When it comes to Kunming, people will associate it with "four seasons like spring" and think that it is a city without summer. Indeed, there is no heat or typhoon here, but the summer in Kunming still has its brightness and fullness, and this city, which is cool most of the time, exudes its unique tonality. In 2121, I want to record the summer in Kunming with several representative symbols.

ice powder

Cold and refreshing drinks are indispensable in summer. There is sour plum soup in the north and ice powder in Kunming. Ice powder is a special drink in Kunming, called papaya, but there is no papaya in the ingredients. It's a drink made of colloidal ice powder, rose petals marinated in brown sugar and rice shrimp. Why is it called ice powder? It is said that it is because people think that sesame-like particles scattered in the water are papaya seeds. In fact, it's not the seed of papaya, but the seed of a plant called pseudophysis.

Physalis alkekengi is a kind of Chinese herbal medicine, which is distributed in Yunnan, Guangxi and other places. It has the effects of calming, eliminating phlegm, clearing away heat, detoxicating and relieving cough. The seeds are used as medicine and are called Physalis alkekengi seeds. Q-bomb ice powder mixed with sugar water is drunk into the throat, which is ice-cold and refreshing, sweet but not greasy. The price of this drink is also very cheap. You can buy one without going beyond 5 yuan, which is much more expensive than online celebrity milk tea.

Paoluda

Paoluda is a special drink in Yunnan, which was popular in Southeast Asian countries such as Myanmar and Thailand at first, and then gradually spread to Ruili, Jinghong and other places in Yunnan, and is also very popular in Kunming. The biggest feature of Pauluda is its sufficient weight and rich ingredients, which is worth a staple food. This is a dessert drink made of coconut milk, shredded coconut, dried bread and sago. It is both thirst-quenching and full, and you can order this drink in any Dai restaurant. In summer, eating hot and sour Dai-style food in a restaurant with Dai flavor, and having a cup of bubble Luda is quite enjoyable!

there is no "seafood" in Yunnan, but there are "delicacies". With the arrival of summer, Kunming began to be redundant, and the unique geographical and climatic environment allowed Yunnan to produce mushrooms. In the rainy season, you can buy all kinds of wild mushrooms in the vegetable market in Kunming.

The most precious dry fungus, which is a rare wild fungus, is expensive, and the market price is about 711-1111 yuan /kg. The appearance is ugly, dark, and petal-shaped branchlets are staggered, sometimes brittle and fragile. The most common cooking method is to shred, wash and stir-fry with garlic and green pepper, but the taste is extremely delicious, which is very similar to the beautifully preserved beef jerky.

the most common one is Penicillium. As the name implies, the mushroom cap is gray-green, and it is spherical at first. With the growth, it spreads like an umbrella, and the mushroom meat is white and turns yellow when cooked. Mushrooms can be fried and eaten, and soup can be made. The common practice is to stir-fry with green pepper, which has a soft taste and can produce a strong natural fragrance. Some are used to stew chicken soup, which is delicious and nutritious. When I was a child, I also ate a method, which took off the stalk of Penicillium erinaceus, kept the spherical cap, then ground the pork, put salt in it, stuffed it into the cap, and served it after steaming, which was very appetizing.

the most popular is boletus. As early as the Ming Dynasty, there was a record about boletus in the Herbal Medicine of Southern Yunnan, which was "slightly sour, pungent and flat in nature". In fact, boletus is not a kind of bacteria, but a kind of bacteria, which can be eaten except a few toxic ones. The most common ones are white, black, yellow and red "bovine liver". This kind of bacteria is generally fried with a lot of garlic, which has a smooth taste, a tender chewing feeling and a rich flavor. But undercooked cooking can poison people.

the king of bacteria is the chicken fir. Chicken fir is a rare delicacy, with thick and fat mushroom meat and white filaments. Whether fried, fried, stewed, roasted, braised, steamed or made into soup, it tastes fresh and tastes as delicious as chicken. If you are lucky, you may be able to pick up chicken fir yourself in rainy season.

