Lijiang, home to the Naxi people, declared a Unesco World Heritage Site after a devastating earthquake, has become Yunnan's biggest tourist attraction, but just a few kilometers away quaint villages can still be found. In the far northeast lies Lugu Lake, famous more for it matrilineal Mosuo than for its natural beauty.
Lijiang - Twenty Years On
Jim Goodman, veteran researcher and writer on Yunnan and its people, has just republished his 1997 book "Children of the Jade Dragon: the Naxi and Yi of Northwest Yunnan". In its new preface he looks back at the changes the last twenty years have brought.
Intangible Cultural Heritage
Festivals
Miluoqimi Fair 28 Jan 2023
Stick Festival 05 Feb 2023
Sanduo Festival 27 Feb 2023
Cuoqu Temple Fair 04 May 2023
Mule Fair 20 Aug 2023
Autumn Fair 30 Aug 2023
Circling the Mountain 09 Sep 2023
Yongning Mule Fair 27 Nov 2023
Tsongkhapa Festival 07 Dec 2023
