The Daying River is part of everyday geography in Yingjiang's Old Town township. A 2025 township profile lists it alongside the Nandi River, mountain streams, irrigation channels and Xiang'e Lake. It also describes rice, sugarcane and other crops in the area. The picture is one of multiple waters and fields, not a single scenic riverbank detached from how people live and work.
From the journal
Old Town by the Daying River
In Yingjiang's Old Town, the river belongs to a broad farming and settlement landscape shaped by tributaries, canals and seasonal gatherings.
In the same city · Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture ↗A river system, not one blue line
Gathering around the lake
The profile says Old Town had held eight editions of the Xiang'e Lake fish-enclosure festival. The event places fishing and community gathering into the same story, while the profile also lists local foods and other attractions. A festival's appearance can change from year to year, so the count belongs to the source's 2025 account rather than a current event schedule.
The township is also described as a source of Dai theatre tradition, with a theatre heritage site and a provincial transmission base. Those cultural practices, fields and waterways share the same local setting. A visit that follows the river toward the lake can reveal more than a landscape photograph: it can show how water, food, performance and settlement overlap in a working town.