The Yuxi Rice Noodle Festival, which lasts for 81 days from the first day of the first lunar month to the 22nd day of the third lunar month every year, is recognized as the longest festival in the world. It is a traditional festival for people of all ethnic groups in Yuxi. During the festival, villages in Hongta District will take turns to welcome and worship the local god according to the agreed schedule. Every household will eat rice noodles and hold various celebration activities to welcome the New Year. This special topic shows the folk customs of welcoming and worshipping the local god and celebrating the Rice Noodle Festival in Yanhe and other places in Hongta District.

Known as the "Devil's Highway," this 12-kilometer road in Yimen features 72 sharp turns and 108 consecutive hairpin bends. With its unique charm and hardcore profile, it has become the "new top trend" in the sports circle and a "dream track" for cycling enthusiasts.

In recent years, Feidatian Village in Fenglu Street, Chengjiang City has leveraged its ecological resource advantages by introducing Taikang Insurance Group Co., Ltd. for village-wide trusteeship and operation. It has explored the model of "transforming resources into assets, assets into capital, and farmers into shareholders," achieving a splendid transformation of "villages into scenic areas and farmlands into paradises." This initiative has enabled a good environment to bring about better lives, making it a new benchmark for the integrated development of agriculture, culture, and tourism in Yuxi's rural revitalization.

On April 19th, the 2nd Cuoke Watermelon Festival was held in Ganzhuang Street, Yuanjiang County. Using watermelons as a medium and the festival as a platform to make friends, it showcased the development achievements of watermelon industry in Cuoke and shared the joy of watermelon harvest. Cuoke Village has been growing watermelons since 1992. Thanks to its climatic advantages of abundant sunshine and large temperature differences between day and night, the watermelons grown here are highly favored by consumers for their sweet taste, large size, and juicy flesh. In 2025, Cuoke Village expanded its watermelon planting area by approximately 100 mu, bringing the total area to over 300 mu. Households engaged in watermelon cultivation account for 75% of the village's permanent population. With continuous improvements in planting techniques, each mu of watermelon field yields about 2 tons of watermelons, generating an output value of 3.6 million yuan.                                       

In April, as spring comes and flowers are in full bloom, the Shijia Cherry Blossom Garden located on the East Huanhu Road of Fuxian Lake has ushered in its best cherry blossom viewing season. A "cherry blossom corridor" forms along the lakeside, attracting numerous tourists to take photos and have a rest. In spring, Fuxian Lake exudes a unique charm — whether walking through the sea of flowers or enjoying leisurely time by the lakeside, visitors can find their own romance.

To fully boost the development of the blueberry industry, Yuxi Jiangchuan Power Supply Bureau has invested 1.2636 million yuan to erect 1.63 kilometers of 10kV power lines and 1.96 kilometers of 0.4kV power lines, and build 2 dedicated transformers and 5 public transformers, specifically to ensure power supply for blueberry planting. Meanwhile, power supply service personnel take the initiative to provide frontline support, ensuring sufficient power supply, stable voltage, and precise parameter settings for temperature controllers in greenhouses. They also irregularly visit the base to promote safe electricity usage knowledge, conduct daily inspections, and promptly eliminate potential safety hazards, ensuring that blueberry planting throughout the process has timely, reliable, and safe power supply.

Known as the "Devil's Highway," this 12-kilometer road in Yimen features 72 sharp turns and 108 consecutive hairpin bends. With its unique charm and hardcore profile, it has become the "new top trend" in the sports circle and a "dream track" for cycling enthusiasts. Transforming from a mountain road to a cycling mecca, it has become a dream destination for self-driving lovers. Scenic viewing platforms along the route allow drivers to stop anytime to admire the magnificent canyon scenery and capture stunning photos. The continuous sharp turns not only test driving skills but also inject fun into the journey. Relying on the natural advantage of "72 turns and 108 bends," Yimen County has actively planned to develop it into a comprehensive "culture-sports-tourism" destination integrating cycling and self-driving challenges, photography tours, and geological research, by improving facilities such as viewing platforms, safety protections, and cultural-tourism supporting services along the route.

Recently, visitors to Yimen have noticed a café in Luzhi Town, which looks exactly like a tape recorder. With 3.5 meters wide, 10 meters long, and weighing 6 tons, it perfectly replicates the iconic dual-cassette tape recorder from the 1980s, and the owner continuously plays pop music from the 1980s, attracting an increasing number of netizens and tourists to explore it. This highly creative café, which has gone viral on social media, has become a popular local landmark for photo check-ins.

Cherry blossoms are in full bloom at Hongtashan Park, attracting visitors with its springtime spectacle. On March 25, many citizens flocked here to admire the flowers, enjoy the scenery, and take photos, creating a beautiful landscape. Every year when the cherry blossoms bloom, Hongtashan Park draws a large number of tourists.

On February 22nd, the first round of the 2025 Chinese Football Association Super League (CSL) season was unfolding in full fervor. The picturesque city of Yuxi emerged as a magnet for football enthusiasts. In this charming locale, the fervor of football seamlessly intertwined with the city's distinctive allure, presenting the fans with an indelible and memorable experience. Through their own lenses, the fans keenly perceived the vibrancy and warmth of Yuxi, and bore witness to the city's unique splendor amidst this grand football extravaganza.