Fumin County has been producing Qingyun handicrafts since 1997. The products have won the first prize in the Spring City Cup Tourism Commodity Development and Design Competition for five consecutive years. In 1999, they were designated as official suppliers of gifts and souvenirs for the World Expo. They have designed and produced gifts and souvenirs for numerous large-scale events and conferences held in Yunnan Province, receiving...
Pomegranate cultivation has a long history in Fumin County. Over the past decade, the industry has developed rapidly. By the end of 2003, the cumulative cultivated area in Fumin County had reached over 2,000 mu, distributed across all nine townships (towns) of the county. The main varieties grown include Ruby Pomegranate, Mengzi Pomegranate, and Saline Pomegranate, with a fruit-bearing area of 1,200 mu and a production of 1,800…
Preparation Method: 1. Ingredient selection: Choose healthy, disease-free, live chickens as the main ingredient, preferably year-old chicks. 2. Prepare the marinade: 50 kilograms of water, plus 250 grams each of Sichuan peppercorns, cinnamon, star anise, and cardamom, 300 grams each of dried tangerine peel and licorice, 25 grams of cloves, 1.1 kilograms of white sugar, 2.2 kilograms of light soy sauce, and salt...
Yacon originates from the high Andes mountains of South America and has been a traditional root vegetable of the indigenous people for over 500 years. Songming enjoys an average annual sunshine duration of 2,073 hours, an average annual temperature of 14°C, a frost-free period of 222 days, and an average annual rainfall of 992 mm. These favorable climatic conditions provide an ideal environment for yacon cultivation, making it...
Lilies, which are valued for their ornamental beauty, edibility, and medicinal properties, are a traditional export specialty of China. Domestic consumption has been rising year by year, and the net income per mu of lily cultivation is nearly ten thousand yuan, making it a lucrative path to prosperity. …
Yanglin Fei Wine is produced in Yanglin Town, Songming County, Yunnan Province. With a long history, this wine was once celebrated in poetry by Lan Mao, a renowned Ming Dynasty physician and author of the Compendium of Materia Medica of Southern Yunnan ("Dian Nan Ben Cao"), who while living in seclusion in Yanglin, described the thriving local brewing industry with the verse “Farm songs rise with early rice gold, peace paints spring wine bright.” In 1880, Chen Ding from Yanglin created Yanglin Fei Wine...
Fumin cherries are a specialty of Fumin County in Kunming, Yunnan Province. Around the Qingming Festival holiday, Fumin’s cherries will ripen and hit the market in large quantities. Residents can take advantage of the break to invite family and friends for a self-drive trip to Fumin, where they can pick bright red, plump, and sweet cherries right from the orchards. The county has nearly 3,000…
Fermented Fungus Chicken (Fuzhi) from Fumin is a specialty of Fumin County, Kunming City, Yunnan Province. The fermented Fuzhi produced in Fumin County features a golden or brownish-yellow hue, delicate texture, rich and mellow aroma, soft and refreshing mouthfeel, and a long-lasting aftertaste, making it widely renowned. Fuzhi, also known as ant fungus or umbrella-stem mushroom, can be used as an ingredient on its own or paired with vegetables, fish, meat, and various delicacies...
Tiao Gao Ou Fen is also a standout flavor of Yunnan. It is made by adding freshly steamed sweet rice cake to lotus root starch, then pouring a spoonful of brown sugar syrup over it. When eating, all three delicious components are mixed together—this is also the origin of the name “Tiao Gao Ou Fen.” In your mouth, the smooth and glutinous lotus root starch wraps around the soft rice cake, blended with the unique caramel-like...
