7 Days in Baoshan

Settle into the 600-year flagstone lanes with the 1928 Heshun library still at work; evening rice-noodle bowls by the ponds.

1. baoshan heshun old town

Crater rims among the 99 cones, the about 97°C Big Boiling Pot, and the 46 m Dieshui falls above town.

1. baoshan tengchong volcano park
2. baoshan rehai hot springs
3. baoshan dieshui falls

The 1945 cemetery recording the 1944 retaking of the town, then a second unhurried pass through Heshun's courtyards and bridges.

1. baoshan guoshang cemetery
2. baoshan heshun old town

Floating peat mats by punt, then Gudong's ginkgo lanes — gold from late November, courtyard tea the rest of the year.

1. baoshan beihai wetland
2. baoshan ginkgo village

South into Longling county, still part of Baoshan prefecture — the Songshan ridge keeps trench lines from the 1944 fighting, and the nearby Huitong bridge over the Nu River was blown in May 1942. Overnight in Baoshan city.

1. baoshan songshan battlefield

Boardwalks around the Qinghua Sea, then the old Banqiao market street whose stone lane carried the tea-horse route through town.

1. baoshan qinghua sea wetland
2. baoshan banqiao old street

Into the Gaoligong foothills, where Baihualing's village hides feeders that pull in dozens of species; afternoon return and departure from Baoshan or Tengchong airport.

1. baoshan gaoligong baihualing