Yunnan - China's most beautiful province


On the Statelets between Nanzhao and the Dali Kingdom

After the demise of Nanzhao 南诏, the Buddhist kingdom that integrated the tribes of the Erhai region in the second half of the first millennium, local strongmen proclaimed a succession of short-lived statelets before Duan Siping 段思平 in 937 CE established the Dali Kingdom 大理国.




The temple in Mangdao 芒岛, built in 1899, is one of few surviving examples of Dai Buddhist temples having survived the Cultural Revolution by being converted into grain storage.


Fei Hsiao-Tung and Chang Chih-I: Earthbound China: A Study of Rural Economy in Yunnan

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Fei is the father of modern sociology in China: western-trained, he came to Yunnan at the end of the 1930s when China's eastern universities relocated west. In "Earthbound China" he applied modern empirical techniques that he had pioneered around Shanghai to the Chinese hinterland. The economical development, and subsequent societal changes, of three un-named, but typical villages in Yunnan is analyzed in great detail in this fascinating study.


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

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


Fei Hsiao-Tung and Chang Chih-I: Earthbound China: A Study of Rural Economy in Yunnan

Cover Image
Fei is the father of modern sociology in China: western-trained, he came to Yunnan at the end of the 1930s when China's eastern universities relocated west. In "Earthbound China" he applied modern empirical techniques that he had pioneered around Shanghai to the Chinese hinterland. The economical development, and subsequent societal changes, of three un-named, but typical villages in Yunnan is analyzed in great detail in this fascinating study.


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

Markets this Thursday

Kunming 昆明
Jiulong 九龙乡

Dali 大理
Nanxin 南新
Niujie 牛街
Yangcen 羊岑
Maidi 脉地
Longjie 龙街
Xintun 辛屯
Songgui 松桂
Gudi 古底
Longjie 龙街
Qiaohou 乔后
Daying 大营
Taiyi 太邑彝族乡
Huangping 黄平镇
三胜
鲁庄
太和社区
Puping 普淜镇
Caifeng 财丰
Miaojie 庙街镇
Qinghaiying 青海营
Houshancun 后山村
Qiaodian 乔甸镇

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
Niujiaozhai 牛角寨
Dianwei 甸尾乡
Heping 和平乡
Sankeshu 三棵树
Shaochong 哨冲镇
Dixibei 地西北
Baixian 白显
Niujie 牛街镇

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

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
Wama 瓦马彝族白族乡
Tengchong 腾冲县

Lincang 临沧
Mangka 芒卡镇
Boshang 博商
Fengwei 风尾镇
Yalian 亚练乡
Mengjiao 勐角乡

Qujing 曲靖市
Daba 大坝
Kuangshan 矿山镇
Xitu 西土

Zhaotong 昭通
Jiucheng 旧城
Shikan 石坎
Weixin 威信
Changan 长安

Yuxi 玉溪
Mosha 漠沙镇
Yangjie 羊街乡
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
岩瓦