through gorges and under natural bridges.
Kunming Botanical Garden 昆明植物园 4A scenic area · on the map
A research garden in the northern suburbs of Kunming, founded in 1938 and run by the Kunming Institute of Botany of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Kunming Sunac Ocean World 昆明融创海世界 4A scenic area · on the map
An indoor aquarium in the Sunac cultural-tourism complex by the Caohai part of Dian Lake in Xishan district, which also holds an indoor ski and snow park.
Laoyuhe Wetland Park 捞鱼河湿地公园 4A scenic area · on the map
An urban wetland park on the eastern shore of Dian Lake in Chenggong district, laid out where the Laoyu River enters the lake.
Qinglong Gorge, Anning 青龙峡 4A scenic area · on the map
A forested gorge of about 19 square kilometres in Qinglong subdistrict, north-west of central Anning, with streams, waterfalls and old climbing vines along its trails.
Xinglin Grand View Garden 杏林大观园 4A scenic area · on the map
A park themed on traditional Chinese medicine in the Taiwan farmers' enterprise park of Shilin county, combining medicinal-plant gardens and displays on Chinese medicine with wellness activities and a hot-spring spa.
Yulong Bay 玉龙湾 4A scenic area · on the map
A leisure park near Taiping in Anning, set among lakes and forested hills about 24 km from central Kunming and listed as a 4A site in 2022.
Yunnan Ethnic Village 云南民族村 4A scenic area
An ethnographic theme park of about 89 hectares on the shore of Dian Lake, where replica villages show the houses, crafts and customs of Yunnan's ethnic groups, including the Bai, Dai, Yi, Wa, Naxi and Tibetans.
Yunnan Military Academy 云南陆军讲武堂 4A scenic area · National heritage site
The former campus of a military academy founded in Kunming in 1909, in the last years of the Qing dynasty, which trained more than 9,000 officers before it closed in 1935; its graduates included Zhu De and Ye Jianying as well as cadets from Korea and Vietnam.
Yunnan Wildlife Park 云南野生动物园 4A scenic area · on the map
A large zoo opened in 2004 on the forested slopes of Jindian (Golden Temple) National Forest Park in north-east Kunming.
Anning Confucian Temple 安宁文庙 National heritage site
Also called the Lianran Confucian Temple, it was founded in 1302 under the Yuan dynasty in what is now the old centre of Anning, and after Ming and Qing rebuilding it grew to 22 buildings arranged in seven successive sections.
Anti-Japanese War Victory Memorial Hall, Kunming 抗战胜利纪念堂 National heritage site
A palace-style hall blending Chinese and Western elements, completed in January 1946 on the site of the Qing Yunnan–Guizhou governor's office to mark victory in the war against Japan; from 1950 it was called the People's Victory Hall.
Caoxi Temple, Anning 曹溪寺 National heritage site
A Chan Buddhist temple at the foot of Cong Hill, 1.5 km south of Anning's hot-spring town of Wenquan, probably founded in the Dali Kingdom period by monks devoted to the patriarch Huineng.
Dizang Temple Sutra Pillar 地藏寺经幢 National heritage site
A seven-tier octagonal pillar of red sandstone, about 6.5 metres tall, carved in the Dali Kingdom period with Esoteric Buddhist imagery: Heavenly Kings, Buddhas and bodhisattvas fill tiers of niches, with texts in Chinese and Sanskrit.
Eastern and Western Pagodas 东西寺塔 National heritage site
Two 13-storey brick pagodas in the dense-eave style, about 400 metres apart in central Kunming, first built under the Nanzhao kingdom in the 9th century.
Former Site of National Southwest Associated University 国立西南联合大学旧址 National heritage site · on the map
From 1938 to 1946 Peking, Tsinghua and Nankai universities shared a wartime campus in Kunming as National Southwest Associated University, and what remained after they returned north grew into today's Yunnan Normal University.
