Dali is famous for its Bai people (one of the minority cultures in China), there are about 1.3 million of them living in the Dali area. I had the good fortune to attend a renactment of a Bai wedding, so much fun!
Apparently they have a tradition of ass-pinching the bride throughout the ceremony!
The Bai tea is amazing, we got to taste three cups at the ceremony - the first is bitter because when you're young you have to work hard, the second is sweet because after working you can enjoy the fruits of your labor, and the third is flavorful (like chai actually) because old age is full of memories. I bought some of each to bring home. This picture is the sweet one, there's milk and a bit of almond in it.
A giant medallion of TEA!!
In one of the Bai towns, you could walk around and poke your head into families' houses, which felt really weird, but we did it anyway.
These noodles were the best I've EVER had, hands down. There's actually 4 or 5 different types of noodles mixed in there, and the sauce is soy/chili. That's my second bowl.
They cut the yellow noodles from this big block which looks like cheese.
Silk worms sitting (festering?) in a basket in front of someone's house.
Couldn't wait to eat me some crayfish and bullfrog! Yep, they put them on skewers. There's grasshoppers there too if you zoom in.
On every street corner, in every park, behind every cash register people are playing Chinese chess or card games. There's a wonderful laid-back energy here, people don't feel like they have to pretend to be professional at all - though sometimes you do have to wake people up to pay for something.
And lastly - colorful chicks!!
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