Introduction
Xishuangbanna
Xishuangbanna means twelve in the Dai language, and Shuangbanna means twelve Bannas: Banna Jinghong, Banna Mengyang , Banna Menglong, Banna Mengwang, Banna Menghai, Banna Menghun, Banna Meng'a, Banna Mengzhe, Banna Xiding, Banna Mengla, Banna Mengpeng, Banna Yiwu. Xishuangbanna was established in the fourth year of Longqing's reign in the Ming Dynasty (1570). , that is, a Banna, a unit that collects taxes and levies). From then on, the Dai name "Xishuangbanna" came into existence.
Xishuangbanna is located in the Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture in southern Yunnan, at 21°08′~22°36′ north latitude and 99°56′~101°50′ east longitude. It is a tropical humid area south of the Tropic of Cancer. Due to the incident The angle is high, with the lowest altitude angle being 45° during the winter solstice. This area is rich in heat, warm all year round, and evergreen all year round. It has the characteristics of "always summer without winter, and autumn becomes autumn once it rains". The year is divided into two seasons, namely the rainy season and the dry season; the rainy season lasts for 5 months (late May to late October), and the dry season lasts for 7 months (late October to late May of the following year). The amount accounts for more than 80% of the annual precipitation. This area is rich in heat, warm all year round, and evergreen all year round. And because it is close to the ocean, it is controlled by the southwest monsoon of the Indian Ocean and the southeast monsoon of the Pacific Ocean. It is humid and rainy all year round, so the forests are dense and dense, and there are many plants. Therefore, Xishuangbanna is known as the "Kingdom of Plants". United Nations on October 8, 1993 UNESCO officially accepted Xishuangbanna as a national nature reserve and an international biosphere reserve. At a glance from the world map, you will find that almost all other areas at the same latitude of Xishuangbanna are vast and uninhabited deserts or Gobis. Only the 20,000 square kilometers of land here are like an emerald inlaid in a crown, which is particularly dazzling. . In this fertile land, there are 1/4 of the animals and 1/6 of the plants in the country. It is a veritable "animal kingdom" and "plant kingdom".
The scenic area includes three major areas: Jinghong City Scenic Area, Menghai County Scenic Area and Mengla County Scenic Area. There are several scenic spots in each area. There are 19 scenic spots in total and more than 800 scenic spots, with a total area of ??1202.53 square kilometers. This area has a wide variety of animal and plant resources and is known as the "tropical animal" kingdom. Many of the rare, ancient, peculiar and endangered animals and plants are unique to Xishuangbanna, arousing great interest from domestic and foreign tourists and scientific researchers. The landscape is dominated by rich and charming tropical and subtropical rainforests, monsoon rainforests, valley rainforest scenery, rare animals and colorful national culture and customs. The area has unique landscape and high reputation, and has been approved by the State Council.
Xishuangbanna Tower Group
On October 8, 1982, it was approved as the first batch of national key scenic spots.
Xishuangbanna Prefecture has a total area of ??19,582.45 square kilometers and a population of more than 1 million. It governs Jinghong City and Menghai and Mengla counties. There are more than a dozen ethnic groups living here, including the Dai, Hani, Bulang, Jinuo, Lahu, Wa, and Yao ethnic groups, including more than 500,000 Dai, 250,000 Han, and 250,000 other ethnic groups. It borders Laos and Myanmar, and the border is 1,069 kilometers long.
Transportation
Xishuangbanna is about 700 kilometers away from the provincial capital Kunming. It can be reached by car in two days or one day and night (9 hours). Banna Airport can take off and land "Boeing 737" and "Airbus 319" aircraft. There are direct flights from Kunming to Xishuangbanna every day. The flight time is about 50 minutes (cost: full ticket 780 yuan/person). In addition, there are flights from Beijing and Shanghai. , Chengdu, Chongqing, Bangkok and other cities to Xishuangbanna direct routes. The highways in the territory extend in all directions, which is very convenient.
Aviation
Xishuangbanna Gasa International Airport Xishuangbanna Jinghong Airport is the second largest aviation port in the province after Kunming, 5 kilometers away from Jinghong City. Since the airport was opened to navigation in 1990, it has opened domestic routes to major cities such as Dali, Lijiang, Shanghai, Zhengzhou, Tianjin, Chengdu, and Chongqing. In 1996, international routes to Bangkok were launched. Airports have been opened from Kunming to Xishuangbanna and from Lijiang to Xishuangbanna.
