Sunset in Dali

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Dali, Xizhou

Fuxing Rd from the South Gate. Dali, Yunnan.

Dali, Xizhou

Corner in Fuxing Rd, Dali, Yunnan.

Night market at the south of the South Gate. Dali. Yunnan

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Chinese character 坎 kǎn – pit, hole

Chinese character 坎 kǎn – pit, hole

Chinese character 坎 kǎn – pit, hole 1. pit, hole 2. bank (of river) 3 ridge HSK - STROKES - 7 RADICAL - 土Elements  ----  Open mouth 欠 + earth 土. Phonetic series 欠. A pictogram of a hole in the earth: the place lacking 欠 earth 土.垄坎  lǒngkǎn ridge between fields.In OBC...

Introducing the Dong nationality

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The Dong are one of the minorities of China with a large population. According to the census of the year 2000 their population was 3,000,000 people. They live mainly in Guizhou Province (approximately 1,800,000 people), along a fringe of flat lands that cross the...

The Dai of Dehong Prefecture

The Dai of Dehong Prefecture

Santasombat, Yos. Lak Chang: A Reconstruction of Tai Identity in Daikong. Canberra, AUS: Pandanus Books, 2001. p 1. (Introduction) The Tai ethnic group, in its different branches, is beyond any doubt one of the most widespread of any ethnic group in the Southeast...