Road idiot tour guide

Chapter 344
A group of people walked up, a concrete road winding in the forest, a village gate across the road, written Manlong Village.

He Huan said: "Cunlong Village, Director Yu's home is here."

"Ah!" Everyone happily looked up at the golden archway.

He Huan turned to Yu Jia again and said, "Director Yu, please excuse me."

"No trouble." Director Yu said with a smile, "I'm from the local area. Some people like to watch performances and others like to go to restaurants. If you want to be a guest, of course we welcome it."

He Huan knew that it was the little white dragon group.These villages will not receive tourists.What's more, I took it directly to my own home.

"It's mainly because I think that in restaurants with singing and dancing performances, if you focus on the food, you will not be able to appreciate the singing and dancing, and if you pay attention to watching the singing and dancing, you will not be able to appreciate the food."

Yujia laughed, and the tourists nodded in agreement. Only by following Xiaobailong can you experience the real ethnic customs, not the ethnic customs on the stage.

Walking all the way in, the road in the village is hardened concrete road, and the traditional bamboo buildings have been replaced by bricks and stones, but the shape still maintains the railing structure.

The tourists felt a little regretful, and felt that it was different from what they had imagined. "Aren't the Dai people's bamboo houses? It feels like the rural villas in Jiangsu and Zhejiang."

He Huan looked at them, "What? You are only allowed to develop in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, but not in Yunzhou?"

The tourist laughed and said, "No!"

He Huan smiled, "I know, you guys think it's too modern and doesn't have that taste anymore."

"Yes, yes." The tourist nodded.

"But everywhere needs to be developed. It is not allowed to cut down forests, and it is impossible to build houses with bamboo and wood."

Yujia nodded, "The Dai Nationality Garden still maintains the bamboo building, but it is contracted by a tourism company. It is already a commercial scenic spot, and it is no longer a real village."

He Huan looked at the tourists, "The most important thing to experience folk customs is the people who live in it. There are bamboo houses in the scenic spot, and they celebrate the Water-Splashing Festival every day, singing and dancing every day, but that's for tourists to see, isn't it Their original life scenes."

"Yeah!" The tourists nodded.

"In modern society, ethnic exchanges and integration are speeding up, and ethnic characteristics are rarely found in ethnic minorities. When you go out, you don't know that they are ethnic minorities unless they tell you. This is the real situation. It's like suing the village for tourists. It is built the same. If you like it, let you play, we locals have already moved to the modern community and lived our Jiangnan style."

"Ha ha ha ha……"

When He Huan said this, the tourists were happy again. The tourists in Gaozhuang looked at the tourists, at least in this village that didn’t feel primitive enough, there were really Dai people living there.

Passing through the archway, there is a big green tree with many red cloth strips hanging on it.

He Huan said: "Is this distinctive enough? The big green tree is the characteristic of the Dai village, and it is their sacred tree."

"Isn't this a banyan tree?" Tourists looked at the thick aerial roots, which also formed a forest of single trees.

"That's right! This is a banyan tree! Because it is big and green, it is called a big green tree. Dai villages usually plant a big green tree at the entrance of the village, and a bodhi tree in the center of the village."

"Why is the banyan tree used as a sacred tree?" Everyone didn't understand.

"The banyan tree and the bodhi tree are both among the five trees and six flowers of Theravada Buddhism. And the banyan tree has tenacious vitality, with luxuriant branches and leaves. It represents a strong vitality."

He Huan raised his head, "And you see, a tree covers this road. After a day's work, after taking a bath in the river, did you really walk towards the green mist? It was too early that day!"

The tourists laughed.

"So, men, women and children will enjoy the coolness under the big banyan tree. This is also their social place. Children run around under the tree, old people chat, and young people make love.

Although the Wangtian tree is tall, can it provide shade?cannot.But people are very realistic. If something is regarded as a god by human beings, it must be good for human beings.Banyan trees can bring benefits to human beings.

Now everyone uses mobile phones to chat and show affection.Perhaps urbanites rarely have this kind of happy experience of gathering under a tree. "

"Yeah." The tourists nodded.

Director Yu led them all the way in, saying hello to the passing villagers.The women passing by were all wearing shorts and long skirts, and they were all slender regardless of their age.Smiling and speaking a few dialects, he continued to move forward.

Tranquil and peaceful, tourists finally realized the customs of the Dai people.

It is estimated that there are very few tourists in the village.The villagers greeted Yujia and looked at them curiously, causing the tourists to bow their heads shyly.

He Huan looked back at them, "Aren't you sorry? When you travel to ethnic minority areas, do you like to treat others as objects of appreciation? You should let Director Yu shout at the loudspeaker at the entrance of the village, come and see! Meng Some people brought Menghua people to Manlong!"

"Hahaha..." The tourists covered their faces shyly, "Forget it!"

However, the Dai people really like bamboo, almost every house is planted with phoenix bamboo.

The green salsa, everyone gradually has a feeling.

Walking all the way inside, a man and a woman stood in front of a house. The woman wore a Dai skirt and the man wore short-sleeved jeans.

Seeing a group of them approaching, the two greeted them with smiles.

"This is my brother-in-law." Yujia introduced.

The man stretched out his hand, "Little Bailong, my name is Daohan. Welcome!"

