Seven tourist attractions that Xishuangbanna must visit.

Xishuangbanna in Bian Xiao's imagination is a beautiful place, where there are many trees and unique houses, so I always want to play. Today, let's take stock of the tourist attractions worth visiting in Xishuangbanna.

Brief introduction of Xishuangbanna

Xishuangbanna, located in the southernmost Dai Autonomous Prefecture of Yunnan Province, is a "hot land without winter". It is the best-preserved and largest tropical rain forest near the Tropic of Cancer in the world, and is known as "Animal Kingdom", "Plant Kingdom", "Green Kingdom" and "Southern Medicine Kingdom".

Xishuangbanna borders Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam, with a length of 1069 km. Kunming to Xishuangbanna expressway is fully opened, with a mileage of 550 kilometers.

Xishuangbanna Jinghong Airport is the second largest air port in Yunnan Province after Kunming. There are 15 flights to and from Kunming every day, and there are domestic flights to major cities such as Dali, Lijiang, Beijing, Shanghai and Chengdu.

Xishuangbanna is the hometown of the Dai nationality, which means "12,000 fields" in Chinese.

Dai people have a long history. As early as 1000 years ago, Dai ancestors left a lot of words on leaves and paper towels, and there were more than 550 long poems written in Dai language alone.

Dai dance has a high artistic level and distinctive national characteristics, such as the popular peacock dance and the elephant foot drum.

Main scenic spots in xishuangbanna tourism

1, Menglun Botanical Garden

Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden of China Academy of Sciences Xishuangbanna Menglun Botanical Garden is the full name of Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden of China Academy of Sciences. Located in Menglun Town, Mengla County. The botanical garden is surrounded by the Suoluo River, a tributary of the Mekong River, and is gourd-shaped.

Botanical Garden was founded in 1950s by Professor Cai, a famous botanist. The garden covers an area of 900 hectares, and there are 3000 species of tropical plants at home and abroad, all of which are growing well. Botanical Garden has herbarium, rare and endangered plant species database and biotechnology laboratory, and has become an important research center for the development, utilization and protection of tropical plant resources in China.

2. Jinghong

Jinghong, which means "the city of dawn" in Dai language, was called "Monroe" and "Jinglong" in ancient times and "Che Li" and "Che Li" in old times.

It has been the political, economic and cultural center of Xishuangbanna since ancient times. The total output and yield per mu of rubber, Amomum villosum and Ylang ylang rank first in all counties (cities) in China. It is a famous production base of commodity grain, pigs and turtles in Yunnan Province, with a gross domestic product of 2.756 billion yuan in 2002.

Rich in animal and plant resources, geothermal resources, minerals and water resources, it is known as the "green treasure house" and "species gene bank", and has the largest primate research center in Asia, export production base and the largest butterfly farm in China.

It is a famous tourist attraction at home and abroad, receiving more than 2 million tourists from home and abroad every year, and was selected as the first "Excellent Tourist City of China".

Jinghong City Business Card:

After 50 years of development, the transportation, energy, communication and other infrastructure in Jinghong and Nenjiang Dai townships, the hometown of rainforests, have been improved day by day, and social undertakings such as science, education, culture and health have developed in an all-round way, and their location advantages have become increasingly obvious. The Yunnan Provincial Government has designated it as a central city to participate in the Lancang-Mekong Sub-regional International Cooperation Economic Zone in China, Thailand, Myanmar and Laos.

3. Manting Park

Man Ting Park is located in the southeast of Jinghong City, about 2 kilometers away from the urban area, in the triangle where Lancang River and Liusha River meet, also known as "Spring Ring Park", which means the garden of the soul in A Dai. Man Ting Park covers an area of 350 mu and is a natural forest park.

Man Ting Park is the oldest park in Xishuangbanna. There is a Ganlan Buddhist Temple, a gazebo and a flower and fruit garden in the park. It's cool and pleasant here with trees. According to legend, it used to be the royal garden of the king of Thailand. When a Thai princess came to visit the park, the beautiful scenery in the park attracted the princess's soul, hence the name.

