Dali (23 October 2015)

Past the horse-drawn taxis, through the marketplace filled with people and bikes and scooters, around the hoarded off street reconstruction zone, down a little alley, we reached a silk embroidery school.

In a sheltered area of the courtyard, the students stitched.

Someday they may be masters, and produce works like this.

Back up the alley, around the construction zone, through the market, and back to Xizhou Village -- a touristy place near the taxis, we were entertained by the Bai People who enacted a wedding ceremony and gave us three cups of tea as part of the ceremony.

Maybe we misread their expressions, but these performers looked bored. I wonder how many times a day they do the same dances.

Yen's house, a traditional Bai house had an internal courtyard with a west-facing wall painted white to make the best use of the evening sun.

Then back out of the tourist attraction, past the taxi stand, and off for a cruise.

We cruised to a small fishing village on an island in Erhai Lake.

 

 The village had their own god.

 

And a Buddhist temple too.

Their fishing business seemed to be going okay.

Back on the mainland. I think this is more of a guideline.

And because we were delayed on the road yesterday, we packed a bit more into the late afternoon with the Song Dynasty's Three Pagodas.

This tree has strange flowers.

What a magnificent golden turkey!