Baoshan city is located in the west of Yunnan province, at 9825 east longitude? 12 and 248 north latitude? Between 2551. It borders Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture and lincang in the east, Nujiang Yi Autonomous Prefecture in the north, dehong autonomous prefecture in the west, and Myanmar in the northwest and south, with a length of 167.78 kilometers. The land area is 19,6 square kilometers. Longyang District, where the municipal government is located, is 498 kilometers away from Kunming, the provincial capital. It is the political, economic and cultural center of western Yunnan, and also the seat of counties, governments, departments and agencies in past dynasties. Baoshan City is located at the southern end of the longitudinal valley in western Yunnan, Hengduan Mountains, with complex and diverse terrain, with dam areas accounting for 8.21% and mountainous areas accounting for 91.79%. The whole terrain extends from northwest to southeast, with a minimum elevation of 535 meters, a maximum elevation of 378.9 meters and an average elevation of about 18 meters. The highest point is Da Nao Peak in Gaoligong Mountain in Tengchong County, with an altitude of 378.9 meters. The lowest point is Wanma estuary at the junction of southwest Longling County and Luxi City, with an altitude of 535 meters. Between the mountains, there are 78 intermountain basins of different sizes, the largest Baoshan bazi, with an area of 149.9 square kilometers.

Sweet persimmon is the most distinctive fruit in Baoshan. Sweet persimmon is naturally astringent, with large fruit, delicious taste, bright appearance and crisp and refreshing meat, which is convenient for storage and transportation. Baoshan sweet persimmon won the national geographical indication certification trademark. Sweet persimmon is the most distinctive fruit in Baoshan. Sweet persimmon is naturally astringent, with large fruit, delicious taste, bright appearance and crisp and refreshing meat, which is convenient for storage and transportation. Fresh fruits can be provided from late August to late October, especially early and late-maturing varieties, which plays an important role in alleviating the supply of fruits in the market. It can also process many products, which is convenient to process. It has high nutritional value, commodity value and health care and beauty function, and its development and utilization potential is huge and its market prospect is broad. In 1976, sweet persimmon was introduced and planted in Baoshan City. With the great efforts of agriculture, forestry, science and technology departments and fruit farmers, the planting area has developed from sporadic planting in front of the house to tens of thousands of acres in scale. Baoshan sweet persimmon planting area has become the largest sweet persimmon planting area in China, and its output and output value rank first in the country, and it has become one of the largest fruits and vegetables sold in Baoshan. Its products are exported to Beijing, Shanghai and other places, and exported to Thailand, Vietnam and other countries.

big burn; That is, burning the whole pig, also known as barbecue, is a famous dish at Baoshan banquet, and it is a traditional delicacy in Baoshan area of Yunnan Province. Baoshan Big Burn is the most famous one processed by Supply and Marketing Cooperative of Hetu Township, Baoshan City, commonly known as "Hetu Big Burn". The local fine-boned pigs were selected as raw materials for the big roast. Fine-boned pig is a temperate miniature pig, which looks like a swollen soybean, so people call it "bean round pig". The processing method is as follows: Slaughter half-fat pigs raised to 35-4kg, unhairing and cleaning them, spreading their bellies and laying them flat on a special stove, burning with charcoal to remove moisture from the epidermis, then pricking needles, coating them with seasonings such as soy sauce, ginger juice and salt to make them penetrate into the meat, then putting them on the fire, baking their bellies in turn until the pigskin is brown, and scraping off the colloid in the wheat skin. Needle, seasoning, baking and skin scraping are repeated for three times. When eating, cut the big roast into cubes and dip it with vinegar, soy sauce, Chili oil, coriander powder and garlic paste. You can also shred the big roast, mix it with pickled vegetables, and add seasoning to make it unique. Baoshan is crispy outside and tender inside, crispy and crisp. Fat meat is transparent and not greasy; Lean meat is tender and delicious.

