#yunnan — Public Fediverse posts

[#TRADESHOW] #IFEX #Kunming #International #Flowers & #Plants #Expo 2026 will be held from September 18 to 20, 2026, at Kunming Dianchi International #Convention & #Exhibition #Center. As a major flowers and plants #trade #show in #China, the #event is rooted in #Yunnan, the country’s #leading #hub for fresh-cut #flower production and #distribution, and serves as a #B2B #business #platform for #floriculture, #horticulture, #tropical plants, small #berries, and #coffee. https://cnbusinessforum.com/event/ifex-kunming-international-flowers-plants-expo-2026/

Can the new Pinglu Canal become China’s ‘Yangtze of the southwest’?

The opening of China’s first new river-to-sea canal since 1949 – which will boost trade links with Southeast…
#Economy #ASEAN #BeibuGulf #China #Chongqing #Guangxi #GuangxiPingluCanalGroup #Guangzhou #GulfofTonkin #Hunan #Nanning #PearlRiver #PingluCanal #Qinzhou #shanghai #Sichuan #southchinasea #ThreeGorgesDam #WeiDejian #wuhan #Yangtze #Yunnan
https://www.europesays.com/3257438/

[#TRADESHOW] #IFEX #Kunming #International #Flowers & #Plants #Expo 2026 will be held from September 18 to 20, 2026, at Kunming Dianchi International #Convention & #Exhibition #Center. As a major flowers and plants #trade #show in #China, the #event is rooted in #Yunnan, the country’s #leading #hub for fresh-cut #flower production and #distribution, and serves as a #B2B #business #platform for #floriculture, #horticulture, #tropical plants, small #berries, and #coffee. https://cnbusinessforum.com/event/ifex-kunming-international-flowers-plants-expo-2026/

https://www.europesays.com/3257438/ Can the new Pinglu Canal become China’s ‘Yangtze of the southwest’? #ASEAN #BeibuGulf #China #Chongqing #Economy #Guangxi #GuangxiPingluCanalGroup #Guangzhou #GulfOfTonkin #Hunan #Nanning #PearlRiver #PingluCanal #Qinzhou #shanghai #Sichuan #SouthChinaSea #ThreeGorgesDam #WeiDejian #wuhan #Yangtze #Yunnan

Can the new Pinglu Canal become China’s ‘Yangtze of the southwest’? https://www.byteseu.com/2375744/ #asean #BeibuGulf #China #Chongqing #economy #Guangxi #GuangxiPingluCanalGroup #Guangzhou #GulfOfTonkin #Hunan #Nanning #PearlRiver #PingluCanal #Qinzhou #shanghai #Sichuan #SouthChinaSea #ThreeGorgesDam #WeiDejian #Wuhan #Yangtze #Yunnan

[#TRADESHOW] #IFEX #Kunming #International #Flowers & #Plants #Expo 2026 will be held from September 18 to 20, 2026, at Kunming Dianchi International #Convention & #Exhibition #Center. As a major flowers and plants #trade #show in #China, the #event is rooted in #Yunnan, the country’s #leading #hub for fresh-cut #flower production and #distribution, and serves as a #B2B #business #platform for #floriculture, #horticulture, #tropical plants, small #berries, and #coffee. https://cnbusinessforum.com/event/ifex-kunming-international-flowers-plants-expo-2026/

[#TRADESHOW] #IFEX #Kunming #International #Flowers & #Plants #Expo 2026 will be held from September 18 to 20, 2026, at Kunming Dianchi International #Convention & #Exhibition #Center. As a major flowers and plants #trade #show in #China, the #event is rooted in #Yunnan, the country’s #leading #hub for fresh-cut #flower production and #distribution, and serves as a #B2B #business #platform for #floriculture, #horticulture, #tropical plants, small #berries, and #coffee. https://cnbusinessforum.com/event/ifex-kunming-international-flowers-plants-expo-2026/

Denisovan fossils in China reveal an ancient ‘hunting paradise’

