Luoping Scenic Area


Luoping Scenic Area, located in Luoping County which is about 228 kilometers northeast of Kunming City, Yunnan province. It is a good site to learn unique ethnic custom, and it is also one of the most place to watch rape flowers in Spring in China

What to see ?
Luoping County, the main habitation of Buyi ethnic people live there. is famous for large scale rapeseed flowers.
Rape flower is the most famous attractions in Luoping County. Rape flowers blossom in the early spring; thousands of tourists, especially shutterbugs are attracted to Luoping to appreciate the magnificent sea of rapeseed blossom. Endless blue sky, golden flowers spreading as far as you can see, and gentle breezes with refreshing floral, which make every tourist immerse in the flower heaven.

Two Travel Routes to see Rape Flowers in Luoping
Northeast Direction:
Luoshi Field, Jiulong Waterfall Group, Jinji Peak
Southeast Direction: Ten Thousand Huge Mountains, Duoyi River, Lubuge Lesser Three Gorges

Best places to see rape flowers in Luoping
Luosi field (spiral shell)
located in north of Luoping county and Jinji Peak (golden pheasant peak) in the south, and Thousands of Mountain is the best place to enjoy the beauty of flowers.
Luosi Field, as well as Yuanyang Rice Terrace, Dongchuan Red Soil and Meili Snow Mountain are known as "four hot places in Yunnan". During the rape flowers’ blooming season, there are many shutterbugs recorded the curve of Luosi Field and the rape flowers growing with the curve with their full-length or short lens, and rape flowers dotted with shiny green wheat seeding, green trees and blue water.

Jinji Peak sunrise and the sunset is very beautiful, where is the best place to shoot. Jinji Peak is like a single rowboat sailing in the ripples of the golden sea from ten thousand acres of sea of flowers. The spring breeze stroke, and sometimes you will see a few girls and boys dressed in colorful traditional Buyi costume appeared in the rape flowers fields in the distance.
Thousands of Mountains present turriform, taper, perfectly round shape, tens of meters to hundreds meters high. Overlooking the mountains and peaks, tightly spread, towering magnificent, green mountain sea, which is absolute wonderful. Different from the majestic Mount Tai, dangerously steep Mount Huashan, and the peculiar Mount Huangshan, Thousands of Mountains are the power of a group that incisively and vividly expresses magnificent life forms.

How to get there?
Luoping county transportation: during Cauliflower Festival every day there is tourist-dedicated train from Kunming to Luoping. Also there are many buses from Kunming to Luoping every day, almost every hour a bus. From Kunming to Luoping there is the train, start in the morning at 8:10, then come back from Luoping in the afternoon at 14:00.


When to see the Rape Flowers?
Late February to March. Luoping Canola Flower Tourism Festival generally starts around January each year. Usually after the Spring Festival, the canola flowers blossom. Generally speaking, canola flower is sustainable to early April, and mid-March is primetime. Pay attention to the timing of blossoming of canola flower. In warm days, the flower blossoms earlier. There is no particular day. Every year is different, and we should pay more attention to online news.


Travel Tips
Add: Under the administration of Qujing City, located at the junction of Yunnan, Guizhou and Guangxi, China
Opening Hours: All day
Entrance Fee: CNY


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