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Black Dragon Pool
Must Sees The Forest Stone Yuantong Temple West Hill&Dragon Gate Huating Temple Taihua Temple Sanqingge Pavilions The Grand View Park Dianchi Lake Yunnan Ethnic Villages The Dai Nationality Village The Bai Nationality Village The Yi Nationality Village Black Dragon Pool Bamboo Temple World Horti-Expo Garden Optional Attractions Green Lake Park Jiuxiang Scenic Spot Golden Temple Park A Lu Ancient Cave At 12 kilometers northeast of Kunming, the Heilongtan (Black Dragon Pool), which lies in the Wulao Hills, is a famous sight on the northern outskirts of the city.The pool itself is extremely limpid and a jet of fountain water can be seen gushing constantly onto the surface. The Black Dragon Pool is has become a popular tourist attraction over 700 years ago in the Ming Dynasty.A legend says that a long long time ago there were ten dragons doing great harm to the people. Lu Dong-bin, one of the Eight Deities, subdued nine of them and buried them under an ancient pagoda. A small black dragon was left here and was commanded to do good to the people, hence the name of the pool. In fact, the place contains many attractions and the Black Dragon Pool is the only one of them. It is known for its "four beauties", namely, the Han Temple, the Tang Plum Tree, the Sung Cypress and the Ming Tomb. Tow important buildings complexes in the Black Dragon Pool are the Longquan Temple (Dragon Spring Temple) and Black Dragon Palace. Longquan Temple, the largest structure in the park, was first built along the pool early in the Han Dynasty. The temple was enlarged and reconstructed several times during the succeeding dynasties. Most of the buildings visitors see today was completed during the Qing Dynasty. The Black Dragon Palace is at the bank of the pool, which is where memorial ceremonies were once held. This palace was built in the Ming Dynasty, around 700 years ago. It consists of three halls and two courtyards. In front of the two temples, visitors will find ancient huge ancient trees, namely a plum tree, a cypress tree and a camellia tree. The three ancient trees add even more charm to that attraction. The plum tree was planted over 1,200 years ago in the Tang Dynasty. The branches of the tree spread out in all the directions its roots twisting crisscrossed. The cypress tree, planted in the Song Dynasty, is a bit younger. The tree trunk takes four-five man to circle with their arms stretched out. The third tree is a camellia tree grew in the Ming Dynasty.

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