Denisovan…
#NewsBeep #News #Science #AltaiMountains #AU #Australia #BianfuCave #CASInstituteofTibetanPlateauResearch #ChineseAcademyofSciences #DenisovaCave #Denisovan #Denisovans #FuQiaomei #HengduanMountains #Homosapiens #nature #Neanderthals #PenghuChannel #Siberia #SvantePaabo #taiwanstrait #TibetanPlateau #Yunnan #YunnanProvincialInstituteofCulturalRelicsandArchaeology #Yunnan-GuizhouPlateau
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/890279/

https://www.europesays.com/ie/686075/ Denisovan fossils in China reveal an ancient ‘hunting paradise’ #AltaiMountains #BianfuCave #CASInstituteOfTibetanPlateauResearch #ChineseAcademyOfSciences #DenisovaCave #Denisovan #Denisovans #Éire #FuQiaomei #HengduanMountains #HomoSapiens #IE #Ireland #nature #Neanderthals #PenghuChannel #Science #Siberia #SvantePaabo #TaiwanStrait #TibetanPlateau #Yunnan #YunnanProvincialInstituteOfCulturalRelicsAndArchaeology #YunnanGuizhouPlateau

[#TRADESHOW] #IFEX #Kunming #International #Flowers & #Plants #Expo 2026 will be held from September 18 to 20, 2026, at Kunming Dianchi International #Convention & #Exhibition #Center. As a major flowers and plants #trade #show in #China, the #event is rooted in #Yunnan, the country’s #leading #hub for fresh-cut #flower production and #distribution, and serves as a #B2B #business #platform for #floriculture, #horticulture, #tropical plants, small #berries, and #coffee. https://cnbusinessforum.com/event/ifex-kunming-international-flowers-plants-expo-2026/

[#TRADESHOW] #IFEX #Kunming #International #Flowers & #Plants #Expo 2026 will be held from September 18 to 20, 2026, at Kunming Dianchi International #Convention & #Exhibition #Center. As a major flowers and plants #trade #show in #China, the #event is rooted in #Yunnan, the country’s #leading #hub for fresh-cut #flower production and #distribution, and serves as a #B2B #business #platform for #floriculture, #horticulture, #tropical plants, small #berries, and #coffee. https://cnbusinessforum.com/event/ifex-kunming-international-flowers-plants-expo-2026/

[#TRADESHOW] #IFEX #Kunming #International #Flowers & #Plants #Expo 2026 will be held from September 18 to 20, 2026, at Kunming Dianchi International #Convention & #Exhibition #Center. As a major flowers and plants #trade #show in #China, the #event is rooted in #Yunnan, the country’s #leading #hub for fresh-cut #flower production and #distribution, and serves as a #B2B #business #platform for #floriculture, #horticulture, #tropical plants, small #berries, and #coffee. https://cnbusinessforum.com/event/ifex-kunming-international-flowers-plants-expo-2026/

[#TRADESHOW] #IFEX #Kunming #International #Flowers & #Plants #Expo 2026 will be held from September 18 to 20, 2026, at Kunming Dianchi International #Convention & #Exhibition #Center. As a major flowers and plants #trade #show in #China, the #event is rooted in #Yunnan, the country’s #leading #hub for fresh-cut #flower production and #distribution, and serves as a #B2B #business #platform for #floriculture, #horticulture, #tropical plants, small #berries, and #coffee. https://cnbusinessforum.com/event/ifex-kunming-international-flowers-plants-expo-2026/

¿Por qué 50 elefantes invadieron un pueblo chino sin causar daños? #China #Elefantes #ElefanteAsiatico #Yunnan #Xishuangbanna #Shangyong #Naturaleza #VidaSalvaje #Animales #Biodiversidad #Conservacion #Mundo #felizjueves #3deseptiembre

https://donporque.com/50-elefantes-pueblo-chino-shangyong/

[#TRADESHOW] #IFEX #Kunming #International #Flowers & #Plants #Expo 2026 will be held from September 18 to 20, 2026, at Kunming Dianchi International #Convention & #Exhibition #Center. As a major flowers and plants #trade #show in #China, the #event is rooted in #Yunnan, the country’s #leading #hub for fresh-cut #flower production and #distribution, and serves as a #B2B #business #platform for #floriculture, #horticulture, #tropical plants, small #berries, and #coffee. https://cnbusinessforum.com/event/ifex-kunming-international-flowers-plants-expo-2026/

[#TRADESHOW] #IFEX #Kunming #International #Flowers & #Plants #Expo 2026 will be held from September 18 to 20, 2026, at Kunming Dianchi International #Convention & #Exhibition #Center. As a major flowers and plants #trade #show in #China, the #event is rooted in #Yunnan, the country’s #leading #hub for fresh-cut #flower production and #distribution, and serves as a #B2B #business #platform for #floriculture, #horticulture, #tropical plants, small #berries, and #coffee. https://cnbusinessforum.com/event/ifex-kunming-international-flowers-plants-expo-2026/

