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Gandiyibi Lake in Western Yunnan

Located in the northeast of Shangpa Town of Fugong County, Gandiyibi Lake is one of the static snow mountain type soft erosion lakes which are not developed. It is covered in the mountainous area of the western Boluo Snow Mountain, about 40 kilometers away from the county seat of Fugong County. With the altitude of 3490 meters, this lake covers an area of 52500 square meters and the average water depth of this lake reaches 6 meters.

It is said that the storm will come as long as the visitors shout loudly when it comes to the summer season because the high land climate is really mysterious and really weird. Many Chinese language learners form western countries have been there during the process when they learn Mandarin at Keats School in the city of Kunming. They said the scenery in the lakeside is picturesque and more beautiful than that in the immortal world, making people forgot all the troubles and tiredness. Therefore, it wins the reputation of the fascinating lake.

When you come to Yunnan province, one thing you should never miss is the delicious food of the ethnic groups in Yunnan. The most popular food for Lisu people to treat the guests from afar is called Bo Ji Rice. Before eating, the rice is put in the container made up of bamboo and the beef and all kinds of condiments and vegetables are mixed together. Then, all people sit around it and get the food with hands. The vegetables are mainly the edible wild herbs picked from the snow mountain. It is a litter bitter but still crispy and delicious.

For those visitors who love shopping, the the best choice should be cordyceps, which is a kind of fungus. Generally speaking, the fungus enters into the body of the worm in autumn and grow in the period that the worm spends the winter. In the second year, the fungus grows up from the worm body. When you attend to school to study Mandarin, teachers would tell you that the cordyceps is famous nourishing medicine, the most important of which is the cordycepic acid with the percentage of 7%.

It is usually used as the starting medicine in the prescription of traditional Chinese medicine with the functions of tonifying lungs and kidneys, curing physical weakness and anemia and other diseases. Nujiang is one of the most important producing areas of cordyceps. 

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