Fulintang Pharmacy 福林堂 National heritage site
A traditional Chinese medicine shop at 31 Guanghua Street, founded in 1857 and regarded as the oldest surviving pharmacy in Yunnan.
Haikou Chuanzi Sluice 海口川字闸 National heritage site
A combined sluice and multi-arched stone bridge built in 1836 at the outlet of Dian Lake, at Zhongtan village in Haikou.
Historic Buildings of Yunnan Observatory, Fenghuang Hill 凤凰山天文台近代建筑 National heritage site
Three historic buildings on Fenghuang Hill in eastern Kunming, within what is now the Yunnan Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Huize Hall, Yunnan University 会泽院 National heritage site
The landmark building of Yunnan University, built in 1923–1924 to a design by the engineer Zhang Banghan as the main building of the university's predecessor, Donglu University, on the site of the old Yunnan provincial examination hall.
Kedu Red Army Long March Memorial 柯渡红军长征纪念馆 National heritage site
A memorial museum, opened in 1977, in Dangui, a Hui village in Kedu town, Xundian County, set around two courtyard houses where the headquarters of the Central Red Army stayed on 30 April 1935 during the Long March.
Lu Han's Mansion 卢汉公馆 National heritage site
The 1930s residence of Lu Han, chairman of Yunnan province, opposite the east gate of Green Lake Park: a two-storey house with red tiles, carved stone door and window surrounds and steep, Gothic-influenced roofs.
Qiongzhu Temple 筇竹寺 National heritage site
A Buddhist temple on Yu'an Mountain north-west of Kunming, known as the first Chan (Zen) temple in Yunnan: tradition dates it to the Tang, and it rose to prominence when the monk Xiongbian taught here in the early Yuan dynasty.
Shilongba Hydropower Station 石龙坝水电站 National heritage site
Mainland China's first hydropower station, built in 1910–1912 on the Tanglang River, the only outlet of Dian Lake, with German Siemens generators and Austrian Voith turbines; it is still generating today.
Shizhaishan Archaeological Site Park 石寨山考古遗址公园 National heritage site
Shizhaishan, a low hill near the south-eastern shore of Dian Lake, was the burial ground of the rulers of the ancient Dian kingdom; excavations from the 1950s onwards yielded the 'Seal of the King of Dian' and bronze cowrie containers topped with scenes of sacrifice and oath-taking.
Tomb of Sayyid Ajjal Shams al-Din 赛典赤·赡思丁墓 National heritage site
The tomb of Sayyid Ajjal Shams al-Din Omar (1211–1279), a Muslim official from Bukhara whom Kublai Khan sent to Yunnan in 1274 as the Yuan dynasty's first provincial governor; he founded a new city on the site of modern Kunming, where he had a Confucian temple, a Buddhist temple and mosques built, and the admiral Zheng He was descended from him.
Wang Renqiu Stele 王仁求碑 National heritage site
A red-sandstone memorial stele raised in 698, under Empress Wu Zetian's Zhou dynasty, by the son of Wang Renqiu, a local official who helped the Tang put down a revolt; it is the only Tang stele surviving in the Kunming area.
Wenquan Cliff Inscriptions, Anning 温泉摩崖石刻群 National heritage site
A 200-metre stretch of cliff above the Tanglang River at Anning's hot-spring town of Wenquan, carved with more than 160 inscriptions, mostly poems and descriptions of the springs by Ming and Qing visitors.
Zheng He Park and Ma Haji Tomb Stele 马哈只墓碑 National heritage site
The tomb stele of Ma Haji, father of the Ming admiral Zheng He, stands on the western slope of Yueshan hill in Zheng He Park in Kunyang.
Zhenqing Taoist Temple 真庆观 National heritage site
Regarded as the largest group of historic buildings in central Kunming, it covers about 2 hectares at the junction of Tuodong Road and Baita Road and dates from the Ming and Qing dynasties.

