Dulongjiang Township

Road access and Derung women’s memories offer different accounts of change in Dulongjiang. Personal histories and regional infrastructure should retain their own scale.

Turquoise river running through a green mountain valley in Dulongjiang. — The Dulong River in Gongshan County: valley context for stories about Dulongjiang communities and access.

Dulongjiang Township

Remembering Dulong Women’s Facial Tattoo Tradition

The surviving record of Dulong facial tattoos is carried by elders’ accounts, archive images and scholarship that cautions against reducing one complex practice to a single explanation.

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The Road That Changed Everyday Distance in the Dulong Valley

A mountain footpath, a seasonal road and a long tunnel mark three distinct ways of reaching Dulongjiang—and the difference can be measured in days, seasons and emergency access.

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