In Xishuangbanna, you can feel the Water Splashing Festival every day, and the people here are warm and hospitable. A group of people traveling in company is to not be lonely, but in a warm place will dispel all the loneliness and negative emotions in you, and will not be able to resist laughing with them.
The scenery is beautiful, the people are lovely and the food is delicious. I never thought I'd be able to go out and drink as much as I do at home, but it's still a great feeling to be persuaded to drink by Daijia girls and buddies three times over.
Over Kunming, a trip to Xishuangbanna, four flights. The only way to see the world with God's eyes is from an airplane.
Every time I come back from a trip, I'm happy in my own little life for a while, but in less than a month's time, my heart starts to itch again until it can't stand it, then I'm back on the road again, and Xishuangbanna is another kind of happiness for me in June.
Soft girl
For the Xishuangbanna trip, the sensibility is naturally more than rational, in the anticipation of welcoming to the unknown and difficult to reach Xishuangbanna. The first thing you need to do is to get to the top of the list of the most important things you need to do to get to the top of the list of the most important things you need to do to get to the top of the list of the most important things you need to do. I'm not sure if you're going to be able to find the best way to get the most out of your time, but I'm sure you'll be able to find the best way to get the most out of your time, and I'm sure you'll be able to find the best way to get the most out of your time, and I'm sure you'll be able to find the best way to get the most out of your time.
Chasing the inner freedom, the form in your own, in my case, traveling is the best way. Since I graduated, I've been doing nothing but playing in the B&B industry, so naturally, I've been pursuing more non-standard accommodations.
This journey began with the enthusiasm of the Hani bumping butt dance.
A list of 10 things to do on the Soft Dai trip was made before departure
1. Eat a meal of Dai, lemongrass grilled fish, mumbai sauce, lemon sauce√
2. See a party√
3. Ride a motorcycle to a Dai village for a round of fun×
4. Take a peek at a China's Tropical rainforests√
5. Splash a splash of water√
6. Take a picture of the starry night sky√
6. Fail to take a picture of the starry night sky√
7. Take a picture of the fireflies√
8. Sit on a lotus leaf and take a picture of the fireflies√
9. Take a picture of the elephants√
10. Eat a mysterious fruit√ reach Mekong Night Bonfire Party, the best in this out of the Bayeux Sutra.
Counting the departure point to and from Kunming, it will take 7 days.
Xishuangbanna routeDay1Kunming-Xishuangbanna
Day2Jinghong city center, Man listening to the Royal Garden
Day3Wangtianshu scenic area, the tropical rainforest
Day4Dai ethnic garden splashing carnival, Lancangjiang River side of the candlelight beer
Day5Xishuangbanna_Kunming
Well, to play around the West Shuangbanna. The trailer is essential.
Man hearing imperial garden, that handsome Dai king and tender princess.
The heartfelt hand-held rice, pineapple rice, is the favorite of the Dai flavor. And of course, the lemongrass-grilled tilapia.
Summer, the season of lotus blooming, flowers, the most beautiful model on the journey.
The Lookout Tree, an iconic tree of the Southeast Asian rainforest.
I love the southern Buddhist temples and pagodas in Xishuangbanna, golden and snow-white.
The Dai Garden daily water festival, so you even if it is not a water festival when you come to Xishuangbanna can also feel a splash of fun.
Not more than three seconds of magical sight.
Day1A wonderful night in XishuangbannaThe first impression of Jinghong was in Aunt Ziyan's circle of friends, when she posted photos of the Dai Family Hanging House, y attracted by such a region with Southern Buddhism temples as well as tropical rain forest. I'm not sure how much time I've spent in Yunnan, but it's a shame that I've been so biased as to give all my time to the Tibetan areas in northern Yunnan, and haven't touched on the areas south of Kunming yet.
Plane stops in Zhuhai
It's also fate that a few friends flew in from all over the world as the time came for the trip to be scheduled. This is how we met in Xishuangbanna, opened a soft Daixiang trip.