Lijiang 14 sites

Black Dragon Pool 黑龙潭 4A scenic area · National heritage site
Black Dragon Pool lies in Jade Spring Park at the foot of Elephant Hill, just north of Lijiang Old Town, and its springs feed the streams that run through the old town.
Guanyin Gorge 观音峡 4A scenic area · on the map
Guanyin Gorge, at Qihe south of Lijiang, is a scenic area described as the southern gateway to the Lijiang basin, where the old Tea Horse Road passed through the Yulong Pass.
Lashi Lake 拉市海 4A scenic area
Lashi Lake lies at about 2,440 metres in a basin on the south-eastern slopes of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, 8 km west of Lijiang, and is the core of a provincial wetland nature reserve set up in 1998.
Liming Danxia, Laojun Mountain 老君山黎明 4A scenic area · on the map
Liming, a Lisu township in western Yulong county, has about 240 square kilometres of red Danxia sandstone landforms within the Laojun Mountain area, part of the Three Parallel Rivers World Heritage Site.
Maojiawan, Yongsheng 毛家湾 4A scenic area · on the map
Maojiawan, a village in Chenghai town at the foot of Fenghuang Mountain south-west of Chenghai Lake, is promoted locally as the ancestral home of Mao Zedong's forebears.
Shuhe Old Town 束河古镇 4A scenic area · National heritage site
Shuhe, about 4 km north-west of Dayan, is one of the earliest Naxi settlements around Lijiang and grew into a market town on the Tea Horse Road, known from the Ming dynasty for its leatherworkers.
Yushuizhai 玉水寨 4A scenic area · on the map
Yushuizhai, at the southern foot of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain on the northern edge of Baisha, is a Naxi Dongba cultural site built around a sacred spring that drops down the hillside in a three-tier cascade.
Baisha Murals and Dabaoji Palace 白沙壁画 National heritage site
Baisha village, north of Lijiang and part of the Old Town of Lijiang World Heritage Site, was an early political centre of the Naxi, and its Ming-dynasty halls hold the best-known group of the Baisha murals.
Baoshan Stone Town 宝山石头城 National heritage site · on the map
Baoshan Stone Town is a Naxi village built on top of a huge rock outcrop above the right bank of the Jinsha River, in the north-east of Yulong county.
Guanyin Pavilion, Yongsheng 观音阁 National heritage site
Guanyin Pavilion, also called Lingyuan Guanyin Temple, sits beneath a cliff above the Lingyuan stream on the eastern edge of Yongsheng county town.
Jinlong Bridge 金龙桥 National heritage site
Jinlong Bridge is an iron-chain suspension bridge across the Jinsha River between Qihe in Lijiang and Zili in Yongsheng, built in 1876–1880 and long an important crossing on the Tea Horse Road between Lijiang, Yongsheng and Sichuan.
Puji Temple, Lijiang 普济寺 National heritage site · on the map
Puji Temple stands at the foot of Puji Hill, about 6 km west of Lijiang Old Town, and is counted among the five main monasteries of the Karma Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism in the Lijiang area.
Qina Old Buildings 期纳古建筑群 National heritage site
In the Ming dynasty a post station, Qingshui, was set up on the official road through what is now Qina town, and garrison officers and wealthy families built houses, ancestral halls, temples and schools along it.
Yingpan Village Tombs 营盘村墓群 National heritage site
On a hillside above Yingpan village in Liude township, the Taliu, a Yi subgroup living around Taliu Mountain, built some 7,000 stone-faced tombs between the late Ming and the Republican era, most of them in the late 17th and 18th centuries.

Lincang 10 sites

Banhong Hulu Wang Di (Banhong Incident Site) 班洪葫芦王地 4A scenic area · on the map
A scenic area around Banhong, a Wa village on the Myanmar border in Cangyuan county, where local Wa people clashed with British forces in 1934 as a silver-mining company moved in from Burma.
Cangyuan Rock Paintings & Sigangli Valley 沧源崖画 4A scenic area · National heritage site
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.
Hulu (Gourd) Town, Cangyuan 葫芦小镇 4A scenic area
A Wa-themed leisure quarter built on the edge of Cangyuan county town around Gourd Lake, with red-walled Wa-style buildings, totem carvings and large gourd sculptures recalling the Wa creation myth.
Mengxiang Wetland Park 勐相湿地公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A wetland park on the edge of Gengma county town, laid out around a lake with reed beds, groves of trees and boardwalks.
Rongkangda Oolong Tea Estate 荣康达乌龙茶庄园 4A scenic area · on the map
A company-run oolong tea estate and eco-cultural park in Shahe township just outside Shuangjiang county town, with tea gardens spread over the surrounding hills.
Wanyao Pottery Village, Boshang 博尚碗窑 4A scenic area · on the map
A pottery village in Boshang town south of Lincang city, founded according to the county gazetteer in 1738 by three potters from Hunan who built dragon kilns to use the local clay.
Wengding Wa Village 翁丁 4A scenic area
A Wa village in Cangyuan county long described as the most completely preserved traditional Wa settlement, with thatched stilt houses (people lived above, livestock below) and ritual posts once used in sacrifices.
Guangyun Temple 广允缅寺 National heritage site
A Theravada Buddhist temple in Mengdong, the county town of Cangyuan, also known as Xuetang ('school') Temple.
Liulang River Water Mills 流浪河磨房群 National heritage site · on the map
A group of Qing-dynasty water mills along the middle reach of the Liulang River at Gumo village in Shili township, northern Fengqing county.
Mengwang and Northwest Pagodas 勐旺塔及西北塔 National heritage site · on the map
Two Ming-dynasty pagodas north-west of central Lincang, listed together as a national heritage unit.

