Slideshows

Since its foundation by the charismatic scholar Xuan Ke 宣科 in the 1980s, the Naxi Ancient Music Association has been performing regularly in the old town of Lijiang.

An old cliff temple along the old trade route from Shunning 顺宁 to Menghua 蒙化, which Xu Xiake 徐霞客 visited almost 400 years ago.

Impressions from a small Dai village in Menglian county near the Burmese border

A Lahu minority Christian service in a hill village near Menglian.

Tying a thread between the relatives and villagers and the newly-weds is an important Dai wedding custom.

Ritual masks used in the Sacred Bird Dance 神鸟舞 of the Dai people in Menglian county 孟连县.

The discovery of the bronze age culture of Sanxingdui in the Chengdu Plain is one of the most significant of the 20th century.

Lingjiu Temple near Fengyu is said to date back to Nanzhao, but the current structures are from the Qing Dynasty

The annual Bai Raosanling is one of the wildest temple fairs in the province.

Some Bai from Heqing county 鹤庆县 at a festival near Liuhe 六合

A small Yi group in Heqing County with distinctive dress.

The wetlands in the quiet Fengyu Basin 凤羽坝子 are slowly being restored as a tourist attraction.