Myrica rubra

Midsummer is the season when Myrica rubra is on the market. There are many varieties of Myrica rubra, and I only like the huge black Myrica rubra. Black bayberry is red, purple and black, emitting the fragrance of roses. The pulp is thin and tender, and with a gentle bite, the sweet juice will surge out and fill the mouth, making people memorable.

mangosteen

Mangosteen in Kunming is a tropical fruit imported from Southeast Asia. It is as famous as durian and is known as the "queen of fruit". Every summer, mangosteen is sold in large quantities in the market, and the price is much cheaper than in the north. The fresh and mature mangosteen is dark purple and uniform in color, and the shell is soft when pinched. When the shell is broken, white pulp is revealed, which tastes sweet and sour and has a unique flavor.

There is a trick to choose mangosteen. Besides seeing whether it is fresh, it should also have pedicels at the bottom. Usually, there are as many petals as there are on the pedicel of the fruit. When buying it, it is recommended to choose mangosteen with more pedicels.

Haiyan Sunset

Haiyan Village is not a mainstream scenic spot, but it is very eye-catching this year. Haiyan village is an ancient fishing village in Chenggong, Kunming. If it hadn't suddenly become popular, it might have remained silent in the years. The day I went to Haiyan Village was a cool afternoon. The road into the village was a bluestone road, and the earthen tile houses on both sides were lifeless. Many buildings in the village had a history of hundreds of years. The houses were old but antique. The horse pegs outside the house left traces of the caravan, which is also the mark of the past prosperity.

cross the stone road and you will come to the pier of Haiyan village, which is the destination that every tourist expects. There is a beach in the small harbor, palm trees are growing, and there are several stranded fishing boats on the beach. The small place is also filled with the romantic atmosphere of the island. "Sea" is Dianchi Lake, facing the sea, with panoramic views of lakes and mountains. The waves beat against the coast one after another, making white waves, which also brought a refreshing cool breeze to the people on the dock.

The most romantic thing to come here is to wait for the sunset. In the evening, the sun sets and the whole pier is bathed in golden twilight. When the sunset comes, the mighty Dianchi Lake is dyed red by the sunset, and the waves are still surging against the gravel beach. When the last corner of the pier is swallowed up by the orange glow, I just want to embrace this warm summer with open arms.

hibiscus in September

Sun Ranweng once felt in the Daguanlou: Let people live up to the fragrant rice, clear sand, hibiscus in September and willow in March around Kunming. Graceful lotus is a beautiful scenery that can't be missed in Kunming in summer. Lotus in Cuihu Lake is the most representative scenery in Kunming in summer.

"Ten acres of lotus fish world, half of the city is covered with willows and terraces". Cuihu is an old place that Kunming people are familiar with. This park with a long history was built in the Yuan Dynasty and witnessed the changes of Kunming for more than 711 years. It used to be a lake bay in Dianchi Lake at first, but later it became a clear lake because of the falling water level. There is a Haixin Pavilion in the lake, a fish-watching hall in the west and a Shuiyuexuan in the southeast.

The lake is full of lotus flowers. In midsummer, the lake is covered with green lotus leaves, which are colorful and graceful, or full of branches or in bud. Although the lotus in Cuihu Lake is far less famous than that in West Lake, Kunming people like to visit it every summer, take a walk here in the evening, breathe the fragrant air, and look forward to a free, ideal and secular life.

The flowering period of the lotus in Cuihu Lake is about 2 months. When the pool is full of colorful flowers, the summer will be over. The cycle of the four seasons is a natural phenomenon, but people are always a little sad when summer and autumn alternate, as if it is the dividing point from dreams to reality, and colorful things will fall into the sea of mediocrity in the blink of an eye. Cherish and enjoy every summer in your life ~

(Some pictures in this article are from the Internet, and they have been deleted ~)