[2025 Mojiang Attraction] Travel Guide for Mojiang Tropic of Cancer Symbol Park (Updated Jan)

6-Day Tour of Kunming and Xishuangbanna, Yunnan: Enjoy the beautiful scenery and local customs! Don't miss this amazing itinerary! . 🛣️ Itinerary Suggestions: DAY 1: Arrive at Kunming Changshui International Airport, transfer to hotel, free time after check-in. Summary: Arrive in Kunming, rest and adjust, and get ready for an exciting journey. DAY 2: Fuxian Lake—Sunshine Coast—Tropic of Cancer Park in Mojiang Summary: Enjoy the tranquil beauty of Fuxian Lake, the warmth of Sunshine Coast, and the mystery of the Tropic of Cancer in Mojiang. DAY 3: Sun River National Forest Park—Xiniu Ping Scenic Area in Pu'er National Park—Wild Elephant Valley—Gaozhuang Xishuangjing Summary: Walk through the forest and get close to nature; encounter rhinos and wild elephants and experience the unique charm of Xishuangbanna. DAY 4: Nannuo Mountain—Mengle Cultural Tourism Zone in Xishuangbanna—Lancang-Mekong River Night Song and Dance Bonfire Party Summary: Climb Nannuo Mountain and enjoy the aroma of tea; visit Mengle Cultural Tourism Zone and enjoy the song and dance bonfire party at night. DAY 5: Manjingdai Dai Ecological Village Summary: Visit a Dai village, experience the local customs, and enjoy the original Dai culture. DAY 6: Tourist Distribution Center, transfer to Kunming Changshui International Airport, return home. Summary: End your pleasant trip to Yunnan, return home with a full load, and look forward to your next trip. . Some Tips: - Customs: Respect Dai culture, experience the Water-Splashing Festival, and enjoy the unique festive atmosphere. 🎉 - Photo Spots: Dai Water Town and Yinchang Shangzhai, don't miss the beautiful scenery and leave good memories. 📸 - Weather in December: Warm and comfortable during the day, but a little cool at night, so remember to bring a light jacket. 🧥 - Food: Try Dai barbecue, bamboo rice, and other local specialties in Xishuangbanna. 🍜 . ✨️ Don't forget to like and save this post. For more travel tips for Kunming and Xishuangbanna, follow me and I'll show you how to explore Yunnan without any pitfalls! ✨️

Mojiang Tropic of Cancer Sign Park Passing by Pu'er Mojiang Meet the Tropic of Cancer 23°26'N I entered the tropics from here The last Tropic of Cancer Memorial Park I passed by was in Conghua, Guangzhou From Kunming to Jianshui, from Jianshui to Mengzi, to Yuanyang, from Yuanyang to Pu'er... Leaving the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, all the way south, I feel like I'm always going downhill, with many sharp turns and steep slopes on the highway. As a driver with ten years of experience, I dare not be careless. Especially when I left the Yuanyang Terraces yesterday morning, the fog was so thick that I could only see about 20 meters ahead. It took me an hour to drive 20 kilometers of winding mountain roads in the scenic area, which was probably the most tiring driving experience. I'm getting close to Xishuangbanna, entering the tropics, the temperature is getting higher and higher, and I have to take off or change my clothes one by one, experiencing a different season every day. 4,000 kilometers of clouds and moon, everything else is fine, I just miss the food from my hometown in the north.

Address: No. 64, Xinjian Road, Lianzhu Town, Mojiang Hani Autonomous County, Pu'er City, Yunnan Province Highlights: - Tropic of Cancer Landmark: A landmark building. At noon on the summer solstice every year, the sun shines vertically, presenting an astronomical wonder of a shadowless pole. - Twin Village: Showcases twin culture, echoing the local legend of a high twin birth rate, with exhibitions and art displays. - Ecological Botanical Garden: Diverse ecosystems, tropical rainforests, and subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forests coexist, reflecting the biodiversity of Yunnan. - Hani Cultural Experience: Gain an in-depth understanding of traditional Hani costumes, music, dance, and food, and feel the profound cultural connotation. - Science Education Zone: Interactive exhibitions and explanations popularize scientific knowledge such as astronomy, geography, and biology, suitable for families and student groups. - Stargazing Platform: Observe the starry sky at night, admire the Milky Way and planets, and explore the mysteries of the universe.

