With the development of tourism, a new mode of travel called “sojourn” become popular in most of the scenic areas in China. Many local governments have launched some plans to support sojourn, through which visitors can spend more time to enjoy the spectacular landscape, meet the local people and experience the unique ethnic culture. Shilin UGGp is located in Shilin Yi Nationality, Autonomous County, where there are magnificent karst landscapes, idyllic natural scenery and the Sani people culture of Yi nationality lasted for centuries.  

( Renovated Tuguachong Village )

Recently, Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism and other departments issued the document “Speed up the Construction of Sojourn in Yunnan for Three Years” and the concrete implementation plan. The document indicated that more than 3000 villages especially for sojourn should be built until 2027 in Yunnan province. It’s also necessary for local governments to introduce a number of leading enterprises of sojourn, which can achieve the target of building a series of model apartments for sojourn.

As for the sojourn in Yunnan, the emphasis is on villages. The combination of abundant rural resources and the advanced facilities may fuel people’s passion for tourism and create a new way to revitalize the countryside. Based on natural scenery and ancient architectures, we could launch several high-quality rural tourism routes. Visitors can appreciate the beauty of countryside and experience the farm work, including picking fruit and vegetables. To meet visitors’ demands, the villagers tend to build various high-standard orchards and run guesthouses to make more money. Modern facilities will be installed in guesthouses and villagers will also design the rooms with traditional ethnic decoration, which may make visitors’ living more convenient and interesting. Additionally, local villagers will provide traditional dishes, recreational activities in rural areas, various performances and all kinds of agricultural products. These features of villages may arouse the homesickness of people living here before and provide the peace of mind in the noisy cities.

Shilin owns one of the best karst landscapes around the world and it is the hometown of Ashima, where there are lots of rare rocks, plants and wild animals. The average temperature of Shilin normally stabilizes at 16 degrees, which is suitable for human survival. The negative oxygen ion content in Shilin is as high as 5000 per cubic, which makes it become one of the earliest cities that acquired the title “Natural Oxygen Bar”. Moreover, because of the convenient transportation, we also provided high-speed trains and buses for visitors to come here directly, and the whole journey only takes about 1.5 hours.

Apart from the natural resources, we also have Sani culture of Yi nationality. Each year we regularly hold the celebration for the Torch Festival, in which we conduct our traditional performances and provide traditional snack stands for visitors. If you are lucky enough, you will receive our embroidered gifts, including sachets, fans, small bags and other trinkets, which all contain the best wishes from Sani people.