Dancers of the rainforest
Driving from Pu'er City all the way to Xishuangbanna, the car ran on the ? China's most beautiful highway? (Simao to Xiaomengyang Highway), a 97.7-kilometer-long highway that passes through China's only tropical rainforest national park (Xishuangbanna National Nature Reserve). Especially important is that this national park nature reserve is the habitat of the national-level protected animal Asian elephant, in order to reduce the highway? Corridor effect? The destruction of the wild elephant living environment, the elevated highway below the establishment of a number of passages, allowing the protected area area of wild elephants to come and go freely, when the car traveled to the core area of the reserve, far away from us can see the eye-catching warning signs prohibit honking? Because of this, this highway is also known as? Ecotourism Highway.
It was midday, the sun was shining and there were white clouds in the blue sky. Early in the morning in Xishuangbanna, you can always see a thick fog around, and at first thought it was going to rain, but at noon the sun came out and dispersed the fog without a trace, a clear. As our SUV continued to drive along the highway, tall tropical trees flashed past the car on both sides of the road, the wind was fresh and pure, and banana fields, rubber forests, or tea plantations flashed past our eyes from time to time. It is the ripening season for bananas, and the branches should be full of attractive golden bananas, but the banana farmers have put on a layer of blue nylon clothing, which is said to prevent the ripe bananas from being infested by pests and diseases. Not far from the rows of rubber forests neatly arranged, those to the age of rubber cutting (usually 6?8 years) rubber trees, rubber farmers under the rubber tree to put a bowl, cut the rubber tree rubber is along the ring-shaped knife mark drops into the bowl. Tea gardens rise up the hillside in a hierarchical fashion, and the tea farmers use scissors to flatten the trees in order to sprout more new tea the following spring. The humid climate, coupled with the acidic brownish-red soil, and the unique geographical conditions make this one of the four major production areas for Pu'er tea.
At the entrance of Xishuangbanna National Park, we began to abandon the car and walk into the rain forest. This is a trip similar to the "Avatar" movie scenes, everywhere you see tall palm trees, palm trees wide leaves swaying in the wind, whirling. Trees in the rainforest are usually more than 20 meters tall, and the redbud ironwood is one of them. It belongs to the pteridophyte family and is a valuable timber tree with detailed grain and hard wood for carving and construction. Some trees also have plate-like roots, which is a form of the strut roots of tropical rainforest plants. The trunk and along the ground towards the lateral roots constitute one to several flat triangular plate-like roots, some can be as high as 3?4 meters. Plate-shaped root is a special adaptation phenomenon of tall trees in the tropical rainforest, because of this strong and powerful root system, can be well avoided due to the wide crown caused by the head-heavy problem, so as to effectively strengthen and support the above-ground part of the tree, can resist the attack of heavy wind and rain.
During the rainforest hike, we saw the fruit of the konjac? Small, reddish-colored berries that were a sight to behold. Konjac in China in ancient times called Shao body, Japan is still following this name, it is a kind of Tennessee family of perennial herbs,abercrombie france. The underground tubers are oblate spherical, the head is relatively large, clothes rice, stout petiole is light green, and has a dark purple spot, palmate compound leaves, growing in the sparse forests, with the dispersal of poison, the face, through the veins, blood pressure, weight loss, appetizing and other functions. In the hilly ravine or ravine shrubbery, we also see a kind of will ? dancing? s plant? dancing grass. Although it is called? Dancing Grass? , it is not actually a grass, but a small shrub. Dancing Grass is very sensitive to sunlight, under the sunlight, the two lateral leaflets next to the large leaves will slowly close upward, and then quickly droop, like the hands of a clock, constantly circling back and forth. The movement of different leaflets on the same plant is fast and slow, but rhythmic, rising and falling in a breathtaking way. When night comes, the dancing grass goes into ? sleep? state, and with the emergence of the morning sun, it begins to dance again. As a moving plant, dancing grass is an interesting ornamental plant; at the same time, it is also a kind of herbal medicine, with the effect of soothing tendons, activating collaterals and removing bruises.
Besides these exotic plants, we also encountered many cute little animals along the way. Green tree frogs, napping on the large leaves of calla lilies, didn't bother with our sudden disturbance. This is a typical arboreal frog, a member of the rain frog family, the arboreal toads. They are small and slender, with long legs and suction cups at the end of their fingers and toes, making them especially suited to climbing trees.
We continued to walk deeper into the forest, suddenly found a leaf moving, fixed eyes, it was a lizard. Its deep black back was inlaid with hints of yellow-green and dead yellow, very similar to the colors of the surrounding petioles and dead leaves, which is known in biology as protective coloration. A protective coloration so similar to its environment is not easy for even alert humans to detect, let alone the average natural predator.
