The origin of "eighteen eccentrics in Yunnan"
The first strange bamboo tube as a tobacco pouch Yunnan is known as the "kingdom of plants", and bamboo resources are extremely rich. People use bamboo to build bamboo houses, weave bamboo hats and mats, and even use bamboo tubes to carry water, cook rice and cook vegetables, especially bamboo as a tobacco pouch. The smoke filtered in the water of the bamboo chimney not only keeps the mellow smell of dry tobacco, but also eliminates the scorching in the smoke, moistens the throat, and has the sound of purring. It can be said that smoking with it has sound, color and taste. The second strange egg is strung with grass and sold in Yunnan. The safety of goods in transit is always a difficult problem. Local people use straw to tie eggs into strings to sell, which not only solves the problem that eggs are easy to be damaged in transit, but also facilitates the fair valuation of buyers and sellers, and it is extremely convenient for children to cheat. The third strange straw hat when the pot cover is lush in Yunnan, people use these raw materials to weave curtains, hats, pot covers, hemp fiber and grass piers, as well as various unique handicrafts. Foreigners who come to Yunnan for the first time often mix straw hats with pot covers with similar shapes, mistakenly thinking that Yunnan people use straw hats as pot covers. A straw hat-like pot cover woven from grass has good heat preservation and ventilation functions because it absorbs moisture and no steam and water falls, which not only adds fragrance to steamed food, but also makes the food difficult to deteriorate in hot weather, so it is very practical. Fourth, it's not easy to keep fresh food because of the hot weather in Yunnan. Many people in Yunnan love stinky tofu, so they simply cover the freshly made tofu with straw for a few days until the long hair turns into stinky tofu, and then take it to the street to sell. It is said that when Emperor Kangxi tasted the stinky tofu in Yunnan in the Qing Dynasty, he was very happy and named it "Qingfang stinky tofu". As a result, tofu stalls in central Yunnan, southern Yunnan and western Yunnan are spread all over urban and rural areas. Stinky tofu can also be fried, fried, steamed or pickled into fermented bean curd, which is a unique local delicacy in Yunnan. The fifth strange vegetable complains that the climate in central and southern Yunnan is warm, the rain is abundant, the seasons are evergreen, and the green vegetables are endless all year round, so the vegetables called green vegetables in the mainland do not have the characteristics of identification, but take the taste as the identification standard. Therefore, slightly bitter vegetables are called bitter vegetables. The sixth strange rice Baba is called bait block. Yunnan is rich in rice. In order to carry dry food outside, Yunnan people knead steamed rice balls into cakes, which are called "bait blocks". Can be fried, boiled, fried, fried (see Yunnan snacks-rescue). The seventh strange thing is that the commodity economy in Yunnan was backward in the old days, and there were not many market transactions. The rural markets scattered all over the province were especially popular with barter transactions. Buyers and sellers rarely used scales, and agricultural products were sold in piles and bundles. Peanuts, broad beans and other agricultural products were no exception, and they were also sold in piles. The eighth strange three grasshoppers and one dish Yunnan people have very rich food sources. People not only eat the meat of different animals and a wide variety of wild vegetables, but also eat moss, bamboo worms, bee pupae and many wild mushrooms. Crispy and delicious fried grasshoppers are common dishes to go with wine. Because Yunnan grasshoppers are big, a few can be piled into a plate, so it is said that "three grasshoppers make a plate". The ninth strange straw rope as a belt In the past, Yunnan's economy was backward and the people lived in poverty. It was a very common phenomenon to use straw rope as a belt in rural areas. Now that the economy has developed and the people's living standards have been greatly improved, straw rope as a belt has long been a thing of the past. The tenth strange toe is exposed outside the shoes. The mountains in Yunnan are continuous, the mountains are high and the roads are dangerous, and the climate is warm. It is often necessary to sweat when climbing and running. Therefore, sandals with toes exposed and sandals made of cloth were once popular shoes for Yunnan people because of their coolness and convenience. The eleventh strange pine hair is twisted and sold in many trees in Yunnan. Yunnan pine is the most common, and the forest is covered with its fallen leaves. People twist these fallen leaves into loose hair, which is used to make a fire and cook rice, and also used to barbecue ducks, which has a unique flavor. Therefore, in the old urban and rural markets in Yunnan, the sight of pine wool twisted and sold can be seen everywhere, and this market scene still exists in individual county and township markets until now. The twelfth monster is that it rains here and basks in Yunnan's strange mountains and rivers, diverse and complex climate environment. "One mountain has four seasons, and ten miles of different days", "It rains heavily in front of the mountain, and it is sunny behind the mountain" is a very common natural sight. Especially in autumn, when it rains here and the sun shines there, it becomes a natural landscape in the mountains. The thirteenth strange girl is called the old lady. Yunnan has many nationalities and different customs. The mainland people call their wives and sisters young aunts, and in some places in Yunnan they are called "aunts and grandmothers". In the past, the marriage customs in Yunnan ethnic minority areas were colorful. Except for the note-taking marriage and robbing extramarital affairs, some ethnic groups