One of the counties under jurisdiction of Kunming City, Songming which is a Model Green City of China is 30 km from Kunming downtown. It is an important cradle of the Dian culture as well as the hometown of Lan Mao (1397-1470) who is a reputed Chinese herbalist and poet in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). The Yunnan Provincial Flower Demonstration Zone located in Xiaojie Town (55 km from downtown) of Songming County is an important flower plantation base around Kunming. 

Photo by Chen Minggui

 

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Photo by Ye Limin

 

Photo by Ye Limin