"Brother Daohan, thank you." He Huan held his hand.

After washing his hands and sitting down downstairs on the hanging feet, He Huan said: "In the past, livestock were raised downstairs, and the living room was upstairs. Now the downstairs is used to entertain guests."

The tourists covered their faces.

Daohan laughed and said, "Yes, we don't raise livestock now. We used to eat and cook upstairs, but now we move downstairs. The upstairs is the bedroom, and the downstairs is the living room." He said to the tourists: " Don't be offended, this is not intentional neglect."

Everyone smiled and nodded.

After sitting for a while, Director Yu, his sister-in-law, and several Dai women brought them tea.

It seems that in order to entertain them, the villagers were specially invited to help.Everyone was very embarrassed, and followed Xiao Bailong to take the teacup with both hands, nodding to express their gratitude.

Several tourists commented softly: "Why is Director Yu's elder brother named Dao?"

He Huan said with a smile: "Han means gold. The name Brother Dao means a boy like gold, and it represents the parents' love for their children."

Daohan smiled and nodded.

"Originally, the Dai people only had first names but no surnames. Most of the girls were named Yu, and most of the boys were named Yan." He Huan added.

The tourists nodded, yesterday was the leader of the botanical garden Yu, and today the director Yu of Wangtianshu.

"If you are an aristocrat, many boys are called Zhaomou, and most girls are called Nanmou. The Dai people call their lord Zhao Pianling, which means the king of the vast land. Then the Han people translated it, and some read it as knife. So Zhao evolved into a knife.

As for Nan, it means water.Water, as we just said, has a sacred meaning among the Dai people.Therefore, Zhao, Dao, and Nan have become the titles of nobles.

Now that the aristocratic lordship system has been abolished, the Dai people have also begun to register and give themselves a surname. Dao and Nan are no longer exclusive names for nobles.

In a family, girls and boys have different surnames, but what they call is not a surname, but a first name! "

"Oh!" The tourists suddenly realized.

Daohan nodded, Xiaobailong really knew them very well.

"And they don't take their parents' surnames, but their children's surnames."

"What does it mean to have a child's last name?" the tourists asked curiously.

He Huan looked at them, "Just like you guys, if you have children, it's not appropriate to call you by nicknames, for example, if your child is called Zihan, you should be called Zihan's mother, and your husband should be called Zihan's father.

This is called taking the child's last name.In fact, it is the same as many of our places!When you have a child, poor child, you become so-and-so's mother, so-and-so's father, and you are not yourself anymore. "

The tourists all laughed.

"Yes!" Yujia came over, "When people in the village see me with my parents, they call my parents: Bo Yujia, Mi Yujia, Yujia's father, Yujia's mother. See me When brother and my parents are together, he calls my parents Bo Daohan and Mi Daohan."

The tourists looked at them amusedly and curiously, "Then what would they call you if you were with your parents at the same time?"

Yujia and her brother both laughed.

"I work outside, my family is in the county, and my husband is Han." Yu Jia said.

"Oh!" Everyone nodded.

"My parents are getting old, and they often have to go to the hospital for minor ailments. For convenience, they now live in Jinghong with my sister Yuming, so they will use my sister's name. When relatives call them, they will call them Yuming. Mom, Yu is called Dad."

Everyone laughed.

"But now, with the integration of Han culture and the high rate of duplicate names, many people have begun to choose a surname for themselves, and they can choose whatever they like, which is very casual."

He Huan nodded, "Without the shackles of our surname tradition, they can have whatever surname they want."

"Oh!" The tourists felt that the customs of the Dai people were different.

Yujia went in again to help.He Huan chatted with Brother Daohan to learn about their current life, while tourists listened nearby.

After several Dai women brought the dishes to the table, Daohan called everyone over and sat down around three round bamboo tables.

After pouring homemade rice wine for them, Daohan raised his glass with a smile, "Come on! Welcome Xiaobailong and Xiaobailongtuan to visit our house!"

"Thank you brother Daohan! Thank you sister-in-law! Thank you Director Yu!" He Huan said.

The tourists all stood up holding their cups, and thanked Xiao Bailong obediently.

After sitting down, facing a table of unnamed delicacies, tourists dare not start.

"What is this?" Everyone looked at the food divided into several portions on a banana leaf.

"This is fish bones, fish scales, fish skin, and fish meat!" He Huan said, "Dai people don't waste ingredients, they can eat them all, you have a taste."

Everyone dared not eat fish scales, so they ate fish meat, "Wow! This fish is so tender! So fresh!"

He Huan looked at them, "you'll just eat here." Then he looked at Brother Daohan, "If I'm not wrong, this should be the native fish of Nanla River, Xili."

"Yeah." Daohan nodded in admiration, "You can still see the division like this!"

"I've never seen it before. I guessed it from its size." He Huan said, "It's also called a walking fish."

"Ah!" The tourists all looked up.

"If it grows naturally, it can only grow to the size of a palm, with little flesh, and hard thorns on its back, which are difficult to grasp. If it is caught, it will run away, swish, swish, twist and turn, like a mermaid, and run by itself. Back to the river."

"Really?" Everyone was very curious.

He Huan also had a look of regret. He knew it would come before it became a delicacy.

(End of this chapter)