Yuxi Municipal People's Government
The Fuxian Lake
Among the plateau lakes in Yunnan Province, the Fuxian Lake is richly endowed with unique geological resources. It is the deepest lake in China, with an area of 216.6 square kilometers，the circumference of 100.8 kilometers, an average depth of more than 95.2 meters and the deepest point being 158.9 meters. It has a water storage of 20.618 billion cubic meters which is equal to that of 12 Dianchi lakes or 6 Erhai lakes, forming 67.4% of fresh water in the nine major plateau lakes in Yunnan Province. The Fuxian Lake enjoys the first grade ground water quality.
The Fuxian Lake, under the administration of Chengjiang, Jiangchuan and Huaning counties, is a faultless subsidence freshwater lake on the plateau and surrounded by mountains on three sides. The northern part of the lake is broad and deep while the southern is narrow and shallow. The middle of the Fuxian Lake is as slim as the neck of a vase. The whole lake is like a gourd. The mountains by the lake are beautiful. Yang Sheng’an, a litterateur of the Ming Dynasty praised this lake “Chengjiang is a beautiful jade green, with another embedded in. If not for less buildings therein, surpassing the West Lake it is seen”. Xu Xiake, a famous traveler and geographer of the Ming Dynasty compared the Fuxian Lake with other lakes in Yunnan Province and said that “the Fuxian Lake is the clearest in Yunnan”.
The Fuxian Lake enjoys a long and mysterious historical culture and beautiful scenery. The Maotianshan and Lijiashan mountains are the two mountains symbolizing the natural and human history. The mountains are rich in great cultural relics. From Fuxian Worm, a tender primitive life form from more than 500 million years ago to the brilliant bronze works of the Ancient Dian, from various assumptions to the mysterious disappearance of Ancient Yuyuan City in the Han & Tang periods, from the primitive Nuo Opera to the Guansuo Opera, the Fuxian Lake enjoys a rich cultural heritage.
When Zeng Peiyan, former Vice-Premier of the State Council, was visiting Yuxi, he praised the Fuxian Lake as “more beautiful than Lake Geneva”. Many tourists, experts and scholars at home and abroad come to the Fuxian Lake as tourism has been protectively developed. The Fuxian Lake has displayed the thrilling history and opened a new door for us.
On July 21st, workers were busy among the lush potted flowers in the intelligent flower planting greenhouse of Yuxi Ziyu Flower Industry Co., Ltd. This company is a leading enterprise in agricultural industrialization engaged in the production and sales of rose seedlings, potted roses, potted succulents and potted phalaenopsis. With a very productive operation mode, this company has built a research and development platform in cooperation with multiple scientific research institutes, and owns 17 national patents. Flowers from Yuxi are sold far to first-tier and second-tier cities across China and have become a well-known brand in Yunnan's flower industry.
Recently, visitors to Yimen have noticed a café in Luzhi Town, which looks exactly like a tape recorder. With 3.5 meters wide, 10 meters long, and weighing 6 tons, it perfectly replicates the iconic dual-cassette tape recorder from the 1980s, and the owner continuously plays pop music from the 1980s, attracting an increasing number of netizens and tourists to explore it. This highly creative café, which has gone viral on social media, has become a popular local landmark for photo check-ins.
Cherry blossoms are in full bloom at Hongtashan Park, attracting visitors with its springtime spectacle. On March 25, many citizens flocked here to admire the flowers, enjoy the scenery, and take photos, creating a beautiful landscape. Every year when the cherry blossoms bloom, Hongtashan Park draws a large number of tourists.
Performers of Yuxi Nie’er Bamboo Orchestra performed on the D87 China-Laos Railway international passenger train in Jan. 14. At 8:08 am, the China-Laos Railway international passenger train No. D87 left Kunming South Railway Station and headed for Vientiane, Laos. Different from the previous train, the joy and vibe of a transnational artistic performance was spreading all over the train, so that audience of all kinds of "screens" can feel the joy of this international train. (Photo by Hu Chao/Xinhua News Agency)
