Tourism Development of Shiyang Ancient Town in Dayao County, Yunnan Province

Dayao county regards the development and construction of Shiyang, a thousand-year-old town, as the most important thing to build a business card dedicated to Confucius. Dayao County has invested more than 50 million yuan by perfecting planning, attracting investment, standardizing management and promoting project construction, which has made key projects such as the construction of Confucius Temple, the renovation of perfume river, the development of salt industry museum, the restoration of salt drying shed and the antique renovation of buildings rapidly advanced, making Shiyang ancient town a "famous cultural town and a sacred place for worshipping Confucius". Shiyang Ancient Town is a semi-mountainous town in Dayao County. It has a long history, profound cultural accumulation and numerous historical relics. Historically, economy, society and culture have prospered with the salt industry. The culture of the Central Plains collided with the culture of the Yi people, and the religious cultures such as Confucianism, salt culture, wine culture, Buddhism, Taoism and Islam stirred up each other, leaving behind splendid historical culture and customs. Shiyang has beautiful mountains and rivers. There used to be "seven temples, eight pavilions, nine temples and twenty-four rain bridges". It is 2.3 meters high and weighs 2.5 tons. It is the largest bronze statue of Confucius in the world, with the earliest casting time and the most exquisite craftsmanship. Faced with this superior resource and the cultivation of cultural tourism industry, the county party committee, county government, Shiyang town party committee and government, with the concept of seizing every minute, firmly seize the opportunity that Shiyang ancient town is one of the four key tourist towns in Chuxiong Prefecture, Yunnan Province, and are determined to build Shiyang town into a scenic spot with cultural tourism characteristics, thus driving the development of tourism in the county.