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鸡足山雄踞于云贵高原滇西北宾川县境内西北隅，西与大理、洱源毗邻，北与鹤庆相连，因其山势顶耸西北，尾迤东南，前列三支，后伸一岭，形似鸡足而得名。东南亚著名佛教圣地，中国汉传藏传佛教交汇地和世界佛教禅宗发源地，素有“鸡足奇秀甲天下”、“灵山佛都、旅游胜地”、“天开佛国”、“华夏第一佛山”等美誉，以“四观八景”的奇风异彩名冠于世，被国务院列为全国四十四个风景名胜区之一。
金顶寺：处于鸡足山的最高峰天柱峰，海拔3248米，原有金殿，是明崇祯年间（1637年）由昆明鸣凤山移到此处，“文革”期间被毁。天柱峰顶有一空心方形密檐砖塔——楞严塔。塔高42米，13级，登至第二层，就可眺望“四观”壮丽景色。所谓四观即：东看日出，南观祥云，西望洱海，北眺玉龙（丽江玉龙雪山）。
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Yunnan Province in southwest China border, the provincial capital Kunming. Warring States period, this is the Dian tribe fowl. Yunnan, namely, "Caiyunzhinan"and the other argument is that because in the "Yunling of the South " is named. The total area of about 39 million square kilometers, accounting for 4.11% of total land area, the provincial administrative regions in the country ranked No. 8 in the area. The total population of 45,130,000 (2008), accounting for 3.36% of the population, the population ranked 13th. And Yunnan provinces adjacent to Sichuan, Guizhou, Guangxi, Tibet, Yunnan Province, three neighboring countries of Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam. Tropic of Cancer crosses from the southern province.
