Experience of ethnic minorities in Yunnan, Zhao Qin ceremony
To Xishuangbanna tourism, are generally required to go to a primeval forest park, into the park after going to the switch to the park station wagon. The first stop was to reach an ethnic minority villages, into the Village had a cable when the first bridge, before there Zhaoqin performances heard in the bridge when we realized that men could take tens of yuan. However, also in the newspapers, see the relevant departments in Yunnan answer complaints from tourists, saying that the peoples concerned, marriage customs activities are voluntary visitors, and is not forced, so it is not too concerned about. Encountered in the iron chain bridge in the village just out of a group of women tourists, with a smile directed at us that they are in this group is good, more than men, vision also reveals a light air of disaster preparedness music. We also understand its meaning, thought not to participate also withdrawn not go back.
As we enter Chai, a group of girls standing downstairs, greet us, meaning we can learn from them selected their desired girl. Of course, we did not dare to read more, just one person along a channel through the rush upstairs, just sat down, these girls Jiugen the ranks, find the tourists one-man, a lady gave me neck hang on a gourd, it downstairs. A staff member describes the situation, perhaps we should go down to visit. I am afraid the lady recognized me, and I hoist went into hiding after the hide in a corner downstairs, when she also came up gang, the girl in the crowd effortlessly find me, and I said "You look for someone else bar," she said, "I fancy you," and pulled me to the front row seat, evidently spent this money can not be right and wrong, and tourists were all women gloat over and smiling. At this time, next to the girl to tell me about the ceremony, and prompts that you want to go to some expense in a moment. Then leads to our bamboo house, covered with the veil of their own, let us take them back or hold into the bamboo house, give each groom a fruit sugar, and soon the ceremony is over. Moderator declared that "the groom to the bride a gift," a man seated tasikmalaya quickly come up with Zhang hundred votes in front of everybody's face to the bride and groom have the other to 100, and most is to give 50, only one old man to the 20 yuan. Take the money, the girl said to me, very politely, "you costly of."
It was not voluntary, then, until now, the first one give money also suspect that the man is a child care, because he pays for the speed too fast. Later on, we are told that these girls are the order, following the order take aim, male visitors (which may be to prevent the looting wealthy fight), there are several male tourists come in, just up a few girls, if the male tourists insist on not to participate in The event, at the outset not to accept the Gourd (but who knows), which are still standing in the front after the girl down the stairs.
This is 50 yuan for money really upset, and I say to himself, "do nothing, spent 50 dollars", the regiment woman joked, "You want to do?."
Therefore, I advise men who do not want to spend money, to here, into this iron chain bridge is best not to in the past before. In other places, When I see a few girls standing upstairs, you'd better not upstairs.
This is our journey has just begun in Yunnan encountered a minor matter, in a later trip, the regiment's men every one attraction before they are ready to remind each other better than 50 yuan (my regiment also has a person who does not change for the to pay 100 million), and fortunately, in Xishuangbanna during the period, similar to the money we have spent only once. But in the future, Dali, Lijiang tour to, we have been in a similar situation to beware of the tense state of mind, also how much influence the mood of tourism, there is a members for fear of further "Ai Zai" in the cruise tour on Erhai Lake with free Tea of Bai three performances have not read, and afterwards did not know Zhaoqin activities, everyone sorry for the tourists.
After we analyze the effect of Yunnan why should such activities and in other developed regions would not pursue the reasons for this, some people say that only in relatively backward areas in this form will only earn money from tourists engage in such activities on the to promote tourism and economic development of Yunnan will play little role in it. For me, though this is more than 6000 yuan Hua Xiao Yunnan trip in a small part of, but it greatly affected the tourism in the mood, in Yunnan tourism, have always beware again Zhaoqin
Author: bird of paradise turn