Highway
The expressway from Kunming to Xishuangbanna was opened on April 6, 2006. The highway mileage is 550 kilometers and can be reached in up to nine hours. It can be reached at Kunming Railway Station Buy tickets at the nearby Kunming Long-distance Bus Terminal. There are more than 20 sleeper buses and ordinary buses to Jinghong every day. The journey takes 24 hours and the fare is about 110-150 yuan. During the Spring Festival, the price will increase by 15%-20%.
Waterway
Xishuangbanna Jinghong Port - a national first-class port waterway includes the Lancang River Channel. Jinghong Port is a national first-class water port and consists of Jinghong, Lanlanba and Guanlei. Composed of piers. Jinghong Port is a water transport port and has opened international water transport routes from Jinghong to Chiang Mai, Myanmar, Vientiane, Laos and other places.
Take a bus to Menglun or Mengla at Jinghong Passenger Terminal and get off at Menglun. The journey takes about 1 hour. From Kunming and Simao, you can take a bus bound for Mengla and get off at Xiaomenglun Town. It takes 10 minutes to walk from Menglun Bus Terminal to the suspension bridge. After buying the ticket, it takes 20 minutes to cross the suspension bridge to reach the scenic spot.
Origin of the name
Xishuang means twelve in Dai language, and Shuangbanna refers to the twelve Bannas: Banna Jinghong, Banna Mengyang, Banna Menglong, and Banna Mengwang , Banna Menghai, Banna Menghun, Banna Meng'a, Banna Mengzhe, Banna Xiding, Banna Mengla, Banna Mengpeng, Banna Yiwu. Xishuangbanna was established in the fourth year of Longqing's reign in the Ming Dynasty (1570). , that is, a Banna, a unit that collects taxes and levies). From then on, the Dai name "Xishuangbanna" came into existence.
Resources
Xishuangbanna is known as the Kingdom of Animals and Plants. Xishuangbanna is one of the first 44 key scenic spots in the country. It has more than 3 million acres of nature reserves, of which 700,000 acres are The well-protected large primeval forest accounts for nearly 60% of the total area of ??the state. It is surrounded by lush mountains and green waters and is famous for its beauty and richness.
There are more than 20,000 kinds of plants in Xishuangbanna, including more than 5,000 tropical plants, more than 10,000 edible plants, more than 50 kinds of wild fruits, and more than 40 kinds of fast-growing precious timber trees. Many plants are precious materials or have special uses, such as the anti-cancer drugs maytank and Gloriosa; rauwolfia to treat high blood pressure; areca nut to strengthen stomach insects; and the seed oil of Fengchuan is an important ingredient for tanks, car engines and oil drilling in alpine areas. Special lubricants with viscosity-lowering and condensation-lowering dual-effect additives; tung oil can replace diesel; ylang-ylang, known as the "King of Flowers", can be made into high-grade spices; there are ancient tea trees more than 1,700 years ago; there are natural "kettles", "Umbrellas"; grass that can listen to music and dance, eat mosquitoes, curare trees that seal their throats when they see blood...
The vast and dense forests provide ideal habitats for various wild animals. Currently, there are 429 known species of birds, accounting for 2/3 of the total number of birds in the country, and 67 species of mammals, accounting for 16% of the total number of mammals in the country. The number of species of birds and beasts in Xishuangbanna is unmatched by other places in the country. Among them, Asian elephants, vultures, Indochinese tigers, leopards, etc. are listed as world protected animals; there are 13 species of national first-level protected animals such as bison, antelopes, and lorises, as well as many second- and third-level protected animals.
As a "flagship species", the Asian elephant is of extraordinary significance to the ecological environment. In 1977, my country declared the Asian elephant an endangered species and established a wild elephant nature reserve in Xishuangbanna. Now the living environment of Asian elephants has been significantly improved. Their number has also grown from more than 80 in the 1980s to about 300 now. my country's Asian elephants are mainly distributed in Xishuangbanna, with a few also distributed in the nearby Simao area.
Xishuangbanna is also rich in rubber. It is the second largest rubber area in the country and the rubber production ranks first in the country. It is also rich in rice, various tropical fruits and precious medicinal materials such as amomum villosum. It is a veritable "Kingdom of Plants" , "Animal Kingdom", "Green Kingdom", "Southern Medicine Kingdom".
