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South of the Clouds: Travels in Southwest China,Used
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While flipping through the atlas of Chang Chiyun, one of Chinas most famous geographers, distinguished translator Bill Porter (Red Pine) developed a curiosity about the southwestern province of China. Dubbed Yunnan, South of the Clouds, this was the last area modern China to come under Chinese control. Originally conquered by the Mongols and eventually introduced to foreigners as a vibrant setting for trade, Yunnan became a critical crossroad connecting East and West.In 1992, Porter left his home in Hong Kong to tour the small towns and major cities of Yunnan, studying each of their local cultures and larger impacts on the trajectory of Chinese history. Here, he shares his encyclopedic knowledge of the nations beautiful legacy while introducing new insight about the provinces landscapes, people, and recent state of affairs. He visited Bulang Mountain, where the local people had no written language of their own, so they sent their children to live as monks in nearby Tai temples to learn Tai script. He saw women in Lijiang who wore traditional sheepskin jackets that bore seven frogeyes without clear explanation. In Dali, a small town turned urban center, he recalls a massive museum built to show off the citys new wealth, only to have half of its halls left empty and unvisited.The first of a series of three China travel memoirs to be published by Counterpoint, Bill Porters book tells the incredible story of a spread of land with a thousand years of human history. His remarkable insight and unparalleled understanding of China place this book at the forefront of East Asian travel literature.
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