Mojiang is a place where the sun turns, and it is also my hometown Mojiang Tropic of Cancer Park At 23°26' north latitude, visit the place where the sun turns - Mojiang Tropic of Cancer Park. Mojiang is the only Hani Autonomous County in China, and the Tropic of Cancer runs through the city. It has the largest and most content-rich Tropic of Cancer commemorative building in the world. The Tropic of Cancer passes through 16 countries and regions on the earth. Due to the influence of the geographical environment and climate, most of these areas present desert landscapes, while the four major areas where the Tropic of Cancer passes through China are called "the magical return green belt". When the sun is directly on the Tropic of Cancer in Mojiang, it creates the astronomical wonder of "standing poles without shadows". The mysterious Tropic of Cancer has created the magical twin mystery of Mojiang. There is magical twin well water here. There are more than 1,200 pairs of twins among the 360,000 people in Mojiang County Many tourists who come here will also take our twin water home to share with their relatives and friends, and they will also promote it Mojiang not only has various scenery, but also various delicacies. Mojiang is rich in purple rice, which is rich in a large amount of dietary fiber, which can make the stomach and intestines peristaltic and help clean the intestines. Purple rice is also a low-calorie, high-nutrition food

Don't miss out on a New Year tour to Yunnan! This 6-day itinerary covers Kunming, Pu'er, and Xishuangbanna, and will take you to the best sights in Yunnan! -- 🛫 Itinerary Overview: Day 1: Arrive at Kunming Airport, transfer to a Trip.com 5-star hotel, and start your exciting journey in Yunnan! Day 2: Visit Haigeng Dam and enjoy the beautiful scenery -> Visit the Tropic of Cancer Marker Park in Mojiang and marvel at the geographical wonder -> Visit the Mojiang International Twins Culture Park and the Twin Well to learn about twin culture. Day 3: Stroll through Sun River National Park and get close to nature -> Visit Wild Elephant Valley and get up close and personal with elephants -> Visit the Elephant School and Bird Park to experience the charm of the animal world -> Visit Gaozhuang Xishuangjing and Starlight Night Market in the evening to experience exotic customs. Day 4: Climb Nannuo Mountain and enjoy the mountain scenery -> Visit the Mengle Cultural Tourism Zone and Mengle Cultural Square in Xishuangbanna to experience ethnic culture -> Watch the Lancang-Mekong Night Song and Dance Bonfire Party in the evening to experience the charm of exotic songs and dances. Day 5: Visit Mandiu Village to learn about local customs and lifestyles. Day 6: Leave Yunnan and head to the Tourist Distribution Center. Transfer to the airport according to your flight time. End your pleasant journey and return home. 🏠 -- Some tips: 🎉 Customs: Respect the local ethnic minority culture, avoid wearing revealing clothing, and do not touch statues at will. 🛍️ Specialty Prices: Compare prices when buying specialties. Handmade jewelry at night markets is expensive, so choose carefully. ✈️ Airport Transportation: Kunming Airport is easy to transfer at. Plan your transportation routes to Pu'er and Xishuangbanna in advance. 🍜 Food: Try authentic Dai and Southeast Asian cuisine, pay attention to food hygiene, and avoid stomach discomfort. -- Travel around Yunnan, from Kunming to Pu'er and Xishuangbanna. The scenery is beautiful all the way, waiting for you to discover more beauty! 🌈✨

