Heshun Ancient Town and Xishuangbanna are worth visiting.
Heshun Ancient Town: This is the most charming ancient town in China jointly recommended by "China National Geographic" and "Fashion Travel" as one of the "50 Places to Visit in a Lifetime".
It is only 4 kilometers away from the city, and bus No. 6 goes directly there for 1 yuan.
The ancient town of Heshun was built in the Ming Dynasty and has a history of more than 600 years. Most of the local Han people are descendants of people from Sichuan, Jiangnan and Central Plains who came to Yunnan to join the army. Because it is far away from the capital, border wars are more frequent.
Therefore, a general military officer was set up to guard "Yunnan", and this position could be hereditary. The generals also inherited the officers and granted fields, and stayed in the border areas for generations. Therefore, "harmony" infiltrated and preserved the essence of the Central Plains culture.
At the same time, Heshun is an important town on the Ancient Tea-Horse Road and a necessary place on the "Ancient Silk Road". More than 400 years ago, villagers began to "travel to the barbarians", and many people went to Myanmar to do jade business.
Many of them became extremely wealthy. They returned to their hometowns to build houses and ancestral halls, where various foreign cultures blended in seamlessly, combining Chinese and Western styles to coexist harmoniously, making Heshun the largest hometown of overseas Chinese in Southwest China.
Xishuangbanna: In the tropical rainforest of Xishuangbanna, there is a tall tree called Daqingshu. Due to the damage to the cortex of its huge branches, strips of aerial roots will grow in the injured area under damp and humid conditions.
After these aerial roots grow into the soil, they quickly absorb water and nutrients from the soil, and quickly grow into "trunks" that support thick branches.
These "trunks" range from dozens to hundreds, forming the spectacle of "a single tree forming a forest".
The epiphytes in the tropical rainforest come in all shapes and sizes, hanging on tree trunks and vines in a dazzling array, and are known as "hanging gardens."
In order to fight for living space, these epiphytes usually avoid thick tree layers and climb high branches to fully and effectively capture sunlight. When they bloom, they will form a colorful landscape of hanging gardens.