TRAVEL&Culture
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Covering 1,333 hectares, the much-anticipated lotus bloom of early summer usually attracts crowds of tourists. As many as 192 varieties of lotus are in full bloom and are expected to keep it up until September.
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Recent online pictures show flocks of wild egrets live and breed at a habitat in the Puchong village, east Yunn...
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In Rongpo Monastery, about 5,100 meters above sea level, Feng Jiaqi was livestreaming picturesque views of Qomolangma, known as Mount Everest in the West.
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Founded by Yang Meihuai in 1984, the shop of Deshengqiao rice noodles with tofu has grown into a chain restaurant over the past 30 plus years. Now it has dozens of branches in the spring city.
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Recent online pictures show beautiful butterflies in south Yunnan’s in Jinping County. The 270 plus butterfly species here include the stichophthalma louisa, the neorina patria, the kallima inachus, and others.
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Wandering in the old town of Dukezong in the daytime, one can always see elderly Tibetans, mostly women, dancing in a circle while singing traditional Tibetan songs.
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Location and climatic conditions allowed potatoes to grow to be a major cash crop in Yunnan, and for a time, it is actually the staple food in the mountainous province.
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The employees seemed like one big family, and their kindness and genuine smiles made me feel less like a tourist and more like a long-lost member of the family coming home for a visit, participating in the local rituals.
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The second Saturday of June each yearis the "Cultural and Natural Heritage Day" in China. This year, Yunnan&rsquo...
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Fenglongwan, a scenic area in Xundian Hui and Yi Autonomous County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, has become a popular destination where tourists enjoy their leisure time.
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Confucius Temples have been built across China to commemorate Confucius (or Kongzi in Mandarin), one of the greatest thinkers and philosophers in the country.
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Shaxi, which sits on the Ancient Tea-Horse Caravan Route, used to be an important town that linked the ancient cities of Dali to the south and Lijiang to the north, through which traders would reach Shangri-La.
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In the Bajie town of Aning city, central Yunnan province, Chef Su Qinxian runs a restaurant specializing rose cuisines. She opened the Bafangyuan restaurant in 2013 and all the dishes served to the feast were cooked by her.
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Located in Fugong county, northwest Yunnan’s Nujiang Lisu autonomous prefecture, the Adimadi natural village used to be home to 62 impoverished families.
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Known as a famous landscape and idyll scenic area of the karst landscape, the Puzhehei scenic area is located in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, southeast of Yunnan Province.
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It reveals a unique angle, in every sense, from which to explore the country's vast landscapes, cultural sites and endangered wildlife.
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"In Yunnan's forests, I was too excited to sleep. I was just like a kid who'd returned home after wandering for many years. I felt both my mental and physical wounds had healed there.”
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Meili Snow Mountain, a pilgrimage site for Tibetan Buddhists, is one of the most important divine spots in the border area of Yunnan and the Tibet Autonomous Region.
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Mingyong Glacier hides in the Meili Mountain range in the southwest China's Yunnan Province. It is the lowest-latitude and elevation glacier of China.
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The preferential price, targeting individual tourists, covers 137 Grade-A scenic spots in Yunnan. Tourists on trips organized by travel agencies will not be charged for tickets.
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Totaling 3,200 kilometers, the grand tourist ring route in west Yunnan connects 13 prefectures and cities in the province.
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In order to improve the living environment for residents, the local government is incorporating cultural elements that are unique to this region into the construction of residences, which is also a good way to display the local folk culture.
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An exhibition on silver-inlaid black copperware is taking place at the Yunnan Nationalities Museum from May 18, featuring 126 art items and a live demonstration from a lineage holder in the making of black copperware.
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As one of the sectors hit hardest by the epidemic, tourism is making a gradual comeback in China with more and more visitors like Li venturing outdoors.
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Despite the expected long-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic's fallout on the aviation industry, leisure travel is tipped to rebound soon, because it's now considered an essential element of modern life.