Colorful Ribbon of the Earth - Blessed Land of Health - Garden Kingdom - Guizhou Hundred Miles of Azaleas

Hundred miles of azalea is located in Bijie City, Guizhou Province, at the junction of Dafang County and Qianxi County, with up to a hundred miles of azalea forest cover and named, it is currently the world's largest primitive rhododendron forests have been proved, the national 5A scenic spot. Under the jurisdiction of Pu Di, Jin Po, Renhe, Dashui four minority townships, Peng Cheng and Gamu two jurisdictions, with a total area of 125.8 square kilometers. The average altitude of about 1500 meters, is located in the east longitude 105 45 '28" 106 04 '31", latitude 27 09 '44" 27 17 '19", due to the low latitude, belongs to the subtropical warm and humid climate, Baili Dudu azalea year-round winter without the severe cold, summer without the hot and cold. The average annual temperature is 11.8 degrees Celsius in winter and 11.8 degrees Celsius in summer. Scenic area of azalea varieties up to 41 kinds of flowers in a variety of colors and colors. Every year in February and March of the lunar calendar, azaleas bloom in pieces, attracting a large number of tourists to stop and watch. The original azalea sea, romantic folk customs, summer health paradise, large natural oxygen bar constitutes the world's unique garden mecca.

In addition to the mountains of azaleas, there are many rich tourism resources. The following take you to understand some of the representative national tourism resources.

First, the national costume

Yi clothing: called "wear on the body of history", Yi people's cultural heritage of an important form of dissemination of the clothing base cloth are black, black is the color of life of the dress. Black is the life color of their costumes. Men are mainly in black and white, highlighting the ruggedness, strength and courage of the Yi men; for unmarried women's clothing is mainly in red and white, colorful, beautiful and delicate, showing the youthfulness of young girls, playful and lovely; married women and the elderly are mainly in blue and black, flower show elegant, dignified and generous. Men's and women's clothing with the same patterned lace, with a unique aesthetic and strong local color, the breath of life is obvious, fully reflecting the Yi people's love of life.

Specialty Food

TuoTuo Meat: It is made for honored and important guests, and there is a good wine in the Yi family, and the good wine should be accompanied by good dishes. TuoTuo meat practice is streamlined, selection of home-bred cattle, sheep, pigs, freshly slaughtered, meat cut into piles of ginger added to the pot of cold water to cook, cook and fish mixed with chili pepper, pepper, salt, garlic, wood ginger and other condiments can be eaten. This simple way of eating reflects the minimalist lifestyle of the locals.

Yellow Po: is a flavorful snack, local families will do, the table on the New Year's Eve essential food. It is a kind of glutinous rice or cornmeal mixed with soybean milk, add sugar and yellow sugar, with air-dried corn leaves soaked in water and kneaded softly wrapped into a lump, on the pot steamed. Fresh from the pot, the yellow poi is fragrant, soft and sticky with the aroma of grains. The method of consumption is very simple, no matter steamed, fried, deep-fried, baked are very tasty, and in the later stage of development also appeared with the use of grains and cereals instead of glutinous rice of yellow poa. The yellow poi shows the local people's persistent pursuit of good food, and the wisdom of food storage.

Stinky tofu: Stinky tofu is very famous in Dafang, and there are many different kinds of local tofu dishes, such as water tofu, crumb tofu, wood-roasted tofu, patty-cake tofu, and torn tofu, etc. Although Dafang is called stinky tofu, it is not a good choice. Stinky tofu in Dafang is called stinky tofu, but it is not stinky at all, and the tofu shows another flavor. It is said that at that time, a tofu workshop due to the first day of production of too much tofu did not sell, and wait until the third day to take out to sell, the tofu on the hair, but also issued a special stink, taste and smell and stink, y favored by the locals.

Lacquer: Yi tableware by the combination of wood and lacquer, lacquer and leather lacquer and wooden lacquer, wooden lacquer selection is very careful to the azalea and birch most, azalea trees because of its delicate wood, fiber interlaced, do lacquer is not easy to crack is the best raw material for wood lacquer, lacquer is generally black, yellow, red, three more typical colors. Often made into eagle claw cups, horn cups, goat horn cups and other drinking utensils.

Three festivals

Yi Torch Festival: The Torch Festival, also known as the Fireweed Festival, is one of the most important traditional festivals of the Yi people. It is celebrated on the 24th day of the 6th lunar month every year. During the day, villagers engage in activities such as bullfighting, horse-racing, and wrestling, which facilitates the promotion of neighborly relations, learning and communication, and the exchange of emotions. At night in the village around the village, field cans and other places to set off bonfires or holding torches to the village, in the field simply held to kill pests ceremony. The festival has a close relationship with fire and expresses the Yi people's worship of nature.

