The Zixi Mountain Forest Park is 15 kilometers west from the Deer City in Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture.

    The park is a picturesque resort making tourists linger about. The green pine forest is stretching to heaven and the limpid streamlets are running through the mountain.

    It is a nature protection area consisting of semi-humid evergreen broadleaf forest and Yunnan Pine forest mainly. It is the main water source for Chuxiong city for its forest coverage reaches 91%. There are more than 202 species of higher plants in 65 genus and over 107 species of animals. Actually, it’s a kingdom of plants and animals.

    What’s more, it was once a gathering place for Buddhists. Lots of temples had been built so as to attract the bonzes to come and cultivate here. The Zixi Mountain also abounds with camellias. According to researches, the camellias were cultivated even 1000 years ago in the mountain. The camellias are the second to none in Yunnan in the varieties of the species and colors. Camellia in Yunnan exceeds all in China, and camellia in Zixi exceeds all in Yunnan as a saying goes.

    Source: http://www.yunnantourism.com/chuxiong/index.htm