Slideshows Yunnan · Dali
Eryuan County 洱源县

Shaba Fishpond Fair
沙坝渔潭会

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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.

Azaleas of Horse Ear Mountain
马耳山之杜鹃花

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Early May the Azaleas on Maershan 马耳山 north of Erhai are in flower.

Xihu Reflections
西湖之倒影

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West Lake 西湖 is beautiful wetland area north of Dali, good for birdwatching.

Black Dragon Fair Folk Play
黑龙会戏曲表演

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On occasion of the Black Dragon Fair near Fengyu, villagers perform a traditional folk play.

Black Dragon Fair
黑龙会

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The Black Dragon Fair 黑龙会 is a folk worship event in Zhuangshang village 庄上村 near Fengyu 风羽.

Fengyu Benzhujie
风羽本主节

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Every year on the first day of the second lunar month, the statues of the Benzhu are brought into Fengyu to "inspect" the old town.

Fengyu Torch Festival
凤羽火把节

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The Torch Festival in Eryuan's Fengyu region is a small neighbourhood affair.

Fengyu Bai Wedding Customs
凤羽白族婚俗

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Bai weddings in Eryuan's Fengyu still follow a strict traditional ritual rich with meaning.

Xueli Benzhu Festival
雪梨接本住

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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.

Fengxiang Paper Charms
凤翔甲马

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

Qingyuan Cave Temple Fair
青源洞庙会

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Once a year, on lunar June 13th, the Bai gather at the spring that feeds Fengyu 凤羽 valley.

Lanterns on Cibi Lake
茈碧湖海灯会

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A week after Ghost Festival boats set out at dusk on Cibi Lake to make offerings to the Dragon King.
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