On one section of the road, the left hand is a low mountain range, covered with dense forests, and the right hand is the Lancang River, which is known as the "Oriental Danube", because it is in the rainy season, the river is turbid and fast.
Walking along the river, the Lancang River seems to be accompanied by a grand symphony all the way. There are dense trees on both sides of the road, the crowns are almost closed, and vehicles pass between the green corridors.
it's definitely fun to drive and get excited.
I passed a Dai village halfway, and I offered to visit it. In a short time, a girl in a red Dai skirt came in waves. First, she folded her hands and gave us a Buddhist greeting. She introduced herself as Yuzhu, a Dai girl whistle, meaning an unmarried girl.
She called my daughter "Xiao Nong Ying", which means "little Dai girl", while I meant "Little Duo Li". My daughter lost no time in asking, "What about the boy?" It turns out that men are collectively referred to as "cats". My daughter suddenly realized: "There is a kind of sugar in our family, which is called Maoduoli!" " Sure enough, this candy is Banna's specialty!
On both sides of the narrow stone road, there are several diaojiao buildings, outside which are tall fruit trees with attractive fruits.
The poor children in the city thought that all fruits and vegetables grew on the shelves of the supermarket, and when they got here, they looked up and counted with ecstasy: "Mango!" "Bananas!" "Coconut!" "What is that? Oh! Papaya! " In a corner, my daughter picked up a ripe mango and held it in her hand like a baby.
Miss Yuzhu took me to visit her home. The so-called diaojiao building is to support a wooden house with a few thick pillars. Because of the long rainy season in Banna, the ground is wet, so there is no fence on the first floor for ventilation. No one lives on the first floor, which is used to raise livestock and pile up sundries.
Before going upstairs, Yuzhu told us to do as the Romans do, and the Dai family's style is "one takes off, two touches, three looks".
"take off" means to take off your shoes after going upstairs and entering the house.
We took off our shoes and went into Yuzhu's house. The light is not very good. Although it is only a big room with no partition, some corners are still dark. This is the living room where Dai family members get together and entertain guests. The kitchen is in a corner of the living room, and Yuzhu's father is blowing fire into the earthen stove with a bamboo tube. Strangely, there is no choking smell of smoke in the room.
after entering the room, it is "second touch".
Yuzhu pointed to a pillar in the center of the house and said that it was the lucky pillar of their family. Guests should touch this lucky pillar, hoping to bring luck to the guests and bring great luck to Yuzhu's family in all corners of the country.
I took a closer look at this pillar. The mouth of the bowl is thick, the color is calm, and there are several rough patterns, so I can't see the image.
Miss Yuzhu moved to the Xiao Mu stool, greeted us to sit at the low table, and made two cups of Pu 'er tea. Suddenly, tea was flowing in the wooden house. Pu 'er tea is a specialty of Xishuangbanna, not Pu 'er city. Pu 'er City was originally named Simao, but it was renamed Pu 'er City in order to register the trademark of Pu 'er tea.
In Miss Yuzhu's introduction, we also learned that Pu 'er tea can be divided into raw tea and cooked tea, and cooked tea can protect the stomach and lose weight. What she made for us was cooked tea.
I am not a tea drinker, and I have failed to live up to the reputation of Pu 'er tea. I pretended to drink tea and listened to Miss Yuzhu telling the story of the Dai family.
there are only two surnames in the Dai family. The male surname is Yan, pronounced ai, and the female surname is Yu, so she is named Yuzhu. Dai people have only two animal signs, the male is an elephant and the female is a peacock.
Dai people are simple and practical. As long as the Dai family recognizes you as a friend, it is the demeanor of Liangshan heroes to you, which is called "doing whatever is necessary". He can do his best to lend you money, and he won't write an iou. He will ask you to pay back the money when the verbally agreed time limit comes.
There was once a lawsuit that a Han Chinese refused to pay back the loan, but the Dai family sued the yamen, but lost because they couldn't come up with an iou. This has caused the Dai family to misunderstand the Han people. However, this Han Chinese is really embarrassing for us.
