Situated in the northern suburbs of Kunming, 6 km from downtown, the World Horticultural Exposition Garden is next to the Golden Temple. As a first class garden featuring with typical Chinese and Yunnan characteristics, the World Horticultural Exposition Garden is the site of Kunming International Horticulture Exposition in 1999. In the garden you can find 5 big exhibition halls, 6 theme gardens, 3 outdoor showplaces and 2 big squares. They are connected to each other by 9 paths which cover a distance of 10 km in all. Along these paths, you can find different kinds of restaurants, amusement parks, telephone booths, shops, statues, and lakes. You also can see an observatory tower on a hill and cable cars which lead to the Golden Temple .

The Golden Temple is the largest Taoist Tongwa (bronze-tiled) Temple in China and has been preserved almost intact. Buildings in the Golden Temple are made of bronze. It was first built in the Ming Dynasty (1602). Yunnan government was ordered to send the bronze ore to central China to make coins. But a war blocked the road. The governor of Yunnan ordered that the bronze be used to build a temple in imitation of the Taihe Palace , which was the royal palace at that time.

After finish the visiting of a famous Taoist Temple, you are going to have a look at the most famous Buddhist Temple in Kunming- the Yuantong Temple. In the 1950s, it hosted a grand ceremony to greet and send on the sacred teeth of the Buddha and so became essential in Southeast Asia Buddha area. It was firstly built in the late 8th and early 9th century. After two major restorations and expansion in the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty, the temple took on its present design, with covered corridors, bridges and grand halls.

Guoqiao Rice-noodle is the most popular local style of cooked noodles. Guoqiao literally means crossing a bridge in Chinese. Why it got its name has relevant to a legend. A young scholar shut himself away in a remote place to prepare for the imperial ex amina tion. Everyday, his wife had to walk a long distance and cross a bridge to bring him his meals. Usually, his meals went cold by the time it reached him. One day, quite by chance, his wife discovered a bowl of chicken soup could be kept warm by putting a layer of oil on top. From then on, she served the noodles and meat slices with the oil-layered soup and the young scholar could enjoy a warm meal every day. When the scholar did well in the ex amina tion, he credited his success to his wife's noodles and the noodle dish gained in popularity. Guoqiao Rice-noodle as diner is given a plate of thinly sliced raw chicken, pork, fish, bean sprouts, chives and bean curd. Waitresses soon serve you a piping hot bowl of soup which is where the fun starts. Simply put in all the raw meat slices. Cook the meat first, then the raw vegetables, and lastly the noodles. Keep stirring the soup until the meat changes color and is cooked. Your bowl of delicious noodles is now ready.