Yunnan - China's most beautiful province


A Republic Era Map of Dali

A Republic Era map shows the development of the Dali region over the last hundred years.



A forrest fire burning on the eastern side of Erhai during the dry season in 2024.


Liao Yiwu: God is Red: The Secret Story of How Christianity Survived and Flourished in Communist China

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Liao Yiwu, one of China's most prominent dissidents, was driven out of China, but not before he used a period of internal exile to research Christian groups, mainly in Yunnan. In this book he tells the stories of the Christians of Dali and of Wuding county.

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A traditional technique making little figures etc from cloth, in Jianchuan county.



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.


Ronald G. Knapp: China's Old Dwellings

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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.


This old caravan town on the Jinsha River is Yunnan's gateway to Tibet.

Markets this Sunday

Kunming 昆明
Zhuanlong 转龙镇
Jijie 鸡街乡
Xundian 寻甸回族彝族自治县

Dali 大理
Duomei 朵美
Junhua 均化
Jiuzhou 旧州
Sanying 三营
Shanyang 衫阳
Eryuan 洱源县
Yunlong 云龙县
Yinqiao 银桥
Liantie 炼铁
Liuhe 六合
Beitou 北头
Binchuan 宾川县
Lawu 拉乌
Heqing 鹤庆县
Pingpo 平坡
Jianchuan 剑川县
Changxin 长新

Lijiang 丽江
Hongyan 红岩
Liming 黎明

Xishuangbanna 西双版纳
Menghun 勐混
Mengman 勐满拉祜族哈尼族布朗族镇

Dehong 德宏
Husa 户撒乡
Nangsong 曩宋阿昌族乡

Honghe 红河
Zhemi 者米拉祜族乡
Shengcun 生村
Pingbian 屏边苗族自治县
Laomeng 老勐
Diema 垤玛
Mengzi 蒙自县
Shalatuo 沙拉托
Jiayin 甲寅
Liangdi 浪堤
Azhahe 阿扎河
Chake 岔科
Baohua 宝华
Tongchang 铜厂
Luoen 洛恩
Yongning 永宁乡
Panzihua 攀枝花

Wenshan 文山
Tiechang 铁厂镇
Babu 八布乡
Guangnan 广南县
Zhuanjiao 篆角乡
Pingyuan 平远
Zhesang 者桑乡
Mulun 睦伦乡
Babao 八宝镇

Chuxiong 楚雄
Nanhua 南华县
Dayao 大姚县
Bailu 白路
Mixing 弥兴镇
Guanglu 光路镇
Yaoan 姚安县

Baoshan 保山市
Manglong 芒龙

Lincang 临沧
Luodang 洛党
Cangyuan 沧源佤族自治县
Zhenkang 镇康县
Wumulong 乌木龙乡
Junsai 军赛乡
Quannei 圈内
Shuangjiang 双江拉祜族佤族布朗族傣族自治县

Zhaotong 昭通
Shuanghe 双河

Yuxi 玉溪
Tadian 塔甸
Jiasa 戛洒镇
Xingmeng 兴蒙
Hexi 河西

Nujiang 怒江
Liuku 六库
Tongdian 通甸

Puer 普洱
Jiangcheng 江城哈尼族彝族自治县
Lancang 澜沧拉祜族自治县
Fuyan 富岩