Yunnan – Ethnic Diversity And Scenic Beauty

Dali Ancient Town · Explore the Bai culture
Walking in Wenxian Building, listening to the Bai elders talk about the meaning of "wind, flower, snow and moon" clothes.

Experiential experience of tie-dye workshop : Make a blue tie-dye square scarf by hand. White Ethnic Family Banquet at the foot of the ancient city wall: taste sour and spicy fish, milk fan, and learn to sing the white ethnic toast song "Three Tea".

Visit the Art District of Bed Sheet Factory at night and buy handmade horseback prints.

Highlights: Tie-dye experience, Bai ethnic group family banquet, Jiama woodblock prints

Around Erhai Lake · Life in Bai Ethnic Fishing Village

Cycling along the ecological corridor on the west bank of Erhai Lake and visiting Xizhou Ancient Town

Yanjia Compound shows the Bai ethnic architecture of three workshops and one wall. Break酥 pastry workshop participated in the production.

Shaxi Ancient Town: Visit the ruins of the ancient Tea Horse Road market and listen to the ancient music of Dongjing at Xingjiao Temple.

Pioneer Bookstore: Never-ending ethnography.

Stay in the old stables of Shaxi ancient town, sit around the stove to roast tea and listen to the stories of horse teams.

Highlights: Bai architecture, Tea Horse Road ruins, tea by the fire

Lijiang · Awakening of ancient Naxi culture

Bai Sha Ancient Town: Deep Tour;

The White Sand Painting explains the polytheistic belief of the Naxi people.

Copper smith makes Dongba hanging sign.

In Yuhu Village, rode a horse to visit the stone houses and learned to make chicken bean jelly at my Naxi grandmother's home.

In the evening, the Naxi people danced around the fire and learned to dance "Ali Li".

Highlights: Naxi handicrafts, village experiences, bonfire dancing

Snow Mountain Secret Realm · Dongba Culture inheritance

Yulong Snow Mountain Cultural Belt

Dongba Valley: Participate in the Dongba papermaking/Script printing workshop.

Yushui Village: Worship the Naxi natural god "Shu" and watch salmon swim upstream.

Dongba Secret: Walk on the glass walkway to overlook the canyon and listen to dongba chanting prayers.

At a farmhouse at the foot of Xueshan Mountain, we ate yak beef hot pot and learned to write Dongba script around the fire.

Highlights: Dongba culture, hands-on crafts, snow mountain scenery

Lugu Lake · Exploring the Moxo Matrilineal

visit the Yi village of Ninglang on the way.

Grass Sea Walking Marriage Bridge: Listen to Mosuo Axia tell the truth about the "walking marriage" culture.

Ripu Island: Visit a lamasery and turn the world's largest prayer wheel.

Night talk in the fire of grandmother's house: drink Surima wine and learn mozo folk songs.

Highlights: Mosuo walking marriage culture, lakeside homestay, folk song learning

Sunrise on a Pigboat: The boatman sings a Mosuo love song across the water Yanghua Sea.

Yongning Township market day: Tao Mosuo hand-woven shawls, buckwheat tea.

return to Lijiang Airport, along the way in Shigu Town to see the first bend of the Yangtze River.

Highlights: Sunrise on the water, handicraft market, natural scenery