Xishuangbanna, located in the southernmost Dai Autonomous Prefecture of Yunnan Province, is a hot land without winter. It is the best-preserved and largest tropical rain forest near the Tropic of Cancer in the world, and is known as the animal kingdom, the plant kingdom, the green kingdom and the southern medicine kingdom. Xishuangbanna borders Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam, with a length of 1,69 kilometers. The expressway from Kunming to Xishuangbanna has been fully opened, with a mileage of 55 kilometers. Xishuangbanna Jinghong (Ticket) Airport is the second largest airport in Yunnan Province after Kunming. There are about 15 flights to and from Kunming every day, and there are domestic routes to major cities such as Dali, Lijiang, Beijing, Shanghai and Chengdu. Xishuangbanna is the hometown of Dai people, which means 12 thousand fields in Chinese. The Dai people have a long history. As early as more than 1 years ago, the ancestors of the Dai people left many words on the leaves and tissues, and there were more than 55 long poems written in the Dai language alone. The dances of the Dai people have a high artistic level and distinctive national characteristics, such as the popular peacock dance and the elephant foot drum dance. Xishuangbanna cuisine Xishuangbanna's residents are mainly Dai, and Dai dishes are mainly glutinous rice, sour taste, roasted meat and aquatic food, and many wild cultivated plants are used as spices, which has a unique national flavor. Nanmi, Bulang cuisine, Hani cuisine, barbecue, moss, pickled bamboo shoot boiled fish (chicken), citronella grilled fish, fragrant bamboo rice. Xishuangbanna's food is all in the night market, and all ethnic minority foods are available. At night, while tasting delicious food, you can watch the night view of Jinghong City. Under the colorful lights, the endless delicious food will make people linger. Grilled fish with citronella is an indispensable dish in Dai flavor, which is especially fragrant. Generally, the washed fish is wrapped in fragrant citronella first, and then barbecued on the fire, and a proper amount of lard is applied, so that the roasted fish is fragrant, crisp and delicious. Pineapple purple rice Pineapple purple rice looks very attractive, and the whole pineapple looks very cute. First, soak the purple glutinous rice for 7-8 hours, cut a cover on the top of the pineapple, remove the pineapple heart, add the purple glutinous rice, cover it with pineapple cover, and cook it in a steamer. After smelling the fragrance, you can open the cover and eat it. It tastes a little sweet, and it has the effect of enriching blood and moistening lung. Boiled fish (chicken) with sour bamboo shoots is a famous dish of Dai people. Sour bamboo shoots are shelled and shredded from tender bamboo shoots unearthed in summer, and then salted with salt and chili pepper, which are usually cooked with chicken or fish in a pot. This dish is characterized by its sour and spicy taste. Many people can't accept the taste of sour bamboo shoots, and people who are not used to it will find it a bit strange, but most people who have eaten it like it very much, because the addition of sour bamboo shoots will dissolve the greasy meat. Xiangzhu rice Xiangzhu rice has a strong Dai flavor, and the rice made from November to February is the best. At this time, there is a fragrant film in the bamboo, so it is called fragrant bamboo. Beat with a wooden hammer when eating, so that the rice becomes soft and fragrant, and it tastes fragrant and soft, with a unique flavor. Nanmi Nanmi is a Dai language, which is actually what we often say about sauce. It is made by cooking tomatoes on charcoal fire, peeling them, and then mixing them with onion, garlic, turnip, Polygonum multiflorum, wild pepper, chopped millet pepper and salt. Nanmi is usually eaten with some fried foods. If you add a local sour fruit, the sour taste of that plant will be more delicious. Fried cowhide Fried cowhide is a dish that must be matched with Nan Mi. The production process of fried cowhide is very elaborate. The scraped buffalo hide is cooked in a pot, cut into small pieces with a knife and dried for later use. When eating, put the cowhide into the oil pan and fry it until it is soaked and yellow, and then take it out for eating. Dip it in Nanmi, it is sour and fragrant, and your appetite is wide open after eating. Long-winded is a Dai language, which is the rice cake we usually eat. Grinding the soaked glutinous rice into slurry to make slurry hanging noodles. Stir-fry peanuts and sesame seeds until fragrant, grind them into fine powder, add brown sugar and put them into the paste noodles and mix well. Then wrap the pulp hanging surface with banana leaves and steam it in a steamer. This is a small dessert of Dai people, which is sold by local people on the street. People who like sweets will especially like it. Tropical Fruits The unique climate here has made it a paradise for tropical