Slideshows Yunnan · Dali
Dali City 大理市

Fazi Temple is an abandoned clan memorial temple on a cemetery hill west of Xizhou.

The Corona epidemic led to the cancellation of all major festivals, but some cannot be deterred to celebrate Raosanling 绕三灵.

Run by an irate couple, this temple on the shore of Erhai is one of Dali's strangest temples.

Clay sculpture is part of Dali's intangible cultural heritage, here are the temple sculptures of Xizhou's 'Central Emperor Hall' 中央皇帝祠, a Benzhu temple.

For many Bai the Torch Festival is the most important festival, here it is celebrated in a small village next to Erhai.

During the Ming dynasty terracotta figurines became popular funerary objects in Dali. These pictures are from the Dali Municipal Museum 大理市博物馆.

The Bai Rattlestick dance is part of Yunnan's Intangible Cultural Heritage, photographed at a training session near Dali's Old Town.

Different views of the Three Pagodas in Dali.

Cherry Flower in an upmarket Dali residential district.

Longwei Gate was once Xiaguan's city gate towards the north, the place where the caravan road to Tibet started. Today the area is Xiaguan's only remaining old part.

The white and blue tie-dye of the Bai in Zhoucheng is part of Yunnan's intangible cultural heritage.

Puxian's Birthday celebrated in Dali, Bai style.