Jianchuan| Travel Guide

If it comes to antiquity, no ancient city in Yunnan can match it Jianchuan, formerly known as Yidu (Naxi language, meaning the southern gate) Nanzhao set up Jianchuan Jiedu as the beginning of administrative establishment, and it has a history of more than 1300 years of city construction. The sword points to the universe, and the river flows endlessly. "Jianchuan" its name, sounds very "rivers and lakes". Here, with the momentum of one lake, three mountains, and two cities, famous carvings, famous songs, celebrities, famous food... intangible cultural heritage are all colorful. 🔥Jian Lake The most representative typical wetland on the northwestern plateau of Yunnan, known as the "plateau pearl", is the mother lake of Jianchuan. This is also an important gathering point and stopover on the migratory bird migration route in China, and the wintering habitat of migratory water birds. 🔥Laojun Mountain, Shibaoshan, Qianshi Mountain 👣Laojun Mountain is one of the eight major areas of the world natural heritage "Three Parallel Rivers", known as the "ancestor of Yunnan Mountain" by the historical community, with the high-altitude glacial lake known as the ninety-nine dragon pools, it is a mysterious primitive forest park. 👣Shibaoshan, the mountain is as its name suggests, with stone as treasure, even the "miracle" of "stone blooming", in 1986 it was listed as the first batch of national key scenic spots. In the hinterland of Shibaoshan, there is a stone cave known as the "southern sky treasure"-Shibaoshan Grottoes. There are 16 caves, about a hundred statues, most of which are works from the Nanzhao Dali period, which is a history of Nanzhao Dali carved on "stone". 👣Qianshi Mountain, famous for its more than 3,000 finely carved stone lions. They are in various poses and lifelike. 🔥Shaxi Ancient Town, Jianchuan Ancient City 👣Shaxi Ancient Town is a thousand-year-old town lost between Dali, Lijiang, and Shangri-La, the three famous scenic spots, and it is also the "last ancient market on the Tea Horse Road". Stepping on the Yujin Bridge, coming to the side of the ancient town, below is the riverside gently stroked by the Heihui River. Away from the hustle and bustle, the scenery of the wilderness and the precipitation of time are hidden in the simplicity and quietness of Shaxi. 👣The humble old man, Jianchuan Ancient City. The 600-year history of the ancient city is not wasted, the ancient residential buildings retain the time, and the hundreds of Bai ethnic courtyards in the ancient city record the past of the Bai people. 🔥Famous carvings In Jianchuan, we can also experience the inheritance of traditional culture and traditional architecture in the process of historical development, such as woodworking. Jianchuan carpenter is one of the two most important carpenter factions in Yunnan (the other is Jianshui, Tonghai carpenter). Today, the Jianchuan area still likes to build new wooden traditional houses as residences, so the woodworking craftsmanship is completely inherited, and a whole set of building ceremonies from logging, foundation laying, column erection to beam erection are also well preserved, becoming a living fossil for studying Yunnan residential building ceremonies. For an ancient city like Jianchuan, tourists are more suitable to be a quiet intruder, walking along the streets of the ancient city, savoring the couplets and prints of each household, and reading the story behind a door.