Hi all, I'm new to the site (this is my first post) and to bushcraft (in that I haven't done any yet). I know it's a hell of a long shot, but have any of you done any, heard of any, or read of any bushcraft in China? I'm moving there in february, and promised myself after my first trip there that I'd get out deeper into the countryside and see some serious wilderness. I've got locations in mind, like beside the great wall, the forests of Sichuan and a neighbouring province that's full of ethnic minorities in small villages, where visitors are liable to get invited in as guests. I know that most of what western bushcrafters learn for pure satisfaction still survives over there for subsistence, but only in outlying areas where they won't even speak mandarin, let alone English, and communication could be glacially slow. The moral of the story IS, if you know anything, even the title of a good, relevant book, please share. Once I'm over there I should have plenty of succulent information to give back.
Here are a couple of pictures of the kind of place I'm talking about:
http://www.paulnoll.com/China/Excursions/Banna-Dai-houses.html
Phil