When traveling to Banna, you can sometimes see beautiful peacocks, white pheasants, and hornbills flying in the forest; sometimes you can see elephants walking on the road; sometimes you can see antelopes, wild deer, and hares walking in the forest. Running...that love scene is so joyful. This is a spectacle and fun that is unimaginable in other places!
Climate
Xishuangbanna has a tropical monsoon climate with sufficient sunshine and rainfall. There are dry and wet seasons in a year, and the average annual temperature is 21°C. The dry season is from November to April of the following year, and the wet season is from May to October. There is no frost or snow all year round. There are 108-146 foggy days every year. The extreme maximum temperature in Jinghong area reaches 41.1℃ and the extreme minimum temperature is 2.7℃, making it suitable for tourism all year round. Xishuangbanna is located in the northern edge of the tropics south of the Tropic of Cancer. The climate type is a tropical monsoon climate. The mountainous areas have a subtropical monsoon humid climate. It is warm, sunny, heat-rich, humid and rainy all year round. It has the characteristics of "long summer without winter, one rain makes autumn" characteristics. There are only two seasons in a year: rainy season and dry season. The rainy season lasts for 5 months (late May to late October), and the dry season lasts for 7 months (late October to late May of the following year). Rainy season precipitation accounts for more than 80% of the annual precipitation.
Culture
The Dai people have a long history and have created a splendid culture in their long life. They are especially famous for their Dai calendar, Dai language and colorful folk literature and art. . As early as more than a thousand years ago, the ancestors of the Dai people wrote many beautiful and moving myths, legends, fables, novels, poems, etc. on bay leaves and tissue paper. There are more than 550 long poems written in Dai language alone. . "Zhaoshutun and Nanmunona" and "Calabash Letter" are his representative works, which have been adapted into movies, dramas, etc. and are deeply loved by the masses. The dance of the Dai people has a high artistic level and distinctive national characteristics. The movements are often analogous and beautify the behavior of animals, such as the widely popular "Peacock Dance" and "Elephant Foot Dance".
The music of the Dai people is pleasant to the ear. In addition to accompaniment to dance, it is often combined with poetry. Sculptures and paintings also have distinctive features. The Dai people believe in Theravada Buddhism. In the Dai area, pagodas and Buddhist temples can be seen everywhere. The Bamboo House, a Dai folk house, is the most typical stilt-style building existing in my country. It has an elegant and unique shape, and it is cool and comfortable to live inside. Dai men have the custom of having tattoos, which symbolize bravery, beauty, and can also attract the admiration of the opposite sex.
Specialty catering:
Dai cuisine enjoys a unique reputation in Yunnan cuisine. The residents of Xishuangbanna are mainly Dai people. Dai cuisine is based on glutinous rice, sour and baked meats, and aquatic products. Mainly food, mostly using wild cultivated plants as spices, with unique ethnic flavor.
Among the Banna delicacies, the most representative ones include: "Nanmi", Bulang cuisine, Hani cuisine, barbecue, moss, boiled fish (chicken) with sour bamboo shoots, grilled fish with lemongrass, and fragrant bamboo. Rice, fried bracken [moss]. Most of the names are ones that tourists have never heard of, so they are worth trying.
Banna delicacies are all available at the night market. In addition to the above-mentioned specialties, there are also herb-roasted chicken, bamboo tube rice, roasted bamboo rat, steamed moss eggs, cooked chicken chops, duck feet, bamboo worms, fried beef skin, oil Fried pork rinds, fried pork rinds, and other ethnic food are all available, most in line with the tastes of southerners. At night, tourists can enjoy the night view of Jinghong City while tasting delicious food. The colorful lights will make you forget to leave. The local fragrant bamboo glutinous rice can be eaten at a stall for only 2-5 yuan.
If you dare to taste insects, you might as well consider the insect feast. In addition to grasshoppers and scorpions, there are also wriggling bamboo insects, bee larvae, etc. A meal costs about 120 yuan and can be enjoyed by 8 people.
Best Travel Time
If you want to go to Xishuangbanna, any time is fine.
Xishuangbanna is one of the few places in Yunnan Province that does not have winter. In January, the coldest month, the average temperature here is 16℃, while in the hottest month, the average temperature is only 28℃. Such temperatures make Xishuangbanna a place that has never seen snowfall and is also a place that is under the sun for a long time. Xishuangbanna has only dry season and rainy season in a year, so there is a saying that "long summer without winter, one rain makes autumn".
