Slideshows Yunnan Province 云南

The temple in Mangdao 芒岛, built in 1899, is one of few surviving examples of Dai Buddhist temples having survived the Cultural Revolution by being converted into grain storage.

WeiBaDa 维巴达 is a Dai ritual worshipping traces of Buddha, such as footprints and handprints, in Jinggu county 景谷县.

The Gourd Festival 葫芦节 is the main festival of the Lahu people. In Lancang, its date has been moved into April to coincide with the county's foundation.

The firing of self-made rockets is one of the fun parts of the Dai Watersplashing Festival 泼水节.

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

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.

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

Early 20th century murals at Mangzhong Temple near Menglian

Traditional Han teople in the market of Daqiao, Huize County

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

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

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