The first strange bamboo tube used as a cigarette pouch

Yunnan is known as the "Kingdom of Plants" and has extremely rich bamboo resources. People use bamboo to build bamboo buildings, weave bamboo hats, bamboo mats, and even The use of bamboo tubes to carry water, serve as pots for cooking, and especially the use of bamboo as tobacco pouches is amazing. The smoke filtered in the water of the bamboo chimney not only maintains the mellow aroma of dry tobacco, but also eliminates the burnt heat in the smoke, moisturizes the throat, and has a gurgling sound. Smoking with it can be said to have a complete sound, color and taste.

The second strange thing is that eggs are sold on skewers with grass

Yunnan has high mountains and dangerous roads, so the safety of goods during transportation is always a problem. The locals use straw to tie the eggs into strings and sell them. This not only solves the problem of eggs being easily damaged during transportation, but also facilitates fair pricing between buyers and sellers. It is very convenient for both buyers and sellers.

The third strange thing is that straw hats are used as pot lids

There are lush vegetation all over Yunnan, and people use these raw materials to weave curtains, hats, pot lids, coir raincoats and straw mounds that are essential for home life. , as well as various unique crafts. Foreigners who first come to Yunnan often confuse the similar-looking straw hats with pot lids, mistakenly thinking that Yunnanese use straw hats as pot lids. The lid is made of grass and looks like a straw hat. Because it absorbs moisture, no steam water falls, and it has good insulation and ventilation functions. It not only adds fragrance to the steamed food, but also prevents the food from spoiling in hot weather. It is extremely practical. .

The fourth strange thing is that tofu is sold only because it has long hair

The weather in Yunnan is hot and it is difficult to preserve fresh food. Many Yunnan people also like to eat stinky tofu, so they simply eat freshly made tofu. The fresh tofu is covered with straw for several days until the hair grows and turns into stinky tofu, and then it is sold on the street. It is said that Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty tasted Yunnan stinky tofu and was so pleased that he named it "Qing Fang stinky tofu". Therefore, barbecued tofu stalls are spread all over urban and rural areas in central, southern and western Yunnan. Stinky tofu can also be fried, fried, steamed or pickled into fermented bean curd, which is a unique local delicacy in Yunnan.

The fifth strange green vegetable is called bitter vegetable

Central and southern Yunnan have a warm climate, abundant rainfall, and are evergreen all year round. Green vegetables are available all year round in a wide variety of varieties, so they are popular in the mainland. Vegetables known as green vegetables do not have identifying characteristics, but are identified based on taste. Therefore, green vegetables with a slightly bitter taste are called bitter vegetables.

The sixth strange rice cake is called bait cake

Yunnan is rich in rice. In order to make it easier to carry dry food when going out, Yunnan people pound the steamed rice balls and knead them into cakes, which they call "bait cakes". piece". It can be stir-fried, boiled, pan-fried or deep-fried (see Yunnan Snacks).

The seventh strange thing is selling broad beans in piles

In the old days, Yunnan’s commodity economy was backward and there were not many market transactions. Bartering was especially popular in rural markets scattered across the province. , buyers and sellers rarely use scales, and agricultural products are sold in piles and bundles. Agricultural products such as peanuts and broad beans are also sold in piles.

The Eighth Monster: Three Grasshoppers on a Plate

Yunnan people have extremely rich food sources. People not only eat the meat of various animals and a wide variety of wild vegetables, but also Eat moss, bamboo worms, bee pupae and numerous wild fungi. Crispy and delicious fried grasshoppers are a common dish that goes well with wine. Because Yunnan grasshoppers are so big, just a few can be piled into a plate, so it is said that "three grasshoppers make a plate."

The ninth weird thing: straw ropes used as belts

In the past, Yunnan's economy was backward and the people lived in poverty. It was a very common phenomenon in rural areas to use straw ropes as belts. Now that the economy has developed and people's living standards have greatly improved, straw ropes used as belts have long become a relic of history.

