China (8 Baisha)

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Travel story: China (8 Baisha)

Baisha
Baisha, ten kilometers north of Lijiang, was the capital of an independent Naxi kingdom before it was annexed by the Yuan Empire in 1271. The regular minibus service from Lijiang dropped me off not far from the Liuli Temple shown here.

There was quite a lot of constuction work going on for a quiet agricultural village. Here, I finally saw some Naxi men at work.


The few male masons I saw were an exception for most of the work was carried out by... More