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 52 of them living in china by hooiluangoh
Alternatively on the north side of Green Lake.
China has 52 races living in the country. In Yunnan you can find 26 of them.
The set of figurines is a good momento of Yunnan as this is a province with lots of minorities. The set comes with an introduction of each figurine in English.
The minorities figures ( a set of 56 ) cost about RMB 40. Leave a Comment Theme: Local CraftAddress: Up the Western Hills or By the Green Lake (North)Directions: Take bus route number 6 from "No 6 bus terminal" to get to the bottom of Western Hills. From there you can take a local bus up for RMB 2.
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 These tea biscuits measure 8
inches across by hooiluangoh
And the teashop is one of the best places to experience local culture.
The host will take you through a tea ceremony. Just watch him/her brew the tea, pour it from his pot to a storage pot, then to your little teacup.
Enjoy a cuppa !
Pu Er Green Tea
Pu Er Black Tea
You can buy it from the large jar, or take the whole compressed brick/biscuit/lump home with you.
Tea is like wine. The price ranges from less than 10 RMB per 100g to hundreds RMB per 100g.
You can bargain a bit if you buy more than RMB 10. Leave a Comment Theme: Food and Drink
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 Dolls dressed in minority
costumes by hooiluangoh
The shop sells various bags and pouches and letter boxes made by the minorities at both wholesale (> 5 pc) and retail price.
There are 26 ethnic minorities living in Yunnan, the most prominent ones being Bai (Dali), Yi (largest minorities population), Naxi (because of Lijiang), Tibetians (up in the mountains), and Dai (Xishuang Banna prefecture).
The pouches which cost as little as RMB 1.5 (wholesale).
There are also dolls, hand-crafted wooden dolls dressed in ethnic costumes.
Less than RMB 5 per item. Leave a Comment Theme: Local CraftAddress: Huan Cheng Nan LuDirections: Huan Cheng Nan Lu, between Xi Cang Lu and Cing Nian Lu. When you get there (bus 24, 50, 64, 53, 80, 3 89 etc etc), enquire at the enquiry booth on where to get the local craft.
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 Carrefour entrance by hooiluangoh
However, the CD's are slightly more expensive than the ones on the street.
You can also find special things like Yunnan sweets, beef jerkey, and Yunnan tea in these supermarkets.
Cheap, as long as it is not imported. Leave a Comment Theme: Discount StoreAddress: Corner of Ren Min Xi Lu and Dongfond Xi LuDirections: Bus stop = Xiao Xi Men
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 in the name of the rose by hooiluangoh
Also available are dried flowers, essential oils and burner.
Don't need to pay more than RMB 5 for each bouquet, unless you are sure of the superior quality.
The whole street has many flower shops. You have to walk a bit down the street to find the market.
Roses at RMB 5 for 20 stalks are irresistable.
There are many colours to choose from. Carnations are even cheaper.
Expect to pay more for those flower arrangement though, although the colour combination is quite "country-style". Imagine yellow and red roses put together.
RMB 5 per bouquet. Leave a Comment Theme: FlowersAddress: Shang Yi JieDirections: West of Bai Ta Lu. East of Ching Nian Lu.
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Dried squid.
Dried seahorse.
All kinds of stuff.
Gingko nuts is a bargain here. They are ultra-fresh (unlike the mouldy look you may get in many malaysian store) and of good quality.
About 18 RMB to 25 RMB per KG, depending on the size, and the poshness of the shop/stall. Leave a Comment Theme: Food and Drink
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 mushroom season - June to Oct by hooiluangoh
You can stirfry them with garlic and peppercorn, stirfry them with other veges, make an omelette, throw them in your favourite soups and improvise a recipe of your own.
In the months of June to Oct (rainy season), one can also find many wild mushrooms. Locals love them, and die from eating them.
Some are poisonous until thoroughly cooked. Restaurants and canteens are not allowed (by the authorities) to prepare them for fear of group poisoning.
1. Dried Black Niu(2) Gan(1) Jun(4)
2. Dried Yellow Niu(2) Gan(1) Jun(4)
3. Dried Ji(1) Zhong(1) Jun(4) - tastes like chicken
4. Dried Song(1) Rong(2) - this is the ultra expensive mushroom, especially in Japan (matsutake?). They grown close to the pine trees.
At supermarket, the first 3 are quite reasonable, about RMB 150 per KG. The last one is more expensive about RMB 1000 per KG.
At the wet market, the fresh mushrooms start from RMB 6 per KG. Leave a Comment Theme: Other
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Traditional chinese medicines/herbs.
1. Dang(1) Gui(1) - from RMB 50 per KG.
2. San(1) Qi(1) - the fewer the "heads" the better, good for blood flow - from RMB 380 per KG.
3. Dried red dates - from RMB 20 per KG. Leave a Comment Theme: Food and Drink
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Depends on the item.
This is a list of items which are produced in Yunnan, so it is inexpensive to buy and makes a good souvenir.
1. Herb - Tian Ma. Cures migranes and headaches.
2. Herb - San Qi. Excellent for people with high blood pressure.
3. Flower tea - Yunnannese makes tea with all kinds of flowers.
4. Pu Er tea - This is only produced in Yunnan and nowhere else in the world.
5. Dolls dressed in ethnic costumes/Bai fabric (great table cloth)/minorities arts and crafts.
6. Processed ham (yunnan ham)
7. Various mushrooms (dried so you can take home). Be adventurous here. Apparently the most expensive is "song rong".
Depends on the item. Leave a Comment Theme: Other
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 Waiting to go into your mouth by hooiluangoh
Note: it is deep-fried, not BBQ.
The potato is smeared with some sauce, a mixture of furu (fermented beancurd) and doubianjiang(fermented bean sauce).
Then a handful of mint leaves + er gen (nobody likes it, but luckily its amount is relatively few, but do try it just to experience the taste, it has a "cooling" property to counter the "heat" from the deep-fried potatoes) + coriander + rosemary is tossed into the bag.
Chilli powder is an option you can do without if you prefer non-spicy snack.
Get a RMB0.50 bag. It will do as an excellent afternoon snack. And it is vegetarian !
If you are not that ladylike, you can eat and walk at the same time. Leave a Comment Theme: Food and Drink
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