The flower is a city, and the city is a flower. It is the only city in the country named after a flower!

The only city in China named after a flower hides the most hardcore industrial bloodline; the steel city located at 26° north latitude has transformed into "Sichuan Sanya" in the warm winter sun. This is not a traditional tourist city, but it interprets China's most unique industrial cultural tourism sample with its magical temperament of steel and flowers dancing together, and canyons and the starry sky talking to each other.
1. Hardcore gameplay that subverts cognition
1. A Cyberpunk Journey in the Steel Forest
[RoundNails] Panzhihua Iron and Steel No. 1 Blast Furnace Site Park (free admission)
Standing on the 68-meter-high viewing platform, you can see the retired "steel behemoth" under your feet and the canyon cliffs cut by the Jinsha River in the distance. At the industrial light show every Wednesday night, the giant blast furnace is transformed into a holographic projection screen, performing the light and shadow drama "The Epic of the Third Line Construction".
[RoundNails] Dungeon Exploration: Lanjian Iron Mine Cave
Wear VR equipment and go 300 meters underground. Under the guidance of a virtual miner guide, you can experience the mining scene during the "Third Line Construction" period in the 1970s. After coming out of the cave, don’t forget to draw real iron ore specimens from the ore blind box machine.
2. Extreme Challenge on the Jinsha River
[RoundNails] Guanyinyan Hydropower Station Rafting (Open from April to October)
Experience "hydropower rafting" downstream of Asia's highest roller-compacted concrete dam. Professional guides lead the team through the rapids of the spillway and feel the thunder of 5,000 cubic meters of water per second up close.
2. The magical geography of 26° north latitude
1. Mixed-blooded landform wonder belt
[RoundNails] Gesala Geological Gallery (Ticket 80 yuan)
Walking on the ancient seabed ruins from 270 million years ago, giant fern fossils coexist with cactus communities, and Yi shepherds will invite you to drink buckwheat tea dripping from thousand-year-old stalactites at the entrance of the cave.
[RoundNails] Ertan Dark Sky Park (open for stargazing every Saturday)
In the reservoir area of Asia's largest hydroelectric power station, you can see the "double starry sky" wonder of the Milky Way reflected on the water surface. The observatory provides professional telescopes to observe the southern hemisphere constellations. The Sagittarius Nebula is visible to the naked eye at 3 a.m.
2. Fruit Time Travel
[RoundNails] Mixed Sala mango mother tree garden (harvesting from May to September)
You can touch the first Guifei mango tree planted in China in 1937, learn the "space mango" grafting technology under the guidance of experts from the Academy of Agricultural Sciences, and customize engraved mangoes as souvenirs.
3. Local life intertwined with steel and flowers
1. Private Banquet for Third Line Builders
Make a reservation at the Old Third Line Canteen in the "Memories of the Ferry" community 3 days in advance to taste the "battle preparation set meal" that combines Northeastern pickled cabbage, Shanghai fried dumplings and Yunnan dipping sauce, and listen to an 80-year-old engineer talk about the past when he exchanged machine tool parts for rice noodles.
2. Industrial waste reborn
[RoundNails] Nongnongping Cultural and Creative Block
Coffee cups made from discarded steel slag, booths renovated from train wheels, bookshelves built from railroad sleepers, drink a cup of Panzhihua small-grain coffee in the "Ganghua Bookstore" which was converted from an old factory building. The bookshelf hides a secret door leading to an underground jazz bar.
3. Adventures at the 24-hour wet market
At 4 a.m. at the Dadukou Comprehensive Market, you can see Yi horse caravans unloading freshly picked matsutake mushrooms, Dai vendors cutting jackfruit on the spot, and steel workers eating mutton rice noodles in groups after get off work. I recommend you to find Aunt Zhang wearing a blue hat to buy "Gangcheng Pepper", which was once bred in space.
4. Exclusive route planning
DAY1: Awakening of Industrial Civilization
Panzhihua Iron and Steel Museum→Monument to the Heroes of the Third Front Construction→Night view of Nongnongping Cultural and Creative District
DAY2: Geographical Rubik's Cube Decryption
Gesala Geological Gallery → Ertan Hydropower Station Observation Deck → Dark Night Park Stargazing
DAY3: Mixed-race life experience
Study tour of Hunsala mangoes → Yi silverware forging workshop → Dadukou night market food battle
5. Locals’ Secret Tips
[One] During the steel mill equipment overhaul in November every year, you can apply to visit the steelmaking workshop in operation.
[Two] The open-air wild hot spring in Xinshan Township, Miyi County (navigation "Lisu Ancient Village") is open for free. Remember to bring your own eggs to make hot spring eggs
[Three] On the weekend mornings, you may come across a heavy metal folk band performed by retired steel mill engineers while walking along the riverside trail.
This city, which has engraved industrial genes into its DNA, is writing a new cultural and tourism legend with its tempered wisdom. When the molten steel and the sunset of the Jinsha River flow at the same time, you will understand: the romance of Panzhihua has always been the twin flames of hardcore and tenderness.