It is most suitable to travel to Xishuangbanna from November to April of the following year. During this period, the temperature is not high or cold. If you travel to Xishuangbanna from June to September, you will have the opportunity to experience the tropical tropics there. Fruit is really wonderful. The rainy season begins from May to October, but the roads here are in good condition, so it still cannot stop the arrival of the tourist season here.
Features
The characteristics of the tourist area: more green, more foggy, more Dai folk customs, warm and harmonious, original ecology, which is qualitatively different from Southeast Asian countries and has a unique charm. Xishuangbanna is the only tropical rainforest nature reserve in the country, with towering trees that block out the sun, rare birds and animals abound, and exotic trees and flowers can be seen everywhere. Xishuangbanna, which is very close to Thailand and Myanmar, is full of Buddhist style. The pagodas and temples are intertwined with Dai bamboo buildings, green bamboos and ancient trees, creating a sacred scene.
Water Splashing Festival of Dai Nationality
Water Splashing Festival of Olive Dam in Xishuangbanna. The New Year of Dai people in Xishuangbanna is called "Lenghe Sangkan" or "Sangkan Bimai" in Dai language. Because when celebrating the New Year, a warm and grand water-splashing blessing event is held, outsiders call it the Water-Splashing Festival. The Dai New Year is different from June in the Gregorian calendar. "Lenghe Sangkan" in Dai language means the New Year in June. The Dai calendar is a lunisolar calendar, with the year being the solar calendar year and the month being the solar calendar month. According to the little demon in the Naxi Pure Land, although the Dai people celebrate the New Year in June, the festival is not fixed on June × day, but changes between mid-June and early July. It needs to be calculated every year in order to Determine the exact day of the New Year.
Celebrate the festival
Festival date: Although the Dai people celebrate the New Year in June, the festival period is not fixed, but varies between mid-June and early July. It is necessary to calculate every year to determine the exact day of the New Year.
Event location: Xishuangbanna Dai inhabited area, playing the ancient city song "Naxi Pure Land".
Festival features: During the New Year of the Dai people in Xishuangbanna, a warm and grand water-splashing blessing event is held between June and July every year. Water-splashing is a must-have activity for the Dai people during the New Year.
Celebration method:
On this day, there is "gathering entertainment" (assembly entertainment). People dress up, sing and dance to gather at the festival, perform high-sheng, high-sheng, dragon boat rowing, etc. Throw away your bags and celebrate the holidays.
In the past, Dai Li New Year celebrations were mostly held in villages and were small in scale. After the establishment of Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, governments at all levels have regarded the Dai Year as an organized and led activity to strengthen cultural exchanges among ethnic groups, display national customs, attract investment, and attract domestic and foreign tourists and merchants. Traditional activities such as dragon boat races, fireworks, flying lanterns, and sand piles have also added cultural performances, product exhibitions, trade negotiations, etc. Various parks have also taken advantage of their advantages to carry out cattle robbing, cockfighting, elephant performances, folk performances, and crossbow shooting. and other various activities, making the festival activities grand, colorful and fascinating. International friends, overseas Chinese, tourists from inside and outside the province, and businesses come here in droves to celebrate the festival with the people of all ethnic groups in Xishuangbanna, enjoy the rich ethnic customs activities, admire the charming local scenery, and carry out economic and trade activities. Dai Li New Year has become an important festival to enhance cultural and economic exchanges, enhance friendship and national unity.
History and Culture
The Legend of Water Splashing Festival
Folklore says that in ancient times, the place where the Dai people lived suffered disasters one after another. There is no rain in summer, no wind in spring, no sunshine in autumn, and it rains all winter. It can be sunny but not sunny, rainy but not rainy, the four seasons are confused, crops cannot be grown, fields are barren, people and animals are plagued by epidemics, and mankind is facing annihilation.
The man known as Paya Wan saw such a situation and decided to go to heaven to find out the cause and report it to the king of heaven, Yingda Tila.
He made wings from four wooden boards, soared into the sky, rushed into the heaven, and reported the disasters encountered in the world to the king of heaven, Yindatira. When Xiang Dati heard about it, he found out that it was Pengma, the god in charge of wind, thunder, lightning, rain, clear and cloudy. He ignored the rules of drought, rain and cold seasons set by Pengmacha and relied on his vast magical power. , deliberately causing chaos. And this Dalacha, who holds the horse in his hand, is so skilled in magic that all the gods can do nothing to him.
