There are so many things to attract you to come to Kunming and they prove that Kunming is really a good place to study in China. Many students who take intensive Chinese language courses at Keats School would like to go out of classrooms to experience more about Kunming. And we also suggest those students who have intensive Chinese language courses or long-term Chinese study to go future around Kunming.

One of good place for the students to take break for some traveling when they take intensive Chinese language courses at Keats School is Yiliang County. Yi Liang is one of counties from Kunming City. It is 55 kilometers far away from Kunming City. Yi Liang County has clear superiority in its location. It is located on in the middle of Yunnan Province. On the other hand, it has convenient communications. It is a county not far away from Kunming City. Now Yi Liang County has been distributed in the map of new modern Kunming City. And it is one sub-city of Kunming City. It will cost 45 minutes to go to the center of Kunming City economic circle. It is so convenient that the roads extend in all directions. What’s more, Yi Liang County is an important stronghold to the southeast of Yunnan Province from Kunming City. One the other hand, it is also a commodity distributing center of the southeast of Yunnan Province. It takes 40 minutes to Kunming City from Yi Liang County. So if you have intensive Chinese language courses in Kunming, you can go there for one day or two days trip.

It has the developed commodity economy. Yi Liang County is equal abundant such as the well-known tea in history “Bao Hong Tea” which has plum of pekoe and taste good; the roast duck with unique flavor which is delicious and with high quality; Chinese chestnut which is big and delicious; Chinese jujube which is sweet and with faint scent. Yi Liang has rich tourism resources. So many tourist and students who have intensive Chinese language courses went there many times. It is located on the advantageous district between Shi Lin county and Kunming city. It is richly endowed by nature on the advantageous location of tourism, abundant tourism resources and human landscape. Among them, you can go to Shi Lin County to enjoy stone forest. And you can go to Jiu Xiang to enjoy the underground Karst water-enroded caves which is the national scenery. The picturesque Yang Zong Hai is provincial tourist resort area which is equipped with standard golf course. Xiao Bai Long forest park is multifunctional. You can have tour, sightseeing, relaxation, going vacation, and having meeting there. All kinds of flowers are blooming and grass turns green in all year around in Wan Jia Park. Yan Quan temple and Wan Fu temple are two famous tourism resources which are unique and take the lead in the temples. These two temples are with a strong local flavor and rural scenery. There are more than 50 tourist companies moving here such as the new Age grand hotel with three-star. The tourist industry has been emerging industry in Yi Liang County.

If you have intensive Chinese language courses in Kunming, you must tried so many delicious Yunnan flavor foods. And there is one you could not be missed. That is Yi Liang roast duck. Perhaps some students who have intensive Chinese language courses in China already ate Beijing Roast Duck. However, Roast duck in Yiliang is also really good for you. It looks good in color and taste delicious. It used to be called as roast duck”烧鸭”. The duck industry has leaded the farmers to be rich in Yi Liang County. In The six year of Xian Feng period in Qing Dynasty (1856), Cao Jian had invented the way to eat the duck by roasting. It used to be called as “宫保烧鸭”. In the 27the of Guang Xu period in Qing Dynasty, Shen Wuying and Xu Qiutian went to the capital to take exam. They employed Liu Wen to company with them. During Liu Wen living in the capital, he learned the way to roast the duck in the Lao Pian Yi Place. Later, he had mastered the way. When he came back to Yi Liang, he roasted the duck considering the local tradition. He improved the way so that the roast duck looked garnet. And it tasted crispy and delicious. It would be cut into bulk before eating. Eat the roast duck with pepper salt and green Chinese onion. If you raise the leg of the roast duck, the meat and the bone of the duck will apart. If you study in China now, you are welcome to visit Yiliang and try some.

So far, Yi Liang roast duck has a long history for more than 150 years. It is famous all over the Yunnan province so that it encourages the duck industry developing rapidly. Through the policy and technology promoting, it has formed a complete industrial chain which is leading with duck, and one industry promoting the other industries. The annual production value is about 5,800,000,000 Yuan according to the preliminary estimating. The industry develops with the duck industry has been formed as an industry chain. It encourages the related industries such as feed processing industry, catering service industry and tourist industry developing. At present, it has helped many farmers to be rich.

Well it is hard to introduce as much detailed as Yiliang is, the best choice is go there to experience.