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 If
you are to look at a map of Kunming City, the green spot in the
center is the Green Lake. Now as a public park, it's a good place
for sightseeing in
the
downtown area. With green lake water and vegetation,
there
are also
pavilions and buildings for recreational purposes. During the last
century, in the time of the Republic of China, it was reconstructed as a
park.
One feature of the Green Lake is that since 1985, seagulls from Siberia
migrate to Kunming to avoid the frigid cold there from mid November to
February. During this period of time, there are hundreds of thousands of
seagulls
which
come to the Green Lake
in
the daytime, while some others
stay around
the
Dianchi Lake area. It has become one of the most fascinating scenes in
Kunming, especially when all of them
are
twittering as they hover over the lake.
The
green lake and white seagulls
present a pretty spectacular scene.
.jpg) To the west of the Lake is an eye-catching yellow building, the Kunming
Army Academy. Founded
in 1909 by
the
Manchurian government
at the
end of their
regime (the
Qing Dynasty was taken
over by
the Republic
of China in 1911),
the
academy
was listed as one of the three
army
academies
in
the
early
20th century. There were hundreds of army generals and marshals
that came from this
academy
who made great contributions
to Chinese culture.
The
Green Lake
is
within
walking distance
of
many universities and can be accessed
easily.
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