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2025.09.27 15:28 GMT+8

From rainforest to table

Updated 2025.09.27 15:28 GMT+8
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As the sun drops, our harvest from the rainforest turns into a banquet of "wildness." /CGTN

As the sun drops, our harvest from the rainforest turns into a banquet of "wildness." /CGTN

A Bulang youth leads the way into Jingmai Mountain's rainforest. /CGTN

A Bulang youth leads the way into Jingmai Mountain's rainforest. /CGTN

A Bulang youth leads the way into Jingmai Mountain's rainforest. /CGTN

As the sun drops, our harvest from the rainforest turns into a banquet of "wildness." /CGTN

Following a young man of China's Bulang ethnic group, we treat the rainforest of Jingmai Mountain in Yunnan as our vegetable market! All the way, we chop lemongrass, forage for wild mushrooms and hunt for honeycombs.

Bamboo worms that were frolicking in the trees an hour ago turn into "crunchy delights" over a charcoal fire in a blink. As the sun drops, banana leaves are laid out as tablecloths, serving dishes like steamed fish with lemon leaves, grilled chicken with lemongrass and wild boar stewed in Pu'er tea soup.

With a bite, the umami of the entire rainforest thunders on our taste buds. Tonight, we eat "wildness."

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