Longxi Qiangren Valley

One of the oldest ethnic groups living here, the 5.12 earthquake almost destroyed the whole Longxi Township, where there are the oldest Qiang dwellings and towers, and you can feel the simple folk customs and the traditional culture of the Qiang people. The whole building of Qiangren Valley is built with stones and advances slowly along the green stone road. Ancient Qiang People's Valley is the northwest line of the famous Tea Horse Road, located in the northwest of Wenchuan miscellaneous brain east bank of the river, the Qiang language "Aza Cave" means beautiful and mysterious. Qiang people in the valley of Al Qiang Zhai is a more than two thousand years of history, so far well-preserved folk customs of the ancient Qiang village. There are a large number of Shibi here, which tops all Qiang settlements and is the only birthplace of Qiang Shibi culture in China. Shibi is the most authoritative cultural person and knowledge integrator among the Qiang people. In the strange and primitive religious culture inherited from the ancient Qiang people, people believe that there are spirits in everything and believe in polytheism, and Shibi is honored as a person who can connect the realm of life and death and pass through to the gods and spirits. Due to the long time transportation blockage, Qiangren Valley is usually almost no outsiders to enter, so it has preserved the more complete Qiang customs and natural scenery. Walled village can be seen everywhere in the farmhouse and other landing place, which is the Qiang Valley within the special soup pot / like a small hot pot, here there is a roasted whole sheep / also take you to dance pot Zhuang dance, the Qiang people's self-improvement of your arrival is also considered to be a kind of reconstruction of a kind of support, every year in June is probably the Qiang Valley is the most bustling time in June, June cherries are ripe / tourists to come to taste the freshness of the Qiang Valley in the vicinity of the Qiang Valley, there is also a Dharapu Manor, the Manor's furnishings is also very The Qiang Valley is a place where you can have a rest, eat and drink tea, chat with your family and enjoy the atmosphere. Because the Qiang Valley is characterized by its architecture, you can go there all year round to experience the Qiang customs, taste the Qiang food, and dance in the Pot Zhuang Dance

The Qiang is an ancient ethnic group in western China, and they call themselves the "Rimai", "The Qiang are known as the "People of the Clouds". The Qiang people, like other historical peoples, have inherited unique cultural skills. This issue of the Qiang culture to take you to understand the Qiang's four best: Qiang red, Qiang embroidery, Qiang flute, Qiang watchtower.

Qiang Hong

The Qiang Hong is a token of good luck for the Qiang people. The Qiang people pray for good luck every year, and hang the red strips of cloth in front of the temples, which is called Qiang Hong. "Offering red", commonly known as hanging red, is a solemn form of etiquette for the Qiang in long-term social interaction. The words of blessing of "offering red" (in Qiang language) are Naji Nalu, that is, all the best. Ateyina means a lifetime of happiness.

There is a Qiang legend about the origin of the Qiang "red offering": Yandi, the founder of the Qiang people, is also known as the Red Emperor. Remembering that they are the descendants of Yandi, the Qiangs use the color red as a symbol of their ancestor, Yandi, to show that they will never forget him. Over time, this "offer red" custom gradually standardized into the highest traditional rituals of the Qiang people.

Qiang Embroidery

In the Qiang area, Qiang people can be seen everywhere in their national costumes, and most of the beautiful patterns on their clothes are hand-embroidered, which can be said to have a long history in the Qiang people. Qiang embroidery, rural women in the labor gap completed folk crafts, today's Qiang people, most of them still maintain the custom of wearing traditional national costumes.

Yunyun shoes and embroidered girths are the most representative crafts of Qiang embroidery. There are other Tibetan unity bags, satchels, hats, serge, felt, mattresses, wall hangings and so on, which are also exquisite. Embroidery itself is a traditional art craft in China, whereas Qiang embroidery has its own unique aesthetic value, aesthetic modeling, decorative patterns and color norms, and contains deep historical and cultural connotations of the Qiang people. As early as in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Qiang embroidery was already prevalent, and then it gradually absorbed the technique of flower picking and developed into flower picking embroidery. Almost every Qiang woman is good at embroidery and picking flowers.

The Qiang Flute

The Qiang flute is an ancient single-reeded musical instrument with a history of more than 2,000 years and is popular among the Qiang people in Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture in the northern part of Sichuan.

