Tengchong Heshun Ancient Town Heshun Library

Tengchong Geothermal Town Top Border City Located at the southern end of the Hengduan Mountains, the weather is sunny and warm in winter and spring, and cool and pleasant in summer and autumn. The area has been inhabited since the Neolithic Age and later became an important border town. Tengchong is an important gateway and hub for China to South Asia and Southeast Asia. It borders Myanmar to the west and is 200 km from Myitkyina, Myanmar. The Gaoligong Mountains extend from the Nujiang River to Tengchong. Tengchong is located on the Southwest Silk Road, which has a history of 2,400 years. Since the Tang and Song dynasties, the Yunnan-Tibet Tea Horse Road, which runs through Sichuan, Yunnan, Tibet, and Southeast Asia, has begun to take shape. Heshun Ancient Town is located 4 km southwest of Tengchong City. It is a famous hometown of overseas Chinese in Yunnan. For more than 600 years, Central Plains culture, Western culture, Nanzhao culture, and border culture have collided here, forming a unique overseas Chinese culture and caravan culture. Heshun Ancient Town is built along the mountains and rivers. It is one of the top ten charming towns in China. It has the largest rural library in China, Heshun Library, the hometown of a great philosopher, Ai Siqi Memorial Hall, a religious site that combines three religions, Yuanlong Pavilion, the grand Liu Ancestral Hall and Li Ancestral Hall, Heshun Shunhe Archway, Wenchang Palace, Heshun Alley, Heshun Residential Buildings, etc. Heshun Library is the largest rural library in China. It was funded by overseas Chinese in 1924. It is a traditional Chinese building with a front garden and more than 10,000 books. This self-driving tour from Xi'an was to take a 90-year-old man to Tengchong via Langzhong, Ya'an, Xichang, Dali, and Tengchong. We stayed at the Tengchong Century Jinyuan Hotel and visited the Hot Sea Big Boiling Pot, Tengchong Volcano Group, Simola Wa Village, Heshun Ancient Town twice, and other beautiful places.