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Cultural Fabric 　　The Naxi people of Yunnan prov- ince retain a beguiling cultural mix of Chinese and Tibetan influences that have inspired many a writer to pause in the region， including adventurerbotanist （we’re not kidding） Joseph Rock， who penned several entertaining National Geographic stories set in the Naxi homeland during the 1920s. The eccentric American wrote colorful dispatches about his explorations through outlaw-infested mountain passes and sharp accounts of the exotic religious customs of the local populace， which inflamed the Western imagination （and supposedly inspired the fi