Dianchi Lake, also known as Kunming Lake, has an elevation of 1,886 meters and an area of 33 square kilometers. It is the largest fresh water lake in Yunnan Province, and is known as Wuli Dianchi Lake and the sixth largest fresh water lake in China.

When visiting Dianchi Lake, you can walk along the scenic road on the east bank of Dianchi Lake. This road is very beautifully built. In winter, citizens often come here to feed the red-billed gulls, which is very enjoyable.

the other side of the road is Xishan forest park, next to Dianchi ridge park, and the cableway to Xishan forest park is in the ridge park.

Take the cableway to the Longmen of Xishan Mountain, stand on the Longmen and enjoy a panoramic view of the 5-mile Dianchi Lake.

If you go to Dianchi Lake, you can go to Haigeng Park in the morning (the park is along the waters of Dianchi Lake, which is leisurely and beautiful, and Haigeng Park comes out from the back door to Xishan cableway);

Take the cableway to Xishan Scenic Area (pass above Dianchi Lake and watch from the air);

Come back from the ropeway at noon and enjoy the ethnic customs in Yunnan Ethnic Village);

in the afternoon, come out from the ethnic village and take Hongta West Road to Guanjing Road;

Walking or cycling to visit the Haigeng Dam (there is a beautiful wetland at the right end of the dam), personally, I think the morning or dusk is the most beautiful.

Cuisine around Dianchi Lake:

Laodianmian 32 Dai-style snack bar (Dianchi Branch) tastes very authentic, and the roast taste is very good. Grilled pork skin and lemon with citronella ribs are sprinkled with Luda.

yongchang Muslim roast beef (Dianchi shop) tastes really good. It's a big piece of meat. It's very enjoyable to eat, but it's better to eat it in rainy days or winter, because it's really hot.

Grandma Taste (Dianchi Store) Their home is very famous in Kunming. Those who want to eat stir-fry must go.

Duanshilou (Dianchi Road Store) tastes delicious, not salty or light.

Boiled beef (Dianchi Road Branch) Boiled beef is my favorite. Every time I go to Kunming, my friends will bring it. Dianchi road store and Baoshan street store have all eaten. Baoshan Street Store is located upstairs, and its signboard is not obvious, so it is easy to miss it.

The location of shun feng (Dianchi Store) restaurant is absolutely impossible to say. It is located in Dianchi Ridge Park, with one, two and two lanes away from the water. The service is also great.

Cuihu was originally a part of Dianchi Lake. After dredging Haikou in the Yuan Dynasty, the water level of Dianchi Lake was greatly reduced, and it was gradually separated from Dianchi Lake, but it was still "broken", and there were still rivers connected with Caohai Lake in Dianchi Lake through Honghua Bridge. Cuihu has become one of the main parks in the city.

Xishan Mountain, Xishan Mountain next to Dianchi Lake (composed of Taiping Mountain and Luohan Mountain, etc.) Xishan Mountain and ancient Dianchi Lake are a pair of "twins" born from ancient geological movements. The crust changes with faults, and the west of the fault line is uplifted, and the east is relatively sinking, forming a beautiful view of the lake in the east and the mountain in the west. The Longmen of Xishan Mountain is built on the fault cliff. You can watch the whole urban area of Kunming and the landscape of Dianchi Lake when you climb the Longmen of Xishan Mountain.

ethnic villages in Yunnan. Located next to Dianchi Lake, 8 kilometers away from Kunming, Yunnan Ethnic Village is planned to reflect and display the local customs of 26 ethnic groups in Yunnan, featuring natural village-style ethnic residential buildings. Visitors can enjoy the garden landscape, folk houses, folk customs, people's feelings, culture, music, songs and dances, religion and so on in the village. Fujian, Anhui, Yunnan and other provinces have villages with the same name.

Daguanlou Park, 6 kilometers away from Kunming, faces Dianchi Lake and faces the lush and undulating Taihua Mountain across the water, so it is also called "Near Huapu" and is a famous tourist attraction in central Yunnan. Daguanlou Park was built in the 21st year of Kangxi in Qing Dynasty (AD 1682).