Nujiang 2 sites

Dulong River Valley 独龙江 4A scenic area · on the map
The remote valley of the Dulong River, a headwater of the Irrawaddy, in the far north-western corner of Yunnan, west of the Gaoligong range and bordering Tibet and Myanmar.
Laomudeng and Zhiziluo 老姆登与知子罗 4A scenic area
Two neighbouring places high on the eastern slopes of the Nu River canyon in Pihe Nu Township.

Pu'er 14 sites

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.

Qujing 11 sites

Coloured Sand Forest, Luliang 彩色沙林 4A scenic area · on the map
At the foot of Wufeng Mountain south of Luliang town, the Coloured Sand Forest is about 6 square kilometres of weathered sandstone eroded into ridges, pinnacles and gullies in shades of red, yellow, white and grey.
Dahai Grassland Mountain 大海草山 4A scenic area · on the map
Dahai Caoshan ('Dahai grass mountain') is an expanse of high, open grassland in the Wumeng Mountains, in Dahai township south of Huize, ranging from about 2,570 m to 4,017 m.
Duoyi River 多依河 4A scenic area · on the map
The Duoyi River flows through Lubuge township in south-eastern Luoping near the Guizhou border, dropping over dozens of small waterfalls between banks lined with old trees and bamboo.
Nizhu River Grand Canyon 尼珠河大峡谷 4A scenic area · on the map
The Nizhu River, the lower course of the Kedu River and a tributary of the Beipan, has cut a deep gorge along the Yunnan–Guizhou border in Puli township, Xuanwei.
Source of the Pearl River 珠江源 4A scenic area · on the map
The Pearl River is held to rise on Maxiong Mountain in Zhanyi, whose eastern slopes became a national forest park of about 12.5 square kilometres in 1993.
Yulu Earth Crack 雨碌大地缝 4A scenic area · on the map
The Yulu 'Earth Crack' is a narrow karst slot gorge in Yulu township, south-east of Huize.
Cuan Baozi Stele 爨宝子碑 National heritage site
Carved in AD 405, the Cuan Baozi Stele is the 1.83 m tombstone of Cuan Baozi, a local governor of the powerful Cuan clan, and its 403 characters are a celebrated example of calligraphy caught between clerical and regular script.
Cuan Longyan Stele 爨龙颜碑 National heritage site
Erected in 458, the Cuan Longyan Stele is the 3.38 m memorial stone of Cuan Longyan, a regional governor from the Cuan clan that dominated eastern Yunnan for centuries.
Dajue Temple, Luliang 大觉寺 National heritage site · on the map
Dajue Temple in the old centre of Luliang is a Buddhist temple whose listed buildings date from the Yuan and Ming dynasties.
Huize Guild Halls 会泽会馆 National heritage site
Huize's old town keeps a group of Qing-dynasty guild halls, the 'eight great halls' built by merchant and migrant communities, mostly from other provinces, among them those of Jiangxi, Huguang, Guizhou, Fujian, Shaanxi and Sichuan.
Kedu Pass Post Road 可渡关驿道 National heritage site · on the map
At Kedu Pass, where the Kedu River marks the border between Yunnan and Guizhou, an old post road about 5 km long and 2 m wide survives beside Kedu village.

Wenshan 4 sites

Bamei Village 坝美 4A scenic area · on the map
Bamei is a Zhuang village in the north of Guangnan county, hidden in a small basin ringed by karst hills with no road in.
Laoshan Battlefield Memorial Site 英雄老山圣地 4A scenic area · on the map
Laoshan is a small range of peaks on the China–Vietnam border south of Malipo, where Chinese and Vietnamese forces fought a major battle in 1984 during the border conflict that followed their 1979 war.
Xiyang River Grand Canyon 西洋江大峡谷 4A scenic area · on the map
This scenic area, also promoted as Nongren Valley, follows a deep, steep-sided stretch of the Xiyang River gorge at Mulu village in Dongbao township, Guangnan county.
Dawangyan Rock Paintings 大王岩岩画 National heritage site · on the map
On a cliff in Dawangyan Park above Malipo town, ancient rock paintings are known as the 'Great King' site after the two large human figures at the centre of the main panel.

