Protecting Erhai: The Seven Big Activities
When in April 2017 guesthouses and restaurants around western Yunnan's Erhai Lake were suddenly summarily ordered closed until further notice, big character slogans also began proclaiming: "Protecting Erhai: The Seven Big Activities" 保护洱海七大行动. The slogan suggests that the closure of tourist facilities is just one part of a wider campaign to clean up the Erhai environment.
Fei Hsiao-Tung and Chang Chih-I: Earthbound China
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.
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Diannan 滇南 has a long tradition of making children's toys. They have been recognized as part of Yunnan's Intangible Cultural Heritage.
Making small figurines in Dali.
John Israel: Lianda
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 ancestral hall north of Pingchuan.
This old caravan town on the Jinsha River is Yunnan's gateway to Tibet.
Upcoming Festivals
| Name | Date |
|---|---|
| Walnut Festival | 01 Sep |
| Yunlong August Trade Fair | 19 Sep |
| Benzhu Worship | 24 Sep |
| Corpse Recovering Festival | 24 Sep |
| Across The Bridge Noodle Festival | 24 Sep |
| Lingrui Temple Fair | 24 Sep |
| Yu An Hall Temple Fair | 24 Sep |
| Benzhu Worship | 24 Sep |
| Shihe Luban Festival | 24 Sep |
| Baoguo Temple Fair | 26 Sep |
| Confucius Festival | 28 Sep |
| Confucius Sacrifice | 28 Sep |
Markets this Saturday
| Dali | 大理 |
|---|---|
| Zhoucheng | 州城 |
| Shuanglang | 双廊镇 |
| Yongping | 永平县 |
| Huangping | 黄平镇 |
| Paiying | 排营 |
| Shanyang | 衫阳 |
| Jiangwei | 江尾镇 |
| Songgui | 松桂 |
| Shijing | 师井 |
| Lijiao | 力角 |
| Xintun | 辛屯 |
| Diannan | 甸南 |
| Wenshan | 文山 |
|---|---|
| Matang | 马塘镇 |
| Shadou | 沙斗 |
| Pingba | 坪坝镇 |
| Banlun | 板仑乡 |
| Nijiao | 腻脚彝族乡 |
| Donggan | 董干镇 |
| Tienpeng | 田蓬镇 |
| Jijie | 鸡街乡 |
| Diqing | 迪庆 |
|---|---|
| Kaifaqu | 开发区 |
| Shangjiang | 上江 |
| Xiaoweixi | 小维西 |