Lugu Lake Archives

We are reader-supported and may earn a commission when you buy through links on our site

Travel to Yunnan – A Complete Guide to The South Western Province

Updated on March 2, 2022 by Harley Greenberg 19 Comments

travel to yunnan

This article is a travel guide to Yunnan Province, in the South West of China. It was written by Harley Greenberg, who works with a local travel agency (WindhorseTour) in China.

Yunnan Province is famous for its diverse scenery and for being home of a third of all China’s ethnic minorities. It has lots to offer any traveler!

Yunnan basic travel facts

A trip to Yunnan province realistically takes at least one week. However, if you want to cover all the highlights I encourage you to spend twelve days or longer. [Read more…]

We are reader-supported and may earn a commission when you buy through links on our site

Mosuo, the last (almost) matriarchal tribe

Updated on March 16, 2022 by Sapore di Cina 15 Comments

I heard about the Mosuo bits and pieces at a time talking to anthropologists and backpackers. They are a Chinese ethnic minority living around Lugu Lake, on the border between Yunnan and Sichuan province. I had the idea that they were a matriarchal tribe and I believed men among them were reduced to sex objects. Mosuo men didn’t even have to work!

“Maybe I could move there,” I admit I thought sometimes… [Read more…]

We are reader-supported and may earn a commission when you buy through links on our site

10 places to visit in China that you might not know about

Updated on March 15, 2022 by Sapore di Cina 6 Comments

When people ask me about China, I always like to make the analogy that it is like a bigger version of Europe. China is a country that is much more culturally diverse than we think in the West.

The majority of international tourists who travel to China do what is called the golden triangle; that’s to say, Beijing, Xi’an, and Shanghai. There are also some who visit Guilin, which is famous for its landscapes, Datong or Pingyao. Panda-lovers may also visit Chengdu. However, China offers many other places that are equally or more spectacular than these ones.

In this article, I have selected 10 places little-known by international tourists, which are very different from one another and which you might include in your trip. [Read more…]

We are reader-supported and may earn a commission when you buy through links on our site

Climbing Mount Emei: Invisible monkeys, gurneys and canes

Updated on February 16, 2022 by Sapore di Cina 13 Comments

Mount Emei The top of Emei Shan

Mount Emei (or Emei Shan, in Chinese) is a 3099 m. mountain located 150 Km South of Chengdu, Sichuan Province. As the title says, it’s a sacred Buddhist mountains and, moreover, an UNESCO World Heritage Site.

I must say that climbing this mountain was quite an experience. But before let’s see how to get there.

You can get there from Chengdu by bus (buses depart from Xinnanmen Station every twenty minutes and the ticket costs around 50 RMB) or by train (20 RMB). The trip takes about ninety minutes. Another popular option is to take the overnight train from Kunming, the capital of Yunnan Province. It will cost you around 190 RMB for an hard sleeper ticket and it will take around twelve hours.

What route did I choose? I came here directly from Lugu Lake, which is located at the border between Yunnan and Sichuan. [Read more…]

We are reader-supported and may earn a commission when you buy through links on our site

From Lijiang to Lugu Lake: Chronicle of a Hectic Trip

Updated on February 15, 2022 by Sapore di Cina 7 Comments

Lijiang, Yunnan Lijiang: the South door to Tibet.

This story tells how instead of getting on the public bus that from Lijiang arrives at Lugu Lake – the homeland of Mosuo people, last matriarchal tribe, – we trusted a crazy driver and reached the lake only after ten hours of vicissitudes.

From Dali to Lijiang

We leave Dali to reach Lijiang in a comfortable minivan packed with German tourists, their flip flips and a some Yunnan campesinos. [Read more…]

