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Mt. Lion in Wuding
 About three kilometers west of Wuding County is the Mt.
Lion scenic spot, a well- known place of interest in the middle of
Yunnan.
It is about 88 kilometers from Kunming by taking the secondary
highway. The elevation of the main peak is about 2,420 meters,
enjoying the long spring and autumn and the short winter and summer
with an average temperature of 13.2oC yearly, an annual rainfall of
1,160 mm and a forest coverage of 75.6%. Occupying 166 square
kilometers in area, the scenic place is divided into four districts of
119 scenic spots, including the Mt. Lion, the Xincun Lake, the
Xiangshui Valley, and the relics of the Feng's chieftain; It is
actually a scenic resort taking one mountain, one lake and one valley
as the main body and integrating landscapes, cultural relics,
humanistic geology and ethnic customs into one.
 The scenic area has been well known in Yunnan and received
touristsever since the beginning of the Ming dynasty. Regarded as an
ideal land for taking a closer touch to the nature, it is now full of
the cloud-capped ancient trees, the sea of forest that covers the sun,
the towering crags, the strangely-formed rocks, the beautiful flowers
such as peony, the attractive landscapes and the sweet spring. The
relics and the legends about the Emperor Hui of the Ming Dynasty who
shaved his own hair to become a reclusive monk in the Mt. Lion make
the resort even more interesting. The ancient Zhengxu Temple shows
features of Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism and the imperial palace,
teeming with monument inscriptions and poems and couplets which add
interests to tourists. The meditation Master Zhikong's feat of
constructing the Zhengxu Meditation Temple made it the sacred place
for worship among the Buddhists of South Korea. |
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