The Qiang flute is made of bamboo with long joints and thin tubes, which grows at an altitude of 3,500-4,000 meters above sea level. The two tubes are twisted together with threads side by side. The total length of the pipe is 13 to 19 centimeters, the diameter of the mouthpiece is about 2 centimeters, and the upper end of the pipe is equipped with a 4-centimeter-long bamboo mouthpiece. The mouthpiece is flattened with a knife and a thin slice is cut with the knife at the upper end, about 3 centimeters, to serve as the reed. The Qiang flute is mainly used for solo playing. There are more than ten old tunes and the music is quite extensive, mainly conveying the Qiang people's longing and yearning.

The Qiang Watchtower

The Qiang Watchtower is a place where the Qiang people live, mainly in Aba Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan. Most of the Qiang towers are made of stone, with white color on the outside and cat ears on the roof. Because the Qiang people regard white color as beauty and stone as god.

The Qiang watchtower is very safe and practical in terms of site selection, water collection and structure. Generally, the Qiang towers are built at the back of high mountains, with rivers in front of the door, so that it is convenient to go up to the mountains to get materials and go down to the river to get water. Spring water from the snowy mountains and come from the underground culvert to each household, all the underground waterways are connected, walking in many places can hear the bubbling sound of running water underfoot. Right in the middle of the Qiang Watchtower, rising from the ruins of the Qiang Watchtower, up to 28 meters high / stacked with stone chips and yellow clay, do not draw a line / depending on the craftsmen's exquisite skills and experience in the construction of the Qiang culture / watchtower is the most national characteristics of the building, Qiang Watchtower is a living fossil of the art of architecture in China, enjoys the "Oriental Mystery Pyramid" reputation (). There are two Qiang towers in the Qiang Valley)

This is the wood sacrifice

The Qiang people believe that there are spirits in everything, they use wood as the carrier to worship the nature and worship the wood sacrifice for the nature's aura, and then carve the sun, moon, stars and other mysterious things to pray for the future. It is said that the golden monkey helped the villagers to find the sin goat a thousand years ago, so every time when the ancestor worship/shamans wear the golden monkey's head cap to show their respect and gratitude to the golden monkey Longxi Qiang People's Valley, with its deep history and culture, is the breeding place of the ancient Qiang people. Only 10 kilometers upstream of Wenchuan County along the Zagulin River, on the right side of the highway, you can see the brand-new tourist signboard of "Longxi Qiangren Valley". Approaching the depths of the Qiang village, a peaceful and calm scene of the village will make your dusty body and mind calm down. The path between the two rows of houses is both a passageway and a street, twisting and turning the village together skillfully, as if it were a small labyrinth. From the village at the end of the mountain road all the way up the Shuo Xi, you can arrive at one of the oldest Qiang villages, known as "falling on the clouds" of the village of Ar, which is a typical Qiang village, but also the Qiang intangible cultural heritage - the inheritance of the Shibi culture.

Chelsea: Sichuan two places to produce Chelsea, one is Wenchuan, Mao County, this area, the second is Hanyuan, every year Hanyuan due to climate reasons Chelsea are earlier than Wenchuan at least half a month or so on the market, but because of the Hanyuan Chelsea mouth feel poorer, so the market price is cheaper than the Wenchuan more than half, which is for the traitors on the power to the beginning of May every year a large number of fruits Hanyuan pulled Wenchuan set up in the roadside sales, while Chengdu market will also have a lot of marketed, and the market will also have a lot of marketed. At the same time, the Chengdu market will have a large number of listed, but will not give you said Hanyuan, will only tell you are authentic Wenchuan goods, and so on the real Wenchuan fruit market in mid to late May, the fruit of Shandong is also listed at the same time a large number of low-priced Shandong goods to seize the market, so in the Chengdu market, the general fruit store is simply can not buy authentic Wenchuan fruit, only in a small number of high-grade supermarkets are sold.

Line features

1, Chelsea: Chelsea fruit is large, solid and juicy, the entrance sweet, slightly pink moist, delicate flesh, color clear, juice colorless, the entrance is fragrant and delicious, sweet and tender. Nutrient-rich, high iron content, with the promotion of hemoglobin regeneration, anemia patients have a certain complementary effect.

Trip introduction

? The car self-introduction, in a laughter easily arrived at our purpose today about 10:30 points to arrive in Li County Taoping Village, get off the first to a group photo group photo, after the leader of the team under the leadership of the whole set off at noon local farmers to taste the characteristics of the farm food (AA self-care), and then follow the farmers into the orchard picking Chelsea, eat to burp after the collection of Qiangren Valley to play. Free activities, 17:00 pm on time back to the drop-off point to board the bus back to Chengdu. Expected to arrive in Chengdu 2.5 hours drive, the end of a pleasant journey.