Tibetan log cabins near Wuxu Hai

Tibetan log cabins near Wuxu Hai, originally uploaded by jiulong.

I just came across these negatives from my trip to Wuxu Hai in Sichuan about five years ago. The prints I got at the time were a bit rubbish, but these scans have come out OK, I think.
Joseph Rock came past here and never mentioned the place - strange?

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Flowers near Wuxu Hai, Jiulong county, Sichuan

Flowers near Wuxu hai, Jiulong county, Sichuan, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Log cabins near Wuxu Hai lake, Jiulong county, Sichuan, China

Log cabins near Wuxu Hai lake, Jiulong county, Sichuan, China, originally uploaded by jiulong.

I just came across these negatives from my trip to Wuxu Hai in Sichuan about five years ago. The prints I got at the time were a bit rubbish, but these scans have come out OK, I think.
Joseph Rock came past here and never mentioned the place - strange?

Wuxu Hai lake, Jiulong county, Sichuan, China

Wuxu Hai lake, Jiulong county, Sichuan, China, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Wuxu Hai lake, Jiulong county, Sichuan, China

Wuxu Hai lake, Jiulong county, Sichuan, China, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Wuxu Hai road, Jiulong county, Sichuan, China

Wuxu Hai road, Jiulong county, Sichuan, China, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Stupa near Wuxu Hai

Stupa near Wuxu Hai, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Back to the Salween/Nujiang ...

Qiunatong Catholic church caretaker, originally uploaded by jiulong.

The last trip with my Rolleiflex over Christmas was to the Catholic communities of the Nujiang in Yunnan. Joseph Rock visited these places in the 1920s, and described one mission station (Bahang/Baihanluo) as "the loveliest that I know". I wil post more pictures soon, when they are developed.
For now, here are the then and now pictures of Baihanluo/Bahang:
In 1925:


And at Christmas 2008:

The Nu people of Baihanluo at Christmas

Baihanluo at Christmas

Christmas celebrations at Baihanluo

Baihanluo 白汉洛 (Peihanluo or Bahang mission station), Yunnan, 1925.

This picture of the Baihanluo mission station was taken by Joseph Rock in the 1920s for his article about the "Great River Trenches of Asia" in National Geographic, describing the canyons carved out in parallel in NW Yunnan by the Salween (Nujiang), Mekong and Yangtze rivers.
The Catholic church built by French missionary priests is almost unchanged today, as can be seen in the picture below. Almost all of the village people are still devout Catholics.

Baihanluo (白汉洛), Nujiang, Yunnan, in 2008

Baihanluo (白汉洛), Nujiang, Yunnan, in 2008, originally uploaded by jiulong.