Manglao - A Dai Village in Winter
Even in the depth of winter, life in a Dai village does not truly slow down—it merely changes its rhythm.
The watermills in Fengqing's Gumo village operate just like a thousand years ago.
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.
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.
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.
Raw pork skin, together with raw pork meat and sometimes even raw pork liver are traditional delicacies in Dali.
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 |
| New Moon Ritual | 17 May |
| Damo Temple Fair | 17 May |
| Luban Festival | 18 May |
| Buckwheat Festival | 18 May |
| Fengyu Rice Transplant | 21 May |
| Grain Full | 21 May |
| Hotpant Festival | 22 May |
| Prince Festival | 24 May |
| Prince Festival | 24 May |
| Cattle King | 24 May |
| Tiaogong Festival | 24 May |
Markets this Monday
| Kunming | 昆明 |
|---|---|
| Jiulong | 九龙乡 |
| Dali | 大理 |
|---|---|
| Biaocun | 表村 |
| Longjie | 龙街 |
| Jizushan | 鸡足山 |
| Longjie | 龙街 |
| Caicun | 才村 |
| Dali | 大理 |
| Tuanjie | 团结 |
| Misha | 弥沙 |
| Baishi | 白石 |
| Shaping | 沙平村 |
| Zuòyì | 作邑 |
| Huangping | 黄平镇 |
| Dacang | 大仓镇 |
| Zhongjiang | 中江 |
| Puping | 普淜镇 |
| 三胜 | |
| Midian | 米甸镇 |
| Caifeng | 财丰 |
| Miaowei | 苗尾傈僳族乡 |
| Miaojie | 庙街镇 |
| Taiping | 太平乡 |
| 三鹤 | |
| 西庄 | |
| 寅街村 | |
| Jindunjiecun | 金墩街村 |
| Houshancun | 后山村 |
| Honghe | 红河 |
|---|---|
| Sancun | 三村 |
| Laozhai | 老寨苗族乡 |
| Chemalong | 车玛龙 |
| Sankeshu | 三棵树 |
| Puxiong | 普雄 |
| Dixibei | 地西北 |
| Xinjie | 新街 |
| Shaochong | 哨冲镇 |
| Niujie | 牛街镇 |
| Baihe | 白河乡 |