The Dengchuan Plain 邓川坝子
The Dengchuan Plain 邓川坝子, north of Dali's Erhai Lake 洱海, has with West Lake 西湖 and the Miju River corridor 弥苴河 some beautiful, if hardly known, scenic areas. It's natural scenery, however, is man-made, the result of more than a thousand years of cultivation and water-management projects that have transformed a swamp and marshland into the current cultural environment.
The watermills in Fengqing's Gumo village operate just like a thousand years ago.
Fei Hsiao-Tung and Chang Chih-I: Earthbound China: A Study of Rural Economy in Yunnan
Fei is the father of modern sociology in China: western-trained, he came to Yunnan at the end of the 1930s when China's eastern universities relocated west. In "Earthbound China" he applied modern empirical techniques that he had pioneered around Shanghai to the Chinese hinterland. The economical development, and subsequent societal changes, of three un-named, but typical villages in Yunnan is analyzed in great detail in this fascinating study.
A number of Chinese historic texts covering life and politics in Yunnan have survived over the centuries. I have translated a few of them.
Benzhu is the native believe system of the Bai peole.
Best surviving station on the French-built Vietnam-Kunming railway.
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.
Yunlong's famous bridges.
Upcoming Festivals
| Name | Date |
|---|---|
| Yangmei Festival | 01 May |
| Mouding March Fair | 14 May |
| Rice Transplanting | 15 May |
| Benzhu Worship | 15 May |
| New Moon Ritual | 17 May |
| Damo Temple Fair | 17 May |
| Buckwheat Festival | 18 May |
| Luban Festival | 18 May |
| Grain Full | 21 May |
| Fengyu Rice Transplant | 21 May |
| Hotpant Festival | 22 May |
| Prince Festival | 24 May |
Markets this Saturday
| Dali | 大理 |
|---|---|
| Zhoucheng | 州城 |
| Yongping | 永平县 |
| Shanyang | 衫阳 |
| Paiying | 排营 |
| Lijiao | 力角 |
| Xintun | 辛屯 |
| Songgui | 松桂 |
| Shijing | 师井 |
| Diannan | 甸南 |
| Shuanglang | 双廊镇 |
| Caojian | 漕间 |
| Jiangwei | 江尾镇 |
| Huangping | 黄平镇 |
| Longjie | 龙街 |
| 桥街 | |
| 龙洞村 | |
| Junhuacun | 均华村 |
| Deju | 德苴乡 |
| Changyi | 长邑村 |
| Shalong | 沙龙镇 |
| Qinghaiying | 青海营 |
| Xiazhuang | 下庄镇 |
| Wenshan | 文山 |
|---|---|
| Pingba | 坪坝镇 |
| Shadou | 沙斗 |
| Matang | 马塘镇 |
| Banlun | 板仑乡 |
| Nijiao | 腻脚彝族乡 |
| Jijie | 鸡街乡 |
| Donggan | 董干镇 |
| Tienpeng | 田蓬镇 |
| Jiumo | 旧莫乡 |
| Baoshan | 保山市 |
|---|---|
| Manglong | 芒龙 |
| Diqing | 迪庆 |
|---|---|
| Shangjiang | 上江 |
| Xiaoweixi | 小维西 |
| Kaifaqu | 开发区 |