Nie’er Culture Square is one of the three major ecological constructions in the central area of Yuxi City. It occupies an area of 622 mu and consists of nine sub-projects. It is made up of one lake, two lines, one bridge, and four zones. The four zones refer to the cultural recreational zone, the commercial and Music Square zone, the sports zone, and the ecological recreational zone. The cultural recreational zone integrates Nie’er Library, Nie’er Memorial, and Nie’er Museum into the overall planning of the construction of the Yuhu Lake. The Music Square is the core of the Nie’er Culture Square. It can hold 20,000 people and the stage can hold 12,000 people. It is compromised of a stage and relief poles to promote Nie’er spirits and music. The sports zone includes water-fun pond, children’s play equipments, and other facilities. The ecological recreational zone is on the eastern and northeastern banks of the Yuhu Lake. A sculpture of Nie’er is placed on the central line of the scenery arrangement on the hill and the sculpture is the highest point in the square. It has become an important landmark of Yuxi City. The construction of the Nie’er Culture Square is another important measure that Yuxi municipal government takes in its promotion of Nie’er culture and strengthening of ecological construction. Meanwhile, it is also significant in improving ecological quality of the central area of the city, establishing harmony between human beings and the nature, optimizing utilization of land in its territory, and promoting development of the tourism industry.

The Huilong Ecological Park is in the southwest of Dayingjie in Hongta District. The total investment of the park is RMB 150 million yuan. The park occupies 200,000 square meters with water-fun facilities and sports facilities for holiday, recreation, conference, exhibition and hot-spring therapy. The park is beautiful with many layers of flowers and plants, streams, woods, and pavilions. The Huilong Restaurant in the park can receive 1,500 diners at the same time and the hotel can accept 600 visitors. The conference center was designed and built according to international standards with about 30 rooms, including the reception hall, the conference center, the auditorium, and the multi-function meeting rooms of different sizes. The center can hold 1,200 people, and together with the 800 parking spaces, it is an ideal venue for conferences and trainings.

The Yuquan Temple neighbors the Huixi Park and is a famous Buddhist shrine. It takes an area of 30 mu with the Daxiong Hall, the Yaoshi Hall, the Dizang Hall, the Caishen Hall, the Zushi Hall, and the 500-Arhat Hall. The temple is surrounded by plants and woods and the hall is endowed with grandeur. The Daxiong Hall is 33.6 meters high. The 28 meters high Sakyamuni, sitting on a lotus inside the hall is the largest indoor wooden Buddha in Asia. It is carved out of sandalwood with gold foil on the whole body, which is precious and rare religious art work. In addition, the 16-ton sleeping Buddha carved out of white marble in the Yaoshi Hall looks serene with merciful love, which represents exquisite carving arts.

The ancient ceramics kiln is located on the eastern part of the Qianguashan Hill in the Hongta Industrial Zone. It was discovered in December 1960. According to research, the kiln started the production in the Yuan Dynasty and got developed by soldiers moved from Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province, one of the most famous areas for ceramics production. Plenty of ceramics were unearthed at the site, including green-glazed porcelains, blue and white porcelains, and black-glazed porcelains. The identification of these porcelains shows that the production techniques of them had reached a mature stage. The patterns on the blue and white porcelains unearthed here resemble those in Jingdezhen from the Yuan Dynasty, which suggests the influence of Jingdezhen on the ceramics production in Yuxi. The research also shows that, beside Jingdezhen, Yuxi is the earliest area in China that started producing blue and white porcelains. The production techniques in Yuxi were innovated by skilful craftsmen and the products were endowed with distinctive local characteristics. The blue and white porcelains produced in Jingdezhen were covered with white glaze while those in Yuxi were covered with green glaze. The technique called “green glaze printing with blue and white patterns” on green and blue kettle with fish and aquatic weeds unearthed in Yuxi has never been seen in other ancient kilns in China. The kettle now is preserved in the Palace Museum and its picture is collected in the General History of China. Porcelains and remained pieces were exhibited in China ancient porcelain exhibition, Fung Ping Shan Museum of Hong Kong University, British Museum, Oxford University Museum, and museums in Japan, which received high compliments and attention from experts at home and abroad.

Tonghai Confucius Temple is situated in the south of the town at the foot of the Xiushan Mountains. The temple consists of a group of ancient architectures which are divided by a central axis and appear in layers with a combination of individual architectural bodies. The temple is compromised of red walls, pools, the Wenming Archway, the Martyr Temple, Chaste and the Filial Temple, the Dacheng Gate, the Country Worthies Hall, the Famous Officials Hall, the East Siderooms, the West Siderooms, the Dacheng Hall, the Bell and Drum Tower, the Saint Temple, and the Book-collection Hall, with a total occupation of 12,000 square meters. The temple was first built in the Yuan Dynasty and was moved to the present location in Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. The architectures preserved to today were built in Kanxi and Yongzheng periods of the early Qing Dynasty, when several famous personnels studied here, such as Zhu Zun, the minister of Board of Rites, Dong Qi and Dong Jian, scholars of the Imperial Academy, and Kan Zhenzhao, the famous calligraphist. The temple was listed on the provincial fifth batch relics for protection in 1998.

It is located in No.49 Wenxianli, Xiushan Township, Tonghai County. It is a 4A national scenic area, the six batch of national key unit for relics protection. The Xiushan Mountains started its development in the Han Dynasty, and experienced large-scale construction in the Tang Dynasty. Over the dynasties of Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing, seven ancient architectural groups had formed here with grandeur and various styles. In the Ming Dynasty, it gained the same fame as the Jinma Mountains in Kunming, the Jizu Mountains in Binchuan, and the Diancang Mountains in Dali, which were called “the four most famous mountains of Yunnan”. Numerous travelers and writers in history have left their records about the Xiushan Mountains, in which hides 9 halls, 6 pavilions, 6 corridors, 4 chambers, 4 pagodas, 4 towers, 5 archways, 5 temples, and 13 pavilions, with more than 200 inscribed boards and 400 couplets in total.