Who is Xishuangbanna suitable for?
It is said that Lijiang is one person, Dali is two people, and Xishuangbanna is a family. The most suitable version is family tour, and it is best to take the old and the young to travel together.
Of course, this is not to say that a person or a couple's girlfriends are inappropriate. It would be more appropriate for a family to go to Banna.
What to play in Xishuangbanna
The tourist attractions in Xishuangbanna are scattered. Basically, except Jinghong (urban area), there are scenic spots in the east, west and north.
So in Xishuangbanna, as long as you don't live in Menglun Town and Menghai Town in the east and west, other places are similar.
Southeast and northwest directions:
Northern Line: Wild Elephant Valley, Keno Cabin, Primitive Forest Park, etc.
East Road: Botanical Garden of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dai Yuan, Wangtianshu, etc.
West Line: Dushulin Scenic Area, Mengjinglai Scenic Area, Hani Cultural Park, Jingmai Mountain, etc.
Urban areas: Man Ting Park, Big Buddha Temple, Big Buddha Temple, Shwedagon Pagoda, Starlight Night Market, Riverside Night Market, Dancing Dai Di, filming Dai costumes, watching Dai performances, Xishuangbanna Starbucks, etc.
The northern and eastern lines are necessary. Look at the stockade of Dai people in the northern line, and then look at the plants in the eastern line. Everyone needs a day trip.
The scenic spots in the city are also a must. Fortunately, these scenic spots are relatively close, and one day is enough.
Then one night, I will go to Starlight Night Market, one night I will go to see Dai Xiu, and one night I will go to Dai Di. It's good.
So it takes at least 4 days and 3 nights to go to Xishuangbanna (5 days and 4 nights is better).
According to the type of scenic spots:
Temples: Big Buddha Temple, Big Buddha Temple, Jinghong Dajinta (with two views in the west of Gaozhuang) and Man Ting Park.
Ethnic villages: Mandiwu Village, Zhangman Village, Yuanman Village, Manfeilong Village and Keno Caotang.
Natural scenery: Botanical Garden of Chinese Academy of Sciences (a must-visit), Wangtianshu, Primitive Forest Park, Dumulin Scenic Area, Mengjinglai and Jingmai Mountain.
Features: Dai family style (must see), bonfire party of Lancang River and Mekong River in the park.
Local experience: dancing (recommended) and taking photos of Dai costumes.
Markets: Starlight Night Market (a must), Riverside Night Market, Jinghong Farmers' Market, Xishuangbanna Market and Mangao Fruit Wholesale Market.
Subsidence area
There's a bar in Banna called Bobby. There will be a disco at about 12 in the afternoon, lasting about 1 hour.
The so-called "dancing Dai Di" means that everyone wears traditional Dai costumes and starts to play accelerated Dai music. This music, this skirt, is very intoxicating.
Don't worry, you can't dance. Before the class in Dai Di, there will be a class by A Dai Dee. Once you learn it, you will.
This is to do as the Romans do in Xishuangbanna.
Kandaixiu
Dai's performance is really worth seeing. At the beginning, Wanda's father invested a total of 2 billion yuan to build the Golden Hat Daixiu Theater in Banna. This theater has only one function, that is, performing Dai opera every night.
Dai Xiu was created by CirqueduSoleil, directed by Las Vegas "O" Show, and designed by Macau "Dance House". CirqueduSoleil and FrankDegon are both surprised that this program can't be bad.
Dai Xiu tells a young man's spiritual story about love, temptation and rebirth according to the ancient narrative poem Princess Peacock of the Dai people.
However, Dai Xiu is not cheap. The cheapest ticket is 320 yuan per person. It is recommended to buy tickets for area B, which will have a better view.
Visit the market
The starlight night market in Xishuangbanna is really a must. The starlight night market in Xishuangbanna is extremely shocking. It's fireworks in Xishuangbanna.
Xingguang Night Market is located in the most prosperous Gaozhuang in Xishuangbanna. The night market only opens at night, which is too exaggerated!
Really super big. It took three hours to walk around.
Of course, it is a tourist night market after all. Therefore, the food and things sold in the night market are not necessarily the cheapest, but they must have the most choices and the most local characteristics.
Starlight night market, I really ate too much. Most of the food here has strong ethnic characteristics, as well as some Thai, Vietnamese and Burmese flavors.
Of course, most locals will go to the riverside night market in the city center. Binjiang Night Market is grounded and affordable, but not as beautiful and fun as Starlight Night Market.
Besides the night market, several food markets are also very interesting.
To deeply experience the life in a place, you should visit the local vegetable market. Jinghong Farmers' Market in Xishuangbanna, Xishuangbanna Trade Market and Mangao Fruit Wholesale Market are all suitable for going.
So are the fruits here! Then! Suitable! Come on!
Take beautiful photos of Dai costumes.
When I went to the night market, it was really groups of young ladies wearing Dai and Thai costumes taking pictures at the Shwedagon Pagoda and Starlight Night Market. There must be more than hundreds.
Then a photographer took pictures of n little sisters.
Obviously, you can't take a good picture.
But it is really popular to shoot Dai costumes in Banna. It is recommended to find a photographer on the omnipotent Taobao in advance, and then shoot one-on-one in the whole process.
Night market one-to-many 99 and 199, really don't choose.
Have a cup of Yunnan coffee.
Coffee is produced in Yunnan, so it is meaningful to drink coffee in Yunnan. Connect the first and last kilometers of coffee beans.
Wanda plaza, the only Starbucks in Xishuangbanna, is also a high-profile Starbucks.
It's worth punching in to buy a city cup.
Another coffee shop worth recommending is Dai Long Coffee.
