The 96K road to Dulong valley from Gongshan was built in 1999.
Formerly it took 3 days to walk.
Formerly it took 3 days to walk.
Lisu Church in Gongshan
Nu River
A Lisu Woman
In the 1900's, American missionaries came and built churches for the Dulong
Nu Woman of Gongshan
Nu Woman of Binzhongluo
Dulong Woman
Nu
Nu Man of Binzhongluo
Nu Woman of Demaluo
Admiring Yan Xia's Hemp Backpack
Demaluo Market
Nu Cloth
Road washed away
Nu Woman of Fugong
Nu Woman of Binzhongluo
Persimmons
Dulong Cloth
Only about 4600 Dulong people reside near the Dulong River in NW Yunnan, along the borders of Tibet and Burma. The Dulong wear colorful strips of woven cloth, where idividuality is expressed in the various ways of wrapping and tying it. In former times, the main decoration for women was the facial tattoo, done in indigo pigment applied with slivers of wood. Girls got their tattoos at puberty and each clan had its own set of designs. The origin is not clear, but some claim it was a reaction to the assault of powerful neighboring tribes (Tibetans to the North, and Lisu to the east) who enslaved the Dulong and went after their women. Hence, they were tattooed to make them unattractive to the oppressors (www.echinaromance.com).
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