Characteristic villages in Yunnan Ethnic Village include: 1) Bai Village; 2) Yi Village; 3) Miao Village and so on.
Yunnan Ethnic Village is located in the southwestern suburbs of Kunming City, Yunnan Province, on the banks of Dianchi Pond, covering an area of 89 hectares, is a window to reflect and display the social and cultural flavors of the twenty-six ethnic groups in Yunnan, and is a national 4A-level tourist attraction.
1, White Village
covers an area of 62.5 acres. The village is dominated by traditional Bai dwellings with flying eaves and carved beams. "Three Square and One Shining Wall", "Four Harmonies and Five Patio", "Tie Dyeing Workshop", "Wooden Carving House", "Garden Tea House", "Theater Stage", "Temple of the Lord" and "Three Pagodas of Chongsheng Temple" in Dali, etc., which make the whole village compound lined up. The layout of the village compound is spacious and neat. A "Dali Street", which deals with exquisite industrial products, runs through the north and south, and along the street there are folk museums and butterfly pavilions. The Bai people are very hospitable, and it is the etiquette of the Bai people to treat their guests first and then their hosts. When guests come home, they are treated with wine and tea. The famous Three Way Tea is the Bai hospitality ritual. But the Bai people pour tea generally only half a cup, pouring wine need to be full of cups, they believe that wine full of people, tea full of people. By the Bai people's hospitality, you should say "Noiwei you (thank you)" to show your thanks and gratitude.
2, Yi Village
covers an area of more than 50 acres, three tiger relief wall and tiger mountain modeling performance of the Yi tiger cultural characteristics. The totem pole in the center of the Sun Calendar Square has the image of the sun, tiger, fire and bagua, surrounded by 10 moon shapes with different black and white faces. Plaza outside the circumference of the distribution of the 12 Chinese zodiac stone carvings. Built on the mountain, the "Tupafang" complex, a true reproduction of the Yi family and nature in harmony with the concept of life. The buildings include the Tusi courtyard, the culture building, the youth house, the wine shop and the embroidery room. The village has a bullfighting ring and a tea garden, as well as swing sets and other folk sports facilities. The main festivals of the Yi ethnic group include the Torch Festival, the Year of the Yi, the Worship of the Lord, the Mizhi Festival, the Song Jumping Festival, etc. The "Torch Festival" is the most important festival of the Yi ethnic group. The "Torch Festival" is the most common and grandest traditional festival of the Yi ethnic group, which is usually held in the evening of June 24th to 26th of the lunar calendar. During the Torch Festival, Yi men, women and children, dressed in festive costumes, play animal sacrifices, dance and sing, race horses and wrestle. At night, holding torches, turn around homes and fields, and then get together to burn a bonfire, dancing.
3. Hmong Village
Selecting the mountainous area as the environment, it is quite representative and has refined the essence of Hmong architecture. The hanging corner building shows the Miao costumes and handmade crafts, and the residential building reflects the folk style of living and living. The Miao is an ethnic group that can sing and dance well, and both the mountain songs and the Lusheng Dance are very popular among the masses. The Lusheng Dance, also known as "Jumping Song", "Playing Jump" and "Stomping Lusheng", is a folk dance that combines self-entertainment and performance of the Miao people. Whenever a festival is celebrated, the Miao people in full costume gather on the Lusheng field, blowing up the moving Lusheng, playing and dancing, and enjoying themselves to the fullest. Lusheng dance cheerful and enthusiastic, dance rich endowment, the boys rough and hot, bold and steady, the girls are beautiful, subtle lyricism.
Miao traditional festivals are divided into agricultural activities festivals, material exchange festivals for men and women to socialize, love and choose a spouse festivals, ceremonial festivals, commemorative celebratory festivals. Every month there is more than one festival. The annual "Flower Mountain Festival" is a traditional festival of the Miao people, and is also a festival for young men and women to find their soulmates and for middle-aged and old people to wish each other well. "Drum Festival" is the largest Hmong folk rituals, when you have to kill a bullock cow, sacrificed to see the ancestors, and invited friends and relatives **** get together.