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Lugu Lake: Mesmerizing views of the last matriarchal society | Gusheng in Dali: Ancient village with new look | Napahai Lake: A paradise for migrant birds |
The breathtaking Lugu Lake sits like a precious jewel inlaid in the mysterious frontier of the Sichuan-Yunnan region. It is one of the highest lying lakes by altitude in China’s interior region. | With a history of more than 2,000 years, the ancient village is built along the Erhai Lake and stretches northward for several miles. Millennia have elapsed, but Gusheng remains charming. | Located in Shangri-La City, northwest Yunnan’s Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, the Napahai Lake nature reserve makes a typical wetland-surrounded plateau lake in China’s low-latitude areas, and it is on the List of Wetlands of International Importance. |
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Night economy brightens cultural Jianshui | Black pottery fires rural tourism in Shangri-La village | Flower fields seen in hot-spring town, central Yunnan |
When darkness falls, lights are lit up, bringing the county town of Jianshui back to life. The old town is located in south Yunnan’s Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture. | Potters in a village of Nyishar township are still utilizing the techniques of their ancient forefathers to make black pottery. Fifty-year-old Tamdrin Bichu is an inheritor of the techniques. | Pictures taken on October 25 show continuous flower fields in the distinct tourist town of hot springs, central Yunnan’s Anning City. The flower varieties, including chrysanthemums, oil-seed flowers, sunflowers, roses and more, invited in flower admirers. |
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Pageant held in south Yunnan to mark Loy Krathong | Season's first snow comes to Diqing | New Year of Lisu people lures tourists to Kunming |
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Hand-woven products help improve livelihoods of Wa ethnic group | Red pepper paste: Key to Zhanyi spicy chicken | Mu Rui restores relics in Yunnan museum |
In recent years, the local government of Wa Autonomous County of Ximeng has been enhancing the protection of local intangible cultural heritage and helping people of Wa ethnic group preserve and inherit their ancient cultures and traditions. | The Zhanyi spicy chicken is a dish originating in Zhanyi District, east Yunnan’s Qujing City. With a history of nearly 100 years, the dish is famous for its fine ingredients, intricate cooking procedures and pleasantly spicy taste. | So far, Mu has worked in the Yunnan museum for 37 years, becoming an authority in the field of relic restoration. She repaired a diversity of relics, involving bronze ware, stone vessels, pottery, jades, horns, carpentry, bamboo ware, and textiles. |
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Qi Baishi's great-grandson and his paintings | 8-element rice, sweet Yunnan snack you cannot miss | Lahu villagers blaze a path of cultural development |
Born in 1948, Qi Tianshan is one of the great-grandsons of Qi Baishi (1864-1957), the ink-brush master artist of modern China. For decades, Qi Tianshan has endeavored to pass on the style of his great-grandfather. | The 8-element rice, or literally eight-treasure rice, is a favored dessert dish in Yunnan, visible at weddings and funerals, in common restaurants, or even sold as a snack at roadside stalls. | Laodabao is a small village tucked away in Lancang county, Pu'er city of southwest China's Yunnan province. The villagers are mostly belonging to the Lahu ethic group. |
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