Finally came to the south of the colorful clouds, the latter years are passing, look at the Meili snow mountain only, and did not play again seriously back. And this time, finally opened the south Yunnan route.
Sunset at Kunming Airport.
At noon, the plane landed and arrived in Jinghong, a fiery heat came with the breeze. I guessed it was 40 degrees, so I rushed to the hotel and waited for the guys to arrive, and then had dinner and drinks and watched the show in the evening. Jinghong is only 4-5 kilometers from the airport, now there are drop taxi is still very convenient, so do not worry about the traffic oh.
The hotel in Jinghong is Tai Valley International Hotel, opened in April this year, the facilities are still brand new, the location is very good, just in the water splash plaza, downstairs is RT-Mart, diagonally across from the Wal-Mart, and go to the night market on the riverside is ridiculously close to the walk of about 3 minutes it. It is suitable for both daytime travel and nightlife.
Because of the early flight from Kunming in the morning, I saw the bed and tossed for a while and fell asleep. The color scheme in the room is just right, warm and cold, visually very comfortable, the wall painting with peacocks and the bathroom mural with elephants, both representatives of Xishuangbanna, the overall style is very Southeast Asian flavor. After all, here the same belief in Southern Buddhism, naturally many things are the same.
Just entered the room I was really cute by this little elephant towel, the table and the hotel thoughtfully prepared fruit, the feeling of being valued is really good.
The entrance to the hotel lobby.
This is the sculpture of Premier Zhou.
At 5 p.m., we agreed to meet in the hotel lobby. The trip had just begun, we were heading to the Mangyong Royal Garden to see a performance of Lancang River? Mekong Night
Singing and Dancing Bonfire Party". When you enter the park, the first thing you'll see is a Hani butt-banging dance, which will make you feel the warmth of the minority folklore right from the entrance. Further in, the Dai girls' shapely bodies keep swinging, foot-pinching dances and more, a perfect way to kick off the nightlife.
Sweetly smiling girls.
Happy tourists, so happy they're flying during the butt-banging dance.
The delicate young girl.
This Dai costume is not really for the average fat person.
Of course, before watching the show, we have to have a Dai flavor meal. This is the first Dai food, and the following days, we are experiencing different Dai food.
The Dai cuisine is particularly sour, spicy, very appetizing to eat, most of the ingredients are Xishuangbanna local vegetables, precious mushrooms, vegetable moss, flowers, weeds and insects, etc. can be into the dish, the Dai cuisine is still very healthy, it is in the process of cooking is almost no salt, MSG, is also very little oil.
Day2Manxiang ParkIf you only have one day in Xishuangbanna, then don't miss the Manxiang Royal Garden. The park is in the center of the city and covers an area of 400 acres with a lot of preserved vegetation as well as humanistic landscapes. I still prefer to play in one place for a longer time, slowly tasting, in order to feel the beauty of the local.
Early in the morning, we came to a piece of the Dai King's Palace in the Royal Garden of Man Hearing, didn't imagine that it was crossing the general, the Dai King and Consort airborne on the. As the four sides of the subjects naturally have to follow the etiquette, kneeling on both sides.
This way, by the Dai Wang and Wangfei two show a face of love. The king of Dai is more than ever in love with the princess. The two of them have been enjoying the lotus flowers, releasing the fish, and swimming in the mountains and playing in the water. Where is the most beautiful place in the world, the answer is, by your side.
Man hearing park was formerly the royal garden of the Dai king, legend has it that the Dai king consort came here to play, the scenery is charming, attracted the soul of the king consort, so the Dai are used to call her "Chunhuan", which means "the garden of the soul," the park has both the royal family, the culture of Buddhism and the Dai royal family, and also the culture of Buddhism and the Dai royal family. The park has both Dai royal culture, Buddhist culture and Dai folk culture, and is considered the oldest park in Xishuangbanna.
