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
Yongning Mule Fair 19 Nov 2021
Tsongkhapa Festival 29 Nov 2021
Miluoqimi Fair 07 Feb 2022
Stick Festival 15 Feb 2022
Sanduo Festival 10 Mar 2022
Cuoqu Temple Fair 15 Apr 2022
Mule Fair 02 Aug 2022
Autumn Fair 12 Aug 2022
Circling the Mountain 22 Aug 2022
