Slideshows Yunnan
Puer Prefecture 普洱市

Hidden in the forests above Shangyun 上允 are the ruins of a Buddhist temple fortress founded during the Qing Dynasty by separatist monks from Jizushan who built a significant religious following by the local Lahu and Dai people.

An important Dai festival traditionally marking the beginning of the summer retreat for monks.

The temple in Mangdao 芒岛, built in 1899, is one of few surviving examples of Dai Buddhist temples having survived the Cultural Revolution by being converted into grain storage.

WeiBaDa 维巴达 is a Dai ritual worshipping traces of Buddha, such as footprints and handprints, in Jinggu county 景谷县.

The Gourd Festival 葫芦节 is the main festival of the Lahu people. In Lancang, its date has been moved into April to coincide with the county's foundation.

The firing of self-made rockets is one of the fun parts of the Dai Watersplashing Festival 泼水节.

Kids from one of Lancang's 澜沧县 schools dress up in minority clothes for the annual Gourd Festival 葫芦节.

Early 20th century murals at Mangzhong Temple near Menglian

Impressions from a small Dai village in Menglian county near the Burmese border

A Lahu minority Christian service in a hill village near Menglian.

Tying a thread between the relatives and villagers and the newly-weds is an important Dai wedding custom.

Ritual masks used in the Sacred Bird Dance 神鸟舞 of the Dai people in Menglian county 孟连县.