Introduction of related knowledge and scenic spots in Xishuangbanna

Xishuangbanna

The meaning of Xishuang Dai in Xishuangbanna is twelve, and the meaning of Shuangban Na is twelve Banna: Banna Jinghong, Banna Mengyang, Banna Menglong, Banna, Banna Menghai, Banna Mengza, Banna Mengga, Banna Mengzhe, Banna Naxi Ding, Banna Mengla, Banna and Banna Yi Wu. Xishuangbanna was the fourth year of Qin Long in the Ming Dynasty (1570), and Xuanweisi (the local chief) divided the jurisdiction into twelve Banna (in Dai language, "Twelve", "Xishuangbanna" and "Banna" mean 1,000 mu, that is, one Banna and one tax-collecting unit). Since then, A Dai has the name of "Xishuangbanna".

Xishuangbanna is located in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture in the south of Yunnan, with latitude 21.08 ′ ~ 22.36 ′ north and longitude 99.56 ′ ~10/.50 ′ east. It belongs to the tropical humid area south of the Tropic of Cancer. Due to the large incident angle, the lowest altitude angle from winter solstice is 45. This area is rich in heat and warm all year round. It has the characteristics of "no winter in summer and no rain in autumn". A year is divided into two seasons, namely rainy season and dry season; The rainy season lasts for five months (late May-late June 10) and the dry season lasts for seven months (late June 10- late May of the following year). Rainfall in rainy season accounts for more than 80% of the annual precipitation. This area is rich in heat, warm all year round and evergreen all year round. Because it is close to the ocean, controlled by the southwest monsoon of the Indian Ocean and influenced by the southeast monsoon of the Pacific Ocean, it is humid and rainy all the year round, so the forest is dense and there are many plants. Therefore, Xishuangbanna is called "the kingdom of plants". On October 8, 2003/kloc-0, UNESCO officially accepted Xishuangbanna as a national nature reserve and an international biosphere reserve.00000000006 At first glance, we will find that almost all other areas in Xishuangbanna at the same latitude are barren deserts or Gobi, but the land of 20,000 square kilometers here is like a jade inlaid in a crown, which is particularly dazzling. In this rich land, there are 1/4 animals and 1/6 plants, which are veritable "animal kingdom" and "plant kingdom".

Scenic spots include Jinghong City Scenic Area, Menghai County Scenic Area and Mengla County Scenic Area. Each block has several scenic spots, including 19 scenic spots and more than 800 scenic spots, with a total area of 1202.53 square kilometers. There are many kinds of animal and plant resources in this area, which is called "Tropical Animal Kingdom". Among them, many rare, ancient, exotic and endangered animals and plants are unique to Xishuangbanna, which has aroused great interest from tourists and researchers at home and abroad. The landscape is dominated by rich and charming tropical and subtropical rainforests, monsoon forest, valley rainforests, rare animals and colorful national cultures and customs. This area has a unique landscape and high popularity, passing through the State Council.

Xishuangbanna Tower Group

198210/kloc-0 was approved as the first batch of national key scenic spots on October 8th.

Xishuangbanna has a total area of 19582.45 square kilometers and a population of10 million. It has jurisdiction over Jinghong City, Menghai County and Mengla County. There are more than ten ethnic groups living here, including Dai, Hani, Bulang, Jino, Lahu, Wa and Yao, including more than 500,000 Dai, 250,000 Han and 250,000 other ethnic groups. Bordering Laos and Myanmar, the border line is 1069 km long.

traffic

Xishuangbanna is about 700 kilometers away from Kunming, the provincial capital, and it can be reached in two days or one day and night (9 hours) by car. Banna Airport can take off and land Boeing 737 and Airbus 3 19 aircraft. There are direct flights from Kunming to Xishuangbanna every day, and the flight time in the air is about 50 minutes (cost: all tickets to 780 yuan/seat). In addition, there are direct flights to Xishuangbanna from Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu, Chongqing and Bangkok. Domestic highways extend in all directions, which is very convenient.

