Xishuangbanna is a neighboring city where I live, so I often visit Xishuangbanna when I have time. At that time, I went to the Dai Garden in Xishuangbanna with my boyfriend, which is really suitable for couples to go together! The romantic atmosphere is super in place, and it is also the place where many couples take wedding photos. Just as the poet said, "I am a guest at the Olive Dam for one day and dream of returning to the Dai Garden every night." You can visit there and feel this happy atmosphere in advance ~

Dai Garden

Introduction to scenic spots

Dai Garden, full name of Xishuangbanna Dai Garden, is located in Olive Dam, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, China. There are five best-preserved Dai natural villages in the scenic area, covering an area of 3.36 square kilometers. The gate building of the scenic area, Yingbin Square, the packaging of the old scenic area, the tourist routes of the villages, the riverside activity area, the tourist shopping area, the barbecue field, the water splashing square and the large-scale open-air theater have been built. Build a folk tourist resort and a large amusement park. The main attractions are Yingbin Square, Mansongman Ancient Buddhist Temple and Dai Village.

where is the scenic spot located? Olive Dam, Jinghong City, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province?

Tickets for adults in 65 yuan/person

Transportation route

Bus:

There is a minibus arriving at HongMinzu North Road from 17: 31 to 21: 11 every day, which leaves every 21 minutes, and the journey takes about 1 hours. The fare is 6 yuan, and a chartered bus goes to 51 yuan or so. You can also take a bus at Banna Bus Terminal, start rolling all day, take a long-distance bus from Jinghong to Menghan, and get off at Olive Dam on the way. The fare is RMB 11/person.

Recommended tourist attractions

Yingbin Square: Welcome tourists to Dai Garden for Dai etiquette.

Mansongman Ancient Buddhist Temple: With a history of more than 1,411 years, it is one of the oldest Buddhist temples in Xishuangbanna, and mainly displays Buddhist cultural activities to tourists, such as chanting, chanting and worshipping Buddha.

Dai village visit: mainly to show the tourists the scenery of Dai folk houses and courtyards, experience the living customs of Dai family and feel the joy of being a Dai family for a day.

Riverside activity area: a large-scale festival activity area for villagers, which is used for folk activities such as flying high, burning lanterns and fighting cocks. Shopping area: selling Dai barbecues, woven cotton, folk handicrafts, Dai bags, wood carvings, etc., enjoying the tea ceremony of famous tea, and tasting the flavor restaurants with Dai characteristics.

water splashing square: the main activity area of the scenic spot, where a large-scale open-air theater with thousands of professional water splashing teams is held every day.

Dai natural village in the park: a large-scale water-splashing activity, which allows tourists to directly participate, experience the fun of the water-splashing festival every day and feel the warm scene of the Dai water-splashing festival.

Open-air Theater: It truly and accurately reflects the essence of Dai traditional culture in the form of singing and dancing, reproduces the historical origin of the Dai king's marriage, and reflects the life customs of the Dai family. It has more than 1,111 actors, and its scale is grand and the scene is spectacular.

special diet

Dai cuisine

Dai cuisine, which is rich in national and local characteristics, is unique among Yunnan cuisine factions; Among the dishes of 24 ethnic minorities in Yunnan Province, it enjoys a high reputation. Manjinglan Food Street has rapidly developed from a Dai restaurant to more than a dozen Dai restaurants and has become a food street with ethnic flavor. Coconut grove restaurant, Wanli Hotel and Zuijun Building ... are favored by Chinese and foreign tourists, and have gained a small reputation in Europe and America, Canada, Singapore and Japan. When you see the beautiful scenery of Xishuangbanna and come to Zuijun Building to rest, you will taste the grilled fish tied with citronella; Delicious glutinous rice cooked with bamboo tubes; Steamed meat and steamed brain flowers wrapped in banana leaves; Baked tadpoles with banana leaves; Fried plantain, fried moss, etc. This kind of tourism life, which is full of eyes and food, will make you have endless fun and unforgettable all your life.

Dai people's recipes are rich and colorful. From the perspective of making methods, they can be divided into four categories: roasting, steaming, chopping and pickling, with more than 1.21 kinds. From the raw materials, it can be divided into six categories: meat and vegetables, aquatic products, eggs and vegetables, delicacies, wild vegetables and other vegetables. Its characteristics can be summarized as three words: sour, spicy and fragrant.

fragrant bamboo rice

is also called bamboo tube rice. This kind of rice is made by baking glutinous rice in a bamboo tube from October to February of the following year, when the fragrant bamboo is mature. In the season of fragrant bamboo, glutinous rice is baked in a bamboo tube. The bamboo nodes of fragrant bamboo are long and thin, and there is a fragrant bamboo film on the inner wall, so it is called fragrant bamboo. Dai people call fragrant bamboo "Buried Mullah", which means bamboo for cooking. First, cut the fragrant bamboo according to the knots, and leave a knot in each knot as the bottom. Then put the soaked glutinous rice into a bamboo tube, plug the mouth of the bamboo tube with banana leaves, cover the bamboo tube in the ash (or put it in an oven or on charcoal), and take it out and beat it with a wooden hammer for 11 minutes, so as to soften it and make it more fragrant. Bamboo rice is soft and delicate, and its aroma is fragrant. Generally used to entertain guests, as a staple food.

There are many kinds of foods processed from glutinous rice, including fragrant bamboo rice, yellow rice, "Mignoso" (rice cake), "Mioji", "Misongban", dried rice and rice noodles.

roasted bamboo rat meat

roasted bamboo rat meat, which is an animal owned by Nath in the western version. Bamboo rats live in caves under bamboo awnings and live by eating bamboo roots. Generally, they are forty or fifty centimeters long, much like a cat, but fatter than a cat. A bamboo rat weighs five or six kilograms and moves slowly. There are two or three holes in the bamboo rat cave, which is sometimes difficult to catch. Experienced hunters use smoke and water to force bamboo rats to escape and then catch them.

Generally, the roast bamboo rat meat is made by removing the head, washing it, smearing it with salt, clamping it with bamboo boards, roasting it on charcoal until it is half-cooked, taking it down and mashing it, cutting the onion, garlic, coriander, green pepper, etc. into small pieces, mixing them evenly with bamboo rat meat, dividing them into several pieces, kneading them in patties, and tying them with lemongrass, and then using them. Soak in boiling lard and serve.

points for attention

① Children's tickets: 51 yuan/person with a height of 1.2m-1.4m, and free tickets for people under 1.2m

② Older people over 61 years old can buy tickets for 51 yuan/person with ID cards

③ Officers with valid certificates are free of charge

④ Tickets are only for sightseeing in scenic spots. Battery car 31 yuan/person, water splashing activity renting clothes 41 yuan/person.