The Old Bridges Across the Longjiang
Many old bridges still span the Longjiang River in western Yunnan.
An important Dai festival traditionally marking the beginning of the summer retreat for monks.
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.
Yunnan's only Shui-Township with stunning karst scenery.
Judith Shapiro: Mao's War Against Nature: Politics and the Environment in Revolutionary China
Even if Chinese civilization has developed more against than with nature, the Mao years were a particular exercise in environmental destruction. In one case-study Shapiro tells the story of the draining of the northern part of Dianchi Lake, one of the first steps turning Kunming's lake into the fetid cess-pool it is today.
Reconstructed Qing Wenmiao, in a nice park setting.
The turn of the Yangzi made Chinese civilization possible and was the location of many important battles.
Upcoming Festivals
| Name | Date |
|---|---|
| Ghost Month | 13 Aug |
| Wild Mushroom Festival | 16 Aug |
| Benzhu Worship (Fengyu Area) | 17 Aug |
| Mule Fair | 17 Aug |
| Qixi Festival | 19 Aug |
| Benzhu Worship | 19 Aug |
| Benzhu Worship | 21 Aug |
| Moerduo Temple Fair | 22 Aug |
| Playing the Fragrant Dragon | 23 Aug |
| End of Heat | 23 Aug |
| Benzhu Worship | 25 Aug |
| Maulid an-Nabi | 26 Aug |
Markets this Monday
| Dali | 大理 |
|---|---|
| Duomei | 朵美 |
| Junhua | 均化 |
| Biaocun | 表村 |
| Jizushan | 鸡足山 |
| Liuhe | 六合 |
| Yinqiao | 银桥 |
| Tuanjie | 团结 |
| Misha | 弥沙 |
| Heqing | 鹤庆县 |
| Baishi | 白石 |
| Shaping | 沙平村 |
| Shalong | 沙龙镇 |
| Hedian | 禾甸镇 |
| Qinghaiying | 青海营 |
| Miaowei | 苗尾傈僳族乡 |
| Taiping | 太平乡 |
| Xiazhuang | 下庄镇 |
| Beiya | 北衙 |
| 龙洞村 | |
| Hongyan | 红岩镇 |
| Lijiang | 丽江 |
|---|---|
| Shunzhou | 顺州 |
| Baoshan | 保山市 |
|---|---|
| Xiaopingtian | 小平田 |
| Tengchong | 腾冲县 |
| Wama | 瓦马彝族白族乡 |
| Zhaotong | 昭通 |
|---|---|
| Shuanghe | 双河 |
| Puer | 普洱 |
|---|---|
| Jiangcheng | 江城哈尼族彝族自治县 |
| Yongping | 永平镇 |
| Meng'a | 孟啊 |
| 恩永 |