{"id":351,"date":"2025-08-24T09:02:50","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T09:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ynatcn.com\/?p=351"},"modified":"2025-08-24T09:02:50","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T09:02:50","slug":"dianchi-lake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ynatcn.com\/?p=351","title":{"rendered":"Dianchi Lake"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"paragraph\">Dianchi Lake (\u6ec7\u6c60) is the largest freshwater lake in Yunnan Province and the sixth largest in China, covering about 306 km\u00b2 (118 square miles). Located to the southwest of Kunming at an elevation of 1,886 m (6,186 ft), it is often called the \u201cPearl on the Plateau\u201d for its striking mountain-ringed scenery<\/p>\n<div class=\"rag-tag text\" data-v-bff8e177=\"\" data-site-name=\"China Highlights\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"paragraph\">Key facts<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div class=\"paragraph\"><strong>Dimensions<\/strong>: roughly 39 km north\u2013south and 13 km east\u2013west, with a storage capacity of 15.7 billion m\u00b3 .<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"paragraph\"><strong>Origin of name<\/strong>: derives from the ancient Dian tribe that once lived on its shores .<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"paragraph\"><strong>Tourism status<\/strong>: one of China\u2019s 12 national-level tourist resorts, featuring sights such as Haigeng Park, Dianchi Corner, and the nearby Western Hills (a.k.a. \u201cSleeping Beauty Hills\u201d)<\/p>\n<div class=\"rag-tag text\" data-v-bff8e177=\"\" data-site-name=\"China Highlights\"><\/div>\n<p>.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"paragraph\"><strong>Biodiversity<\/strong>: after decades of pollution-control efforts, wetland vegetation coverage has risen from 13 % (2007) to 81 %, plant species from 232 to 303, and bird species from 89 to 175<\/p>\n<div class=\"rag-tag text\" data-v-bff8e177=\"\" data-site-name=\"Chinadaily.com.cn\"><\/div>\n<p>.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"paragraph\"><strong>Best time to visit<\/strong>: March\u2013May and September\u2013November, when weather is mild and skies are clear .<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"paragraph\">Popular itinerary<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div class=\"paragraph\">Morning: Yunnan Ethnic Village (25 ethnic cultures in one open-air museum).<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"paragraph\">Mid-day: Haigeng Park\u2014lakeside walks, seasonal black-headed gulls (Nov\u2013Mar).<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"paragraph\">Afternoon: Cable-car or hike up Western Hills to Dragon Gate for panoramic lake views<\/p>\n<div class=\"rag-tag text\" data-v-bff8e177=\"\" data-site-name=\"China Xian Tour\"><\/div>\n<p>.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"paragraph\" data-eusoft-did-translate-attribute-en=\"1\">Transport From Kunming Changshui International Airport, a taxi takes 40\u201350 min (\u00a570\u2013100); city buses C26, 24, or 44 also serve the area.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dianchi Lake (\u6ec7\u6c60) is the largest freshwater lake in Yunnan Province and the sixth largest in China, covering about 306 km\u00b2 (118 square miles). Located to the southwest of Kunming at an elevation of 1,886 m (6,186 ft), it is often called the \u201cPearl on the Plateau\u201d for its striking mountain-ringed scenery Key facts Dimensions: &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ynatcn.com\/?p=351\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Dianchi Lake<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ynatcn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ynatcn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ynatcn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ynatcn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ynatcn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=351"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.ynatcn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":352,"href":"http:\/\/www.ynatcn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351\/revisions\/352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ynatcn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ynatcn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ynatcn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}