Dounan Flower Market in Kunming, Yunnan | The first in Asia, the second in the world, with more than 1600 varieties

Dounan Flower Market is the largest fresh flower market in Asia, and the second largest flower market in the world after Aalsmeer in the Netherlands. Seven out of every ten flowers in China come from Dounan. Here, buying flowers is as common as buying vegetables, achieving absolute freedom for fresh flowers. Dounan Flower Market, covering an area of more than 60,000 square meters, gathers more than 1600 varieties of fresh flowers, operates 365 days a year, and never closes 24 hours a day. Dounan has become the "weather vane" of China's flower market and the "barometer" of flower prices. Dounan Flower Market has been the first in the country in terms of transaction volume, turnover, cash volume, flow of people and export volume for more than a decade. Here you can buy carnations, roses, sunflowers, lilies, peonies, tulips, starry sky, forget-me-nots and other varieties of fresh flowers. Just for roses, there are dozens of varieties such as Blue Enchantress, Song of the Sea, Diana, Red Sleeve, Moonlight Bubble, Nine-tailed Fox, Gentle Crystal, Cold Beauty, etc. These gentle and romantic names are heart-stirring. The daytime market from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm mainly sells overnight bouquets, dried flowers and potted plants. Morning market flowers are very cheap, and you can easily buy 3 bunches of flowers for 10 yuan. After 6:00 pm, the fresh flower trading market will be closed for nearly two hours for cleaning and rest, and will not reopen until 8:40 pm for the night market. After eight-thirty in the evening, it is time for face-to-face trading of fresh cut flowers, with the most varieties, the freshest flowers, and the most lively. Inside Dounan Flower Market, there is a Flower World Food Square where you can taste Yunnan specialty snacks such as Old Couple Pea Powder, Guandu Small Pot Rice Noodles, Fried Potatoes, Jianshui Roasted Tofu, Mile Braised Chicken Rice Noodles, Qujing Steamed Rice Noodles, Flower Armor Rice Noodles, Tengchong Rice Noodles, etc. 📍Detailed address: Dounan Flower Market: 140 meters north of the intersection of Huadu Road and Jingui Street, Chenggong District, Kunming City, Yunnan Province Admission: Free