The Tropic of Cancer Sign Park is a national 4A-level tourist attraction, a provincial astronomical science education base, and a patriotism education base. It is located in Mojiang County, Pu'er City, Yunnan Province, China, to the west of Mojiang County and to the east of the Mojiang section of the Kunming-Bangkok Expressway. It was built in 1993 and covers an area of 3.82 square kilometers. It is a theme park that integrates science knowledge of astronomy, geography, climate, and plants with garden art and ethnic culture. It is also one of the largest and most functional Tropic of Cancer sign parks in the world. The Tropic of Cancer Sign Park is built with the position of the Tropic of Cancer (23°26'N) as the main axis. From east to west, from low to high, and then from high to low, there are the Gate of the Tropic of Cancer, the Road of the Sun, Kua Fu Chasing the Sun, Stone Ring, Transcendence, Sun and Moon, Sundial (Echo Wall), Main Sign Hall (Sun Tower), and Planetarium.

| Tropic of Cancer Marker Park.◾️ Mojiang belongs to Pu'er City and is an essential stopover from Kunming to Xishuangbanna and Pu'er City. Mojiang is an extremely niche travel destination with two quite unique titles: the City of Twins and the City where the Tropic of Cancer Crosses. ◾️ The Tropic of Cancer is not a line that truly exists; it is the northernmost boundary of the Earth's surface directly illuminated by the sun, an imaginary line of latitude. When the sun's direct rays move from the south to this latitude, they turn and head back south, hence the name Tropic of Cancer. The Tropic of Cancer is also known as the Summer Solstice Line, as the sun's rays almost directly hit the Tropic of Cancer on the day of the summer solstice, making it the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. The Marker Park features a series of poles of varying heights, and on the day of the summer solstice, the phenomenon of 'no shadow at noon' can be observed. ◾️ The Mojiang Tropic of Cancer Marker Park is built around the main axis of 23 degrees 26 minutes north latitude. Located on the west side of Mojiang County, it is a nationally famous 4A-level scenic area and is currently one of the largest and most comprehensive Tropic of Cancer marker parks. The Tropic of Cancer passes right through the center of the square and archway, marking the boundary between the tropics and the North Temperate Zone. Standing on this line, one step south is the tropics, and one step north is the North Temperate Zone, which is quite a marvelous thing to think about. 👇Travel Tips Geographic location: Mojiang Hani Autonomous County, next to the Mojiang service area on the Kunming-Mohan Expressway. Ticket information: 40 yuan/adult Sightseeing car ticket: 20 yuan/person Tour time: Recommended 1—3 hours Opening hours: 09:00-19:30, no entry after 16:30. 👇Tips The park has east and west gates, and walking requires climbing a hill. If driving, enter from the east gate, which leads directly to the vicinity of the Stonehenge Square. The scenic area is divided into many small attractions. The main attractions from the foot of the mountain to the top are: Gate of Return, Path of the Sun, Kuafu Chasing the Sun, Stone Circle, Transcendence, Sun and Moon Brilliance, Sundial Timing, Peering Sun Tower, Main Marker Pavilion, Gemini Square, Planetarium, Stonehenge Square, Hani Fire Pit, West Gate Landscape Steps, Moon Square, and other 15 groups of attractions.

