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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
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The tragedy of the beauty Wang Zhaojun
The tragedy of the beauty Wang Zhaojun Emperor Yuan (48–33 BCE) had a large harem and could not meet with all the palace women regularly. Therefore, he ordered painters to create portraits of them, and he would summon them for favors based on these portraits. Most of...
The economics of human plowing
The economics of human plowing According to “The Exploitation Of The Works Of Nature”, a 17th century Chinese book. In farming households where there are no oxen to use, farmers fix a pole to the plough and two men pull the plough by placing the pole on their...
The Muslim rebellion in 19th century Yunnan
The Muslim Rebellion in Yunnan in 19th century. This is the first English translation of Émile Rocher’s book on the Panthay Rebellion. Originally published in 1879 as La Province chinoise du Yunnan, is a valuable firsthand account of Yunnan during the mid-19th...