Get to know Jiangchuan District
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- Administrative area
- District · 市辖区
- Part of
- Yuxi
- Chinese name
- 江川区
- Local areas
- District guide
Area & population
- Area in the source
- 850.00 km²
- Population · 2000
- 260,000
Source: cited geographic source, as of the dates shown.
Xingyun’s wetland landscape
The wetlands around Xingyun Lake connect terrestrial and wetland ecosystems, helping conserve water and biodiversity. The lake is an important point on a migratory-bird route through China. Its national wetland park passed acceptance at the end of 2021; documented protected wildlife includes glossy ibis and Baer’s pochard. Wanghai Wharf (望海码头), on the lakeshore, has hosted public wetland interpretation and bird-awareness activities.
Bronzes and everyday life
Yunnan Lijiashan Bronze Museum (云南李家山青铜器博物馆) presents the region’s ancient bronze culture. A thematic exhibition launched in late 2025 brought together excavated bronzes, other museum objects and modern craftwork. Its objects included Han-period bronze drums and spears, while the displays examined daily life, casting methods and customs through artefacts and reconstructed scenes.
Explore Jiangchuan District
Core places to explore, with English and Chinese names.
Places to explore around Jiangchuan District
Lijiashan Bronze Museum · 李家山青铜器博物馆Lijiashan Bronze Museum李家山青铜器博物馆
The Yunnan Lijiashan Bronze Museum in Jiangchuan district, Yuxi, is built around the bronzes lifted from the Lijiashan cemetery of the ancient Dian kingdom, a hilltop burial ground in the same district that has been a national key cultural relics protection unit since 2001. It opened in October 1994 in a purpose-built courtyard compound in Ming and Qing style.
Read the place guide →Xingyun Lake from the shore at Hezui village in Jiangchuan, January 2013.Xingyun Lake星云湖
Xingyun Lake occupies the Jiangchuan basin, with wetlands and an ecological corridor along its shore. Yue Liang Wan Wetland Park offers one focused place to see the transition from planted shore to open water. The corridor…
Read the place guide →Plan your visit
Getting there
Jiangchuan District is about 25 km in a straight line from central Yuxi. Search for 江川区 in a map app to find stations and your accommodation.
Where to stay →Build your route
Lijiashan Bronze Museum and Xingyun Lake are both listed here. The linked place guides have entrance and visit details.
Continue with Yuxi →More in Yuxi
Sources & geographic information
Administrative names and parent areas: Official geographic directory · Reference date 2026-09-06.
Photo: Lijiashan Bronze Museum · Source photographer · License not provided. EXIF orientation normalized; resized without changing aspect ratio; converted to WebP. No subject edits.
Photo: Xingyun Lake · Zhangmoon618 · CC BY-SA 3.0. Proportionally resized and converted to WebP without cropping, retouching or changing the photographed subject.
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