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Yunnan is known as Caiyunzhinan. It not only geographically, the snow-mountain glaciers, another beautiful and magical tropical rainforest, there are seasons like spring in Kunming, another, like Dali, Lijiang, built the historic city such as water. 25 ethnic minorities, with their way of life and strange customs, it is a temptation.

To Xishuangbanna go a long time ago one of my dreams. But not in person to live in a bamboo house where Dai, and their living together, then it is difficult to experience its unique atmosphere.

Mengla to eat baked fish

Kunming, Xishuangbanna, the aircraft flew just over 40 minutes, we arrived at the capital of Jinghong in Xishuangbanna. Apart from having road on both sides of the broad-leaved plants, do not feel that the characteristics of the Dai style, in order to better understand the Dai people's real lives of the plane, we boarded a taxi arrived at coach station, bought a Chang to mengla of tickets.

Out of the city near the road on both sides began to lush tropical jungle, along the way cars seem to travel through the green corridor. The whole car is only four or five individuals, but the bus's departure time and did not delay; the city to bring people's tension and stress fade quietly, a person sitting in the car, and my heart calm exception, at this moment changed my mind too simple, anything can be like and what does not need to think.

After more than six hours, and finally reached the Xishuangbanna Mengla County, southeast of the city. Here, not far from the Laos is a national-level open ports, because to not is that too many people travel, Dai preserved the traditional customs and the relative integrity and purity.

Buildings and streetscape, and there is not much character; braved the rain, such as silk, I am a man walked slowly, as if aimlessly, seemingly interested in what to look for an understanding of what. A small street where several are operated Dai bamboo house specialty, the next a great deal of determination to go to taste. This is because prior to coming here to listen to a lot of friends said Dai dishes taste very special, first come is very difficult habit. The woman looked pretty busy the boss is busy, the side of the busy cooking to take care of business, but also kept the town to stay with the "People" to drink, I eat the rice, side and chat with the father of female business owners. He became a lifelong teacher, which is why the local historical allusion, have a better understanding of the people and culture. Dai rice not as a friend put it, to eat them is also easy to read, especially the taste of grilled fish is really beautiful, and until now to think of cheek teeth also Liuxiang!

Live in bamboo house Village

The next morning, boarded a bus went to a local tourist spot. There is a tree called Parashorea in the world, has also been listed as a protected species. Parashorea straight blue sky, high about 60 meters, a few years ago with funding from the United Nations in the trunk on the aerial cableway erected, visitors can shuttle in the above, each step is kept swinging back and forth, looking at the following tropical rain forests, both exotic adventure again, such experience, one must be called in China, according to someone speaking, in Asia, only two.

With the understanding of a tree in sight a few days back with the locals, and the roads braved heavy rain to the two majestic looked at Dai village, and there is not much feeling. Noon meal, they know that I think of Dai zhaili experience life, hastens to give me clues, but also to find a friend to take me down.

With a run-down Beijing Jeep to leave the county road on both sides of a Bambusa Multiplex clusters of green, wearing colorful Tongqun of Dai women in a golden paddy fields to play games like a sudden came to Xanadu.

Dai of China's National People's Congress are living in Yunnan Xishuangbanna. Their villages are mostly located in Pingba, River, Lake, a seat bamboo house nestles in the green bamboo jungle with bamboo as the material to build such a house, divided into upper and lower layers, both upstairs Gechao ventilated, also to avoid the poisonous snakes, the invasion of mosquitoes, suitable for human habitation. Downstairs can be used to keep livestock, storage of frequently used tools and debris. Looks like a peacock and butter, a huge green tent to cover up in the sky between.

When I came to Dai our guest, the warm hospitality of the Dai people, but also chickens, but also slaughtered fish, the best things out at home entertaining guests. Women are busy cooking, man of the house while smoking, while accompanying guests chatting. A moment later, Dai tasty meal on the table placed in bamboo strips on the table. Dai are many kinds of taste, useful steamed banana leaf wrapped pork, useful bamboo grip, or wrap tightly enclosed the fire with lemongrass roasted Rhizomys, as well as grilled fish, roasted bamboo shoots, chopped lettuce, etc. Some things I saw for the first time, let us Hisasumi cities not only satisfy their appetites, but also long exposure. Master bamboo house on the family's grandfather squatting on homemade cigar smoking, a ray of sun just shines on his wrinkled face, live Xiang Yizun statue.

