Must-visit attractions in Yunnan Hekou Travel Guide

Must-visit attractions in Yunnan Hekou Travel Guide: Hekou Nanxi River rafting, Huayudong National Forest Park, Gushan Cave ruins, ancient fort ruins, Hekou Post Office site, etc.

1. Rafting on the Hekou Nanxi River

The Hekou Nanxi River is located in the southeastern border of Yunnan Province. It is named after it is located at the intersection of the Red River and the Nanxi River. Across the river from the old streets of Vietnam, it is one of the important border trade cities in Yunnan. There are high-grade highways and the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway at the mouth of the river connecting Kunming and Hanoi.

Since the opening of the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway in the second year of Xuantong of the Qing Dynasty (1910 AD), it has become a commercial port for trade between Yunnan and Southeast Asia. It is a Vietnamese commodity street, with merchants gathering and business is booming. It is an important trading city on the Sino-Vietnamese border. .

2. Huayudong National Forest Park

Huayudong National Forest Park is located near Nanxi Town, Hekou County, with a length of about 85 kilometers from east to west and a width from north to south. 7.2 kilometers, covering an area of ??1576 hectares.

Four major scenic areas including tropical rainforest, Huayu Cave, Wangtianshu, and tropical economic forest, mainly scenic forest areas, a wildlife protection and breeding center, entertainment grounds, hunting grounds, etc.***10 There are 21 natural and artificial comprehensive scenic spots in the scenic area. It is a comprehensive forest park integrating leisure, vacation entertainment, hunting and viewing.

3. Gushan Cave Ruins

Gushan Cave Ruins Gushan Cave Ruins is located behind the Qiaotou Grain Management Station more than 60 kilometers northeast of Hekou Yao Autonomous County. It is a Paleolithic cave site. The cave sits southwest and faces northeast. The entrance is 26 meters high and the cave is 6 meters deep. It is circular in shape. There is a natural stone pillar in the cave that holds up the smooth cave roof. The surrounding space has an activity range of about 10 square meters.

4. Ancient fort ruins

The ancient fort ruins are located on Fort Hill in the southeast corner of Hekou County. Across the river from Vietnam, it was built in the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty (1857-1908), covering an area of ??1,000 square meters. The barrel-shaped two-story steel-concrete structure bunker-like building is 11 meters high and 125 meters in diameter. It has three gun positions aimed at different directions and three windows upstairs for observation. There is a basement on the ground floor that is 4 meters long, 3 meters wide and more than 1 meter deep.

5. The former site of Hekou Post Office

The former site of Hekou Post Office The former site of Hekou Post Office is located in Hekou County. A mail office was built in Hekou in 1887 and was changed to a post office in 1900. In the 26th year of the Republic of China (1937), a post office building was built, covering an area of ??2,941 square meters. The second floor of the building is made of blue bricks and bluestones, which is solid and solid. The project was contracted by Italian Bas Guilin. The Hekou Post Office is one of the earliest post offices in my country. In 1985, it was announced as a cultural relic protection unit in Hekou Yao Autonomous County.