studying in China is an amazing and rewarding thing. While learning Chinese language in China, most of the foreign students may feel Chinese culture and history play an important role in understanding China and Chinese language. When you come to study in China, you can travel around the country and go to the most famous travel province, which is Yunnan. After a long period of learning Chinese language in China, Wei Shan in Yunnan province is a very good place to go sightseeing.

Wei Shan is a beautiful place that has often been talked about in your classes when you come to learn Chinese language in China. Wei Shan is about 400 km away from the city of Kunming. Visitors and travelers from schools of learning Chinese language in China can choose the following routs to get to the place. The first one is taking plane or train to Da Li, and then you can take a bus to Wei Shan. The bus ticket is about 15 Yuan. Another choice is taking a bus at Kunming western passenger station to Xia Guan, and then transferring another bus at Xia Guan southwest passenger station. The third choice is driving to Wei Shan yourselves. Some of the students who are learning Chinese language in China would like to rent a car and drive to go sightseeing, and Wei Shan is a good choice.

Everybody who goes to Wei Shan after learning Chinese language in China will agree that the most amazing part about Wei Shan is its beautiful scenery. Apart from its natural scenery, delicious local foods in Wei Shan are another feature there. Wei Shan local foods mix northern and southern ways of cooking, and they are very good in color, flavor and taste. The foods there have the elements of Yi nationality, Hui nationality and Han nationality.

The profound diet culture in Wei Shan deeply affects other parts in Wei Shan people, such as social life, dining custom and eating habits. If you are learning Chinese language in China, you will find Wei Shan diet culture is very important to know before you travel to Wei Shan. Foods are carrier and manifestation of social etiquette, local custom, festivals, ceremonies, funerals and wedding in Wei Shan, and foods culture is deeply seeped into every part of Wei Shan people’s daily life.

There are also various kinds of snacks in Wei Shan provided for those who learn Chinese language in China. Er Si is a representative of Wei Sham snacks. They are different kinds of Er Si in Wei Shan, such as Huo Ba Rou Er Si, Guo Jiang Er Si, Xiao Guo Er Si, Sha Guo Er Si, Shuang Er Si, Shou Gong Er Si and so on. Each kind of Er Si shows a special kind of culture, and every way of cooking Er Si has an interesting story.

However, the most delicious and famous snacks in Wei Shan is Yi Gen Mian (which means there is only one line of noodle in the bowl). Many years ago, local people in Wei Shan made “Yi Gen Mian” for festivals and birthdays of the older people in the family. The reason why they make it into just only one line of noodle is that local people agree if they eat it, their life will be as smooth as this one line of noodle. Preparing process of “Yi Gen Mian” makes the people who see it keep astonished, include those travel to Wei Shan after learning Chinese language in China.

In March 2011, “Da Li & Wei Shan Foods Festival” was hold to show some local dishes of Wei Shan people. “Yi Gen Mian” was the focus of the festival. A cook from Su Lao San Noodles Restaurant made a line of noodle for about 1704 meters, and many people at the festival had tasted the noodle and said it was delicious. If you come to learn Chinese in Yunnan, you can go to Wei Shan and try the famous “Yi Gen Mian”.