Sleep in a 'one-seal' courtyard house in Leju, a 600-year-old Yi village
Tuanjie, Xishan District, Kunming
Leju is a Yi village of more than six centuries in the hills of Tuanjie, roughly 45 minutes by car west of downtown. It keeps over 80 yikeyin houses: square, inward-facing courtyard homes of earth walls and grey tile, named for their seal-stamp shape. Many have been restored as guesthouses, tea rooms, cafés, pottery and tie-dye studios, and a bakery that turns out bread from an earth oven. Day visitors come for coffee and bread; stay the night and you get the stone lanes to yourself in the early morning.
What locals sayMost visitors describe it as slow and low-key, a real break from the city, as long as you dodge the weekend day-trip rush.
- Cost
- Free to enter
- Time
- Overnight · Weekdays
- In Chinese
- 乐居村 西山区团结街道
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Based on what locals and regular visitors share, checked against current sources · Updated September 2026. Details change — check opening times locally.