In order to punish this god who behaved indiscriminately and violently, Yingda Tila dressed up as a handsome young man and went to the house of Dalacha in Pangma to pick up girls. The seven daughters of Daraja, who had been imprisoned in the palace for a long time, fell in love with this handsome man at first sight. Yingda Tila told the truth about the disaster that Pangma Point Dala had brought to the world, causing mankind to face catastrophe. Seven kind-hearted girls who were already angry with their fathers decided to kill their relatives and save mankind. They gathered around their father every day, coquettishly, and explored the secrets of his life and death. Facing the charming girl, Dalaza finally revealed the secret: he was not afraid of knife cuts, arrows, fire or water, but what he was afraid of was the hair on his head. After finding out the secret, the girls got their father drunk, took the opportunity to cut off a bunch of his hair, and made a "Gong Saizai" (literally translated as Heartstring Bow, Chubixian Bow). The bowstring was pointed at Daracha's neck, and his head fell suddenly. However, the head of Dalacha who was holding the horse was a demon head, with a sprinkler head falling to the ground, and the fire was soaring into the sky. When the seven girls saw this, they threw themselves at the head and hugged him regardless of their own safety, and the demonic fire was extinguished. In order to extinguish the demonic fire, the seven girls had to hold the demonic head in their arms and rotate it until the head rotted away. Every time the sisters take turns, they splash water on each other to wash away the stains on their bodies and eliminate the odor.
After the death of Pengma Dalacha, Mahapeng of Shurupa rebuilt the calendar and controlled the wind and rain, so that the world would be smooth and the people could live and work in peace and contentment. Legend has it that the revised calendar was announced to his father in a dream by Paya late in the sixth month of the Dai calendar. Therefore, the Dai people regard June when the new calendar is announced as a time to bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new year. When people celebrate the New Year, they splash water on each other to commemorate the seven kind-hearted girls who killed their relatives for righteousness, and to drive away evil spirits and eliminate dirt, so as to seek good luck and good luck that has been passed down to this day. The Dai New Year usually lasts for three or four days, and is usually called "Wanmai", "Wancheng" and "Maipayawanma". "Wanmai" is the day to bid farewell to the old year, which is somewhat similar to the New Year's Eve in the lunar calendar. On this day, people clean up, prepare New Year food, bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new year. "Wancheng" is one day in most years, sometimes it is two days, which means an empty day. It does not belong to the number of days reported in the old year, nor does it belong to the number of days in the new year. Folks usually say "Wancheng" is the head of Dalacha holding the horse. The day of decay.
[Edit this paragraph] Folk taboos
You are not allowed to touch the head of the "little monk"
The Hinayana religion in Xishuangbanna stipulates that men must spend a period of time away from their families in their lives. In religious life, only when you encounter difficulties in social life can you relieve the suffering. From birth to adulthood, you will have social status. All boys must serve as a monk in a Buddhist temple for a period of time when they are seven or eight years old, and are called "little monks". The "little monk" has to take care of himself and work in the Buddhist temple, study Buddhist scriptures and carry out strict self-cultivation education. After two or three years, men can "return to the secular world", and only men who return to the secular government can get married and start a family. Men who have never been a "monk" are regarded as strangers or savages and have no status or respect in society. When practicing self-cultivation in the temple, you are not allowed to talk or laugh with women, and outsiders are not allowed to touch the young monk's head (this is completely opposite to the Han people who like children to touch their heads). If your head is touched by outsiders (especially women), you will be regarded as an enemy. All the "little monk" and "cultivation" time are void and must start from scratch. Therefore, foreign tourists must remember this custom if they visit the temple.
Bedroom taboos
Dai people are accustomed to living upstairs, and the bedroom upstairs is only separated from the living room by a partition. There is no partition in the bedroom to divide it into small rooms. People from all generations live in it, separated by mosquito nets, with certain intervals in the middle, and separate entrances and exits. Outsiders are not allowed to peek into the bedroom. In the past, customs stipulated that if the owner found out that outsiders were peeking into the owner's bedroom, the man would become the owner's son-in-law, or work hard at the owner's house for three years. Even female guests would have to go to the owner's house. Three years of service. Therefore, whether tourists visit or are guests in a Dai family, they must not peek into the owner's bedroom because of the sense of mystery. Although the past customs are now broken, peeking into the Dai bedroom is always unpopular.
