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Guandu Ancient Town 官渡古镇Guāndù Gǔzhèn
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Kunming, Yunnan
- Time needed
- 2–3 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Kunming
- Region
- Yunnan
- Type
- Culture
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Guandu Ancient Town
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. Its finest monument is the stone Diamond Pagoda in front of Miaozhan Temple, completed in 1458: a 16-metre central tower and four smaller corner towers on a square base pierced by arched passages. Several other temples survive in the town, among them Fading Temple and the Tuzhu Temple.
How to get to Guandu Ancient Town
About 10 km south-east of central Kunming, around half an hour by taxi or city bus.
Nearby
- Western Hills & Dragon Gate 西山龙门 10 km
Taoist grottoes and a single-file ledge path cut into a cliff high above Dianchi Lake - Green Lake Park 翠湖公园 10 km
Kunming's favourite park, where wintering gulls wheel over willow-lined causeways - Chengjiang Fossil Site & Fuxian Lake 澄江化石地与抚仙湖 40 km
Half-billion-year-old fossils of early animals beside one of China's deepest lakes - Stone Forest 石林 60 km
A maze of limestone blades and towers you can lose yourself in
Also within 20 km: Historic Buildings of Yunnan Observatory, Fenghuang Hill 凤凰山天文台近代建筑 (under 10 km), Dizang Temple Sutra Pillar 地藏寺经幢 (under 10 km), Yunnan Ethnic Village 云南民族村 (under 10 km), Zhenqing Taoist Temple 真庆观 (under 10 km), Eastern and Western Pagodas 东西寺塔 (under 10 km), Fulintang Pharmacy 福林堂 (10 km).
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