Tianyuan Divine Art

Xishuangbanna is located at the southernmost tip of southern Yunnan. It is connected with Laos and Myanmar, and is close to Thailand and Vietnam. The ancient Dai language is "Mengbalanasi", which means "ideal and magical paradise".

It is famous all over the world for its magical tropical rainforest natural landscape and ethnic customs. She is beautiful, rich and magical, like a bright pearl inlaid in the southwestern border of China. The Lancang River runs through the north and south. After leaving the country, it is called the Mekong River and flows through Myanmar After five countries, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam flow into the Pacific Ocean, it is known as the "Oriental Danube".

The scenic spot includes Jinghong City Scenic Area, Menghai County Scenic Area, and Mengla County Scenic Area. There are several scenic spots in each block, with a total area of ​​more than 200 square kilometers.

The mountains in the area are rolling and undulating, and the Lancang River and its tributaries run through the whole area. Due to the influence of the southwest and southeast monsoons, it forms a high temperature and rainy climate. The people living here are mainly Dai people, including Jingpo, Hani, Brown, Jinuo, Lahu, Yao, Han and many other ethnic groups are inhabited by peacocks, Asian elephants, gibbons and other rare birds and animals. There are vast tropical rainforests and many rare, ancient, peculiar and endangered Xishuangbanna unique unique flowers and plants.

In the primeval forest of the scenic spot, there are about 2 square kilometers growing thousands of plants, including the rare celestial wood from the Ice 11 period, the old banyan tree, the hard iron wood, the strange dragon blood tree, the beautiful Deng wood and so on.

Thanks to the unique conditions, Xishuangbanna has won the reputation of "Kingdom of Plants", "Kingdom of Animals", "Hometown of Peacocks" and "Elephant Paradise" for its charming subtropical scenery,

The combination of rich animal and plant resources and ancient and rich ethnic customs has made Xishuangbanna a national key nature reserve and scenic spot well-known both at home and abroad.

The landscape is dominated by colorful ethnic culture and ethnic customs, with green mountains and green waters everywhere, lush and famous for its beauty and richness.

Laili is nearly 1300 kilometers away from Xishuangbanna. If you take a car, it will take about a day and a night. But Ye Lingtian will definitely not waste time on the boring journey. After Liang Feiyang and Qi Junpeng got on the bus bound for Mangshi, he took Liang Xiaoxue flew into the air, and arrived in the sky above Jinghong City in just over half an hour.

Seeing the endless primeval forest under his feet, Ye Lingtian also felt a little worried. He groaned for a long time before looking at Liang Xiaoxue at the side, and asked softly, "Have you been to Xishuangbanna before?" Liang Xiaoxue shook her head and said: "No, it's my first time here too, and it's because I haven't been here before that I want to take a look."

Ye Lingtian thought for a while, and said helplessly: "Xishuangbanna is too big, and those who are aimless don't know where to go, so let's find a guide in the urban area first.

Jinghong, which means "City of Dawn" in Dai language, houses and buildings in the urban area are mostly full of strong Dai country style. The roads are lined with tall palm trees and other tropical trees, and the whole city gives people a very clean and clean feeling.

Ye Lingtian and Liang Xiaoxue walked directly into a star-rated hotel and asked the service lady at the front desk about the tour guide after they got a suite. Since Ye Lingtian had already opened a room in the hotel, the service lady was also very enthusiastic, so she immediately called to help He hooks up.

But before the lady at the front desk got in touch, a middle-aged man in his forties suddenly appeared next to him, with a strong body, thick eyebrows and big eyes. He approached cautiously and asked, "Excuse me, are you looking for a tour guide?" Ye Lingtian took a look at the middle-aged man, nodded for a moment and said, "Yes, the two of us want to visit Xishuangbanna, but we don't want to be with those tour groups, so we want to find a guide who is familiar with Xishuangbanna." The middle-aged man Glancing at Ye Lingtian, Ai Ai immediately said: "My name is Liao Zhong, and I am a local here. I am familiar with all the scenic spots in Xishuangbanna, and I know the way to some places that tour groups don't go. If you don't, please invite me, I promise. Let you appreciate the real style of Xishuangbanna, and you can pay as you see fit.” Ye Lingtian thought for a while, then exchanged glances with Liang Xiaoxue and said, “Okay, please be our guide!”

Liao Zhong grinned honestly and said, "Wait a minute, I'll borrow a car." His speed was so fast that Ye Lingtian and Liang Xiaoxue saw him in the rest area before they finished their cup of coffee. He hurried in, and asked with a smile, "Where are you going to go first?" Ye Lingtian looked up at him, and said with a smile, "You are not a tour guide, why should you introduce Jinghong to us first?" The main attractions!" Liao Zhong was taken aback for a moment, then rubbed his hands together, and said with a dry smile: "I'm sorry, I forgot that this is your first visit. The main attractions in Jinghong are as follows. It is the Dai Minority Garden, Manting Park, Ethnic Customs Garden, Xishuangbanna Tropical Plant Flower Garden, Primitive Forest Park, Mengla Wangtian Tree, Olive Dam, Jinuo Village, Wild Elephant Valley, Peacock Lake, etc." "Liao Zhong Brother, when will this year's Songkran Festival start and where will it be held?" Liang Xiaoxue suddenly interrupted and asked.

Liao Zhong introduced with a smile: "This year's Water-Splashing Festival will start in four days. As long as you are a Dai people, you can splash water no matter in the village or on the street, but the most lively place is in the Dai Garden!"

