Arrival in Kunming
#WordlessWednesday
This is the first of ten Yunnan Spring Greetings, beginning with photographs from our journey in January 2026. I initially imagined a series of #WordlessWednesday posts, but there was too much to say. So let’s begin with a spring potpourri—and yes, it really is WOW!
The journey continues in Just Shaxi and Fengyu, with village encounters and an early morning by the Yujin Bridge.
First Impressions from Yunnan
Dongchuan’s Red Earth
Temples, Figures and Courtyards
Dali: The Church and Our Courtyard Hotel
Encounters and Music
The family rank didn’t last long, though. By the next day, she had already demoted me to “second-oldest cousin.” 🙃
Footnotes
[1] Stepping into our hotel felt like travelling back a century. It occupies a traditional Bai-style (白族) residence, with carved timber doors, stonework and rooms arranged around a courtyard.
The Bai courtyard tradition includes the sanfang yi zhaobi (三坊一照壁) arrangement: three building ranges and a screen wall. The photographs here show the details that caught my eye in our own quiet courtyard.
Yunnan Spring Greetings: All Ten Parts
Part I – Spring Greetings · Part II – Just Shaxi · Part III – Density, Depth, Tradition and Authenticity · Part IV – Every Day an Adventure · Part V – Pure Dao · Part VI – Along the Tea Road · Part VII – South of the Clouds · Part VIII – Customs, Traditions and Religion · Part IX – Buddha’s Light · Part X – Afterthoughts on the Yunnan Journey
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