prevailed in returning to their parents' homes after marriage, and when they had dolls, they left their husbands' homes. "Falling in love with dolls behind their backs" became a common sight. The fifteenth strange shoe has a piece of Yunnan women who are good at embroidering shoes. In order to facilitate wearing and taking off shoes, they often make a "shoehorn" behind the cloth shoes, and carefully embroider a flower on the shoehorn, which Yunnan people call "shoehorn". It is not only practical, but also decorative, making shoes more beautiful and unique. In many places in Yunnan, there is no heat in summer and no cold in winter, especially in Kunming, which is known as the "Spring City", with an average annual temperature of 15℃, a monthly maximum temperature of 21℃ and a monthly minimum temperature of 10℃ respectively. No matter which season is spring, summer, autumn and winter, men, women and children can be seen everywhere wearing colorful four-season clothes on the streets of Kunming. "Dressing in disorder in four seasons" is a major street scene in Kunming, which is different from the clothing of northerners. The seventeenth strange train is not as fast as a car. Before the quasi-gauge (gauge 1.435 meters) train appeared in Yunnan, the meter-gauge (gauge 1 meter) train was opened as early as 1910. However, due to the obstruction of mountains, rivers and valleys, the roads are rugged and difficult to travel, and the train speed is only 20 to 30 kilometers per hour, which can't be compared with the train speed in the mainland. In addition, Yunnan once had a slower inch-gauge (gauge 0.72 meters) train, and even people couldn't run uphill. In contrast, the speed of cars in Yunnan is faster than that of trains, and there are fewer detours on car roads than on train roads, so people go out to work in a hurry, and cars have become the first choice of transportation. The 18th strange train can't pass through the country, and it's difficult to pass through the mountains, valleys and deep roads in Yunnan. Although Wuchi Road was built in the Qin Dynasty more than 2,000 years ago, and the Yunnan-Vietnam railway from Kunming to coastal defense in Vietnam was built by the French in Yunnan at the end of the Qing Dynasty, until the 1950s, there was still no railway connecting Yunnan with the mainland, so we used to go in and out of Yunnan and take a detour around Vietnam. Even General Cai E, the commander-in-chief of Yunnan, who was famous for a while, could only sneak back to Yunnan from Vietnam by train in 1915 in order to oppose the restoration of Yuan Shikai as emperor. Therefore, the early trains did not pass through the country and abroad, which was called a strange thing. The eighteen eccentrics in Yunnan are the first in Yunnan. Eggs are bought with grass strings. Eggs are so packaged that they are not easily broken, and they are just like a strange work of art. The second monster in Yunnan, Baba cake is called bait block. Tamp it and bake it again, and the sauce is especially fragrant. This kind of convenient and delicious food is called "bait block". The third monster in Yunnan, three mosquitoes stir-fry dishes. In the grass ditch in the forest, the branches and leaves are lush, and the mosquitoes raised are extraordinary. The fourth monster in Yunnan, the stone grows beyond the sky. The scenery of the stone forest is absolutely beautiful in the world, and the uncanny workmanship is incredible. The fifth monster in Yunnan, took off his straw hat as a pot cover. A hat woven from grass not only covers the lid tightly, but also gives food a fragrance. The sixth monster in Yunnan, wearing clothes all the year round. The climate with constant temperature for many years has made people's clothes colorful. The seventh monster in Yunnan, there are many old ladies who are good at farming. The steep plateau has created hardworking and brave people of all ethnic groups, among which women are particularly capable. The eighth monster in Yunnan, bamboo tubes can be used as hookahs. This skill is quite scientific, which not only keeps the mellow aroma of dry tobacco, but also filters other impurities with water, and the sound is very pleasant, "thump, thump". The ninth monster in Yunnan, the pocket pony is capable. The native animals here are small, but they can carry and climb mountains, and their skills are extraordinary. The tenth monster in Yunnan, grasshoppers can be used as snacks should we have. Make the grasshopper delicious, fry it brown, open your mouth and bite it: "click-". Eleven eccentrics in Yunnan produce good melons and vegetables in all seasons. The fertile land and mild climate can produce any vegetables at almost any time. Twelve eccentrics in Yunnan, you can't sell good cigarettes when you see them. Yunnan people are proud of their first-class cigarettes, but they are also confused about not being able to buy them at their doorstep. Thirteen monsters in Yunnan, thatched grass sells well at home and abroad. Everything in the mountains is a treasure, and the reform and opening up have given them a new life. Yunnan 14 strange, the train is not as fast as the car. High mountains and dangerous roads often make modern means of transportation difficult to use. Yunnan fifteen monsters, dolls go out with men. It is fashionable for men here to love their wives and children, and "model husbands and excellent fathers" abound in the streets. Sixteen monsters in Yunnan, caves can compete with fairyland. The caves developed in recent years are bigger and more beautiful. Seventeen eccentrics in Yunnan, crossing the bridge rice noodles is loved by everyone. Boiling chicken soup with raw meat, lettuce and rice paste constitutes the most famous flavor in Yunnan: a kind of "thread" and "crossing the bridge rice noodles". Eighteen eccentrics in Yunnan, flowers bloom unbeaten in four seasons. Ah, beautiful Yunnan, the frontier of the motherland, flowers that bloom forever greet a brighter tomorrow!