Dongchuan Red Land is located in the town of Xintian, 40km southwest of Kunming City, near the milepost named “Flower Stone”. The area covering over hundreds of square meters is the most concentrated, typical and unique red land on the Yunnan red land tableland. Besides the red land in Rio de Janeiro, the spectacular red land of Dongchuan is healed the most magnificent red land in the world. Comparing to red land in Brazil, the scenery here is even more beautiful.

Heading to the north from Kunming, you’ll be always on rugged winding roads. Overlooked from mountains, white plain formed by debris flows will be in your visual field. Dongchuan has been healed “the museum of debris flows”. You can never imagine such amazing scenery without having been to Dongchuan.

Dongchuan Red Land

Because of the humid and worm climate, the iron elements in the soil have been depositing year by year after oxidation, and then the glaring color is formed after centuries. Dongchuan has also been called “natural copper capital” since the ancient time. Glaring red land, green vegetable plot, unique shape and beautiful figure are set off by the blue sky, white cloud and capricious ligh, which is the whole dream-like picture is just like the colorful paintings, making you feel dizzy.

Reputedly, the discovery of Dongchuan Red Land should be owed to a photographer. He saw the spectacular gorgeous red land when he was passing by plane. Then he went to Dongchuan lots of times to search the red land area. Finally, the amazing land was found by him. As soon as his photos were seen by people, countless tourists went there and worked up much enthusiasm and passion of the land.

Every attraction here has its own specialty in different seasons and time. You could choose the place and time according to your own fancy. You could get good photos at every scenic here. Besides，according to the natives, the red land looks bright-colored and gorgeous after rain. I also found it is a little dim and dull in the morning and much better in the evening. In a word, the beautiful scenery is far beyond description of words. Dongchuan Red Land was selected as the Top Undiscovered China Attractions

Located in southwest China's Yunnan Province, the Yuanyang terrace is a natural masterpiece, plowed by generations of the Hani ethnic people. The magnificent terrace, which is renowned for its farming techniques utilizing different parts of the mountain, spreads extensively at the south bank of the Red River, or the Honghe. The 11,000 hectares of terraces in Yuanyang County is the core of the Red River Hani Terrace

Shibaoshan Mountain (stone treasure mountain)  is 25Km from Jianchuan county, Dali,  because of the red sandy rock in the mountain looks like a bell, elephent & lion, hence the name. the mountain is 25 squre kilometers.  the highest altitude in shibaoshan mountain is 3038m.

The mountain is home of hundreds of  wild monkey , it is famous for Luxuriant forests, unique rock landscape and misterious buddhist temples, especially famous for the  grottoes and cliff statues which was carved in Tang dynasty (618AD—907AD),  the grotto enjoys reputation as the "southwest of dunhuang", (Dunhuang is  famous for grottos, it is on the route of silk road) .  It has been one of  the national key cultural relics protection unit since 4th, April, 1964.

The grotto is an artistic treasure ,  together 17 fine carvings and  full-bodied grottoes ,the figure  is vivid and unique, they are mixture of Tibetan  buddhism and Bai ethnic style, it also has the influence of  indian art.

The mountain is not only a beautiful, historic site, but also rich in ethnic customs ,  the annual singing fesitval of bai people is held here.  the festival is  known as "Bai people valentine's day".  that's why Jianchuan county has a nick name:  "the City of Chinese folk songs" . during the festival,  Bai young men and women and  singers from Dali, Jianchuan,Lijiang and lanping are gathering on the mountain,  the festival is naturally become an important social situations for young people.    shibaoshan singing festival has been listed as state-level intangible cultural heritage by the state council in 2008.

The Date of annual singing festival is 27th of July to 29th of July in  chinese lunar calendar.  the festival of 2013 will be held from 2th of September to 4th of September in solar calendar, if you are planning your trip in september, Don't miss the festival.

WenHai is a Naxi village located south of Jade Dragon Snown Mountain. Best season is mid June to mid July.

 It is 3070M above sea level. 20KM drive from ShuHe Village. The road condition is bad. It takes about 50 minutes to get there from ShuHe village. You should consider to use 4 wheel drive vehicle to get there(RMB400). Some visitors hire a horse from ShuHe village and take another route through forest to get there. A horse ride will take about 4 hours (single trip) and cost about RMB150 (round trip).

Meili Snow Mountain, also known as Prince Snow Mountain, is located 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) northeast of Deqin County of Yunnan Province. It sits on the border of Yunnan Province and Tibet, where the three famous rivers, namely the Jinsha, Mekong (Nu) and Salwen (Lancang) flow.

Known for the grandest view in Yunnan Province, Meili Snow Mountain boasts numerous snow-clad ridges and peaks, thirteen of which exceed 6,000 meters (19.685 feet) above the sea level. The most splendid view is of the Kawagebo Peak, the highest in Yunnan Province rising about 6,740 meters (22,112.86 feet). It is still a 'virgin peak' for no one has ever reached the top. Thus, Meili Snow Mountain is a challenge for all mountain explorers from home and abroad.

Visitors are treated to spectacular view from all vantage points. The continuous mountain ridges feature snowy peaks and the sun throws golden lights on the low-floating clouds which form various extraordinary shapes, affording yet another splendid view! But mostly, the mountain presents itself as mystery when dense fog and clouds made it a gleaming sight to see and you could hardly resist the temptation to unveil it. You can have a panoramical view of the thirteen towering peaks from the Feilai Temple which is in the west of Deqin County.

From the foot of the Kang Karpo Peak, you see the peculiar low-altitude glaciers formed in modern times. Strong updrafts collide with cloud airflow from the inner continents in this area producing frequent dense fog and heavy snow. The resulting topographic extremes include hanging glaciers, icefalls and snow slides. The Mingyong Glaciers, in particular, rushes from an elevation of 5,500 meters (18.045 feet) down to the forest zone 2,700 meters (8,858 feet) above the sea level in rainy seasons. From afar it looks like a huge white snake wriggling its way among the verdant mountains. On the south side of the peak, a waterfall named 'holy collapsing rain' falls from thousands of meters high. Pure water splashed from snow cracks and with the help of the sunlight, rainbows are often seen hanging above the fall.

Owing to its high altitude, the mountain owns several climatic zones with a diversity of plants, vast expanse of grassland and rich fungi species that are vertically distributed. The types of vegetation here range from the Torrid Zone to Frigid Zone vertically. From the altitude of 2,000 meters (6562 feet) to 4,000 (13123 feet) meters, forests flourish with varieties of spruce. The depth of the forest is an exotic world of rare birds and animals. The meadows surrounding the forests are embellished by countless flowers which add more vitality and charm.

Meili Snow Mountain is one of the most sacred mountains of Tibetan Buddhism. 'Kang Karpo Peak' means the God of Snow Mountain in Tibetan, and is a holy land for worshiping. Pilgrims from Tibet, Qinghai Province, Sichuan Province,and Gansu Province come here at the beginning of each winter to worship. Thousands of devout pilgrims worship together and encircle the holy mountain, adding even more mystery and loftiness to it.

Admission Fee:  Mingyong Glacier Combo Ticket: CNY 228 (including Moon Bay, Misty Summit, Temple Flying Afar)
Yubeng Village Combo Ticket: CNY 230 (including Moon Bay, Misty Summit, Temple Flying Afar)
Temple Flying Afar Combo Ticket: CNY 150 (including Moon Bay and Misty Summit)