What are the tourist attractions in Chuxiong?

1, Lufeng world dinosaur valley (dinosaur national geological park)? AAAA

The World Dinosaur Valley Scenic Area is a popular science tourism base and dinosaur cultural tourism theme park with the goal of "domestic first-class and internationally famous" based on the burial place of stone dinosaur fossils in Lufeng Dinosaur National Geopark in China and in accordance with the national 4A tourist area standards. Visitors from all over the world can enter the dinosaur kingdom here, travel through the Jurassic World, interpret the rise and fall of life on the earth, and enjoy the wonders of the world that have remained on the earth for hundreds of millions of years. Lufeng is a small inland basin with a long history, with an altitude of 1.579 meters. There are red rock formations with a thickness of two kilometers in the basin, which are confirmed as Jurassic deposits by geological experts. The deeper layer in the red bed is called Xialufeng Formation. During 1938, geological paleontologist Bian Meinian and vertebrate fossil collector Wang Cunyi accidentally discovered naked dinosaur fossils in Lufeng section of Yunnan-Myanmar highway under construction. 1939, Yang, the founder of paleontology research in China and then director of Beiping Branch of the Central Geological Survey, excavated the first complete dinosaur fossil specimen in China at Dawa Mountain in Lufeng and exhibited it in Chongqing. Lufeng is called "the hometown of dinosaurs in China".

2.AAAA Yuanmou soil forest

As soon as you step into Yuanmou soil forest, all kinds of shapes seem to make people enter another novel world. The mixed distribution of various forms of soil columns makes the soil forest form a colorful and endless posture, which is amazing. Speaking of the wonders of taking soil as forest, Yuanmou soil forest is really a treasure. Yuanmou soil forest is located in Yuanmou county, and is known as the first wonder of soil forest in the world, which is10.5 million years ago. Yuanmou soil forest is a kind of columnar terrain formed by soil deposits, named after it looks like a forest from a distance. Soil forests generally appear in basins or valleys, especially those found in Yuanmou, China in recent years, which reflect the evolution of paleogeography and the development of landforms. Soil forests are widely distributed in Yunnan, among which Wumao soil forest, Banguo soil forest and Langbapu soil forest in Yuanmou County are the best. It is also called "Three Forests in Yunnan" with Xishuangbanna Tropical Rainforest and Lunan Stone Forest. Soil forest is formed under the action of external forces (mainly water flow) in nature and has gone through millions of years. Soil forest is a special lost landform and a peculiar natural geographical phenomenon, which is formed by a variety of comprehensive factors such as topographic structure, constituent materials, tectonic movement, hydrological climate, soil cohesion and hydrodynamic force.

3.AAAA Wuding Lion Mountain

The Lion Mountain Scenic Area in Wuding is 88km away from Kunming, with the main peak at an altitude of 24 19.8m and the annual average temperature of13.2 C. There is no severe cold in winter and no heat in summer. It is a scenic spot with one mountain, one lake and one village as the main body, integrating landscape, cultural relics, human geology and ethnic customs. The total area of the scenic spot is 166 square kilometers, which is divided into four areas. Lion Mountain in Wuding is known as the "first mountain in southwest China", which is as steep as a lion and rises from the winding mountains. In the mountains, deep valleys and lush trees, some rare birds and animals play in them. Among the overhanging rocks standing on the wall, a section of stone steps with a long history twists and turns along the mountain, and there are many scenic spots along the way, such as welcoming pine trees, steep and thrilling pavilion for watching the sun, rugged snakehead rock, hidden double bamboo shoots peaks in Shan Lan, mysterious and attractive Guanyin Cave, deep and steep "Nine-bend Yellow River" and "winding water and clouds". These scenic spots all over the cliff have brought people to a wonderful world. Whenever the weather is fine in the morning, many tourists come to Guanri Pavilion to watch the sunrise of Lion Mountain. The sunrise in the famous plateau mountains has its own charming scene.

4.AAAA Yi ancient town

A major cultural tourism project invested and developed by Huitong Real Estate, a Weiguang enterprise in Chuxiong, Yunnan Province, will soon be unveiled. In recent years, Dali, Lijiang and Shangri-La have become world-famous tourist areas. Bai, Naxi and Tibetan together constitute a landscape of ethnic minorities. Developing the cultural resources of the Yi people in Chuxiong Prefecture and creating a new landscape on the tourist golden line in western Yunnan have aroused great concern of people of insight. According to the working idea of Chuxiong Prefecture Party Committee and Prefecture People's Government to vigorously develop Yi tourism, Huitong Real Estate, after full deliberation and demonstration, decided to develop "Chuxiong Yi Tourism and Cultural Ancient Town" near Dejiang Ancient Town in Chuxiong Development Zone. This project is listed as one of the top ten cultural industry construction projects in Quanzhou by the State Council. The ancient town of Yi people is the largest cultural tourism project in Chuxiong so far, with profound cultural connotation and strong Yi characteristics. The ancient town of Yi nationality is located in the west of Chuxiong Development Zone. There are two main reasons for choosing this site: first, the development trend of the development zone is to extend westward, and the present edge may become the center in the future; Second, the ancient city of Dejiang built in Song Dynasty is "two kilometers northwest of Wei Chu", which is in this area. The location of the ancient town is very good.