Yi

Weishan

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July 14th 2008
14/7/08 5 hrs to Dali(@2000m) then I switch bus to Weishan(@1800m), which was only 1.5 hrs away. an old market town in the old day for the tea and horse troop. Weishan actually was the biggest market town for trading in those day in this area. 2 big groups of horse troop trademen, mostly Moslem people, went down to Banna and southeast Asia for tea and other tropical products, another group we ... read more

Asia » China » Yunnan » Dali

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more