古镇: Death-knell for Yunnan's Historic Towns
In China even the 'old towns' are new. Under the 古镇, or ancient town, moniker old towns are razed and their population driven out to make space for sanitized versions of Chinese history that drive the tourist dollar.
Jim Goodman: Children of the Jade Dragon
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.
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In Dali, the Dragon Boat races unusually take place on the day of the Torch Festival, on the eastern side of Erhai.
Judith Shapiro: Mao's War Against Nature
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.
Yunnan's only Shui-Township with stunning karst scenery.
Upcoming Festivals
| Name | Date |
|---|---|
| Black Dragon Fair | 18 Jul |
| Flowery Face Festival | 18 Jul |
| Wild Mushroom Trade Fair | 20 Jul |
| Guanyinshan Temple Fair | 21 Jul |
| Guanyin Practice Day | 21 Jul |
| Great Heat | 23 Jul |
| Benzhu Worship | 23 Jul |
| Ongkor Festival | 23 Jul |
| Benzhu Worship | 24 Jul |
| Benzhu Worship | 25 Jul |
| Taliu Pancake Festival | 26 Jul |
| Benzhu Worship | 26 Jul |
Markets this Saturday
| Dali | 大理 |
|---|---|
| Zhoucheng | 州城 |
| Yongping | 永平县 |
| Dacang | 大仓镇 |
| Wanqiao | 湾桥 |
| Paiying | 排营 |
| Shuixie | 水泄 |
| Jiangwei | 江尾镇 |
| Fengyi | 凤仪 |
| Lijiao | 力角 |
| Dianzhong | 甸中 |
| Shijing | 师井 |
| Weishan | 巍山彝族回族自治县 |
| Diannan | 甸南 |
| Wase | 挖色 |
| Gonglang | 公郎镇 |
| Lijiang | 丽江 |
|---|---|
| Jiuhe | 九河 |
| Honghe | 红河 |
|---|---|
| Nanke | 南科 |
| Niujiaozhai | 牛角寨 |
| Xinansuo | 新安所镇 |
| Daheishan | 大黑山乡 |
| Leyu | 乐育 |
| Majie | 马街 |
| Lvchun | 绿春县 |
| Jinping | 金平苗族瑶族傣族自治县 |
| Xinxian | 新现乡 |
| Mengqiao | 勐桥乡 |
| Baoshan | 保山市 |
|---|---|
| Xiaopingtian | 小平田 |
| Tengchong | 腾冲县 |
| Wama | 瓦马彝族白族乡 |
| Yuxi | 玉溪 |
|---|---|
| Fuliangpeng | 富良棚 |