Get to know Anning
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- Administrative area
- County-level city · 县级市
- Part of
- Kunming
- Chinese name
- 安宁市
- Local areas
- County-level city guide
Area & population
- Area in the source
- 1,301.00 km²
- Population · 2020
- 483,753
Source: cited geographic source, as of the dates shown.
Caoxi Temple
The temple was founded during the Dali Kingdom, in the Southern Song period. It entered Yunnan’s provincial list of protected cultural relics in 1965 and the national list of Major Historical and Cultural Sites Protected at the National Level in 2006. The temple scenic area covers 2,370 square metres.
Gardens and spring scenery
Caoxi stands seven kilometres north of central Anning. From in front of the temple, visitors can look down across the hot-spring resort area. The grounds and their surroundings contain more than a hundred kinds of flowering plants and trees, including the well-known Yuanmei plum (元梅) and youtan flowers (优昙花). Pearl Spring (珍珠泉) is another feature of the temple’s setting.
Sources for this guide
安宁市曹溪寺景区结束27年收门票历史 十一起免费开放_昆明信息港 · Kunming Information Hub
安宁市_安宁市人民政府_市情概况 · Anning Municipal People’s Government
Original English written from the listed sources and checked sentence by sentence against quoted extracts by a separate reviewer. Updated 2026-09-27.
Explore Anning
Core places to explore, with English and Chinese names.
Places to explore around Anning
Anning Hot Springs · 安宁温泉Anning Hot Springs安宁温泉
Anning hot springs rise in Wenquan subdistrict, in the north of the county-level city of Anning under Kunming, seven kilometres from the town centre, in a valley the Tanglang River runs through on its way out of Lake Dian.
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AI illustration · AI 示意图（仅供参考，非该地点实拍）Qinglong Gorge青龙峡
Qinglongxia is a gorge scenic area in Qinglong subdistrict of Anning, a county-level city under Kunming, in mountain valley country about 27 kilometres from the Anning town centre.
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Getting there
Anning is about 25 km in a straight line from central Kunming. Search for 安宁市 in a map app to find stations and your accommodation.
Where to stay →Build your route
Anning Hot Springs and Qinglong Gorge are both listed here. The linked place guides have entrance and visit details.
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Sources & geographic information
Administrative names and parent areas: Official geographic directory · Reference date 2026-09-06.
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