Yuantong Temple (Yuantong Si) is the grandest and most active temple in Kunming with a history of more than 1200 years. Located on the south side of Yuantong Hill, it is a destination of pilgrimage for pilgrims worldwide. In 1956, the temple held a tooth of the Buddha here for a short time. The ceremonies at which the tooth relic where received and sent off were important events in the history of Yuantong Si. The architecture of the temple buildings is rather typical, but the halls of the temple are visited in order on a declining slope, not on an ascending slope as is typical in Chinese Buddhist temples. In the temple are numerous scenic spots, and a pool reserved for setting captive fish free! (Fangshengchi). Yuantong Temple is one of the most important sites in the region for Buddhist ceremonies. On the 1st and 15th of each lunar month, people gather here to take part in all kinds of Buddhist services. There is also a good vegetarian restaurant on the premises serving lunch and dinner.

Kunmng, the Spring City,with best scene, convenient traffic and rich tourist resources, is wel knoen for its mild climate, withan arerage temterature between 12-15¡ã in winter and 20-25¡ã in summer, It's certainly the golfing paradise in China even in the world.

Kunmng Country Golf Club is a joint-venture company. This 18holes, 7,000 yard, par 72 championship course, designes by the famous desingner Les Watts from Australia, corers an area of over 1300mu in luoyang,chenggong county. Surrounded by the beautiful landscape and fresh air , the course is located near the Anshi highway,about 20 minutes'drive, 14 KM from downtown, which is really a good place for leisure, intercoures and recreation. Go ahead 70 Kilometers 419 on the fairway make the course evergreen and achieve the international standard.

The best of the world famous Stone Forests (Shilin) of Kunming are in Lunan County, 90km south of Kunming. Due to a process of weathering and erosion, nature has created an art gallery of stone sculpture here. This typical karst physiognomy takes the form of a forest of stone pillars and boulders. It is as if the countless stone shapes have sprung from the ground, assuming different shapes as if vying to surpass each other in grandeur and sublime beauty. Some look like sheets or pillars, others resemble swords raised towards the sky while others, standing in pairs, suggest scenes of young lovers overjoyed in reunion or sad at parting or of a mother and child strolling side by side. Among the sights in the Stone Forest are Lion Arbor, Sword Peak Pond, Lotus Peak, Moon Lake, Jade Lake, and Dadie Waterfall.

Located 15km west of Kunming, Western Hills is a range of four mountains stretching over 40 kilometers along the western shore of Dianchi Lake, looking like a Sleeping Beauty with long tresses trailing away to the south.

With an elevation of 1900-2350 meters, Western Hills contains the best scenery and some of the finest temples in the entire region.

The Green Lake Park, situated at the western foot of Wuhua Hill, is a scenically beautiful park inside the city. By the end of the Yuan Dynasty, it was still a swampy field for growing vegetables, lotuses and rice, hence the name "Vegetable Lake". The water-level of Dianchi Lake was then so high that it was connected with the Green Lake. That is why we have the couplet: "Dianchi Lake spreads five hundred li; the Vegetable Lake merges with it." As there were nine mouths of springs beyond the Bamboo Island in the northeast, the lake was also called "The Nine-Dragon Pond". It now covers fifteen hectares of land. Since 1985, the red-pecked seagulls from Siberia have been spending the winter months on Green Lake.