| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year
Taken |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Kunming
District : Western Hills
|
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Xi Shan (The Western Hills) are dotted with temples like the Mongol period Sanqingge Temple.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Kunming
District : Western Hills
|
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The alpine Western Hills are at an altitude of 2000m and overlook Lake Dian.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Kunming
District : Western Hills
|
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Lake Dian is 150km long and contains many fish farms.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Kunming
District : Western Hills
|
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The lake is dotted with villages.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Kunming
District : Western Hills
Site / Event : Huating Temple
|
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The 11th century Huating Temple.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Kunming
District : Western Hills
Site / Event : Huating Temple
|
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Temple guardian (one of two).
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Kunming
District : Western Hills
Site / Event : Huating Temple
|
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Blue faced guardian.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Kunming
District : Western Hills
Site / Event : Huating Temple
|
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Gallery.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Kunming
District : Western Hills
Site / Event : Huating Temple
|
 |
Hall from the Nanzhou Kingdom.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Kunming
District : Western Hills
Site / Event : Huating Temple
|
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Visitors.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Kunming
District : Western Hills
Site / Event : Huating Temple
|
 |
The temple is famous for its clay figures on the walls.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Kunming
District : Western Hills
Site / Event : Huating Temple
|
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The painted clay figures are arhats (enlightened saints).
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Kunming
District : Western Hills
Site / Event : Huating Temple
|
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Arhats, including a bearded figure.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Kunming
District : Western Hills
|
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View of Lake Dian.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Kunming
District : Western Hills
Site / Event : Taihua Temple
|
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The Taihua Temple was built during the Ming Dynasty.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Kunming
District : Western Hills
Site / Event : Taihua Temple
|
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The complex is set in a garden of flowering trees.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Kunming
District : Western Hills
Site / Event : Taihua Temple
|
 |
The main temple is set against the steep forested hills.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Kunming
District : Western Hills
Site / Event : Taihua Temple
|
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Walkways and kiosks around a pool with a rock garden.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Kunming
District : Western Hills
Site / Event : Taihua Temple
|
 |
The temple is very picturesque.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Kunming
District : Western Hills
|
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The lake from the hills.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Kunming
District : Western Hills
|
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The trail along the Western Hills.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Kunming
District : Western Hills
Site / Event : Dragon Gate
|
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The Dragon Gate was carved out of solid rock between 1781 and 1835.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Kunming
District : Western Hills
Site / Event : Dragon Gate
|
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People at the Dragon Gate.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Kunming
District : Western Hills
|
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View from the visitor trail.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Kunming
District : Western Hills
|
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A Sani woman.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Kunming
District : Western Hills
|
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Spider on the trail.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Kunming
District : Western Hills
|
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Dramatic scenery from the Western Hills.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Dali
|
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Dali is at 2000m and is set between mountains and a lake.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Dali
Site / Event : East Gate
|
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The East Gate of Dali, an ancient walled city in southern China.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Dali
Site / Event : East Gate
|
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Guardian.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Dali
|
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Street scene.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Dali
|
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Muslim restaurant in the old city.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Dali
|
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Free enterprise and tourism arrive in Dali.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Dali
|
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People at a shop.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Dali
|
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The traditional houses of Dali and nearby rice fields.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Dali
|
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Traditional houses by the city walls.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Dali
|
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View of the setting of Dali.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Dali
Site / Event : North Gate
|
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The North Gate.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Dali
Site / Event : North Gate
|
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The gate is brightly painted.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Dali
Site / Event : North Gate
|
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View over Dali from the North Gate.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Dali
|
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Stone work.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Dali
|
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Residential street.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Dali
|
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The town has few cars.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Dali
|
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Bai women.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Dali
|
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Bai family in the fields outside Dali.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Dali
District : Erhai Lake
Site / Event : Three Pagodas
|
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The Three Pagodas near Erhai Lake.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Dali
District : Erhai Lake
Site / Event : Three Pagodas
|
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The thinnest of the three pagodas.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Dali