Yuzhu confirmed my friend Xiao Wang's bitter marriage history.
Xiao Wang is a Han nationality, his wife is a Dai nationality and he has a pair of children. The Dai people in Banna classify the Han people as a minority, which is called "Shuiyou Ethnic Group". It is not easy for Shuiyou people to get a Dai wife.
in the Dai family, the daughter is noble, the man is cheap, and giving birth to a son is called "losing money". It takes three years of hard work to get a Dai wife.
chopping wood to build a house for one year and cutting rubber for one year. Rubber cutting must start at 4 o'clock in the morning, because the rubber solidifies as soon as the sun comes out. Another year, I went to the river to find gold for silver jewelry. The more women here wear silver ornaments, the more they can prove that men are capable and love others.
Silver ornaments have a special function of inhibiting fat and dehumidifying. Dai girls have been wearing silver belts since childhood, so they all grow a graceful waist, which makes them envious!
Dai people live with their grandparents, and the financial power of the family is in the hands of grandma and mom. When Mao Duoli was 8 years old, he had to become a monk in a village temple, study Dai language and Buddhism, and return to the customs at the age of 18.
temples were built and maintained with donations from families in the village.
Speaking of the Dai family, "women are valued over men", the Dai family's characters are passed on to men but not to women. Little Duo Li and Xiao Bu Shao can only speak, and they can't read, let alone write. What do they do? I really envy them: they just eat, drink and make some silver ornaments.
speaking of which, Yuzhu opened the tablecloth, and our eyes lit up. There were several baskets of silver ornaments on the table, shining in the dark room. Yuzhu urged us to buy their silver ornaments made by Xiao Bu Shao and Shao Duo Li.
I don't think the price is low either. I just resisted the temptation of Yuzhu's clever mouth and silver ornaments and became a "stingy" Han Chinese.
Polygonatum odoratum can't be sold, but it's not calm at all. She then introduced me to "three don't look", that is, don't look at Dai's bedroom.
Three generations of Dai people live in the same bedroom, but there is no bed in the bedroom. They are all tents of various colors. The black one is for grandparents, the white one is for daughters and sons-in-law, the small one is for pink, and the small one is for other colors.
Although I can't witness the spectacular scene of tents of various colors in a bedroom, I can imagine the inconvenience and feel incredible.
Dai people believe in Buddhism, thinking that people get up in the morning, but their souls are still in bed. If a stranger peeks at or disturbs you, your soul will get sick. So this is "three don't watch".
Miss Yuzhu did her best as a landlord, but she didn't succeed in our business, so she politely ordered the guests to leave. The Dai people don't see the guests off because they are suspected of driving them away (but I don't know if this is an excuse for Miss Yuzhu to get angry). So my daughter and I went out to Yuzhu's house, put on our shoes, and went to the village to visit temples and Buddha statues by ourselves.
The temple was very deserted inside and outside, and there was no one around. We dared not go in without authorization and stood at the door and poked around.
looking in, there is a tall bronze Buddha statue in the middle, with prayer flags hanging on the roof and a bodhi pedestal on the ground, and there is no monk sitting quietly.
After a while, a 15-or 16-year-old monk came out in a red and yellow cassock and walked away without looking at us. My daughter suddenly got a little scared and urged me to leave quickly.
My daughter learned the etiquette of the Dai family and took a photo in front of the pagoda. Suddenly she gave a series of crazy cries in surprise: "Snail! What a big snail! " I followed her hand. God, I've lived half my life, and I've never seen such a huge snail!
My daughter rushed up and pulled off the giant snail firmly attached to a rock. This snail was as big as her daughter's palm, and it was comparable to the mango she picked up earlier.
Now my daughter is so happy. She has been collecting snails in the community where we live for several months. I never thought there were such unexpectedly huge snails in Xishuangbanna!
with this unexpected harvest, we went back to the car, and Xiao Wang, who had been waiting for a long time, also felt the huge snail.
the car started again and headed for the rain forest valley.
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