Dawei Mountain, Pingbian

Dawei Mountain, Pingbian

Pingbian Dawei Mountain, also known as Honghe Pingbian Dawei Mountain Nature Reserve, is located in the north-east corner of Pingbian County, 15 kilometers away from the county seat. It is a provincial nature reserve approved by the people's Government of Yunnan Province.

Practical information

Ticket information

Free ticket policy: senior citizens over 70 years old (including 70 years old) can enjoy free tickets with senior citizen's license, while disabled people can enjoy free tickets with disability certificate. Please purchase them at the scenic spot.

Preferential policy: soldiers and students can enjoy 50% discount (20 yuan / person) with their military ID card or student ID card. Please buy it by yourself in the scenic spot.

The above information is for reference only, subject to the disclosure of the scenic spot on the same day.

Best travel time

The rainy season in Honghe Prefecture is mainly from May to October, and the frost period is from late November to January and February of the next year. Therefore, when you travel in Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, you should avoid the rainy and hot summer and autumn.

Traffic information

Before 16:00 every day at the gate of Pingbian County Government, there is a van to the scenic spot, and the ticket price is 5 yuan.

brief introduction

The reserve is 30 km long from north to South and 6 km wide from east to west,

The total area is 230000 mu. It belongs to the tropical forest ecological type, which preserves various types of forest ecosystems with different characteristics and rich rare animal and plant populations

. The majestic mountains and the vast forest sea stretching for tens of miles make the natural landscape of the primeval forest magnificent and charming. The highest altitude in the reserve is 2365 meters, the second highest is 2354 meters, and the lowest is 225 meters.

position

Daweishan scenic spot is located in the south of Tropic of cancer. It has not been attacked by Quaternary glaciers in history, and it has directly evolved from the ancient geological period. The forest vegetation is rich and complex, with 170 families and about 1050 species of higher plants. Among them, 25 species have been listed as rare and protected tree species. Dawei Mountain is also rich in animal resources. More than 20 kinds of animals, such as black buttock ape, bee monkey, golden cat, clouded leopard, water deer, lazy monkey, giant lizard, jungle fowl, Golden Rooster and peacock pheasant, are listed as grade protected animals by the state. The most eye-catching and numerous are monkeys and tree frogs.

Development prospects

In September 1993, Pingbian Dawei Mountain was listed as Yunnan provincial key scenic spot. Since its opening, the relevant departments have invested more than 2 million yuan to repair and transform the scenic spots, making Dawei Mountain more charming. The parks and scenic spots, such as shuiweicheng garden area, jinjiwo ethnic customs area, Dujuan mountain senlinkepu area, all let people experience the super refined return to nature Thousands of years of exotic trees, ancient root art, "flower basket in the air", "tree tower view of the sea", "Simmons trail" and so on are all fascinating. In the depth of Dawei Mountain scenic spot, there is a forest lake with an area of about 1000 square meters. It is clear and sparkling all the year round. The climate here is mild and the surrounding forest is dense. It is really a fairyland on earth. It is said that the small lake is the place where the seven fairies bathe in ice. They come from the sky every day and go away before dark. As time goes by, the trace of the seven fairies is discovered by ajiwu, the God of fire who guards the lake. In order to witness the fairyland bathing every day, he decides to set fire to all the surrounding forests. As a result, the whole Dawei Mountain became barren and the lake disappeared. This event angered the Jade Emperor in the sky. On the one hand, he sent the tota heavenly king to capture the volcano God. On the other hand, he ordered the seven fairies to return to Dawei Mountain with seeds. According to the emperor's will, the seven fairies scattered tree species on Dawei Mountain. The next day, the lake water was clear and blue again, but the mountain was greener and the water was clearer. Yesterday's legend is beautiful, but today's Dawei Mountain is even more beautiful and charming. You can listen to the sound of thousands of hectares of forest waves, the sound of frogs and the trickle of deep streams at night. In the morning, you can overlook the sea of clouds, look up at the rising sun, and at noon, you can go boating on a small lake, and be a seven fairies. Dawei Mountain in Pingbian is known by experts as "animal and plant gene bank", "crown of plant kingdom" and "biological Museum". It has become one of the key tourist attractions for Chinese and foreign tourists seeking to return to nature and experience the wild forest.

Address: the junction of Pingbian County and Hekou in the south of Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture

Longitude: 103.701716

Latitude: 22.964015

Tel: 0873-3222888