Near No.301 Provincial Road

Just back from Mangshi: A guide to avoid tourist traps for an average of 400 RMB for two days and one night, if you're planning a trip to Mangshi soon, save this 💯 ✅ I want to share this border town with everyone. If your trip is focused on food, you must visit this town named with a single character 【Mangshi】. It's an obscure, fun, and delicious frontier town. 🙀🙀 The rice noodles you pass by hand, the night market in the evening, and the random small shops you find on the street, all offer incredibly tasty food at very affordable prices. 🚗 Transportation: We drove from Dali for a 4-hour road trip. It's fun and convenient for two people or a group to choose self-driving. Alternatively, you can fly ✈️ as there is no direct high-speed train to Mangshi from Kunming. You have to take a bus from Kunming to Baoshan, then from Baoshan to Mangshi by coach. 🛵 City transportation: Mangshi is quite small, so I don't recommend renting a car. You can scan for an electric scooter when you leave the hotel, stop wherever you want to take photos, which is very convenient. 🏨 Accommodation: There's not much to visit in Mangshi, it's mainly about eating and experiencing the local culture and atmosphere. Staying one night is enough. Choose a hotel near Peacock Lake for a full-on holiday vibe. 👀 Attractions: 🔹 Menghuan Silver Pagoda and Golden Pagoda, the two pagodas are close to each other, and the Silver Pagoda is more photogenic than the Golden Pagoda, especially under the sunshine on a clear day, it shines brilliantly. I don't recommend going inside the Golden Pagoda, as the photo effect is not much different from the outside. 🔹 Dai Minority Ancient Town (free) is a commercial ancient town, mainly for taking photos and checking in after the lights are on at night, which is quite photogenic. 🔹 Menghuan Street: Many girls who come to Mangshi will definitely take photos of the coconut tree-lined street (personally, I think the scenery is beautiful enough, after all, there are too many vehicles coming and going on the road, and it's not very safe to take photos on the highway). 🥘 Food: 🔹 Best Food City: The avocado juice with Gan Ying soaked chicken feet is really good, and you can casually stroll and eat. 🔹 Mengbana Xi Food City: You must go here for barbecue at night (the barbecue at Luo Ji's Secret Recipe Meat Skewers is simply yyds). Other barbecues are said to be very good by friends, choose a place with more people to eat, you can't go wrong, because Mangshi is simply a late-night snack paradise, every place tastes great. 🔹 Hongli Comprehensive Market is really big, we only visited the fruit area, and bought some snacks nearby. 🔹 Plum Coffee 🔹 Menghuan Ice Cool: A local favorite snack shop, the pounded pigskin is too delicious, very chewy. 🔹 Qi Zhi Xia Pu: Five-star recommendation! The spicy frog is super tender, the shrimp is very fresh, they even help peel it, and the ice pineapple is also delicious. 🌈 The attractions in Mangshi can only be described as few but exquisite. The Golden Pagoda and Silver Pagoda are must-visits. If you have time, leisurely stroll around Peacock Lake, the scenery and air are truly yyds. Experience the slow life in this frontier town with Southeast Asian charm, ride an electric scooter, enjoy the snacks, and let yourself slow down.

|Mang City | Come experience the authentic Water-Splashing Festival in April!!! ||. Mang City | Come experience the authentic Water-Splashing Festival in April!!! ||| 7 days and 6 nights☁️ First stop of the Yunnan trip——Mang City🥭 During my seven days and six nights in Mang City, I fully experienced the unique charm of the Water-Splashing Festival and also appreciated the local customs of Mang City. Here is a summary and reflection on my trip. 📍Two-day and one-night travel itinerary in Mang City: 🚩Day 1: Visit Menghuan Golden Pagoda and Menghuan Silver Pagoda, a 10-minute walk away. Along the way, I encountered local ethnic minorities distributing their special mixed noodles, which were delicious and warm! In the afternoon, I participated in the Water-Splashing Festival activities held in the Dai ancient town, where the central square was lively with a DJ shouting and rapping! In the evening, I tasted the delicacies of the food city and the Xinwan Factory night market, personally preferring the Xinwan Factory night market! 🚩Day 2: In the morning, head to the Hongxing Market to enjoy the local breakfast and buy Mang City's special fruits for the return trip. Then visit the Bodhi Temple and Tree-Wrapped Pagoda. The local driver told us that the Water-Splashing Festival in Mang City lasts for several days, and each village will hold its own festival. Today happens to be the day of the Water-Splashing Festival in Pine Tree Village, so we decided to go and visit. 📍The Water-Splashing Festival banquet in Pine Tree Village is held at noon, and we asked if we could join, and the local villagers warmly welcomed us. If you are too shy to join the banquet, the nearby Pine Tree Village farmhouse is also a good choice. After lunch, we experienced the Water-Splashing Festival ceremony in the village and felt the real fun of the local people's Water-Splashing Festival. 🔑Tips: The Water-Splashing Festival starts when the sun rises at noon, and no matter where you walk, you will be splashed with water. You just need to happily accept these blessings! Remember to close the windows tightly when taking a taxi, so you won't get splashed! The Water-Splashing Festival ends when the sun sets, and the activities will gradually come to an end. This trip to Mang City left a deep impression on me. Whether it was the mixed noodles distributed by the local ethnic minorities, the invitation from the villagers of Pine Tree Village to join their banquet, or even the acts of kindness along the way, I felt the human care of the people of Mang City. This unexpected touch is something I will never forget.

