"Woman of the world, a man's paradise", which is the lake jokingly, that is famously the daughter of country location. Sticking to Lishui Xiushan people, mountains and rivers plants, and even more extraordinary charm, but still retains some relic of the Mosuo matriarchal style, romantic and bizarre, "Assia walking marriage", but also adding to the Lugu Lake a number of fascinating colors.
200 kilometers away from Lijiang, Lugu Lake, followed a mountain on the way need to climb six mountains, and the curved mountain circled very thrilling, drivers slightest negligence or lack of skills and life will not be Paul. Fortunately, picturesque along the way, diverted our tension.
The 200 km of the way to go through a lot of the Yi village. When entering the village, I found a strange phenomenon, obviously a very good road conditions, drivers are always drive at a speed of 20 km, curious, and asked why the opening was so slow. He gave us an experienced things. He just began to run when the lake this route, once the normal speed of traffic through a Yi village, suddenly sprang in front of a pig, too late to brake, the piglets crushed to death, and immediately surrounded by a group of Yi people up, saying that 500 does not leave money, not even think about go, the result is of course money to leave to stay.
We are in the car endured five hours left hit the right Hoang, East Britain West toss, and finally reached the lake. Standing on the viewing platform, overlooking the lake, all of them will not help but exclaim: too beautiful! So beautiful! There are too many blue under the sun, but I have never seen this piece of blue than in front of more people to revel: the lake was calm, like a big blue silk, the United States like a block of Sapphire! Whole body fatigue, malaise, and discomfort, suddenly disappeared without a trace. "Cijing should only be the sky, earth and that too several times, see" suddenly jumped out of the mouth.
Down the viewing platform, heading straight for the village fell into the water, could not wait to get on the unique Moso Zhu Caochuan lake. Today is a big sunny, blue sky and white clouds, silhouetted lake, Shuitianyise, strange and beautiful sight.
Our beautiful lakes and mountains while enjoying the lake while the lake to boating boatman about folk customs and ways. He said: Lugu Lake, Mosuo people known as the "Chaine microphone", "Chaine", which means a large water, "microphone", there are female, mother, and other negative meaning, namely, to link women Lake, Lake of the mother Italy. The lake area of 50 square kilometers, the average lake 45 meters deep, the deepest 93 meters, clear blue lake, maximum visibility of 12 meters, is China's deepest freshwater lake, is one of the so far rare in the world virgin uncontaminated lake .
In the Lugu Lake, the United States is the feminine beauty, everything is negative, the mountain is the mother mountain, lake is the mother lake, God is the goddess, head of the family is the hostess, the family's future also belongs to girls.
Mosuo people to make colorful patterns of human matriarchal marriage, that men do not marry, women do not marry. Popular Mosuo people in the "Assia walking marriage" to intelligence-based, free association, discrete random. Marriage between men and women take the stage with each other as "Asha", "A column", as our "wife", "husband." Some people joked that Mosuo people's "walking marriage" is the night, "touch" up into the morning, and then "shrink" the out. If either no longer willing to keep walking marriage relationship, the woman behind closed doors is not satisfied, the man is no longer door, relationships can be lifted. I asked an A column, in Assia and his understanding of how long before they begin to take marriage, and replied that three years is, indeed, to my surprise is not small, he let me take a new understanding of marriage. Go of their traditional marriage, not as random as we imagine, the actual is also a very serious matter. Like Mosuo people speak their own, as though their marriage laws to restrict non-compliance, but to rely on moral restraint.
"Assia marriage" by a woman raising children born, all the mother's door, follow the mother's surname, from the family of the mother, uncle and aunt common upbringing. Children and the father is not in a family, their property, life without necessarily related. "Ah-chu" in productive labor and material life to give a "Assia" necessary care, with children often visit and help to consciously assume a certain degree of support obligations. Therefore Mosuo man, he is with his considerable energy to a co-parenting sister nephew, while also a portion of energy to help Assia raising their own children. Own children grow up, but also for his father to do certain maintenance obligations, father's death should attend funerals. There is room in the old grandmother, a door, which is "death room", that is, delivery room and the morgue, Mosuo people refuses to re-born again, my birthday is the day his mother suffering, so never asked, identity is also random write day. Mosuo people died, will have to be a solemn funeral. The greatest grandmother in the home, the old grandmother's bed is safe, storage boxes, all the valuables are inside, open it needs to lift the entire bed board.
