What're the plain wishes of Kunming folks after the epidemic?
2/19/2020


What're the plain wishes of Kunming folks after the epidemic? Click the video above to know more... 

Kunming! I miss you.

Hello, Kunming!

For some obvious reason,

You and I have changed recently.



Now you’re quiet as if a pause button were hit,

While I have to put on a mask and close the door,

Day after day...

Walking on the Kunming streets,

I can't see the daily traffic flow,

Nor can I hear the hubbub of the past,

Let alone taste the favored snacks...

Kunming, are you Okay?

Kunming, I miss you a lot.

1

Hey, Kunming! I miss you.

I miss your roadside barbecues.

I miss grilled potatoes, stinky tofu, pork with pickled cabbage, across-the-bridge rice noodles, fried potato pies, cool jelly, and others.

I miss the dishes of potted rice noodles, rice noodles with tofu, cold rice noodles, rice noodles with catfish or others.

All these are traditional snacks in Kunming.

I also miss the morning roadside stalls that sell rice cakes, glutinous rice balls, fried dough sticks, and soybean milk or jelly.


Yet what I want most is the grilled Zhaotong meat strings.

The sizzling sound forms musical notes for me late in the cafeteria. 

Kunming, I miss you so much.

2

Hello, Kunming! I miss you.

To be frank, I used to hate your crowdedness.

The he long queues at metro stations of Line 1, Line 2 or Line 3.

The packed bus stations during rush hours. 

The crowds in milky tea shops, be it a HeyTea or a Song Tea. 

And even the crowds of gull-feeders.

But now, I really want to be close to you.

I’d visit the Dianchi lakeside parks, the Green Lake, and the Western Hills for the folklores and snacks there. 

Kunming, I miss you a lot.

3

Alas, Kunming! I miss you.

These days, the entire city is desolate.

Every day, I can only idle in my room,

Lazy and lifeless like you.