Sexual aspects of Gu venom Gu illness resulted from a contamination by gu poison, which a recent analyst has characterized as “an alien evil spirit which entered [the] body and developed into worms or some similar animal that gnawed away at the intestines or...
Sunset in Dali No Words Fuxing Rd from the South Gate. Dali, Yunnan. Corner in Fuxing Rd, Dali, Yunnan. Night market at the south of the South Gate. Dali. Yunnan Last posts Sunset in Dali May 15, 2024 | bai, ethnic-groups, travelNo Words Fuxing Rd from the South Gate....
The five secret temples of the lamas in Lijiang The five secret temples of the lamas in Lijiang Religions of Lijiang Although the city of Lijiang is known primarily for the Dongba religion practiced by the traditional shamans of the Naxi, also called Dongba, who with...
The Local Lords cult of the Bai nationality The worship of the Local Lords (benzhu) is the most characteristic of the Bai people. Their religious life revolves around the Benzhu temple of each village, as each village venerates a local lord, sometimes a historical...
Zhang Yongzheng, the master of deluding reality Zhang Yongzheng, the master of deluding reality Reality is an illusion, say Buddhist texts. And each of Zhang Yonggzheng’s (Gansu, 1978) works plays with this concept to remind us again and again that there is no...
