The Xingjiao Temple in Shaxi is a Ming dynasty Buddhist temple of the Bai peopleSideng market squareAn elderly Bai woman dressed in traditional garb at the Friday market, smoking a pipe
The Sideng market square of Shaxi was added to the World Monuments Watch List of 100 Most Endangered Sites in 2001.[2]
Shaxi started as a trading point for tea and horses during the Tang dynasty (618–907). The prosperity of the town was at its height during the Ming and Qing dynasties (1368–1912).
shaxi, yunnan, shaxi, chinese, 沙溪, historic, market, town, jianchuan, county, dali, prefecture, yunnan, province, china, located, roughly, halfway, between, dali, lijiang, xingjiao, temple, shaxi, ming, dynasty, buddhist, temple, people, sideng, market, square. Shaxi Chinese 沙溪 is a historic market town in Jianchuan County Dali Prefecture Yunnan province China 1 It is located roughly halfway between Dali and Lijiang The Xingjiao Temple in Shaxi is a Ming dynasty Buddhist temple of the Bai people Sideng market square An elderly Bai woman dressed in traditional garb at the Friday market smoking a pipe The Sideng market square of Shaxi was added to the World Monuments Watch List of 100 Most Endangered Sites in 2001 2 Shaxi started as a trading point for tea and horses during the Tang dynasty 618 907 The prosperity of the town was at its height during the Ming and Qing dynasties 1368 1912 It is probably the most intact horse caravan town on the Ancient tea route leading from Yunnan into Burma and Tibet 3 and is now being preserved through a cooperation between the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich ETH and the People s Government of Jianchuan County 4 Nearby Shibao mountain contains Buddhist rock carvings and temples of over 1300 years old with amongst others images of the bodhisattva Guanyin The two main ethnic groups of Shaxi are the Bai and Yi people References edit 2017年统计用区划代码 1 World Monuments Fund Shaxi Market Area Forbes Andrew Henley David 2011 China s Ancient Tea Horse Road Chiang Mai Cognoscenti Books ASIN B005DQV7Q2 Shaxi Rehabilitation Project Projekte Schmid Prof Em Dr Willy A Schmid Projects of individual professors Projects NSL Network City and Landscape Archived from the original on 2014 03 18 Retrieved 2014 03 18 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Shaxi Yunnan nbsp Shaxi travel guide from Wikivoyage 26 19 19 N 99 51 18 E 26 322 N 99 855 E 26 322 99 855 nbsp This Yunnan location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Shaxi Yunnan amp oldid 1217543762, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
