Catholic Church, Chinese style

We believe this building was built in the 1920s although Catholicism was introduced in the area in the 1870s. The statues inside showed a definite western influence but the architecture showed the influence of the local Bai culture.

National Holiday Week 2010 - Dali III

October 30th 2010
The weekend Saturday was supposed to start slowly but there were some really weird noises very early in the morning. I may be a city boy but it sounded like pigs to me. Turned out it was. The family next door butchered a huge pig in the courtyard below our room. We had quite the view of the operation. The butcher was a real craftsman and very particular about his job. When he was finishe ... 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

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