Liang Xiaoxue tilted her head and thought for a while, looked at Ye Lingtian and smiled and said, "Why don't you let brother Liao Zhong arrange it for us, as long as you can come back to participate in the Water-Splashing Festival in the Dai Nationality Park in four days." I didn't care much about it at first, but I came to Xishuangbanna this time to accompany Liang Xiaoxue to take a look. Now that I saw her saying that, I nodded and smiled immediately: "Okay,

That's it, Liao Zhong, where do you say to go first, we will listen to you. "

Liao Zhong thought for a while, and said, "Why don't we go to Olive Dam Dai Village to experience the ethnic customs first?" Ye Lingtian nodded without thinking, "Okay, then go to Olive Dam, let's go!" On the way to the dam, Liao Zhong drove a newly borrowed Mitsubishi off-road vehicle, while introducing to Ye Lingtian and Liang Xiaoxue the scenery of Olive Dam and the customs and taboos of the Dai people.

Olive Dam is located in the lower reaches of the Lancang River, only 40 kilometers away from Jinghong City.

Olive Dam is a small basin of [-] to [-] square kilometers, with the Lancang River passing through the center.

Olive Dam is only 530 meters above sea level, which is the lowest place in Xishuangbanna and the hottest place.

However, this hot climate also brings abundant products to Olive Dam, such as coconut, betel nut, banana, mango, lychee, carambola, pineapple mi, passion fruit, etc. In addition to fresh fruit, Olive Dam also produces a large amount of preserved fruit. .

People compare Olive Dam to the tail of a peacock with its wings open—it is colorful, and Olive Dam is full of beautiful and rich Dai villages, just like the shining hua spots on the peacock's tail.

No matter which Hanzi you walk into, you will see typical Burmese pagodas and traditional Dai bamboo houses.

The village is surrounded by iron sword trees, also known as the sword tree, which grows again and again after being cut down.The Dai people pay great attention to the protection of the natural environment. They planted this kind of iron sword tree around Saizi as firewood to protect the local forest resources.

"The olive dam is in front." Liao Zhong stretched out his finger and said, "The main residents in this area are basically the Dai people. Their living habits are different from ours. When you get here, you have to do as the Romans do. They call men "mao deli" and women "sao deli" women are beautiful and they don't say they are beautiful, they say this woman is sao." "Huh?" Liang Xiaoxue She glanced at Liao Zhong in surprise, she would never have thought that "sao, this not very elegant word would be used by the Dai people to describe the beauty of a woman.

Liao Zhong understood why Liang Xiaoxue was exclaiming, and ignored her. He glanced at Ye Lingtian and said with a smile: "Dai people have three things to pay attention to when entering the door. First, take off your shoes, second, and third, don't look at them. First, take off your shoes when you enter the door. Second, you should take off your shoes." Mo their lucky pillars, three don’t look at the bedroom of the owner’s house. The bedroom is not allowed to be peeped by outsiders. The past custom stipulates that if the owner finds that outsiders are peeping into the owner’s bedroom, the man will be the owner’s son-in-law, or Go to the master's house to do hard work for three years, even the female guests have to serve in the master's house for three years." Speaking of which, Liao Zhong gave Liang Xiaoxue a mysterious look, and continued to Ye Lingtian: "They live in the Bamboo houses usually live on the second floor, so they have a habit of poking bamboo houses, that is, "cat deli" like you, if you fancy a "sao deli", you can go and poke her bamboo at night floor, then you can enjoy it once.When you poke the bamboo building, you have to be careful not to poke the old "sao deli, otherwise it will be troublesome, but I think it seems that the cat deli who came with [police] like you is not very good. Convenient! "

Hearing Liao Zhong's words, Liang Xiaoxue blushed suddenly, glanced at Ye Lingtian shyly and lowered her head slightly.

"Dai people are superior to men and women. They marry a man but not a woman. If they give birth to a girl, they are regarded as treasures. If they give birth to a boy, they are regarded as losing money. And if a man gets married, he must first work in the woman's house for three years. Hard work, but a knowledgeable and cultured "cat deli" like you doesn't need to do hard work, just go to school to teach for a year and a half. "Liao Zhong didn't pay attention to the reaction of the two, and continued to introduce while driving.

"Uh..." Ye Lingtian was speechless, why did Liao Zhong always use him as a metaphor? Fortunately, he arrived at a village after a while, and when he saw a car driving in, a large group of men and women in Dai costumes rushed out of the village, They warmly invited Ye Lingtian and the others to visit their home.

Ye Lingtian remembered Liao Zhong's words, he didn't dare to go to those young women's homes, if he accidentally broke the taboo of the Dai people, he would be in trouble.

Glancing at the crowd, Ye Lingtian saw an old man in his 70s with kind eyes standing in front of him on the left. Ye Lingtian hurriedly smiled and said, "Grandpa, can you take us to your house?"

"Guests from afar, welcome to the Dai family's cottage!" The old man chuckled, and turned to a [-]-year-old man with a red cloth on his head, embroidered with some patterns that few people could understand. Wearing a red and blue dress with her belly button exposed, the very juicy and beautiful "Sao Li" said: "Yuxiang, bring the three guests home! ""Grandpa, I know!" "The "sao" smiled lightly, showing two rows of white teeth, and said charmingly to Ye Lingtian and the three of them: "You follow me!"

Seeing that Ye Lingtian had already chosen the host, the others clapped their hands and smiled and dispersed, but Ye Lingtian was stunned at the moment, several huge black lines had already appeared on his forehead. I thought it would be fine to choose an old man's house, but I never thought that this old man would have such a beautiful granddaughter!

But the choice has been made at this moment, so you can't go back on your word, or the host will think you look down on their family, and the trouble will be even bigger then!

Glancing at Liang Xiaoxue, but seeing her smirk, he had to laugh twice, and followed the "sao's gift" bitterly, and walked to the center of the village. .