Taboos in the living room
There are three pillars in the Dai family's upstairs living room. Two are separated from the bedroom and the living room side by side, and one is next to the fire pit. There are two pillars in the bedroom. The outer one is called the "Auspicious Pillar" and can be rested on. The inner one is used after death and is called the "Ascension Pillar". When a person in the family dies, the family members put the deceased pillar in it. People (regardless of men and women) lean on this pillar to bathe, dress, and wrap their bodies, waiting for cremation. You are absolutely not allowed to lean on one of the pillars beside the fire pit. It is the "Tiantian Pillar" of the Dai family. Leaning on the pillar means disrespecting the owner.
Instructions for going to the Bamboo Tower
You must take off your shoes when entering the Buddhist temple. After entering the door, people should sit in order according to their seniority and seniority; the Dai people believe that the threshold is the only way for people and ghosts to pass; they cannot use stools as pillows because stools are only for people to sit on; they cannot step across the fire pit with their feet and cannot move at will. The iron "tripod" used to hold the pot in the fire pit; when buying vegetables on the street, you cannot use your toes to bargain with the vegetables; you cannot step on the shadows of monks, let alone touch their heads.
The Dai people believe that the "head" is the leader of the people; they should step lightly when going upstairs and do not whistle at night; they should not speak ill of others in public; women who are less than a month old after giving birth should not go to other people's homes to play; if there is a funeral in the family, no one is allowed to go to any place before the funeral. People go there.
Customs and taboos of the Hani people
In the Hani village, when relatives, friends or guests come to visit, the owners of the family will take the initiative to go out to greet the guests warmly and help the guests take off their bags and other things. . When the guest is seated, handing you a full cup or bowl of sprinkles indicates welcome. If you fill the guest with a full cup of tea for the first time, it means that he is not welcome; if you only pour half a cup or half a bowl of tea for the first time, it will appear that the host is stingy. When the host pours a cup for the guests, he must also pour a cup himself and take a sip first. The hospitable Hani people will also bring out corn, melon seeds, cigarettes, etc. to entertain guests. The host will definitely kill a chicken, add salt, chili pepper, and other condiments to cook a pot of chicken porridge. Chicken rice porridge is a must-have dish on the Hani people’s dining table. There are many rules when eating porridge. After taking the table, the host presents the chicken head and liver to the guests, and the chicken legs to the children among the guests. Show the host's respect and welcome to the guests. When the guests say goodbye, the host will pack some tea, cigarettes, etc. for the guests. There must be a few cooked eggs in the bag, which is the host's blessing to the guests. At the same time, the gifts given by the host to the guests must be wrapped with banana leaves and black cotton thread, which symbolizes the deep friendship between the host and the guest.
Customs and taboos of the Yi people
Avoid playing with your head; speaking dirty words in front of everyone; avoid talking about death or injury when there are patients in the Yi family; avoid saying "killing the New Year pig", instead say "Catch the New Year Pig" or "Take the New Year Pig"; avoid using compliments such as "fat", "beautiful" and "heavy" to babies; avoid blowing whistles at night; avoid handling primates (bears, dogs, monkeys, It is forbidden to eat the meat of cats, etc.) when they enter the house; it is forbidden for men and women to cross the fire pit; it is forbidden for women to cross men; it is forbidden to slaughter goats on weddings and funerals; it is forbidden to use bitter mugwort sticks as chopsticks and to hit people; it is forbidden to use the guest position. Burning buckwheat cakes; when taking out fire-roasted buckwheat cakes from the Yantang, avoid flipping them immediately or piercing them with sticks; avoid eating horses, mules, dogs, monkeys, crows, snakes, and frog meat; avoid leaving meat when being a guest; avoid serving rice To the owner; avoid putting the hoe and ax together; avoid putting the hoe or ax on the shoulder in the house; avoid combing the bride's hair or sewing dowry for the bride.
Introduction to attractions
Scenery of Lancang River
The Lancang River originates from Tanggula Mountain in Qinghai Plateau and flows out of the country through Xishuangbanna. The flow in Xishuangbanna is 158 kilometers. In ancient times, the Dai people called it "Nanlanzhang", which means "a river where millions of elephants breed." Touring the Lancang River can be divided into two sections: the upper and lower sections. The upper section of the tour starts from Jinghong and goes upstream to Tiger Leaping Rock. When you reach Tiger Leaping Rock, the river surface has gradually shrunk, and the narrowest point is only about 20 meters. There are large jagged rocks on both sides of the river, and the river is turbulent. The next section of the tour starts from Jinghong by boat, passing through Olive Dam to the junction of China, Laos and Myanmar. There are many rocks. Driving down after leaving Olive Dam, the mountains on both sides are steep. Tour tips: Lancang River has not opened passenger flights yet, only chartered boats are available.
