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Day 12, Tuesday, April 27 (Lijiang, Shuhe and Jade Dragon Snow Mountain) Jan and I walked from our room downstairs, over a small bridge, through the large garden to the breakfast room. There were two buffets. One offered a Western breakfast and the other a Chinese one. I chose the Chinese one. I began with congee [...] Day 11, Monday, April 26 (Xizhou to Baisha to Shuhe) Today was cold, very cold. Despite that, before breakfast, bundled up in my heavy coat and many layers underneath, I climbed up to the terrace to practice the Yang Style Tai Chi and to take some last pictures. As I looked over the landscape, I observed [...] Day 9, Saturday, April 24 (Xizhou) I went up to the terrace at 7:30 AM to practice my Yang Style 108 Form Tai Chi with the sight of people working in the fields and barren 13,000 ft. mountains rising in the background. It was absolutely beautiful and peaceful with clouds seeming to brush the tops of [...] Day 7, Thursday, April 22 (Xizhou) Today began at 8:00 AM in the courtyard where we started to learn Chen style Tai Chi, the original, style of Tai Chi. We also practiced the Eight Pieces of Brocade and our exercises. Behind us in the courtyard was a large backdrop of a wall with a fluted [...] This morning we visited the Xi Zhou market and walked through the village. Xi Zhou is located right outside of Dali, Yunnan Province, China. We browsed antique shops and tried traditional Xi Zhou pancakes – they are sort of like pizza without the cheese and very good. We got to see a little bit old [...] We journeyed through the Yunnan countryside as we headed for Dali and Xi Zhou. Scenic hills and valleys alternated like Yin and Yang to weave a brocade-like landscape.. Yunnan is suffering from a severe drought, the worst in 80-100 years. Normally the climate is more like a temperate rain forest; but even with drought, it [...] We flew to Kunming, Yunnan today. The early flight was worth it because we arrived in the City of Spring just in time for a nice hotpot lunch. After lunch we came across a small shop selling handmade Dongba paper. The paper is made of a special tree bark and roots. It will last more [...] |
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