@DantheMan: I agree with Natsymir, Huating Temple's arhats are as bold and expressive than those at Bamboo Temple, if not more so. Not sure how they compare in originality, as Huating's were apparently inspired by Bamboo's. One area in which Huating undoubtedly one-ups Bamboo: It has rubing.
Not sure if Natsymir means Kunming's four main urban districts or Kunming municipality when saying all the temples in Kunming, but Panlong Temple (盘龙寺) on the south end of Dianchi near Jinning is one of the largest and best-known temple compounds in the Dianchi Basin. I'm not an expert on it, but it seems to be one of the more important temples for Kunmingers - it is packed with locals who usually drive there from the city. Definitely worth including in your temple hunt, in my opinion.
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Thanks LaoBenDan, another good excuse to head to Dali soon!
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Happy ninth birthday Sal, you've made Kunming a better place.
Four stars for a great restaurant with friendly staff.
I give Tusheng Shiguan a fifth star for its goal of promoting environmentally sound food production.
My favorite Tengchong-style restaurant in Kunming. Their ersi and erkuai are trucked over from Tengchong and are the real deal — Kunming ersi and erkuai do not compare.
The restaurant itself is a bit jumbled, but there are a couple of tables outside in the courtyard that are nice to sit at when the weather's pleasant.
Don't believe them when they say they don't have lufu.
Tom and Jiajia have been baking up a storm lately. Thanks to them I have delicious sourdough bread to toast on the space heater in the office.
The Bircher muesli is probably the healthiest and most delicious breakfast around.
Pound for pound, one of the best little Western restaurants in China. 佳佳万岁！
Just had gnocchi in mushroom sauce and a glass of wine for dinner on the balcony in mid-January. Awesome.
Book Review: China on the Wild Side, Volume II
发布者@laotou: They're 180 yuan each at Mandarin Books... I think I saw them for 110 yuan at the Beichen Prague, but I may be wrong.
Yunnan census results released
发布者Error corrected, thanks. The English report I cited made a few mistakes in the conversion of Chinese numbering to Western-style numbering, including saying there were 474,000 foreigners living in Yunnan... I mistakenly thought I'd caught them all.
Interview: Sinne Eeg
发布者Great show all around... one of the highlights for me was during the aforementioned sound problems, when Sinne decided to finish the second song (I think) without the microphone and nailed it. Janus, JQ and Martin were all in top form too. JQ mentioned that they might pass through Kunming again in half a year or so, I'm sure they'd pack the house again.
Interview: Eddy Di Natale & Lucio Cascavilla
发布者@Giddyup! - Well spotted, it is indeed The Box's bathroom.
Getting Away: Shuhe
发布者I remember an old guy with a monkey that used to take photos with tourists on one of the stone bridges in Dayan several years back, pretty sure that was someone else but I may be wrong.