A charming small county: Yun County

Yun County, under the jurisdiction of Lincang City, Yunnan Province, is located at the junction of the southwestern region of Yunnan Province and Dali, Pu'er, and Lincang, three states and cities. It is the main transportation route of the Lincang region and the northern gateway to the vast hinterland of Yunnan Province. The Lancang River, mountains, valleys, and hot dams have formed a special three-dimensional climate and natural scenery. There are Da Xue Mountain, Da Bing Mountain primitive forest, Na Ge River, Wen Zhu River, Na Yu River, valley hot springs, etc. within its territory; there are also Western Han copper drums, copper spears, Yuan Ming pottery, Maolan Chang'an Bridge, county town Wenbi Tower, ancient mosques, majestic Da Wu Temple and other cultural relics and human landscapes. Yun County Nanhe, flowing eastward, Yun County New Town and Old Town face each other across the river. Following Nanhe out of the city, there is such a peculiar hydropower station that can fry eggs, soak in hot springs, and also soak feet, "boil" eggs. Soak your feet by the mother hot spring guarded by the naturally formed stone mother statue, eat sulfur eggs cooked in the hot water pond, the main spring of the mother hot spring of Nanhe Wild Hot Spring is a steam boiling spring, and the hot water of the male hot spring seeps out from the rocks on both sides of the mountain. The Spring Festival is the busiest time for wild hot springs. Mountain people from all around come down from the mountains with eggs, medicinal materials, and other easily cooked ingredients, soak their feet in the valley, take baths, cook food, exorcise evil spirits and pray for blessings. It is very lively. When the white flowers in the mountains bloom, it is a special occasion for women. Women from the mountains will come to take a bath and soak. It is said that soaking can make women more moisturized... Winter is here, and the days of soaking in hot springs in Yun County have also arrived. Manwan Hydropower Station cannot soak feet, but can enjoy the scenery. The hydropower station is located 1km downstream of the mouth of Manwan River in the middle reaches of the Lancang River. It is the first million-kilowatt hydropower station developed by the Lancang River Mainstream Hydropower Base. Upstream is Xiaowan Hydropower Station, downstream is Dachaoshan Hydropower Station, it is a good place to taste delicious river fish. In Xiyi Village, in addition to enjoying the wonderful scenery, you can also taste a variety of characteristic ecological river fish such as leaf fish, face melon fish, Lancang River mirror carp, Lancang River flower silver carp, wild green fish, Lancang River silver fish; the characteristic commodity trading area by the river, the cultivation and production of oranges, Australian nuts, silver fish, late-maturing mangoes, honey and other characteristic agricultural products are full of eyes... Several scenic spots in Yun County are worth recommending. Dachaoshan is located southeast of Dachaoshan West Town, a famous mountain in the Lincang area. It is bordered by the Lancang River to the east and the Daxue Mountain to the west. It is open to the north and south. Because there are many strange stones such as stone bridges, stone houses, and yin and yang stones on the mountain, it is also called Dashi (original name). Lancang River Gorge Hundred Mile Long Lake Scenic Area, since the 1980s, the state has successively built million-kilowatt Manwan Power Station and Dachaoshan Power Station on the Lancang River, and the two power station dams have formed two high gorge flat lakes and a hundred-mile long lake, that is, the high gorge flat lake of Manwan Reservoir and the hundred-mile long lake from Manwan Power Station to Dachaoshan Power Station, with a total length of 91.3 kilometers. Liangshan Tianchi is located in the south of Yongbao Township, 66 kilometers away from the county town. It is bordered by Liangshan Forest Sea in the south and Grassland Flower Sea in the north. It is a good place to relax.