Near Lugu Lake, lingering in my mind is its beauty and mystery of Moso tribe. The book said it was a daughter of the original country, has maintained the custom of marriage to go, adding that Mosuo girl began walking from the 13-year-old marriage, they usually have a few 3-year-old former partner, while in the three-year-old When will stabilize the formation of regular partner. They then open market? It was a kind of society? I harbored curiosity to get close to her.
We lived in the village fell into the water, placement good luggage, he went by Zhu Caochuan, it is a long, narrow ship. Today, few guests, many of the boatmen Lanlansansan lying on board. Our boatman was two Moso tribe young man, in front of the helm is a very shy boy, the latter is clearly on the lively lot. We asked him to sing do? Come in handy, he began to call out one up. Lake very close to singing in the lake, From far far away. Mosuo boy sang love songs, where we often hear in the lyrics "do Damien," I asked him what this means, he said, "That's why I love you." Looked at the young man said to myself, "he do tonight is going to take the marriage?."
Center of the lake on the island, turned and could not help but wonder, "is such a beautiful lake!." Orchids Orchids in the lake, the boat gently slip a few leaves break calm lake, the ship long after Tuoqi Watermark. Mosuo people dress for the beautiful lake dotted with orchids on the point of red, a little yellow, a little blue. Even if it is a bad photographer, will be filming here under the beautiful photos. Pro disembark when the young man rowing down exhort us half an hour. However, one on the island, looking at the immediate scene, has long time was up. When we returned to the ship, boy that can not be around the island, and must go back, because the mountain side of the storm clouds that have begun to focus on, it is there was a heavy rain. Orchids in turn look back at just the calm lake has begun to change, blue to gray, while the water began rising mist. Rain began to sporadic for the next up. Lugu Lake The weather is changing day 8. After landing, we roast mutton, drinking beer, good uncomfortable.
Bonfire night party is not thought so good, has become a tourist program. Out a bonfire party, companion to go to the Internet, I think I should also take a look at the outside world these days what happened, he went to a bar together. Bar, sat in twos and threes more visitors, I will randomly looking through the books here. A book on the social system Mosuo people book attracted me, this is a sociology researcher in depth through the years, this group, and the completion of a scholarly book, read some boring.
The book describes the Moso tribe choose "walking marriage," the history of the origin, the earliest time because of poverty, the man's family had no money to marry, thus Moso tribe in private practice "men are not married, women do not marry", but then slowly open of. Also regardless of the local chieftain. This will form a non-governmental "Walking marriage", toast the system is still married. Same time, because here, as part of a man to study classical studies, part of the caravan to go out to do, a lot of men out of time, and thus encourage them to choose "walking marriage." In such a matrilineal group, the absence of sister--laws such as the conflict between the mother of the blood through the entire family together to form a very stable social relations. So that they can choose to get married in today's circumstances, they still choose "walking marriage." The original form of their society and we are the same, but the composition of families in different ways, not just my mind imagined that his daughter lived a primitive tribal life in the country. Bars, yogurt is by far the best I drink, the thick, savory, and so this yogurt, Mosuo people's stories and this bar will remain in my memory of.
Get up early the next day, because today there are elderly people to be out of the village burial. There is no specific time for the ceremony, the sun comes out, blasting the village, it would be concentrated there. The elderly are dying old grandmother, and we see the coffin, he saw the entrance there is a similar hall furnishings like the above place a variety of costumes. Out the coffin, when there are three similar characters, like the shaman doing French, the children kneel in the courtyard where the word, the coffin to go out from their heads through. Understand is that the coffin is small, not so much as it is a box coffin. Later, Darma told us that Mosuo who Ruguan is Buguo into the baby-like, they said that people like this come from the mother's body, but also this way. Mosuo people is the implementation of cremation, in the French lama done after the fire ignited by the monks. Darma told us that his grandmother died with her lover's death twin appointment in 1 week and 1 hour, her daughter was cry and said she had told his father let him on the road waiting for you. This is how an unchangeable love story, but also taking place in this marriage the daughter of country?
Lugu Lake, as early morning quiet, Gehm goddess mountain serenity of lying there, like a loving mother protecting the Bay, a lake and live here, people. The East, the sun pierced the clouds illuminates the lake, facing the quiet lake and I quietly used the phrase "Lugu Lake, early."
