In order to fully activate idle land, expand urban space, and improve the happiness and satisfaction of urban residents, Hongta District plans to build 100 pocket parks this year, improve the quality of the city, improve the urban ecological environment, and provide more convenient and accessible park green activity venues for citizens. At present, 20 pocket parks have been built, 46 are under construction, and all work is progressing in an orderly manner. The picture shows the pocket park built after the demolition of the wall of Yuxi Central City Museum, which adorn the city streets and is favored by the citizens.

In the golden autumn, in Eshan Yi Autonomous County, Yuxi City, Yunnan Province, old people are busy making steamed cakes. The new rice dough is ground into round and thick steamed cakes, finely boiled brown sugar is chopped into pieces, layers are spread into Zhenzi, which is made of bamboo strips and steamed with wood. Finally, osmanthus flowers are sprinkled with the fragrance of the steamed cakes. This is a local autumn traditional characteristic food, autumn comes, eat steamed cake, meaning life is sweet and beautiful.

In early autumn, the 2000 mu of citrus in Luofeng Village, Yangguang Town, Tonghai County, is maturing one after another, and fruit farmers are busy picking citrus through the fruit trees. In 2018, Baishiyan Group introduced citrus planting according to local conditions, and actively promoted planting technology, and has formed a planting scale of more than 2,000 mu. Later on, Baishiyan group will continue to promote citrus planting, form a characteristic industry, help fruit farmers increase income and get rich, and promote rural revitalization.

In recent days, the morel mushrooms cultivated in the Zuosuo Community of Longjie Street, Chengjiang City, have gradually ripened, and workers are busy harvesting them. Inside the morel mushroom production workshop, reporters observed neatly arranged six-layer Morel mushroom cultivation racks. On the mushroom beds, clusters of Morel mushrooms were emerging from the soil. The mature Morel mushroom caps are oval-shaped with a wrinkled, net-like upper surface, earning them the name "羊肚菌" (Morel mushrooms) due to their resemblance to a lamb's belly. Harvesting workers delicately use small knives to carefully collect the fresh and plump Morel mushrooms.

In the scorching heat of summer, while some choose to stay indoors and relax with air conditioning, others opt for a cooling escape outdoors. XinPing Ailao Mountain Scenic Area, well-known in Yunnan Province, has attracted numerous visitors seeking respite due to its pleasant climate and stunning landscapes. Following the winding mountain road from the Jiasa Ji Town, you'll be surrounded by green hills, layered with lush vegetation, ancient towering trees providing ample shade. Flowing waterfalls and countless streams cleanse the surroundings, creating an atmosphere untouched by the summer heat. Arriving at the Nan'en Waterfall, a cascade descends from the mountain's peak, pouring between towering cliffs and giant rocks, instantly giving you a refreshing sensation of this exceptionally cool summer spot.

Wild mushrooms born and growing in the mountains, delicious and rich in nutrition, is the most popular food on the table. With the rains recently, the amount of wild mushrooms on the market has gradually increased, and the wild mushrooms trading market in Xinping County is bustling and lively, showing a prosperous situation of supply and marketing.

On August 10th, coinciding with the 24th day of the sixth lunar month, the annual Yi Torch Festival arrived as scheduled. At an altitude of 2615 meters in the Mopan Mountain National Forest Park, the Holy Fire Platform hosted the "Thousands of Families, Auspicious Fire, Unity of All Ethnic Groups" Yi Torch Festival, igniting the "first fire" of the traditional Yi Torch Festival in Xinping County for the year 2023. At 8 p.m., this sacred fire kindled the giant torch on the ethnic square, creating a summer "fireworks atmosphere" in the county. At that time, the ethnic square will showcase a series of splendid performances such as Mopi Huagu drum dance, Yanzuwu dance, and Yi ethnic dance, allowing people of all ethnicities to share in the romance and passion of the Yi Torch Festival.

Eel rice noodles are made with fresh eel and high-quality rice noodles. After briefly blanching the rice noodles in boiling water, they are served in a large bowl, topped with flavored eel, and garnished with cilantro, mint, green onions, chives, chili oil, and other ingredients. A bowl of authentic eel rice noodles is then complete.

Based on its own resource advantages, Eshan County dug deep into the cultural connotation of the torch Festival, continuously enriched the forms of the torch Festival, and polished the festival signboard of the torch Festival. This year's Eshan Torch Carnival and Tourism Festival has a long duration and many activities. It not only contains traditional contents such as lighting fire, ancestor worship, bonfire party, and flower inspiration performance, so that tourists coming from afar can fully experience the traditional Yi culture, but also has innovative contents such as drone performance, music festival, hiking and cross-country running invitational competitions, which give the Torch Festival new charm and attraction. Combining the old and the new, taking the Torch Festival as the main line, promoting tourism with literature and demonstrating literature with tourism, further promoting the integrated development of culture and tourism in Eshan.

The midsummer season, for Yunnan people, is a "feast"for delicious food. In Yimen County, known as the "Hometown of Mushrooms", with good rain and sunshine, all kinds of wild mushrooms broke the ground, along with the opening of the Yimen food culture Tourism Festival, a carnival for wild mushrooms will begin.