A Republic Era Map of Dali
A Republic Era map shows the development of the Dali region over the last hundred years.
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.
Jim Goodman: Children of the Jade Dragon: the Naxi of Lijiang and their mountain neighbours the Yi
In the first half of the 1990s Lijiang had barely made its appearance on the Chinese tourism stage, even less so the then remote mountains of Ningland and Lugu Lake. Jim Goodman's account of the Naxi and the Yi draws back to a time where not everything was staged for mass tourism: an account of a lost world.
A number of Chinese historic texts covering life and politics in Yunnan have survived over the centuries. I have translated a few of them.
Bai wedding customs.
Largest Miao village in the Kunming area with a large Christian community and a nationally-acclaimed church-choir.
Jim Goodman: Living in Shangrila: Tibetans and Mosuo in Northwest Yunnan
Abstract: When Diqing Prefecture, opened its doors to foreign visitors in 1992, tourist agencies and government officials promoted Zhongdian County as the Shangrila of James Hilton’s novel Lost Horizon. In 2001 the city officially changed its name to Shangrila. On a high plateau of over 3200 meters, surrounded by snow covered mountain peaks, inhabited mainly by relatively prosperous, friendly and contented Tibetans, with beautiful monasteries, lakes, forests and summer flowers, the county’s scenery and lifestyle certainly bore a strong resemblance to that in the novel. Living in Shangrila describes the life and environment of the Tibetan people throughout Diqing Prefecture. It also examines their neighbors the Mosuo, a branch of the Naxi nationality, who adopted Tibetan Buddhism as their religion, but are still mainly a matrilineal society, unique to Yunnan, living around Lugu Lake, the most picturesque body of water in the province. The book includes over 200 photographs.
Raw pork skin, together with raw pork meat and sometimes even raw pork liver are traditional delicacies in Dali.
Upcoming Festivals
| Name | Date |
|---|---|
| Litang Horse Racing | 01 Aug |
| Gaofeng Torch Festival | 09 Aug |
| Mushroom Festival | 09 Aug |
| Benzhu Worship | 10 Aug |
| Benzhu Worship (Jianchuan Area) | 10 Aug |
| Perseid Meteor Shower | 12 Aug |
| Wumulong Torch Festival | 12 Aug |
| Baijie Festival | 13 Aug |
| Longkan Ghost Festival | 13 Aug |
| Ghost Month | 13 Aug |
| Yinongwu | 13 Aug |
| Camel Festival | 13 Aug |
Markets this Monday
| Kunming | 昆明 |
|---|---|
| Jiulong | 九龙乡 |
| Dali | 大理 |
|---|---|
| Biaocun | 表村 |
| Longjie | 龙街 |
| Weishan | 巍山彝族回族自治县 |
| Jizushan | 鸡足山 |
| Fengyi | 凤仪 |
| Wase | 挖色 |
| Longjie | 龙街 |
| Yinqiao | 银桥 |
| Tuanjie | 团结 |
| Misha | 弥沙 |
| Baishi | 白石 |
| Shaping | 沙平村 |
| Dianzhong | 甸中 |
| 妙姑村 | |
| 田口 | |
| 寅街村 | |
| 北桥 | |
| Midian | 米甸镇 |
| Miaowei | 苗尾傈僳族乡 |
| Taiping | 太平乡 |
| Puping | 普淜镇 |
| Shidongcun | 石洞村 |
| Luming | 鹿鸣乡 |
| 西庄 |
| Yuxi | 玉溪 |
|---|---|
| Fuliangpeng | 富良棚 |
| Puer | 普洱 |
|---|---|
| Donghui | 东回镇 |
| Xuelin | 雪林佤族乡 |
| Menglian | 孟连傣族拉祜族佤族自治县 |
| Kangping | 康平乡 |
| Mengsuo | 勐梭镇 |
| Dehua | 德化镇 |
| Liming | 黎明乡 |
| 恩永 | |
| 把边 |