The Ancient Town of Yi

I am Brother Yan who lives in Yunnan. In Chuxiong City, an hour's drive from Kunming, I found a niche ancient town that 90% of people don't know about - Yi Ancient Town. What amazed me the most is that although Yi Ancient Town is a Yi ethnic ancient town, it is very similar to Jiangnan Water Town. A clear green river connects the entire ancient town. 🌊 Walking along the river through the ancient town, weeping willows, arch bridges, ancient towers, Yi buildings... It seems to have come to the misty Jiangnan, and every shot is beautiful. 📷 Key point❗️ There are very few tourists in Chuxiong, and the ancient town is very quiet, you can stroll around leisurely for a day. 1️⃣ How to get to Yi Ancient Town Depart from Kunming, Dali or Lijiang, take the high-speed rail to Chuxiong Station🚄 for one hour, and you can reach Yi Ancient Town by taxi or bus, no tickets required. 2️⃣ Travel guide During the day, it is recommended to stroll along the river through the ancient town, navigate to 'Fengxi Bridge', you can take pictures all the way, there are also some Yi ethnic houses and characteristic small shops, very beautiful. You can stay near Yi Ancient Town at night, the night market is very lively, you can take a night cruise. There are often people performing the local left foot dance at the entrance of the ancient town, which is very interesting. 3️⃣ Recommended photo spots 🟡 Fengxi Bridge: It looks very much like Jiangnan ancient building, very suitable for taking ancient style or Yi ethnic portraits 🟡 Craftsman Tea Making: A whole row of buildings are very beautiful 🟡 Haiyuntian: Standing on the bridge, with the ancient building as the background, there is a sense of crossing You can play in Yi Ancient Town for 1 day. If you still have spare time, you can go to the nearby 2km Taiyangli Park to play, a large area of pink Zi Dai grass is super beautiful.

🏠Attraction: Yi People's Ancient Town Yi People's Ancient Town 📍Address: Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Chuxiong City, Yunnan Province 🎫Ticket: Free🆓 - Upon my first visit to the Yi People's Ancient Town, I was greeted by a bonfire party. Every night, people dance around the bonfire, locals and tourists alike, everyone dances together. Even I, who have never danced before, couldn't help but join in, laughing unrestrainedly and dancing to my heart's content. Letting go of stress, only happiness and joy remain🔥 - The ancient town is quite large, and it takes at least 3 hours to walk through. The night market is full of snacks, and you can eat your way from the streets to the alleys, enjoying to the fullest🉑️ - Many have seen the ancient town during the day, but at night, it is filled with human warmth and Yi ethnic charm. It makes one exclaim, what belongs to the nation belongs to the world👍 - I hope my share is useful to you, and I'm happy that you've seen my share~ If you find it useful, please like and save it. Your likes are the motivation for me to keep updating💪 -

This is the ancient Yi town in Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture🤩~ A commercialized ethnic town😐, not particularly fun, with shops and stalls everywhere🛍. But it's great for taking photos📷~ Rest for half a day🕛, a two-hour drive🚗, coming from Yuanmou County, the national road is winding and bumpy, with only about 30 kilometers of highway🛣. 🚶Bought three bottles of water on the way🥤, and finally reached the destination🎯. With limited rest time🤔, it's also important to take a look at the surrounding scenery🌅, whether it's worth seeing or not, you won't know until you go🤷. Because we are aware that the nature of our work makes our lives very compact🙁, and we also know that if it weren't for working here, we might never come here for tourism in our lifetime🤦. So, in the limited time, let's take a closer look at the beauty of this world🥰~

Chuxiong, known for its reputation of 'one prefecture connecting three cities', harbors such a 'Jiangnan water town' - Yi Ancient Town! Yi Ancient Town is a distinctive small town that uses ancient architecture as a platform and Yi culture as its 'soul', combining cultural scenic areas, tourist distribution centers, and urban reception halls among its various functions, becoming a beautiful urban calling card for Chuxiong! The architectural style of Yi Ancient Town continues the appearance of the original Dejiang City, recreating the prosperity of the Southern Song Dynasty! The architectural style of the ancient town incorporates the residential styles of the Yi people from Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan, while deeply excavating the Yi culture of Chuxiong, referring to the traditional Yi village architectural design, with Bimo houses, Suni houses, and Maiden houses preserved here! Yi Ancient Town may not have the gentle charm of flowing water, but it has a touch of worldly enchantment! Address: North of Yong'an Avenue, Economic and Technological Development Zone, Chuxiong City, Yunnan!

