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Another huge wild boletus was found in the same garden of Jingdong Yi Autonomous County in southwest Yunnan’s Pu’er City again on July 23.
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The rare animal, toucans, were seen in the tropical forest in Yingjiang County, southwest Yunnan’s Dehong Dai & Jingbo Autonomous Prefecture on July 29.
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The artwork exhibition kicked off in Int’l art center of Dong Feng Yun Art Village in Mile City, south Yunnan’s Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture on July 23.
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As a celebrated Chinese city with a history of 2,400 years, Kunming is home to a diversity of century-old stores. Here are two traditional bakeries in the spring city. Jiqingxiang roughly means auspiciousness in the Chinese language.
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In July, coreopsis and galsang flower entered the blossom period in southwest Yunnan’s Pu’er City.
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Situated in the southwest of Yunnan, Pu’er City has built 7 hillside hotels since March, and is estimated to build 51 more.
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The Laoying tunnel on the Baoshan-Lushui highway in west Yunnan province was recently decorated by landscape paintings that feature blue sky and dreamy clouds.
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Recently, “Lahu Gourd Art Exhibition” in Lancang County, south Yunnan’s Pu 'er city, has been chosen to the list of “Annual National Art Funding Projects in 2020", becoming a new program promoted by national art fund.
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The village is traditionally a settlement of the Yi ethnic group, who impressed their guests with the dazzling embroidery pieces.
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When it comes to Tibetan style hotels, Songtsam series hotels are definitely a good choice for visitors. Let’s walk into Songtsam, walk into nature and spend the coolest summer vacation.
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"I was attracted by the beautiful natural environment and the climate. As an artist, I came up with the idea of drawing creative pictures on the white walls of the houses," Sun said.
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Yunnan is famous for its vast sky and colorful clouds. That’s why it is hailed as “ The south of colorful clouds”. Every summer, Wechat moments will post photos the sky with many colorful clouds.
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In Shidian County, west Yunnan’s Baoshan City, locals like to cook different kinds of wild mushrooms with pickles and spiciness, creating a gourmet food with nostalgia.
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The embroidery of Bai ethnic group has a long history, and the art is widely seen on ethnic costumes, wallets, insoles, embroidered shoes, tapestries, decorations and so on.
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Starting on June 16, residents in Kunming have gradually shifted their interest in mountain-climbing to Mt. Changchong that extends for tens of miles in the northern suburb of the spring city.
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Beginning with material gathering, there are around ten strict steps to follow in the paper making. It is such steps that made the worm-proof, water-proof and enduring, that is, staying intact for millennium.
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Huang Hai, a music teacher at the No. 1 Middle School of Shilin Yi Autonomous County, said the best way to introduce Stone Forest to more people was through music.
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On Guangyi Street of Lijiang Old Town stands a Naxi Hieroglyphic Art Gallery whose curator, He Runyan, is an authentic Naxi people. He has been inheriting and spreading the Dongba Culture for 30 years.
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Now, Azheke hag grown to be a living museum displaying the Hani people's traditional mushroom-shaped huts consisting of mud and wood with straw roofs, which is known as “Mushroom Village”.
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"Chinese Doctors," a film based on real-life events in China's battle against the COVID-19 pandemic, continues its robust ticket sales growth as the summer box office starts to heat up in China.
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Apart from air conditioning, watermelons and cold drinks, where can you go to stay cool in the heat of summer? Lijiang, northwest Yunnan, which has been listed as one of the world's top cities to avoid summer heat in 2020, is a great place to stay cool in summer.
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What’s the taste of summer? For Mengzi City, south Yunnan’s Honghe Hani & Yi Autonomous Prefecture, the taste of summer times is cool, sweet and sour.
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Though only receiving primary school education as a child, Xu, 70, a native of Zhujing town in Shanghai's Jinshan District, graduated from the China Academy of Art (CAA) in June with the two art degrees.
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These days tourists saw three black bear cubs in Pu 'er National Park. They climbed up a small tree to show off their climbing skills, clung to the legs of human, made faces and acted like children.
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Living in south Yunnan’s Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture for generations, the Jinuo ethnic group loves drinking tea. In their eyes, tea is not only a drink, but also a food.