The noodles are made by kneading dough with pigeon eggs, then thinly shaved into fine threads and stir-fried with tiger’s paw mushrooms. They feature a dazzling color, a crisp yet tender texture, and a richly aromatic, savory flavor. Tiger’s paw mushrooms mainly grow on certain mountain ridges in the Chuxiong region of Yunnan Province. The mushroom is unique—having no cap or stem—and its surface is covered with a layer of fibrous fuzz. It comes in black and yellow varieties, with the yellow being the most precious. Its shape resembles a tiger’s claw…
Green beans are the young pods of soybeans (yellow beans). They are rich in protein, containing various essential amino acids needed by the human body, especially high levels of lysine. Their products, however, contain no cholesterol and can help prevent cardiovascular diseases. Soybeans are cultivated throughout Yunnan but are mostly eaten as a vegetable. From April to May each year, as they gradually plump up and turn green…
The product retains the crisp, melt-in-your-mouth texture, sweet fragrance, and reddish-yellow hue of traditional sachima, while adding the milky aroma and lingering aftertaste of milk fans. Sachima is said to have originated during the Qing Dynasty from a Manchu general surnamed Sa who loved horseback riding and was stationed in Guangzhou. General Sa was an avid hunter and had a great fondness for pastries. One day, while out hunting, he told his chef, “Today’s pastry must be something new—no more just stamping out the same old sand cakes every day. Otherwise, you’d better start packing your bags!” In a moment of desperation, the chef imitated the round cakes sold in the market but added “egg tarts.” Unfortunately, the dough, having too much egg added, broke apart when fried. Just then, the general sent someone to hurry the pastry along. With no other choice, the chef mixed the broken pieces of fried dough with white sugar, kneaded them together, flattened the mixture, and cut it into squares. Thinking that this dish had been ruined and fearing for his job, he muttered, “Kill that horse-riding man!”
Yunnan has many snacks made with purple rice, but most are sweet in flavor. To offer a change, this savory version was created as an accompaniment to banquets. It is fragrant, soft, tender, golden on the outside, purplish-red inside, and deliciously savory.
A specialty pastry from Kunming, made with locally sourced ingredients and crafted using the traditional “double-sided firing” baking technique. Each box contains eight pieces, featuring eight different varieties and flavors, hence the name “Eight Delicacies of Yunnan.” These include hard-shell ham pastry, red bean white crisp, crystal crisp, sesame crisp, rose crisp, mixed nuts crisp, mushroom crisp, and ham and...
Braised chicken is a specialty dish from Kunming, Yunnan. It uses free-range mountain chicken and combines over ten premium ingredients such as high-quality Sichuan peppercorns, cardamom, garlic, dried chili peppers, and ginger. The dish is a unique local delicacy created by blending traditional cooking techniques with modern culinary methods. It boasts vibrant colors, delicious flavors, an inviting aroma, a rich yet non-greasy taste, and a truly distinctive flavor. Braised chicken is…
Four-Delight Glutinous Rice Balls are a famous specialty snack in Kunming, soft and glutinous with a delicious taste, and each ball features a different filling. Ingredients: glutinous rice flour, non-glutinous rice flour, red beans, sesame seeds, brown sugar, osmanthus flowers, minced pork, diced winter bamboo shoots, diced lard, cooked lard, pine nuts, melon seeds, sesame oil, salt, and monosodium glutamate. Method: Dice the lard and mix it with sugar, pine nuts, and melon seeds…
【Ingredients】 600g grass carp, 100g pickled mustard greens, 25g pickled red chili peppers, 15g pickled baby ginger, 15g chopped scallions, 3g Sichuan peppercorns, 5g garlic, 4g salt, 10g cooking wine, 500g meat broth, 500g cooked vegetable oil. 【Preparation Method】 Slice the fish 3mm deep on both sides, pat the mustard greens dry, and cut…
Sani embroidery is a unique craft technique with a long history. Its cross-stitch methods are diverse, including embroidery, appliqué, darning, quilting, buttonhole stitch, as well as single-sided and double-sided embroidery. Sani women inherit from their elders the skills of growing, weaving, and spinning flax, as well as weaving cloth and sewing. Their ability to embroider is regarded as a measure of their talent.
Lunu fermented tofu from Shilin has a history of over 200 years and is made using Shilin tofu as the base ingredient. The Shilin tofu itself is of exceptional quality due to the use of water from the Ba River. There are mainly two varieties of Lunu fermented tofu: one is called oil-lunan, which is made by mixing tofu with ingredients such as vegetable oil and salt; the other is made with ingredients such as liquor, chili powder, and salt, and is called...
Shilin is home to the Sani people, an ethnic group of the Yi nationality. The Sani are a bold and hearty people who enjoy large portions of meat and drink heartily from big bowls. Every year on the 24th day of the sixth lunar month, the annual Torch Festival is held in scenic areas such as Shilin, Changhu Lake, or Naigu Stone Forest. If you visit Shilin at this time, after watching the exciting bullfighting and wrestling competitions,...