Shaba Fishpond Fair
沙坝渔潭会
The annual fair at Shaba, called the Fishpond Fair 渔潭会, starts every year on the day of the Midautumn Festival 中秋节, and runs for a week. Attracting a local crowd, it remains a much more rustic fair than the massive Third Month Fair 三月街 and livestock is still traded here.
Weibaoshan Changchundong Temple
巍宝山长春洞
Changchundong Temple on Weibaoshan is one of the best preserved Daoist temples in Yunnan.
Third Month Fair Archery Contest
三月街射箭比赛
The archery competition is an integral part of the Dali Third Month Fair.
Horse Races at the Third Month Fair
三月街赛马大会
The horse races at the Third Month Fair, made famous in the movie Five Golden Flowers 五朵金花, are getting ever more professional.
Haidong Forest Fire
海东山火
A forrest fire burning on the eastern side of Erhai during the dry season in 2024.
Weishan Rapeseed Flower
巍山油菜花
The flowering of rapeseed turns the fields of Weishan 巍山 a splendid yellow in late February and early March.
Murals in Haiyan's Guansheng Temple
海晏村关圣宫壁画
Haiyan is an old fishing village on Dianchi. In its long-abandoned Guangsheng Temple a few murals remain.
Kangpu Shouguo Temple
康普寿国寺
A small, but significant Buddhist temple above the Mekong. One of the southernmost Tibetan temples in China. Pictures are from 2009.
Weishan Chongzheng Bookstore
巍山崇正书店
The Xianfeng Bookchain 先锋书店, an upmarket bookseller known for innovative architecture, has opened a store in the Ming dynasty Chongzheng Academy 崇正书院 in the centre of Weishan 巍山.
Old Bridges Across the Longjiang
龙江古桥
Several old bridges still span the Longjiang River in Tengchong county.
