Diplomats delighted by Yunnan beauty before Spring Festival

"Wish you a Chinese New Year in advance!"

"Wish you a joyful Spring Festival!"

Officially held on January 31st, the Release of the Top 10 News Stories on 2023 Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) and the "Yunnan: A Many-splendored Life" promotion in Beijing before Spring Festival invited diplomats from Mekong countries to send each other Chinese New Year greetings in the Chinese language.

With vibrant red lanterns, Dongba character couplets, paper-cuttings, Chinese Zodiac frottage art, and Yunnan's special cuisines, diplomats and guests from China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam experienced the unique flavor of Yunnan’s life together.

"I was born in the year of the dragon. 2024 is also the year of dragon, so I want to make its image by frottage art," said Bui Gia Hai, First Secretary of the Vietnamese Embassy in China. He then displayed his artwork to his family at Lijiang’s frottage art booth, enjoying the strong festive atmosphere with them.

"The experience area shows traditional activities of Chinese New Year, and Yunnan's ethnic songs and dances, local products, and intangible cultural heritage," said Zin Mar Htwe, Minister Counsellor of Myanmar Embassy in China. She also expressed her excitement, adding, "Every booth is very attractive to me. I hope to experience the Water Splashing Festival in Yunnan this year to enjoy the many-splendored Yunnan life."

"This is my first time to Yunnan. I love the food. The Lijiang cakes with crispy wrapper, the delicious Menglian avocado, roasted Shiping tofu are all attractive,” praised Hor Dolla, First Secretary at the Royal Embassy of Cambodia in China, “and I must visit Yunnan again to experience them all."

"Yunnan's Dai, Zhuang, Yao, Hani peoples have similarities with some ethnic groups in Laos, not only in language but also in customs," said Chindavong XAIYASIN, Education and Culture Counsellor of the Embassy of Lao PDR in China, “and I think Yunnan’s life is about ethnic charm.”

During the event, the China International Communications Group, Yunnan Int’l Communication Center for S&SE Asia and others jointly released the top 10 news stories of the LMC in 2023, showcasing the fruitful results of China's participation in regional cooperation with the Mekong countries, and the deep friendship among the six nations.