A Memoir of Seven-Colored Yunnan
After having lunch down from the amazing natural landscape of Stone Forest, we went to Seven-Colored Yunnan. It is said that the seven-colored Yunnan is a beautiful paradise that people aspire to. Literally, it is thought that the sky in Yunnan is made up of seven colors of colored clouds. Seven-colored Yunnan also has a lot of touching and eerie legends. One of them is Yunnan, which means "South of the Cloud Ridge" and is also known as "Dian". During the Warring States period, this was the birthplace of the Dian tribe. Legend has it that in ancient times, the heavens in the southwest of China scattered a handful of hot soil, the formation of the mountains; pour a bowl of agar, the formation of a scattered lakes and criss-crossed rivers; Heh mouth fairy gas formed seven-colored clouds. This is the origin of "seven-colored Yunnan". Second, the seven-colored Yunnan is the Three Kingdoms when Zhuge Liang with the Shu army camping place. Legend has it that the first time Zhuge Liang captured Meng Yu when the sky suddenly appeared seven-colored clouds, Zhuge Liang viewed that this is the God suggests. Seven colorful clouds must be captured seven times to capture Meng Yu, in order to truly conquer the hearts of the people here. So there is this "seven capture Meng" allusion, but also the origin of the seven-colored Yunnan. Now Wuhou camping place has also become a scene of seven-colored Yunnan. Third, the ancient Dian land, high mountains and dangerous water, magical and confusing, since ancient times is a fascinating and yet step of the secret world. Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty, legend has it that there is an ancient road in the southwest leading to the body poison (India), but the ancient road hidden in the mountains, it is difficult to find, unless you can see the seven-colored clouds. Therefore, Emperor Wu often looked at the southwest from his palace, hoping for a miracle. One day, Emperor Wu finally saw a piece of colorful cloud in the southwest sky, which was so magical and beautiful that he sent his envoys to search for it. Envoys over the mountains, has been chased to the southwest of Yi (today's Yunnan Kunming), found that the seven-colored clouds reside here, where the mountains and beautiful water, everything is peaceful, colorful clouds south now. Colorful clouds, auspicious clouds also. Yunnan Yunnan, south of the colorful clouds, Yunnan thus named. In fact, the real veil of the seven-color Yunnan is due to the chaos of the Yunnan tourism market emerald prices, the seven-color Yunnan established the enterprise "emerald grading and evaluation standards", the national unified pricing, integrity management, never two prices, to their own standards to drive the standardization of Yunnan emerald. Clear to the bottom, the pool has seven statues of the Three Kingdoms characters, from north to south, respectively, Zhao Yun, Guan Yu, Liu Bei, Zhang Fei, Zhuge Liang, Meng Hui and Guan Xing. Wishing Pool of the north, south and west around the pool were Qing Fengxiang Tea House, Jade Jewelry Mall, Crafts Museum, Souvenir Museum, famous medicine Museum, Plant Essence Museum and Yixinyuan Hotel seven food and beverage shopping stores. These guides have explained, but a few days of travel and return home after the banal, many guides have told the story have forgotten most of the children, so from Baidu searched for some specific information about the introduction, write up to share to the upcoming Yunnan or want to go to the colorful Yunnan friends more understanding and reference.
Then I started the colorful Yunnan various pavilions browsing. First of all, I went to Qingfengxiang Tea House. Specific Qingfengxiang profile I will not elaborate here. Our group of more than a dozen people came to Qingfengxiang Tea House No. 8 Hall tea. There were two tea masters to receive us and explain to us the story of the tea house.
The two tea ladies were dressed appropriately, with the characteristics of ethnic minorities, tight red jacket, black pants, hair are coiled to the top of the head, black shoes with thin straps. They look very slim and clean. Speaking to talk elegantly, a smile and knit brows are also very professional, the explanation is also appropriate. Just do not allow tourists to take pictures, I have beeped and frowned half a day. Mind thinking why can not take pictures? Did not dare to say out. Tea house next to the wall of the room has a circle of benches, in the middle of the room there are two rows of rattan chairs, every two rattan chairs in the middle of a tea table, **** there are two groups. In the center was a double large rattan chair with a large tea table in front of it. I was sitting on the left side of this large rattan chair in the front row, and on the desktop there was a promotional brochure for tea. Picked up the information in front of me to look at, is the introduction of Qingfengxiang tea. What moonlight golden branch, large-leaf Dian Hong tea, what jasmine green cake, what collection of dragon phoenix Pu'er tea cake, etc. are exquisite well-known good tea.