About eleven o'clock, in the Zhangha Pavilion, there is a Dai drama "Chunhuan's story", which is about why the Mangshang Park is called "Chunhuan".
The lake is the place where you can release the animals.
Lunch was at the Royal Elephant Café in Manxiang Park, and their Daijia hand-scraped rice was the most delicious I've ever eaten in Xishuangbanna these days. Especially the moss-wrapped sticky rice, the aftertaste is endless.
The moss has a long history. Every spring, when the water of the Lancang River is very light, people will fish for moss along the river. This is a kind of aquatic algae plants, green, silk, generally attached to the bottom of the water on the rocks or rock growth, it is quite difficult to collect, and the moss only grows in the unpolluted clear water under the river, compared to the seaweed we eat is also fragrant.
Hand-held rice
After eating, resting down, flowers and I took pictures of each other, so just right, today wearing clothes very match, raw my trip to Banna into a girlfriends tour, and of course, there is a Hao Wen haha. Just a turn, a look back let a person's heart. The Mangyong Royal Garden is a tropical rainforest with the pagoda-like architecture of a Southern Buddhist temple, perfect for portraits. Because of this shooting, I and the flowers suddenly close up, and then a few days later, we are often a piece of photo play.
Day3Hundred meters in the air on the air corridorWe are still in Jinghong sunshine, looking at the sky tree side of the rainy, thinking ouch, actually want to walk in the rain in the rainforest. Just did not think three hours later, we arrived at the Wangtianshu sun Gong Gong give face out. Wangtianshu scenic spot, is named after the endemic tree species Wangtianshu.
To enter the scenic area first have to take a boat on the Nam La River up a few kilometers, just can be on the water to watch the rainforest, both sides of the cascading dense rainforest is a picture, if you cross this piece of rainforest you will be able to sneak into Laos.
Along the way encountered many tropical plants flowers, this porcelain rose, very beautiful, hard petals, I heard that Hawaii are used to eat, but in Banna because it is still relatively small, more is used for viewing.
And this firecracker flower, very image it.
And this ugly spider-like water ghost plantain.
The most famous thing in Wangtianshu is, of course, the Wangtianshu - on the 100-meter-high "air corridor", Wangtianshu belongs to the family of Lobelia, because of which China has the only piece of tropical rainforest. Wangtian tree grows straight, up to seventy or eighty meters. We walked on an aerial corridor made of steel ropes and high-density nylon ropes bound together, overlooking a sea of green.
For those who aren't afraid of heights, it's certainly an exhilarating experience. Walking up shaky, flower guy, but also deliberately wobbling around, nay, fear of heights I, all the way to the end of the screaming, no turning back to go, hard to walk through. But, even if you are afraid, it does not affect my photo ah.
To the highest point, we will bring up from below the lookout tree seeds released, hope that we also this rainforest sprinkled a seed to see it next year. On the way back we took the Phillip's Trail and walked through the rainforest, taking deep breaths and cleansing our lungs. We encountered many interesting botanical phenomena in the rainforest, such as strangles, slate roots and so on.
Even before we came here, we had already heard about the warm toast of the people of Wangtianshu, and when we came here, we felt it even more y. Eating here is a kind of enjoyment, we are in the Wangtianshu scenic area of the semi-open-air Vimea rainforest restaurant, enjoying a stunning peacock meal, the value is very high.
First of all, the peacock's head is introduced to the eye, as well as the peacock's tail formed through the plate and tableware with the formation of the meal is not only in the face value, but also because it is worthwhile to eat for the food, of course, this is not the peacock to go down to do the dishes, but there is a combination of Daijia dishes plated and formed, hand-torn dry bar, vegetables wrapped in fish, vegetables wrapped in pork, purple glutinous rice and pineapple rice, deep-fried pork rinds, barbecued chicken and so on and so forth.
