Beyond the Clouds to the Kingdom of Women

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June 5th 2007

Published: August 6th 2007

Life in this society being, at best, an utter bore and no aspect of society being at all relevant to women, there remains to civic-minded, responsible, thrill-seeking females only to overthrow the government, eliminate the money system, institute complete automation and destroy the male sex. It is now technically feasible to reproduce without the aid of males (or, for that matter, females) and ... Read Full Entry

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Yuantang Temple, Kunming.

Mao statue, Lijiang

Road snakes down the mountainside, somewhere on the route between Lijiang and Lugu Lake

Lugu Lake

Home of the Mosuo Matriarchal society

Naxi Orchestra, Lijiang

A Mosuo courtship dance put on for tourists

Note the the child that won't let go of her mother's hand.

Musuo men, Lugu Lake

The last 'practicing' Matriarchal society.

A Mosuo courtship dance put on for tourists

Tourists on Lake Lugu just after sunrise

Shigu village

Note the Naxi pictographs

Prayer Flags, Lake Lugu

Sunrise, Lake Lugu

Chinglish at Tiger Leaping Gorge

The author at Tiger Leaping Gorge

I love the poetic names of places in China.

The foot path along Tiger Leaping Gorge

City centre Xichang, Sichuan

I waited here for 5 hours to catch a train to Chengdu. It was a 7 hour bus ride to this city from Lake Lugu. My edition of Lonely Planet warned not to make this bus journey, saying it was too remote. Not true.

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