Yunnan - China's most beautiful province


A Republic Era Map of Dali

A Republic Era map shows the development of the Dali region over the last hundred years.



The discovery of the bronze age culture of Sanxingdui in the Chengdu Plain is one of the most significant of the 20th century.


Brenda McLean: George Forrest, Plant Hunter

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George Forrest, perhaps the most successful plant collector of his time, left little written about his numerous journeys to Yunnan, so this well-illustrated book fills in much needed detail about his life.


A number of Chinese historic texts covering life and politics in Yunnan have survived over the centuries. I have translated a few of them.

John Israel: Lianda: A Chinese University in War and Revolution

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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.


Fog swirling on a cold winter morning over endless rice-terraces, the red of the early morning sun reflected in the flooded paddies: this is the classic view of the Hani Rice Terraces of Yuanyang, now of UNESCO World Heritage status.

Markets this Thursday

Kunming 昆明
Jijie 鸡街乡

Dali 大理
Nanxin 南新
Yangcen 羊岑
Niujie 牛街
Maidi 脉地
Xintun 辛屯
Gudi 古底
Songgui 松桂
Dali 大理
Caicun 才村
Qiaohou 乔后
Daying 大营
Taiyi 太邑彝族乡
Zuòyì 作邑
Huangping 黄平镇
鲁庄
Miaojie 庙街镇
Liuchang 刘厂镇
三胜
Houshancun 后山村
Mizhi 密祉镇
Qiaodian 乔甸镇
Caifeng 财丰
Xinjie 新街镇
太和社区
果城村

Lijiang 丽江
Shigu 石鼓镇
Yongsheng 永胜县
Banqiao 板桥

Xishuangbanna 西双版纳
Xiding 西定哈尼族乡

Honghe 红河
Dianwei 甸尾乡
Shalatuo 沙拉托
Heping 和平乡
Shaochong 哨冲镇
Baixian 白显
Niujie 牛街镇
Panzihua 攀枝花
Tongchang 铜厂
Zhemi 者米拉祜族乡

Wenshan 文山
Babu 八布乡
Tiechang 铁厂镇
Zhuanjiao 篆角乡
Funing 富宁县
Mulun 睦伦乡
Jiumo 旧莫乡

Chuxiong 楚雄
Jiyi 己衣乡
Tanhua 昙花乡
Sanchahe 三岔河乡
Dongpo 东坡傣族乡
Guanglu 光路镇

Baoshan 保山市
Xiaopingtian 小平田
Tengchong 腾冲县
Wama 瓦马彝族白族乡

Lincang 临沧
Mangka 芒卡镇
Fengwei 风尾镇
Boshang 博商
Wumulong 乌木龙乡
Mengjiao 勐角乡

Qujing 曲靖市
Baiwu 白雾
Daqiao 大桥乡
Leye 乐业镇
Malu 马路乡
Yema 野马林场
Yulu 雨碌乡
Zhichang 纸厂乡

Zhaotong 昭通
Shikan 石坎
Jiucheng 旧城
Weixin 威信
Changan 长安

Yuxi 玉溪
Yangjie 羊街乡
Mosha 漠沙镇
Dianzhong 甸中

Nujiang 怒江
Jiakedi 架科底乡
Pihe 匹河怒族乡
Dimaluo

Puer 普洱
Yongping 永平镇
Meng'a 孟啊

Diqing 迪庆
Jiagetu 价格土
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