Here I already explained how this blog got its name. As it happens, there is also a story about how Yunnan got its name. A few weeks ago, my wife came across a book called 'The Exploration of Yunnan' by Jim Goodman. A rather interesting read about the history and people of this province. It also contains an short story about the possible origin of the name Yunnan. In the north, Yunnan borders Sichuan, a province in which the weather apparently is dominated by rain and clouds. The story goes that one of the Nanzhao princes of Dali (in Yunnan) visited the court of the Tang emperor, and told the emperor his land was south of the rainy weather, after which the Chinese emperor dubbed said territory Yunnan, or South of the Clouds.
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