One of Kunming's best-known landmarks, this is a large plaza featuring two large arches in the traditional style, the Jinma (golden horse) and Biji (emerald rooster) arches, surrounded by a cluster of restaurants, bars and shops in Chinese-style buildings.
The twin pagodas stand 40 meters tall and date back over 1,100 years, and are adorned with bronze decorations.
This is a development and shopping area that incorporates an entire old neighborhood with a mixture of restored old buildings and newer facilities.
This is an ancient center of Yunnan culture, and several buildings and monuments from ancient times remain today.
One of the most ancient Buddhist temples in the province, Yuantong was built as a cluster of shrine buildings scattered around a large pond, nestled against the cliffs of Yuantong Mountain.
The largest Daoist temple in the city, featuring Ming and Qing dynasty style architecture, this temple is a trove of architectural, artistic, religious and cultural history for the region.
Originally a private garden residence for a scholarly official, it was donated to a monk to build a temple in the 1600s.
The first Zen temple in Yunnan. The Qiongzhu Temple is famous for the five hundred unique painted sculptures of Erhat deities made in the Qing dynasty.
