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Written by Grace
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Monday, 15 June 2009 05:29 |
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If London has its Hyde Park, Sydney has its Royal Botanic Garden, then Kunming has its Cuihu (The Green Lake Park).
The road leading to Cuihu, although not as grand as The West Lake in Hangzhou, has its own character. There are a number of tea houses, exotic F&B outlets, shops and a few upscale hotels (Malaysia's Shangri-la hotel used to be here, but it has been sold off). This place has among the highest priced property in the entire Kunming.
We stopped near Cuihu's west entrance, exactly opposite the Military University.
If you ask any Kunmingites to rate 'top place to be for leisure and recreation', I bet 9 out of 10 will tell you it's Cuihu. Yes, Cuihu definitely lives up to the name of an urban park. It is where the locals come for taici, line dancing, meet up and share their story (or latest gossips!). Some may just laze around or simply watch the ducks swim by, enjoying the greenish serene water amidst the gentle willow trees.
Cuihu has a history dated as early as 17th century. Near the entrance, the signage read '..the park was originally a bay on the Dian Lake (Dianci) before the Ming Dynasty and became a tourist resort at the beginning of Qing Dynasty..'
Now, the park has been upgraded, but still maintains its identity of brightly painted pavilions on the islands. I had also spotted some pedal boats, reflexology path and zig-zag bridges.
We are told that during the winter months, the Kunmingites will flock to the park to watch and feed the Siberian red-beaked seagulls. These birds have been frequenting Kunming's Cuihu since winter 1985.
I wish we could spend more time in Cuihu, but we had to catch up with the itinerary. Perhaps the next round I come to Kunming, I will consider staying in a hotel adjacent to Cuihu. 
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