Weishan Yi Ethnic Pecking Village

More than 40 kilometers away from the ancient city of Weishan in Dali, the winding mountain road that can only accommodate one car is actually nearly 20 kilometers.

Woodpecker Village is a remote village under the jurisdiction of Weishan County, and is said to be one of the most primitive villages in Yunnan Province in terms of retaining Yi customs and traditions. The tradition here used to be that women went out to work hard, and physically, and worked exceptionally hard all year round, while men stayed at home with their children, smoked, and chatted to enjoy the fruits of the family's efforts.

Once in the village Yi, is a small forwarding square. The walls are painted with the Yi calendar, which traditionally has only ten months in a year. We and a few small girls in the village, asked some questions. The little girl said:Now they are also using the solar calendar, twelve months a year.

Yi people many totems:Fire totem, monkey totem, dragon totem, gourd totem, eagle totem, spider totem and many other totems.

? According to Mr. Xie, the general manager of the Weishan Flower Hall, here if there are girls in the family. Mom from a young age, a little bit, a piece of a piece of a piece of a piece of labor to exchange for silver, and then mom with these silver, hand-sewn into a set of beautiful head-to-toe silver clothing worn at the time of marriage.

It is said that according to the current value, it will cost 2-3 million yuan. This is a very expensive dowry for a remote and not very rich village.

The whole village, if you have enough time to go to the best photography spots nearby, you will get a very rich Yi characteristics of a beautiful picture, a beautiful and far away, layers and layers of Chinese minority pictures. Unfortunately, our stay was too short, and we hope that next time we will have the chance to visit the ancient Yi civilization and culture in depth.