Wild Elephant Valley
The Wild Elephant Valley is 45 kilometers away from Jinghong City in the south and 115 kilometers away from Simao City in the north. It is located on the west side of National Highway 213. The wild elephants in Xishuangbanna mainly live in In Mengyang Nature Reserve. Now the main scenic area of ??Wild Elephant Valley has built a walking trail, an elevated corridor for tourists to watch the activities of wild elephants, a big tree hotel, and a forest bar. There are nearly 300 Asian elephants in the tropical rainforest of Mengyang Nature Reserve, and 16 domesticated elephants (including performing elephants) are currently in use. It is the first elephant taming and performance school in my country. There are performances for tourists every day from 11:00 to 12:00 in the morning and from 2:00 to 3:00 in the afternoon. There is no additional charge. Photos with the elephants cost 10 yuan each time. China's wild elephants currently only exist in the tropical rain forests of Xishuangbanna. The Wild Elephant Valley in Xishuangbanna is the place where wild elephant activities are most concentrated and frequent. Xishuangbanna has become a tourist hotspot in recent years because of its convenient transportation and unique tropical forest landscape. Not only can tourists see wild elephants there, but the unique tropical rainforest landscape has also attracted more and more people. Transportation: Take a bus bound for Guanping at Jinghong Passenger Terminal and ask the driver to stop at Sanchahe Yexiang Valley. The fare is 12 yuan. From Simao, you can take a bus bound for Jinghong and Mengla.
Ticket: 50 yuan. The tropical rainforest sightseeing ropeway costs 40 yuan for one-way operation, which takes about 35 minutes, and 60 yuan for a round trip.
Daluo Town
Daluo means joint ferry crossing in Dai language. In the past, the Dai, Bulang, Hani and other ethnic groups living here ferried along the river together, so it was called Daluo. Today, a double-hole stone arch bridge more than 70 meters long has been erected at the ferry where people of all ethnic groups used to ferry together. A spacious and flat road flies over the Daluo River and leads directly to Yuanmen Bridge. Daluo is an important town on the southern border of Yunnan Province. Located at the end of Kunluo Highway, it has been listed as a provincial port. It is famous both at home and abroad for its unique geographical advantages and numerous tourist attractions. The Jinghong-Daluo tourist line is one of the main tourist lines in Xishuangbanna Prefecture. This main tourist line passes through Menghai County, Mengzha Bazi, Menghun Bazi, and finally reaches Daluo. The scenic spots on the way include Nannuo Mountain Tea King Tree, Xishuangbanna National Tea Culture Park, Provincial Tea Research Institute, Menghai Pure Camphor Forest, Manlei White Pagoda, Mandan Buddhist Temple and Folk Custom Village in front of the Temple, Jingzhen Bajiaoxiang, Mengbang Swan Lake, Mengzhe Buddhist temple murals, Manhong Waterfall, Jiasong Wild Tea Tree King, Menghun White Pagoda, etc. It takes 2 days to visit all the attractions.
Daluo has now become an important border town in southern Yunnan that integrates transnational tourism and border trade. There are China-Myanmar tourist villages and border trade streets in the Daluo Border Trade Development Zone, where merchants from China, Myanmar and other countries engage in business activities. On the border trade street, there are Burmese jade, Thai jewelry, French cosmetics and department stores from all over the motherland. Visitors can choose jade bracelets, identify gemstones, and buy products from exotic places at the stalls.
The Daluo Town Government is built on the banks of the Daluo River. The clear river flows slowly in front of the town government. There are hotels, restaurants and residential buildings on both sides of the river. The river has become a natural bathing place. Dai girls bathing in the river has become an essential scene in Daluo. Whenever the sun sets and the lanterns are turned on, the hotels and restaurants on the river bank flash with neon lights, casting colorful reflections in the river. At this time, Dai girls with their heads wrapped in floral skirts and soaking in the water will appear in the Daluo River. The light waves on the river are constantly turbulent, and the figures are graceful and unreal, as if they are in a fairyland. The charming scenery will make visitors from afar forget to leave.
