Fengyuzhen

Fengyu Town is a small town located in the southwest of Eryuan County, Yunnan Province. It is at the source of Erhai Lake and behind the Yunnong Peak of Diancang Mountain. It has beautiful mountains and rivers, rich products, long history and splendid culture. In 2000, it was listed as a "provincial historical and cultural town". Because of "the phoenix died here, the birds gathered together, and they became feathered", hence the name. The handicraft Fengyu Inkstone is famous. Fengyu Town preserves a wealth of cultural relics and historic sites, including cremation tombs in the Yuan Dynasty, Emperor Shishan Temple View Group, Zhenlocust Pagoda built in the first year of Jintianfu (AD 936) and other key county-level cultural relics protection units, as well as Zhenshui Pagoda. , 6 ancient pagodas including Liufo Twin Pagodas, Zhubao Pagodas and Zhenfeng Pagoda. There are 11 ancient temples including the Confucian Temple, Wu Temple, Helin Temple, Lingjiu Temple, Sanjiao Palace, Jiqing Temple, Benzhu Temple, Jade Emperor Pavilion and Kui Pavilion, which were built in the Tang, Ming and Qing dynasties. The Qingshibanpu ancient post road is well preserved. The Bai people's residential buildings with three sides and one wall and courtyard are simple and simple in overall style. The ancient bluestone road, clear flowing water, ancient residential buildings and ancient pagodas form the style and appearance of Fengyu Ancient Town, with good architectural art and history. value. At the same time, there are also interesting folk activities here. There are many ethnic customs with great regional characteristics, such as Naochun Wang's first month, Tian Jiale, Bai nationality swing meeting, Qingyuan cave meeting, Heilongwang meeting, seedling planting meeting, Bawang whip, and Bai nationality costumes. Because of this, in April 2001, the town was rated as a provincial-level historical and cultural town. In addition to the rich cultural and historical resources, the natural landscape of Fengyu Town is not much better, with natural and orderly irrigation distribution, 10,000 mu of fertile fields and eight Fengyu scenic spots - Qingyuan Cave, Niaodiao Mountain, Erdie Feiquan, Tianjing Pond, Taoist Stone, the ancient building complex of Emperor Shishan, Helin Haiyan, Shifenshui, very vividly show the demeanor known as "Xanadu". Qingyuan Cave is located about 12 kilometers south of Fengyu Town. Xu Xiake, a traveler in the Ming Dynasty, made a detailed record of Qingyuan Cave. The water in Qingyuan Cave is green, and the clear stream forms a lake outside the cave. There are colorful stalactites in the cave. . There are more than 130 known species of birds in Niaodiao Mountain, which belong to 12 orders and 24 families. There are more than 40 species of birds protected by the China-Japan Migratory Bird Protection Association, which have high ecological research value. .