[2024 Mile Attraction] Travel Guide for Mile Temple (Updated Sep)
Temples
Address:
Maile Temple, Maile City, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture
Opening times:
Opens at 08:00-17:30Open
Recommended sightseeing time:
1-2 hours
Phone:
0873-6264399
Compared to Lijiang and Dali, I am actually fond of this small town—Mile!
Compared to Lijiang and Dali, I am actually fond of this small town—Mile!🌳 Hello everyone, I am Xiaobei Mama, traveling with my child in Yunnan. After visiting 5 cities and 5 autonomous prefectures in Yunnan, my love for this land has grown day by day. A few days ago, we arrived in Mile, which can be reached directly by high-speed rail. Unexpectedly, my child loved it so much that our originally planned three-day, two-night trip was extended to ten days. This small town is really suitable for a long stay!
🚄 Convenient transportation: You can reach Mile directly by high-speed rail in just 30 minutes, which is incredibly convenient!
👣 Recommended three-day, two-night itinerary
Day ①
📍 Visit Taiping Lake Park during the day
This place seems to be full of scenes from Hayao Miyazaki's animations, picturesque in all seasons, and also features rare karst landscapes. The little train and pigeon feeding are favorites of children. The park is large enough to spend the whole day.
📍 Head to Quanhu Ecological Park in the evening
Known as the little Sanya of Mile, Xiaobei almost plays here for 2 hours every evening after dinner. You can ride bikes, catch fish, and play with sand, not wanting to go home even after dark.
Day ②
📍 Jinping Mountain Mile Temple
Here stands the world's largest seated Maitreya Buddha statue, 19.99 meters high, nestled among the lush trees of Jinping Mountain. You can choose to take a sightseeing car or walk up 1999 steps to the top. Even a four-year-old can easily climb these 1999 steps.
📍 Keyi Town
This is an ancient Yi town with a history of over 300 years, well-preserved and mostly inhabited by local residents. There are also performances, and it is quite convenient to take a bus from the city. Friends who like to visit ancient villages should not miss it.
📍 Buddha City Mall
The mall offers a wide variety of goods at affordable prices. If you are staying for a long time, you can find almost all the daily necessities you need here. The most attractive part is the fruit store on the first floor, where the fruits are fresh and delicious.
Day ③
📍 Dongfeng Yun
The red brick buildings here are unique, built entirely with local red bricks without a single steel bar, forming castles that are perfect for photos. However, there are not many activities for children. Since it is close to the high-speed rail station, it is arranged on the last day so that you can head directly to the station after visiting.
🏠 Accommodation recommendation
Lake Spring Tianyi Hotel, consisting entirely of detached villas. The hotel is located within the Lake Spring Ecological Park, with a strong Bali style. You can swim and soak in hot springs in the villa, and after dinner, you can boat and play with black swans in the park. The environment is excellent, and you can enjoy a whole day without leaving the park. I love this kind of hotel where you can enjoy various beautiful sceneries without leaving the park!
Lily~Collins-Nora
A two-day, one-night travel guide to Mile is here
🍷 Mile—a treasure town in southeastern Yunnan
A two-day, one-night travel guide to Mile is here~!!!!
Drive yourself or take a ✈️ flight straight to "San Yan Hotpot" for a photo op at Mile City's landmark and have lunch, recommended hotel "Wyndham Hot Spring Resort in Honghe Mile" has a rooftop hot spring swimming pool, off-season price 300+, good service and cost-effective, a five or six-minute drive nearby to Qianwangmen, Wenchang Palace, and a small museum (beautiful at night) ☑️☑️
Attraction recommendations:
🚗 Lake Quan Ecological Park (the resort area is next to the recommended hotel, suitable for a walk)
🚗 Dongfang Yun (a characteristic castle built of red bricks, with a lavender garden inside, especially beautiful this season, ticket + sightseeing car 80r)
🚗 Yunnan Honghong Winery (visit the red wine production line, taste Yunnan Honghong wine, ticket 18r includes a 10 yuan wine voucher)
🚗 Mile Temple (you can visit the Maitreya Buddha and learn about Buddhist culture)
🚕 Qianwangmen (with the big word Mile at the entrance, suitable for photo ops, many aunties dance here at night, very lively)
🚕 Wenchang Street + Jinxiu Garden (night market for a stroll, with Wenchang Palace and the museum for photo ops and cultural understanding, Jinxiu Garden is suitable for late-night snacks)
🥛 Zhadian Dairy Fresh Milk Bar (next to Qianwangmen, sisters who like distiller's grains can try milk baijiu, this shop has no disappointing drinks and snacks)
elysia_7891
Come to Mile City to visit the Mile Temple
The Mile Temple is located in the Jinscreen Mountain Scenic Area in Mile City, Honghe Prefecture, Yunnan, and was founded during the Song Dynasty. The architecture is solemn and magnificent, simple and generous. The main attractions in the scenic area include the Maitreya Buddha, the Maitreya Daxiong Hall, the Longhua Pagoda, the First Buddha's Hand, and the Five-Color Pond, among others. The Jinscreen Mountain Scenic Area is also known as the Mile Temple.