The tenth strange thing is that the toes are exposed outside the shoes

Yunnan has continuous mountains, high mountains and dangerous roads, and the climate is warm. Climbing mountains and running often make your feet sweat. Therefore, straw sandals with open toes and sandals made of cloth were once popular shoes among Yunnan people because they were cool and convenient.

The eleventh strange thing: selling pine hair in twists and turns

Among the many trees in Yunnan, Yunnan pine is the most common, and the forest is covered with its fallen leaves. People gather these fallen leaves and twist them into pine feathers, which are used to make fires to cook rice and barbecue ducks, which has a unique flavor. Therefore, in the old Yunnan urban and rural markets, you can see the sight of pine hair being sold in twists and turns, and this scene is still seen in some county and township markets today.

The twelfth strange thing: it rains here and the sun shines there

In Yunnan’s strange mountainous landforms and diverse and complex climate environment, "one mountain is divided into four seasons, and the weather is different ten miles away." "Heavy rain in front of the mountains and bright sunshine behind the mountains" is a very common natural scene. Especially in autumn, when it rains here and the sun shines there, it becomes a natural landscape in the mountainous area.

The Thirteenth Weird Girl is called an old lady

There are many ethnic groups in Yunnan with different customs. Mainland people call their wives’ sisters aunties, and in some places in Yunnan they call them “aunties”.

The fourteenth weirdo carries a doll on his back and falls in love

In the past, marriage customs in ethnic minority areas in Yunnan were diverse. In addition to A-zhu marriage and marriage robbery, some ethnic groups also practiced returning to their parents’ homes after marriage. , it is customary to wait until you have a baby to leave your husband's family, and "falling in love with a baby on your back" has become a common sight.

The fifteenth strange shoe has an extra piece on the back

Yunnan women are good at embroidering and making shoes. In order to make it easier to put on and take off shoes, they often make a "shoehorn" on the back of the cloth shoes and put it on the back. A flower is carefully embroidered on the shoehorn, which Yunnan people call "shoehorn". It is both practical and decorative, making the shoes more beautiful and unique.

The 16th Weird Wearing Clothes for All Four Seasons

Many places in Yunnan have neither hot summer nor severe cold in winter, especially Kunming, which is known as the "Spring City" with an average annual temperature of 15 ℃, the average monthly maximum temperature and average monthly minimum temperature are 21℃ and 10℃ respectively. No matter which season it is, spring, summer, autumn or winter, men, women and children can be seen everywhere on the streets of Kunming wearing colorful four-season clothing. "Indiscriminate dressing in all seasons" is Kunming's The street scene is in sharp contrast to the seasonal clothing of northerners.

The seventeenth strange train is not as fast as a car

Yunnan opened meter gauge (gauge 1.435 meters) as early as 1910 before the appearance of standard gauge (gauge 1.435 meters) trains 1 meter) train, but due to the obstacles of mountains, rivers, peaks, valleys and caves, the roads are rugged and difficult to travel. The train speed is only 20 to 30 kilometers per hour, which cannot be compared with the train speed in the mainland. In addition, Yunnan also had slower inch-gauge (gauge 0.72 meters) trains that could not even run uphill when going uphill. In contrast, cars in Yunnan are faster than trains, and car roads have fewer detours than train roads. Therefore, when people go out to run errands in a hurry, cars have become the preferred means of transportation.

The 18th strange thing is that trains cannot connect domestically to foreign countries

The high valleys and deep roads in the border mountains of Yunnan are difficult to travel. Although the five-foot road was built during the Qin Dynasty more than 2,000 years ago, in the late Qing Dynasty , the French built the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway from Kunming to Vietnam Haiphong in Yunnan. However, until the 1950s, Yunnan still did not have a railway connecting with the mainland, so in the past, traveling in and out of Yunnan mostly took a detour through Vietnam. Even General Cai E, the then-prominent governor of Yunnan, had to sneak back to Yunnan from Vietnam by train on the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway in order to oppose Yuan Shikai's restoration and proclaimed himself emperor in 1915.

Therefore, in the early years, trains did not connect domestic and foreign countries, so they were called strange