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.
Ronald G. Knapp: China's Old Dwellings
Few people know as much about Chinese architecture as Knapp: from palaces to humble homes he explains important building principles; the connection between environment and housing styles and the development of style over time. A section on minority housing styles complements the book.
A number of Chinese historic texts covering life and politics in Yunnan have survived over the centuries. I have translated a few of them.
Cantilevered wooden bridge.
Unspoiled Weishan boast Yunnan's most beautiful county town, an important Taoist mountain and areas of strong Muslim and Yi tradition.
Jim Goodman: Children of the Jade Dragon: the Naxi of Lijiang and their mountain neighbours the Yi
In the first half of the 1990s Lijiang had barely made its appearance on the Chinese tourism stage, even less so the then remote mountains of Ningland and Lugu Lake. Jim Goodman's account of the Naxi and the Yi draws back to a time where not everything was staged for mass tourism: an account of a lost world.
Small Benzhu shrine, used for rituals on the third day of Raosanling.
Yunnan's only Shui-Township with stunning karst scenery.
Upcoming Festivals
| Name | Date |
|---|---|
| Mango Festival | 15 Jun |
| Kuzhazha | 15 Jun |
| Flower Festival | 17 Jun |
| Golden Horse Festival | 18 Jun |
| Gunu Temple Healing Walk | 19 Jun |
| Flower Mountain | 19 Jun |
| Flower Mountain | 19 Jun |
| Benzhu Worship | 19 Jun |
| Dragon Boat Festival | 19 Jun |
| Flower Market | 19 Jun |
| Kanglang Shengmu Temple Fair | 19 Jun |
| Xizhou Medicine Market | 19 Jun |
Markets this Wednesday
| Dali | 大理 |
|---|---|
| Junhua | 均化 |
| Duomei | 朵美 |
| Longjie | 龙街 |
| Shunbi | 順濞 |
| Shaba | 沙坝 |
| Liuhe | 六合 |
| Longjie | 龙街 |
| Heqing | 鹤庆县 |
| Zhongying | 种英 |
| Shanglan | 上兰 |
| Zhouguanying | 周官营 |
| Puping | 普淜镇 |
| Gongguoqiao | 功果桥镇 |
| Shangcang | 上沧 |
| 顺荡 | |
| Beiya | 北衙 |
| 龙街 |
| Lijiang | 丽江 |
|---|---|
| Shunzhou | 顺州 |
| Honghe | 红河 |
|---|---|
| Zhicun | 芷村镇 |
| Niujiaozhai | 牛角寨 |
| Longwu | 龙武镇 |
| Sankeshu | 三棵树 |
| Baiyun | 白云乡 |
| Dixibei | 地西北 |
| Yongning | 永宁乡 |
| Tutai | 土台 |
| Hongtian | 红田 |
| Zhaotong | 昭通 |
|---|---|
| Shuanghe | 双河 |
| Diqing | 迪庆 |
|---|---|
| Kaifaqu | 开发区 |
| 岩瓦 |