UNESCO World Heritage

Introducing UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Kunming
Kunming & its surrounding areas have a total 3 cultural and natural places inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List as of 2020. The Stone Forest was named world natural heritage by UNESCO in 2007 as part of South China Karst. Cultural Landscape of Honghe Hani Rice Terraces was listed as World Heritage Site in 2013. Chengjiang Fossil Site was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2012. If you happen to be in Kunming or anywhere else in Yunnan province, be sure to drop by these amazing UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Each of Kunming's UNESCO World Heritage Site has a tale to tell. Book GoGrandChina tour packages to learn the tales of Kunming's UNESCO World Heritage Sites at the most affordable prices.

Stone Forest
The stone forests of Shilin are considered superlative natural phenomena and a world reference. It contains stone forests with sculpted pinnacle columns and is considered the world reference site for pinnacle karst. Shilin Karst consists of two core areas surrounded by a common buffer zone. The area is 12,070 hectares with a buffer zone of 22,930 hectares. The buffer zone is designated as a UNESCO Geopark. Get more about Stone Forest.

Cultural Landscape of Honghe Hani Rice Terraces
The Cultural Landscape of Honghe Hani Rice Terraces, China covers 16,603-hectares in Southern Yunnan. It is marked by spectacular terraces that cascade down the slopes of the towering Ailao Mountains to the banks of the Hong River. Over the past 1,300 years, the Hani people have developed a complex system of channels to bring water from the forested mountaintops to the terraces. They have also created an integrated farming system that involves buffalos, cattle, ducks, fish and eel and supports the production of red rice, the area’s primary crop. The inhabitants worship the sun, moon, mountains, rivers, forests and other natural phenomena including fire. They live in 82 villages situated between the mountaintop forests and the terraces. The villages feature traditional thatched “mushroom” houses. The resilient land management system of the rice terraces demonstrates extraordinary harmony between people and their environment, both visually and ecologically, based on exceptional and long-standing social and religious structures. Get more about Hani Rice Terraces. Please feel free to contact GGC by WhatsApp (+86-18309280878), Wechat (+86-18309280878) or email (info@GrandChinaTravel.com) for a tailor-made tour of Hani Rice Terraces if you are interested.

Chengjiang Fossil Site
A hilly 512 ha site in Yunnan province, Chengjiang’s fossils present the most complete record of an early Cambrian marine community with exceptionally preserved biota, displaying the anatomy of hard and soft tissues in a very wide variety of organisms, invertebrate and vertebrate. They record the early establishment of a complex marine ecosystem. The site documents at least sixteen phyla and a variety of enigmatic groups as well as about 196 species, presenting exceptional testimony to the rapid diversification of life on Earth 530 million years ago, when almost all of today’s major animal groups emerged. It opens a palaeobiological window of great significance to scholarship. Get more about Chengjiang Fossil Site. Please feel free to contact GGC by WhatsApp (+86-18309280878), Wechat (+86-18309280878) or email (info@GrandChinaTravel.com) for a tailor-made tour of Chengjiang Fossil Site if you are interested.