✅【About the itinerary】🗓️ Day1: Menghun Silver Pagoda—Menghun Golden Pagoda—Yunnan Mengbana Rare Garden—Dai Ancient Town Day2: Dehong Museum—Bodhi Street ✅【About transportation】🚦 The attractions are mostly not far from each other, you can choose to walk🚶‍♀️or take a taxi🚖or ride a small electric scooter🏍depending on personal preference ✅【About must-visit attractions】‼️ 📍Menghun Silver Pagoda｜🎫35 RMB/person Super suitable for watching the sunset, great for photography, there's also the Sky Mirror, Moon Bay check-in spots, if you want to avoid the crowds you can go in the morning! 📍Menghun Golden Pagoda｜🎫38 RMB/person Full of exotic charm, with a religious significance, interested ones can buy a ticket to enter, but no photography inside! 📍Yunnan Mengbana Rare Garden｜🎫38 RMB/person A national 4A level scenic spot, it has a lot of rare ancient trees and various precious plants and treasures! 📍Dehong Museum｜🎫Free Rooted in Dehong, facing all directions; collecting Dehong, building dreams of culture and museums; you can learn about ethnic minority cultures! 📍Bodhi Street｜🎫Free The road is lined with palm trees, full of tropical charm! You can capture the vacation vibe of a seaside town!!

Mangshi, a small border town in Dehong, has emerged as a popular tourist destination in recent years, with a focus on eating, drinking and laying back. It is suitable for leisure travel and family travel. Here are the itinerary and main attractions: 🔰 Itinerary: 📍D1: Guangzhou→Mangshi→Dajinta New Play Factory Youth Entrepreneurship Park 📍D2: Silver Tower→Best Food City→Bookbag Tower→Dai Ancient Town ❇️ Main attractions: 🌙 1. Menghuan Dajinta (40 yuan) - It is recommended to go both during the day and at night, as the feelings are completely different. If you are not very interested in Buddhist culture, you can choose not to go inside, the outside scenery is already very beautiful. 🌙 2. Mangshi Silver Tower (40 yuan) - About 10 minutes walk, more like a large scenic area than the Golden Tower, the view from the top of the mountain is spectacular, worth visiting for 2-3 hours. 🌙 3. New Play Factory Youth Entrepreneurship Park - Most shops are closed during the day, suitable for taking pictures. It becomes lively at night, with local people setting up stalls, the food is average, and the barbecue is not very tasty. 🌙 4. Dai Ancient Town - Not a real ancient town, more like a tourist commercial area, suitable for walking at night. 🌙 5. Tree Bag Tower - Don't expect too much, it's just a tree, just take a look when passing by. 🌙 6. Unity Street - A road planted with palm trees, suitable for taking pictures, but be careful. 🌙 7. Best Food City - A snack street, the food is average, but Xiaofang's avocado milkshake is worth a try. 🌙 8. Hongli Comprehensive Market - Local market, you can try local fruits. ⭐ Food: ⏳ 1. Xiaofang Cold Drinks: Avocado Milkshake (20 yuan/cup), rich and delicious. ⏳ 2. Baba: A food similar to bowl cake, it's good to eat at the homestay. ⏳ 3. Hand-grabbed rice: similar to chicken leg rice. ⏳ 4. Chicken feet: very spicy, strong aftertaste, generally difficult for Cantonese people to bear.

❤Reason for recommendation: Mangshi is located in the southwest of Yunnan, it is the capital of Dehong Prefecture, mainly inhabited by Dai and Jingpo ethnic groups, with a strong ethnic style. The city is small, and an electric car can reach almost all attractions; the weather is good, and it's not cold in winter; the cost of living is cheap, the food is diverse in taste, very suitable for leisure travel. 🗓Itinerary: 2-3 days of travel is completely enough. day1: Visit Shubao Pagoda, Bodhi Street, and Bodhi Temple in the morning; visit the Golden Pagoda in the afternoon, and watch the sunset at the Silver Pagoda. day2: Visit Jingkan Village to see the 400-year-old banyan tree, and the ancient Dai town. day3: Visit Mengbana Xizhenqi Garden, experience local head massage, and visit the new factory night market. 🍽Food recommendation: ① Live crabs are a must-try, made on the spot, the taste is spicy but because of the local spices, the taste is fresh, not heavy. ② Coffee is also a local specialty. ③ Sa Pie (remember to order lemon flavor, if you are not used to the local taste) ④ Various flavors of soaked chicken feet ⑤ Various freshly squeezed fruit juices, especially avocado juice, which is very rich. 🚉Transportation strategy: An electric car is enough, about 60 a day.