Mile City shares its name with the Laughing Buddha Maitreya and is the only city in the world named after a Buddha, making it an auspicious and blessed place for tourists. To reach the scenic area, visitors must climb 1999 steps to see the Maitreya Buddha statue, or they can take a sightseeing car to the side of the statue. The statue is 19.99 meters tall and is said to be the largest Maitreya Buddha in the world. Only by being there can one truly feel its grandeur; the Maitreya Daxiong Hall is solemn and majestic, with an imposing presence; the Longhua Pagoda looks tall and dignified from a distance, reaching into the sky; the Five-Color Pond next to the mountain gate is also incredibly beautiful, with a riot of colors under the sunlight. Walking and looking around the scenic area, slowly appreciating it, one's soul can also be purified...
Visitors can climb the stairs up the mountain to enjoy the views in sequence and then reach the top; alternatively, they can take a sightseeing car directly to the top and then walk down the steps, enjoying a different landscape.
Transportation: The scenic area is about 10 kilometers from Mile City. You can take a direct bus from the city, or take a taxi or drive there, which is very convenient. It is best for travelers to arrive at the scenic area before 17:30, otherwise, they will have to walk up the mountain.
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Mile Jingshan Scenic Area
Jingshan Scenic Area is located about 10 kilometers north of Mile City, Honghe Prefecture, Yunnan Province. Jingshan Mountain has the ancient Maitreya Temple, which worships Maitreya Buddha and has the world's largest sitting laughing Buddha - Maitreya Buddha, built during the Ming Tianqi period, renovated during the Qing Qianlong period, and completed in 1999, with the five courtyards of Buddha, Dayun, Daxiong, Tianwang, and Dazhi. Maitreya has been known as the blessed land of southern Yunnan since ancient times, and shares the same name with the future Buddha 'Maitreya'. Therefore, there are the city name, temple name, and Buddha name, the same name is a great wonder.
Generosity can tolerate, tolerate things that are difficult to tolerate in the world;
Always smiling, laughing at the laughable people in the world.
📍Maitreya Buddha
When you come to Mile City, Yunnan, you naturally want to pay homage to the famous local Maitreya Buddha. Mile City shares the same name with the Laughing Buddha Maitreya, and people all praise Mile as a lucky land, known as the blessed land of southern Yunnan.
🎫Ticket:
Scenic area ticket 💰30 yuan/person, sightseeing car 💰10 yuan/person single trip.
⏰Opening hours: 08:00 - 17:30 (17:00 stop admission).
🚦Transportation
🚄Kunming~Mile 30min
Take bus No. 12 from Mile City directly to Jingshan Scenic Area, ticket price: 3 yuan/person.
🚗Self-driving
Cars can only be parked in the scenic area parking lot, walk to the visitor center to buy tickets.
🚌Transportation in the scenic area:
1️⃣Uphill sightseeing car: directly from the foot of the mountain visitor center——Maitreya Buddha on the top of the mountain
Travel time: 5 minutes
Ticket price: 10 yuan/person
Ticket purchase method: Visitor Center Ticket Office
2️⃣Downhill sightseeing car: directly from the Maitreya Buddha on the top of the mountain——Visitor Center at the foot of the mountain
Travel time: 5 minutes
Ticket price: 10 yuan/person
Ticket purchase method: Maitreya Buddha Ticket Office
3️⃣Hiking 🚶🏻♂️up the mountain
The way most young people choose, more devout~ But you have to climb 1999 steps to reach the top of the mountain, which takes about 1 hour.
