Slideshows

In Yunlong the old women of Shijing Village worship Guanyin with some rarely seen rituals.

Receiving the Benzhu on the second day of the New Year in a Xueli 雪梨 village near Fengyu, Eryuan County 洱源县凤羽镇.

For New Year, Bai paper charms, called 甲马, are commonly pasted over doorways and shrines in Fengxiang (Fengyu, Eryuan)

Early in December the cherry trees flower in a tea plantation in southern Nanjian county.

This endangered species inhabits the high forests of North-West Yunnan. North of Tacheng 塔城 in Weixi County 维西县 a protected area has been established where a small group used to humans can be quite easily seen.

Chuichuiqiang 吹吹腔 is a form of Bai Opera with elaborate costumes. Here are some of the costumes from the Yunlong County 云龙县 area.

A beautiful pilgrimage path leads up to the Dharma Master Cave 达摩祖师洞 high in the mountains of Weixi county.

Rhesus Macaques have settled the forest around Shibaoshan's Baoxiang Temple, thriving on ample tourist handouts.

The Walnut Festival promotes Yangbi's delicious walnuts in September. An entirely fake ceremony held in the walnut grove of Guangming 光明 village kicks off the event.

Azhali Buddhism was prevalent in the Dali region from Nanzhao times, until suppressed by the Ming and Qing dynasties. In the Jianchuan area it lives quietly on.

The crumbling courtyard of the Ouyang Family, just near Shaxi's famous market square, is one of the last unaltered compounds from the caravan era.

Hands of the members of the Dongjing Association at Dazhuang Benzhu Temple.