Dian Lake named Tien Lake in English. It is the sixth largest fresh water in China. It is 197square kilometer wide and the average depth of the lake is 5.12m.Tien Lake is in the southwest in Kunming. At the west end, hills named western Hills is near it.They are the famous places for sight-seeing.
Tien Lake is called pearls of Yungui high land, it is the center of famous sites .People can travel around the lake and search the ruins of store age. Western Hill is the most charming view in the middle of Yunnan. The forest of Western Hill is flourishing and the plants there is luxuriant. The pretty scenery there attract many travelers every years.
Tradition has it that there is Phoenix dwelling for rest so the Western Hills is also called “Biji mountain”. If you take s distant look Western Hills, you well fell they look like a Buddha of hugely sleeping, or a beautiful young girl lie on the back in the side of Dian Lake.
Especially looking from the southeast in Kunming, the Western Hills just like a beauty lying at the side of the Dian Lake. Her head, chest, stomach and leg department comes clearly to view. Her hair is flying in the hills, it seams lively. So it is also called Sleeping Beauty.
Tradition has it that long time ago, a princess can not bear the lonely and silent place. So she leaved the place secretly and married a young man. But afterwards, the king broke up this happy marriage and killed the young man. The princess was painfully sad. Her tears remitted to become Dian Lake and she flaw to make West mountain.
However, it is very regrettable that Dian Lake in recent years has been very serious pollution. The water in the Dian Lake became dark green, accompanied by a strong smell. In order to improvement Dian Lake, the government of Kunming had introducted a plant called the water hyacinth, but it is resulting in biological invasion, destruction of the original ecological balance.
Another famous scenic spots of Kunming is national village. It is located 6 km south of Kunming, covering 2,000 acres. The south of it is the vast Dian Lake, the north of it is the historical and cultural city of Kunming, the west of it is the famous West Hills Scenic Area. On February 28, 1992, as the third major exhibition in China Art Festival was formally opened, the Yunnan Ethnic Village build 26 villages for every nations of yunnan, and with a square of national unity, ethnic song and dance performance hall, national museum, national wax Museum, etc., it is a microcosm of Yunnan.
If you go into the National Village, you can see the cottage patchwork, simple and rich ethnic customs. Park in the park, the village outside the village, the ever-changing, colorful scene. It is full of flowers and leaves, sparkling blue, so it hailed as a \"fairyland.\" Construction of 1:1, respectively, in the village of Yunnan villages of 26 ethnic groups, has built the Dai, Bai, Yi, Naxi, Jino, Lahu, Brown, Wa ethnic villages of eight. Meanwhile, There are also a national unity, ethnic dance hall, a large water fountain and water curtain film, the flavor of food the city, marina and other facilities in the village there are free rides for tourists cycle tour. Tourists can enjoy visiting the village in the landscape, enjoy the minority residential areas, houses, customs, feelings and culture, music, dance and religion.