aviation

Xishuangbanna Gasa International Airport Xishuangbanna Jinghong Airport is the second largest airport in the province after Kunming, 5 kilometers away from Jinghong city. Since the opening of 1990 airport, domestic flights have been opened to major cities such as Dali, Lijiang, Shanghai, Zhengzhou, Tianjin, Chengdu and Chongqing. 1996 opens international flights in Bangkok. Kunming to Xishuangbanna and Lijiang to Xishuangbanna have all opened airports.

highway

On April 6, 2006, Kunming-Xishuangbanna Expressway was opened, with a mileage of 550 kilometers and a maximum of 9 hours. Tickets can be bought at Kunming bus terminal next to Kunming Railway Station. There are more than 20 sleeper buses and regular buses going to Jinghong every day, which takes 24 hours by car. The fare is about11150 yuan, and it will increase during Spring Festival travel rush.

channel

Jinghong Port in Xishuangbanna, a national first-class port, has the Lancang River waterway. Jinghong Port is a national first-class water port, which consists of Jinghong, Olive Dam and Guanlei. Jinghong Port is a water transport port, which has opened international water transport routes from Jinghong to Chiang Mai, Myanmar and Vientiane, Laos.

Take the bus to Menglun and Mengla at Jinghong Bus Terminal and get off at Menglun. Travel time is about 1 hour. From Kunming and Simao, you can take the bus heading for Mengla and get off at Xiaomenglun Town. It takes 10 minutes to walk from Menglun Bus Terminal to the suspension bridge, and 20 minutes to the scenic spot after buying the ticket.

The origin of the name

The Dai language in Xishuangbanna means twelve, and the double version means twelve Banna: Banna Jinghong, Banna Mengyang, Banna Menglong, Banna, Banna Menghai, Banna Menghun, Banna Mengla, Banna Mengzhe, Banna Naxi Ding, Banna Mengla, Banna and Banna Yiwu. Xishuangbanna was the fourth year of Qin Long in the Ming Dynasty (1570), and Xuanweisi (the local chief) divided the jurisdiction into twelve Banna (in Dai language, "Twelve", "Xishuangbanna" and "Banna" mean 1,000 mu, that is, one Banna and one tax-collecting unit). Since then, A Dai has the name of "Xishuangbanna".

resources

Xishuangbanna is called the kingdom of animals and plants. Xishuangbanna is one of the first 44 key scenic spots in China, with more than 3 million mu of nature reserves, of which 700,000 mu is well-protected virgin forest, accounting for nearly 60% of the total area of the state. It is famous for its beauty and richness.

There are more than 20,000 species of plants in Xishuangbanna, including more than 5,000 tropical plants, more than 0,000 edible plants, more than 50 wild fruits and more than 40 fast-growing precious timber trees. Many plants are precious wood or have special uses, such as anti-cancer drugs Maytenus and garlands; Luofumu for treating hypertension; Betel nut of stomach worm; Minnan seed oil is a special lubricating oil for tanks, automobile engines and oil drilling in cold areas, and it has double-effect additives of increasing viscosity and reducing pour point. Tung oil can replace diesel oil; Ylang ylang is known as the "king of flowers" and can be made into high-grade spices; There are 1700 years old ancient tea trees; There are natural "kettles" and "umbrellas"; Grass that can listen to music and dance, grass that can eat mosquitoes, and arrow poison wood that can seal the throat with blood ...

The vast and dense forests provide an ideal habitat for all kinds of wild animals. At present, there are 429 species of birds, accounting for 2/3 of the total number of birds in China and 67 species of mammals, accounting for 16% of the total number of mammals in China. There are many kinds of birds and animals in Xishuangbanna, which are incomparable to other places in China. Among them, Asian elephants, vultures, Indochina tigers and leopards are listed as world-class protected animals. Bison, antelope, lazy monkey and other national first-class protected animals 13 species, there are many second-and third-class protected animals.

As a "flagship species", Asian elephants are of great significance to the ecological environment. 1977, China declared the Asian elephant an endangered species, and established a wild elephant nature reserve in Xishuangbanna. Now the living environment of Asian elephants has been obviously improved. Its number has also increased from more than 80 in the 1980s to about 300 now. Asian elephants in China are mainly distributed in Xishuangbanna, and a few are distributed in nearby Simao area.