fruits, including mango, litchi, longan, pineapple, grapefruit, jackfruit, passion fruit, carambola, papaya and guava. There are countless varieties, and some fruits can only be seen in Xishuangbanna. Xishuangbanna tourism Scenic Spots 1. Menglun Botanical Garden Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences Xishuangbanna Menglun Botanical Garden is the full name of Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, China Academy of Sciences. Located in Menglun Town, Mengla County. The Botanical Garden is surrounded by the Luosuo River, a tributary of the Mekong River, in the shape of a gourd. Botanical Garden was founded in 195s by Professor Cai Xitao, a famous botanist. The garden covers an area of 9 hectares, and there are 3 kinds of tropical plants at home and abroad, all of which grow well. Botanical Garden has herbarium, rare and endangered plant species database and biotechnology laboratory, which has become an important research center for the development, utilization and protection of tropical plant resources in China. 2. Jinghong in Jinghong City, which means the city of dawn in Dai language, was called Menglong and Jinglong in ancient times, and Cheri and Cheche in old times. It has been the political, economic and cultural center of Xishuangbanna since ancient times. The total output and yield per mu of rubber, Amomum villosum and ylang-ylang rank first in all counties (cities) in China. It is a famous production base of commodity grain, pigs and turtles in Yunnan Province, with a GDP of 2.756 billion yuan in 22. Abundant in animal and plant resources, geothermal resources, minerals and water resources, it is known as a green treasure house and a species gene bank, with the largest primate research center in Asia, the largest export production base and the largest butterfly farm in China. With its charming scenery, it is a famous tourist destination at home and abroad, with more than 2 million domestic and foreign tourists every year, and it was selected as the first outstanding tourist city in China. Jinghong City Business Card: Rainforest Jinghong, Tenderness Dai Township Through 5 years of development, the infrastructure such as transportation, energy and communication has been improved day by day, social undertakings such as science, education, culture and health have developed in an all-round way, and its geographical advantages have become increasingly apparent. The Yunnan provincial government has designated it as participating in China, Thailand, Myanmar and the old Lancang River. The central city of the Mekong Subregion International Cooperation Economic Zone Plan. Hot work treasure house 3. Man Feilong Pagoda Man Feilong Pagoda (tickets) is located on the back hill of Man Feilong in Dajinglong, Jinghong County, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province. Man Feilong Pagoda is about 6 kilometers away from Jinghong City, in the southwest of Jinghong City. Manfeilong Tower crosses the river from the edge of Manfeilong Village, which is more than 2 stone steps. On the left is the vast virgin forest, and on the right is the lush rubber forest. The tower group is built on the top of the mountain, with 9 towers, and the tower base is in the shape of a multi-petal plum blossom with a circumference of 42.6 meters. Among them, the main tower is 16.29 meters high, surrounded by 8 small towers, distributed at 8 angles, each small tower is 9.1 meters high, and the tower is multi-layer gourd-shaped. A mother tower, eight sub-towers, at first glance, looks like a bunch of strong and tall bamboos, but also like thick bamboo shoots rising from the ground, magnificent. There is a niche in each small tower. There is a Buddha sculpture and a Buddha statue in the niche. There is also a clay phoenix flying in the sky, and there are two clay dragons at the door. On the top of eight small golden towers, each tower is hung with a bronze Buddha symbol, and there is a copper flute on the top of the mother tower. The mountain wind blows to find the tinkling sound. There are all kinds of paintings, sculptures and beauty on the tower. 4. Wild Elephant Valley Wild Elephant Valley is located in Sanchahe Valley in Mengyang Nature Reserve, north of Jinghong, 47 kilometers away from Jinghong, with a total area of about 37 hectares, a building area of over 2,8 square meters and a water area of 8, square meters. It is a landform with low mountains, shallow hills and wide valleys, with an altitude of 747 meters to 1,55 meters. There are animal viewing areas, virgin forest adventure tourist areas and reception centers in the park. Because it is the most concentrated and frequent place for wild elephant activities, plus convenient transportation and unique tropical forest landscape, it has become a tourist hotspot in Xishuangbanna. 