What is the traditional architecture of Wa nationality?

"Some people have gone far, but they have never gone far.

This is Weng Ding Cun in Cangyuan Wa Autonomous County.

The last primitive village in China. "

Weng Ding Cun?

Perhaps you have heard of its primitive mystery a long time ago.

But in fact, except for those who have been there.

When most people really understand it,

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Unfortunately,

When this village is known to more people.

And want to know.

It suffered a sudden fire.

This can't help but remind people of the fire in Notre Dame de Paris in 20 19.

Cultural relics have one and only one life.

If you lose it, you will never come back.

This primitive Wa village with a history of 400 years.

It has preserved the unique and most complete Wa history and culture and the original ecology of traditional architecture in China.

But after the fire,

Zhaimen, a landmark building in the village, was burned down.

The branches of some ancient trees were also dried by fire.

105 The house in the original stockade

At present, only three or four households seem to be relatively complete.

"Onding" means "fuzzy" in Wa language.

It's in the mountains.

Like a peaceful paradise.

But that's why.

You can't imagine the poverty and backwardness here

There was no electricity in the village more than 30 years ago.

At night, under the dim kerosene lamp.

It reflects the vicissitudes and hardships of Wa compatriots.

They are still living a primitive life of hunting in the mountains, looking for wild vegetables in the mountains and starving themselves.

After 2005, with the progress and development of the times,

The construction of modern advanced civilization has made this village go to the world.

It also brought the world back to the village.

The residents of Weng Ding Cun ushered in a happy day of opening an inn, making movies, picking up tourists and dancing.

Due to historical and natural reasons

The unique Wa architecture here has been completely preserved.

Wa people live in traditional thatched houses with columns.

There are roughly two scales.

One is a very short single-story oval house.

A room is divided into two floors, with people living upstairs and livestock raising downstairs.

In addition to housing construction

Weng Dingzhai in traditional folk customs and other aspects.

It also vividly shows the cultural history of the Wa nationality.

Therefore, in 2006, Ondingzhai was praised as "the last primitive tribe in China" by chinese national geography magazine.

Weng Dingzhai's Traditional Folk Custom

Folk customs in Wengdingwa village

It is the epitome of the cultural inheritance and development of the whole Wa region.

It is the birthplace of Wa culture in the world, the last living body of Chinese tribal culture and the living museum of Wa culture.

Wa people mean "people who live in the mountains" in the old saying.

The ethnic group in this mountainous area has continued the hereditary castellan system to this day.

Wa people are a passionate people.

Except that the same surname is unmarried.

Young men and women can fall in love freely.

The tradition of men plowing and women weaving has always been maintained in the stockade.

When the women here are free.

Almost all of them are weaving at the door of their own homes.

Smoky Wa women

For a long time, the old people here, both men and women,

Everyone has the custom of smoking a pipe.

Especially the elderly women.

Whether it's work or leisure, I will smoke a few mouthfuls.

It is said that this is the secret of old people's longevity.

Wa women are very hardworking.

You can often see drying grain in the village.

Women plan to weave and spin with traditional waist machines and spindles.

Traditional Folk Custom "Lamu Drum"

Wa people are the same as all ethnic minorities.

Men, women and children can sing and dance.

Among them, the traditional folk customs of Wa nationality mainly include "pulling wooden drums" and "playing songs"

Wooden drum, the most primitive, peculiar and sacred drum.

Legend has it that the wooden drum is an artifact of the Wa people.

It is only used for major collective activities such as religious sacrifices and festivals.

The so-called wooden drum

Is to cut down trees from the forest outside the stockade.

Pull into the stockade to make new drums and replace the old ones.

Making wooden drums is divided into four steps: selecting trees, pulling drums, making and putting on shelves.

Wengdingzhai is built on the mountain and surrounded by Woods.

Wa people think that trees are the gods to protect the stockade.

Every tree has its own soul.

Therefore, the trees around Wacun cannot be cut down indiscriminately.

Wooden drums are usually pulled after cutting trees in the morning.

At that time, the whole village would dress up and go to the mountains to pull wood.

On the wooden drum stood a young Wa boy commanding everyone.

But this wooden drum doesn't go straight ahead.

People stop and go, singing and dancing.

The wooden drum was pulled to the entrance of the village.

The two teams form a circle in the village square.

The villagers played musical instruments and everyone danced together.

Celebrate the "wooden drum" entering the village

Except wooden drums.

They also have percussion instruments, such as elephant feet drums and cymbals.

There are also wind instruments such as Hulusheng and Wadi.

Moench (touching your black)

The Onding Wa people have always had the traditional custom of "touching you black".

"Touch your black" is the pronunciation of "mohnnhe" in Wa language.

It means "here is what we pursue, what we expect, and we will stick to it forever."

Old people often say, "I live because I exist, and I exist because I am happy."

ancient times

The ancestors of the Wa people will smear a magical medicine called "Niangbulo" on their faces and bodies.

Used to exorcise evil spirits and pray for health and safety.

"Niangbulo" is a Wa language.

Legend is the panacea of life.

In reality, it is composed of fragrant soil, bottom ash and cow blood.

The Wa nationality is a nation whose beauty is black.

They think black is a symbol of hard work and health.

So the color of "Niang Bubu" is black.

The darker you touch it, the better.

Primitive local conditions and customs

The Wa people were earlier called "beheaders offering sacrifices to dry valleys".

Although the origin of the head sacrifice is not clear.

But every scene of Weng Dingzhai is history.

Is telling the story of the Wa nationality.

Then he replaced the human head with an animal head.

In the eyes of Wa people

The bull's head bone is a symbol of power and wealth.

They will hang the cow's head bones on piles, trees and walls.

Very visually and spiritually shocking.

The Wa people call the forest with a cow's head "Lord Mo Long".

Legend has it that this is a gathering place for gods.

Modern people call it the sacred house in the Wa legend.

Wengdingguzhai

Just like another civilization.

People can come here to shuttle and recall. ...

Now an accident has caused permanent regret.

Many netizens can't help feeling.

I have been to Yunnan many times, but I have never been to Wengdingzhai.

The touching scene of yesterday is gone now.

Many times we always think that there is still a lot of time.

Enough for us to go anywhere we want.

But we often forget that things change.

A lot of beautiful scenery is really not waiting for you.

Maybe once you miss it, it will never be there again!