With as many as 26 ethnic minorities inhabiting in Yunnan province, Kunming, the capital city is a melting pot of different cultures, religions and colorful lifestyles. Consequently, the local products in Kunming all have rich cultural features, such as Tongpa, Dai Brocade, and Wax Dyeing etc. When shopping in Kunming, you can understand different lifestyles of these various ethnic groups. Among various kinds of Chinese tea, Pu'er Tea which is produced in Yunnan  is famous for its fragrance. As a historically famous tea, it can warm the stomach, reduce fat and uplift spirits. Yunnan is the original place of the famous tea. If you are interest in ethnic customs, the local products should not be missed on your shopping route.

Dai Nationality Brocade

Dai Nationality Brocade is an ancient traditional textile handicraft popular among the Dai people. Every Dai woman is good at weaving it. It is fa-mous for its exquisite weaving, elegant pattern, bright color, beautiful presentation, durability and strong ethnic styles.

Handicrafts Woven Out of Bamboo Strips

The Dai people have been tightly bound to bamboo ever since an-cient times. Therefore, they are very good at weaving handicrafts out of bamboo strips. The Dai people live in a world of bamboo. Most of their houses are built among green bamboo trees. They live in bamboo hous-es and use self-made bamboo products.

Jianshui Violet Pottery

Jianshui Violet Pottery has a long history. According to textual re-search, there was black pottery in the Song Dynasty, blue flower pot-tery in the Yan Dynasty, rough pottery in the Ming Dynasty and violet pottery in the Qing Dynasty. Jianshui Violet Pottery has a manufacturing history of at least 900 years.

Yunnan Pu’er Tea

Pu'er Tea refers to loose tea and compact tea made of primary big-leaf tea of Yunnan Province by pile fermentation or long-term natural seasoning. Among various kinds of tea, Pu'er Tea is famous for its fragrance. As a historically famous tea, it can warm the stomach, reduce fat and uplift spirits. Yunnan is the original place of the famous tea. The special processing technique endows the tea with the characteristic of storage.