Location: Kunming
Top Things to do in Kunming
Top Restaurants in Kunming
- 1. QingNiao Western Restaurant (CuiHu Dian)
- 2. French Cafe (Wenlin Shop)
- 3. Salvador's Coffee House
- 4. Dian Yue Tie Road Theme Restaurant —— HuoCheNanZhan 1910
- 5. The Wicker Basket Bakery Restaurant
- 6. HongDou Yuan (WenLin Jie)
- 7. O'Reilly's Irish Pub
- 8. JianXinYuan (BaoShanJie)
- 9. Lost Garden Restaurant
- 10. As you like.
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What to do and see in Kunming, Yunnan: The Best Things to do Good for a Rainy Day
Kunming is the capital and largest city of Yunnan province in southwest China. Known as Yunnan-Fu until the 1920s, today it is a prefecture-level city and the political, economic, communications and cultural centre of the province as well as the seat of the provincial government. Kunming is also called the Spring city due to its weather. The headquarters of many of Yunnan's large businesses are in Kunming. It was important during World War II as a Chinese military center, American air base, and transport terminus for the Burma Road. Located in the middle of the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau, Kunming is located at an altitude of 1,900 metres (6,234 feet) above sea level and at a latitude just north of the Tropic of Cancer. Kunming has as of 2014 a population of 6,626,000 with an urban population of 4,575,000, and is located at the northern edge of the large Lake Dian, surrounded by temples and lake-and-limestone hill landscapes.
Restaurants in Kunming
1. Yunnan Nationalities Museum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 61 reviews
Reviewed By patricialowismagnani - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Thanks to former comments on Trip advisor, we visited this museum and did not regret it ! we spent a very worthwhile and informative afternoon and found a lot of comments in English.
2. Dynamic Yunnan
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 300 reviews
Reviewed By KishoreS211 - Sunderland, United Kingdom
This was an optional activity on our first day of tour in China. The whole show is superb, beautifully choreographed and well executed. All actors are amateurs drawn from the nearby villages and the youngest is five years old. The whole show is a superb exposition of the rich cultural heritage and diversity of Yunan Province. The whole show is a combination of traditional and folk art representing the various ethnic communities in the. province. It tells the story of their beliefs, view of the world and living; divinity, earth, sky, moon. There are fabulous dances with amazing costumes. The show starts with the drums; The Dawn of Life, followed by act one, representing the Sun, again drums by different communities. Act two is earth represented by dance by different communities. Act three is representation of homeland by Yi minority group. Act four is pilgrimage mainly Tibetan. Final is the Spirit of Peacock dance. The show lasts 90 minutes. You wouldn't realise the passing of the time. You are allowed to take pictures without flash but no video recording allowed. But you will be too mesmerised to remember to take photos.
3. Moondog
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 13 reviews
4. Yunnan Railway Museum
5. Kunming City Museum
6. Yunnan Provincial Museum
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 36 reviews
Reviewed By beardysam - London, United Kingdom
Firstly, this museum used to be in Wuyi Road in Wuhua District and there are still some old photos on Tripadvisor so be careful or you will end up at a (perfectly acceptable) modern art gallery. The new museum is located at No.6393, Guangfu Road, Guandu District. It’s large copper coloured front faces an equally large theatre hall separated by a large plaza. This is actually one of the best museums I have seen in China so far. Instead of exhaustive collections of jade from dynasties past and fibreglass communist dioramas, equal weight is put on each stage of Yunnan’s storied history. The history is told plainly through the items and artefacts on display, with only a little bit of fibreglass here and there. Prehistoric fossils fill the first floor and plenty of child-friendly displays of dinosaurs abound. Early hominids progress into Bronze Age artefacts including some stunning depictions of wild beasts, livestock, and their various interactions. Once Yunnan man learnt how to kill beasts, they then turned on each other and the warring states period is mostly spiky things to make you wince. The floor above is a tour of the various cultural threads to Yunnan, including minority groups, the various flavours of Buddhism and The Kingdom of Dali. Only then do we reach the dynasties and mandatory revolutionary exhibit. These are all surprisingly balanced and go over Yunnan’s specific role in each stage of Chinese history. Finally, there was nearly no English whatsoever besides the named item plaques so maybe an audio guide would be better than nothing. It is child friendly otherwise. The entrance is free. Depending on your tolerance for museums you can spend a few hours here or the better half of a day.