The ancient "black-hearted forest" in Man Ting Park includes the imitation of the Manfeilong Tower, the octagonal pavilion and the 3.2-meter-high bronze statue of Premier Zhou. In addition, the Buddhist Association, Buddhist Temple tiles and Man Ting Village are all around, forming a trinity of amusement attractions. There will be performances and bonfire parties in the park in the evening.

Man Ting Park is located in the city, with tickets to 40 yuan. During the day, we mainly go to see the scenery, elephant performances, parrot performances, Dai Song and dance performances and peacocks. The bonfire party in the evening is said to be very interactive and played by many people (VIP price is 380, ticket A 190).

4. Wild Elephant Valley

Wild Elephant Valley is located in Sanchahe Valley of Mengyang Nature Reserve in the north of Jinghong, 47 kilometers away from Jinghong, with a total area of about 370 hectares, a building area of more than 2,800 square meters and a water area of 8,000 square meters. It is 747 meters to 1055 meters above sea level, with low mountains, shallow hills and wide valleys. There are animal viewing areas, virgin forest adventure tourist areas and reception centers in the park.

Because it is the most concentrated and frequent place for wild elephant activities, coupled with convenient transportation and unique tropical forest landscape, it has become a tourist hotspot in Xishuangbanna.

5. Tropical Garden

The flower garden is located in Yunnan Thermal Engineering Research Institute, formerly known as Tropical Economic Crops Specimen Garden of Yunnan Thermal Engineering Research Institute, including 42 16 national Brazilian rubber germplasm, more than 300 varieties of tropical flowers and more than 7,000 other economic crops. It is one of the important tourist attractions in two versions.

In order to meet the needs of the scientific research development of the Institute and the tourism development of Xishuangbanna, the specimen garden was expanded on 1995, and the planning principle was "the content of scientific research, the appearance of the garden".

1997 1 month, the second on-site office meeting of xishuangbanna tourism provincial government decided to list the expansion of our "hot garden" as one of the important tourist attractions construction projects in Xishuangbanna during the Ninth Five-Year Plan period and named it "Xishuangbanna Tropical Flower Garden".

Flower Garden is a theme botanical garden that displays the connotation of popular science through tropical flowers and tropical plant landscapes, and integrates scientific research, popular science, patriotic education, tourism, leisure and vacation.

Step 6 wear a garden

Dai Garden is the full name of Xishuangbanna Dai Garden.

Olive Dam is located in Xishuangbanna, China. There are five best-preserved Dai villages in the scenic area, covering an area of 3.36 square kilometers, with an estimated investment of 654.38+0.5 billion yuan, which will be completed in three phases.

With an investment of 42 million yuan in the first phase, infrastructure construction such as land acquisition, road construction, underground water pipes and wires laying in the tourist shopping area has been completed, and the gatehouse of tourist attractions, Yingbin Square, packaging of old scenic spots, rural tourist routes, riverside activity area, tourist shopping area, barbecue field, water splashing square and large-scale open-air theater have been built. Opening to welcome guests 1 August 9991.

The second phase of Daiyuan is expected to invest 60 million yuan, which will build a folk tourism resort and a large amusement park.

7. Primitive Forest Park

It is one of the largest comprehensive eco-tourism attractions in Xishuangbanna. The park combines the unique natural scenery and charming ethnic customs of the virgin forest.

There are more than 50 best-preserved tropical valley rainforests south of the Tropic of Cancer, peacock breeding base, monkey domestication base, large-scale national performance venues, Ai 'an Village, Jiulong Waterfall, Mansong Double White Pagoda, 100m granite relief, Jinhu legend, ethnic barbecue and other ten scenic spots, highlighting the three major theme features of "virgin forest, wildlife and folk customs".

The park is located next to Luokun National Road, 8 kilometers away from Jinghong City. The forest coverage rate in the park is over 98%. A wide variety of tropical plants cover the sky, and plant wonders such as dragon trees, single trees, old stem flowers and plant strangulation can be seen everywhere. The canyon is deep, the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant, the mountains are flowing, the trees are lush, and the lake is clear, which makes you really feel the mystery of nature.

