Date: June 22, 2023

Preliminaries in the morning, finals in the afternoon

Venue: Songmao Sports Training Base (Liujia Ying Section), Chenggong District, Kunming City.

Race events:

Men's 12-person small dragon boat, 100m, 200m (straight sprint)

Mixed 12-person small dragon boat, 100m, 200m (straight sprint)

With the summer solstice and Dragon Boat Festival approaching, the lotus ponds covering hundreds of mu in Daguan Park, Kunming, are in full bloom, filling the air with the fragrance of lotus. Many tourists visit the park to enjoy the coolness and admire the lotus flowers. This year, nearly 150 mu of lotus, consisting of over 300 varieties, were planted in the water, along with more than 4,000 potted aquatic plants such as water lilies. Due to the high temperature and abundant sunlight, the blooming period of the lotus has arrived almost a month earlier than usual, and the best time to appreciate the flowers is during the summer solstice and Dragon Boat Festival.

From June 19 to June 28, the Dragon Boat Festival themed activities will be held on Xinwen South Road. Here, you can immerse yourself in the historical and cultural exhibits, explore creative handmade products, admire trendy floral displays, savor distinctive cuisine, enjoy interactive entertainment... all while fulfilling your desire for a better life.

The second "Lily Tourism Festival" has kicked off at Laoyuhe Wetland Park and will continue until July 9th.

During the festival, nearly 40 varieties of lilies, totaling 600,000 imported Dutch bulbs, will bloom one after another in the park, with the peak blooming period from mid-May to early June.

All of the lilies featured in this festival are cultivated in the Netherlands. There are a total of 600,000 bulbs and over 1.2 million blooming flowers, representing nearly 100 varieties and covering almost all lily colors found worldwide, including both fragrant and non-fragrant varieties. The festival showcases a comprehensive collection of Asian lilies and fragrant lilies, and for the first time, rare and luxurious double-petal lilies, also known as rose lilies, are being displayed for visitors to enjoy.

Nearly a hundred varieties of lilies are blooming, forming clusters and rows that create an ocean of flowers, which is a breathtakingly beautiful sight.

The 10th China Kunming International Ornamental Plant Exhibition and 2023 Yiliang Flower Street Festival will be held from June 21 to June 27, 2023.

Yiliang Flower Street Festival is a traditional folk festival with a long history in Yiliang. After years of inheritance and development, visitors from all over the world come to attend the festival. Potted flowers and bonsai, along with a variety of flowering plants and seedlings, are vying for attention and showcasing their vibrant colors and beauty. Watching, admiring, and purchasing flowers keep people captivated and reluctant to depart.

Taking a leisurely stroll along the flower street, enjoying performances, and savoring delicious food, the festival is bustling with people and flowers.

This year's Yiliang Flower Street Festival is full of potted flowers and blooming bougainvilleas. 

On June 21, let's celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival in the Duoya Flower Garden!

Roaming in the sea of flowers, there is a photo spot every ten steps! In the bonsai garden, various types of bonsai are competing to show off their beauty, while hundreds of greenhouse live streams are selling potted flowers to various parts of the country.

In addition, from June 12 to July 12, Yunnan's middle and high school students can visit the Yunnan Provincial Museum's first special exhibition of 2023, entitled "Splendor of the Tang Dynasty: The Astonishing Treasure of the Great Tang Palace," at half-price by presenting their exam admission tickets.

The exhibition features over 100 exquisite cultural relics from five cultural and historical institutions in Shaanxi Province, including the Shaanxi History Museum, Famen Temple Museum, Baoji Bronze Museum, Fengxiang District Museum, and Linyou County Museum, as well as the Zhenjiang Museum in Jiangsu Province. Dozens of national first-grade cultural relics are displayed for the first time in Kunming at the Yunnan Provincial Museum.

How to get the discount? Check this out:

All middle and high school students who participated in the 2023 Yunnan Province Middle/High School Entrance Exams can enjoy a special discount with their admission tickets and valid identification cards. Each student can enjoy a half-price discount on top of the student discount, with an admission fee of 15 yuan per person.

The "Limited-time Offer" is valid from June 12 to July 12, 2023.

All students can enjoy a half-price discount, with an admission fee of 30 yuan per person. This discount is available to minors under the age of 18 (inclusive) and full-time undergraduate and lower-level college students (including vocational schools and technical schools) with valid identification cards.

It is worth noting that the special exhibition is open to the public from Tuesday to Sunday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. The entrance opens at 9:00 a.m. The period from 9:00 a.m. to 9:10 a.m. is reserved for venue preparation, and at 9:10 a.m. the exhibition hall officially opens to visitors for viewing. Entrance stops at 4:30 pm, and the museum closes at 5:00 pm. The Yunnan Provincial Museum is closed on Mondays (except for public holidays, subject to announcements). Free guided tours are available at 10:00 am, 1:00 pm, and 3:00 pm, and an extra tour is added at 11:30 am on weekends.