How many tropical botanical gardens are there?

In the late 1950s, Professor Cai, a famous botanist in China, led a group of scientific and technical personnel to "split Huludao with both hands" and overcome various difficulties to build Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden.

There are nearly 5,000 species of plants from all over the world in the 300-hectare botanical garden. There are countless exotic flowers and herbs: porcelain roses with ceramic petals, plumeria with yellow flowers and white flowers, dancing grass trembling with singing, climbing trees more than 70 meters high, deadly "killing the throat with blood" (also known as "poison arrow tree") and iron trees with more than 800 years, which are amazing. The botanical garden still retains the original tropical rain forest, including about 2000 local native plants, accounting for 1/2 of Xishuangbanna flora. More than 400 species of rare and endangered plants in southern Yunnan and 74 species of national key protected plants were introduced.

National style garden

Xishuangbanna National Customs Garden was formerly a tropical fruit forest farm. There are more than 600 mu of tropical fruit trees such as mango, litchi, grapefruit, carambola, jackfruit and coconut, 50 mu of coffee, and dozens of precious plant specimens such as fast-growing forest, bamboo, palm, betel nut and Amomum villosum. All kinds of tropical fruit trees stand alone in the forest, especially litchi with green shadows, such as giant green umbrellas to block the hot sun and spread green shadows, which has become an excellent place for tourists to rest. Near the back door, coconut trees are tall and straight, betel nut saplings are graceful, and tropical flowers are blooming under the ornament of hanging gardens. On the back are pumbaa pomelo trees, mango trees, tall jackfruit trees and stocky banana trees. On the left, in the bamboo forest, the clear spring reflects the bamboo shadow ... All the year round, birds and flowers are fragrant and fruitful, which constitutes the epitome of Xishuangbanna's natural landscape.

In addition, there are scenic travel agencies, tour car rental companies, love garden hotels, love garden bars, amorous feelings restaurants and other service facilities in the park. Visitors can not only enjoy the scenery in the park, but also spend their holidays in the park and enjoy the rich ethnic customs.

Xishuangbanna Dai Nationality Garden

Dai Garden in Xishuangbanna is the main tourist area of Donghuan Road, a boutique tourist line in Xishuangbanna. The overall planning of Dai Garden covers an area of 336 hectares. The main scenic spots are composed of five well-preserved Dai natural villages, namely Manjiang (Tao Tao Village), Man Chun Man (garden village), Mancha (Chef Village), Manga (Market Village) and Man Ting (Palace garden village), with a total of 326 households and 1536 people. Dai Garden is the soul of Xishuangbanna, and it is the only fine scenic spot of folk eco-tourism in Xishuangbanna that focuses on the Dai history, culture, religion, sports, architecture, living customs, costumes, diet, production and life. Here, the exquisite and chic Dai bamboo houses and pagodas are hidden among the green trees, revealing a kind of nature, simplicity and tranquility. Tropical fruits such as bananas, mangoes, lychees, shea butter and papaya are planted around the bamboo house, as well as tall coconut trees, palm trees with bay leaves and slim betel nuts, which make the Dai bamboo house particularly enchanting. The five Dai villages in the park are all covered with huge and beautiful green peacock tails, and the villages and bamboo houses can't be seen clearly. Only the Lancang River on the right and the Longde Lake on the left can be seen clearly. Only on foot can we recognize their true colors.

Wild Elephant Valley

Wild Elephant Valley has become a tourist hotspot in Xishuangbanna in recent years because of its convenient transportation and unique tropical forest landscape.

Wild Elephant Valley Scenic Area is located in the north of Jinghong City, with an area of 369 hectares and 47 kilometers away from Jinghong. Elephant Valley is a landform with low mountains, shallow hills and wide valleys, with an altitude of 747 ~ 1055 meters. Rivers crisscross the area, and forest types are divided into tropical monsoon forest, monsoon evergreen broad-leaved forest and Phyllostachys pubescens according to altitude change, with a forest coverage rate of 96%. In addition to wild elephants in Asia, there are also protected animals such as bison, monitor lizards, pythons, green peacocks, hornbills, dolphin-tailed monkeys, macaques, black bears, pangolins and civets, as well as a large number of butterflies, birds and amphibians. Because the scenic spot is located at the junction of the east and west areas of Mengyang tourist area, it naturally becomes a channel for various animal species. With the introduction of technology and the strict protection of human resources for many years, wild elephants haunt here more frequently and have a more harmonious relationship with people, making it the only place in Xishuangbanna where wild elephants can be easily seen.

Manting Park

Man Ting Park is located in the southeast of Jinghong City, about 2 kilometers away from the urban area, in the triangle where Lancang River and Liusha River meet, covering an area of 1 15400 square meters. The park has beautiful scenery, lush trees, rare ironwood and various fruit trees everywhere, and is an ideal garden for people to watch and play.

