The taste of spring in Mengzi, SW China's Yunnan Province

Banana blossoms. (Xinhua/Zhang Yan'e)
In March, except from admiring flowers, people begin to eat flowers as dishes in Mengzi City, Hani-Yi Autonomous Prefecture of Honghe, SW China’s Yunnan Province.

Genista. (Xinhua/Zhang Kun)

Firecracker vines. (Xinhua/Zhang Kun)

The citizens are buying gardenias. (Xinhua/Zhang Kun)

The citizens are buying vegetables. (Xinhua/Zhang Kun)

Flowers of Birchleaf Pear. (Xinhua/Zhang Yan'e)

Chinese toon. (Xinhua/Zhang Kun)

Morchella. (Xinhua/Zhang Kun)

Fruits of Chinese angelica-tree, a potherb. (Xinhua/Zhang Kun)

Gardenias. (Xinhua/Zhang Yan'e)
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(Editors: Lexi, Rachel)