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Off-the-Beaten-Path Destinations | 68 Days Into My Slow Travel in Dali, I Collected 8 Secrets About Wind, Flowers, Snow, and Moonlight Ten years ago, I was still sitting in front of the TV watching My Fair Princess (a beloved Chinese period drama), listening to them…

Dali: More Than Just Wind, Flowers, Snow, and Moon — A Time Thief in Shaxi, Xizhou, Weishan, and the Ancient City Xu Wei once sang: "The sun is always so brilliant, the sky so azure blue, the eternally verdant Cangshan Mountains." Every time I hear…

China's Narrowest County: Yanjin, a "Subway City" Built in a Gorge When people in China talk about "subways," they usually think of first-tier metropolises like Beijing or Shanghai. But you might not know that the very first county in China to have a "subway" is…

The Ink-Scented Ancient City: Jianshui, the Time Code of Southern Yunnan's Literary Fame On the map of Honghe Prefecture in Yunnan Province, there is a small city. It hasn't been elevated to a pedestal by hipster travelers like Dali, nor has it been swept up…

Seven Days of Slow Living in Yunnan: Not as a Tourist, but as One Returning Home Every June, when the city's heat begins to rise, a voice stirs deep within me, calling me back to Yunnan. This trip was originally planned with my best friend…