Travel News
- In order to build China's state-level gateway hub airline network, Kunming is in urgent need to increase the coverage of international air routes.
- The restoration of the ancient town of Dukezong in southwest China's Yunnan Province is well underway with funding of 1.22 billion yuan (196.46 million U.S. dollars) and is expected to be completed by the end of 2016, chinanews.com reports.
- From the metropolis of Kunming up into the mountains and rice terraces: A film crew sets out on a 1000-kilometer bike ride through southwestern China - a grueling journey on rough roads.
- Each time I visited the region for a new photographic adventure I was drawn to capturing the very dominant smoking traditions amongst the different minorities. From he pipes that are passed on through generations, hand crafted with care and art to the large bamboo pipes, to modern day cigarettes,...
- Yunnan Nationalities Museum is about 9 kilometers from the downtown area. It is a place displaying the histories and cultures of ethnic minorities in Yunnan, as well as the largest nationalities museum in Southeast Asia.
- Lijiang ancient town's first Jade Stone Cultural Festival opens on Dec 9, Lijiang Daily reported.More than 40 exhibitors from different cities in Southwest China's Yunnan province attend the fair, and about 1,500 jade stone and jade art wares will be exhibited until Spring Festival.
- Airbus A319 of Lucky Air landed at Lanzhou Zhongchuan Airport at 12:10 pm on Dec 2, marking the opening of flight service between Lijiang, Minayang and Lanzhou, Xinhua.net reported.
- The cooking skills of Naxis are greatly influenced by the Hans and Tibetans, and also preserve the features of the minority. Buttered tea has become one of the traditional dishes of Naxis.
- Leaders from different countries tasted the pu’er tea produced in China’s Southwest Yunnan province in the state banquet of the just finished APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) meeting, Xinhua.net reported.
- Three years ago, the government of the Nujiang Lisu autonomous prefecture began building a tunnel and asphalt dirt road from Gongshan county to Dulongjiang township - homeland of the Derung ethnic group.
