Yunnan - China's most beautiful province


The First Jesuits in Yunnan

Martino Martin's 1655 Novus Atlas Sinensis seems to contain information based on first hand knowledge gained by missionary travellers to Yunnan. But when did the first Jesuits reach the province?




In Huize, the old capital of copper in Yunnan, many splendid guildhalls survive.


Jim Goodman: Children of the Jade Dragon: the Naxi of Lijiang and their mountain neighbours the Yi

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In the first half of the 1990s Lijiang had barely made its appearance on the Chinese tourism stage, even less so the then remote mountains of Ningland and Lugu Lake. Jim Goodman's account of the Naxi and the Yi draws back to a time where not everything was staged for mass tourism: an account of a lost world.


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

Location of the historically important 'Cangshan Conference' in 794AD.



With its well-preserved architecture and tranquil atmosphere, Weishan's capital is Yunnan's most beautiful county town.


Jim Goodman: Children of the Jade Dragon: the Naxi of Lijiang and their mountain neighbours the Yi

Cover Image
In the first half of the 1990s Lijiang had barely made its appearance on the Chinese tourism stage, even less so the then remote mountains of Ningland and Lugu Lake. Jim Goodman's account of the Naxi and the Yi draws back to a time where not everything was staged for mass tourism: an account of a lost world.


Location of the historically important 'Cangshan Conference' in 794AD.



Once an important salt-mining town, now the second largest town along the Heihui River north of Yangbi.

Markets this Saturday

Kunming 昆明
Fazhe 法者镇
Shilin 石林彝族自治县
Tangdan 汤丹镇
Kedu 柯渡镇

Dali 大理
Duomei 朵美
Zhoucheng 州城
Junhua 均化
Shanyang 衫阳
Yongping 永平县
Paiying 排营
Lijiao 力角
Shijing 师井
Yinqiao 银桥
Liuhe 六合
Diannan 甸南
Heqing 鹤庆县
Shuanglang 双廊镇
Dacang 大仓镇
Jiangwei 江尾镇
Caojian 漕间
Qinghaiying 青海营
Junhuacun 均华村
桥街
Shalong 沙龙镇
龙洞村
Changyi 长邑村
Deju 德苴乡
Longjie 龙街
Xiazhuang 下庄镇

Lijiang 丽江
Jiuhe 九河
Liming 黎明

Honghe 红河
Niujiaozhai 牛角寨
Xinansuo 新安所镇
Mengla 勐拉
Daheishan 大黑山乡
Leyu 乐育
Xinxian 新现乡
Maandi 马鞍底

Wenshan 文山
Pingba 坪坝镇
Matang 马塘镇
Shadou 沙斗
Banlun 板仑乡
Nijiao 腻脚彝族乡
Jijie 鸡街乡
Tienpeng 田蓬镇
Donggan 董干镇
Jiumo 旧莫乡

Chuxiong 楚雄
Wanyaoshu 弯腰树
Dahekou 大河口乡
Mixing 弥兴镇

Baoshan 保山市
Zhonghe 中和
Bawan 坝湾镇
Mangkuan 芒宽彝族傣族乡

Lincang 临沧
Lushi 鲁史
Menglai 勐来乡

Qujing 曲靖市
Dahai 大海乡
Daibu 待补镇
Huohong 火红乡
Nagu 娜姑镇
Xitu 西土
迤车

Zhaotong 昭通
Shuanghe 双河

Yuxi 玉溪
Tadian 塔甸
Jiasa 戛洒镇
Mosha 漠沙镇
Xingmeng 兴蒙
Hexi 河西

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

Puer 普洱
Lancang 澜沧县
Donghui 东回镇
Menglian 孟连傣族拉祜族佤族自治县
Xuelin 雪林佤族乡
Mengsuo 勐梭镇

Diqing 迪庆
Xiaoweixi 小维西
Kaifaqu 开发区
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