Yunnan is a kingdom of animals and plants, rich in Chinese herbal medicine. There are more than 4700 kinds of medicinal plants in this province. The famous Chinese herbal medicines in Dali are: Pueraria lobata (the fifth day of the first lunar month is also the Pueraria lobata Festival in Dali, which is celebrated with Chinese herbal medicines, but not much in other parts of the country), Notoginseng Radix, Aucklandiae Radix, Gastrodia elata, Poria, Coptidis Rhizoma, Angelica sinensis, Gentiana macrophylla, Taxus chinensis and so on.