Xishuangbanna is also rich in rubber, the second largest rubber area in China, with the highest rubber yield per unit area. Besides, it is rich in rice, various tropical fruits and Amomum villosum, which is a veritable "plant kingdom", "animal kingdom", "green kingdom" and "southern medicine kingdom".

When you travel to Banna, sometimes you will see beautiful peacocks, pheasants and hornbills dancing in the forest; Sometimes you will see elephants walking on the road; Sometimes I see antelopes, wild deer and rabbits running ... I am really happy to see that scene, which is a spectacle and fun unimaginable in other places!

climate

Xishuangbanna has a tropical monsoon climate with abundant sunshine and rainfall. A year can be divided into dry season and rainy season, with an average annual temperature of 265,438 0℃. The dry season is 1 1 to April of the following year, and the wet season is from May to 10. There is no frost and snow all year round. Annual foggy days reach 108— 146 days. The extreme maximum temperature in Jinghong area is 4 1. 1℃, and the extreme minimum temperature is 2.7℃, which is suitable for sightseeing all year round. Xishuangbanna is located in the tropical northern margin south of the Tropic of Cancer, with a tropical monsoon climate and a subtropical monsoon humid climate in the mountainous area. It is warm, sunny, rich in heat, humid and rainy all year round, with the characteristics of "long summer without winter, a rain becomes autumn". A year is divided into rainy season and dry season. The rainy season lasts for five months (late May-late June 10) and the dry season lasts for seven months (late June 10- late May of the following year). Rainfall in rainy season accounts for more than 80% of the annual rainfall.

culture

The Dai people have a long history and have created splendid culture in their long life, especially the Dai calendar, Dai language and colorful folk literature and art. As early as 1000 years ago, the ancestors of the Dai people wrote many beautiful and touching myths and legends, fables, novels and poems. There are more than 550 long poems written in Dai language alone. Zhao Shutun, Nanmu Nannuo and Hulu Letter are his representative works, which have been adapted into movies and plays and are deeply loved by the masses. Dai dance has a high artistic level and distinctive national characteristics, and its movements are mostly the analogy and beautification of animal behaviors, such as the popular "peacock dance" and "Elephant Foot Drum Dance".

Dai music is very pleasant to listen to. Besides dancing, it is often combined with poetry. Sculpture and painting also have distinctive features. Dai people believe in Buddhism, and pagodas and Buddhist temples can be seen everywhere in Dai areas. Bamboo House, a folk house in A Dai, is the most typical existing dry-column building in China, with simple and unique shape and cool and comfortable residence. Dai men have the custom of tattooing, which shows courage and beauty and can also attract the love of the opposite sex.

Special catering:

Dai cuisine enjoys a high reputation in Yunnan cuisine. The residents of Xishuangbanna are mainly Dai, and Dai cuisine is mainly glutinous rice, sour, barbecue and aquatic products, with wild cultivated plants as seasoning, which has a unique national flavor.

Among Banna cuisines, the most representative ones are "Mi Nan", Bulang cuisine, Hani cuisine, barbecue, moss, stewed fish with sour bamboo shoots (chicken), grilled fish with citronella, fragrant bamboo rice and fried bracken. Most of the names have never been heard by tourists, so it's worth a try.

The night market serves Banna cuisine. In addition to the above-mentioned special dishes, there are also various ethnic flavor foods that best suit the tastes of southerners, such as vanilla roast chicken, bamboo rice, roasted bamboo rat, steamed eggs with moss, cooked chicken with raw velvet, duck feet, bamboo worms, fried cowhide and fried pig skin. In the evening, visitors can enjoy the night view of Jinghong city while tasting delicious food. Colorful lights will make you linger. Local fragrant bamboo rice, eat a stall of bamboo rice, 2-5 yuan will be full.

If you dare to taste insects, you can consider an insect feast. Besides grasshoppers and scorpions, there are crawling bamboo worms and bee larvae. A meal takes about 120 yuan, and eight people can taste it.

Optimal travel time

If you want to go to Xishuangbanna, you can do it anytime.

Xishuangbanna is one of the few places in Yunnan Province where there is no winter. 65438+ 10 in the coldest month, the average temperature here is 16℃, and in the hottest time, the average temperature is only 28℃. This temperature makes Xishuangbanna a place where it has never snowed before, and it is also a place where it has been basked for a long time. Xishuangbanna has only dry season and rainy season in a year, so there is a saying that "there is no winter in summer, and rain enters Qiu Lai".

