Lijiang

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Yuhu Village

Home in the 1920's & 30's to Austro-American botanist Joseph Rock while working for  The National Geographic Society.

Rock's Apartment.  

His personal possessions can be seen at the home of his friend Xuan Ke in Lijiang.  There is a small museum here with lots of Rock's photos.

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206 Lijiang.jpg (39493 bytes) Mr Ke Chengwen maker of the baskets which we see on the back of almost every Naxi woman.   His quiet lifestyle in Yuhu village is about to change forever.  A gang of convicts is building a joint venture Taiwanese theme park at the village entrance.

Washstand by the courtyard woodpile.

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