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Menglian Chieftain's Palace 孟连宣抚司署Mènglián Xuānfǔsī Shǔ
National heritage site · Pu'er, Yunnan
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Pu'er
- Region
- Yunnan
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Menglian Chieftain's Palace
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'. The present compound, rebuilt from the late 19th century into the early 20th, combines Chinese-style gate towers and courtyards with raised Dai halls and houses the county's ethnic history museum, with the chieftains' robes, seals and documents on show. It stands at the top of Nayun, the old town of Menglian, whose upper, middle and lower quarters are still lived in.
How to get to Menglian Chieftain's Palace
In Menglian county town, about an hour by road from Lancang Jingmai Airport; carry your passport for checkpoints in this border area.
Nearby
- Old Tea Forests of Jingmai Mountain 景迈山古茶林 50 km
Ancient tea trees grown beneath the forest canopy around Blang and Dai villages
Also within 20 km: Nuofu Church 糯福教堂 (20 km).
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