165438+ 10 to April next year is the most suitable time to go to xishuangbanna tourism. During this period, the temperature is neither high nor cold. If you go to xishuangbanna tourism from June to September, you will have a chance to taste all the tropical fruits there, which is really great. May-June 5438+ 10 entered the rainy season, but the road conditions here are good, and it is still impossible to stop the arrival of the tourist season here.

trait

Features of tourist area: green, foggy, Dai folk-custom, warm and harmonious, original ecology, which is qualitatively different from Southeast Asian countries and has unique charm. Xishuangbanna is the only tropical rain forest nature reserve in China, with trees covering the sky, rare birds and animals everywhere, and exotic flowers and herbs everywhere. Xishuangbanna, which is very close to Thailand and Myanmar, is full of Buddhist customs, and the stupa temple, Dai bamboo houses and ancient bamboo trees set each other off as a sacred scene.

Dai water-splashing festival

Songkran Festival of Olive Dam in Xishuangbanna Dai people call it "drinking sangkan" or "sangkamai" in Dai language. Because there will be a warm and grand water splashing and blessing activity during the Chinese New Year, outsiders call it the Water Splashing Festival. The New Year in Dai calendar is different from June in Gregorian calendar. In Dai language, "drinking sangkan" means the New Year in June. Dai calendar is a combination of yin and yang, with year as the solar calendar year and month as the solar calendar month. According to the little demon in Naxi Jingdi, although the Dai people celebrate the New Year in June, the festival date is not fixed in June × Sunday, but changes from mid-June to early July, and it needs to be calculated every year to determine the exact date of the New Year.

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Festival date: Although the Dai people celebrate the New Year in June, the festival date is not fixed, but changes from mid-June to early July, and needs to be calculated every year to determine the exact date of the New Year.

Venue: Xishuangbanna Dai settlement, playing the ancient city song "Naxi Jingdi".

Festival features: During the New Year, the Dai people in Xishuangbanna will hold a warm and grand water splashing and blessing activity, which lasts from June to July every year. Water splashing is an activity that Dai people must hold during the New Year.

Celebration method:

On this day, people will "go to the market" (get together for entertainment). People will wear new clothes, sing and dance, focus on catching up, flying high, rowing dragon boats, losing bags and celebrating festivals.

In the past, Dai people were mostly held in villages over the years, and the scale was not large. After the establishment of Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, governments at all levels regard the Dai calendar year as an organized and leading activity to strengthen cultural exchanges among ethnic groups, display ethnic customs, attract investment and attract domestic and foreign tourists and merchants. Not only traditional activities such as splashing water, flying high, dragon boat racing, setting off fireworks, flying lanterns and building sand were carried out, but also cultural performances, commodity exhibitions and trade negotiations were added. Various parks also took advantage of their advantages to carry out cattle races. International friends, overseas Chinese, tourists and businessmen from inside and outside the province come in droves to celebrate festivals with people of all ethnic groups in Xishuangbanna, enjoy rich ethnic customs activities, watch the charming local scenery and carry out economic and trade activities. An important festival of Dai people over the years, strengthening cultural and economic exchanges, friendship and national unity.

History and culture

Legend of the Water-splashing Festival

According to folklore, in ancient times, the places where Dai people lived suffered disasters again and again. There is no rain in summer, no wind in spring, no sunshine in autumn and rainy in winter. Whether it is sunny or not, whether it rains or not, the four seasons are confused, crops can't be planted, fields and wasteland are abandoned, people and animals are infected, and mankind is facing extinction.

The man known as Paya Night, seeing such a scene, decided to go to heaven to find out the reason and told the heavenly king Ying Da Tira. He made wings out of four boards and flew into the sky, reporting the human disaster to King Tira of Ying Da. When I inquired about the smell of fragrant jacquard petals, I knew that the God in charge of wind, thunder, electricity, rain, sunny and cloudy was holding Madian Daraza, ignoring the rules of drought, rain and cold formulated by Ma Peng, and relying on the vast magical powers, deliberately created chaos. And this one holds Madian Dalaza, and his magic is brilliant, and the gods are helpless to him.

