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Two Girls' Graduation Trip: Dali and Shuanglang – A Poetic Farewell to Mountains and Sea Preface: Catching the Tail of Youth, Heading South During our senior year of college, my roommate and I – two girls studying in Beijing – decided to bid farewell to…

God’s Abandoned Palette: A Self-Drive Journey Through Yunnan’s Dongchuan Red Land Travel has never been about reaching some distant geographic coordinate. It’s about encountering, along the way, the version of yourself buried beneath the rubble of daily routine. During this May Day holiday, I finally…

Solo in Yunnan: A Wanderer’s Guide to the Land of Eternal Spring There’s something magical about traveling alone. No compromises, no schedules to keep, no one to please but yourself. I’ve been on the road for nearly three months now, and not once have I…

Xishuangbanna: Encountering an Ideal and Magical Paradise in the Green Wonderland at 21° North Latitude If you ask me which place in China most resembles Southeast Asia, I would answer without hesitation: Xishuangbanna. This is not Thailand, yet it possesses an even richer Buddhist ambiance…

Hiking Yubeng: Finding Your Own "Shangri-La" at the Foot of Meili Snow Mountain The Beginning: A Legend, A Journey In the northwestern corner of Yunnan, hidden away from the world, lies a village forgotten by time—Yubeng. Legend has it that this secluded settlement lies tucked…