Xishuangbanna 16 sites

Dai Ethnic Park 西双版纳傣族园 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
A ticketed area at Ganlanba (Menghan), south-east of Jinghong, that takes in five lived-in Dai villages.
Dayi Tea Estate 大益庄园 4A scenic area · on the map
A tea estate of about 100 hectares at Menghai, formerly the Tea Horse Road scenic area, renamed in 2016 when the Dayi tea company, a provincial tourism group and the Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences' Tea Research Institute joined forces to run it.
Mengbala Resort 勐巴拉 4A scenic area · on the map
A resort development beside the Mengbala golf club on the G214 just outside Menghai town, combining hotels, a hot-spring resort, holiday housing and leisure facilities set in tropical gardens.
Mengjinglai Dai Village 勐景来 4A scenic area · on the map
A Dai village of stilt houses in Daluo town, Menghai county, run as a scenic area by the villagers together with a tourism company; it was listed as a Chinese Traditional Village in 2013.
Mengle Great Buddhist Temple 勐泐大佛寺 4A scenic area
A large Theravada Buddhist temple complex on the southern edge of Jinghong, built from 2005 on the site of Jingpiao Temple, a royal temple of the old Dai kingdom destroyed in war in the 19th century; when it was consecrated in 2007 it was billed as the largest Theravada temple in China.
Mengyuan Fairyland 勐远仙境 4A scenic area · on the map
A limestone area of seasonal tropical rainforest at Mengyuan village in Mengla county, with karst peaks, stalactite caves and an underground river.
Single-Tree Forest, Daluo 独树成林 4A scenic area · on the map
A huge old banyan in Daluo town whose aerial roots have grown down from the branches and taken root as separate trunks, so that one tree looks like a small grove.
Wangtianshu Rainforest Scenic Area 望天树 4A scenic area
A rainforest area near Bubeng, north of Mengla and within the Xishuangbanna nature reserve, named after the wangtianshu (Parashorea chinensis), a dipterocarp that grows 40 m tall or more and is under first-class national protection in China.
Wild Elephant Valley 野象谷 4A scenic area
A visitor area in the Mengyang section of the Xishuangbanna National Nature Reserve, about 36 km north of Jinghong, where wild Asian elephants sometimes come out of the rainforest to feed and drink.
Xishuangbanna Primeval Forest Park 西双版纳原始森林公园 4A scenic area
A forest park created on about 25,000 mu (some 1,700 hectares) of tropical valley rainforest in the Caiyanghe area east of Jinghong, described as the closest primeval forest to the city.
Xishuangbanna Southern Medicine Garden 西双版纳南药园 4A scenic area
A 20-hectare garden of medicinal plants on Xuanwei Avenue in central Jinghong, set up in 1959 by what is now the Yunnan branch of the Institute of Medicinal Plant Development.
Xishuangbanna Sunac Theme Park 西双版纳融创乐园 4A scenic area · on the map
An amusement park in the Sunac resort district on the western side of Jinghong, part of a large complex of hotels and holiday housing.
Xishuangbanna Tropical Flower Garden 西双版纳热带花卉园 4A scenic area · on the map
A tropical garden run by the Yunnan Institute of Tropical Crops on Xuanwei Avenue in central Jinghong, with palms, fruit trees, crop plants and more than a thousand kinds of plants along shady paths.
Jingzhen Octagonal Pavilion 景真八角亭 National heritage site
The ordination hall of Jingzhen Temple in Mengzhe, built in 1701 and the only original structure left after the temple was destroyed in 1853; the rest of the temple has since been rebuilt.
Manduan Temple 曼短佛寺 National heritage site
A Theravada Buddhist temple in Man'en village, Mengzhe, whose main hall, built in the late Ming or early Qing, is the oldest surviving timber building in Xishuangbanna.
Manfeilong Pagoda 曼飞龙塔 National heritage site
A cluster of nine white brick stupas at Manfeilong village in Menglong, with a central stupa ringed by eight smaller ones on a plan shaped like an eight-petalled lotus.