In order to punish this unscrupulous god, Ying Da Tira dressed up as a handsome boy and went to Dalam's house in Pengma Store to seduce girls. The seven daughters who were imprisoned in the palace for a long time by Madian Dalaza fell in love with this handsome boy at first sight. Ying Da Tila will hold Madiandala hostage, which will bring disaster to the world and make mankind face extinction. Seven kind-hearted girls who have been angry with their fathers on weekdays are determined to put righteousness above family loyalty and save mankind. They gather around their father every day to coquetry and explore the secret of his life and death. Facing the charming girl, Dalaza in Pengmadian finally revealed the secret: he is not afraid of knives, arrows, fire or floods, but only the hair on his head. When the girls found out the secret, they drank their father as drunk as a fiddler, took the opportunity to cut off a lock of his hair and made a bow. When they aimed the bowstring at Madian Dalachai's neck, his head suddenly fell off. But the head of Dalaza in Pengmadian is a devil's head, and the fire is in a mess. Seven girls saw it, regardless of safety, and rushed to their heads in emotion, and the divine fire went out. In order to put out the magic fire, the seven girls had to hold the devil in their arms and keep spinning until their heads rotted. Every time the two sisters take turns, they will splash water on each other to wash away the stains and eliminate the odor.

After the death of Madian Dalachai, Mahapeng in Shuluba rebuilt the calendar, took charge of the wind and rain, and the weather was good, so the people lived and worked in peace. Legend has it that the revised calendar was announced by Baya to his father in June of Dai Li. Therefore, the Dai people regard June, when the new calendar is announced, as New Year's Day. People splash water on each other during the Chinese New Year, so as to forget the seven kind girls who are disloyal and heartless, and to drive away evil spirits and seek good luck to be passed down to this day. Generally speaking, it takes three or four days for the Dai calendar to celebrate the New Year, which is usually called "Wan Mai", "Wan Fan" and "Mai Pai Ya Wan Ma". "Wanmai" is the day to say goodbye to the old year, which is somewhat similar to the New Year's Eve of the Lunar New Year. On this day, people should clean up, prepare food for the new year, bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new year. The year of "all kinds of troubles" is mostly one day, sometimes two days, which means that the sky is empty and does not belong to the day of the old annual report or the day of the New Year. People usually say that "Wannao" is a bad day for Madian Dalaza.

[Edit this paragraph] Folk taboos

Don't touch the head of the "little monk"

The Hinayana religion in Xishuangbanna stipulates that men should live a religious life away from their families all their lives. Only when they encounter difficulties in social life can they alleviate their pain and have social status from birth to adulthood. When a boy is seven or eight years old, he will be a monk in a Buddhist temple for a period of time, which is the so-called "little monk". "Young monks" should take care of themselves, work, study Buddhist scriptures and carry out strict self-cultivation education in Buddhist temples. After two or three years, you can "return to nature", and only a man who returns to nature can get married and start a family. People who have never been "monks" are regarded as strangers or barbarians and have no position in society. When practicing in the temple, you are not allowed to talk and laugh with women, and outsiders are not allowed to touch the young monk's head (this is completely opposite to the fact that Han people like children to touch their heads). If outsiders (especially women) touch too much, they are regarded as enemies. "Little monk" and "self-cultivation" are both invalid, so we must start from scratch. Therefore, if foreign tourists visit temples, they must remember this custom.

Bedroom taboo

Dai people are used to living upstairs, but the bedroom upstairs is separated from the living room by a wall. There is no partition in the bedroom, and generations have lived in it. Separated by mosquito nets, with a certain interval in the middle, a separate door. No outsiders are allowed to peep in the bedroom. According to the previous custom, if the host finds an outsider peeking at the host's bedroom, the man will be the host's door-to-door son-in-law, or work hard in the host's home for three years, and even the female guest will serve in the host's home for three years. Therefore, tourists should never peek at the master's bedroom because of mystery, whether they are visiting or being guests. Although the past customs have been broken now, peeking into the bedroom is always unpopular.

