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Yunnan is a botanical kingdom, boasting a constant flow of flowers year-round. Numerous flower markets are also located here, with large quantities of fresh flowers exported both domestically and internationally. Yunnan also boasts a wealth of handicrafts and local specialties, making them ideal gifts for friends and family.
This unique Chinese metalwork boasts a history of over 200 years. It comes in two varieties: "raw" and "cooked." Raw copper is made from naturally occurring copper ore, and its production is rare, making it considered a treasure. Cooked copper is produced through a unique smelting and casting process. It can generally be purchased at arts and crafts stores in Kunming.
With a long history and exquisite craftsmanship, ivory carvings are divided into three-dimensional and flat ones. Small ivory carvings cost about a few dozen yuan, while larger ones cost over a hundred yuan.
Batik is a folk hand-dying and printing craft popular in the ethnic minority areas of Yunnan Province. Kunming batik fabrics integrate the culture of Yunnan's ethnic minorities. The patterns are unique and novel, simple and elegant. The price of a piece of batik cloth is about 30 yuan.
Lunan embroidery is a traditional handicraft of the Sani people of the Shilin Yi ethnic group, with a long history. Its main products include backpacks, tablecloths, curtains, and clothing. The finished products range from delicate to crude, showcasing the Sani people's artistic creativity.
Tie-dyed fabric is a traditional textile produced by the Bai people of Zhoucheng Town, Dali. Using local indigo as dye, tie-dyed cloth is hand-tied into various patterns, such as the Bagua diagram and butterfly, from raw white cloth. These patterns are then placed in a dye bath for cold dyeing, and unfolded to create a blue background with white flowers. Tie-dyed fabric is characterized by its simple, elegant colors and resistance to discoloration.
Yunnan's unique arts and crafts skills make products with black copper as the base, on which various patterns are carved, and gold or silver is cold-inlaid in between, presenting a black and yellow or black and white decorative effect with extremely elegant colors.
Tin crafts are made from high-purity refined tin produced in Gejiu. After undergoing multiple processes, they are meticulously carved and engraved with various patterns. The finished products are as white as silver and as bright as a mirror. They are also acid and alkali resistant, non-toxic and odorless, corrosion-resistant, and not easily oxidized.
Yunnan boasts a wide variety of edible fungi with distinct flavors, making them valuable delicacies in Yunnan cuisine. Among them, the most economically valuable are chicken mushrooms, matsutake mushrooms, and bamboo fungi.
Yunnan's Pu'er tea is also a famous product both at home and abroad. In addition, Yunnan has many flowers, so flower tea is naturally indispensable. Various types of tea can be bought in some supermarkets and tea markets at very cheap prices.
Yunyan, Hongshancha, Camellia, Da Chongjiu, Chuncheng and other products produced by Kunming Cigarette Factory have always been popular and are ideal gifts.
Xuanwei ham is a renowned Yunnan specialty, rivaling Zhejiang Jinhua ham in fame and international acclaim. Shaped like a pipa, it features large, small bones, thin skin, thick meat, and a balanced balance of fat and lean. Cutting into a cross section reveals a rich aroma and vibrant color. Its exceptional quality makes it a hallmark of Yunnan ham, earning it the nickname "Yunnan Ham."
Black fungus is a nutritious edible fungus, a traditional health food and export commodity in my country. It has many aliases, but it is named wood ear because it grows on rotten wood and its shape resembles a human ear.
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