[#TRADESHOW] #IFEX #Kunming #International #Flowers & #Plants #Expo 2026 will be held from September 18 to 20, 2026, at Kunming Dianchi International #Convention & #Exhibition #Center. As a major flowers and plants #trade #show in #China, the #event is rooted in #Yunnan, the country’s #leading #hub for fresh-cut #flower production and #distribution, and serves as a #B2B #business #platform for #floriculture, #horticulture, #tropical plants, small #berries, and #coffee. https://cnbusinessforum.com/event/ifex-kunming-international-flowers-plants-expo-2026/

https://www.europesays.com/ro/280631/ Alexandru Mitriță, killer în China! FOTO. Românul a marcat trei goluri și a oferit o pasă decisivă în 45 de minute! #AlexandruMitriță #China #gol #RO #Română #Romania #Romanian #Sport #Sports #yunnan #zhejiang

[#TRADESHOW] #IFEX #Kunming #International #Flowers & #Plants #Expo 2026 will be held from September 18 to 20, 2026, at Kunming Dianchi International #Convention & #Exhibition #Center. As a major flowers and plants #trade #show in #China, the #event is rooted in #Yunnan, the country’s #leading #hub for fresh-cut #flower production and #distribution, and serves as a #B2B #business #platform for #floriculture, #horticulture, #tropical plants, small #berries, and #coffee. https://cnbusinessforum.com/event/ifex-kunming-international-flowers-plants-expo-2026/

[#TRADESHOW] #IFEX #Kunming #International #Flowers & #Plants #Expo 2026 will be held from September 18 to 20, 2026, at Kunming Dianchi International #Convention & #Exhibition #Center. As a major flowers and plants #trade #show in #China, the #event is rooted in #Yunnan, the country’s #leading #hub for fresh-cut #flower production and #distribution, and serves as a #B2B #business #platform for #floriculture, #horticulture, #tropical plants, small #berries, and #coffee. https://cnbusinessforum.com/event/ifex-kunming-international-flowers-plants-expo-2026/

[#TRADESHOW] #IFEX #Kunming #International #Flowers & #Plants #Expo 2026 will be held from September 18 to 20, 2026, at Kunming Dianchi International #Convention & #Exhibition #Center. As a major flowers and plants #trade #show in #China, the #event is rooted in #Yunnan, the country’s #leading #hub for fresh-cut #flower production and #distribution, and serves as a #B2B #business #platform for #floriculture, #horticulture, #tropical plants, small #berries, and #coffee. https://cnbusinessforum.com/event/ifex-kunming-international-flowers-plants-expo-2026/

https://www.europesays.com/fi/332751/ Kiina on antanut tulvavaroituksia 29 joelle. #Business #Economy #FI #Finland #Finnish #Guangxi #Heilongjiang #Jiangsu #Kiina #Rankkasade #Suomi #Talous #tulvavaroitus #Yunnan #Zhejiang

[#TRADESHOW] #IFEX #Kunming #International #Flowers & #Plants #Expo 2026 will be held from September 18 to 20, 2026, at Kunming Dianchi International #Convention & #Exhibition #Center. As a major flowers and plants #trade #show in #China, the #event is rooted in #Yunnan, the country’s #leading #hub for fresh-cut #flower production and #distribution, and serves as a #B2B #business #platform for #floriculture, #horticulture, #tropical plants, small #berries, and #coffee. https://cnbusinessforum.com/event/ifex-kunming-international-flowers-plants-expo-2026/

residents in china found three king cobra nests; scientists saw two cobras guarding one with 72 eggs | World News

PC: Novel Natural History Observations on the Reproductive Biology of King Cobra (Ophi…
#NewsBeep #News #Wildlife #endangeredspeciesinChina #IntegrativeConservation #kingcobraclutchsize #kingcobraeggclutches #kingcobranestingbehavior #reproductivebiologyofsnakes #Science #UK #UnitedKingdom #wildlifeconservationinChina #Yunnan #Yunnankingcobranests
https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/747580/

https://www.europesays.com/uk/1165445/ residents in china found three king cobra nests; scientists saw two cobras guarding one with 72 eggs | World News #EndangeredSpeciesInChina #IntegrativeConservation #KingCobraClutchSize #KingCobraEggClutches #KingCobraNestingBehavior #ReproductiveBiologyOfSnakes #Science #UK #UnitedKingdom #wildlife #WildlifeConservationInChina #Yunnan #YunnanKingCobraNests