This time the tea lady began to explain the relevant knowledge of tea tasting. Such as washing tea, bubble tea, hold the cup, tasting tea and other various ways and requirements. Then talk about the selection of tea utensils, the amount of tea leaves and tea brewing essentials. When holding the cup, ladies use the orchid finger. When tasting tea, first smell the aroma, watch the soup, and then taste and so on. Tea master's skillful movements, gentle and elegant performance to promote the infinite charm of Chinese tea culture. I was reminded of the feeling I had when I went to Jiangnan for tea tasting two years ago. Their performances were much the same. Tea tasting in tourist attractions, they are not only to gratuitous performance of the tea art kung fu and give you a taste, mainly to dump all kinds of real estate tea. Then we heard the little mouth of the tea lady start to skillfully sell, and then other tea ladies from other halls also came to help. By this time, most of our group members had chosen a lot of Pu'er tea, which they kept for their own tasting or gifted to their friends and relatives as a souvenir. I never lack of tea, most of my tea are sent by friends, there are West Lake Longjing, Laoshan Green Tea, Rizhao Green Tea, Fujian Tieguanyin, Wuyishan Dahongpao, and Bittering Tea. But it is not an exception to choose a box of several kinds of puerh, and moonlight golden branch and jasmine green seven cakes, sinking puerh loose tea (ripe tea) and tea cakes (raw tea), etc. to the dad to bring home to taste, a few thousand dollars so easy to send out.
We estimated that these group members have to buy more than 10,000 Pu'er tea, the guide heart of course, happy. They say out of tourism do not shop, say who buy things who is a fool, but to come once is not easy, buy some specialties to go back can also be a souvenir, here things although expensive, but relatively fidelity, but whether there is an absolute fidelity, I'm not really sure, if any one time to find in the professional store to buy fakes, only in the future journey to save the silver in the future. Expect such fakes not to happen. If it does happen, then one would rather be a fool, in fact sometimes it is a joy to be a fool once in a while.
The next much simpler, in this colorful Yunnan, you in addition to look at stroll, and then is to buy things brush brush. In the jadeite jewelry city to stay not much time, because good jadeite and jade bracelets and other things are too expensive, tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands, no RMB to buy, so run away, or go home to earn more silver, and then come back to the jadeite they like to hold back. But I guess the possibility of those good color jadeite for me to bring back, only misty as a dream. However, it is not regrettable, because it has grown a lot of knowledge!
Then in the silver crafts museum stayed a little longer. Look at the dazzling array of silver jewelry, said to wear silver jewelry good, anti-virus, good for the body, so it is a lot of bracelets, earrings, earrings, rings, rings, and a variety of necklaces. What white crystal, black crystal and other exquisite crystal silver jewelry. To two girlfriends bought two bracelets, and a pair of bracelets. I hope they are healthy and happy!
Ha, brush brush, brush after the addiction to realize that the original money is such a good thing, can meet the spirit, material possession of desire and satisfaction. Sometimes people have a beauty in wanting to own something, a vanity satisfaction, that is fashionable. Though vanity can be a poetic vanity, well, yes, poetic vanity. More than vulgar vanity, poetic thoughts and tastes should be a sentiment and a state of mind. Never to show off her worth in ostentation and vulgarity. Poetic is beauty and taste. Vulgarity is what we need to discard. Ha, a little off track, but whatever the idea, everyone has the right to let their souls fly and float.
Well, back to the topic. Then went to the famous medicine museum, local specialty museum, walk around once. Wherever you go, it reflects the unique flavor and flavor of Yunnan. Bought some look comfortable, said to eat the useful specialties and herbs. I've been a big fool once again. In any case, as long as it is happy, it does not matter if it is stupid or dull. People live, happy is good, stupid people have stupid blessing!
The trip will end, the evening guide did not arrange dinner, because we have to go to enjoy the world's three dances, one of the Yunnan "Jixin Banquet Dance". We are going to enjoy a palace-like dinner there. I'm a little tired, so I'll write here. When I rest over and then the precipitation of good memories brewed, so that my friends and I share the joy and novelty of the journey!