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Wenshan 文山Wénshān
Lotus lakes, a village reached through a cave, and the home of notoginseng
- Type
- Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture
- Region
- Yunnan
- Featured places
- 1
- Listed sites
- 43 rated 4A · 1 national heritage
About Wenshan
Wenshan, Yunnan's south-eastern corner on the border with Vietnam, is karst country of steep green hills, home to many Zhuang and Miao people. Its best-known sight is Puzhehei, where boats drift on lotus-filled lakes between limestone peaks, and at Bamei Village a Zhuang farming community is reached by boat through a river cave. Wenshan is also the main source of sanqi, or notoginseng, a root used in Chinese medicine and cooked into local dishes such as sanqi chicken.
What to eat in Wenshan
- Sanqi stewed chicken (三七炖鸡)
Featured places in Wenshan
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Puzhehei 普者黑
Lotus-filled lakes winding between hundreds of green karst hills, explored by boat
Listed sites in Wenshan
4 sites in Wenshan are on the official lists. Those with a page of their own link to it; the rest open as cards on the map.
- 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.
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