Jianshui County (;
Hani: ''Jeifsyu'') is a city in
Honghe prefecture,
Yunnan
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province
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, China. and remains an important transportation crossroad. Previously, it has been known as Lin'an () or Huili (); today, the name Lin'an Town is retained by Jianshui's county seat.
Geography
To the east lies
Jijie, to the west
Shiping
Shiping County () is a county in the Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture in the southern part of the Yunnan province, China. It is located about from Kunming, the provincial capital. The county has a population of approximately 280,000 an ...
, to the southeast
Gejiu
(, ; Hani: ''Goqjef''; formerly known as Kochiu) is a county-level city and the former capital of Honghe prefecture, Yunnan Province, China, and has 202,000 urban inhabitants (ranked 14th largest city in Yunnan). It is the site of the country's ...
and
Yuanyang, to the north
Tonghai
Tonghai County () is located in Yuxi Prefecture-level City, Yunnan Province, China.
Geography
Tonghai County occupies the fertile valley of Qilu Lake, surrounded on all sides by mountains. The county seat is located on the south side of the lak ...
.
Administrative divisions
Jianshui County has 8 towns and 6 townships.
;8 towns
;6 townships
Climate
Tourist attractions
*''Chao Yang Lou'' (Old East City Gate), Formerly known as Yinghuimen, Located at the eastern end of Lin'an Road, southeast of the county town. Built in the 22nd year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1389).
*''Hutong''s or 'old neighbourhoods' with cobbled streets and stone wells.
*Temple of Confucius, Jianshui - one of the largest
Confucian temple
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s in China, after that of
Qufu
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,
Shandong
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Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history since the beginning of Chinese civilizati ...
,
Confucius
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' home town.
*Shuanglong Bridge (
pinyin
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'shuang long qiao'), commonly known as Seventeen Span Bridge, a
Qing Dynasty
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bridge outside of the town. It is located five kilometers west of the town, where the Minjiang River and the Luochong River meet.
*''Zhu's Garden'', The restored
Qing Dynasty
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The homes and ancestral homes built by the brothers Zhu Xiqing in the late Qing Dynasty.
*Ancient
Buddhist
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towers, like Chongwen Tower.
*Tuanshan Residence, an ancient Yi village which is located 13 kilometers west of Jianshui Ancient City.
*The Swallow Cave, Located in the mountain gorge 22 kilometers east of Jianshui County, Named after a million large white-waisted swallows nest in the cave.
File:Jianshui-shi-qi-kong-qiao.jpg, Shuanglong Bridge, which lies just outside the town of Jianshui
File:Jianshui.JPG, Street in central Jianshui
References
External links
*
Jianshui County Official Website
County-level divisions of Honghe Prefecture
Tourism in Yunnan
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