Visitors can not only enjoy the beauty of lotus but also taste the ice cream in the shape of lotus and pavilion at the Daguan (grand view) park. The hand-made ice-cream has four flavors: milk, matcha, strawberry and chocolate.

In the Jiasa town of Xinping county, central Yunnan’s Yuxi city, the Huayao (flowery waist) Dai ethnic group boasts their own cuisine culture that features fresh flowers and edible wild herbs even now.

Pu 'er Dendrobium banquet is a combination of Chinese traditional medical knowledge and cooking practice. It is a kind of therapeutic meal made from Dendrobium and local ecological food ingredients.

Wild Elephant Valley is in the north of 22 km away from of Jinghong City, south Yunnan’s Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture. It covers an area of 450 hectares.

This was a TV show called “Challenge Impossible Missions” in 2016. The host interviewed Chinese astronauts what they drank, and the show made a public attention because it was the first cup of tea that made in spacecraft.

Among the delicacies in Fuyuan County, east Yunnan’s Qujing City, the best one is the Fuyuan hotpot with sauerkraut and pettitoes. The sauerkraut serves as an appetizer.

There is a long history and abundant culture in Dragon Boat Festival. However, eating the dishes cooked from herbal roots originated from traditional diet and food therapy custom in Pu’er.

How to hold a reed leaf was just one of the things I learned one evening in my mother-in-law's kitchen in rural Zhejiang province, as she schooled me and my husband Jun in a delicious family tradition.

n the eyes of a less-privileged foodie, the spotted silver carp is surely the best choice, for it is easy to get rid of the bones, scales and the reddish parts.

In southeast Yunnan’s Wenshan Zhuang and Maio Autonomous Prefecture, people enjoyed sour and hot dishes. In the eyes of locals, the most earthly night life begins with the sour beef.

Around two hectares of roses were in full blossom in the Chenggong campus of Yunnan University these days, and 25 rose dishes were thus made for students and teachers therein.

In the Wenquan (hot spring) village of Jiangchuan, the tofu is fermented long and evenly, resulting in a strong smell. A singled bite on the smelly tofu will make diners immensely delighted.

Possessing Asia’s largest fresh cut flower trading market, Yunnan province is known as the “floral kingdom”. There has long been a tradition of making flowers into delicacy in Yunnan.

Tiao Xiaoni, a staff member with the international railway, is in love of flowers and good at cooking flower dishes. The other day after work, Tian made a flower feast for her colleagues.

There is a quaint bakery called "Jiuxi" in Leju, a village that lies in Tuanjie Township of suburban Kunming. At two or three in the afternoon, people would queue for bread from Jiuxi.

On busy days, the most relieving thing is to drink a bowl of chicken soup. In the Jiangchuan district of central Yunnan’s Yuxi City, native chicken stewed in earthen pot is a nutritious dish favored by locals.

Due to the on-going spreading of Covid-19, Chinese people are recommended to stay where they are for the Spring Festival, and many expats in China also choose to stay in the country for the holiday.

The ambassador, as well as the Myanmar diplomats in Kunming, is a regular customer of the Bailingyuan restaurant in Panlong district of central Yunnan’s Kunming, and the canteen features the Dai ethnic flavor.

Recently, toon trees are giving off a luring smell in Huangcaoba of Qianwei Town, central Yunnan’s Yuxi city, sending visitors a quite misleading message that spring has already come.

Now, around 8,000 returned overseas Chinese and their relatives live in the area, and they maintain contacts with friends in 25 countries and regions, such as the US, Canada, and Singapore, as well as China’s Hong Kong and Macao.

The Yuxibai village houses dense vegetation, pines in particular. Thanks to its unique climate, soil and forests, the village produces the truffle, a round type of fungus good to eat.

The people of Huixi in central Yunnan have a tradition of raising native ducks. Roasted normally by pine leaves as the fuel, the ducks here impress both local residents and tourists with their crispy skins as well as juicy and tender meat.

With a history of nearly 100 years, the dish is famous for its fine ingredients, intricate procedures and pleasantly spicy taste. Now, a number of restaurants in other Yunnan localities also take the Zhanyi chicken as their specialty.

Yunnan Province in southwest China boasts of spectacular natural landscapes, biodiversity and diverse ethnic groups. Among China's 56 recognized ethnic groups, 26 are found in Yunnan.

Among Yunnan snacks, barbecues have been quite popular. In northwest Yunnan’s Zhaotong, locals love roasted tiny beef kebabs a lot, so they usually order tens of kebab strings at a meal.