# Yuantong Temple (圆通寺)

Kunming, Yunnan Province · Southwest, China · Guidebook rating: 3/5
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## Key facts

- **Admission:** ¥6
- **Opening hours:** 08:00-18:00
- **Time needed:** 2 hours
- **Address:** No. 30 Yuantong Street, Wuhua District
- **Getting there:** Near Yuantong Hill (bus stop) and Yuantong Street (bus stop)
- **Good for:** Architecture, Temples, Hiking & Outdoors

## About Yuantong Temple

One of the oldest Buddhist temples in Kunming and one of the city's Eight Scenic Spots. It achieves tranquillity amid bustle and grandeur through small details, and makes skilful use of the Luofeng Hill behind it to create a distinctive water-courtyard temple with unique garden art. The main gate of Yuantong Temple is on Yuantong Street. The deeper you walk into the temple, the lower the ground becomes, making it a rare “sloping temple” among Chinese temple architecture.

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Source: China Self-Guided Travel 2025 (《中国自助游》, Tianjin Science & Technology Press, Aug 2024), p. 191. Prices, hours and transport details are as printed in the August 2024 edition and may have changed. Always confirm with the venue before you travel.
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