Xishuangbanna, located in the southernmost Dai Autonomous Prefecture of Yunnan Province, is a "hot land without winter" and the best-preserved and largest tropical rain forest near the Tropic of Cancer in the world. It is known as "Animal Kingdom", "Plant Kingdom", "Green Kingdom" and "Southern Medicine Kingdom".

Xishuangbanna borders Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam, with a border line of 1169 kilometers. Expressway from Kunming to Xishuangbanna has been fully opened, with a highway mileage of 551 kilometers. Jinghong Airport in Xishuangbanna is the second largest air port 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 "twelve thousand fields" in Chinese. The Dai people have a long history. As early as more than 1,111 years ago, the ancestors of the Dai people left many words on the leaves and tissues, and there were more than 551 long poems written in the Dai language alone. 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 people, and Dai dishes are mainly glutinous rice, sour and 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 and 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

An indispensable dish in Dai flavor is especially fragrant. Generally, the washed fish is wrapped in fragrant citronella first, then barbecued on the fire, and a proper amount of lard is applied. When grilled, the aroma is overflowing, 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 with sour bamboo shoots (chicken)

boiled fish with sour bamboo shoots (chicken) is a famous dish of the 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.

fragrant bamboo rice

fragrant bamboo rice has a strong Dai flavor, and the rice cooked from October to February every year 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 call 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 Nanmi. 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.

wordy

wordy 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.

2. 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.

The Botanical Garden was founded in 1951s by Professor Cai Xitao, a famous botanist. The garden covers an area of 911 hectares, and there are 3111 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 City

Jinghong, which means "the city of dawn" in Dai language, was called "Menglu" and "Jinglong" in ancient times, and was called "Cheli" and "Che Li" in the old days. 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 2112. Abundant in animal and plant resources, geothermal resources, minerals and water resources, it is known as "green treasure house" and "species gene bank", with the largest primate research center in Asia, export production base and the largest butterfly farm in China. It is a famous tourist destination at home and abroad, with more than 2 million domestic and foreign tourists every year, and was selected as the first "Excellent Tourist City in China". Jinghong City Business Card: Rainforest Jinghong, Rouqing Dai Township, through 51 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 location advantage has become increasingly apparent. The Yunnan provincial government has designated it as the central city to participate in the plan of international cooperation economic zone in China, Thailand, Myanmar and the old Lancang-Mekong subregion.

hot work treasure house

3. Manfeilong Pagoda

Manfeilong Pagoda is located on the back hill of Manfeilong in Dajinlong, Jinghong County, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, about 61 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 211 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. The tower base is in the shape of a plum blossom with multiple petals, 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 bronze "heavenly 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 371 hectares, a building area of over 2,811 square meters and a water area of 8,111 square meters. It is a landform with low mountains, shallow hills and wide valleys, with an altitude of 747 meters to 1,155 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 311 varieties of tropical flowers and more than 7,111 other cash crop germplasm. It is one of the important tourist attractions in the two-pair 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 planning principle of "the content of scientific research and the appearance of the garden". 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 construction projects 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 is the 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 RMB 51 million, 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 61 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, which combines the unique natural scenery of primeval forest and charming ethnic customs. There are more than 51 scenic spots in ten scenic spots in the park, such as the best-preserved tropical valley rainforest south of the Tropic of Cancer, peacock breeding base, monkey domestication base, large-scale ethnic performance venue, Ai 'an Village, Jiulong Waterfall, Mansongshuang Baita, 111m granite relief, Jinhu legend and ethnic barbecue, which highlight the three major theme features of "primeval 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, 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, with 111 luxurious standard suites, a super restaurant that can accommodate 711 people at the same time and "Allawi".

8. Manongfeng Buddha Temple

The Buddha Temple is resplendent and magnificent. It's the first time I saw a Dai Buddhist temple, full of exotic customs, built on a mountain, with the 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.

Disadvantage: The ticket price is a bit expensive, more than 1.21 yuan

Buddhists 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, in the triangle where the Lancang River meets the Liusha River, also known as "Chunhuan Park", which is a Dai language, meaning the garden of the soul. Manting Park covers an area of 351 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 shady, 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 a replica of the Manfeilong stupa and the octagonal pavilion, and a 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. Tickets to 41 yuan are mainly for sightseeing, elephant performance, parrot performance, Dai song and dance performance and peacocks. The bonfire party in the evening is said to be very interactive, with many people playing (VIP price is 381, ticket A is 191)

Third, self-help tour of Xishuangbanna

Friends who come to Xishuangbanna for self-help tour will always want to bring some special products home to their families and friends after eating well and playing well here. The following self-help tour network of Xishuangbanna introduces the special products here for everyone.

1. Tropical Fruits

There are many kinds of tropical fruits in Xishuangbanna, which are continuous in four seasons, mainly including 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 31 kilograms.

There are distinctive tourist souvenirs in Xishuangbanna, such as Dai drum bags, Dai brocade, bamboo lunch boxes, ceramic water jugs, silver belts, national costumes, wood carvings, pebble handicrafts and red beans.

2. Pu 'er tea

Pu 'er tea is mainly produced in Xishuangbanna and Simao. Historically, tea from southern Yunnan and other places was trafficked to Pu 'er, hence the name Pu 'er tea. 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 ornaments

mainly include hairpin, hairpin, earring, collar, bracelet, armband, brooch, anklet, ring and belt. Beautiful appearance, full of national characteristics.

4. Dai brocade

Dai brocade is a folk brocade of Dai nationality. 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

Dai, Hani,