Dragon Gate Tour in Kunming Xishan Scenic Area: A One-Day Travel Guide for the Year of the Dragon
Kunming Dragon Gate is located on the cliff of the top of Xishan. Xishan, situated on the west bank of Dianchi Lake and also known as Biji Mountain, was the foremost of the 'Eight Great Sceneries of Southern Yunnan' during the Yuan Dynasty and crowned as one of the 'Four Famous Mountains of Yunnan' in the Ming Dynasty. It is the best place to overlook Dianchi Lake, capturing the entire beautiful view of the lake.
Following the main road of Xishan, you can visit famous sites such as Huating Temple, Taihua Temple, Nie Er's Tomb, and Dragon Gate Grottoes. You can choose to take a bus, cable car, or scenic area electric car for sightseeing, or you can opt for a pure hiking experience. It's a great destination for a city day trip on the weekend. Climbing to the top to gaze at Dianchi Lake and Kunming, the spring breeze at the summit will refresh your spirits.
When visiting Xishan, you must go to Dragon Gate to see the 'Heavenly Mirror above the Sea'. Standing at Dragon Gate and looking down at Kunming, the horizon disappears, and everything is shrouded in a misty haze. Dianchi Lake, city buildings, distant mountains, fog, and sky blend into varying shades of blue, as if forming a continuous expanse.
To reach Dragon Gate, you need to navigate a narrow plank road and ascend stone steps after going up the mountain. Touching Dragon Gate in the Dragon Year is said to bring a full measure of good fortune. Kunming Dragon Gate Grottoes are completely different from the Longmen Grottoes in Luoyang!
Recommended route: Take the Dragon Gate cable car (one-way 25 yuan) up the mountain — Walk to Dragon Gate Grottoes (ticket 15 yuan) — Take the bus (one-way 10 yuan) down the mountain
After descending the mountain, you can also stroll around Tea Horse Flower Street. See the next article for the guide.
The guidance of the scenic spot is relatively weak. It is easier for tourists who come to the scenic spot to go wrong for the first time. I hope that the guidance of the scenic spot can be strengthened appropriately. The scenic spot is very large, there are many people queuing up for the ropeway, but the ropeway distance is long and the experience is very good.
We went up from the Haitang Park cableway. The volunteer service was very good. The explanation was clear. The scenery of Xishan was good. It took time and effort to take the cableway up the mountain. Longmen is beautiful to see Dianchi Lake. Huating Temple is worth seeing. Another temple does not know why the driver did not stop.
This package is very good. It takes about 3 hours to punch in Lingxu Pavilion "500 Mile Dianchi Lake" and Longmen. The bus goes up the mountain and takes the cable car 🚠. After getting off the bus, climb a mountain road to the top and overlook the Dianchi Lake. Then go to Longmen and walk along the grottoes hewed on the cliff. You can go to Longmen and other attractions along the way. After the end, take the battery car down the mountain, then take the bus back to Xishan subway station.
This is the ticket cableway package that I think is very worth the flowers. Convenient, the cableway goes up the mountain, walks down, the scenery is beautiful, and then takes the battery car and the bus to the foot of the mountain. There is a subway and tea horse flower street immediately. I have a good time.
Before I went, I was a little confused. I went to the visitor center to see the map and everything was clear. The 75 yuan Ctrip package bus stops at every attraction, and go to Longmen Scenic Area directly to the cableway in the package to Longmen Mountain. You can see the panoramic view of Dianchi Lake on the mountain. Follow the route down the mountain and take the battery car back to the entrance of Longmen Scenic Area. Take a taxi to the Xishan Scenic Area Visitor Center at 9 o'clock. If the student ticket is a bus return, it is the same as the Trip.com adult ticket 75 yuan. Our student ticket chose one-way 62.5 yuan. After leaving the Xishan Scenic Area, on the right is to buy a cableway ticket for 60 yuan to cross Dianchi Lake to Haitang Dam. The box can accommodate 6 people. This scenery is very good and there are few people. In the afternoon, I was happier than Xishan in Haitang Park. There seagull food is not recommended to buy, not as good as thin crisps by seagulls like.
On the top of the West Mountain, you can see a large area of Dianchi Lake. There are many Buddha statues on the Longmen below, but the road is a bit difficult to walk, and the overall is not bad. There are many fork roads along the road up the mountain, and each one leads to various places under the mountain. I really want to go again and again. The place can be beautiful with a shot on the mountain.
A very good attraction, the whole attraction is relatively large, including several temples, Lingxu Pavilion, Longmen, etc., looking at Dianchi Lake, watching the panoramic view of Kunming, the bus cableway and the battery sightseeing car are equipped in place, of course, if the physical strength is good, the whole walk can also be, you can play in it for several hours.