[2025 Weishan Attraction] Travel Guide for Xianfeng Weishan Chongzheng Academy (Updated Oct)

#UnlockLifeGoals #茶马古道 Changing ##Chongzheng Academy into a modern pioneer bookstore👏👏👏This approach alone is worthy of encouragement, so that the old house will not be destroyed and the fragrance of books will be spread forever. The atmosphere of Pioneer Bookstore is very good. The weather in Weishan is dry. Reading under the afternoon sun with coffee (there is a cafe where you can bring your own eco-friendly cup), I finished reading in no time! It’s a rare and relaxing time❤️ ##Yunnan Weishan

Weishan Ancient City is the core area of Weishan County, featuring complete Ming and Qing architectural styles and rich historical and cultural heritage. When visiting Weishan Ancient City, be sure not to miss the Pioneer Weishan Chongzheng Academy located outside the ancient city! In the northwest corner of Weishan Ancient City, the academy, originally built in the 14th year of the Hongzhi reign of the Ming Dynasty (1501), is named Chongzheng Academy. It is the first academy within Weishan and one of the two most famous academies in Weishan County. The renovated Pioneer Weishan Chongzheng Academy houses 25,000 books and offers many quiet spaces and seats for visitors to read. The academy also sells fashionable, interesting, and practical cultural and creative products. Original design products related to Weishan's ethnic culture are particularly distinctive, and the coffee area offers many specialty dishes related to local cuisine. Wandering in the quaint academy, one can feel the simplicity and heritage of historical architecture, the angles and strength of modern architecture, and enjoy a good book amidst the fragrance of books, savor a cup of coffee, and quietly enjoy a beautiful moment during the trip. Location: 🧭 "Pioneer Weishan Chongzheng Academy".

An accident I stumbled upon a bookstore housed in an ancient Ming dynasty building. It perfectly blends the charm of books with a modern vibe, Modern people follow in the footsteps of the ancient sky, old trees, and Ming dynasty steles. The Pioneer Bookstore certainly does not disappoint, It is a bookstore that fulfills all your fantasies.

Spend the weekend in Weishan for two days. Depart from Kunming in the morning, now there is a high-speed train which is very convenient, two and a half hours. And the high-speed rail station is very close to the ancient city, a ten-minute taxi ride, it feels like the nearest high-speed rail station. The weather has been very good these two days, the sky is a bit too blue. Although it's not as popular as Dali and Lijiang, but it's not crowded, the experience is good. Day At noon, Master Kun's dishes are all good, all are signature dishes, the stinky tofu is particularly delicious, you must try it, overall highly recommended. Figure ten After lunch, we went to the newly opened Pioneer Bookstore, which just opened on December 23rd, this is the third Pioneer I've visited, overall it feels pretty good, the old book academy has been transformed, it has a taste of the combination of old and modern, and we took a lot of photos at the entrance of the bookstore, all the photos are in yesterday's notes, my friend bought two books, and got a stamp, satisfied. Figures three to eight In the afternoon, we had tea, the owners of this shop are all beautiful ladies, sitting at the door basking in the winter sun, comfortable, especially recommend the white peach tea, the taste is refreshing. Figures two and nine Had grilled milk fan on the roadside. Had double skin milk at the fresh milk shop, it's just too sweet. In the evening, we had Fan Ji's hot pot, a large pot for three people, this place is very crowded, we queued for a long time, the taste is heavy and numbing, not bad, the final bill was shocking, so much for a total of 69, must recommend for this cost performance. Figure eleven After dinner, we started to tour the ancient city at night, walking leisurely in the ancient city under the light, very relaxing. Day Slept until naturally awake, got up and basked in the sun in the courtyard of the homestay, had Lao Wang's crossing river rice noodles for lunch, a must eat here, the rice noodles are soft and chewy. Figure twelve The second lunch was at Yuan Shi's mutton shop, we ordered rice noodles, dumplings and pancakes, this place is average. Figure thirteen After eating, we strolled to the Nanzhao Museum for a visit. Figures fourteen and fifteen Drinking tea on the street. Figure sixteen The nameless cold roll powder, many locals eat it, very good, must add more rice vinegar, it's in the red bucket in front of the stall. Figures seventeen and eighteen There are still many delicious foods that we didn't get to eat, we will come again if we have the chance. End of the two-day trip, go back to work

Some people say that bookstores are the eyebrows of a city. Eyebrows are on the face, they don't seem to have any practical use, but a person's spirit often reveals from the eyebrows; similarly, the poetry of life often ripples from reading. If poetry and a bookstore are equated, the first thing that comes to my mind is the Pioneer Bookstore. It was founded in Nanjing in 1996 by Mr. Qian Xiaohua and was hailed as China's most beautiful bookstore by CNN, BBC, and National Geographic of the United States from 2013 to 2016. This Pioneer Chongzheng Academy in Weishan is the third store in Yunnan after Shaxi and Mengzi. Both in Weishan and Pioneer, it is a brand new challenge. Chongzheng Academy was originally built in the 14th year of Ming Hongzhi (1501), it was the first academy in Weishan history. The original building has Xingtan, Dadian, Xuewenzhai, Xiuxingzhai, there is a Pan Pool in front, a Fang called 'Kedi' in front of the Pan Pool, and a five-room building called 'Guanwen Building' behind the hall, which has a history of more than 500 years. Although the Chongzheng Academy, which has been rebuilt and destroyed many times, is no longer brilliant, its bones still exist. With the utmost sincerity of humanistic care, the Pioneer Bookstore fills this historical space with deep cultural context with 13,000 types and 25,000 volumes of books, realizing the coexistence of modern and traditional.