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Yunnan: Yulongxue Mountain
Yunnan province, China
Salween River
Yangtze River
Buddhism: temple in Kunming, China
Kunming: Yunnan Provincial Library
Dali: pagodas
Yunnan: Shilin karst rock formation
Nanzhao kingdom: bodhisattva
World War II: Kunming
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