Xishuangbanna is an extremely beautiful scenic spot in China. It is full of aesthetic elements. You will experience different passion and exciting experiences here. It can be called a model of aesthetics. Everything is right before your eyes. Next, let me share with you the detailed travel guide to Xishuangbanna.

From Chengdu to Xishuangbanna via Zhaotong

On the way, I saw the karst landform for the first time. There are many mountains and hills, and the slopes are connected to the city, just like the wind blowing into the sea.

It is completely different from the desolate impression in geography textbooks. It is a ripple-like fold on the earth. On the plateau at an altitude of 1,800 meters, it looks like an old man who has gone through many changes.

The tropical rainforest climate is hot and humid all year round. The daily temperature in April is 37 degrees, which is almost the same as August in Chengdu.

It often rains heavily at noon, then suddenly stops, and the scorching sun breaks through the clouds, like a child laughing through tears. Xishuangbanna borders Thailand, Laos, and Myanmar. It is located on the border, with mixed folk customs, rich products, and a blend of cultures. It is similar to the ancient frontier fortress trading place. Walking on the road, what I heard was Chinese at this moment, and someone was walking by speaking Thai the next second; fruits from Laos were sold on this street, and when I turned around, I met a businessman selling Burmese jade.

The way of eating in Banna can be said to be the contention of the four countries.

Even if there is no recommendation from an acquaintance, you can still eat authentic Dai food, Thai food, Burmese food and Laotian food. If you follow the top-ranked restaurants recommended by Dianping, you will not be disappointed. Dai food is spicy, Laos food likes to use lemon, Thai food is mild, and Burmese food has a weird taste.

Dai New Year: Dragon Boat Racing, Buddha Bathing Day, Pendulum Festival, Water Splashing Festival

In April in Xishuangbanna, everyone is preparing to celebrate the New Year. The man cleaned the dragon boat, and the girl prepared new clothes.

For about ten years, my experience of the Chinese New Year was probably in shopping malls, dinner tables and Spring Festival galas.

Cultural indifference happens quietly like this and continues to have an impact. Many times, many cultures and inheritances require a sense of ritual. I didn't understand before that why emperors always wanted to worship heaven, worship Zen, and worship Confucius. They just did some important but meaningless things. They might as well recuperate and develop the economy.

However, it is these seemingly futile rituals that have left behind a foundation called Confucianism for a civilization that has experienced thousands of years of dynasty changes and wars.

You can actually see girls wearing Dai costumes everywhere while walking on Banna Road. They have dark skin, clear eyes, and introverted expressions. Only when you have to go to a hundred, you will understand that here is not Dai costume, it is clearly wedding clothes. .

In each village and village, the girls who had been "hidden" on weekdays gathered together and filed out, looking very handsome and vying for beauty.

Similar to Hanfu, Dai clothing differs from simple to traditional. Some are worn daily and some are worn for celebrations. Their craftsmanship has changed, the workmanship has been streamlined, and the selection of materials is completely different. If you go deeper, you will find a complete set of national costume culture.

The "Dai Festival" of the Dai New Year is probably a feast of costume culture. Its beauty, magnificence, richness, exquisiteness, and incomparable girls are no less than a Xishuangbanna Victoria Festival. Big show.

The food in Banna

should be divided into fruits and vegetables. Let’s talk about fruits first. The fruits in Banna must be one of the best places in the country. There are almost all categories to choose from. There are many fruit markets managed by warehouses. You can choose by yourself. They accept large orders and also sell cut-in-box fruits. Instant finished product.

Especially durian, dragon fruit, cantaloupe, and pineapple are in season. They are plump, sweet, fragrant, and juicy. They are cheap, costing only a few dollars per pound on average. You can eat a wide variety of fruits in a mix. To support.

As for the dishes, because I am on a business trip, I will first choose takeout, and the word-of-mouth evaluation depends on Dianping.

I ordered the popular recommended chicken oil rice, lemon sprinkle and paluda. It is mellow, sweet and sour, and strong. From the ingredients to the seasonings, there is a natural plant fragrance, which is in line with the direction that the eight major cuisines rely on. They are all different and run counter to the beauty emphasized by the Chinese food culture, but they achieve another category of deliciousness.

You don’t even need to figure out whether the dishes you eat are from Dai, Laos or Thailand, and you don’t need to deliberately define the taste. You just need to know that this is a meal that belongs to Banna and will stay with you for a lifetime. Impression is enough.

Daily life in Banna

Because the day is hot, the day of Banna people often starts at 10 o'clock in the evening.

With Lancang as the boundary, it is divided into north and south banks, old and new cities. The north bank is the Jinghong commercial district, and the south bank is an emerging living area with different nightlife forms, including ghost restaurants, nightclubs, bars, and KTVs. At two or three o'clock in the morning, the streets are still bustling, the shops are brightly lit, vehicles and pedestrians are flowing, and there are singing songs across the Lancang River. Fan Zhen of the Southern and Northern Dynasties said: Life is like trees and flowers that grow together and scatter with the wind. They may blow the curtain and fall on the mat; or they may close the fence and fall into the soil.

Sometimes you are too accustomed to this world. Indulging in life, being content with existence, and not thinking about life and death, you will not be surprised by the world.

You know that all things are like dogs, and what you love is hard to hold on to, just like the morning dew in the past, the setting sun in ancient times, and the flying stars in the silver sky.

You once walked through such a sexy and special city and wrote its name on Xizhou, where the south wind blows dreams.

I have been thinking for a long time about what kind of sentence I should write as the end of my Banna travel notes.

When I was flipping through a book by chance, I saw a love quote from Premier Zhou Enlai to his wife Deng Yingchao:

"I have been an unswerving materialist all my life. Only you, I I hope there will be an afterlife”

The Banna here also hopes for an afterlife.