Fuxian Lake in Yunnan is very close to Kunming, but in terms of administrative division, Fuxian Lake in Yunnan belongs to Yuxi, Yunnan, not Kunming.
Yuxi is 1,630 meters above sea level, Fuxian Lake is about 1,740 meters above sea level, Fuxian Lake is 1,722.5 meters above the lake surface, Chengjiang is 1,755 meters above sea level, and Kunming is 1,900 meters above sea level. Foreign tourists traveling to Yuxi Fuxian Lake must first When you arrive in Kunming, if you don’t feel uncomfortable or have any discomfort in Kunming, you can go to Fuxian Lake with confidence. According to my statistics, more than one in a thousand tourists who come to Kunming suffer from altitude sickness. I have been in Kunming for four years and I have only seen one woman who suffered from altitude sickness in Kunming. She is in Fuxian Lake. Because the water in the lake is crystal clear and crystal clear, It was called "Ten thousand hectares of colored glaze" by the ancients. It is the largest deep-water freshwater lake in China and the largest lake at the source of the Pearl River. It belongs to the Nanpanjiang River system and is located between Chengjiang, Jiangchuan and Huaning counties in Yuxi City, Yunnan Province, more than 70 kilometers away from Kunming. Fuxian Lake is a north-south fault-dissolution lake, shaped like an inverted gourd, with large ends and a small middle. It is wide and deep in the north, narrow and shallow in the south, and has a throat-like shape in the middle. The altitude of the lake is 1722.5 meters, the lake area is 216.6 square kilometers, the lake volume is 20.62 billion cubic meters, the average depth of the lake is 95.2 meters, the deepest is 158.9 meters, the water storage capacity is 12 times that of Dianchi Lake, 6 times that of Erhai Lake, and 158.9 meters deepest. 4.5 times, accounting for 72.8% of the total water storage capacity of the nine plateau lakes in Yunnan and 9.16% of the national freshwater lake storage capacity. The water quality of Fuxian Lake is Class I. It is a national first-class drinking water source and one of the natural lakes with the best water quality in my country. In December 2013, it passed the 2013 ecological and environmental protection work for rivers and lakes organized by the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Environmental Protection, and was included in the scope of national support for 15 key lakes. The symptoms of altitude sickness were: nausea, vomiting, and cyanosis of the lips. I flew back that day. I have never seen the elderly or children.
Fuxian Lake is located 5 kilometers south of Chengjiang County and more than 70 kilometers away from Kunming. It is a famous freshwater lake in China. The lake surface of Fuxian Lake is very vast, about 32 kilometers long from north to south and about 32 kilometers wide from east to west. 12 kilometers long, the lake coastline is 93 kilometers long[1]. The water quality here is excellent, the lake water is clear and crystal clear, and it was called "Ten thousand hectares of glaze" by the ancients. The deepest point reaches 155 meters, the average depth is 87 meters, and the transparency reaches 7-8 meters. The lake produces more than 20 kinds of economic fish, among which Kanglang fish is the most famous and is also a valuable specialty of Fuxian Lake.
The "Man Shu" written by Fan Chuo of the Tang Dynasty called Fuxian Lake Dachi. The Dali Kingdom of the Song Dynasty set up the Luojia Department in Chengjiang, so it called the lake "Luojia Lake". In the Ming Dynasty, it was called "Fuxian Lake". Fairy Lake", also known as "Chengjiang Sea".
Take a bus bound for Jiangchuan from Kunming Southern Bus Terminal. The fare is 25 yuan. Get off at Jiangcheng, which is about 92 kilometers away. It takes about 2 hours to drive. Then take a bus from Jiangcheng to across the river. The bus travels about 8 kilometers and gets off at Jieyushi. The fare is 2 yuan.
It is 3 kilometers from Chengjiang County to the north bank of Fuxian Lake. You can get there by bus No. 2 (County Town-Dongfeng Resort) (take it at the intersection opposite the Pearl Holiday Hotel) for 1 yuan. Luchong Scenic Area is 19 kilometers away from the county seat. There is bus No. 8 (County Seat-Luchong) from the county seat bus station, and the fare is 3 yuan. There are many shuttle buses from Chengjiang to Yuxi, Jiangchuan and Tonghai, and it is very convenient to get on and off along the way. There are several routes to Fuxian Lake: 1. Kunming → Chengjiang → Fuxian Lake (fare is about 20 yuan, a two-hour drive); 2. Kunming → Jiangchuan → Fuxian Lake (fare is also about 30 yuan, at least a 3-hour drive) ) 3. Kunming→Yuxi→Jiangchuan→Fuxian Lake (the ticket price is slightly more expensive, about 40 yuan, at least 2 hours' drive) The second and third lines are actually similar, but the third line is safer (the whole journey is on the expressway), so don't go if you have poor self-driving skills Go second line.
If you have enough time, you can take a "self-driving tour" around the two lakes by bicycle, but remember to pay attention to the high tide when visiting Fuxian Lake. Because the lake is wide, the water level difference between high and low tides is large, and at this time The lake water on the shore is turbid, so you should pay more attention.
If you are traveling on the second or third line, you may want to stop by Qianwei Town in Jiangchuan to try the small bowl of cold rice noodles there, which is the only one in Yunnan