TRAVEL&Culture
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Cangyuan is a well-known cradle of the Wa ethnic group worldwide. Bordering Myanmar on the south and west, the county makes a gateway for Yunnan to connect with south and southeast Asia.
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The pea jelly made from dried ground peas, is a typical traditional snack in Jingdong, southwest Yunnan’s P...
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What is the most favored Thai snack? Maybe it is an icy fruit, an ice cream, or a milk tea and coffee on roadside stalls; maybe it is the chicken-oil rice, the pork-knuckle rice, or the fried Thai noodles in roadside canteens.
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Does pottery have life or soul? Craftsman Su Longxiang, a native of the Fengyi town in west Yunnan’s Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, shaped his pottery works with his magic hands on Aug. 18.
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Among the numerous Chinese world-heritage sites, five are located in Yunnan province. Folks living in the protected areas shared their stories on the co-existence of heritage, community and man.
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Yunnan is home to around 250 varieties of wild mushrooms, which account for two thirds of edible mushroom species in China. The wild fungi can be fried, stewed, grilled, braised and steamed.
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Dali is one of most suitable cities for tourism and for life. She likes the slow life there and decided to open a coffee bar.
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Located at the foot of the Ailao Mountain in Jingdong Yi Autonomous County, south Yunnan’s Pu’er City, the Wenjing Earth Forest is one of four soil forests in Yunnan.
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Amid new spikes in COVID19 infections nationwide, most local residents in Yunnan have chosen to travel within their own province in southwest China, which is home to many popular tourist destinations.
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Organized by the Kunming-based Fengniao/hummingbird Outdoor Club, the ridding journey of “Rally China: Yunnan-Tibet-Xinjiang-Gansu-Inner Mongolia-Heilongjiang-Jilin-Liaoning” concluded on July 21.
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The Mt. Laojunshan national nature reserve in southeast Yunnan’s Wenshan Prefecture covers 22,920 hectares and its forest coverage is 94.3 percent.
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The upcoming Qixi Festival, also known as Chinese Valentine's Day or Double seventh, falls on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month (August 14th) this year.
Lifestyle
He was deeply fascinated by the lush and virgin forests there, out of which birds and beasts have grown in abundance. Then Zeng chose to stay in Shiti village to be a bird-watching guide.
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Wild fungi are the soul of the market this season.
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August is the fruitful season in Jiangcheng Hani and Yi Autonomous County, south Yunnan’s Pu’er City.
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JANJIRA, a woman from Thailand, opened the restaurant called “Street Food” in May this year. The canteen features authentic Thai decorations.
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The traditional dishes reflect the diverse cultures of the land and some of them were included in the list of intangible cultural heritages.
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I won’t think about what to do next. Sometimes the brain is like a land after rain, out of which you can never know what's going to grow. It could be a fungus, flower or grass.
Lifestyle
The newly-opened Shicui Market of Shuncheng Shopping Mall in Kunming downtown displayed a collection of various handicrafts on August 8.
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In July this year, coffee products with Pu 'er woodcut patterns on the outer packaging appeared in Shanghai.
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Known as the "Kingdom of flora and fauna", Pu 'er city is one of the abundant biodiverse regions in the world.
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In Baima Snow Mountain National Reserve of northwest Yunnan’s Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, a group of guardians are working hard to protect the monkeys.
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Cultural activities themed asThe south of colorful Yunnan is waiting for you were held in Pu 'er on the nig...
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Iced snacks were offered on August 2 to animals at the Kunming-based Yunnan Wildlife Park to ward off summer heat. Many of the wild animals at the park came from Africa, such as raccoons and giraffes.
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Two grils are now entering the territory of Nabang and they are heading to the direction to the tropical forest.