Dongchuan, a rural place in the Wumeng Mountainous area, about 180km north of Kunming  (Yunnan Province), is one of the most attractive destination for Chinese photographers for its red soil.

Although discovered in the mid 1990s, the exact location is kept secret among few Chinese photographers who scooped award-winning photos here. Beside, the place is to small to named on the web, therefore it is not mentioned in even well known travel guides like LonelyPlanet and Rough Guides until recently.

The brilliant red soil, the yellow buckwheats and the dramatic skies make the region around Dongchuan a paradise for photographers.