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?




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


Jim Goodman: The Akha: Guardians of the Forest

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The Akha, in China known as the Aini branch of the Hani people, migrated from China southwards into Laos, Burma and Thailand. In this richly illustrated book J Goodman, aka 'Akha Jim', explains their life and culture.


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

John Israel: Lianda: A Chinese University in War and Revolution

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Everyone knows about the Mao's Long March, but a few years later another long march took place: that of Chinese students leaving their cushy campuses on the east coast, trekking all the way to Yunnan where their universities reformed as Lianda, the united university. Kunming, then a total backwater, became a hotbed for new ideas, not just scientific. We liked the section of east coast girls scampering around Mengzi in their latest fashion.


Historic village on the old Kunming-Dali road.

Markets this Tuesday

Kunming 昆明
Banqiao 板桥乡

Dali 大理
Fuheng 富恒
Zhongsuo 中所
Yongping 永平县
Fengyu 风羽
Liandong 炼洞
Shanyang 衫阳
Xintun 辛屯
Guanping 关平
Qinghua 清华
Songgui 松桂
Baofeng 宝丰乡
Madeng 马镫
Binju 宾居
Shuijing 水井
Niujie 牛街
Caojian 漕间
Huangping 黄平镇
Hedian 禾甸镇
Deju 德苴乡
Junhuacun 均华村
Hongyan 红岩镇
Puping 普淜镇

Lijiang 丽江
Shigu 石鼓镇

Dehong 德宏
Lianghe 梁河县
Kachang 卡场镇

Honghe 红河
Shengcun 生村
Nafa 那发
Caoba 草坝镇
Wantang 湾塘乡
Mingjiu 鸣鹫镇
Sancun 三村
Daheigong 大黑公
Jiache 架车
Wuwan 乌弯
Dayangjie 大羊街
Zhongzhai 中寨

Wenshan 文山
Jiayi 稼依镇
Puyang 普阳
Shupi 树皮彝族乡
Xichou 西畴县

Chuxiong 楚雄
Gaoqiao 高桥镇
Dalongkou 大龙口乡
Shizhong 适中乡

Baoshan 保山市
Wafang 瓦房彝族白族乡
Mangbang 芒棒

Lincang 临沧
Yongde 永德县
Danjia 单甲乡
Mengdui 孟堆乡
Fuhe 复合

Qujing 曲靖市
Wopo 窝坡
Fenghuang 凤凰
干海子
Laochang 老厂乡
Wuxing 五星乡
Xinjie 新街回族乡

Zhaotong 昭通
Jiucheng 旧城
Shikan 石坎
Weixin 威信
Changan 长安
Menggu 蒙姑镇

Yuxi 玉溪
Mosha 漠沙镇
Jiasa 戛洒镇
Tadian 塔甸

Nujiang 怒江
Gudeng 古登
Bingzhongluo 丙中洛
Lishadi 利沙底乡

Puer 普洱
Jiangcheng 江城哈尼族彝族自治县
Mangxin 芒信镇
Qiannuo 千糯
Baozang 宝藏乡
Wenggake 翁嘎科镇

Diqing 迪庆
Shangjiang 上江