Living room taboo

Dai Jia's upstairs living room has three pillars, two of which are separated side by side from the living room and one is next to the fireplace. Of the two in the bedroom, the one outside is called "Auspicious Column" for resting, and the one behind is called "Ascending to Heaven Column" for people after death. When a family member dies, the family members lean on this pillar (regardless of gender) to bathe, dress and wrap their bodies, waiting for cremation. It is absolutely not allowed to rely on one by the fireplace, which is the "pillar of the sky" of Dai's family. If you lean against the post, it means disrespect to the host.

Instructions for going to Zhulou

You must take off your shoes when you enter the Buddhist temple. After entering the door, sit down in turn according to seniority and seniority; Dai people think that the threshold is the only way for people and ghosts to pass; You can't use the stool as a pillow, because the stool is only for people to sit on; Don't cross the fire pit with your feet, and don't move the iron tripod used to support the pot in the fire pit at will; When buying food in the street, you can't bargain with your toes; You can't step on the shadows of monks, let alone touch their heads. Dai people believe that "head" is the leader of people; Go upstairs lightly and don't whistle at night; Don't speak ill of others in public; Women can't go to other people's homes to play after giving birth; There is a funeral at home, and no one is allowed to go to anyone's house without it.

Hani customs and taboos

In Hani Shanzhai, when relatives, friends or guests visit, the host of the family will take the initiative to go out and warmly welcome them and help the guests take down their bags and other things. When guests sit down, if they hand you a full cup or bowl of powdered sugar, it means that they are welcome. If you fill a guest with tea for the first time, it means that he is not welcome; If you only pour a guest half a cup or half a bowl for the first time, it seems that the host is very stingy. When the host pours wine for the guest, he must also pour a cup and take a sip first. Hospitality Hani people will also take out corn, melon seeds, cigarettes and so on to entertain guests. The host family will definitely kill a chicken and cook a pot of chicken porridge with spices such as salt and pepper. Chicken porridge is a necessary dish for Hani people to entertain guests. There are many rules when eating porridge. After sitting, the host gave the chicken head and liver to the guests, and the chicken leg to the children among the guests. Show the host's respect and welcome to the guests. When the guests leave, the host will pack some tea and tobacco for the guests. There must be boiled eggs in the bag, which is the host's blessing to the guests. At the same time, the host's gift to the guest must be wrapped in banana leaves and black cotton thread, which symbolizes the profound friendship between the host and the guest.

Yi people's customs taboo

Avoid playing with your head; Swear in front of everyone; When Yi Jia has a patient, avoid saying things like death or injury; Avoid saying "kill pigs" and say "catch pigs" or "take pigs"; Avoid using praise words such as "fat", "beautiful" and "heavy" for babies; Avoid whistling at night; Don't eat the meat of primates (bears, dogs, monkeys, cats, etc.). ) enter the house and don't eat their meat; No matter men or women, avoid crossing the fire pond; Prohibit women from crossing men; Slaughter goats on the wedding day; Avoid using Artemisia sticks as chopsticks and hitting people; Avoid burning buckwheat in the guest seat; When the burnt buckwheat shell is taken out of the pond, it is strictly forbidden to turn it over immediately and pierce it with a stick. Fasting horses, mules, dogs, monkeys, crows, snakes and frogs; Avoid leaving no meat as a guest; Avoid sending meals to the host; Avoid putting hoes and axes together; Avoid finding a hoe or axe on your shoulder in the house; Pregnant women should not comb their hair or sew dowry.

Introduction of scenic spots

Lancang river scenery

The Lancang River originates from Tanggula in Qinghai Plateau and flows through Xishuangbanna. Xishuangbanna flow 158 km. In ancient times, the Dai people called it "Nanlanzhang", which means "a river where millions of elephants thrive". The trip to Lancang River can be divided into two parts. The upstream line starts from Jinghong, goes upstream to Tiger Leaping Stone, and reaches Tiger Leaping Stone. The river gradually shrinks, and the narrowest point is only about 20 meters. On both sides are rugged rocks, and the river is surging. The next tour takes a boat from Jinghong, passes through the Olive Dam and reaches the junction of China, Laos and Myanmar. There are many reefs, leaving the olive dam and driving down, the mountains on both sides are steep. Travel tip: Lancang River has not yet opened passenger flights, only handling charter flights.