[#TRADESHOW] #IFEX #Kunming #International #Flowers & #Plants #Expo 2026 will be held from September 18 to 20, 2026, at Kunming Dianchi International #Convention & #Exhibition #Center. As a major flowers and plants #trade #show in #China, the #event is rooted in #Yunnan, the country’s #leading #hub for fresh-cut #flower production and #distribution, and serves as a #B2B #business #platform for #floriculture, #horticulture, #tropical plants, small #berries, and #coffee. https://cnbusinessforum.com/event/ifex-kunming-international-flowers-plants-expo-2026/

residents in china found three king cobra nests; scientists saw two cobras guarding one with 72 eggs | World News

PC: Novel Natural History Observations on the Reproductive Biology of King Cobra (Ophiophagus…
#NewsBeep #News #Wildlife #CA #Canada #endangeredspeciesinChina #IntegrativeConservation #kingcobraclutchsize #kingcobraeggclutches #kingcobranestingbehavior #reproductivebiologyofsnakes #Science #wildlifeconservationinChina #yunnan #Yunnankingcobranests
https://www.newsbeep.com/ca/867514/

residents in china found three king cobra nests; scientists saw two cobras guarding one with 72 eggs | World News

PC: Novel Natural History Observations on the Reproductive Biology of King Cobra (Ophiopha…
#NewsBeep #News #Wildlife #AU #Australia #endangeredspeciesinChina #IntegrativeConservation #kingcobraclutchsize #kingcobraeggclutches #kingcobranestingbehavior #reproductivebiologyofsnakes #Science #wildlifeconservationinChina #Yunnan #Yunnankingcobranests
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/864251/

https://www.europesays.com/ie/650380/ residents in china found three king cobra nests; scientists saw two cobras guarding one with 72 eggs | World News #Éire #EndangeredSpeciesInChina #IE #IntegrativeConservation #Ireland #KingCobraClutchSize #KingCobraEggClutches #KingCobraNestingBehavior #ReproductiveBiologyOfSnakes #Science #Wildlife #WildlifeConservationInChina #Yunnan #YunnanKingCobraNests

[#TRADESHOW] #IFEX #Kunming #International #Flowers & #Plants #Expo 2026 will be held from September 18 to 20, 2026, at Kunming Dianchi International #Convention & #Exhibition #Center. As a major flowers and plants #trade #show in #China, the #event is rooted in #Yunnan, the country’s #leading #hub for fresh-cut #flower production and #distribution, and serves as a #B2B #business #platform for #floriculture, #horticulture, #tropical plants, small #berries, and #coffee. https://cnbusinessforum.com/event/ifex-kunming-international-flowers-plants-expo-2026/

Meet #Bataspis crux, Jawless #Fish that Cruised #Devonian Seas with Batwing Head https://www.sci.news/paleontology/bataspis-crux-15002.html

Bataspis crux, a galeaspid from the #Lochkovian of #Yunnan with a batwing-shaped head adapted for hydrodynamic efficiency https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pala.70081

"Rather than the spikes, crests or domes typical of other #galeaspids, Bataspis sported a pair of sweeping projections at the back of its skull... the batwing-shaped headshield gave it the highest lift-to-drag ratio ever measured for a galeaspid"

[#TRADESHOW] #IFEX #Kunming #International #Flowers & #Plants #Expo 2026 will be held from September 18 to 20, 2026, at Kunming Dianchi International #Convention & #Exhibition #Center. As a major flowers and plants #trade #show in #China, the #event is rooted in #Yunnan, the country’s #leading #hub for fresh-cut #flower production and #distribution, and serves as a #B2B #business #platform for #floriculture, #horticulture, #tropical plants, small #berries, and #coffee. https://cnbusinessforum.com/event/ifex-kunming-international-flowers-plants-expo-2026/

[#TRADESHOW] #IFEX #Kunming #International #Flowers & #Plants #Expo 2026 will be held from September 18 to 20, 2026, at Kunming Dianchi International #Convention & #Exhibition #Center. As a major flowers and plants #trade #show in #China, the #event is rooted in #Yunnan, the country’s #leading #hub for fresh-cut #flower production and #distribution, and serves as a #B2B #business #platform for #floriculture, #horticulture, #tropical plants, small #berries, and #coffee. https://cnbusinessforum.com/event/ifex-kunming-international-flowers-plants-expo-2026/