5. Tropical Flower Garden The flower garden is located in Yunnan Hot Research Institute, formerly known as the tropical cash crop specimen garden of Yunnan Hot Research Institute, including 4,216 national Brazilian rubber germplasm, more than 3 varieties of tropical flowers and more than 7, other cash crop germplasm. It is one of the important tourist attractions in the double edition. In order to meet the needs of the development of scientific research and tourism in Xishuangbanna, the specimen garden was expanded in 1995, with the content of scientific research and the appearance of the garden as the planning principle. In January, 1997, the second on-site office meeting of the provincial government in xishuangbanna tourism decided to list the expansion of our hot garden as one of the important tourist attractions in Xishuangbanna during the Ninth Five-Year Plan period! And named it Xishuangbanna Tropical Flower Garden. Flower Garden is a theme botanical garden that displays the connotation of popular science through the landscape of tropical flowers and tropical plants, and integrates scientific research, popular science, patriotic education, tourism, leisure and vacation. 6. Dai Garden Dai Garden, full name of Xishuangbanna Dai Garden. Olive Dam is located in Xishuangbanna, China. There are five best-preserved Dai villages in the scenic area, covering an area of 3.36 square kilometers, with an estimated investment of 15 million yuan, which will be completed in three phases. With an investment of 42 million yuan in the first phase, infrastructure construction such as land requisition, road construction, underground water pipes and wires laying in tourist shopping areas have been completed, and the gate building of tourist attractions, Yingbin Square, packaging of old scenic spots, tourist routes in villages, riverside activity areas, tourist shopping areas, barbecue fields, splashing water squares and large-scale open-air theaters have been built. It opened on August 1, 1999 to welcome guests. The second phase of Dai Garden is expected to invest 6 million yuan, which will be built into a folk tourism resort and a large amusement park. 7. Primitive Forest Park is one of the largest comprehensive eco-tourism attractions in Xishuangbanna! The park combines the unique natural scenery of virgin forest and charming ethnic customs. There are more than 5 scenic spots in ten scenic spots in the park, such as the best-preserved tropical valley rain forest south of the Tropic of Cancer, peacock breeding base, monkey domestication base, large-scale ethnic performance venue, Ai 'an Village, Jiulong Waterfall, Mansongshuang Baita, 1m granite relief, Jinhu legend, ethnic barbecue, etc., which highlight the three major themes of virgin forest, wildlife and folk customs. The park is located next to Kunluo National Road, 8 kilometers away from Jinghong City. The forest coverage rate in the park is over 98%. A wide variety of tropical plants cover the sun, and the wonders of plants such as dragon trees, single trees, old stems and flowers, and plant strangulation can be seen everywhere. The canyons are deep, the birds are singing, the mountains are flowing, the trees are lush, and the lake is clear, which makes you really feel the mystery of nature. The bride-snatching, the joyful Water-splashing Festival and the singing and dancing performances of all ethnic groups in Ai 'an Village allow tourists to participate in it personally, which makes them linger in the rich ethnic customs. Proud as a peacock welcomes guests, monkeys play with people, black bears, pythons, lizards, pangolins and other rare animals, so that you can see the real animal kingdom and let tourists fully feel the harmony between man and nature and between man and animals? Jinhu International Resort, built according to the three-star standard in the park, has a unique architectural style, complete facilities, fresh and pleasant air, 1 luxurious standard suites, a super-class restaurant and Alawi ethnic barbecue, advanced super-class dance halls, beauty salons, saunas, shopping malls and other supporting services that can accommodate 7 people at the same time. It is a good place for tourists to relax, board and entertain. 8. Manongfeng Buddha Temple The Buddha Temple is resplendent and magnificent. It's the first time I saw the Dai Buddhist temple, full of exotic customs, built on the mountain, with the giant Buddha at the highest point. The blue sky, red eaves, green decorations, Phnom Penh, cocked decorations, exaggerated sculptures and lotus flowers in front of the main hall are all beautiful. Several neighboring countries. Thailand. Laos. Myanmar. Vietnam. They all built their own Buddhist colleges here. Take off your shoes and enter the hall. The decoration inside is extremely luxurious. You pay a quiet visit to the Buddha, listen to the scriptures that monks can't understand, accept colored threads and wear them on your hands. When you walk out of the hall, you feel a lot brighter in an instant, overlooking Banna, a small border city, where the Lancang River crosses, a green dam. Disadvantages: The ticket price is a bit