Yunnan - China's most beautiful province


Raid on Cikou Church

Western missionaries were not always welcome in Yunnan. And when in 1867 they opened a mission in the upper Mekong valley, on the gates of Tibet, they incurred the wrath of Tibet's rulers.



A Lahu minority Christian service in a hill village near Menglian.


Liao Yiwu: God is Red: The Secret Story of How Christianity Survived and Flourished in Communist China

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Liao Yiwu, one of China's most prominent dissidents, was driven out of China, but not before he used a period of internal exile to research Christian groups, mainly in Yunnan. In this book he tells the stories of the Christians of Dali and of Wuding county.


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

Liao Yiwu: God is Red: The Secret Story of How Christianity Survived and Flourished in Communist China

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Liao Yiwu, one of China's most prominent dissidents, was driven out of China, but not before he used a period of internal exile to research Christian groups, mainly in Yunnan. In this book he tells the stories of the Christians of Dali and of Wuding county.


Yunnan's only Shui-Township with stunning karst scenery.

Markets this Saturday

Kunming 昆明
Fazhe 法者镇
Shilin 石林彝族自治县
Wumeng 乌蒙乡
Tangdan 汤丹镇

Dali 大理
Zhoucheng 州城
Yongping 永平县
Wanqiao 湾桥
Paiying 排营
Lijiao 力角
Haidong 海东
Shuixie 水泄
Fengyi 凤仪
Shijing 师井
Wase 挖色
Diannan 甸南
Yongjian 永连
Huangping 黄平镇
Jiangwei 江尾镇
Dacang 大仓镇
Zhongjiang 中江
Gonglang 公郎镇
寅街村
Changyi 长邑村
Deju 德苴乡
云南驿村
前所
桥街
蛇街
妙姑村
Luming 鹿鸣乡
Shidongcun 石洞村
西庄
Midian 米甸镇
Jindunjiecun 金墩街村

Lijiang 丽江
Jiuhe 九河
Judian 巨甸镇

Honghe 红河
Xinansuo 新安所镇
Daheishan 大黑山乡
Leyu 乐育
Majie 马街
Lvchun 绿春县
Xinxian 新现乡
Xinjie 新街
Nanke 南科
Jinping 金平苗族瑶族傣族自治县
Mengqiao 勐桥乡

Wenshan 文山
Pingzhai 平寨乡
Pingba 坪坝镇
Matang 马塘镇
Banggu 蚌谷乡
Muyang 木央镇
Nanping (Majie) 南屏镇 (马街)

Chuxiong 楚雄
Xiaoju 小苴
Wanyaoshu 弯腰树
Dahekou 大河口乡

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

Lincang 临沧
Guoda 郭大彝族白族乡
Mangka 芒卡镇
Boshang 博商
Fengqing 凤庆县
Fengwei 风尾镇
Xinhua 新华彝族苗族乡
Mengjiao 勐角乡

Qujing 曲靖市
Baiwu 白雾
Daqiao 大桥乡
Jiache 驾车乡
Leye 乐业镇
Luna 鲁纳乡
Malu 马路乡
Shangcun 上村乡
Zhehai 者海镇
Zhichang 纸厂乡

Zhaotong 昭通
Linfeng 麟风
Shuitian 水田

Yuxi 玉溪
Mosha 漠沙镇
Xingmeng 兴蒙
Fuliangpeng 富良棚
Hexi 河西

Nujiang 怒江
Hexi 河西
Puladi 普拉底乡
Aludi 阿路底
Laowo 老窝
Fugong 福贡

Puer 普洱
Lancang 澜沧县
Minle 民乐
Yongping 永平镇
Meng'a 孟啊

Diqing 迪庆
Xiaoweixi 小维西
Weideng 维登
Kaifaqu 开发区
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