Tianshui Trip Overview
Our tour starts in Kunming, capital of Yunnan province and a historical and cultural city. Local people also call it “Spring City ” because its climate is like spring all year round. In this trip we will show you Kunming’s hidden side. You will visit Yuantong Temple first, the oldest and biggest temple in Kunming and the center-point of Buddhism in Yunnan. Then you will visit the Jingxing Bird and flower market, an interesting place full of life will show you the Old Kunming’s way of life. Afterwards you will explore the Western Hills, where you can visit temples carved on the side of a natural cliff and admire a big panoramic view of Kunming. Next to the dragon gate you will also find the largest Taoist grotto of Yunnan.
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Duration: 1 day
Starts: Tianshui, China
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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Our tour starts in Kunming, capital of Yunnan province and a historical and cultural city. Local people also call it “Spring City ” because its climate is like spring all year round. In this trip we will show you Kunming’s hidden side. You will visit Yuantong Temple first, the oldest and biggest temple in Kunming and the center-point of Buddhism in Yunnan. Then you will visit the Jingxing Bird and flower market, an interesting place full of life will show you the Old Kunming’s way of life. Afterwards you will explore the Western Hills, where you can visit temples carved on the side of a natural cliff and admire a big panoramic view of Kunming. Next to the dragon gate you will also find the largest Taoist grotto of Yunnan.
In the morning, your driver and tour guide will pick you up at your hotel (within the second ring road of Kunming) then drive you to Yuan Tong Temple, where locals find peace and harmony in a noisy neighborhood. Here you can see Southern Buddhism, Northern Buddhism, and Tibetan Buddhism all at the same time. Then you will walk to the Jingxing Flower and Bird Market, which reflects the Old Kunming way of life, with a lot of people selling flowers, birds, fish, insect, bamboo bongs and pipes. Sometime you can even see old people “Liu Niao” which means they take their bird cages out for a walk in the park.
After Lunch, we will drive to the Western Hills. Up the western hills, cultural temples are mixed with natural cliffs, Taoist grottoes, flowers and forests. Especially when you go through the stone corridor carved into the face of the cliff, you can really imagine how dangerous and difficult work it must have been to build all this. You can visit a big Taoist Grotto close to the famous Dragon Gate and on the mountain top, you can enjoy a big panoramic view of Kunming . At the end of the day we will drive back to Kunming.
