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CHINA
Yunnan 2 I visited Yunnan in the spring of 2017. |
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China's ethnic minorities have preserved their own folk song traditions, which are central in their festivals, weddings and courtship rituals.*
Traditional Chinese musical instruments include the two-stringed fiddle, four-stringed banjo, two-stringed viola, vertical flute, horizontal flute, piccolo, four-stringed lute, zither, and ceremonial trumpet.*
Looking the stereotype of a Taoist physician, he (Dr. Ho) has a sign outside his door: 'The Clinic of Chinese Herbs in Jade Dragon Mountains of Lijiang'.*
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Epic, historical oral ballads with a reed pipe and round lute accompaniment are especially popular.*
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Breathtaking scenery, possible pony rides, and a splendid chain of Tibetan villages leads to Baishuiai, a limestone deposit plateau...*
The sleepy town of Xizhou has always been a major stops for wanderers given its will-preserved Bai architecture*
Calligraphy was traditionally regarded in China's highest form of artistic expression.*
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*These captions are from China's Southwest -- Lonely Planet's travel guide.