Torch Festival
When you think of ChuXiong, what comes to mind? A passionate torch festival, delicious wild mushrooms, a spectacular dinosaur valley, or a mysterious yuanmous person?
Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan Province, located in the hinterland of central Yunnan, has three world-class business cards: "the hometown of the world's dinosaurs, the hometown of oriental human beings, and the Great View Garden of Chinese Yi culture".
In addition to the "three business cards", Chuxiong also has "four corridors". They are hidden between the extreme mountains and rivers, pregnant in the scrolls of history, waiting for you to enter, waiting for you to understand.
Corridor of Life: Exploring the Origin of Life
Since the "Cambrian explosion of life", from 500 million years ago trilobite fossils, 300 million to 400 million years ago fish fossils, 140 million to 200 million years ago Lufeng dinosaur fossils, 8 million years ago Lufeng ancient ape, 700 to 8 million years ago Yuanmou ancient ape, to 1.7 million years ago Yuanmou people, Chuxiong, has a complete "life evolution tree".
Lufeng Dinosaur Valley
Lufeng is one of the richest, most complete, oldest and most primitive areas in the world to unearth dinosaur fossils, and is known as the "hometown of Chinese dinosaurs". In Ana Village, Chuanjie Township, Lufeng County, there is the China Lufeng Dinosaur Valley Ruins Museum, which is currently the largest dinosaur site museum in China.
Yuanmouren Museum
Yuanmou is well known in China, because "Yuanmou people" have been written on the first page of history textbooks. In Zhongxing Street, Yuanma Town, Yuanmou County, there is the YuanmouRen Museum. Inside the museum, there are restored heads of Yuanmou people and two replica fossil teeth of Yuanmou people, which comprehensively display the history of the evolution and evolution of ancient humans and paleontology in various periods.
Strange Mountains and Water Corridors: A journey into the vicissitudes of the earth
The territory of Chuxiong Prefecture is full of mountains and rivers. Wumeng Mountain, Ailao Mountain, Baicao Ridge "three mountains standing", the Yangtze River, the Red River two major water systems "two water flow".
In Lufeng, there is a Lufeng Zhongshan "sinkhole" of about 10 kilometers long and a total area of about 13 square kilometers formed hundreds of millions of years ago;
In Wuding, there is a 20-kilometer majestic and dangerous rift valley known as "a beautiful scar on the earth", and there is a sparkling water city river;
Yuanmou Tulin
In Yuanmou, after millions of years of crustal movement, a wonderful and varied natural wonder of the world has been formed - Tulin;
In Yongren, there is a square mountain with a square peak and a section area of about 15 square kilometers;
In Dayao, there is the majestic southwest first highest waterfall - Three Pools Waterfall.
Ancient Town Cultural Corridor: Four-fold culture shines together
The culture of the Central Plains, the culture of the ancient Dian, the culture of the nationalities, and the culture of the frontiers are stirring up and reflecting each other in Chuxiong Prefecture.
In Yao'an, there is Guanglu Ancient Town, which began in the Western Han Dynasty, flourished in the Tang Dynasty and Yuan, and enjoyed the reputation of "a Yaozhou City, half of the history of Yunnan" with a history of more than 2,000 years;
In Dayao, there is Shiyang Ancient Town, which began in the Western Han Dynasty, flourished in the Ming and Qing dynasties, carries more than 2,000 years of history, preserves the world's largest bronze statue of Confucius, and is known as the "Salt Capital of the Yunnan Kingdom, the Sacred Place of Sacrifice";
Kuroi Ancient Town
In Yuanmou, there is the ancient town of Heijing, which began in the Han Dynasty, flourished in the Ming and Qing dynasties, has a history of more than 2,000 years, and is known as "the lost salt capital and the living fossil of Ming and Qing architecture";
In Chuxiong, there is a model work of Chinese cultural tourism town that integrates yi rhyme, pavilions, pavilions, Xuanxie corridors, Yi people's house display, and tourism - Yiren Ancient Town.
Yi Excellent Cultural Corridor: Telling the Ancient and Magical History
Chuxiong Prefecture covers all branches and six major dialects of the Yi people in the country, and the Yi language, writing, costumes and other cultures are unique and colorful.
Solar Calendar Park
The Yi October solar calendar traces the history of Chinese civilization back to the three ancient civilizations of ancient Egypt, ancient India and ancient Babylon.
The Yi long narrative epics "Cham" and "Mei Ge" are the treasures of Chinese national culture.
The Yi medicine dictionary QiSuShu is 12 years earlier than Li Shizhen's Compendium of Materia Medica.
Costume Festival
With a history of more than 1,300 years, the Yi Race Dress Festival has been inherited and developed into the Silk Road Yunsheng Colorful Yunnan National Race Dress Cultural Festival, which has stepped out of the Yi Mountains of Thousands of Miles, marched towards the whole country and the world, and has become a new business card of Yunnan culture.
Yunnan network reporter Bi Peng photo report