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1．Geographical Position and area
Yunnan, located in the Southwest China, has a vast territory, magnificent mountains and rivers, and abundant natural resources. It measures 864.9 kilometers from east to west and 990 kilometers from north to south, with an area of 390 000 square kilometers. Yunnan is the eighth largest province in China.
2．Neighboring Provinces and countries
In China, Yunnan borders on Guizhou and Guangxi in the east; Sichuan and Tibet in the north. Outside China, Yunnan borders on Burma in the west; Vietnam and Laos in the south. Yunnan, with 4060 kilometers border line, is the main passage way connecting China with the Southeast Asian nations.
3．Population
Yunnan has a population of 42880000, including 26 nationalities. The Han nationality is the most numerous, taking up 2/3 of the total population. The other 25 ethnic minorities are about 1/3 of the total population.
4．Famous Local Products
Dali marble, Yun chess, Jianshui violet pottery, mottled bronze, tin craftworks in Gejiu, tie-dyed cloth of Dali, tobacco, Pu'er tea
5．Yunnan Flavor Food
Across the bridge rice noodles, steam-pot chicken, Yiliang roast duck, wild mushroom, Xuanwei ham, Dengchuan fan-shaped milk product, Midu Rolled trotters, bean curd, Tonghai yellow bean candy,etc.
6．Famous Local Medicine
Pseudo-ginseng, Chinese caterpillar fungus, gastrodia and Yunnan Baiyao
Famous Attractions in Kunming
The Stone Forest
The Stone Forest of Shilin has been inscribed on the World Heritage List by the
UNESCO in 2007. It is about 80 km. away from Kunming, have been described as a "superlative
natural phenomena" and the most typical karst landform in the world.
Website: www.chinastoneforest.com
Address: Shilin County, Yunnan. Tel: 0871-7711439
Jiu Xiang Caves
It is about 90 km. away from Kunming and regarded as a comprehensive karst caves
scenic area.
Website: www.ynjx.com
Address: Yiliang County, Yunnan. Tel: 0871-7511966 / 7511123
Yunnan Nationalities Village
It is about 8 km. away from the downtown of Kunming. It presents the culture and
custom of 26 ethnic minority groups in Yunnan Province.
Website: www.ynmzc.com
Address: Dianchi Road, Kunming. Tel: 0871-4311151 / 4311255
Bus: No.44, No.73
EXPO (The World Horticulture Exposition Gardens)
It is the site of the 1999 Kunming International Horticultural Exposition and the
best display of horticulture, gardening and custom all over the world.
Website: www.expo99km.gov.cn
Address: Golden Palace Scenic Area, Kunming. Tel: 0871-5012367/5012256
Bus: No.47, No.68, No.69, No.71, No.72
Green Lake
It is located in the center of Kunming. It is full of beautiful natural resource
and comprehensive record of the city. There are bars, galleries, bookstores, Western
restaurant and hotels around the Green Lake.
Bus: No.1, No.85, No.100, No.101
Da Guan Park
It was built in the 29th year (1690 A.D.) of Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty.
It is a park which includes landscape and building inside. It has the longest couplet
in China.
Address: Daguan Road, Kunming. Tel: 0871-5322335
Bus: No. 4, No.52, No.54, No.100, No.22, No.131
Golf in Kunming
Kunming Country Golf Club
Address: Anshi Highway 14 kilometer marker. Tel: 0871-3159588Kunming Sunshine Gold Club
Address: Kunqu Highway 6 kilometer marker. Tel: 0871-5897999Spring City Golf and Lake Resort
Address: Tangchi Town, Yiliang, Kunming. Tel: 0871-7671188Brilliant Plaza is located in the Sanshi pedestrian street in downtown Kunming, adjacent to Kunming’s cultural symbol—the Jinbi Square. Surrounded by streets on each side, the Brilliant edifice is an easily-accessible venue within minutes of walk from other downtown shopping malls and amusement areas. The Plaza is also a landmark of Kunming City.
The Sanshi street, with a profound and long-standing background of commericial business, is the most influential business district of Kunming. Encircling Brilliant Plaza are Kunming Department Store, Jinbi Shopping Mall, Yilong Shopping Mall and Quncheng Shopping Mall, each different in style and with a complete assortment of merchandise. Along with Brilliant Plaza they make the Sanshi street a thriving and busy shopping street.
Brilliant Plaza boasts a total flooring area of 110,000 m2, a complex that consists of shopping malls, office buildings, appartment buildings and garages. The Plaza finds itself in a district where five-star hotels, luxury office buildings, apprtment buildings and shopping malls stand next to each other, altogether receiving an average daily 50,000 visitors, a figure to double on holidays. Catering to the medium-ranged and high-end consumers, Brilliant Plaza represents some global top brands such as the Aquascutum, Calvin Klein and Givenchy, and leads the local trend of fashion and luxury.
In line with the international trend and based on the avant-garde notions to design its garden culture and specify its products, the flag shop has a total of 14 series of Pu’er tea products on display. The shop best interprets the quality and style of Pu’er tea as a brand, spanning its life cycle from tea garden to teacup.
Brilliant Group has initiated the Heshun model of “protecting local styles and features, projecting culture, making a complete set of cultural projects for harmonious development.” As a result, a 6,000-resident town sustains, featuring volcanos, gardens and wetlands. White-walled and tile-roofed houses line in a criss-cross of creeks and bridges characterize the emerald town carried over here by horse caravans. It is a merger of the Han culture and Southern Asian cultures, a town beaming vigor and charm. Just like a corridor of history in the horse caravan museum, Heshun streets show the ancient way of life, reproducing the old-fashioned paper making, shadow puppet playing, blacksmith’s shops, cloth weaving, farmhouse distillery, woodcarving by hand and other folklore performances, some of which being non-material cultural heritage items under protection. This is a novel model combining cultural experience, wetland farmhouse recreation and commerial trade into one program.
The tea garden lies by the Lancang River on the Jingmai Mountains in the center of the traditional Pu’er tea production areas. With altitudes from 1,000m-1,700m and an annual average temperature between 18o-20o C, the mountains are shrouded in fog and clouds all the year round. Their fertile land nurtures the Yunnan wide-leaf Pu’er tea which is the top tea leaves for prcessing Pu’er tea. It is in this superior eco-environment that Pu’er tea is grown and processed.
Modelling on the French vineyards, Brilliant Pu’er tea garden is the world’s first of its kind that streamlines modern tea growing, processing, storing and tourism. It is one of the birth places of Pu’er tea and its culture, a holy place for Pu’er tea lovers from around the world. It is going to create and lead a new Pu’er-tea way of life.
Found in the neighborhood of the garden are the exquisite historic Jingzheng eight-angle pavilion, Menglian Nayun Town and beautiful Ximeng Wa villages. The local religious buildings, food, costumes, holidays, music, dance and other folklore constitute a captivating picture of diversified ethnic cultures.