The Monument to Premier Zhou Enlai
is built on the right side of the Western Tropical Crops Research Institute in Jinghong City. This house was built in September 1953. This scientific research base covering an area of ??hundreds of acres is planted with tropical and subtropical economic crops, gathering the essence of tropical crops. There is a rubber forest behind the scientific research building. In the rubber forest stands a monument. It is a large impressionist sculpture masterpiece "Monument to Premier Zhou Enlai" designed by a professor from Tongji University in Shanghai. It was built to commemorate the meeting there between Premier Zhou Enlai and Myanmar's then Prime Minister U Nu in 1961. It is a testimony to the friendly exchanges between China and Myanmar.
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences
The Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences (hereinafter referred to as the Xiyuan) is located on a peninsula surrounded by the Luosuo River, a tributary of the Mekong River in the southwest border of my country.
It was founded in 1959 under the leadership of Professor Cai Xitao, a famous botanist in my country, and is an independent scientific research institution affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences. After 40 years of hard work and hard work by three generations of scientific researchers, more than 20 gardens with beautiful landscapes and scientific connotations have been built, including the Palm Botanical Garden, the Bamboo Garden, the Banyan Tree Garden, the Exotic Flower Garden, the Celebrity Tree Garden, and the Shade Botanical Garden. The rich specialized plant park has collected more than 4,000 species of tropical plants from all over the world. It is the most ideal place integrating scientific research, plant germplasm preservation and popular science education.
In this garden, there are tropical rainforests such as "root phenomenon", "flowers on old stems", "strangling phenomenon", "lone tree forest", "flying rattan", "hanging garden" etc. Wonders abound and can be seen everywhere. Every plant embodies the process of natural evolution and is a precious natural heritage.
Sky Corridor
Located in the original moist rain forest 20 kilometers east of Mengla County, there is a 40-70 meter high sky-gazing tree. "Aerial Corridor", with a total length of 2.5 kilometers, connects the virgin forests on both sides of the road, allowing you to enjoy the strange scenery of the tropical rainforest from a broad field of vision. In addition, a more than 1,000-meter stone tour path and aerial corridor were built in the forest to form a three-dimensional circular tour line above and below the forest. Transportation: Take a bus from Jinghong Passenger Terminal to Mengla, the fare is 29 yuan, take a rickshaw to the Armed Forces Department (1 yuan), and then take the air corridor special bus to get there, the fare is 10 yuan. Tickets: 20 yuan Opening hours: 8:00-18:00
Xishuangbanna Dai Garden
Located in Olive Dam, Xishuangbanna, there are five best-preserved Dai natural villages in the scenic area. Covering an area of ??3.36 square kilometers, it is expected to invest 150 million yuan and be completed in three phases. The first phase investment of 42 million yuan has completed land acquisition, road construction, underground water pipes, wires and other infrastructure construction in tourist shopping areas. The tourist attraction gate building, welcome square, packaging of old scenic spots, village tourist routes, and Riverside activity area, tourist shopping area, barbecue site, water splashing square, and large open-air theater. It opened its doors on August 1, 1999.
Welcome Square: Dai family etiquette welcomes tourists entering the Dai Garden.
Mansongman Ancient Buddhist Temple: With a history of more than 1,400 years, it is one of the oldest Buddhist temples in Xishuangbanna. It mainly displays Buddhist cultural activities to tourists, such as worshiping Buddha, chanting scriptures, worshiping Buddha and other activities.
Visiting Dai villages: mainly showing tourists the scenery of Dai houses and courtyards, experiencing Dai life customs, and feeling the joy of living as a Dai family for a day.
Riverside activity area: a large-scale festival activity area for villagers, used for folk activities such as flying high lights, lighting Kongming lanterns, and cockfighting.
Go to the shopping area: Dai barbecue, cotton weaving, folk handicrafts, Dai bags, wood carvings, etc., enjoy the tea ceremony of Mingbanna famous tea, and taste restaurants with Dai characteristics.
Water Splashing Square: The main activity area of ??the scenic spot, a large open-air theater where 100 professional water-splashing teams are held every day.
The Dai Natural Village in the park: large-scale water-splashing activities, allowing tourists to directly participate, experience the fun of the daily Water-Splashing Festival, and feel the lively scene of the Dai Water-Splashing Festival.
Open-air theater: It truly and accurately reflects the essence of the traditional culture of the Dai people in the form of singing and dancing, reproduces the historical origins of the Dai king's recruitment of relatives, and reflects the living customs of the Dai people. It has more than 100 actors, a large scale and a spectacular scene.
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