Day4Olive DamHave you ever heard the saying, to Xishuangbanna not to Olive Dam is equal to not to Xishuangbanna, to Olive Dam not to Dai Garden is equal to not to Olive Dam.
Olive Dam is the Dai Garden. Here originally there are five native Dai village, village has a Buddhist temple, the temple has Buddha's destiny. Here, the temples are photographed very golden, coconut trees, shell palm as a background, it is very exotic.
From the Wangtianshu shortcut thirty kilometers of bad road to reach the Dai Garden, stayed at the Lemon Inn, Lemon brother is a man with a story, I look at so think. The company's main goal is to provide the best possible service to its customers," he said. "The company's goal is to provide the best possible service to its customers," he said.
There are two splashing carnivals in the Dai Garden every day, the first one is at 13:30 and the second one is at 15:30, which allows you to feel the splashing atmosphere of Xishuangbanna even during the non-Splashing Water Festival.
The Dai Water Splashing Festival is held during the New Year of the Dai Calendar and lasts for three to seven days, probably around the middle of the fourth month of the Gregorian calendar. People use pure water to splash each other, praying to wash away the past year's bad luck and have a good new year. The Dai people often say, "The Water Splashing Festival is held once a year, and people splash water on whoever they like". The people here regard water as their life.
When we played a happy splash down, began to go to several villages in the Dai Garden. The first place we came to was the ancient Buddhist temple of Manchunman, a temple that has been in existence for more than a thousand years. This temple is famous in Southeast Asia, and during major Buddhist events, monks and hearts from Sri Lanka, Thailand, Laos, and Myanmar come to the Manchunman Buddhist temple for pilgrimages.
It was also lucky to see the peacock open its screen twice on the way. There is a wishing fountain in Manchunman Buddha Temple, which I heard is very spiritual. And then we got on the Dai Garden battery car, all the way through the Manjung, Manchunman, Manzha, Man listening, Manga five villages, saw my heart longing for Man listening to the White Pagoda, and the door of the Pagoda Bao tree is very magical.
In the Dai garden there is a national intangible cultural heritage display area, see the Dai people in the process of spinning, weaving, do Dai ceramics, preparation of bamboo baskets, the production of elephant foot drums, etc., and then we also went to the village inside, handmade dried fruit, coconut flakes, from the tree to shelling, drink the coconut juice, peeling, slicing, put the sugar in the pot, stir-frying, juicing, drying, and have been brought back to the home.
About the strategy
The above is simple this trip to Xishuangbanna, we can go directly as a self-driving route.
Jinghong-Man hear Royal Garden_Dai Garden_Wangtianshu_Manhan_Maoting in Laos
If not in a hurry to go home, I guess I will walk around Southeast Asia, so Xishuangbanna is still very suitable for people who happen to have the time to walk around Southeast Asia in the country's first stop.
First, how do you get to Xishuangbanna?
Weighing the balance, found that it is still the most convenient to fly from Kunming Xishuangbanna, on the basic need to change planes once, because Xishuangbanna direct flights are still relatively few cities.
So what to play in Xishuangbanna?Jinghong Manxiang Park
Manxiang Dai called Chunhuan, in the text has written the legend, the entire scenic area has a lot of culture within, including, ethnic culture square, release lake, Buddhist culture area. In the evening, there is "Lancang River? Mekong Night" cultural performance and bonfire party, is the nearest scenic spot to Jinghong city, it is worth a visit.
Transportation: You can get there by No.3 bus
Tickets:
①Daytime Tickets 08:00-17:30: 54 RMB/person
②Nighttime Show Tickets 18:30-21:40: VIP Tickets 480 RMB/person, VIP Tickets 380 RMB/person, Ordinary Tickets 200 RMB/person
Wangtianhu Scenic Area is the closest scenic spot to Jinghong City, which is worth visiting. Wangtianshu Scenic Spot
Located in Mengla County, Xishuangbanna, 140km from Jinghong city center, about 3 hours' drive, near Laos. It is one of the Avatar filming locations, where you can experience the sky corridor of Wangtian Tree and also breathe the excellent rainforest air. This scenic spot will take you a day, if you have time you can arrange to stay at Lianya Lodge which is located at the scenic spot ticket office.