[#TRADESHOW] #IFEX #Kunming #International #Flowers & #Plants #Expo 2026 will be held from September 18 to 20, 2026, at Kunming Dianchi International #Convention & #Exhibition #Center. As a major flowers and plants #trade #show in #China, the #event is rooted in #Yunnan, the country’s #leading #hub for fresh-cut #flower production and #distribution, and serves as a #B2B #business #platform for #floriculture, #horticulture, #tropical plants, small #berries, and #coffee. https://cnbusinessforum.com/event/ifex-kunming-international-flowers-plants-expo-2026/

[#TRADESHOW] #IFEX #Kunming #International #Flowers & #Plants #Expo 2026 will be held from September 18 to 20, 2026, at Kunming Dianchi International #Convention & #Exhibition #Center. As a major flowers and plants #trade #show in #China, the #event is rooted in #Yunnan, the country’s #leading #hub for fresh-cut #flower production and #distribution, and serves as a #B2B #business #platform for #floriculture, #horticulture, #tropical plants, small #berries, and #coffee. https://cnbusinessforum.com/event/ifex-kunming-international-flowers-plants-expo-2026/

[#TRADESHOW] #IFEX #Kunming #International #Flowers & #Plants #Expo 2026 will be held from September 18 to 20, 2026, at Kunming Dianchi International #Convention & #Exhibition #Center. As a major flowers and plants #trade #show in #China, the #event is rooted in #Yunnan, the country’s #leading #hub for fresh-cut #flower production and #distribution, and serves as a #B2B #business #platform for #floriculture, #horticulture, #tropical plants, small #berries, and #coffee. https://cnbusinessforum.com/event/ifex-kunming-international-flowers-plants-expo-2026/

[#TRADESHOW] #IFEX #Kunming #International #Flowers & #Plants #Expo 2026 will be held from September 18 to 20, 2026, at Kunming Dianchi International #Convention & #Exhibition #Center. As a major flowers and plants #trade #show in #China, the #event is rooted in #Yunnan, the country’s #leading #hub for fresh-cut #flower production and #distribution, and serves as a #B2B #business #platform for #floriculture, #horticulture, #tropical plants, small #berries, and #coffee. https://cnbusinessforum.com/event/ifex-kunming-international-flowers-plants-expo-2026/

[#TRADESHOW] #IFEX #Kunming #International #Flowers & #Plants #Expo 2026 will be held from September 18 to 20, 2026, at Kunming Dianchi International #Convention & #Exhibition #Center. As a major flowers and plants #trade #show in #China, the #event is rooted in #Yunnan, the country’s #leading #hub for fresh-cut #flower production and #distribution, and serves as a #B2B #business #platform for #floriculture, #horticulture, #tropical plants, small #berries, and #coffee. https://cnbusinessforum.com/event/ifex-kunming-international-flowers-plants-expo-2026/

[#TRADESHOW] #IFEX #Kunming #International #Flowers & #Plants #Expo 2026 will be held from September 18 to 20, 2026, at Kunming Dianchi International #Convention & #Exhibition #Center. As a major flowers and plants #trade #show in #China, the #event is rooted in #Yunnan, the country’s #leading #hub for fresh-cut #flower production and #distribution, and serves as a #B2B #business #platform for #floriculture, #horticulture, #tropical plants, small #berries, and #coffee. https://cnbusinessforum.com/event/ifex-kunming-international-flowers-plants-expo-2026/

[#TRADESHOW] #IFEX #Kunming #International #Flowers & #Plants #Expo 2026 will be held from September 18 to 20, 2026, at Kunming Dianchi International #Convention & #Exhibition #Center. As a major flowers and plants #trade #show in #China, the #event is rooted in #Yunnan, the country’s #leading #hub for fresh-cut #flower production and #distribution, and serves as a #B2B #business #platform for #floriculture, #horticulture, #tropical plants, small #berries, and #coffee. https://cnbusinessforum.com/event/ifex-kunming-international-flowers-plants-expo-2026/

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🪲🏴‍☠️ Two new rove beetle species with unusually long mandibles and antennae reminded researchers of the stretchy hero Luffy from #OnePiece, so they named a whole new genus after him.

The scientists at the Natural #History #Museum of #Denmark traced these #beetles to #Yunnan, #China and northern #Laos, and place them as a missing link in their group’s family tree.

