The Eighteen Monsters of Yunnan:
Four bamboo rats in a sack, broad beans and peanuts counted and sold;
The pocket horse is very capable, carrying a doll to fall in love again;
The four seasons' clothes are the same, and the year-round good vegetables and gourds are produced;
Take off the straw hat as a pot cover, and three mosquitoes in a plate of food;
The stone grows outside the clouds, and it rains on this side and the other side in the sun;
The stone grows outside the clouds, and the train is not as fast as the car.
Eggs are sold on strings of grass, and the train is not as fast as the automobile;
The little monks can fall in love, and there are songs and dances in their place;
Grasshoppers are used as a dish of wine, and the bamboo tubes are used as a water pipe;
Flowering never fails to blossom, and the toes are always exposed.
The so-called "the grasshopper" is used as a dish of wine.
The so-called "Eighteen Yunnan Monsters" is a description of some of the peculiar and even strange phenomena or lifestyles that have arisen from Yunnan's unique geographic location and folklore.
There are many versions of the Eighteen Monsters of Yunnan, some of which have slowly disappeared, some of which remain, and some of which are exaggerated. With the development of society, Yunnan's economic construction has been effective, and the eighteen Yunnan monsters have been distinguished from the original new Yunnan eighteen monsters.
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One of the bamboo tube when the pot to cook rice for sale: Cooking with a pot this is an ancient custom, but in Xishuangbanna and other areas, people can often see the bamboo tube instead of pot cooking, cylindrical, the appearance of a layer of white wrapped in the bamboo flesh, the pleasant aroma of the bamboo tube rice.
Two, milk made into a fan to sell: located at the foot of the Cangshan Mountain erhai coast of Dali eryuan dengchuan dam, produced a special process with the milk fan-shaped curd sheet, the local commonly known as the "milk fan", is a favorite food in Yunnan tens of thousands of households.
Three, over the bridge rice noodles everyone loves: Yunnan over the bridge rice noodles to rice white, ingredients pay attention to both meat and vegetables with the family, oil and not greasy, tasty for the characteristics of the old and young. Hot chicken soup with raw meat, lettuce and made of rice syrup constitutes the most famous flavor of Yunnan: a "line", "bridge rice noodles".
Four, straw hat as a pot cover: straw hat is the Yunnan ethnic groups are particularly good at the craft, around the grass woven chairs, grass pier and grass woven curtains, pot hat. Foreigners are woven by the world of grass dazzle, the shape of a similar straw hat as a pot cover mistaken for strange, of course, strange.
Five, rice poop called bait block: the ancient Central Plains will be made of rice steamed cake-like dry food, snacks called "bait" easy to carry that is to eat, a unique flavor. Speaking of "bait" is a bit like fish bait, but described as Beijing's three dregs of cake more accurate (referring to the color and shape).
Sixth, eggs with grass tethered to sell: Yunnan mountains accounted for more than ninety percent, the road is bumpy and rugged, the old folks to sell eggs on the street, wrapped in grass to prevent the eggshells from cracking, and at the same time facilitate the sale.
Seven, three grasshoppers a dish: Yunnan food sources in certain historical conditions, people eat moss, eat fungus, bamboo worms, bee pupae, fried grasshoppers, looking at the strange food up crispy delicious. Tasting up and no insect flavor, crunchy.
Eight, earthen pot through the hole steamed chicken for sale: Legend has it that in ancient times, there are smart chefs in order to tout the magistrate adults through the hole in the earthen pot steamed aroma, fresh and tender "steamer chicken", and contains "cultivate the righteousness of the meaning of the", and then widely circulated in folklore, and become a famous Dian cuisine. It has become a famous dish in Yunnan cuisine.
Nine, love with song generation: Yunnan ethnic minorities can sing and dance, every festival celebrations, singing is indispensable, young people talk about love is often from the beginning of the song.
Ten, the bamboo tube to do smoke: Yunnan's rich bamboo resources, the use of bamboo is also widely used, dry bamboo buildings, bamboo chairs, bamboo hats, etc. Especially the bamboo pipe is the most characteristic. Especially the most characteristic bamboo pipe, smoke through the water storage bamboo tube, sucking the rhythmic sound of gurgling, moisturizing the throat, sound, color, taste.
Eleven, Xingyun Lake fish boundary: in Yunnan Jiangchuan Xingyun Lake and Chenggang Fuxian Lake, where the water is connected, but the two lakes of the fish do not come to each other, the east side of Fuxian Lake and the west side of Xingyun Lake of the yellow fish to the "boundary fish stone" as the boundary, to this turn around.
Twelve, the bride to wear sunglasses: the day before the wedding bride to bid farewell to her parents to cry marriage, crying marriage to cry very much. So in the wedding day eyes will be swollen, with sunglasses can cover the eyes of crying.
Thirteen, dolls go out with men: in the eyes of the Han Chinese, this is a role reversal, in fact, do not understand gender equality. Yunnan mountains and steep slopes, the man back doll is not only safe and reliable, but also show the man's true colors.
Fourteen, four seasons with clothing to wear: Kunming has been known as the "Spring City" of the reputation, the average annual temperature average of twenty-one degrees and ten degrees between, "four seasons chaotic clothing" has become a major feature of Kunming. In Wuhan, there is also such a season, not "four seasons", but "two, four, August (lunar calendar) chaussure de foot".
Fifteen, marble head as a painting to sell: marble texture is delicate, smooth and moist, brightly patterned. Composition and colorful marble, known as natural stone painting, has a high artistic appreciation value, was sold as "stone painting".
Sixteen, the train is not as fast as the car: Yunnan in the quasi-railway before the emergence of railroads, the beginning of this century that is the meter railroad, due to the peaks and ravines and gullies, the train coiled mountains, sometimes not even as fast as the oxcart, the speed of only about thirty to forty kilometers per hour, Yunnan is the only existing section of the country's "inch track" (seventy-two centimeters) railroads.
Until the early nineties is still in use, compared to the slower speed. The automobile is a big advantage in Yunnan transportation. It looks and feels a bit strange, and it's arguably the strangest of the eighteen.
Seventeen, stone born in the clouds outside the sky: in Yunnan, towering in the mountains and ridges of the strange peaks and rocks can be seen everywhere, in a thousand different forms.
Eighteen, flowers bloom in all seasons: Yunnan's three-dimensional climate and plenty of sunshine in all seasons, known as the "Kingdom of Plants" of Yunnan flowers bloom in all seasons.
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