A selection of artworks of Cao Lan on the life of Yi people

About the author
Ms Cao Lan, born in Kunming, is a retired artist (painter) who used to work in the Administration of the Stone Forest Scenic Area. Thanks to her work of research of the Yi ethnic culture for decades, she elegantly integrates the ethnic and classic styles in her artworks.

Morning

 

Spring 

 

Playing the trumps

 

Dancing

 

Sani girls

 

Autumn

 

Autumn

 

Autumn

 

Little Yi girls playing with the geese

 

Chitchatting