purple rice eight-treasure rice: purple rice is also called "purple glutinous rice" and "bone-setting glutinous rice". Only produced in Simao and Xishuangbanna, Yunnan. Because the granules are long and purple-red, the color of rice porridge is more vivid, so it is named purple rice eight-treasure rice. Purple rice has a special fragrance, and its color is purple-red. After being made into eight-treasure rice, it is soft, waxy and palatable, oily but not greasy, and a variety of flavoring materials form a rare compound delicious. Eight-treasure rice can be used as a folk snack and can also be designed as a beet in various banquets. Raw materials: 15g of purple rice, 5g of coix seed, 3g of red beans, 3g of mung beans, 3g of black beans, 3g of kidney beans, 3g of flower beans and 3g of sword beans. Seasoning: salt and oil. Practice: Clean purple rice and all kinds of raw materials, mix in salt and oil, put it in a rice cooker and add water to cook. If you don't think it's troublesome to collect so many beans, you can directly buy the "eight-treasure porridge" package prepared by the supermarket.

Thin bean powder: it is the breakfast artifact of Yunnan people. It is made of fine white peas by grinding and cooking into porridge. It is a perfect match with fried dough sticks, but foreigners may not like it. Thin bean powder is a good summer product in Yunnan, which is made of fine white peas by grinding and cooking into porridge. Thin bean powder is very refreshing and has the effect of clearing away summer heat. It is a specialty of Dehong in Yunnan. The practice is to pick out the best peas, put them in a pot and soak them for a day or night, then grind them with water in a stone mill, then filter them with clean gauze, and pour the filtered pea powder water into the pot to cook the thin bean powder. Keep stirring when cooking, and the fire should not be too big. When the fire is big, it is easy to cook the thin bean powder. The burnt thin bean powder is very unpalatable. When the fire is small, you should be patient and keep stirring the pea powder with chopsticks. Stir, stir, and the water slowly thickens. At this time, we should pay special attention to it. We should not cook it too thinly or too thick. If it is thin, it will slip your mouth, and if it is thick, it will stick to your lips. It is best not to be thick or thin, that is, to cook until you insert chopsticks into the pot, lift it at will, and hang a streamline. When cooking thin bean powder, you can put some salt in moderation, which makes it more refreshing.

the rivers in Baoshan city belong to the Lancang River, Nujiang River and Irrawaddy River respectively, all of which are international rivers. The main streams of Daying River and Ruili River in Irrawaddy River Basin originate in the northwest of Baoshan City, and the main streams of Lancang River and Nujiang River are transit rivers. There are 6 rivers with a catchment area of more than 1 square kilometers in Baoshan City, with a catchment area of 1? There are 43 rivers with an area of 1 km2. The main tributaries, Zhongyoudian River, belong to Lancang River Basin, Mengboluo River and Damengtong River belong to Nujiang River Basin, Binglang River is the upper reaches of Daying River, Longjiang River (Longchuan River) is the upper reaches of Ruili River, and Dieshui River is the upper reaches of Nandi River, a tributary on the left bank of Daying River. Due to the diversity of climate types in Baoshan, there are many kinds of creatures. There are more than 2,2 known plants, including more than 1,4 higher plants. Gaoligongshan National Nature Reserve is especially rich in plants, and is known as "Natural Botanical Garden" and "Rare Plant Shelter". The rhododendron in Tengchong is famous at home and abroad. There are 51 species of animals and beasts (21 species under state protection) and 229 species of birds in the city. The forest coverage rate in Baoshan City is 42.44%. There are 78, hectares of forestland, more than 71 million cubic meters of standing trees and more than 1, hectares of bamboo forests. The main tree species are pine, Chinese fir and all kinds of soft and hard miscellaneous trees, and the annual timber output reaches more than 3, cubic meters. The main economic trees are walnuts, chestnuts, plums, ginkgo, etc., with an annual output of more than 1, tons; The reserves of aromatic oil resources are about 2 million tons: there are many kinds and large quantities of wild medicinal materials and fungi resources.