Sunlight streamed down through the gaps in the canopy, forming columns of light that varied in thickness, illuminating the misty, clear shade of the trees. The sound of birds chirping not far away, and the thud of the spring, like a beautiful song of nature, is really a little bit of fun. If not for the rush, I really want to stay in this rainforest for a few more days, more experience in the rainforest flora and fauna kingdom of mystery and magic.
The children of the rainforest
Road through Jinghong City (the capital of Xishuangbanna Prefecture) when a tall ? Herringbone? Bridge came into view, the driver, Master Huang told us that this is just recently built Xishuangbanna Bridge, under the bridge across the ? Oriental Danube Lancang River. Now in Xishuangbanna's fog cool season, rain is very little, therefore, this time of the Lancang River, not the kind of surging momentum, on the contrary, there are ? The wind walks over the water, leaving behind sparkling ripples? The quiet beauty of the Lancang River. Standing on the bridge, warm and humid tropical winds blowing in the face, cozy and pleasant, looking around, a piece of green with the rolling hills fluctuations, dark green rainforests, dark green rubber forests, as well as green banana base Oriental Danube? Like a? Golden lifeblood? that feeds the life on both sides of the river, stretching and long.
After entering Lancang County, we can't help but deal with the local Lahu people, a minority group that has lived in the rainforest for generations, and the rainforest is like a mother nurturing the ancient community. Lahu, the Chinese word for tiger fighting, may be Lahu's ancestors relied on all the way to fight tigers, in order to migrate from the Qinghai Plateau to the present Lancang River Basin. According to legend, the Lahu people emerged from the gourd, therefore, the gourd has become an inseparable part of the Lahu people's life, some of these gourds are used as handicrafts, which are painted with? Some of these gourds are used as handicrafts, painted with the beautiful patterns of the Ancient Tea Horse Road. Some of these gourds are used as handicrafts, on which are painted the exquisite patterns of the "Ancient Tea Horse Road", recounting the long history of Pu'er Tea; some are made into? Gourd Silk A kind of musical instrument is played by people, like a mountain stream flowing down the shallow silver springs splashing down on the porcelain plate issued by the sound, pleasant and melodious; some of them are made into wine pots and bowls of a kind of living utensils for people to use in their daily lives; and even in the top of the door or some of the units marking the construction of the building have? Some of them are made into wine pots, dippers and bowls for people's daily use. The Lahu people have a very deep origin of honoring the gourd, which can be seen in the symbols of the Lahu people.
The Lahu people love black, and their costumes are all made of black, with black as the main color. Most of the garments are lined with black cloth, decorated with various lace patterns using colored threads and colored cloth, and then embedded with white silver bubbles, making the whole color both deep and contrasting, giving people an infinite sense of beauty.
On a street in the center of Lancang County, local people go there every Sunday. People of different nationalities wear national costumes and bring their own specialties to sell at the market, which has not only become an event for the exchange of goods among local people, but also an exhibition of costumes of various nationalities. The goods here are quite unique, such as bamboo worms in bamboo tubes is one of them. Open the bamboo tube inside crawling with white bamboo worms, at first glance, there are a few scary, but the bamboo worms are a high-protein food, after frying in a frying pan, the fragrance and soft flavor out of the whole, is an indispensable local dish. There is also a thriving market for medicinal herbs such as ganoderma lucidum and ginseng. It is also worth mentioning that nearby Menglian County (known as Menglian Dai Lahu Wa Autonomous County) has a ? China-Burma Street. There are many Burmese people doing jade business on the street. When you walk on this street, you can see Burmese men wearing black hats and Burmese women wearing pink headscarves, making you feel as if you are in a foreign country.
Travel Tips:
Transportation: To get to the Rainforest National Park, you can first go to the city of Pu'er, from where you can take a bus to Xishuangbanna, an area with typical ? Trains don't run as fast as cars? It is recommended to take a flight from Kunming, which will take half an hour to reach Pu'er, while it takes about 7 hours by car.
Food: There are several Dai and Lahu ethnic restaurants in Pu'er, with specialties such as fried bamboo worms, fried bee pupae, pineapple rice, etc., during which there are Dai or Lahu girls singing and toasting, and it's also good to go to the street at night to eat barbecued chicken, which is very fragrant.
Accommodation: Recommended Guangtai Hotel, Address: No. 35, Linyuan Road, Simao District, Pu'er City, Yunnan Province
Shopping: This area is very rich in specialties, especially Pu'er Tea is famous all over the world, and at night you can feel the charm of Pu'er Tea in the city's tea room.