Bride snatching, the joyful Water-splashing Festival, and the song and dance performances of all ethnic groups in Ai 'an Village make tourists feel personally at the scene and linger in the rich ethnic customs.

Pride is like a peacock welcoming guests, monkeys playing with people, black bears, pythons, lizards, pangolins and other rare animals, which let you see the real animal kingdom and let tourists fully feel the harmony between man and nature and between man and animals.

Jinhu International Resort Hotel, built according to the three-star standard in the park, has unique architectural style, complete facilities and fresh and pleasant air. It has 65,438+000 luxury standard suites, a super restaurant that can accommodate 700 people at the same time, a "Alawi" ethnic barbecue, an advanced super ballroom, beauty salons, saunas, shopping malls and other supporting services. It is a good place for tourists to relax, board ships and entertain.

Xishuangbanna tourism Entertainment

1, Monparanasi Song and Dance Show

Dai people have a long history and can sing and dance well. Here, "everyone who can talk can sing, and everyone who can walk can dance". There are lotus dances among the people, peacock dance. Palace dance, diamond dance, dragon dance, wax strip dance, etc. Dressed in armor and bodhisattva costume, resplendent and royal. Candlelight symbolizes light, and the sacred Buddha light washes away all dirt and brings happiness and auspiciousness to people!

The whole play is divided into five preludes:

The first act, The Charm of Banna, mainly tells the history and legend of Banna.

The second act, Peacock Lucky, describes the story of Banna Peacock.

The third act, Song of Water Splashing, tells a beautiful legend about the origin of the biggest water-splashing festival of the Dai people, accompanied by wonderful dances, and invites tourists to splash water together.

The fourth act, the sacred blessing, extends the most sincere greetings and blessings to the guests from afar in a unique way of the Dai family.

The fifth act, Spring Water in One River, depicts the customs of the beautiful Lancang River Basin, which is known as the "Danube River in Asia".

Venue: Montparanas Art Palace, No.6 Garan Middle Road, Jinghong (opposite to Jindi Hotel)

Performance time:18: 00-19:10 dinner, 19:00-20:00 outdoor ethnic bonfire interaction, 20:00 infield Monparanas performance.

2. Men listen to the bonfire party in the park.

The performance brought together the exotic customs of the Lancang-Mekong River basin such as Xishuangbanna, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam, and showed the folk customs of the Dai, Jino, Bulang, Lahu, Yao and Hani ethnic minorities living in Xishuangbanna. After the performance, we each held a water lamp and walked through a dark forest, silently making a wish to throw the lamp into the rivers and lakes and be taken away by the slight water waves. Back to the scene of the bonfire party, I danced around the bonfire with the girls and boys of the local ethnic minorities and returned home.

Address: Man Ting Park, No.35 Man Ting Road, Jinghong, Xishuangbanna.

Cost: bonfire party ticket 320 yuan (VIP ticket, 190 yuan (one ticket

Performance time: 18:50-20:50

3. Duoqu Water Party

The "Duoqushui" party elaborately created by the Dai people in Xishuangbanna, with its charming national dance and rich and delicious Dai food, showed the world the traditional virtues of frontier people's singing and dancing and hospitality.

The artistic conception of "more songs and more water" refers to the term that Dai family members bless and cheer each other at festive banquets such as water-splashing festival, bridal chamber and wedding. When toasting, one person shouted "Duo Song", while others responded several times with water, water and water. "Water" refers to the traditional custom that Dai people live by water and take three baths a day. Love the water, a Dai nationality, is inseparable from boiled water, worships water and has an inseparable soul with water, so it is called the water nation.

Address: From Man Jing, Manongfeng, Jinghong, Xishuangbanna, take a taxi from downtown 20 yuan.

This is really an interesting place with characteristics and atmosphere. Friends who want to go don't miss it.