Slideshows Yunnan · Dali · Jianchuan
Diannan Township 甸南镇

Diannan 滇南 has a long tradition of making children's toys. They have been recognized as part of Yunnan's Intangible Cultural Heritage.

The suona 唢呐 is an important instrument in Chinese ritual and folk music. Here a Bai gentleman plays it as part of Azhali Buddhist rituals in the 催君寺 temple near Jianchuan 剑川.

Magic dances are part Azhali rituals: here it is the Flower Dance as part of the 太子会 in Jianchuan.

Pictures from the Opening Ceremony of the 2019 Shibaoshan Songfest.

Chinese Buddhists parade through the street on occasion of the Prince Festival 太子会.

Congregation of Chinese Buddhist on occasion of the Prince Festival in Jianchuan.

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.

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.