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.
The watermills in Fengqing's Gumo village operate just like a thousand years ago.
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.
A number of Chinese historic texts covering life and politics in Yunnan have survived over the centuries. I have translated a few of them.
Dali's dragon boat races were held on the day of the Torch Festival.
The Danxia, or red sandstore, cliffs around Liming are a hikers' and climbers' paradise that is just now being discovered.
Liao Yiwu: God is Red: The Secret Story of How Christianity Survived and Flourished in Communist China
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.
The Dali history museum inside the headquarters of Du Wenxiu.
Best surviving station on the French-built Vietnam-Kunming railway.
Upcoming Festivals
| Name | Date |
|---|---|
| Yangmei Festival | 01 May |
| Cattle King | 24 May |
| Dongpo Fair | 24 May |
| Buddha's Birthday | 24 May |
| Dancing Cow | 24 May |
| Prince Festival | 24 May |
| Circling the Mountain | 24 May |
| Prince Festival | 24 May |
| Tiaogong Festival | 24 May |
| Corban | 27 May |
| Walnut Valley Culture Festival | 28 May |
| Temple Fair | 28 May |
Markets this Monday
| Dali | 大理 |
|---|---|
| Biaocun | 表村 |
| Fengyi | 凤仪 |
| Jizushan | 鸡足山 |
| Wase | 挖色 |
| Caicun | 才村 |
| Yongjian | 永连 |
| Dali | 大理 |
| Tuanjie | 团结 |
| Misha | 弥沙 |
| Baishi | 白石 |
| Huangping | 黄平镇 |
| Zuòyì | 作邑 |
| Dacang | 大仓镇 |
| Shaping | 沙平村 |
| Zhongjiang | 中江 |
| Shalong | 沙龙镇 |
| 蛇街 | |
| Miaowei | 苗尾傈僳族乡 |
| Hedian | 禾甸镇 |
| Shidongcun | 石洞村 |
| Taiping | 太平乡 |
| Hongyan | 红岩镇 |
| Luming | 鹿鸣乡 |
| Jindunjiecun | 金墩街村 |
| 妙姑村 | |
| Xiazhuang | 下庄镇 |
| 龙洞村 |
| Lijiang | 丽江 |
|---|---|
| Judian | 巨甸镇 |
| Honghe | 红河 |
|---|---|
| Shengcun | 生村 |
| Laozhai | 老寨苗族乡 |
| Chemalong | 车玛龙 |
| Daheigong | 大黑公 |
| Wuwan | 乌弯 |
| Mengping | 勐坪 |
| Puxiong | 普雄 |
| Baihe | 白河乡 |
| Wenshan | 文山 |
|---|---|
| Lida | 里达镇 |
| Zhujie | 朱街镇 |
| Shuanglongying | 双龙营乡 |
| Mugan | 木杆 |
| Zhulin | 珠琳镇 |
| Yuxi | 玉溪 |
|---|---|
| Xingmeng | 兴蒙 |
| Hexi | 河西 |
| Fuliangpeng | 富良棚 |
| Puer | 普洱 |
|---|---|
| Jiangcheng | 江城哈尼族彝族自治县 |
| Mangxin | 芒信镇 |
| Qiannuo | 千糯 |
| 恩永 |