Manglao - A Dai Village in Winter
Even in the depth of winter, life in a Dai village does not truly slow down—it merely changes its rhythm.
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.
C. Patterson Giersch: Asian Borderlands: The Transformation of Qing China's Yunnan Frontier
Yunnan was not always China: indeed not so long ago large parts of Yunnan were only nominally part of the empire. To make Yunnan, outside the main Han cities, a Chinese province required significant effort. Here Giersch's study on Yunnan's hinterland makes an interesting if academic read.
A number of Chinese historic texts covering life and politics in Yunnan have survived over the centuries. I have translated a few of them.
Small Benzhu shrine, used for rituals on the third day of Raosanling.
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.
Traditional Bai vernacular architecture with buildings to three sides and a screenwall.
Largest Miao village in the Kunming area with a large Christian community and a nationally-acclaimed church-choir.
Upcoming Festivals
| Name | Date |
|---|---|
| Wild Mushroom Trade Fair | 20 Jul |
| Benzhu Worship (Eryuan Area) | 25 Jul |
| Bai Yi New Year | 25 Jul |
| Qingyuan Cave Festival | 26 Jul |
| Nuodeng Dragon King Temple Fair | 26 Jul |
| Benzhu Worship (Jianchuan Area) | 26 Jul |
| Benzhu Worship | 27 Jul |
| Benzhu Worship | 28 Jul |
| Close Door Festival | 28 Jul |
| Full Moon Ritual | 28 Jul |
| Benzhu Worship | 28 Jul |
| Circling Jianhu | 28 Jul |
Markets this Sunday
| Dali | 大理 |
|---|---|
| Jiuzhou | 旧州 |
| Shanyang | 衫阳 |
| Sanying | 三营 |
| Xintun | 辛屯 |
| Songgui | 松桂 |
| Yunlong | 云龙县 |
| Qinghua | 清华 |
| Yinqiao | 银桥 |
| Liantie | 炼铁 |
| Binchuan | 宾川县 |
| Beitou | 北头 |
| Lawu | 拉乌 |
| Changxin | 长新 |
| Caojian | 漕间 |
| Niujie | 牛街 |
| Jianchuan | 剑川县 |
| Pingpo | 平坡 |
| Huangping | 黄平镇 |
| Eryuan | 洱源县 |
| Niujie | 牛街彝族乡 |
| Xinjie | 新街镇 |
| Puping | 普淜镇 |
| Junhuacun | 均华村 |
| Mizhi | 密祉镇 |
| Minjian | 民建乡 |
| Liuchang | 刘厂镇 |
| 果城村 | |
| 青苗 |
| Honghe | 红河 |
|---|---|
| Pingbian | 屏边苗族自治县 |
| Nafa | 那发 |
| Diema | 垤玛 |
| Mengzi | 蒙自县 |
| Azhahe | 阿扎河 |
| Jiache | 架车 |
| Liangdi | 浪堤 |
| Chake | 岔科 |
| Jiayin | 甲寅 |
| Baohua | 宝华 |
| Luoen | 洛恩 |
| Zhongzhai | 中寨 |
| Yongning | 永宁乡 |
| Laomeng | 老勐 |
| Wenshan | 文山 |
|---|---|
| Guangnan | 广南县 |
| Puyang | 普阳 |
| Pingyuan | 平远 |
| Zhesang | 者桑乡 |
| Shupi | 树皮彝族乡 |
| Funing | 富宁县 |
| Xichou | 西畴县 |
| Babao | 八宝镇 |
| Puer | 普洱 |
|---|---|
| Lancang | 澜沧拉祜族自治县 |
| Nanling | 南岭乡 |
| Donghui | 东回镇 |
| Baozang | 宝藏乡 |
| Fubang | 富邦乡 |
| Xuelin | 雪林佤族乡 |
| Menglian | 孟连傣族拉祜族佤族自治县 |
| Mujia | 木戛乡 |
| Mengsuo | 勐梭镇 |
| Ankang | 安康佤族乡 |
| Wendong | 文东佤族乡 |
| Diqing | 迪庆 |
|---|---|
| Shangjiang | 上江 |