Mojiang, a place known as 'the place where the sun turns around.' It has always haunted my dreams, and today I finally made it here. The Tropic of Cancer passes through Mojiang County, hence it is also known as 'the home of the Hani, the city of the Tropic, and the home of twins.' The Mojiang Tropic of Cancer Marker Park, located to the west of Mojiang County town and themed around 'Tropic of Cancer culture,' is one of the largest and most comprehensive Tropic of Cancer marker parks in the world. The scenic area is planned and designed with novelty and style. From the foot of the mountain to the top, there are sequentially built: the Gate of Return, the Sun Path, Kuafu Chasing the Sun, Stone Circle, Transcendence, Sun and Moon Brilliance, Sundial Timing, Sun Viewing Tower, Main Marker Pavilion, Gemini Square, Planetarium, Stonehenge Square, Hani Fire Taking Platform, West Gate Scenic Steps, Moon Square, and other 15 groups of attractions. The Tropic of Cancer, also known as the Summer Solstice Line, is the northernmost boundary on Earth where the sun's rays can shine directly, approximately at 23°26'N (generally estimated to be 23.5°). The Tropic of Cancer is a latitude line with multidisciplinary significance in astronomical and climatic features. Every year on the summer solstice (when the sun's ecliptic longitude is 90°), the sun's rays almost directly strike the Tropic of Cancer, and at this time, the daytime duration in the Northern Hemisphere reaches its longest for the year. Due to the high angle of the sun directly shining on the Tropic of Cancer, the phenomenon of 'no shadow at noon' occurs on the Tropic of Cancer. It's really worth a visit, and moreover, there are popular spots for social media check-ins, which are very photogenic. 🎈Travel Tips and Recommended Itinerary ✅Tropic of Cancer Marker Park ✅Twin Town ✅Bixi Ancient Town (few people, not heavily commercialized) 🚩Highlights ✅You can take a flying carpet up and down ✅Visit the Planetarium ✅3D movie 20/person (includes astronomy, geography, science popularization, garden art, folk culture, etc.) 🍵Food Recommendations ✅Oil-soaked heart tube, fried sweet rice balls, oyster sauce mango, litsea cubeba boiled fish ✅Rice noodles, rice vermicelli ✅Braised chicken in soy sauce, pickled meat ✅Green grass dumplings, Huashan family 🏠Accommodation Recommendations ✅Wyndham ✅Lanting Garden ✅Tropic of Cancer Hotel 🚙Transport Information ✅High-speed train to Mojiang Station, take a taxi to the city center (about 15Y) 🕑Opening Hours ✅08:30-18:30 📍Scenic Area Address ✅Tropic of Cancer Marker Park, Mojiang Hani Autonomous County, Pu'er City 💰Ticket Information ✅Full price: 40Y/person