District : Erhai Lake
Site / Event : Three Pagodas
|
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The central pagoda.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Dali
District : Erhai Lake
|
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Erhai Lake is a beautiful flat surfaced lake at 1900m close to Dali.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Dali
District : Erhai Lake
|
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Children playing by the lake.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Dali
District : Erhai Lake
|
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Small boats on the lake.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Dali
District : Erhai Lake
|
 |
Dali from Erhai Lake.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Dali
District : Erhai Lake
|
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The region around the lake is very fertile.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Dali
District : Erhai Lake
|
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Boat on the lake.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Dali
District : Erhai Lake
|
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Houses on the edge of the lake.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Dali
District : Erhai Lake
|
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Scarecrows over the rice fields.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Dali
District : Erhai Lake
|
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The beautiful lake.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Dali
|
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The back streets.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Dali
|
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Narrow streets.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Dali
|
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Woman carrying goods.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Dali
|
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Eating stall.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Dali
|
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Pound in a yard.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Dali
|
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Decorated building.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Dali
|
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Fields and houses.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Shapin
|
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Shapin village near Erhai Lake.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Shapin
|
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Brick kilns outside Shapin.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Shapin
|
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Brick kiln.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Shapin
|
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Horses and houses.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Shapin
|
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Typical houses.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Shapin
Site / Event : Shapin Market
|
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Shapin is famous for its colourful market.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Shapin
Site / Event : Shapin Market
|
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Shapin Market brings people from the surrounding villages.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Shapin
Site / Event : Shapin Market
|
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Bai woman at the market.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Shapin
Site / Event : Shapin Market
|
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Mother and child.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Shapin
Site / Event : Shapin Market
|
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Snack stall.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Shapin
Site / Event : Shapin Market
|
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Bai people live in Shapin.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Shapin
Site / Event : Shapin Market
|
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Naxi people from nearby Lijiang.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Shapin
Site / Event : Shapin Market
|
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Bai seller and Naxi buyer.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Shapin
Site / Event : Shapin Market
|
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The market sells home made fishing nets.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Shapin
Site / Event : Shapin Market
|
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Fishing nets.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Shapin
Site / Event : Shapin Market
|
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Woman with fishing nets.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Shapin
Site / Event : Shapin Market
|
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Arriving at the market.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Shapin
Site / Event : Shapin Market
|
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Vegetables on sale.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Shapin
Site / Event : Shapin Market
|
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Haggling.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Shapin
Site / Event : Shapin Market
|
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Naxi and Bai people.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Shapin
Site / Event : Shapin Market
|
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Metalware.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Shapin
Site / Event : Shapin Market
|
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Ceramics.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Shapin
Site / Event : Shapin Market
|
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The Bai people have distinctive head dress.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Shapin
Site / Event : Shapin Market
|
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Basketsware.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Shapin
Site / Event : Shapin Market
|
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The market is crowded.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Shapin
Site / Event : Shapin Market
|
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Pigs for sale.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Shapin
Site / Event : Shapin Market
|
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Buying rice.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Shapin
Site / Event : Shapin Market
|
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Accounting with a abacus.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Shapin
Site / Event : Shapin Market
|
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Looking at a chicken.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Shapin
Site / Event : Shapin Market
|
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The market covers a large area.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Shapin
Site / Event : Shapin Market
|
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The village beyond the market.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Shapin
Site / Event : Shapin Market
|
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Poles.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Shapin
Site / Event : Shapin Market
|
 |
Local transport.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Lijiang
|
 |
Lijiang is a Naxi town at 2300m on the edge of Tibet.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Lijiang
Site / Event : Market
|
 |
Naxi women at Lijiang Market. The Naxi are matriachal.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Lijiang
Site / Event : Market
|
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Woman carrying goods.
|
1988 |
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