Cookie	Duration	Description
apbct_cookies_test	session	CleanTalk sets this cookie to prevent spam on comments and forms and act as a complete anti-spam solution and firewall for the site.
apbct_page_hits	session	CleanTalk sets this cookie to prevent spam on comments and forms and act as a complete anti-spam solution and firewall for the site.
apbct_prev_referer	session	Functional cookie placed by CleanTalk Spam Protect to store referring IDs and prevent unauthorized spam from being sent from the website.
apbct_site_landing_ts	session	CleanTalk sets this cookie to prevent spam on comments and forms and act as a complete anti-spam solution and firewall for the site.
apbct_site_referer	3 days	This cookie is placed by CleanTalk Spam Protect to prevent spam and to store the referrer page address which led the user to the website.
apbct_timestamp	session	CleanTalk sets this cookie to prevent spam on comments and forms and act as a complete anti-spam solution and firewall for the site.
apbct_urls	3 days	This cookie is placed by CleanTalk Spam Protect to prevent spam and to store the addresses (urls) visited on the website.
apbct_visible_fields_0	session	CleanTalk sets this cookie to prevent spam on comments and forms and act as a complete anti-spam solution and firewall for the site.
apbct_visible_fields_1	session	CleanTalk sets this cookie to prevent spam on comments and forms and act as a complete anti-spam solution and firewall for the site.
apbct_visible_fields_3	session	CleanTalk sets this cookie to prevent spam on comments and forms and act as a complete anti-spam solution and firewall for the site.
cid	never	The cid cookie helps to identify unique visitors and understand their site behaviour at different times.
cookielawinfo-checkbox-advertisement	1 year	Set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin, this cookie is used to record the user consent for the cookies in the "Advertisement" category .
cookielawinfo-checkbox-analytics	1 year	Set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin, this cookie is used to record the user consent for the cookies in the "Analytics" category .
cookielawinfo-checkbox-functional	1 year	The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional".
cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary	1 year	Set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin, this cookie is used to record the user consent for the cookies in the "Necessary" category .
cookielawinfo-checkbox-others	1 year	Set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin, this cookie is used to store the user consent for cookies in the category "Others".
cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance	1 year	Set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin, this cookie is used to store the user consent for cookies in the category "Performance".
CookieLawInfoConsent	1 year	Records the default button state of the corresponding category & the status of CCPA. It works only in coordination with the primary cookie.
cppro-ft-style	session	This cookie is used to track how a user has behaved on the website or a call-to-action. Events such as successful submission or closing can be tracked using cookies.
cppro-ft-style-temp	1 day	This cookie is used to track how a user has behaved on the website or a call-to-action. Events such as successful submission or closing can be tracked using cookies.
ct_checked_emails	session	CleanTalk sets this cookie to prevent spam on comments and forms and act as a complete anti-spam solution and firewall for the site.
ct_checkjs	session	CleanTalk–Used to prevent spam on our comments and forms and acts as a complete anti-spam solution and firewall for this site.
ct_fkp_timestamp	session	CleanTalk sets this cookie to prevent spam on the site's comments/forms, and to act as a complete anti-spam solution and firewall for the site.
ct_mouse_moved	session	CleanTalk sets this cookie to prevent spam on comments and forms and act as a complete anti-spam solution and firewall for the site.
ct_pointer_data	session	CleanTalk sets this cookie to prevent spam on the site's comments/forms, and to act as a complete anti-spam solution and firewall for the site.
ct_ps_timestamp	session	CleanTalk sets this cookie to prevent spam on the site's comments/forms, and to act as a complete anti-spam solution and firewall for the site.
ct_screen_info	session	CleanTalk sets this cookie to prevent spam on comments and forms and act as a complete anti-spam solution and firewall for the site.
ct_timezone	session	CleanTalk–Used to prevent spam on our comments and forms and acts as a complete anti-spam solution and firewall for this site.

Cookie	Duration	Description
advanced-rt	session	No description
an_theme	3 months	No description
apbct_visible_fields_0	session	CleanTalk sets this cookie to prevent spam on comments and forms and act as a complete anti-spam solution and firewall for the site.
apbct_visible_fields_1	session	CleanTalk sets this cookie to prevent spam on comments and forms and act as a complete anti-spam solution and firewall for the site.
apbct_visible_fields_2	session	No description
apbct_visible_fields_3	session	CleanTalk sets this cookie to prevent spam on comments and forms and act as a complete anti-spam solution and firewall for the site.
ASPSESSIONIDSACSSQAR	session	No description
cppro-ft	1 year	This cookie does not save any personal information. They are simply used to track how a user has behaved on your website or a call-to-action. Events such as successful submission or closing can be tracked using cookies.
cppro-ft-style	session	This cookie is used to track how a user has behaved on the website or a call-to-action. Events such as successful submission or closing can be tracked using cookies.
cppro-ft-style-temp	1 day	This cookie is used to track how a user has behaved on the website or a call-to-action. Events such as successful submission or closing can be tracked using cookies.
ct_checked_emails	session	CleanTalk sets this cookie to prevent spam on comments and forms and act as a complete anti-spam solution and firewall for the site.
ct_has_scrolled	session	CleanTalk sets this cookie to prevent spam on comments and forms and act as a complete anti-spam solution and firewall for the site.
ct_mouse_moved	session	CleanTalk sets this cookie to prevent spam on comments and forms and act as a complete anti-spam solution and firewall for the site.
ct_screen_info	session	CleanTalk sets this cookie to prevent spam on comments and forms and act as a complete anti-spam solution and firewall for the site.
theme	3 months	No description available.