Overview
Kunming is a historical and cultural city in southwestern China, it has a rich and colorful local traditional culture. Lots of tourists come to Kunming because of the beautiful landscape, pleasant weather as well as the colorful ethnic minority culture. Kunming is a multi-ethnic city with 26 ethnic groups living there. They  still maintain their own ethnic traditions, continuing many unique lifestyles, folk customs, culture and art. Ethnic groups living in Kunming are hospitable, capable of singing and dancing, and have simple folk customs. There are various characteristic culture in Kunming as below:

Kunming Dian Opera
Dian Opera is a kind of local opera in Yunnan Province, which integrates various traditional Chinese operas introduced into Yunan during Qianlong reign in Qing Dynasty. Dian opera is of Yunnan features, which was born in 1821 and is prevalent among Yunnan, Sichuan and Guizhou regions. Dian opera is good at characterization and heroes in the opera are vividly-portrayed. Dian opera is featured with exquisite sensibility-presentation and lively language, which is brimming with strong folk ballad flavor. Although originating from Shaanxi opera, Anhui opera and Han opera, Dian opera differentiates from them after years of evolution and is of its own features, which integrates the dialects, local custom and folk songs of Yunnan together. The operatic tune of Dian opera is resounding, mellow and cheerful. 

Kunming Art Culture
Wax printing is a traditional skill prevalent among ethnic minorities in Yunnan province. It is featured with distinctive patterns, simplified style and exquisite designs. The procedure for wax printing is quite sophisticated. Dip the knife into the melted wax and draw delicate patterns on a piece of white cloth, then dye the cloth blue. After the cloth is already dyed, take the wax away, and the exquisite patterns drawn before would be revealed clearly on the cloth. Moreover, the wax layer cracks naturally while being dyed, which creates the special ripples on the cloth, making the patterns more vivid and life-like. With its unequalled features, varied patterns, elegant colors and unique style, wax printing is widely applied in clothes-producing and life- necessity-making.

Food Culture 
Kunming is also famous for it's delicious food, called Yunnan Cuisine with local minority cooking style. Because of its high humidity and mild temperature, Kunming has abundant fruits and vegetables all year round. In addition, there are many street snacks to choose from. Kunming cuisine is various and coveted. Kunming is also a paradise of  Gourmet, when you travel to Kunming, you should try the Cross bridge Noodle, Steam-pot Chicken, Crisp Stuffed Bun, Fragrant Bamboo-tube-cooked-Rice and more.

Ethnic Culture
Kunming is a multi-ethnic city, with 26 ethnic minorities inhabiting here, such as Bai, Yi, Hani, Lisu, Dai, Miao, Hui, Zhuang. The hereditary ethnic minorities which form villages are Yi, Hui, Bai, Miao, Lisu, Zhuang, Dai, Hani ethnic minority and so on. Among them, Yi, Miao, Bai and Hui ethnic minorities are the main ethnic groups in Kunming. In Kunming, the unique natural landscape and ethnic customs blend together to depict a magical picture scroll.