Yuxi 7 sites

Longquan Forest Park, Yimen 龙泉公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A forest park on the western edge of Yimen county town, built around Dalongkou, a karst spring where an underground river emerges from the hillside.
Xiushan Hill Temples, Tonghai 通海秀山 4A scenic area · National heritage site
A hill on the southern edge of Tonghai, laid out as Xiushan Park, where temples have stood since the Dali Kingdom and were enlarged and rebuilt under the Yuan, Ming and Qing.
Yingyuetan Hot Springs 映月潭 4A scenic area · on the map
A hot-spring leisure complex at Dayingjie on the western side of Yuxi's Hongta district, with many pools of different temperatures and themes set in gardens around a large pond.
Former Wenxingxiang Trading House 文兴祥商号旧址 National heritage site · on the map
The former premises of the Wenxingxiang trading firm, built in 1934 in the old centre of Yuxi.
Lijiashan Bronze Museum 李家山青铜器博物馆 National heritage site · on the map
The museum for the Lijiashan tombs, a Warring States to Han cemetery of the ancient Yunnan bronze culture at the north-western corner of Xingyun Lake, named one of China's ten major archaeological discoveries of 1992.
Longxi Clan Manor, Gasa 陇西世族庄园 National heritage site · on the map
A fortified manor built in 1938 on a hillside above Gasa for Li Runzhi, a local leader whose private armed force controlled much of the surrounding Ailao Mountains area under the Republic.
Yuxi Kiln Site 玉溪窑址 National heritage site · on the map
The remains of kilns in Yuxi's Hongta district that made porcelain from the Yuan to the Ming dynasty, including blue-and-white and celadon wares.

Zhaotong 12 sites

Daguli Amusement Park 大古里欢乐城 4A scenic area · on the map
An amusement park and leisure complex on the edge of Zhenxiong county town in north-eastern Yunnan.
Dashanbao Black-necked Crane National Nature Reserve 大山包 4A scenic area
A national nature reserve protecting about 19,200 hectares of high plateau marshland and grassland at 2,200–3,300 metres, west of Zhaotong city.
Huanglianhe Waterfalls 黄连河 4A scenic area · on the map
A river valley in the Wumeng Mountains just outside Daguan county town, which the county promotes as a 'home of waterfalls'.
Jinsha Water Park, Suijiang 绥江金沙水上乐园 4A scenic area · on the map
A water park on the Jinsha River reservoir at Suijiang county town, laid out on floating platforms on the river, with swimming areas and inflatable play courses.
Shaonuping Lakeside Resort 邵女坪 4A scenic area · on the map
A lakeside resort town on the Xiangjiaba reservoir of the Jinsha River, redeveloped for tourism from 2023 on the site where 318 households displaced by the reservoir were resettled.
Western Grand Canyon Hot Springs 西部大峡谷温泉 4A scenic area · on the map
A hot-spring and water-park resort on Wenquan Avenue on the western side of Shuifu, above the Jinsha River just upstream of the Xiangjiaba dam at Yunnan's northern border with Sichuan.
Xiaocaoba 小草坝 4A scenic area · on the map
A forested upland around Xiaocaoba town, north-east of Yiliang county town, in the Chaotianma section of the Wumengshan National Nature Reserve, which protects large tracts of subtropical evergreen broadleaf forest.
Zhaxi Meeting Memorial Site 扎西会议纪念地 4A scenic area · on the map
Memorial sites in Zhaxi, the county town of Weixin, where the Chinese Communist Party Politburo held a series of meetings in early February 1935 during the Long March, completing the leadership changes begun at the Zunyi Conference.
Long Family Ancestral Hall 龙氏家祠 National heritage site
The ancestral hall built from the early 1930s by Long Yun, the ethnic Yi chairman of Yunnan's provincial government in the Republican era, about 7 km south of Zhaotong city.
Washi Hanging Coffins 瓦石悬棺 National heritage site · on the map
Wooden coffins placed in a cliff face at Washi village in Weixin county, one of several hanging-coffin sites in north-eastern Yunnan.
Yuan Zi Inscription at Doushaguan 袁滋题记摩崖石刻 National heritage site · on the map
A small cliff inscription of 794 at Doushaguan pass in Yanjin county, recording how the Tang envoy Yuan Zi passed this way on his mission to invest Yimouxun as king of Nanzhao.
Zhaotong Old Town 昭通古城 National heritage site · on the map
The historic core of Zhaotong, a Qing town founded in 1732 whose wealth from silver mining in the Zhuti area drew merchants from other provinces; their guild halls, among them the Shaanxi and Guangdong halls, still stand.

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