Raid on Cikou Church
Western missionaries were not always welcome in Yunnan. And when in 1867 they opened a mission in the upper Mekong valley, on the gates of Tibet, they incurred the wrath of Tibet's rulers.
The watermills in Fengqing's Gumo village operate just like a thousand years ago.
C. Patterson Giersch: Asian Borderlands: The Transformation of Qing China's Yunnan Frontier
Yunnan was not always China: indeed not so long ago large parts of Yunnan were only nominally part of the empire. To make Yunnan, outside the main Han cities, a Chinese province required significant effort. Here Giersch's study on Yunnan's hinterland makes an interesting if academic read.
A number of Chinese historic texts covering life and politics in Yunnan have survived over the centuries. I have translated a few of them.
Bai wedding customs.
This old caravan town on the Jinsha River is Yunnan's gateway to Tibet.
John Israel: Lianda: A Chinese University in War and Revolution
Everyone knows about the Mao's Long March, but a few years later another long march took place: that of Chinese students leaving their cushy campuses on the east coast, trekking all the way to Yunnan where their universities reformed as Lianda, the united university. Kunming, then a total backwater, became a hotbed for new ideas, not just scientific. We liked the section of east coast girls scampering around Mengzi in their latest fashion.
Reconstructed Qing Wenmiao, in a nice park setting.
The Danxia, or red sandstore, cliffs around Liming are a hikers' and climbers' paradise that is just now being discovered.
Upcoming Festivals
| Name | Date |
|---|---|
| Yangmei Festival | 01 May |
| Cattle King | 24 May |
| Dongpo Fair | 24 May |
| Buddha's Birthday | 24 May |
| Dancing Cow | 24 May |
| Prince Festival | 24 May |
| Circling the Mountain | 24 May |
| Prince Festival | 24 May |
| Tiaogong Festival | 24 May |
| Corban | 27 May |
| Walnut Valley Culture Festival | 28 May |
| Temple Fair | 28 May |
Markets this Monday
| Dali | 大理 |
|---|---|
| Biaocun | 表村 |
| Fengyi | 凤仪 |
| Jizushan | 鸡足山 |
| Wase | 挖色 |
| Caicun | 才村 |
| Yongjian | 永连 |
| Dali | 大理 |
| Tuanjie | 团结 |
| Misha | 弥沙 |
| Baishi | 白石 |
| Huangping | 黄平镇 |
| Zuòyì | 作邑 |
| Dacang | 大仓镇 |
| Shaping | 沙平村 |
| Zhongjiang | 中江 |
| Shalong | 沙龙镇 |
| 蛇街 | |
| Miaowei | 苗尾傈僳族乡 |
| Hedian | 禾甸镇 |
| Shidongcun | 石洞村 |
| Taiping | 太平乡 |
| Hongyan | 红岩镇 |
| Luming | 鹿鸣乡 |
| Jindunjiecun | 金墩街村 |
| 妙姑村 | |
| Xiazhuang | 下庄镇 |
| 龙洞村 |
| Lijiang | 丽江 |
|---|---|
| Judian | 巨甸镇 |
| Honghe | 红河 |
|---|---|
| Shengcun | 生村 |
| Laozhai | 老寨苗族乡 |
| Chemalong | 车玛龙 |
| Daheigong | 大黑公 |
| Wuwan | 乌弯 |
| Mengping | 勐坪 |
| Puxiong | 普雄 |
| Baihe | 白河乡 |
| Wenshan | 文山 |
|---|---|
| Lida | 里达镇 |
| Zhujie | 朱街镇 |
| Shuanglongying | 双龙营乡 |
| Mugan | 木杆 |
| Zhulin | 珠琳镇 |
| Yuxi | 玉溪 |
|---|---|
| Xingmeng | 兴蒙 |
| Hexi | 河西 |
| Fuliangpeng | 富良棚 |
| Puer | 普洱 |
|---|---|
| Jiangcheng | 江城哈尼族彝族自治县 |
| Mangxin | 芒信镇 |
| Qiannuo | 千糯 |
| 恩永 |