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Lancang Kids' Ethnic Show
澜沧民族秀

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Kids from one of Lancang's 澜沧县 schools dress up in minority clothes for the annual Gourd Festival 葫芦节.

Blue Hour in "White Mist" Villlage
白雾村的暮蓝

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Baiwu Village "White Mist" 白雾村 "White Mist" in Huize County 会泽县 is billed as "First Stop on the Copper Road" referring to its past connecting Yunnan's copper mining areas with China's heartland. Plenty of historic architecture bears witness to its splendid past.

Gumo's Old Mills
古墨村的老磨坊

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The watermills in Fengqing's Gumo village operate just like a thousand years ago.

Murals of Mangzhong Temple
芒中佛寺的壁画

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Early 20th century murals at Mangzhong Temple near Menglian

Faces of Daqiao Market
会泽大桥赶集人

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Traditional Han teople in the market of Daqiao, Huize County

Hewei Village Elders' Honours
河尾村耆英会

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A day of honours for village elders eighty years and over.

Huize Guildhalls
会泽会馆

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In Huize, the old capital of copper in Yunnan, many splendid guildhalls survive.

Buddhist Sculpture at Shibaoshan
石宝山的佛教雕塑

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Remnants of colour still show on the stone carvings at Shibaoshan, revealing that the Buddhist images were once brightly painted.

The Statues of Baoxiang Temple
宝相寺的塑像

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Light falls through the cracks of the Baoxiang cave temple on Jianchuan's Shibao Mountain 石宝山, illuminating the Buddhist statues

Naxi Ancient Music Association
纳西古乐会

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Since its foundation by the charismatic scholar Xuan Ke 宣科 in the 1980s, the Naxi Ancient Music Association has been performing regularly in the old town of Lijiang.

Lingyan Cliff Temple
灵岩寺

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An old cliff temple along the old trade route from Shunning 顺宁 to Menghua 蒙化, which Xu Xiake 徐霞客 visited almost 400 years ago.

Menglao -- A Dai Village in Winter
芒老 -- 冬天的傣族寨

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Impressions from a small Dai village in Menglian county near the Burmese border
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