Lisu in Mujihe market

Yongsheng & Huaping area

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July 20th 2008
20/7/08 "no no no... "that was what I heard for the last few days during market hunt, "we are all minority here, but no, no more costume anymore", from Binchuan up northward, Qina, Chenghai, Yougsheng, all were negative, but then westward, the scene was very pretty, we drove along the mountain side, open valley on the right, green with paddy dotted with tiled roof villages. I stopped at Renli(@ ... read more

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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