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A stunning skywalk made of glass and steel has been built up at the Laoyinshan Scenic Area in Gejiu, south Yunnan's Honghe prefecture of the Hani and Yi minorities.
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Yunnan has grown to be the largest coffee producer across China, with totally 1.8 million mu (equal to 120,000 hectares) of coffee gardens and 400,000 tons of annual output. Major producing areas include Pu’er, Baoshan, Dehong, Lincang and Xishuangbanna.
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In Lijiang, artisans of the Naxi are passionate about learning and inheriting traditional techniques of making Dongba papers - which have been hailed as paper’s “living fossils.”
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A total of 45 Bai embroidery suits from Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture of southwest China’s Yunnan Province...
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If I am bored one day, I will get on a Kunming bullet train in the morning and reach Vientiane, Laos in the...
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When the railway opens to traffic in 2012, the morning train from Kunming will reach Xishuangbanna in 3 hours a...
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Recent online pictures show the enchanting autumn sights in the Xiaozhongdian town of Shangri-La City, Diqing Tibe...
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The 2019 Innovative Auto Show (IAS) kicked off at the Kunming International Convention and Exhibition Center in Yunnan’s capital city of Kunming on October 24.
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Farmers harvest near Jianhu Lake in Jianchuan County, west YunnanOne of the eighteen oddities in Yunnan is that ...
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Almost every morning for the past decade, 67-year-old Yu Jianhua would carry a basket of usnea lichen up the mo...
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The rare stone moon, the first Nujiang River bend, the mysterious group bath, the idyllic Bingzhongluo town... Th...
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Workshops of textile and embroidery are particularly popular among Women participants in the Tuanjie village of Qujing city. Women from over 160 households in the villages have been engaged these workshops which help them achieve an income increase of 20,000 yuan per year.
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About 100 hornbills were spotted in southwest China's Yunnan Province – the first time such a large flo...
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Walking into the Quzonggong area in Baima Snow Mountain in late autumn, one will surely be impressed by the pri...
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Recent online pictures taken by Shangri-la News reporters show golden leaves in Shangri-La, Diqing Tibetan Autonomo...
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From spring to autumn, farmers sow seeds and harvest fruits. In west Yunnan’s Dali City, the rice paddies ...
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Located in Nuogu Township, northwest Yunnan’s Huize County, the Baiwu Village is 30 kilometers away from the...
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A light festival was staged in Kunming World Expo Garden on September 30. Sixty groups of flower lamps and more...
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Flowers have made Yunnan a more beautiful place. They are a major attraction for tourists, and more importantly, the flower industry has become a strong impetus for the province’s economic growth, particularly in the fields of export and poverty alleviation.
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The Napa Lake is one of the biggest draws for visitors to Shangri-La, Yunnan province. [Photo by Fang Aiqing/CHI...
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The 19thChina-Myanmar Paukphaw Carnival kicked off in Ruili, a Chinese city located along the China-Myanmar borderl...
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Tile cats, known as “wamao” in Mandarin, are traditional clay roof ridge beasts prevailing in northwest Yunnan’s Dali area. Recently, these gargoyle-like statuettes have been made into souvenirs by Su Longxiang, a native-born clay sculptor, and enormous popularity has been gained among tourists ever since.
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The Kunming Sunac Resort will be open to the public in December, according to a launch meeting for the tourist...
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All the dishes at Cravings originate from Xiao's memories of his childhood in his hometown, Kunming, Yunnan p...
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In Yingjiang County of west Yunnan’s Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, there are many species of...