Morning we go to another village - "residents in the village," where the scenery is said to even more beautiful. When the car is still hovering on the mountain, we have seen that faint green lake. Requirements we can not wait to get off to get close to her. Insight clean water, green and faint elephant mounted on the foot of a mountain goddess Gehm emerald. Zhu Ziqing heart just think of the "Green" and "Heart of the green and sway with the body of water. And that intoxicating green呀... ...." Unfortunately, Zhu Zi-qing, I do not want to come here, otherwise I do not know how much to leave behind a masterpiece. The sun rises, we go from different angles to capture the beautiful lake. Residents in the village is also still in development, is going in for large. Tired of the election will be a bar to stop the point of copies of "glutinous rice tea", you can quietly enjoy the hours of the morning sun, a few posts and a few chairs, two lazy dogs lying in the sun there. Let me here what a waste of time bar.
Dammar lunch prepared for us to their home & Deli, but it is the best we have eaten the past few days. After lunch, dammar warmly invited us to sit at home. Dammar first presented to our highland barley wine, the wine is very strong entry, but the drink has a very good taste. Dammar first introduced to their room, room of the Central is the fire, the fire eternal throughout the year, the family meal, cook burned all here. There is fire on the shelves, the daily food will leave some on top. The left side of the fire is the grandmother's bed. Mosuo people are implementing the system Fencan day, everyone from the hostess, the food sub-family, work and more a little more, work less less modest. Mistress is the family's pillar, dammar very capable, and therefore the time in her 16-year-old had to replace her mother became the hostess of the family. In the central hall there are two columns, which is the same tree two pillars, on behalf of women, the root part of the upper half for men. Strong roots, the trunk will be able to flourish in the family will be able to prosperity.
Dammar the story began to talk about her own, she said that she and her lover's life is the relationship between lovers, complete with emotional as a link, there is no economic interests, they had a son, three years old this year. She said that you all know that we can take the 13-year-old marriage, but we also have love to go before the marriage process. I and my wife grew up together, when we go to determine when the marriage relationship, the old grandmother would tell us that you have chosen together, we must respect each other and give each other space to maintain a certain distance, everyone will make mistakes, to mutual tolerance. Feeling to do it slowly, Do not worry. A time when the tourism industry came to Lugu Lake, the old grandmother to see kiss a bustling lakeside after the youth told us, "You look very affectionate with them today, but tomorrow will be together? Feeling to do it slowly . "
Darma said that I and the wife will also have conflicts between, there are contradictions he can not come a few days, we then figured out the problem together. I do not speak between love endures for ever, we only discuss together how to have a good today, tomorrow, who do not know. I also have a boy like me, love is the same. We Mosuo people are very fond of his wife has been a lot of people like, so also the glory of their own. But we all have their own moral standards, I do not have to interfere with a lot of people love Mosuo view is simple.
The tourism industry is suddenly came to Lugu Lake, and we do not have some preparation. Some tourists who come to ask us before, "Do you have a few father?" "Are you willing to go with my marriage" and so on. As the Chinese inexperienced, we do not know how to express the old grandmother says that he said to them, "is not it." Do not control how they think we Mosuo people still had our own simple life.
Dammar listen quietly talking to her story, I am amazed that we are pursuing the love situation was given the simple narrative reveals dammar years, actually exist in the Mosuo people away from the city's Lugu Lake River. We are the number of emotional pain that world, how many points here, separated from the actually resolved. "Simple, distance, understanding, tolerance" to the moisture of love space, where the presence of love. Darma said that a funeral this morning the old grandmother with her lover's death is only a week away from zero for one hour, in our examples here, many, many, life-long accompanied by. I would like to partner may not be able to experience all the Darma said all, "simple, quiet," and only those who have experienced their love lives in order to understand this difficult period in between.
Departure Tam when I asked you not worried about the future, dammar your child will be affected by outside influences, dammar hearty laugh, she said, "In fact, I hope my son go out and go out, he can see the outside the world, and perhaps one day will be affected by the outside world affect us then. " I am amazed at a regular Moso tribe open, such a nation is full of vigor.
Car in the winding mountain road circling the lake from different angles appear in our line of sight, but farther and farther. She lay there quiet serenity, accompanied by her daughter country's people are simple and rustic life, nourished, where they love. I really want to stay for a while ... ...
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