Exhibition of Naxi art at the Rubin Museum of Art, New York

This exhibition unites approximately one hundred works of Naxi religious art primarily acquired by Quentin Roosevelt, grandson of President Theodore Roosevelt, and botanist-explorer Joseph Rock in the early- to mid-twentieth century, for the first time.

Sounds amazing - some great talks too. Wish I could go!
For more details, see here:
http://www.rmanyc.org/nav/exhibitions/view/989

The final trip ...

I have one more Joseph Rock journey to do to complete the whole jigsaw. I need to revisit his "Seeking the Mountain of Mystery" travels from Choni and Labrang (Xiahe) monasteries in Gansu to Ragya monastery in Qinghai. I'm planning to go later this year (although I still need to find the money and get three weeks off work - minor details). Then I can finish the final chapter of the "In the Footsteps" book, which I hope to get published when I can get around to approaching agents/publishers).
In the meantime, I am preparing the next chapter on my visit to the 'lost mountain' of Muti Konka near the Yalong river



[Ragya Monastery]

Baihanluo Catholic Church, Nujiang

Baihanluo, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Baihanluo church, Nujiang valley, China

Baihanluo church, Nujiang valley, China, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Gongshan Nujiang

Gongshan Nujiang, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Gongshan Nujiang

Gongshan Nujiang, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Gongshan Nujiang

Gongshan Nujiang, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Gongshan Nujiang

Gongshan Nujiang, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Nujiang

Nujiang, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Baihanluo

Baihanluo, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Baihanluo

Baihanluo, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Christian graves on the Salween, Yunnan

Christian graves on the Salween, Yunnan, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Scan of a colour negative, tweaked in Photoshop. From my visit to the Nujiang/Salween at Christmas 2009.

Christian graves on the Salween, Yunnan

Christian graves on the Salween, Yunnan, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Christian graves on the Salween, Yunnan

Christian graves on the Salween, Yunnan, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Christian graves on the Salween, Yunnan

Christian graves on the Salween, Yunnan, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Christian graves on the Salween, Yunnan

Christian graves on the Salween, Yunnan, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Qiunatong guesthouse, Nujiang

Qiunatong Nujiang, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Christmas 2009

Qiunatong Nu people working, Nujiang

Qiunatong Nu people working, Nujiang, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Qiunatong church, Nujiang Christmas 2009

Qiunatong church, Nujiang, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Qiunatong Nujiang

Qiunatong Nujiang, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Christmas 2009