Paoma Shan (Mt. Paoma) is located to the south of Kangding city. This particular mountain is well known throughout China due to a mention in a famous folk tune about Sichuan province.
In Tibetan, the mountain is called Lamuze, meaning Fairy Mountain. Tibetans regard it as one of their holy mountains. Every year the locals will hold a great ceremony involving horse racing to commemorate the birthday of Sakyamuni, supreme Buddha (the founder of Buddhism), on the eighth day of the forth lunar month according to Chinese lunar calendar.
It might take a couple of hours to summit the mountain, but those not keen on hiking can take the ropeway which takes about 15 minutes each way. The peak of the mountain offers a fantastic view of the whole of Kangding city.