Guandu Old Town is a pleasant place to spend a lazy afternoon, day or even weekend, without the hassle of leaving the city. It is located about eight kilometers south of downtown Kunming, it is only a short drive or bike ride away.
　　Guandu Old Town is an old town in the Yunnan. Guandu's appeal is not its oldness, but how different it is from the rest of Kunming, as well as Yunnan's other tourist towns.Guandu Old Town was listed as a 4A Tourist Scenic Area.
　　The center of Guandu Old Town is the Vajra Pagoda built more than five centuries ago in 1457. Over the years, the pagoda sank into the soft ground, until it was raised 2.6 meters in 2001. Today the perpendicular tunnels within the pagoda are popular places to escape the midday sun.
　　On the west side of the plaza that surrounds the Vajra Pagoda are two Bai-style pagodas. Just beyond these pagodas is Miaozhan Temple, a pleasant Buddhist compound that, like the handful of other temples in Guandu, is open to the public.
　　Since 2009, Miaozhan Temple has been known as Guandu Shaolin Temple. , taking its name from the legendary Shaolin Temple in central China's Henan province, where kung fu is believed to have originated.
　　Next door to Guandu Shaolin Temple is another old temple, Fading Temple, which is a bit smaller but has fewer visitors, making it quite peaceful. Strolling from tiny courtyard to tiny courtyard, you could only hear the sound of birds, chatting and an old man strumming a four-stringed sixian nearby. The city was slowly retreating from our consciousness.