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Guandu Ancient Town is one of the birthplaces of Yunnan culture and also one of the most important historical and cultural landscapes of Kunming tourism. In the Nanzhao Dali Kingdom, it was a large market and an important transportation hub on the northeast shore of Dian Lake. Guandu Town used to be a fishing village during the Tang Dynasty. Ancient Guandu is an ideal place to appreciate the beauty of Dian Lake.

"The first of six temples" in Guandu-Miaozhan Temple was built in the early Yuan Dynasty to the twenty-seventh year of Yuan (1290), was completed in 1295, after a flood it collapsed, and in 1325 it was moved to the center of the city. In the temple, there are two 13-story solid square towers with thick eaves in the eastern and substantive. Later, the large-scale tower was destroyed by the earthquake, and the huge tower is maintained today. Among the religious buildings of Guandu ancient city, the most famous and impressive for the national important cultural relics protection unit is Miaozhan Temple, Vajra-Base Throne Tower.

Guandu is the first place of Tibetan Buddhism brought to the Kunming area, the stone pagoda of Miaozhan Temple has a deep impression of Tibetan tantra stupa, it vividly reflected the style of lama tower. Dazhengjue Temple, Temple of the Azure Clouds in Beijing and Ciyun Temple Vajra-base Pagoda in Hohhot which were built later, are typical Chinese multi-layered pagoda of tight tiles.

In the Yuan Dynasty, the Confucius Building was also established in Guandu, which has a far-reaching influence on the reading of Guandu youth. Later, the famous scholar Wang Sixun left the building here. Wang Sixun is Jinshi (a successful candidate in the highest imperial examinations of the Qing Dynasty) in the 45th year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi (1706), he held the position of Jiangxi learning official and also became the tutor of Emperor Yongzheng, and once Emperor Kangxi gave him a thousand scrolls of books. After Wang Sixun had his hometown in glory, he built Cishu (Given Books) Hall to collect books. Cishu Hall does not exist.

In the Qing Dynasty, within the reach of Luofeng, Xiuying, Xizhuang and Shangyi, four villages in Guandu Town formed an architectural complex permeated by a thick culture of "six temples, seven pavilions and eight shrine temples". This spectacular architecture was in the integration of the natural landscape, formed a beautiful picture and formed the practical Guandu eight attractions, namely "the ancient ferry fishing lights", "Range upon Range of Luofeng Peak", "Yuntai Moon Shines", "Shepherd in the Apricot Nursery", "The Smoke Wreathed up Reach the Clouds", "South of Yunnan Lawn", "Buddha's Guardian Warriors Night Words" and "The Writing of the Vault of Heaven".


List of Video’s on YouTube made in 8 days Kunming, Hekou Yunnan China and Lao Cai Vietnam

The journey to Hekou Yunnan by high-speed train, travel with us:    • Kunming-Hekou-Kunming, Yunnan China.  

Part 1 – 48 hour Hekou Yunnan China:    • (1) 48 hour Hekou Yunnan China  
Part 2 – 4 hour Vietnam Lao Cai:    • (2) 4 hour Lao Cai, Vietnam  
Part 3 – 6 days Kunming Yunnan China:    • (3) 6 days Kunming Yunnan China  
Part 4 – Kunming Yunnan Railway Museum:    • (4) Yunnan Railway Museum, Kunming China  
Part 5 – Yunnan Provincial Museum:    • (5) Yunnan Provincial Museum, Kunming Yunn...  
Part 6 – Kunming Old Town Wenming Street:    • (6) Old Town Wenming Street, Kunming Yunna...  
Part 7 – Kunming Guandu Ancient Town:    • (7) Guandu Ancient Town, Kunming Yunnan China  
Part 8 – Kunming Yunnan Ethnic Village:    • (8) Yunnan Ethnic Village, Kunming Yunnan ...  
Part 9 – Kunming Yunnan Ethnic Village Show:    • (9) Yunnan Ethnic Village The Show, Kunmin...  

List of Photos made in 8 days Kunming, Hekou Yunnan China and Lao Cai Vietnam

Part 1 – Hekou Yunnan: https://photos.app.goo.gl/xHMhcCXvQyo...
Part 2 – Vietnam Lao Cai: https://photos.app.goo.gl/ThH5xXu8idv...
Part 3 – Kunming Algemeen: https://photos.app.goo.gl/tMjGwabM4aJ...
Part 4 – Kunming Yunnan Railway Museum: https://photos.app.goo.gl/YXsUu4w54Q2...
Part 5 – Yunnan Provincial Museum: https://photos.app.goo.gl/BpnKRvyAogG...
Part 6 – Kunming Old Town Wenming Street: https://photos.app.goo.gl/ZHeFwvfFM4i...
Part 7 – Kunming Guandu Ancient Town: https://photos.app.goo.gl/iL9crHPWC3g...
Part 8– Kunming Yunnan Ethnic Village: https://photos.app.goo.gl/q4X35EW54be...
Part 9 – Kunming Yunnan Ethnic Village Show: https://photos.app.goo.gl/msrib2Y8uFR...