China Underground > Magazine > China Magazine > The Kingdom of the Little People in China (video + pics), updated

The Kingdom of the Little People in China (video + pics), updated

Last Updated on 2023/02/12

Inside the Kingdom of the Little People, Kunming, Yunnan.

The Empire of Dwarfs or Kingdom of the Little People, was a bizarre theme park not far from Kunming.

When we arrived here for the second time, references to Snow White disappeared, but dwarfs were still the main attraction.

A number of dwarfs, a deformed calf, and a talented acrobat from Xinjiang are the main attractions of the theme park.

Twice a day dwarf dancers and dwarf singers performed in front of an audience of families and schools. If at first glance, this idea of creating a theme park based on dwarfs could be perplexing, for these people coming from all parts of China, was certainly one of the few alternatives to a life of begging.

If you want to know more, read here or here.

UPDATE: A friend told us the Empire has been shut down recently (2015).

The kingdom of the Chinese dwarfs

chinese-dwarves-kingdom-001
chinese-dwarves-kingdom-002
chinese-dwarves-kingdom-003
chinese-dwarves-kingdom-004
chinese-dwarves-kingdom-005
chinese-dwarves-kingdom-006
chinese-dwarves-kingdom-007
chinese-dwarves-kingdom-008
chinese-dwarves-kingdom-009
chinese-dwarves-kingdom-010
chinese-dwarves-kingdom-011
chinese-dwarves-kingdom-012
chinese-dwarves-kingdom-013
chinese-dwarves-kingdom-014
chinese-dwarves-kingdom-015
chinese-dwarves-kingdom-016
chinese-dwarves-kingdom-017
chinese-dwarves-kingdom-018
chinese-dwarves-kingdom-019
chinese-dwarves-kingdom-020
chinese-dwarves-kingdom-021
chinese-dwarves-kingdom-022
chinese-dwarves-kingdom-023
chinese-dwarves-kingdom-024
chinese-dwarves-kingdom-025
chinese-dwarves-kingdom-026
chinese-dwarves-kingdom-027
chinese-dwarves-kingdom-028
chinese-dwarves-kingdom-029
chinese-dwarves-kingdom-030
chinese-dwarves-kingdom-031

Pictures & video by Matteo Damiani

The article was originally published on Aug 8, 2011, Latest update Jul 18, 2019

Topic: dwarf theme park in China,dwarfs empire in China,china dwarf empire,dwarf empire documentary

Post Author

Previous

Flowers of Yunnan – Images of Chinese flowers

Lost & Found: forgotten memories – Found films in China

Next

Enjoyed this post? Never miss out on future posts by following us

Leave a Reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.