Transportation:
①Jinghong-Mengla
By car: take a shuttle bus from Jinghong to Mengla direction at Xishuangbanna Bus Terminal, the buses leave every half an hour, and the ticket price is about 50 yuan per person.
②Mengla - Wangtianshu Scenic Area
Automobile: buy a ticket to Wangtianshu Scenic Area at Mengla County Bus Terminal, the ticket price is about 8 yuan. Remember to tell the driver to get off at the "Wangtianshu Ticket Office" at the pier in Bengcheng.
Transportation within the scenic area:
There are about 4 kilometers from the ticket office to the scenic area, and you can take the scenic area to and from the electric car, which runs once every 30 minutes.
Tickets:
Individual ticket 75 yuan/person,
Package ticket 198 yuan/person (including scenic area ticket 75 yuan + one-way Nanla River sightseeing boat ticket 50 yuan + air corridor 120 yuan)
Dai Garden
"One day as a guest of the Olive dam, night dream back to the Dai garden". This is the main settlement of the Dai people in Xishuangbanna, preserving the best Dai village, where you can feel the tropical rain forest, the Southern Buddhist monastery, and also see the intangible cultural heritage of the Dai people, as well as a little bit of their life. The night you drink on the Lancang River, don't mention how cozy it is.
Transportation:
You can go to Banna Bus Station to take a bus, rolling throughout the day, take a long-distance bus from Jinghong to Mengla, get off at Olive Dam halfway, the ticket price is about 9 yuan
Tickets:
Ticket:
The entrance fee is 65 yuan/person, scenic spot battery car is 40 yuan/person, and the rental of splashing clothes is 40 yuan
Package ticket is 190 yuan/person (including: entrance ticket. The water is not a good thing, but it's a good thing that you're not a good person.
Xishuangbanna taste to sour, spicy, fresh as the characteristics of the Dai flavor is certainly certainly have to eat a meal, lemongrass grilled fish, vegetables wrapped in meat, grilled chicken, pineapple rice, wild vegetable soup, flavor boiled rice dry, mumble platter are very worth a try.
Recommended: the hand-caught rice platter at the Royal Elephant Café in Manjung Park.
The Dai family barbecue, grilled in a variety of ways, grilled directly on the charcoal fire or banana leaf wrapped in barbecue, but also in a bamboo tube grilled, and the most important thing is to be accompanied by different dipping sauces, which is the biggest difference.
Recommendation: barbecue at the riverside night market, lemon grilled fish must eat.
Xishuangbanna fruit, very cheap oh, are tropical fruits, like to eat fruit people come here will be blessed.
Where to stay?
Since the standard of living is different, I can only list a few stores that live this time.
Jinghong city to stay two nights is the Tai Valley International Hotel, newly opened, hardware facilities are very good, the most important thing is the location is super good. To the riverside night market 3 minutes, splash water square is downstairs.
Wangtianshu scenic area inside the residence is Lotus Ya small house, most people come to Wangtianshu is a day trip, scenic area this side is only Lotus Ya small house can live Oh.
The Dai Garden is a lemon inn, the most important thing is that the lemon brother is a very story of male students, you can go to chat.
This trip to Xishuangbanna, because there are flowers and Hao Wen play together, but also fish and mark pig funny, the whole trip down the laughter. We keep missing the enthusiasm of the Daijia girls and the beauty there. Magical tropical rainforest, beautiful pagoda-style architecture, sweet and sour Dai flavor, unique hanging bamboo buildings, coconut trees, elephants, peacocks and splashing water, a picture are in the heart.
This is my first time to Xishuangbanna, there will be a next time.