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.
Festivals
Stick Festival 19 Feb 2019
Sanduo Festival 14 Mar 2019
Cuoqu Temple Fair 19 Apr 2019
Mule Fair 05 Aug 2019
Autumn Fair 15 Aug 2019
Circling the Mountain 25 Aug 2019
Yongning Mule Fair 11 Nov 2019
Tsongkhapa Festival 21 Nov 2019
Miluoqimi Fair 31 Jan 2020