Mosuo people are very respected dog, and dogs live in harmony. They have a legend: the original life expectancy is only 13 years, while a dog's life expectancy of 60 years, were not met, the exchange of requests and the dog, the dog promised, but there is a quid pro quo, people must be a lifetime dog. Therefore, the Mosuo people never beats a dog, but do not eat dog meat.
Night we took part in the Moso people's bonfire party, about 200 square meters of open-air wherever he goes, which lit bonfires, a piper in the middle of Mosuo guy quoted song, dozens of girls and the guy was wearing a bright Mosuo ethnic clothing, hand - handle singing and dancing around the bonfire. More than 1000 tourists who played with the Mosuo jump, emotional and crowded. Yunnan dance called the "fight-hop," Moso "playing jump" movement controlled by a small group leader was changing, but the basic melody of the music there is not much change, but small group Moso significant steps and filled with the uninhibited warm, deeply moved by everyone, many visitors joined involuntarily, into this passion unrestrained event. After the show, only to hear a lot of tourists Xing-not entirely, is still hum: small-Mei, small-Mei, Ma pyridaben microphones, Mary pyridaben microphones (love, meaning auspicious).
After reading a bonfire, eat supper, taste wine Mosuo people's Sullivan Mary and "Zhu Biaorou." All the way to find, Hu Wen, "midnight snack and do? Price concessions," and saw a teenage-Mei, handsome face, and her cries, but the same plain. Out of curiosity, seated in her restaurant and saw the shop signs that read, "A Haba啦", asked her "A Haba啦," What do you mean, she timidly answered yes good luck. We started talking while eating side, and asked what she was called, how old, she was timid and a bit of a smile replied: called Faiyum Namu, 17-year-old. Our curiosity does not stop there and continue to ask: Do you have your own "Xiulou"? Faiyum Namu suddenly become very shy and said: "No, my sister slept in a room" "Why not have their own Xiulou?" We continue to chase, she said: "We usually go to 20-year-old was only after will have its own Xiulou. "pairs of Moso women is concerned, once they have their own Xiulou, which means she can go a marriage.
I asked her who shot one of our three supper photo, she has an excited and nervous, I explain how to use while listening to one side his mouth toot Nongnong of "I will not do Yeah, I would not呀. "Look at excitement and novelty, I believe she most likely had never touched a camera.
Eating supper, back to our stay at the "Mosuo style garden" door, I suddenly looked up subconsciously days, Wat Sai! Really has a big surprise, the sky the stars are countless more Deshu, they are as splendid as dazzling diamonds winked to us, it seems that the whole universe the stars are gathered here, and away from us is so near, We recognized the "Big Dipper", "Polaris," "Bear Constellation," and even "Galaxy"! Crazy like us looked up 1 hour Unfortunately, too little understanding. Her daughter said, grow to such a large, had never seen the Big Dipper. At night, the daughter deliberately did not pull curtains, to the number of stars lying in bed.
The next morning wake up at 6 o'clock has been seen outside the sky was bright, quickly got up and down the stairs, the sun has been slightly exposed a Crescent Moon. Fortunately, did not miss the opportunity, we have the lake to enjoy the most beautiful sunrise. It was so early in the morning, believe it has been drunk once, started the day a good mood. Watching the sunrise, we went to the "A Haba啦" to eat breakfast. Met Faiyum Namu's older sister (actually cousin) and his older sister's daughter, and Aunt (cousin's mother), three generations of mother and daughter live in a family.
Farewell before the Faiyum Namu want to write down the name and mailing address, and she said no. Her eldest sister, said she did not like school, do not read had several book from heaven. Although there is no culture here, women still lead a man, but if the culture, I believe she should be happier in the future. Heart with a trace of regret, and Faiyum Namu and her family waved goodbye.
Lugu Lake Tour with the way thrilling start to the day exciting, came to an end.
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