Get to know Shizong County
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- Administrative area
- County · 县
- Part of
- Qujing
- Chinese name
- 师宗县
- Local areas
- County guide
Area & population
- Area in the source
- 2,096.00 km²
Source: cited geographic source, as of the dates shown.
Phoenix Valley’s karst landscape
Phoenix Valley (凤凰谷), in Wulong Zhuang Township (五龙壮族乡), is a nationally rated 4A scenic area. Its core area covers fourteen square kilometres at an average elevation of about 1,000 metres. The landscape is karst, with a mild seasonal climate. The county also forms part of the Yunnan–Guangxi–Guizhou (滇桂黔) rocky-desertification region.
Festivals in the valley
Phoenix Valley has hosted the Sanyuesan Flower Rice Festival (三月三·花饭节), along with traditional singing and dancing. Its event programme has also paired Phoenix Valley with Junzi Mountain (菌子山) for an outdoor sports challenge. These celebrations bring the local ethnic communities’ food and performance traditions into the scenic area, where regional folk culture is part of the visitor experience.
Sources for this guide
师宗概况-师宗县人民政府网 · Shizong County Government
师宗：“旅游＋民族团结” 唱响和谐曲 · Yunnan Provincial Publicity Department; Qujing official media
Original English written from the listed sources and checked sentence by sentence against quoted extracts by a separate reviewer. Updated 2026-09-30.
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Shizong County 师宗县
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Getting there
Shizong County is about 75 km in a straight line from central Qujing. Search for 师宗县 in a map app to find stations and your accommodation.
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Sources & geographic information
Administrative names and parent areas: Official geographic directory (dmfw.mca.gov.cn) · Reference date 2026-09-06.
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