In Banna, there are too many internet celebrities drinking aged iced coffee. The driver recommended a Banna local brand, Dai Bo Coffee. In a coffee shop, the buyers are almost all locals, and the take-away orders have been constant.
I tried the old coconut milk iced coffee, which was great.
But the handmade old iced coffee on the roadside is also a local feature, which is worth a try.
If it is a scenic spot, the Botanical Garden of Chinese Academy of Sciences is a must. It is the only 5A scenic spot in Xishuangbanna.
This botanical garden is divided into east and west areas, with a total area of 1 1.25 square kilometers. There are12,000 kinds of plants, including a large area of primitive tropical rain forest.
Tickets for 75 yuan/person/ticket, plus the whole park battery car 175 yuan, can be purchased in advance on the OTA platform. It is really recommended that the whole park buy a battery car, otherwise it will be exhausted.
The hottest Wang Lianhua lotus leaf on the Internet will not be available until July and August. Children can take heavy photos on it, and so can young ladies who are not too fat.
You can take a hot air balloon ride in this park. 280 hot air balloons only take 10 minutes.
Another scenic spot worth visiting is Wang Tianshu. This is a towering tree, connected by a corridor paved with boards in the middle. It's good to walk on it.
What about other scenic spots? I recommend the stockade of the Dai people. You must go to the last one. There is little difference among Mandi Wu Cun, Zhangman Village, Yuanman Village, Manfeilong Village and Keno Cottage.
If recommended, recommend Manfeilong, because Manfeilong roast chicken is delicious. And this roast chicken is in Manfeilong stockade.
In terms of temples, Man Ting Park, General Buddhist Temple, Big Buddhist Temple, Shwedagon Pagoda and prajna temple are all in the urban area. It's convenient to walk around, and it's no trouble to go there.
The temples in Penang are very similar to those in Thailand, which is quite suitable for taking beautiful photos.
If you have to choose, there will be more activities in Mon Bang Buddhist Temple. Didn't the Songkran Festival in Banna stop this year? However, you can still experience it in Luomeng Buddhist Temple.
Prajna temple is pure white, especially photogenic.
Man Ting Park was formerly known as the Dai Royal Garden, and the General Buddhist Temple was once a resort for the supreme ruler and his leaders in Xishuangbanna to worship Buddha. There are white peacocks in the main Buddhist temple.
Travel tips
1) What does Xishuangbanna eat? Where to eat?
Mainly eat Dai flavor and Thai flavor.
Dai flavor mainly includes Dai barbecue, Dai afternoon tea, peacock banquet, chng series, lemon grass, lemon grilled fish and so on.
In addition to many barbecue shops in the night market, Dai Jia mainly recommends a shop that has been cooking roast chicken. Dozens of chickens are roasted together, which makes people feel appetizing.
Besides roast chicken, they will also eat some barbecues and local specialties (fried tofu sticks, fried beef heart tubes, etc.). ) In Banna.
Everybody's fine. It is worth eating.
Wearing afternoon tea is also worth experiencing.
Normal afternoon tea should be mostly desserts, but the afternoon tea worn is sour and refreshing. For example, there is a mixed mango, which is salty and spicy, but it tastes inexplicably good.
Crowne Plaza Hotel provides afternoon tea.
Chng series is really delicious, such as chicken feet, potatoes, and rice rolls.
The so-called fermentation, put all kinds of spices, garlic, herbs, peppers, fried peanuts and so on. Ferment in a stone mortar. Take chicken feet as an example. Chicken feet are spicy and sour, with the flavor of various spices and herbs.
Peacock banquet is also one of the local delicacies, which is more suitable if there are many people.
In fact, it was a table of Dai food, which later became the shape of a peacock. It is not very delicious, but it is an interesting food.
For more food strategies, my sister wrote an article before the end of the month. You can read it.
There are also old iced coffees all over the street, all in paper bags (nylon bags inside). The weather is very hot. Drinking some ice every day will be especially refreshing.
2) Off-season in Xishuangbanna
Xishuangbanna has only dry season and rainy season. The dry season is June 1 1 to April of the following year, and the rainy season is May to June 10. It used to be light from April to June and 9- 10 every year, but this year is completely different. When I went in April, the room was full of Mandarin, which was really exaggerated.
Although it rains in July and August in summer, it must be very prosperous. It's11-February, and Xishuangbanna is like summer all year round.
3) Where else can I play online in Xishuangbanna?
Belonging to the southern line of Yunnan, you can play Pu 'er, Lincang and Lancang. I suggest Pu 'er. It doesn't take two hours to drive from Banna to Pu 'er.
Yao, who produces tea in Yunnan, is worth a visit.
4) Recommended itinerary
1, go to Banna, eat, drink and have fun at the starlight night market at night.
2. The next day, a one-day tour of the city (chartered car, Didi), Man Ting Park, Big Buddha Temple, Big Buddha Temple and Shwedagon Pagoda. Watch Dai's performance in the evening and then go to the riverside night market.
3. East Line, Manfeilong, Botanical Garden of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wangtianshu. Continue the starlight night market in the evening.
On the fourth day, the northern line or the western line won two games.
On the fifth day, return trip.
Banna will definitely become more and more popular this year.
There is only one place in China that can perfectly replace Southeast Asia, and that is Xishuangbanna. The high-speed train from Kunming to Banna is also about to open to traffic. At present, the biggest problem in Banna is traffic. You can only go by plane, but there are few cities that can fly directly to Banna. Most of them have to transfer to Kunming.
Once the high-speed rail is open to traffic, it will be more convenient to go to Banna from Kunming. It is estimated that by then, Banna's tourism will continue to be hot.