expensive. More than 12 friends who believe in Buddhism can go and have a look. 9. Manting Park Manting Park is located in the southeast of Jinghong City, about 2 kilometers away from the urban area. It is located in the triangle where the Lancang River meets the Liusha River, also known as Chunhuan Park. Chunhuan is a Dai language, meaning the garden of the soul. Manting Park covers an area of 35 mu and is a natural forest park. Manting Park is the oldest park in Xishuangbanna, which has a dry-column Buddhist temple, a gazebo and a flower and fruit garden. It is shaded by trees, cool and pleasant. According to legend, it was once the royal garden of the king of Thailand. When Princess Thai came to the park to play, the beautiful scenery in the park attracted the soul of the princess, hence its name. The ancient "black-hearted forest" in Manting Park includes the imitation Manfeilong Pagoda, the octagonal pavilion and the 3.2-meter-high bronze statue of Premier Zhou. In addition, the Buddhist Association, Buddhist temple tiles and Manting Village are all around, forming a trinity amusement spot. There will be performances and bonfire parties in the park at night. Manting Park is located in the city, with tickets to 4 yuan. During the day, we mainly go to see the scenery, elephant performances, parrot performances, Dai song and dance performances and peacocks. The bonfire party in the evening is said to be very interactive, with many people playing (VIP price is 38, ticket A is 19). 3. Friends who come to Xishuangbanna for self-help travel will always want to bring some special products home to their families and friends after eating well and playing well. The following Xishuangbanna self-help travel network introduces the special products here for everyone. 1. Tropical Fruits There are many kinds of tropical fruits in Xishuangbanna, which are constantly in four seasons, mainly mango, litchi, longan, pineapple, sleeve, jackfruit, passion fruit, carambola, watermelon (listed in winter and spring), papaya and guava. Jackfruit is the largest fruit in Banna, weighing more than 3 kilograms. There are distinctive tourist souvenirs in Xishuangbanna, such as Dai drum bag, Dai brocade, bamboo lunch box, ceramic water tank, silver belt, national costume, wood carving, pebble crafts, red beans and so on. 2. Pu 'er tea Pu 'er tea is mainly produced in Xishuangbanna and Simao. Because tea from southern Yunnan and other places was trafficked to Pu 'er in history, Pu 'er tea was named after it. Pu 'er tea is a kind of green tea. There are two kinds of products: loose tea and compact tea. Both of them are made of fresh leaves of Yunnan Dayerong, which are refined through the processes of enzyme fixation, rolling, drying and after-ripening. The loose tea is thick and heavy, and its color is brown and red. Tight tea is a kind of tea that is made into various shapes by pressing loose tea into a mold after steaming or frying. 3. Silver jewelry mainly includes hairpin, hairpin, earring, collar, bracelet, armband, breastpiece, anklet, ring and belt. Beautiful appearance, full of national characteristics. 4. Dai brocade Dai brocade is a folk brocade of Dai people. Dai women can knit, and they have a broad mass base. Dai brocade is an ancient textile processing, which is famous for its exquisite weavers, unique patterns, gorgeous colors, elegant appearance, durability and strong national style. There are all kinds of exotic animal patterns, plant patterns and geometric patterns of grains and flowers. The colors and patterns of each pattern contain specific contents. For example, the red and green skirt is to commemorate the ancestors, the peacock pattern symbolizes auspiciousness, and the elephant pattern symbolizes bumper harvest. 5. National costumes The national costumes of Dai, Hani, Bulang, Lahu and Jinuo have their own characteristics, and the Dai women's dresses are beautiful and elegant; Hani and Jino men's wear inlaid with silver ornaments are also deeply loved by tourists. Precautions for shopping: generally don't buy expensive jade articles, handicrafts, etc. in scenic spots, where the price is outrageous and the quality is not guaranteed. Native products in scenic spots, such as tea, fragrant shavings and tremella, are generally inferior in quality and high in price. As usual, there are always three bags of tea from 1 yuan sold by mountain people, and the packaging is also very good, but there is really only a small amount of tea inside, and the rest are all dried leaves and the like. If you have no intention of buying, please don't bargain at will. Local products can be bought in the city or along the road. Fourth, Xishuangbanna self-help tour food recommendation. 1. Dai Dai cuisine in Xishuangbanna enjoys an exclusive reputation in Yunnan cuisine. The residents of Xishuangbanna are mainly Dai, and Dai cuisine is mainly glutinous rice, sour taste, roasted meat and aquatic food, and is mostly made of wild cultivated plants.