Kunming is a famous national historical and cultural city built in Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties.

The national historical and cultural cities built during the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties include the ancient city of Kunming.

Kunming was founded in 227 BC and has a history of more than 2,000 years. It is one of the first 24 historical and cultural cities announced by the State Council, China 1982. It not only has a very long history, but also has a rich cultural heritage. Because it is located in a multi-ethnic mixed area, it also presents the distinctive characteristics of multiculturalism. The status and characteristics of the ancient city of Kunming are unique.

The national historical and cultural cities built in the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties include the ancient city of Kunming, which is rich in accumulation and connotation, and is an important embodiment of the multiculturalism of the ancient city of Kunming. According to the records of relevant historical documents and the analysis of archaeological data, the ancient city of Kunming was built in Hongwu period in Ming and Qing Dynasties, and at least five different types of local ethnic cultural stacks were deposited on the north bank of Dianchi Lake, leaving a large number of materialized or non-materialized ancient cultural remains.

Cultural Tradition of Kunming Ancient City

1, ancient Dian culture

Ancient Yunnan bronze culture is the first peak in the history of Yunnan national culture, which represents the highest development level of many local national cultures in Yunnan during the pre-Qin and Han Dynasties. According to textual research, the ancient Dian culture is a highly developed ancient local national culture based on the settled agriculture of "farming and gathering cities" and represented by bronze culture.

2. Early China culture

The early Han culture was mainly carried by Han immigrants who moved to the north bank of Dianchi Lake in the middle of the Western Han Dynasty when Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty set up a county in the southwest and moved to the real border. According to relevant historical documents, from the Han Dynasty to the end of the Jin Dynasty, the whole area along Dianchi Lake, including Guchang County, the predecessor of Kunming ancient city, was once one of the main distribution areas of Han immigrants, leaving a large number of Han cultural relics.

3. White culture in the West

Guan Bai culture is the second peak in Yunnan's cultural history, representing the highest development level of Yunnan's local national culture from the early years of the Eastern Jin Dynasty to the beginning of the rise of Nanzhao in the middle Tang Dynasty.

The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Kunming Ancient City.