From Chengdu to Xishuangbanna via Zhaotong.
On the way, I saw the karst landform for the first time. There are mountains and hills, and the slope soil is priceless, like the wind pouring into the sea.
It is completely different from the desolate impression in geography textbooks. It is a ripple fold on the earth. On the plateau at an altitude of 1800 meters, it looks like an old man who has changed a lot.
Rainforest climate, hot and humid all year round, April 37 degrees, almost the same as Chengdu in August.
It often rains suddenly at noon, and then it stops suddenly. The burning sun comes out of the clouds and smiles through tears like a child. Xishuangbanna borders Thailand, Laos and Myanmar. Its folk customs are complex, its products are rich and its culture blends. Similar to ancient border trade places. On the way, I heard Chinese for a while, and someone walked by in Thai for a while; This street is still selling fruit from Laos. When you turn around, you will meet a businessman who sells Burmese jade.
The way to eat and drink can be described as a dispute between the four countries. Even without the recommendation of acquaintances, you can eat authentic Dai, Thai, Burmese and old dishes. If you go to the top restaurant recommended by public comment, you won't be disappointed. Dai food is spicy, Lao food likes lemon, Thai food is neutral, and Myanmar food is weird.
Dai calendar New Year: Dragon Boat Festival, Buddha washing day, Swing Festival and Water-splashing Festival.
In Xishuangbanna in April, everyone is preparing for the Spring Festival. The boy scrubbed the dragon boat and the girl prepared new clothes.
For about ten years, my understanding of Chinese New Year only stayed in shopping malls, dining tables and Spring Festival Gala.
Cultural indifference, that is, it happens quietly and continues to affect it. Many times, many cultures and many heritages need a sense of ceremony. Before, I didn't understand why the emperor always worshipped heaven, closed the door to Buddhism, worshipped Confucius and did something big and meaningless. It is best to recuperate and develop economic construction.
However, it is these seemingly futile rituals that have changed wars and civilizations for thousands of years, leaving a foundation called Confucianism.
In fact, girls wearing Dai costumes can be seen everywhere on Banna Road. They have dark skin and clear eyes, and they can catch up with each other with restrained eyes. I just realized that there are Dai costumes here, obviously wedding dresses.
On weekdays, girls from the countryside "hide" together and form a column, which is graceful and colorful, Zhuo Zhuo, competing with each other.
Dai people are similar to Hanfu, which is simple and complicated. They wear it in daily life and celebrations. Their process changes, streamlined processes and material selection are completely different. If we go further, we will naturally have a complete set of national costume culture.
The Dai people's New Year may be a feast of costume culture. Its beauty, magnificence, richness and exquisiteness are no less than displaying Victoria's secrets in Xishuangbanna.
Nade gourmet
Divided into fruits and vegetables. Let's talk about fruit first. Banna's fruit must be one of the best in the country. There are almost all kinds of choices. Many fruit markets are managed by warehouses. You can choose, accept a large number of orders and sell ready-to-eat products cut into boxes.
In particular, durian, pitaya, cantaloupe and small pineapple are full, sweet, rich, juicy and cheap, and the average price is several yuan a catty. You can eat all kinds of fruits and mix them together until you are full.
Let's talk about the dishes. Because of business trip, take-out will be the first choice, and word-of-mouth evaluation depends on public comments.
I ordered chicken oil rice, lemon salsa and Paruda recommended by the public. They are mellow, sweet and sour, and rich. From ingredients to spices, there is a natural plant fragrance, which is different from the direction of the eight major cuisines. They run counter to the aesthetic feeling emphasized by the central plains food culture, but they have made another delicious category.
You don't even have to find out whether these dishes are from Dai, Laos or Thailand, and you don't have to deliberately define their tastes.
Due to the hot weather, Banna people's day often begins at 10 in the afternoon. With the Lancang River as the boundary, it is divided into the north and south banks and the new old city. The north shore is Jinghong business district, and the south shore is a new living area, with different nightlife forms, including ghost restaurants, nightclubs, bars and KTV. At two or three o'clock in the morning, the street is still bustling, shops are brightly lit, vehicles and pedestrians are in an endless stream, and there is a high-pitched song from the other side of the Lancang River. Fan Ju of the Northern and Southern Dynasties said: Life is like a tree and a flower, which floats with the wind or falls on the mat; Or close the fence and fall into the soil.
Sometimes you are too used to this world, addicted to life, content with the status quo, and don't think about life and death, so you won't be surprised by this world.
You know everything is pale and hard to grasp, such as morning dew, sunset and stars.
You have walked through such a sexy and special city and written its name on the western continent where the south wind blows your dreams.
I've been thinking for a long time and want to write a sentence as the end of Banna's travels.
By chance, I saw the sweet words of the Prime Minister to his wife Deng in a book:
"I have been a staunch materialist all my life. Only you, I hope to have an afterlife. "
I am also looking forward to the next period of time.