👉 https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260802223430.htm

#insects #taxonomy #science #anime #manga #entomology #biodiversity #evolution #nature #wildlife #animals #strange

[#TRADESHOW] #IFEX #Kunming #International #Flowers & #Plants #Expo 2026 will be held from September 18 to 20, 2026, at Kunming Dianchi International #Convention & #Exhibition #Center. As a major flowers and plants #trade #show in #China, the #event is rooted in #Yunnan, the country’s #leading #hub for fresh-cut #flower production and #distribution, and serves as a #B2B #business #platform for #floriculture, #horticulture, #tropical plants, small #berries, and #coffee. https://cnbusinessforum.com/event/ifex-kunming-international-flowers-plants-expo-2026/

Bai Woman by Roberto Pazzi

https://tmblr.co/Z7VXvxjfLs2s8u00

#lifestyles #ethnical #group #tradition #portrait #people #indoors #environmental #culture #woman #china #yunnan #craft #book #sew #sewing #bai #home #work #face #asia #photography #interior #one #person #full #length #sony #horizontal #sitting

So this exists... mushroom cola!

#crazy #food #drink #soda #cola #pop #mushroom #China #yunnan #weird #wtf

https://youtube.com/shorts/Q1Gd1IWdusE?feature=share

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 📖📐 Artist Colette Fu combines #photography and paper #engineering to build oversized and one-of-a-kind pop-up #books.

Her work documents cultural #traditions and overlooked histories from #Yunnan Province to #Philadelphia. This Craft In America video shares how she constructs these complex moving #sculptures by combining simple paper mechanisms.

👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/pop-up-books-artist-colette-fu-yunnan-province-chinese-american-history-video

#history #art #artists #china #community #crafts #culture #family #food #handmade #immigration #pennsylvania #racism #travel #tksst #video

Viral Fire-Safety Clip Mislabels Wengding as Shirakawa-go

Dear Cherubs, the internet has once again looked at one dramatic clip and confidently picked the wrong village. A video of autonomous water cannons was widely shared as Shirakawa-go in Japan, but the setting lines up much better with Wengding in Yunnan, China — because apparently two heritage villages with fire-fighting systems are now expected to file paperwork proving they are not each other. As noted by thisclaimer.com, this is the sort of mix-up social media produces when it is in a hurry and allergic to map-reading.

THE REAL LOCATION

Wengding is a Wa ethnic village in southwest China’s Yunnan province, and it has a real fire story behind those sprinklers. Xinhua reported that a fire in February 2021 reduced about 100 traditional Wa thatched cottages to ashes, while South China Morning Post reported that 107 homes were destroyed and only four traditional houses remained. The village was later rebuilt at the original site and reopened to visitors.

That context matters. The clip is not just a neat gadget demo; it is a fire-protection response shaped by a devastating loss. Recent research on Wengding describes the village’s traditional homes as bamboo-wood, thatched, and built on stilt-like structures, which is exactly the kind of architecture that does not enjoy surprise visits from flames.

WHY SHIRAKAWA-GO GOT PULLED IN

Shirakawa-go, to be fair, really does have a serious fire-prevention setup. UNESCO says the Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama use water cannons, alarms, extinguishers, cisterns and pump facilities, and that residents operate the cannons when needed. UNESCO also notes that the gassho-zukuri houses are wooden structures with thatched roofs, so fire prevention is not some decorative side quest.

Mainichi reported that 59 cannons were tested during a fire drill at the World Heritage settlement, which is likely where the “59 units” detail came from. So yes, Shirakawa-go does use a carefully designed system. It just is not the village in this particular viral clip.

The visual clue is the giveaway. Wengding’s misty Yunnan setting, Wa heritage, and thatched stilt houses fit the footage far better than a Japanese alpine village famous for its gassho-style farmhouses. One clip, two very different places, and one caption that really needed a fact-check before it went full world tour. The lesson is simple: if a post says “Japan” but looks like Yunnan, do not let the algorithm play tour guide.

Sources:
Xinhua — https://english.news.cn/20221228/bf8e8786ce1145e598424f5bc0aa9b98/c.html
South China Morning Post — https://multimedia.scmp.com/infographics/news/china/article/3123696/wengding-village-fire/index.html
UNESCO World Heritage Centre — https://whc.unesco.org/document/217185
Mainichi — https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20211108/p2a/00m/0na/014000c
Wikimedia Commons (free image source) — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E7%BF%81%E4%B8%81%E6%9D%91-2483749.jpg
thisclaimer.com — https://thisclaimer.com/

Great video about tofu in Yunnan

Hannah Che is one of the best writers about Chinese food right now (she’s based in Yunnan and writes extensively about vegan food in Chinese traditions)

(Although tofu in East Asia is not strictly limited to vegetarian and vegan food. Everybody, of all culinary preferences, loves tofu)

https://youtu.be/CUM7Rh_IZ_A

#Food #ChineseFood #Tofu #Soy #Yunnan