Jidan Chao Xihongshi

Whoever travels to the remoter parts of China is guaranteed some surprises. I experienced one in Yunnan province when I visited the tiny village of Yi Liang Gou Jie, a place that even my friends who live in the province had never been to. A colourful place, it teems with activity and yet looks like something out of the sixteenth century. Everywhere our party went (photographer, his assistant, the driver, and me) crowds would surround us, peering at us as if we were some alien beings. Thi