Kunming
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Ding Ding Tang
[Essay and short video] Ding Ding Tang. That sound belongs to Kunming. When I was little, I lived there. I don’t remember much of those early years. But there’s one sound I remember. Waking up from an afternoon nap, still half asleep, hearing it from the street below: ding ding tang. That was the ding-ding…
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The Tea Man
[Audio story] A short story that took place in Kunming, China. About tea, about people, about an afternoon. Written and read by the author.
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Bai Tie-Dye: The Color of Yunnan’s Romanticism
[Video and informative essay] Far from the rush of KPIs and deadlines, Dali, Yunnan, is home to a Bai art that refuses to be hurried. For over a thousand years, Bai tie-dye, known colloquially as 疙瘩画布 (gēda huàbù), has moved in harmony with the patient, seasonal rhythms of nature.
