Chuxiong

By train

• Chuxiong Railway Station

  address: North Side, National Highway 320 (320国道北侧)
  This high-speed railway station, which opened in 2018, is now the only railway station in the city serving passenger trains. The old south and west stations (which still appear on maps) are no longer in use. Cities linked to Chuxiong by rail include Kunming (1 hour), Nanning (5 to 6 hours), Guilin (8.5 to 9 hours), Dali (1 hour), and Lijiang (2.5 hours).

By bus

• Chuxiong Bus Station

  phone: +86 878 3139888
  address: 197 Lucheng Road West (鹿城西路197号)
  The city's main bus station. It is also known as the West Bus Station (西站). Buses arrive here from all over Yunnan Province.

• Chuxiong Boarding Point for Special Public Bus Services

  phone: +86 878 3385266
  address: Xiyuan Road (西园路)
  Buses to Zixi Mountain Forest Park depart from here.

• Longjiang Park

  phone: +86 878 3130238
  address: Lùchéng Běilù (鹿城北路)
  It's a park close to the river and the downtowny area.

• Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture Museum

  phone: +86 878 3127463
  address: 471 Lucheng Nan Lu (鹿城南路471号)

• Yiren Ancient Town

  phone: +86 878 3150557, +86 878 3388955, +86 878 3159066
  address: Yong'an Road (永安路)
  Not an actual ancient town, but an artificial one that was built in the early 21st century. Designed to showcase the culture of the Yi people (and of course make money from tourists). Cultural performances are held here every night, including a welcoming ceremony at 18:50 and dancing shows from 19:30 to 20:20.

• Chuxiong Confucius Temple

  address: Lucheng Primary School, 180 Zhongda Street (中大街180号鹿城小学)
  Originally built in 1504, the temple was rebuilt in the 1680s after being damaged in an earthquake. Today, it is one of the very few historical sites in Chuxiong City to be included on China's national heritage list. Unfortunately, visitors may only view the temple from the outside.

• Zixi Mountain Forest Park

  phone: +86 878 3121779
  Said to be the largest nature park in Yunnan Province. Covers an area of 16000 hectares and contains a wide variety of plant and animal species. Historically, the area was very important to Chinese Buddhists and at one time there were claimed to be 88 temples and 77 nunneries here. While the vast majority of Buddhist sites have been lost to history, a few have survived, most notably the Ziding Temple (紫顶寺), a large temple dedicated to the bodhisattva Maitreya.

Cinemas

• Hengdian Movie City - Zhaoshun No. 1 City Branch

  phone: +86 878 3123999
  address: 4th floor, Zhaoshun No. 1 City, Intersection of Lucheng Road South and Huancheng Road West (鹿城南路与环城西路交叉口兆顺第一城四楼)

• Pacific Cinemas - Chuxiong Branch

  phone: +86 878 3360777
  address: 4th floor, Building C, Tianhe Plaza, 80 Tuanjie Road North (团结北路80号天河广场C座4楼)

• New Roking Plaza

  phone: +86 878 3137888
  address: 2 Lùchéng Nánlù (鹿城南路2号)
  This is a shopping center in the center of town. There is nothing special about it though.

Huidong Street (汇东街) is a small street with several cafés and bars. It runs north from the little lake at Lóngquán Lù (龙泉路).

• Tropical Bush

  phone: +86 878 3134019
  address: Huidong Street (汇东街17-23号)
  Tropical Bush seems to be a chain of cafés in Chuxiong. At least the one on Huidong Street is a café/bar with a jungle theme. All the walls are covered in dark photo wallpaper with bad lighting and the guests sit on swings at their tables. The "cappuccino" here is hilarious and highly recommended, even though it is not drinkable.

It is easy to find any kind of accommodation. This is especially true for an area of small streets north of the river called Fēngshèng Xiǎoqū (丰盛小区). Go to the intersection of Fēngshèng Lù (丰胜路) and Lóngjiāng Lù (龙江路) to get there. You will see several expensive Hotels (Jiudians) at those big streets at first. Go into the side streets northeast of the intersection to find dozens of cheap hotels (Lüguans and Binguans) from ¥20 there.

• JP Hyllis Hotel

  phone: +86 878 3877111
  address: West Gate, Yiren Ancient Town (彝人古镇西门)
  Five-star hotel

• Kaili Bouqtique Inn

  phone: +86 878 3364488
  address: Building D6, Yiren Ancient Town (彝人古镇D6幢)

• Xiongbao Hotel

  phone: +86 878 6161777
  address: 193 Lucheng Road East (鹿城东路193号)

• Yongxing Hotel

  phone: +86 878 3391999
  address: 131 Lucheng Road North (鹿城北路131号)

Some of the destinations to go to from here are:

• Heijing - by bus
• Yuanmou - by bus
• Dali - by train
• Lijiang - by train