Sunday, June 24, 2007

Muli valley to be flooded

Sad news. The Muli river valley is to be flooded with the creation of six dams by China Hydro. This maps shows the location of the dams, with several between the old monasteries of Waerdje (here marked as Muli Sanqu) and Muli monastery.
Map of planned dam of Muli river valley, Sichuan

A larger, high definition version of this map can be downloaded here.

Naxi Dongba ceremony, Muli, 2005

Joseph Rock would be pleased to see that the Naxi ceremonies he studied and recorded are again being held near his old home north of Lijiang. [All pics are from the local Muli newspaper, the Liangshan Ribao].

On the road to "Dream Mountain":
Naxi Dongba ceremony

Naxi women are not allowed to take part but in 2005 they attended for the first time.
Naxi Dongba ceremony

Men chant with the dongba;
Naxi Dongba ceremony

The old shamen presides:
Naxi Dongba ceremony

At home with the dongba [priest]:
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Yi people hit by mudslide in Muli, 2005

These photos are from the website of the country paper, the Liangshan Ribao.

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Yi people near Muli mourn their relatives killed my a mudslide.

Yi people in mourning after mudlside, Liangshan region, 2005
Yi people displaced by mudlside, Muli, 2005.

Yi people after mudlside, Liangshan region, 2005
County leader inspects mudslide relief work, Muli, 2005

Friday, June 22, 2007

Maidi Gangga, 2005


Maidi Gangga, 2005, originally uploaded by jiulong.

An old picture I found as a negative and scanned.

Wuxu Hai, 2005


Wuxu Hai, 2005, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Mundon village, Yalong canyon, Sichuan 2005

Sunday, June 17, 2007

Naxi soldier beneath Jade Dragon Mountain

Joseph Rock in Kengtung, Burma


Joseph Rock in Kengtung, Burma, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Yongning zongguan (chief) 1922


Yongning zongguan (chief) 1922, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Dali Yunnan, climbing the Cangshan peaks, 1990

A few pics from my first visit to China in October 1990 [not 1991 as it says on the rest of the pics). We climbed the ridge above Dali at a time when it didn't have any chair lifts or marked paths. We cheated by taking a tuolaji tractor about half way up.
At that tuime Dali was just taking of as a backpacker destination - it had Jim's cafe and one other cafe if I remember rightly. And that was it.

Dali Yunnan, climbing the Cangshan peaks, 1991

Dali Yunnan, climbing the Cangshan peaks, 1991

Dali Yunnan, climbing the Cangshan peaks, 1991

Dali climbing the Cangshan peaks, 1991

Dali Yunnan, climbing the Cangshan peaks, 1990

Dali Yunnan, climbing the Cangshan peaks, 1990

Climbing the Cangshan mountain ridge, Dali, Yunnan, 1991

Cangshan peaks, 苍山, Dali, Yunnan, 1990

Saturday, June 09, 2007

Lake Erhai, Dali, 1922


erhai2, originally uploaded by jiulong.

by Joseph Rock

Lake Erhai, Dali, 1922


erhai, originally uploaded by jiulong.

by Joseph Rock

Living Buddha Lu Zo at Yongning


luzoyongning, originally uploaded by jiulong.

This young kid is now an old man, still living at Yongning.

Benzilan monastery 1922


benzilan, originally uploaded by jiulong.

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Lugu Lake, 1922


yong14, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Temple, Yongning, 1922 and 2001


yong12, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Zhamei Si side view

Jade Dragon Mountain crags


crags, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Joseph Rock, 1922

Huts near Yongning, 1922 and 2003


yong3, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Forest huts near Muli

Friday, June 08, 2007

Nguluko (Yuhu), Rock's base near Lijiang


yulong3, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Yuhu near Lijiang

Thursday, June 07, 2007

Joseph Rock in Dali


Old Dali pagodas, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Joseph Rock spent some time in Daili in the early 1920s as evidenced by the pictures that I will publish here over the next few days.
Here's a couople of now and then pictures:
Dali Yunnan 1991 pagoda
My pictures were taken in 1990.

Dali Yunnan, pagoda, 1990 and 1922


Dali Yunnan, pagoda, 1991, originally uploaded by jiulong.

And as seen by Joseph Rock in 1922:
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Daili in 1922


dali4, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Wednesday, June 06, 2007

Yalong river near Jiulong


yalong river, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Not my pic - found on Chinese hiker's bulletin board [details in Chinese]..

Shenrezig, Yading


shenrezig, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Yading, Shenrezig


shenrezig, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Not my pic - found on Chinese hiker's bulletin board [details in Chinese]..

Kham kitchen


kham1, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Not my pic - found on Chinese hiker's bulletin board [details in Chinese]..

Sunday, June 03, 2007

Hiker missing around Gongga Shan


clem, originally uploaded by jiulong.

An experienced hiker, Andrew "Clem" Lindenmayer, has been missing since 2 May after setting off to hike around Gongga Shan from Kangding. Clem is a well known Lonely Planet hiking guide author, and according to reports in the Chinese press, he has not been heard of since sending emails expressing his intention to hike around the mountain on 2 May.
If you have any information contact the local PSB or
zhangchi1@vip.sohu.net

855 12 900 910 or 1343 899 4929

Or the Sichuan Mountaineering Association: 028-8558 8047 13981873321

And more bad news from the area, with reports of 12 people killed and 3000 homeless after floods and mudslides caused by torrential rain in Jiulong county last week.

The rainy season means it is not a good time to be travelling in the footsteps of Joseph Rock, whether it be Kangding, Jiulong or Muli.
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Jiulong mudslides:
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