Guandu Old Town
With the Bird and Flower Market and the Muslim Quarter fallen, little remains of 'Lao Kunming', the characterful old town of former times. Now it is all high-rises, wide avenues, chain-shops. Everywhere? No, a small part of Kunming is holding out...
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.
Ronald G. Knapp: China's Old Dwellings
Few people know as much about Chinese architecture as Knapp: from palaces to humble homes he explains important building principles; the connection between environment and housing styles and the development of style over time. A section on minority housing styles complements the book.
A number of Chinese historic texts covering life and politics in Yunnan have survived over the centuries. I have translated a few of them.
One of the biggest Bai festivals.
Once an important salt-mining town, now the second largest town along the Heihui River north of Yangbi.
Jim Goodman: Children of the Jade Dragon: the Naxi of Lijiang and their mountain neighbours the Yi
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.
Small Benzhu shrine, used for rituals on the third day of Raosanling.
The Danxia, or red sandstore, cliffs around Liming are a hikers' and climbers' paradise that is just now being discovered.
Upcoming Festivals
| Name | Date |
|---|---|
| Litang Horse Racing | 01 Aug |
| Benzhu Worship | 04 Aug |
| Benzhu Worship (Jianchuan Area) | 04 Aug |
| Benzhu Worship | 05 Aug |
| Benzhu Worship | 05 Aug |
| Benzhu Worship | 05 Aug |
| Benzhu Worship | 05 Aug |
| Taliu Pancake Festival | 06 Aug |
| Torch Festival | 06 Aug |
| Red Rice Festival | 06 Aug |
| Mishi Festival | 06 Aug |
| Yi Torch Festival | 06 Aug |
Markets this Wednesday
| Dali | 大理 |
|---|---|
| Shunbi | 順濞 |
| Fengyi | 凤仪 |
| Shaba | 沙坝 |
| Dali | 大理 |
| Wase | 挖色 |
| Yongjian | 永连 |
| Caicun | 才村 |
| Huangping | 黄平镇 |
| Dacang | 大仓镇 |
| Zhongjiang | 中江 |
| Zhongying | 种英 |
| Shanglan | 上兰 |
| Zhouguanying | 周官营 |
| Jindunjiecun | 金墩街村 |
| 妙姑村 | |
| 龙洞村 | |
| Shangcang | 上沧 |
| 顺荡 | |
| Hongyan | 红岩镇 |
| 龙街 | |
| Shalong | 沙龙镇 |
| Hedian | 禾甸镇 |
| 蛇街 | |
| Xiazhuang | 下庄镇 |
| Shidongcun | 石洞村 |
| Luming | 鹿鸣乡 |
| Gongguoqiao | 功果桥镇 |
| Lijiang | 丽江 |
|---|---|
| Judian | 巨甸镇 |
| Wenshan | 文山 |
|---|---|
| Zhujie | 朱街镇 |
| Shuanglongying | 双龙营乡 |
| Lida | 里达镇 |
| Mugan | 木杆 |
| Zhulin | 珠琳镇 |
| Yuxi | 玉溪 |
|---|---|
| Xingmeng | 兴蒙 |
| Fuliangpeng | 富良棚 |
| Hexi | 河西 |
| Puer | 普洱 |
|---|---|
| Jiangcheng | 江城哈尼族彝族自治县 |
| 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 |
| Mengxian | 勐先镇 |