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Not far from the county town is Jianchuan's Thousand Lion Mountain, a Buddhist Temple Mountain with some 3000 lions carved onto rocks.

Bai Azhali Buddhist rituals performed at Jianchuan's Caishen Temple.

The Yi of the Eastern Mountains in Weishan County retain Daoist rituals dating back generations.

In the small salt village of 弥井 in Jianchuan county Buddhist rituals are performed on the 8th day of the fourth lunar month, Buddha's birthday.

"Erzige" is an ancient Bai folk play, traditionally performed at weddings and at the completion of a house.

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.