Yunnan - China's most beautiful province


Into the Land of the Black Lisu

The Nujiang Canyon, on Yunnan's western frontier, was until the 1930s a blank area on the map that not even Chinese troops dared to enter. In 1905 two British explorers made the first foray into this land of the Black Lisu.



Hidden in the forests above Shangyun 上允 are the ruins of a Buddhist temple fortress founded during the Qing Dynasty by separatist monks from Jizushan who built a significant religious following by the local Lahu and Dai people.


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.

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.


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 Tuesday

Kunming 昆明
Jiulong 九龙乡

Dali 大理
Fuheng 富恒
Zhongsuo 中所
Liandong 炼洞
Yongping 永平县
Fengyu 风羽
Longjie 龙街
Fengyi 凤仪
Guanping 关平
Wase 挖色
Longjie 龙街
Yongjian 永连
Baofeng 宝丰乡
Yinqiao 银桥
Madeng 马镫
Binju 宾居
Shuijing 水井
Dacang 大仓镇
Huangping 黄平镇
Zhongjiang 中江
西庄
蛇街
Shidongcun 石洞村
Luming 鹿鸣乡
Puping 普淜镇
妙姑村
寅街村
Deju 德苴乡
Midian 米甸镇
Qinghaiying 青海营
Jindunjiecun 金墩街村

Lijiang 丽江
Judian 巨甸镇

Honghe 红河
Mingjiu 鸣鹫镇
Wantang 湾塘乡
Caoba 草坝镇
Sankeshu 三棵树
Dixibei 地西北
Dayangjie 大羊街
Xinjie 新街

Wenshan 文山
Badaoshao 八道哨乡
Jiayi 稼依镇
Banlun 板仑乡
Heizhiguo 黑支果乡
Dongma 董马乡
Boai 剥隘镇
Xinzhai 新寨乡

Chuxiong 楚雄
Gaoqiao 高桥镇
Xiaoju 小苴
Dalongkou 大龙口乡

Baoshan 保山市
Hehua 荷花傣族佤族乡
Xinzhai 新寨

Lincang 临沧
Guoda 郭大彝族白族乡
Mengding 孟定
Yalian 亚练乡
Nanmei 南美拉祜族乡
Banhong 班洪乡

Qujing 曲靖市
Daba 大坝
Dahai 大海乡
Huohong 火红乡
Jiache 驾车乡
Nagu 娜姑镇
Xitu 西土
迤车

Zhaotong 昭通
Shuitian 水田
Linfeng 麟风

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

Nujiang 怒江
Gudeng 古登
Bingzhongluo 丙中洛
Lishadi 利沙底乡
Fugong 福贡

Puer 普洱
Nuofu 糯福
Dashan 大山乡
Mengma 孟马镇
Meizi 梅子镇
Wenggake 翁嘎科镇

Diqing 迪庆
Weideng 维登
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