Today, I took my child to Mojiang Tropic of Cancer Marker Park in the morning to understand the Tropic of Cancer, which is both educational and fun, and makes it easier to grasp some knowledge. We set off at eight thirty in the morning and arrived at the west gate parking lot of Mojiang Tropic of Cancer Marker Park at only nine thirty, an hour's drive. The advantage of entering the park from the west gate parking lot is that you can take the Flying Carpet from the bottom to the top to the Gemini Square. The Flying Carpet looks like a conveyor belt. When you actually sit on it and experience it, it feels pretty good. I highly recommend you to sit on it yourself. This kind of passenger transport is quite rare. I have driven a lot of roads across the country, and this is the first time I have seen the Flying Carpet. It costs 40 yuan per person to go up the mountain, and you can pay by scanning the WeChat code at the entrance of the Flying Carpet. If you don't want to spend money, you can go up the stairs, which is not very high. Along the way, you can see the countries and introductions that the Tropic of Cancer passes through on the signs. Gemini Square consists of Gemini Gate, which is crossed by the Tropic of Cancer, the Wishing Pool, Gemini Well, and Twin Beds. It is said that the high rate of twin births in Mojiang is inseparably linked to the Tropic of Cancer. If you make a wish in the Wishing Pool, drink Gemini water, and sleep in twin beds, you can give birth to twins. To the left of Gemini Square, up the stairs, are Stonehenge Square, Star Gazing Pavilion, and Hani Fire Fetching Platform. Stonehenge Square is a main table for measuring the twenty-four solar terms, composed of 12 stone pillars of different lengths and shapes, representing the 12 months of the year. There is a metal ball on the south pillar, and the shadow at noon always moves on the purple-red line, which can be used to accurately infer the twenty-four solar terms. The 12 stone pillars also symbolize the 12 branches of the Hani people living in unity and harmony in this magical and charming oasis of the Tropic of Cancer. The Hani Fire Fetching Platform is composed of three fire-breathing dragon heads, which resemble the 'three-legged stove' on the Hani's ever-burning hearth. The twelve zodiac signs are located around it, reflecting the blending of Hani culture, Tropic of Cancer culture, and Western culture, and reflecting the Hani people's worship of fire. On major festival days, the local Hani people will hold a grand fire fetching ceremony here to worship the ancestors who brought light to the Hani descendants. Passing through Gemini Square and heading east, there are the Main Marker Pavilion, Sundial, Sun and Moon Confluence, Transcendence, Stone Ring, Kuafu Chasing the Sun, Five Elements Pillar, all the way to the East Gate. The exterior of the Main Marker Pavilion is shaped like half a globe, with two lines on it marking the positions of the Tropic of Cancer and the equator on the earth. Every year at noon on the summer solstice, sunlight passes through the 23.26 meter main marker tower's sun peeking hole and shines directly onto the small copper piece inside the tower, where you can directly see the astronomical wonder of 'no shadow of the pole' on the Tropic of Cancer. The sundial is an ancient Chinese timepiece that uses the sun's shadow to measure time. The sundial consists of a pointer and a disc, with the disc divided into twenty-four sections representing twelve hours. When the sun shines on the disc, the shadow of the pointer will be cast on the corresponding hour on the disc, showing the local solar time of the day. In certain regions of nature, even if the sound emitted is small, it will be clearly amplified, and the sound is more prolonged and continuous, which is quite interesting and creates a mysterious atmosphere of 'heaven and man responding'. This region is called the 'echo wall'. The Sun and Moon Confluence is represented by two marble balls each weighing 16 tons, representing the sun and the moon. Every year at the end of summer and the beginning of autumn, the sun, moon, and earth revolve and rotate to the same line. In Mojiang, the big sun has not yet set and the moon has already risen. Under the illumination of sunlight and moonlight, the shadows produced by the two marble balls will overlap, forming the astronomical wonder of 'Sun and Moon Confluence'. The Transcendence Tower, composed of eighty-one steps, is 23.26 meters high. 23.26 is the latitude of the Tropic of Cancer, and the eighty-one steps represent that only by constantly overcoming various difficulties can one reach the peak of one's life and transcend oneself. It is passed down from generation to generation among the Hani people that if you pass through the spiral tower from east to west on the Tropic of Cancer, you can be one year younger, which is what we call 'time travel' today. 🗓The formation of the Tropic of Cancer The direct sunlight points at the northernmost and southernmost points of the earth formed by the earth's revolution and rotation. The earth's revolution refers to the earth's rotation around the sun in an elliptical orbit due to the sun's gravitational field. The time of the earth's revolution is one year, approximately 365.2422 days. Every point on the earth's orbit is on the same plane, which is the orbit plane of the earth around the sun, or the ecliptic plane. At the same time as the earth's revolution, it also rotates, and the orbit formed by its rotation is the equatorial plane. The ecliptic plane formed by the earth's revolution and the equatorial plane formed by its rotation form an angle of 23°26', which is called the ecliptic-equator angle. Due to the influence of the ecliptic-equator angle, the sun's vertical irradiation point moves back and forth between the north and south sides with a period of one year. The northernmost direct sunlight point is called the Tropic of Cancer, and the southernmost direct sunlight point is called the Tropic of Capricorn. In the region between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn, there are two direct sunlights a year, and there is one direct sunlight a year on the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn. There is no direct sunlight in the areas north of the Tropic of Cancer and south of the Tropic of Capricorn throughout the year.

Yunnan Pu'er Mojiang has a magical phenomenon - many twins, there are two double wells in the Tropic of Cancer logo park, it is said that drinking well water is easy to give birth to twins! And my favorite is "Starry Sky Camp" - the sky of the Tropic of Cancer, even on a moonlit night, it is starlight!