The Old Salt Roads in Yunnan
The Tea Horse Road 茶马古道 into Tibet has become a romantic moniker for Yunnan, but economically more important were the old salt roads.
In Huize, the old capital of copper in Yunnan, many splendid guildhalls survive.
Liao Yiwu: God is Red: The Secret Story of How Christianity Survived and Flourished in Communist China
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.
A number of Chinese historic texts covering life and politics in Yunnan have survived over the centuries. I have translated a few of them.
The Yi in the southern part of Dali have a special Dance and Song Festival.
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.
A clan temple on the slopes of a burial hill near Xizhou.
Yunnan's only Shui-Township with stunning karst scenery.
Upcoming Festivals
| Name | Date |
|---|---|
| Heqing Receiving the Village Protector | 01 Mar |
| Spring Festival in Fengyu | 02 Mar |
| Yi New Year | 04 Mar |
| Benzhu Worship (Jianchuan Area) | 04 Mar |
| Benzhu Worship | 04 Mar |
| Kuoshi | 04 Mar |
| Festival of Light | 04 Mar |
| Benzhu Worship (Jianchuan Area) | 04 Mar |
| Miao Festival | 04 Mar |
| Benzhu Worship | 05 Mar |
| Receiving Laoye | 05 Mar |
| Benzhu Festival | 05 Mar |
Markets this Thursday
| Kunming | 昆明 |
|---|---|
| Kedu | 柯渡镇 |
| Dali | 大理 |
|---|---|
| Nanxin | 南新 |
| Yangcen | 羊岑 |
| Niujie | 牛街 |
| Maidi | 脉地 |
| Gudi | 古底 |
| Fengyi | 凤仪 |
| Wase | 挖色 |
| Yongjian | 永连 |
| Qiaohou | 乔后 |
| Daying | 大营 |
| Taiyi | 太邑彝族乡 |
| Dacang | 大仓镇 |
| Shuanglang | 双廊镇 |
| Huangping | 黄平镇 |
| Zhongjiang | 中江 |
| Luming | 鹿鸣乡 |
| 鲁庄 | |
| 龙洞村 | |
| Jindunjiecun | 金墩街村 |
| Xiazhuang | 下庄镇 |
| Qiaodian | 乔甸镇 |
| Longjie | 龙街 |
| Shidongcun | 石洞村 |
| Shalong | 沙龙镇 |
| 蛇街 | |
| 妙姑村 | |
| 太和社区 |
| Lijiang | 丽江 |
|---|---|
| Judian | 巨甸镇 |
| Xishuangbanna | 西双版纳 |
|---|---|
| Xiding | 西定哈尼族乡 |
| Baoshan | 保山市 |
|---|---|
| Xiaopingtian | 小平田 |
| Wama | 瓦马彝族白族乡 |
| Tengchong | 腾冲县 |
| Yuxi | 玉溪 |
|---|---|
| Mosha | 漠沙镇 |
| Xingmeng | 兴蒙 |
| Fuliangpeng | 富良棚 |
| Hexi | 河西 |
| Diqing | 迪庆 |
|---|---|
| Weideng | 维登 |
| 岩瓦 |