On the Statelets between Nanzhao and the Dali Kingdom
After the demise of Nanzhao 南诏, the Buddhist kingdom that integrated the tribes of the Erhai region in the second half of the first millennium, local strongmen proclaimed a succession of short-lived statelets before Duan Siping 段思平 in 937 CE established the Dali Kingdom 大理国.
In Huize, the old capital of copper in Yunnan, many splendid guildhalls survive.
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.
Remote temple on mountain top, site of religious gathering at the end of the New Year period.
Fog swirling on a cold winter morning over endless rice-terraces, the red of the
early morning sun reflected in the flooded paddies: this is the classic view of the
Hani Rice Terraces of Yuanyang, now of UNESCO World Heritage status.
Judith Shapiro: Mao's War Against Nature: Politics and the Environment in Revolutionary China
Even if Chinese civilization has developed more against than with nature, the Mao years were a particular exercise in environmental destruction. In one case-study Shapiro tells the story of the draining of the northern part of Dianchi Lake, one of the first steps turning Kunming's lake into the fetid cess-pool it is today.
Historic ancestral hall north of Pingchuan.
The turn of the Yangzi made Chinese civilization possible and was the location of many important battles.
Upcoming Festivals
| Name | Date |
|---|---|
| Benzhu Worship | 06 Mar |
| Benzhu Worship | 06 Mar |
| Benzhu Worship (Jianchuan Area) | 06 Mar |
| Xishan Temple Fair | 06 Mar |
| Benzhu Festival | 07 Mar |
| Zhuomulang Songfest | 07 Mar |
| Benzhu Festival | 08 Mar |
| International Women's Day | 08 Mar |
| Benzhu Festival | 11 Mar |
| Benzhu Worship (Jianchuan Xiangtu) | 11 Mar |
| Benzhu Worship | 11 Mar |
| Benzhu Worship (Jianchuan Area) | 11 Mar |
Markets this Saturday
| Dali | 大理 |
|---|---|
| Junhua | 均化 |
| Duomei | 朵美 |
| Zhoucheng | 州城 |
| Yongping | 永平县 |
| Paiying | 排营 |
| Longjie | 龙街 |
| Lijiao | 力角 |
| Shijing | 师井 |
| Liuhe | 六合 |
| Diannan | 甸南 |
| Longjie | 龙街 |
| Heqing | 鹤庆县 |
| Jiangwei | 江尾镇 |
| Zuòyì | 作邑 |
| 桥街 | |
| 西庄 | |
| 寅街村 | |
| Puping | 普淜镇 |
| Beiya | 北衙 |
| Changyi | 长邑村 |
| Deju | 德苴乡 |
| Midian | 米甸镇 |
| Honghe | 红河 |
|---|---|
| Xinansuo | 新安所镇 |
| Daheishan | 大黑山乡 |
| Leyu | 乐育 |
| Xinxian | 新现乡 |
| Sankeshu | 三棵树 |
| Longwu | 龙武镇 |
| Xinjie | 新街 |
| Dixibei | 地西北 |
| Baoshan | 保山市 |
|---|---|
| Manglong | 芒龙 |
| Lincang | 临沧 |
|---|---|
| Cangyuan | 沧源佤族自治县 |
| Yalian | 亚练乡 |
| Shuangjiang | 双江拉祜族佤族布朗族傣族自治县 |
| Quannei | 圈内 |
| Junsai | 军赛乡 |
| Zhenkang | 镇康县 |
| Zhaotong | 昭通 |
|---|---|
| Shuanghe | 双河 |