昆明 Kunming

Kunming, capital of Yunnan, lives up to its name — the Spring City stays around 16°C all year, so flowers bloom in every season and the air never feels harsh.

云南省会昆明不负「春城」之名——全年16°C上下，四季有花，寒暑宜人。

Every winter, tens of thousands of black-headed gulls fly 3,000 km from Siberia to Kunming's lakes — locals feed them by hand along Green Lake and Dianchi's shores.

每年冬天，数万只红嘴鸥从西伯利亚飞越3000公里来到昆明——翠湖与滇池畔，人与鸥近在咫尺。

The Stone Forest, a UNESCO World Natural Heritage site of limestone pinnacles 270 million years in the making, is a day trip away — and Yunnan's highlands, rice terraces and old towns unfold beyond.

两亿七千万年石灰岩造就的石林（世界自然遗产）近在郊外——云南的高原、梯田与古城由此展开。

Kunming grew from the ancient Dian kingdom into the gateway of Southwest China — Tang-era Nanzhao built the first walled city here, and the Yuan dynasty made it the seat of Yunnan Province.

昆明从古滇国走来，成为中国西南的门户——唐代南诏在此筑城，元代设云南行省，昆明自此成为全省中心。

In 1938, as war swept coastal China, Peking, Tsinghua and Nankai universities moved here as the Southwest Associated University — a wartime academy that produced generations of China's finest minds.

1938年，战火烧到沿海，北大、清华、南开南迁昆明组成西南联大——战火中的课堂，走出了几代中国最优秀的学者。

Today it is China's springboard to Southeast Asia: the China-Laos Railway starts here, and flower markets ship blooms across the continent overnight.

今天，这里是中国通向东南亚的跳板：中老铁路从这里出发，斗南花市的鲜花连夜发往各地。