Guandu Old Town
With the Bird and Flower Market and the Muslim Quarter fallen, little remains of 'Lao Kunming', the characterful old town of former times. Now it is all high-rises, wide avenues, chain-shops. Everywhere? No, a small part of Kunming is holding out...
The watermills in Fengqing's Gumo village operate just like a thousand years ago.
John Israel: Lianda: A Chinese University in War and Revolution
Everyone knows about the Mao's Long March, but a few years later another long march took place: that of Chinese students leaving their cushy campuses on the east coast, trekking all the way to Yunnan where their universities reformed as Lianda, the united university. Kunming, then a total backwater, became a hotbed for new ideas, not just scientific. We liked the section of east coast girls scampering around Mengzi in their latest fashion.
A number of Chinese historic texts covering life and politics in Yunnan have survived over the centuries. I have translated a few of them.
Local Dali opera form.
Fei Hsiao-Tung and Chang Chih-I: Earthbound China: A Study of Rural Economy in Yunnan
Fei is the father of modern sociology in China: western-trained, he came to Yunnan at the end of the 1930s when China's eastern universities relocated west. In "Earthbound China" he applied modern empirical techniques that he had pioneered around Shanghai to the Chinese hinterland. The economical development, and subsequent societal changes, of three un-named, but typical villages in Yunnan is analyzed in great detail in this fascinating study.
Yunlong's famous bridges.
A spectacularly narrow canyon high above the Jinsha River.
Upcoming Festivals
| Name | Date |
|---|---|
| Flower Festival | 17 Jun |
| Benzhu Worship | 19 Jun |
| Kanglang Shengmu Temple Fair | 19 Jun |
| 端午节 | 19 Jun |
| Flower Mountain | 19 Jun |
| Flower Mountain | 19 Jun |
| Xizhou Medicine Market | 19 Jun |
| Dragon Boat Festival | 19 Jun |
| Horse Races | 19 Jun |
| Flower Market | 19 Jun |
| Gunu Temple Healing Walk | 19 Jun |
| Asian Valentines Day | 19 Jun |
Markets this Saturday
| Dali | 大理 |
|---|---|
| Zhoucheng | 州城 |
| Yongping | 永平县 |
| Lijiao | 力角 |
| Paiying | 排营 |
| Fengyi | 凤仪 |
| Qinghua | 清华 |
| Shijing | 师井 |
| Weishan | 巍山彝族回族自治县 |
| Wase | 挖色 |
| Diannan | 甸南 |
| Jiangwei | 江尾镇 |
| Niujie | 牛街 |
| Dianzhong | 甸中 |
| Mizhi | 密祉镇 |
| Changyi | 长邑村 |
| Deju | 德苴乡 |
| Puping | 普淜镇 |
| 田口 | |
| 果城村 | |
| Shidongcun | 石洞村 |
| Luming | 鹿鸣乡 |
| 北桥 | |
| 妙姑村 | |
| Liuchang | 刘厂镇 |
| 桥街 | |
| Xinjie | 新街镇 |
| Lijiang | 丽江 |
|---|---|
| Jiuhe | 九河 |
| Baoshan | 保山市 |
|---|---|
| Manglong | 芒龙 |
| Lincang | 临沧 |
|---|---|
| Cangyuan | 沧源佤族自治县 |
| Fengqing | 凤庆县 |
| Shuangjiang | 双江拉祜族佤族布朗族傣族自治县 |
| Quannei | 圈内 |
| Zhenkang | 镇康县 |
| Junsai | 军赛乡 |
| Yuxi | 玉溪 |
|---|---|
| Mosha | 漠沙镇 |
| Fuliangpeng | 富良棚 |
| Puer | 普洱 |
|---|---|
| Lancang | 澜沧县 |
| Fubang | 富邦乡 |
| Fuyan | 富岩 |
| Mujia | 木戛乡 |
| Dehua | 德化镇 |
| Kangping | 康平乡 |
| Ankang | 安康佤族乡 |
| Liming | 黎明乡 |
| Wendong | 文东佤族乡 |
| 把边 |