Expected to take 4.5 hours from Kunming to Dali, it turned out to be 2 hours of driving with another 4.5 hours to go... So as the traffic around Erhai Lake got worse, I chose Chuxiong on the way 💜 Chuxiong's Yi Ancient Town, Pure blue skies and white clouds need no filter Even the traffic lights are shaped like hearts The simple locals, I can't understand their speech, but they patiently repeat for me, so now I've added +1 to the small languages I know Most of the stall owners are very enthusiastic, inviting tourists to taste the fruits and food, and I usually buy after tasting, so I don't taste what I don't want to buy There are many fruits, some I recognize and many I've never seen before. There's also a lot of barbecue, I randomly chose one, and the meat quality is very good I've been to many cities, many ancient towns I just love this kind of casual feeling May we all on the road See landscapes we've never seen before Taste local specialties we've never tasted ❤️ And finally find the true self ❤️

| The source of charm in the Yi Ancient Town. Yunnan Chuxiong | The source of charm in the Yi Ancient Town When you come to Chuxiong, you definitely can't miss the famous Yi Ancient Town! Did you know? This ancient town is not just a group of antique buildings, but also a distinctive small town that combines culture, tourism, and commerce. It's open all day and completely free of charge! All you have to do is walk along the main street, and you can stroll from the Dejiang City at the northeast gate all the way to the Yi Ancient Town Archway at the south gate. Don't be fooled by the single main street; there are various side roads and alleys on both sides. Here, you can see the Yi ethnic group's characteristic architecture everywhere, with shops selling trinkets, restaurants with delicious food aromas, and accommodations, etc. After arriving in Chuxiong, I took a taxi and arrived at the Yi Ancient Town in a few minutes. At that time, the setting sun shone on the ancient town and the leaves, casting that serene color of the good old days! We entered the ancient town through the north gate and chose a super characteristic homestay—Silent Lodge, to put down our luggage and then started wandering around the ancient town. On the main street of the Yi Ancient Town, there are many delicious snacks and various characteristic shops. Moreover, there is a river nearby, and you can choose to take a boat ride! ➡️ Yi Ancient Town, Chuxiong City, Yunnan ➡️ The scenic area is open all year round ➡️ No admission fee

🌸Play Day1️⃣ ⭐️Solar Calendar Culture Park Who on earth said this place is big? 😅 But the sculptures are quite shocking. ⭐️Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture Museum Originally went for the Yi Ethnic Style Museum, but it was under renovation 🙁 However, the other museums are also okay. No cultural and creative shop. ⭐️Yi Ancient Town Don't go during the day, most shops open at night, very lively at night, many snack stalls. The gate ⚠️ There will be jumping after 8 o'clock in the evening, many people will join in the jump, the atmosphere is super good 💃🏻 The prices of food in the ancient town are very normal, the taste is very good, and the portion is sufficient 👍 But the ancient town is much smaller than I imagined, to be honest, there are only a few streets to stroll around. Day2️⃣ ⭐️Zixi Mountain: ticket 20 yuan ⚠️If you really want to go to Zixi Mountain, you need to check which gate has more attractions. Because Zixi Mountain is really too big, we chose a gate with no attractions to enter, and we didn't see anything along the way 😅 ⭐️Futai Park: 2 yuan for climbing the tower The outside of the Futai is beautifully built, and the inside is average. ⭐️He Ruixiang Comprehensive Agricultural Market It's really big, everything is sold. Day3️⃣ ⭐️Dinosaur Valley: Site Park + Time and Space Paradise 160 yuan ➡️Site Park: There are quite a few dinosaur models in the Dinosaur Museum, and there are archaeological sites. The Dinosaur Base Camp is mainly some popular science, and there is a small movie to watch. But apart from this, there are only some paid amusement projects, and the park in the Site Park is not well managed, always giving people a feeling of being abandoned. ➡️Time and Space Paradise: It's an amusement park. I thought it was small, but I didn't expect to play for a whole afternoon (the day I went there seemed to be only twenty or thirty people in the entire amusement park), and I played for a whole afternoon in a completely unobstructed state, so if you want to come, you can come early. 🌸Eat ➡️Eating in the Yi Ancient Town: Dai flavor, salt and pepper cake (actually sweet), crossing the bridge rice noodles, hammer dry bar, three street small treasure lamb soup pot are very good, cheap. ➡️Eating in the agricultural market: rice cake, crispy sesame cake, delicious and cheap. 🌸Stay: Yuepan Hotel I originally thought it was cleaned up, but ⚠️ the bath towel inside has a large yellow stain 😅 I really don't know how to dare to use this kind of thing for customers 😅 The other is that it is not soundproof, but I feel that this is a common problem with homestays in the ancient town. We stayed in a special price double bed room, 98 a night, the cost performance is really good. 🌸Transportation: inconvenient ➡️Although there is a bus to Zixi Mountain, the return bus only has two days a week 😅 (I forgot which two days, the staff of Zixi Mountain said) So you must make an appointment for the round trip! Otherwise, you can't get a car when you come back! ➡️To go to Dinosaur Valley, you need to buy a high-speed train from Chuxiong to Lufeng South, and you need to take a taxi or bus after getting off the high-speed train ⚠️ 🌸In the end To be honest, I feel that Chuxiong's construction of these ethnic cultural attractions is not very sufficient. If you really want to go, two days is enough. The cost of living is low, and it is very cheap to play.