This is the kind of official proclamation you typically encounter on entering any sort of Chinese national park, I like the official language in the first paragraph
Stone formations in a lake. These formations were formed through thousands of years of rain on limestone.
The stone forest from above.
One of the formations up close
Stone formation called the "water buffalo"
This is the classic photo from the Stone Forest, those are the Chinese characters for "Stone Forest"
You can even rent minority costume to wear! Hooray for weird Chinese exoticism!
Grafitti from the Cultural Revolution, it says "Chairman Mao, may he live ten thousand years!"
"Stone Forest"
Magnificent formations, nothing much to say on them
Walking into the Sani village
The pigpen
Pinyin chart for teaching kids
Sani villagers in traditional costume preparing to sing
The really insane food they prepared for us
The main community house
Our professor, Qin Wenjie, talking with the village head, his family and villagers
This is the village's prize fighting ox. Every year, there's a certain festival where they bring that ox to fight other village's oxes. It was awesome
The village community hall, dates back from the Cultural Revolution
The basketball court
Sani woman and drying corn
Old style Sani lute
Shots of the village
This is the door to the sacred grove of the village. The characters on the door are in the Yi language.
Village
Dog!
Village garden
The village head's daughter with the village head's son. She's my age, believe it or not.