Flower Arrangement Festival: Every year on the eighth day of the second month of the lunar calendar, when the azalea is in full bloom, families go up to the mountains to pick azalea flowers, which are inserted in the door of the house and other important places to express the desire for a better life.

Manchu Gold Awarding Festival: Gold Awarding is the Manchu word for "birth", "create" meaning, held on the thirteenth day of the tenth lunar month every year. On that day, the Manchu people get together, held stilts, archery, grinding grinding autumn, catch loach and other activities. Fully reflect the love of life of the Manchu people.

Miaoli Rice Flower Festival: Miaoli is a traditional festival of the local Miaoli, held annually on the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth of the seventh month of the lunar calendar to celebrate the development of the old sacrifice of rice flowers, which has gradually evolved into a festival for men and women to talk about their love. The day's activities mainly include Lusheng dance, multi-voice Miao songs, rituals and other forms of activities. The versatility of the Miao people is displayed to the fullest.

White March 3: Every year on the third day of the third month of the lunar calendar, the white compatriots of the Bailey Dujuan dressed in formal attire, gathered in the White Cultural Square of Xiaoqiao Xincun to celebrate the traditional festival of the white people, "Reunion Festival". On that day, the white family killed pigs and sheep, gathered at the foot of the White Dragon Rock, held a memorial ceremony, the people gathered to discuss family affairs, exchange of feelings. The festival also includes sports and athletic activities, such as "twisting the stilts", "stilt walking" and "cockfighting".

Fourth, myths and legends

Drunken Nine Cow Legend: Legend has it that the water west of Mrs. Xuxiang for the Southwest border security, every year to Zhu Yuanzhang into the see the tribute, the tribute are rare local specialties and precious materials. Which includes nine head of water west of the cattle, the strange thing is that nine head of cattle through this place, was attracted by the beautiful azalea, how not to go away intoxicated in this. Extravagant on the matter to Zhu Yuanzhang report, Zhu Yuanzhang learned of it, then said, then there called "drunken nine cattle".

Millennium Kiss Legend: Legend has it that a long time ago, there are two local sisters A Su, A Chi is a local doctor, because of the inconvenience of transportation, the two sisters walk in the rugged mountain roads all year round, go to villages and villages, for the local villagers to see the disease and prescribe medicines, due to years of hard work, long distance travel. Sister Asu died of illness, the sister buried him in a corner of the rhododendron mountain. Sister dying told her sister, must continue their mission to practice medicine to save people, sister remembered. Years later the sister also died and the villagers decided to bury the sister and her sister together as a sign of gratitude. Years later, the graves of the sister and the sister slowly turned into two rocky outcrops; and from both sides of the corner, like two mouths opposite each other, locally known as the "right mouth rock". Villagers every walk through this, will say you see two sisters and whispering, after the development of tourism renamed "Millennium Kiss".

V. Ethnic beliefs

Flower God: In the local March 28th every year, the day, the local will be held in sacrifice to the God of flowers, the Yi ancient book "sacrifice flower scripture" records, the ancient chaos of the beginning of the river overflowing, the mountains and rivers in chaos. The god of the sky Ziga Aru dredge the river, drive the mountain back to the position, he drove a big mountain placed in the south of the sky. Took the name of "white that" (now Kowloon Mountain) he stood on the mountain lookout, found that the southern mountains under the open terrain of the lack of plants, so to the heavenly Palace of the hundred flowers caught trees and flowers and grass seeds sowing, two or three years here is dense vegetation, open the beautiful rhododendron flowers. From then on, the winds and rains were favorable, and the Yi people lived a happy life in peace and contentment. The children of the Yi family believe in the spirit of all things and believe that the God of Flowers blesses them, so they spontaneously held a sacrifice to the God of Flowers. Sacrifice of the God of Flowers is divided into four steps, "Invite the God of Flowers" by the local respected Bumo (priest) set up a seat burning incense, praying for blessings and chanting scriptures, scriptures are mainly to pray for the country's prosperity and people's peace, good weather and a good harvest in the coming year; "Sacrifice of the God of Flowers" sacrificial offerings, kill chickens, slaughter goats, kill pigs; The "Flower God Dance" is to offer songs and dances (bell dance, incense worship dance); the "Flower God Sending" is the last step of the whole ceremony. The Flower God Ceremony expresses the worship and gratitude of the Yi people to nature.

Hundred miles of azalea is a charming star on the plateau, showing its beautiful temperament to the outside world, attracting more and more people's attention. Welcome friends from all directions to come and be our guests.

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