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Fortean Yunnan?

James_H

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I'm planning a trip this Christmas to Yunnan, China. I've been once before and it was brilliant but I was wondering if anyone knows anything of Fortean interest to look for when I'm there - bigfeet in the mountains, that kind of thing. I'll be staying around the Dali area.

(A quick google suggests the lake at Dali was in mythology the home of nagas)

EDIT:

The Red Deer Cave people, a possible Denisovan-H. Sapiens hybrid
 
A quick search has revealed the following Yunnan things:

18 Cultural Quirks of Yunnan:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eighteen_Oddities

They are horribly rude about tourists:
Senile Shutterbugs.jpg

I would personally want to see:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiuxiang_Scenic_Region

https://www.travelchinaguide.com/attraction/yunnan/kunming/stone_forest.htm

There is the following Fortean submerged city:
http://www.ancientpages.com/2015/06...ing-the-secrets-at-the-bottom-of-fuxian-lake/

See if you can find a magic mirror while you are there:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_magic_mirror
 
A quick search has revealed the following Yunnan things:

18 Cultural Quirks of Yunnan:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eighteen_Oddities

They are horribly rude about tourists:
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I would personally want to see:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiuxiang_Scenic_Region

https://www.travelchinaguide.com/attraction/yunnan/kunming/stone_forest.htm

There is the following Fortean submerged city:
http://www.ancientpages.com/2015/06...ing-the-secrets-at-the-bottom-of-fuxian-lake/

See if you can find a magic mirror while you are there:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_magic_mirror
Thank you AlchoPwn, this is great! The magic mirror thing is amazing, I've never heard of it before.
 
They are horribly rude about tourists:

And in Lijiang Han Chinese tourists are sometimes attacked


I love the fact that “grannies climb mountains faster than monkeys” is unquestioned, while “monks can get married” is sternly marked “citation needed”.

maximus otter
I remember distinctly feeling like a wuss when I was walking down a fairly dodgy mountain path in China (a couple of feet wide, cut into the side of a cliff), feeling a bit nervous, only to look behind me to see a 90+ year old blind woman strolling along with no problems.
 
...I was walking down a fairly dodgy mountain path in China (a couple of feet wide, cut into the side of a cliff), feeling a bit nervous, only to look behind me to see a 90+ year old blind woman strolling along with no problems.

“No granny, we’re just out for a stroll on a lovely country footpath. Remind me: your will does leave the house to us, doesn’t it?”

maximus otter
 
Seems like I forgot to report back. There was lots of interest. For starters, fairy footsteps in stone at the Qinglong bridge, shuhe, lijiang. Picture too big to upload but I'll quote the information board:

Qinglong bridge was built by Mushitusi at the period of Ming dynasty 400 years ago. [Dimensions of the bridge]. It was said that there was a miraculous person who stepped across the bridge to Yulong mountain and became a fairy. People now can still find the footprints left.
 
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