Li Jiang Old Town

Li Jiang was made famous around the world after a big earthquake that did not destroy the old town.

The minority people who live there worship a frog, and some of the stones were from long long time ago.

Our tour guide is a young man of age 22 (shown in one of these pictures). He is the most talkative tour guide we have on this trip and seems to know a lot about history and cultures. Even in college, he started to serve as an interpreter for important people. His English is the best among local tour guides we met on our trip and he is the most friendly and enthusiastic. He claims to know 10 languages. Apparently, he is the 29th generation of Dali kingdom, sort of a prince.

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