Sunday, September 30, 2012

Zhoucheng, A Bai Village

Zhoucheng, A Bai Village

Composed of 1,500 families, Zhoucheng is the largest Bai village in Dali. It is 23
 kilometers to the north of Dali Old Town. 
Most of the residences in Zhoucheng are designed in Bai traditional style: compounds 
of Houses on Three Sides and a Screen Wall in the East. Being wood-earth structure 
with delicate carvings and flying eaves, these houses look extraordinarily beautiful and
 compact, and embody the ethnic characteristics of the Bai People.
Zhoucheng has enjoyed a broad fame for its traditional Bandhnu (tie-dying) craft that 
can date back to the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties. Integrating
 ethnic culture and art, Bai Bandhnu appears modern as well.

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