Walking into Mengzi

You can

feel the prosperity and bitterness of the past in the yellow and white French buildings

go boating in Nanhu Park

eat the most authentic rice noodles across the bridge

between the meters and inches of the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway

completely release the railway feelings

In the "Little Paris of the East" in the past. Burning the years

In the former site of The National SouthWest Associated University

Remembering the fleeting time of the merry people

The rare and beautiful destinations hidden here can not only make people travel to the youthful days, but also the legendary stories hidden behind them may be more beautiful than movies. And we will take you on a deep roaming for 1h.

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Eat a bowl of "the bowl is bigger than the basin"

Get up early, mix into the local people, squeeze into a shop with a large family, and eat a large bowl of authentic chrysanthemum rice noodles to open it correctly.

In Mengzi, the rice noodles crossing the bridge are graded, ranging from 8 yuan to 25 yuan. First the meat, then the chopped vegetables, some mint, and finally the rice noodles "cross the bridge". Everything is ready, even soup, meat, and rice noodles are "sucked" into the mouth together, and then a sip of soup is carefully taken. Delicious and mellow taste lingers in your mouth, so don't feel too beautiful.

9: -1:

Take a look at the "most dazzling national style" in the museum

The best place to get to know a city quickly is the museum. Mengzi is the seat of Honghe Prefecture, and the full name of Honghe Prefecture is Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture. There are 1 ethnic groups living here: Hani, Yi, Zhuang, Miao, Yao, Dai, Hui, Buyi, Lahu, Han and Bulang.

Address: West of Honghe Square, Honghe Prefecture Administration Center, No.65 Tianma Road

Tickets: Free admission

1: -12:

Be a grounded South Lake boatman

South Lake is to Mengzi, just like Cuihu is to Kunming and West Lake is to Hangzhou. However, South Lake is not a "small park" without stories. It is the birthplace of the real rice noodle crossing the bridge and the frequent gathering place of Professor The National SouthWest Associated University and students in those years. These two points alone have already killed a number of urban parks.

What's more, boating in the South Lake is really a great pleasure. The blue sky and white clouds on the plateau fall in the green water, and the flowers on the shore are red and green. A breeze blows and you get drunk!

Address: Nanhu South Road (opening hours: 8:-23:, free of charge)

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Have an authentic and rich "Long Street Banquet" of Hani people

Yuanyang terraced fields make Hani rice famous, and colorful flowers and rice in Honghe Prefecture are the favorite of many foodies every year.

Of course, if you can't make it to the long street banquet, it's also a good choice to find an authentic Hani restaurant in the city. You can still feast your eyes on an authentic and rich Hani meal.

Hani's family is not far from the South Lake. After visiting the South Lake, you can stop by for dinner and hide it in the alley factory. After you walk in, you will find a new world with rich national characteristics. The dishes are sour, spicy and salty, and the taste is better than the impression. Beef jerky, loach jerky, peanut potherb soup, rapeseed Baba and blood sausage can't be eaten in other places.

Have a cup of afternoon tea with "The National SouthWest Associated University" from 13: to 15:

Walking along the road around the lake, French-style buildings appear, including the former site of Mengzi Customs, the French Consulate, the foreign firm of Columbia and the "Yi Lou" of Zhou Baizhai, all of which are the former sites of Mengzi Campus in The National SouthWest Associated University. Walk slowly and take a closer look.

French Garden Bar is located in the former site of Mengzi Customs, and there are only a handful of bars built in national cultural treasures. The bar retains the original European style, with long mantle curtains, ivory shutters, carved iron bars, wall lamps with European flavor, and wine cabinets filled with dazzling red wine, which is full of exotic atmosphere.

15: -18:

Make a mini train dream of "Little Paris in the East"

The biggest attraction of Mengzi is the mini "Little Paris in the East"-Bise Village. Whether it's for history, architecture, railways and exotic customs, this French-style place hidden in a mountain village in Yunnan is worth a special trip. This is also one of the main locations for Fanghua.

This is the intersection of the meter-gauge Yunnan-Vietnam Railway and the inch-gauge Bishi Railway. At that time, trading companies, garages, customs, police stations, hotels, basketball courts, tennis courts and cafes were all available. More than a hundred years ago, Bise Village has become a hot topic in cafes in Paris, Europe. Now only the clock that has lost its hands proves to the world that it comes from distant Paris.

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