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2025.09.28 15:53 GMT+8

The ethnic code on Jingmai Mountain's roofs

Updated 2025.09.28 15:53 GMT+8
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Ethnic "roof art" on Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er, Yunnan Province, tells stories through every tile and ornament. /CGTN

Ethnic "roof art" on Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er, Yunnan Province, tells stories through every tile and ornament. /CGTN

Ethnic "roof art" on Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er, Yunnan Province, tells stories through every tile and ornament. /CGTN

Ethnic "roof art" on Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er, Yunnan Province, tells stories through every tile and ornament. /CGTN

Ethnic "roof art" on Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er, Yunnan Province, tells stories through every tile and ornament. /CGTN

Ethnic "roof art" on Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er, Yunnan Province, tells stories through every tile and ornament. /CGTN

Ethnic "roof art" on Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er, Yunnan Province, tells stories through every tile and ornament. /CGTN

Ethnic "roof art" on Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er, Yunnan Province, tells stories through every tile and ornament. /CGTN

Ethnic "roof art" on Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er, Yunnan Province, tells stories through every tile and ornament. /CGTN

In the mist of Yunnan's Jingmai Mountain lies the most vivid "roof art."

The Blang people's "one bud, two leaves" decoration crowns the eaves with the tea mountain's gift, each contour hiding a love for the fragrance of tea. The Dai people's ox horn ornaments, meanwhile, carry the power of the wilderness, curving into a gentle arc of coexistence with nature.

Every tile and pattern is an ethnic story engraved on the roof.

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