Kunming Kaleidoscope

Beijing Road, Downtown Kunming 1994
Kunming, the capital city of Yunnan Province, is a prosperous
boomtown with a total population of 3.3 million.
Kunming is a good city to explore on foot. It has broad sidewalks
lined with shady but well-maintained trees. With a yearly mean
temperature of 15C, it is definitely a livable place.

Siew Thai in front of the Gongren Wenhuagong(Worker's Palace)1996.
This is a very lively place in Kunming. Every morning there are crowds of people
doing taichi(the Chinese martial art), ballroom dancing or sword dance here.

Sanqingge Temple,Western Hills (Xishan),Kunming 1994.
I took more than 2 hours to walk up the Xishan to Longmen, the summit ofXishan.
It was a very tiring climb. Fortunately, many of the temples along
the way offer hot water and tea leaves-at a fee of course- that quenched my thirst.
Visiting the place during the cool tourist season I particularly cherished this quiet
moment.Sanqingge was originally a country villa for a prince of the Yuan Dynasty.

Siew Thai in front of Daguanlou, Daguan Park(Daguan Gongyuan)1996.
Daguanlou is the landmark of Kunming, it has the longest
couplets in China which makes it a must-see for visitors to Kunming.

Siew Thai, Yi Chang and Li Chang in Shilin(Stone Forest)1996
There is a saying in Kunming:"bu you shilin, wang dao Kunming"
which means no trip to Kunming would be complete without a visit to
Stone Forest which is 90 km away. It is actually a karst formation
spread over 300 sq km which was formed 270 million years ago.
On the summit of Xishan(West Hill),Kunming 1996
The lake below is Dian Chi(Lake Dian)

Notice the broad sidewalk of Kunming?

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