Spring arrived in Yunnan in March, with the unique brooms blooming everywhere. Chen Chen and Ah Zi spent a night in the capital city and then came to the ancient city.

"The artisan I found on the Internet lives here!" Chen Chen pointed at a piece of tie-dyed fabric and asked, "does it look good?"

Ah Zi withdrew her eyes from a nearby store that specialized in the hand-made lanterns to Chen Chen. "Yeah. We can buy ourselves as a scarf."

The two women ...