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Posts from the ‘Villages and Towns’ Category

Daoming Town

Daoming Town, Chongzhou [County-Level] City, Chengdu [Prefecture-Level] City, Sichuan, China

Visited December 20, 2023.

This is the first post in the series: Lowland Villages and Towns of Southwest China.

Approximately: 30° 39’ 17.928” N, 103° 35’ 20.988” E

Menghai Town

Menghai Town (formerly Xiangshan Town), Menghai County, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, China

Visited December 26, 2023

This is the twenty-sixth post in the series: Villages and Towns of the Southeast Asian Massif

Hani dishes served in Menghai…

Approximately: 21°50′ 36″ N 100° 23′ 08″ E

Nuogang Ancient [Dai] Village

Nuogang Ancient Village, Jingmai Administrative Village, Huimin Hani Ethnic Town, Lancang Lahu Autonomous County, Pu’er City, Yunnan, China

Visited December 27, 2023

This is the twenty-fifth post in the series: Villages and Towns of the Southeast Asian Massif

Approximately: 22° 11′ 39.4074″ N, 100° 0′ 16.128″ E

Manggeng [Dai] Village

[Corrected August 25, 2024]

Menggeng Village, Jingmai Administrative Village, Huimin Hani Ethnic Town, Lancang Lahu Autonomous County, Pu’er City, Yunnan, China

Visited December 27, 2023

This is the twenty-fourth post in the series: Villages and Towns of the Southeast Asian Massif

Approximately: 22° 12’ 3.96” N, 100° 3’ 0.107” E

Mengben [Dai] Village

Mengben [Dai] Village, Jingmai Administrative Village, Huimin Hani Ethnic Town, Lancang Lahu Autonomous County, Pu’er City, Yunnan, China

Visited December 27, 2023

This is the twenty-third post in the series: Villages and Towns of the Southeast Asian Massif

Approximately: 22° 12’ 3.96” N, 100° 3’ 0.107” E

“Zomi Town”

Zomi Town [Enclave], [via] City of Tulsa, Muscogee Nation, [via] Tulsa County, [via] [State of] Oklahoma, United States

Visited June 14, 2024*

This is the twenty-second post in the series: Villages and Towns of the Southeast Asian Massif.

Approximately: 36° 3′ 45.54″ N, 95° 57′ 31.002″ W

*I first visited Tulsa, Muscogee Nation, [via] Oklahoma in spring 1993 and I lived and worked there between 1995 and 2000. I have returned regularly since 2000. This date represents the beginning of my focusing on the Zomi presence in a place that has been my focus for more than three decades.

Baduo [Natural, Jinuo] Village

Baduo [Natural] Village, Xinsitu [Administrative] Village, Jinuo Ethnic Township, Jinghong City, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China

Visited December 24, 2023

This is the twenty-first post in the series: Villages and Towns of the Southeast Asian Massif.

Approximately: 22° 2′ 6.86″ N, 101° 0′ 25.63″ E

Shuikou Town

Shuikou, Liping County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou, China.

Visited July 10, 2019

This is the Twentieth post in the series: Villages and Towns of the Southeast Asian Massif.

Approximately:  25° 54′ 31.7514″ N, 109° 19′ 7.5354″ E

Luoxiang Town

Luoxiang Town, Congjiang County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou, China.

Visited July 8, 2019

This is the Nineteenth post in the series: Villages and Towns of the Southeast Asian Massif.

Approximately:  25° 54′ 42.762″ N, 109° 6′ 34.74″ E

Xijiang (Miao) Town

Xijiang (Miao) Town, Leishan County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou, China.

Visited December 11-12, 2014.

This is the eighteenth post in the series: Villages and Towns of the Southeast Asian Massif.

Approximately:  26° 29′ 37.1754″ N, 108° 10′ 23.664″ E