Wild Elephant Valley

Wild Elephant Valley is 45km away from Jinghong City in the south and 1 15km away from Simao City in the north. Located on the west side of National Highway 2 13, wild elephants in Xishuangbanna mainly live in Mengyang Nature Reserve. At present, there are sightseeing trails, elevated corridors for tourists to watch wild elephants, Dashu Hotel and Forest Bar in the main scenic spot of Wild Elephant Valley. There are nearly 300 Asian elephants in the tropical rain forest of Mengyang Nature Reserve, including 0/6 domesticated elephants (including performance elephants). It is the first elephant training and performance school in China. Every morning11:00-12: 00, 2: 00-3: 00, no extra charge. Taking photos with elephants requires 10 yuan. The wild elephants in China only live in the tropical rain forest in Xishuangbanna. The Wild Elephant Valley in Xishuangbanna is the most concentrated and frequent place for wild elephant activities. Because of its convenient transportation and unique tropical forest landscape, it has become a tourist hotspot in Xishuangbanna in recent years. There, tourists can not only see wild elephants, but also attract more and more people. Transportation: Take a bus to Guanping at Jinghong Bus Terminal, and let the driver stop at the Wild Elephant Valley in Sanchahe River. Ticket price 12 yuan. You can take a bus from Simao to Jinghong and Mengla.

Admission: 50 yuan. Tropical Rainforest Sightseeing Cableway, one-way fare to 40 yuan, about 35 minutes, round trip to 60 yuan.

Luoda townlet

Rhoda, the Dai language means joint ferry. Once upon a time, Dai, Bulang, Hani and other ethnic groups living here ferried along the river, so it was called. Today, a 70-meter-long double-hole stone arch bridge is erected on the ferry used by people of all ethnic groups to ferry each other, and the spacious and flat road flies over the Rhoda River to the Yuanmen Bridge. Rhoda is an important town on the southern border of Yunnan. Located at the end of Luo Kun Highway, it has been listed as a provincial port. It is famous at home and abroad for its unique geographical advantages and numerous tourist attractions. Jinghong-Luoda special tourist line is one of the main tourist routes in Xishuangbanna. This main tourist line passes through Menghai County, Mengzhebazi and Menghunbazi, and finally reaches Rhoda. The scenic spots on the way include Nannuo Camellia Tree, Xishuangbanna National Tea Culture Paradise, Provincial Tea Research Institute, Menghai Pure Zhang Lin, Manlei Baita, ManShoufo Temple and the folk village in front of the temple, Jingzhen Bajiao Lane, Mengbang Swan Lake, Mengzhe Buddhist Temple mural, Manhong Waterfall, Song Jia Wild Tea King and Menghun Baita. It takes 2 days to visit all the scenic spots.

Rhoda has now become an important town in the southern border of Yunnan, integrating transnational tourism and border trade. There are China-Myanmar Tourist Village and Border Trade Street in Luoda Border Trade Development Zone, where businessmen from China, Myanmar and other countries conduct business activities. There are Burmese jadeite, Thai jewelry, French cosmetics and department stores from all over the country on the border trade street. Visitors can choose jade bracelets, identify precious stones and buy foreign goods.

The Rhoda Town Government was built on the Rhoda River, and the clear water flowed slowly in front of the town government. There are hotels, restaurants and residential buildings on both sides of the river, and this river has become a natural bathing place. It is an essential scene for Dai women to bathe in the river. Every time the sun goes down, the lights are on, and the hotels and restaurants on the river bank are flashing neon, casting colorful reflections on the river. At this time, Dai girls will appear in the river, wrapped in floral skirts and bathing in the water. The light waves on the river are surging, and the figure is graceful and illusory, just like a fairyland among immortals. The charming scenery will make tourists from afar linger.

