Lùfēng

Lufeng lies west of Kunming on the road toward Dali, amid the hills and basins of central Yunnan. In the time of the Dali kingdom the district was known as Lufeng Dian, a domain held by Gao Yisheng. The Yuan established Lufeng County in 1275. On the western road, the mountain pass at Lianxiangguan had long served travellers: a station there provided lodging for officials and messengers passing between the provincial centre and the country farther west.