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Written by Wen Wang
Hello, everyone! Today I will show you Songzanlin Monastery. Songzanlin Monastery is the largest Buddhist monastery in Yunnan, China. At the peak time, there are over 1000 Lamas studying here. Here you have access to experiencing pure Tibetan culture.
The monastery was founded in 1681. Sakyamuni Buddha and Tsongkhapa who is known as the Second Buddha in Buddhism are mainly…
There were several big trees near Minghui’s hotel in the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden in Yunnan Province, China, and he’d noticed green tree ants on the trunks and was fascinated by their behaviour. This species of ant builds its nest in the tree crown, are ferocious by nature and good at catching all kinds of insects. One morning Minghui noticed a group of ants working together in perfect unity to restrain a green katydid. These remarkable ants don’t always kill, they have been observed ‘farming’ certain types of insects, including leaf hoppers. The ants offer leaf hoppers protection from predators and parasites so that they can feed on the sweet sap the leaf hoppers excrete.
by Minghui Yuan, China / Wildlife Photographer of the Year
[Paper] The Hoabinhian technocomplex in southwest China: Preliminary report on new discoveries in recent decades
Discoveries in Yunnan confirm the Hoabinhian technocomplex in China, suggesting ancient migration routes and a diffusion strategy in East Asia.
via L’Anthropologie, 06 April 2024: This paper by Wu et al. describes artifacts linked to the Hoabinhian technocomplex, previously well-documented in Southeast Asia but not in this region. The findings from two ancient sites, Xiaodong rockshelter and Dedan cave, support the hypothesis of a “Chinese Hoabinhian Homeland” and highlight Yunnan’s strategic role in ancient migration routes. These…
Expectation vs. Reality for Poshuijie, a major holiday celebrated in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan province, as well as in general by the Dai, Achang, Bulang, Wa, and De'ang Chinese people.
Poshuijie ("Water splashing festival") is also known as Songkran in Thailand and is celebrated in the month of April.