Lincang Nami, a Splendid Ancient Village of Haven

Lincang Nami Lahu Township, located in the southwest of Linxiang District, about 48 kilometers away from the city center; in Nami, there are nature's ghostly white stone cliffs in the east, southwest of the Lahu mother of fertility "Stone Buddha", southeast of the age of more than 600 years more than 2,000 acres of ancient tea trees ... ...And in this beautiful natural landscape also hides many ancient ethnic villages, Nami Village is one of them. ..., and in this beautiful natural landscape also hides many ancient ethnic villages, Nami Village is one of the very famous Lahu village.

In the 80s of the 20th century, when I started to hear people say "Big South America", I thought it was a million miles away from the Americas, and I slowly got used to it, and "Big South America" was in Lincang, which is a Lahu township less than 60 kilometers away from the city. The people who come to play in Lincang, generally go around and experience the rich Lahu national flavor.

South America is like a cultural enclave in Lincang, not to be missed, rather like the Indian settlements in the United States. Lahu means roasted tiger meat to eat. Lahu in the enclosure, short, eyes alert, walking in a hurry, born with a kind of "hunter's mystery.

The Lahu Hitchhiker's Festival

In the Lahu township of Nami, the Hitchhiker's Festival is divided into the April Hitchhiker's Festival and the June Hitchhiker's Festival, in which the first dragon days of April and June are designated as the Hitchhiker's Day, which is the day of the festival.

Legend has it that a long time ago, the Lahu people in Nami Township lived freely, happily and successfully. Later, with the deterioration of the natural environment and changes in the social environment, the Lahu people's lives gradually fell into a trough, and there was an existential crisis. In the days of natural and man-made disasters, the Lahu people were helpless, but no one could do anything to save the whole tribe from the deep water. In a certain year in April, a dragon day night, an old man in the village had a dream, in the dream an old man said to him, as long as we repair bridges and roads, do more good deeds, the village will be peaceful and quiet. When the old man woke up, the dream was as clear as ever, so he led the people to repair bridges and roads and do good deeds. When the old man was dying, he told the people to remember to build bridges and roads and to do good deeds. Since then, the Lahu people in Nami Township have continued the custom of building bridges, and developed into a national festival.

This bridge is changed every year, a big river. A big river. A group of colorful Lahu people. The Lahu women and children dressed on both sides of the river, hand in hand, laughing and singing. Dozens of huge trees, just chopped down by Lahu men with axes, were dragged to the river with long white vines to build a new bridge. The old people light up wax strips, recite and sing scriptures, and Mooba sacrifices pig hair and pig's blood, asking the water dragon not to let the river flood the fields and crops.

Lahu Clothing

The history of Lahu spinning and weaving is more than six hundred years old, and in the long history, they have preserved the characteristics of the clothing of the ancient ancestors, and created the clothing with their own characteristics. They still retain the crafts of weaving, dyeing and making their own clothes. The Lahu people like black color the most, and the dress pattern is rich and colorful.

In the ancient village of Lahu, there is a sewing expert, Naum, who is recognized by the Yunnan Provincial Government as a folk artist. She doesn't speak much Chinese, but her hospitality is real. As soon as we entered the house, she was busy cooking.

Many ethnic dresses are mainly black, and only Lahu women can wear the line to the extent that it is bewitching and colorful. Big red and green piping, chest bright crystal silver bubble, the most dazzling is the waterfall as dragged to the heel of the colorful long spike. Look at people greedy.

Lahu's traditional clothing is very ethnic. Lahu love black, in their eyes black symbolizes auspicious, beautiful, dignified, generous, Lahu clothing to women's clothing is the most characteristic.

Some people ask: "Those colorful long spikes, is not carried around to weave cloth, do needle and thread? The first thing you need to do is to find a way to get the best out of the situation.

Find a free day about three or five friends, we go to tour this sheltered ancient village, together to see the Lahu exquisite clothes, together to meet the local simple folk style.