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The Street Itself : <font color="#cc000"> The main street of Luo Shui is a dirt, lakefront road, with shops and guesthouses all along it. Francesca said that it had changed a lot in one year -- many more shops. And it will probably look a lot different next year. </font>

The Street Itself

Women-In-Yunnan

The main street of Luo Shui is a dirt, lakefront road, with shops an ...

Updated: Aug 10, 2006 12:29am PST

People and Their Activities : <font color="#cc000"> Luo Shui is the first town you reach coming from Lijiang. There are around 80 families (600 people) living there; with outsiders and migrants the total population is around 1,000. </font>

People and Their Activities

Women-In-Yunnan

Luo Shui is the first town you reach coming from Lijiang. There are ...

Updated: Aug 10, 2006 12:01am PST

The People : Young, old, working, relaxing. Heshun is a real, working town.

The People

Women-In-Yunnan

Young, old, working, relaxing. Heshun is a real, working town.

Updated: Aug 04, 2006 4:44am PST

The Temple and Its Pond : <font color="#cc000"> A 'syncretic' temple, like many in China, where a number of religions share the premises. I found many examples of syncretism in China: Buddhism in China is already a combination of the original, Indian Buddhism and the native religions in China; in places like Lugu Lake, their "daba" religion and Tibetan Buddhism coexist and blend; In Baoshan, at the Taibo Temple, a woman with baby getting a Confucian scholar/priest to write out a blessing for her baby. Inside she had a Taoist blessing as well and so did we. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syncretism" >Here's a definition of syncretism</a>> </font>

The Temple and Its Pond

Women-In-Yunnan

A 'syncretic' temple, like many in China, where a number of religion ...

Updated: Aug 04, 2006 3:36am PST

Beihai Park :

Beihai Park

Steffen A. Bass

Updated: Mar 24, 2006 7:03pm PST

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