🍚There is a vegetarian restaurant in the scenic area: 20 yuan/person buffet vegetarian food, meal time 12:00——14:00.
✅Recommended route
➡️Maitreya Buddha Temple
It is recommended to start climbing at 8-9 o'clock in the morning, it will be hotter at noon, 1999 steps.
➡️First Buddha Hand
The location is on the right hand side of the second incense stick (downhill) that road follows forward, turn left when you see the building.
➡️Maitreya Pagoda
The location is in the lower left direction of the first incense stick (downhill), the Guanyin Hall in the picture is opposite the pagoda.
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Must remember!! Maitreya New Year's Tour Guide - Jinping Mountain!!!
Maitreya's blessed land, Jinping Mountain!
A must-visit in Maitreya!!😚
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·Longhua Lantern Festival - full of New Year's flavor (2.9-2.24)
Dragon lanterns, fish lanterns and other Chinese red lanterns
Experienced the top flow of Chinese romance!💖
The streets under the night are colorful, as if in a beautiful animation scene
There are also pot throwing, lantern riddles, sugar painting, rubbing and other special games!
Full of New Year's flavor!😍
·Spring Festival Beauty (2.9-2.24)
What a beautiful Chinese New Year scroll of mountains and rivers!💖
Everywhere is full of Chinese red!
Snapshots are all blockbusters!
·Temple Fair Market (2.9-2.24)
Go to the temple fair on the ninth day of the new year!!
Hundreds of delicious snacks
There are also various Jinping Mountain cultural and creative peripherals! The prices are not expensive!!!
You can also experience intangible cultural heritage and traditional culture!😍
·There are also New Year's blessings and Lantern Festival joy activities!
The New Year's blessings are on February 9th and February 17th💗
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On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the first 800 visitors to the park can also receive vegetarian tangyuan prepared by the park!🥰(2.24)
📍Yunnan Maitreya - Jinping Mountain
TIPS: It's better to use it with the Maitreya guide on the homepage!!
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Mile, a lesser-known tourist spot in Yunnan
Mile is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan Province, named after the Mile Temple in the city. The city has a pleasant climate, warm in winter and cool in summer, making it a great place for travel and vacation.
In Mile, there are many attractions worth visiting. First is Dongfeng Yun, a place full of artistic atmosphere, with unique red brick buildings such as the Kaleidoscope Art Museum, Half a Cloud, Niu Duo Luo Music Farm, and the Seal Room, which are called 'ugly and cute buildings with strange shapes', known as the 'Provence in Central Yunnan'. Next is the Yunnan Red Wine Estate, one of the largest grape wine production areas in Yunnan, where visitors can see the whole process of wine brewing and taste the wine for free. Taiping Lake Forest Park is a recreational holiday park mainly featuring flower sea landscapes and land art, with various entertainment facilities such as lake view restaurants, log cabins, and RV camps. In addition, Jinping Mountain Scenic Area is a famous Buddhist holy land in Mile, and you can see the 19.9-meter-tall Maitreya Buddha on the top of the mountain; Huquan Ecological Park is a good place for leisure, relaxation, and holiday entertainment; Honghe Water Town has a rich historical background and beautiful natural scenery; Keyi Town is the hometown of the national intangible cultural heritage Axie Moon Dance, full of the atmosphere of Yi ethnic villages.
From Kunming, it only takes 40 minutes by high-speed rail or 2 hours by car to reach Mile. For accommodation in the city, Huquan Hotel is the first choice, with room rates including unlimited hot springs during the stay; for high-end options, there is Huquan Tianyi, a standalone villa hot spring hotel. Dongfeng Yun accommodation is Meijingge Selected Hotel; Taiping Lake accommodation is Forest Log Cabin Hotel. Mile is famous for its braised chicken rice noodles, recommended restaurants include Traditional Mile Cuisine, Mile Restaurant, Mile Story, etc.