LIJIANG: FORGOTTEN KINGDOM

Lijiang: Forgotten Kingdom

  1. A view from the Zen Garden Hotel in Lijiang (Photo: Chien-min Chung)
  2. Naxi woman washes clothes in a canal off Xinyuan alley (Photo: Chien-min Chung)
  3. Grandmother and baby on Qiyi Street (Photo: Chien-min Chung)
  4. A woman washes vegetables in a canal off of Wuyi Street (Photo: Chien-min Chung)
  5. Fresh mushrooms in Zhongyi market (Photo: Chien-min Chung)
  6. A young Naxi woman plays a traditional instrument in the courtyard of the Zen Garden Hotel (Photo: Chien-min Chung)
  7. An artist etches a pattern on a relief plaque off Wuyi Street (Photo: Chien-min Chung)
  8. A Mosuo woman waits for customers on Xinghua Street (Photo: Chien-min Chung)
  9. Zhongyi market in the early morning (Photo: Chien-min Chung)
  10. Naxi girls sell lanterns in the city square. For 10 RMB ($1.16) tourists can buy one, release it in the canal, and make a wish as it floats away (Photo: Chien-min Chung)
  11. Fresh dumplings made at the restaurant in the De Jing Lou Inn (Photo: Chien-min Chung)
  12. Elderly Naxi women sitting around the city square (Photo: Chien-min Chung)
  13. An early morning walk on the street between Guanyuan alley and Xianwen alley (Photo: Chien-min Chung)

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