sacltyto be Asavegetableorfrultvendor its sunshine,tfom Slchuan can rapidly make fragrant low-enough money to buy a house re pursults.and settle In Kunming,his fats-relaxed amblence,and business sez faire attitude Is warmlyopportunities are there for every-appreciated.phe level of toier-one.The Kunming Inhabitants ance on the part otthe local peo-are tolerant and easygoing.They pie makes Kunming a city otafC happy to let outsiders take up migrants,and one acceptant ofthe many available local busl-unconventlonallty.ness opportunities.Wgetable The Kunming people aregrowers from Slchuan and content with their lives,and areGulzhou pfovlnces are predoml-not of a competitive nature.The＂ant In Kunming’s vegetable only time they may express dls-markets,but the local people are content Is on the rare occasionquite happy that It should be so.when bad weather occurs,reminding them that not all also applies to fresh flowers.places have Kunming’s four sea-Flower growers In Kunmingsons of spnng.The tempo of life most like the autumn and winterIn Kunming Is leisurely,often seasons,as this Is when no tlow-glving outsiders the impression ers grow In the m刃onty of otherthat the Kunming people are cities In China.They conse-lazy,and wasteful of opportunity.quently wholesale large quantl- Visitors to Kunming might ties of flowers to big cities Ininitially gain a few false lmpres-other pfovlnces,and business Isslons.The custom mostonen very protitltabk.且n spring andmisunderstood,and that may summer, on the other hand,make Kunming Inhabitants lowerpncesareverylow.Attheappear stingy,Is that of buying Shangyl Street Flowerless than a pound ofvegetablesat Wholesale Marketltlsposslblea time,as compared with the to buy a lafge bunch ot flowersbulk buying Intended to last sev-fo rjust ten yuan which provideseral months,undertaken by a the chance to give beautiful pre-familyhm the nofth.The rca-sents to friends and fClatlves fly-son for this Is simple——fresh lug In other provinces withoutvegetables are available all year bre冰lug the bank.round In gunming.The same on meeting a man rromHIJbCI PfOVlfiCC WhO dOCS bllsl-ness In Kunming,lashed him hisimpressions.His response wasthat he nnds Kunming people tobe honest and sincere,easy to getalong with,and welcoming tooutsiders.He has bought a houseIn Kunming and plans to settlethere.Kunming people live at aneasy pace;they are as temperateas the Kunming climate itself,with its mean temperatllre of 20degrees Centigrade.Kunmingdwellers are con！ent to sharewhatever they have withwhomever Another mistaken lmpres-slon some have of Kunming Isthat peacocks and elephantsstroll along its stfCets.ThefC reIndeed peacocks In the townsquare that,having becomeaccustomed to It,have made Ittheir home,Just as other citieshave resident pigeons In theirsquares.Since the 980s,fromearly November to March everyyear tens of thousands ofSibenan red-billed seagulls havemigrated to Kunming’s warmand welcoming climate. In spnng,all flowers,such asthe onental chefFy onwamongMountain,plum blossoms t theBlack Dragon Pool,azaleas,magnolias and Chinese flower-lug qulnce at Tanhua Temple,tulips at Cuinu Lake,and orchidsIn Xlhua Garden,are In fullbloom.Beholding this brightwelteCand Inhaling its comblna-tlon ofhgrances Is an Intoxlcat-ing experience· Kunming’s night market Ists llvellest spot,where the city七more artistic and eccentnc ele-ments gathenChina’s most for-ward looking and avant-gardeworks of art may be viewed atthe Shanghe Guildhall onHouxln Street,and In the con-verted boiler room which Is nowthe Chuangku Bar——built on thesite of a disused factory.In theiC3hO
More summaries about the Kunming:A City to Be Shared