Millet Tongqun playing in the water play Divertimento

In May, it was the millet harvest season, Dai zhaili of people regardless of someone's problems, are relying on relatives and friends to help. Mengla Township Man love the village of La on weekdays when the power station workers that morning in the village a few friends helped him to come back millet at noon by his guests, bought alcohol and tobacco and meat, from their own home ground picked vegetables, fish ponds where the fish is from their own fight, therefore, such a hearty meal nor how much money to spend. The afternoon helping his friend with the Bowen-year-old at home to fight millet, first mats spread on Gewan the land, the land became the threshing grounds, a man with homemade tools to cut off the millet rough play again the women were wearing colorful Tongqun, waved a wooden hammer and makes the name of millet, under the mountains against the background, that is, a carefully created Graffiti.

Dai people in the water there is naturally a sense of reverence, are generally built waterside village, Dai were the most solemn festival is Songkran, they built in the village drinking water from a God Inoue tower, tower decorated colorful body, is also studded with many small mirrors, in order to get divine protection. Tower will be well covered to prevent dust, debris falling into the well, Dai were even little children are also the impact of childhood by adults, from less than the well, playing, Dai people in ties with their love of water can be seen live evident.

Edge of the small river village, became the Dai people's paradise, the children inside all day playing with bubbles in the river, even the little monks, the village temple is no exception, it is rinsed in the river off the past with new vegetables and clothing. Whenever the evening, the village women would come to the river bathing, ordinary day wear colorful Tongqun, when one by one into a colorful "bathing cap" floating on the water, they are sometimes still in the water play Hee, relieved against the sunset, but showing a bit charming.

Self-cultivation secularization of life and death

Sat on a raft drifting in the river, watching the river, a clusters of bamboo, trees, and in front of all of this, like roaming on a national style in the picture years.

Dai village in Xishuangbanna, where will have a seat, large or small temples, they are advocating introduction of Theravada Buddhism from Burma over 1,000 years of history, and they said: "The person who during his lifetime is not charitable practice Buddhism, death is necessary in hell Lane suffered from suffering. " Therefore, the impact of such thinking deeply Dai people, very friendly people. Xishuangbanna, a man should be in the youth, as a monk, stockade where the boys to age seven or eight will enter the temple to learn to teach rules, little monks in the temple, Dai language learning, teaching rules and chanting, after several years of cultivation, They become bitter inter Moriyoshi, people who have received enlightenment. An adult, they can return to secular life married, and some studies continue to the temple. Stockade inside each take turns delivering meals for the monks who have encountered at the temple activities, each would come to help, its costs come from a variety of shared.

Dai and the most solemn Buddhist festival is the "closed-door Day" and the "open section", when people are Buddhist festival every 7 days to go once, the people inside the stockade along with some finishing first temple. Buddhist festival day, the days have just arrived at the temple on the bright people, young and old, light a candle lit incense, and worship prayers, pray for Buddha's blessing. Chanting of the monk to symbolize good fortune of water sprinkled on the believers of the body, so that everyone from the bottom of my heart be greatly satisfied.

The evening, singing and dancing of Dai girls, they gathered in the common bamboo house on the stone walkways. Here is used to meet on weekdays, they moved to sound, and accompanied by the beautiful sounds of music, dance Huan heartily. Children are always in front of crowd to Jiqu to watch the fun, all the stockade where the little monks, came to watch the scene one by one before his eyes attracted by a large age woman sitting behind the wooden bench, silently watching own daughter dance, whether it will recall that they had had a good time?

Dai, through the beautiful dancing girls, through the lights shaking, I saw the corner of the display in the bamboo house with a few newly made coffins, these are people inside the stockade anti-contingency and preparedness. Beating the immediate shadow, the strength of vigor and vitality, it is heartily enjoying the health of the happy, completely forgetting the shadow of death --- perhaps, between life and death is only a concept, precisely because there is fear of death, raw joy is so real, raw clip is so brilliant!

Author: little girl turn