Premier Zhou Enlai Monument

Built on the right side of Jinghong West Tropical Crops Research Institute. Our institute was established in September, 1953. This research base, which covers an area of hundreds of acres, grows tropical and subtropical cash crops and integrates the essence of tropical crops. There is a rubber forest behind the research building, and a monument stands in the rubber forest, which is a large impressionist sculpture "Premier Zhou Enlai Monument" designed by a professor of Tongji University. It was established to commemorate the meeting between Premier Zhou and the then Prime Minister of Myanmar in 196 1, and it is a witness to the friendly exchanges between China and Myanmar.

xishuangbanna tropical botanical garden,chinese academy of sciences

Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden of China Academy of Sciences (hereinafter referred to as Xiyuan) is located on the peninsula surrounded by Solo River, a tributary of Mekong River in southwest China.

It was founded in 1959, led by Professor Cai, a famous botanist in China, and affiliated to an independent scientific research institution of China Academy of Sciences. After 40 years' hard work and hard work by three generations of researchers, more than 20 characteristic plant parks with beautiful scenery and rich scientific connotation, such as Palm Botanical Garden, Baizhu Garden, Banyan Garden, Exotic Flowers Garden, Celebrity Tree Garden and Tree-lined Botanical Garden, have been built, and more than 4,000 tropical plants from all over the world have been collected. It is an ideal place integrating scientific research, plant germplasm preservation and popular science education.

In this garden, the wonders of tropical rain forest, such as Bane Phenomenon, old terrier Flower, Strangulation Phenomenon, Single Tree into Forest, Tengfei and Hanging Garden, can be seen everywhere. Every plant embodies the process of natural evolution and is a precious natural heritage.

air corridor

Located in the original humid rainforest 20 kilometers east of Mengla County, there is a 40-70-meter-high Wang Tianshu, and the "air corridor" erected on the Wang Tianshu is 2.5 kilometers long. It connects the virgin forests on both sides of the road, and you can enjoy the strange scenery of the tropical rain forest in a broad field of vision. In addition, a 1000-meter-long stone sightseeing lane was built in the forest, and the air corridor formed a three-dimensional circular sightseeing line up and down the forest. Transportation: Take the bus from Jinghong Bus Terminal to Mengla, the fare is 29 yuan, call a rickshaw to the Armed Forces Department (1 yuan), and then take the air corridor bus, the fare is 10 yuan. Admission: 20 yuan opening hours: 8:00- 18:00.

Xishuangbanna Dai Nationality Garden

Located in Olive Dam, Xishuangbanna, there are five best-preserved Dai villages in China, covering an area of 3.36 square kilometers, with an estimated investment of 654.38+0.5 billion yuan, which will be completed in three phases. With an investment of 42 million yuan in the first phase, infrastructure construction such as land acquisition, road construction, underground water pipes and wires laying in the tourist shopping area has been completed, and the gatehouse of tourist attractions, Yingbin Square, packaging of old scenic spots, rural tourist routes, riverside activity area, tourist shopping area, barbecue field, water splashing square and large-scale open-air theater have been built. 1 August, 9991day opened to welcome guests.

Yingbin Square: Welcome visitors to the Dai Garden to participate in Dai etiquette.

Mansongman Ancient Buddhist Temple: With a history of 1400 years, it is one of the oldest Buddhist temples in Xishuangbanna, mainly showing Buddhist cultural activities to tourists, such as chanting scriptures and worshipping Buddha.

Visiting the Dai village: mainly show the tourists the scenery of the Dai folk houses and courtyards, experience the customs of Dai life and feel the happiness of being a family in A Dai for a day.

Riverside activity area: a large-scale festival activity area for villagers, which is used for flying high altitude, burning lanterns, fighting cocks and other folk activities.

Shopping area: selling Dai barbecue, cotton fabrics, folk handicrafts, Dai bags, wood carvings, etc. Enjoy the famous tea ceremony and taste the restaurant with Dai characteristics.

Water splashing square: the main activity area of the scenic spot is held in a large open-air theater with 100 professional water splashing team every day.

Dai natural village in the park: a large-scale water-splashing festival, which allows tourists to participate directly, experience the fun of the water-splashing festival every day and feel the warm scene of the Dai water-splashing festival.

Open-air Theater: It truly and accurately reflects the essence of Dai traditional culture in the form of singing and dancing, reproduces the historical origin of Dai king's marriage, and reflects the life customs of Dai families. It has more than 65,438+000 actors, and its scale is grand and the scene is spectacular.

Have fun! !