The Dengchuan Plain 邓川坝子
The Dengchuan Plain 邓川坝子, north of Dali's Erhai Lake 洱海, has with West Lake 西湖 and the Miju River corridor 弥苴河 some beautiful, if hardly known, scenic areas. It's natural scenery, however, is man-made, the result of more than a thousand years of cultivation and water-management projects that have transformed a swamp and marshland into the current cultural environment.
Haiyan is an old fishing village on Dianchi. In its long-abandoned Guangsheng Temple a few murals remain.
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.
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Temple fair at the Baohe Temple on the foot of Cangshan
Best surviving station on the French-built Vietnam-Kunming railway.
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 Bai town famous for its typical Bai architecture.
An unspoilt Tibetan area along the Zhibaluo River.
Upcoming Festivals
| Name | Date |
|---|---|
| Third Month Fair | 23 Apr |
| Migan Festival | 24 Apr |
| Baitan Temple Fair | 26 Apr |
| Benzhu Worship (Jianchuan Area) | 27 Apr |
| Lingbao Mountain Fair | 28 Apr |
| Kunming Cultural Tourism Festival | 29 Apr |
| May Day | 01 May |
| Twin Festival | 01 May |
| Yangmei Festival | 01 May |
| Monihei | 01 May |
| Sizhuang Pond Fair | 02 May |
| Benzhu Worship (Jianchuan Area) | 02 May |
Markets this Sunday
| Dali | 大理 |
|---|---|
| Jiuzhou | 旧州 |
| Sanying | 三营 |
| Haidong | 海东 |
| Eryuan | 洱源县 |
| Longjie | 龙街 |
| Yunlong | 云龙县 |
| Longjie | 龙街 |
| Yinqiao | 银桥 |
| Liantie | 炼铁 |
| Zhongjiang | 中江 |
| Binchuan | 宾川县 |
| Lawu | 拉乌 |
| Beitou | 北头 |
| Pingpo | 平坡 |
| Jianchuan | 剑川县 |
| Changxin | 长新 |
| Huangping | 黄平镇 |
| Honghe | 红河 |
|---|---|
| Pingbian | 屏边苗族自治县 |
| Niujiaozhai | 牛角寨 |
| Laomeng | 老勐 |
| Diema | 垤玛 |
| Mengzi | 蒙自县 |
| Jiayin | 甲寅 |
| Liangdi | 浪堤 |
| Azhahe | 阿扎河 |
| Sankeshu | 三棵树 |
| Chake | 岔科 |
| Shaochong | 哨冲镇 |
| Baohua | 宝华 |
| Dixibei | 地西北 |
| Luoen | 洛恩 |
| Yongning | 永宁乡 |
| Niujie | 牛街镇 |
| Wenshan | 文山 |
|---|---|
| Guangnan | 广南县 |
| Badaoshao | 八道哨乡 |
| Banlun | 板仑乡 |
| Pingyuan | 平远 |
| Zhesang | 者桑乡 |
| Heizhiguo | 黑支果乡 |
| Boai | 剥隘镇 |
| Dongma | 董马乡 |
| Babao | 八宝镇 |
| Xinzhai | 新寨乡 |
| Diqing | 迪庆 |
|---|---|
| Kangpu | 康普 |