TRAVEL&Culture
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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.
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China's State Council released a new group of 325 national intangible cultural heritage items in Beijing on June 10. Out of the 23 included items from Yunnan, Pu’er City has four.
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Located on Mt. Daguanshan near the Yangzong Lake in central Yunnan, the Nanguo Shanhua eco-park is dedicated to the cultivation of fresh cut flowers of Rosa, Hydrangea and woody flowers.
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These days, Pu’er welcomes the blooming season of lotus flowers. They look like the summer elves standing in the middle of leaves or dancing to the rhythm of wind.
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The 5 Pu’er villages and towns of Mangjing Village, Masan Village, Yixiang Town, Mengjun Town and Enle Town were recently honored as distinct ones for local tourism promotion.
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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.
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Millions of butterfly larvae have emerged in the butterfly valley in Jinping County, south Yunnan’s Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, forming the biggest outbreak of butterflies in a decade.
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The infrared cameras fixed by the Tengchong branch of the Gaoligong Mountain Nature Reserve recently captured the scene of three wild boar cubs following their mother for food.
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Kunming is a city of flowers. Besides bougainvillea, jacaranda, hydrangea and michelia champaca are also visible here in early summer.
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Over two decades since then, the remote village of the Nu ethnic group in Nujiang, Yunnan, had a dramatic transformation, turning into a popular tourist destination that attracts tens of thousands of visitors annually.
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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.
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Recently, the annual fishing festival was launched in Maitang Yi Village of Mile City, southeast Yunnan’s Honghe Hani & Yi Autonomous Prefecture.
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Since the eco-environment was bettered these years, the number of egrets has risen from dozens to hundreds," a Wu Shuisheng, a local villager. Every year, the flocks of white birds inhabit on the old trees.
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The combination of beautiful scenery and wonderful stories can always blend well together. The beauty of Fuxian Lake brings a cry of joy to the lips of everyone who sees it, but few of them know the story behind it.
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“From October to April of next year, it is the high season of tourism in our village,” Li Wei, Head of Longma Village, Baohua Township, Honghe County, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture.
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With one pair of scissors and one piece of paper, Wang cut out a life-like silhouette portrait in just 30 seconds. Recently we visited the workshop of Wang Yuan and Duan Yunli and witnessed the miracles of paper-cut.
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The Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) lies in the southernmost part of the province, near the China-Lao border.
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Bougainvillea bushes are seen blooming in central Yunnan’s Kunming these days, decoratin a traditional railway section near the old campus of Yunnan Normal University.
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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.
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The Hemu village in Tengchong City sits 18 kilometers from the county town, or 6km away off the Tengchong national volcanic geo-park. More than 40,000 camellia oil trees grow in the traditional Hemu village with high altitude.
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The Gaoligong Mountain National Nature Reserve in Baoshan area belongs to a forest and wildlife nature reserve. In recent years, locals have protected the reserve with three goals: conservation, sustainability and development.
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Roses are grown in the ravines, mountains and even at roadsides in the village. While walking by, visitors can smell the fragrance of the flowers and see the villagers picking roses in the fields.
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An exhibition featuring the classic books bound in a traditional Chinese method is going at the Dongfengyun tourist town in south Yunnan’s Mile City. The classics included A Dream in Red Mansions, Vajracchedika Sutra and others.
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The Lvshui River still retains its Mesozoic flora, which means that many dinosaur contemporaries are still alive today, demonstrating the biodiversity and antiquity of the area.
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Bordering Sichuan province, Lugu is the highest lake in Yunnan, standing about 2,700 meters above sea level and surrounded by forest-clad mountains.