Man Ting Park is the oldest park in Xishuangbanna with a history of over 65,438+0,300 years. It used to be the imperial garden of the Dai king in Xishuangbanna, and it was once a place for feudal lords and toasts to enjoy flowers in Dai history. Legend has it that when Princess Dai visited the garden, the beautiful scenery in the garden attracted the soul of the princess, so it was named Chunhuan Garden, which means "Garden of the Soul". Now it is the main Buddhist temple of the Dai people. There are not only natural landscapes in the park, but also artificially cultivated exotic flowers and plants and garden buildings. Visitors to the park can not only enjoy the quaint natural scenery, but also enjoy the humanistic landscape with strong national characteristics.

When you walk into the gate of Man Ting Park, the first thing you see is a bronze statue. This is a bronze statue of the prime minister in Dai costume, holding a water bowl in his left hand and an olive branch in his right hand. On the left side of the bronze statue are two bodhi trees planted by the Princess of the Kingdom of Thailand, symbolizing the friendship between China and Thailand. There are also the sacred Longxi Dragon Bamboo Shoot Pagoda, the Wabajie General Buddhist Temple in Xishuangbanna, the Jingzhen Octagonal Pavilion, the Quadrangular Pavilion, the Hexagonal Pavilion and the Daisala Pavilion with exquisite simulation modeling. Next to the park is the Dai village in Man Ting, which together form a trinity of parks, villages and Buddhist temples.

Jingzhen Octagonal Pavilion

The Jingzhen Octagonal Pavilion, the white pagoda in Yunnan that people often see in movies or TV, is one of the important cultural relics in Xishuangbanna. Located in Jingzhen area of Menghai County, it is 0/4 km away from the county seat/kloc-. Because this pavilion is in Jingzhen, people usually call it Jingzhen Octagonal Pavilion. Southeast of Bajiaoting is the Liusha River, where there is a small bridge and the famous Huluxin tragedy happened. To the west of the octagonal pavilion is Jingzhen Lake. Seven Sisters Nanmu Nona, the peacock princess in the story, is said to have bathed in that lake and met Prince Zhao of Shutun.

Octagonal Pavilion is a Buddhist building, which is a part of Vallazza Beach, a Buddhist temple in the center of Jingzhen area. According to the records in Bogang, a History Book of Scenery in Dai language, it was built by Mujiao, a monk's hall, with the help of "Li and Myanmar" (which means the Han nationality in the mainland), and it is the crystallization of the joint efforts of Dai and Han nationalities. This pavilion was built in the Dai calendar 1063 (170 1) and has a history of nearly 300 years.

The pavilion is a brick-wood structure with an octagonal shape. The pavilion has 365,438+0 faces and 32 corners, and Myanmar tiles are attached to each corner. On the roof of each floor, pottery products of various shapes and sizes are placed. The walls are painted with gold powder, printed with various patterns and animals, and inlaid with glass mirrors of various shapes, which shine in the bright sunshine. The eight pavilions are on the side of the building, shrinking from bottom to top, overlapping beautifully until the top, patchwork, precise structure and unique style. There are two bells hanging beside the pavilion.

According to legend, this octagonal pavilion was built by Buddhists to commemorate Sakyamuni, imitating the golden hat "Kahanzhong" he wore. In ancient times, it was a discussion pavilion. On 15th and 30th of each month in Dai calendar, Buddhist monks in Jingzhen area gather in pavilions to listen to monks' lectures and discuss major religious activities. It is also a place where important daily affairs are handled, and it is also a place where monks ascend to Buddha. On the top of the mountain, about two miles north of the octagonal pavilion, stands a stupa, which is far opposite to the octagonal pavilion. According to historical records, the Bajiao Pavilion was destroyed by the war in Dai calendar 12 14 (1852), and was rebuilt later, which was severely damaged in the Cultural Revolution. 198 1 year, the state allocated funds to rebuild, and the octagonal pavilion stood on the bank of quicksand with its graceful posture. Between the Jingzhen Buddhist Temple and the octagonal pavilion, there is a huge old bodhi tree. The tall and straight trunk can only be hugged by a few people, and it is desolate everywhere, dotted with the beautiful scenery of the octagonal pavilion.

Xishuangbanna is the world-famous hometown of Pu 'er tea, and tea trees have been planted for over 700 years. There are now more than 100 tea varieties. The existing tea garden covers an area of 286,600 mu, with an annual output of refined tea 13586 tons. Do you know that?/You know what? Do you know that?/You know what?

Tea-horse road

In recent years, after careful research, experts believe that there has been an ancient communication channel between the Han nationality and many ethnic groups in the mainland and border areas of the motherland for thousands of years. This ancient road stretches for Qian Qian meters, criss-crossing and widely distributed. In the long history, two main routes have been formed. One starts from Xishuangbanna, Simao and other tea-producing areas in Yunnan today, goes northwest through Dali, Lijiang and Diqing in Yunnan today to Qamdo and Linzhi in Tibet to Lhasa, and then goes south through Lhasa to Myanmar, Nepal and India respectively. The other one starts from Ya 'an, Sichuan today and passes through Luding, Kangding and Litang.

This passage is the most dangerous and complicated ancient civilization and culture transmission road in the known passages in the world at present, and it is completely composed of people and horses. Caravans travel through this bumpy post road, constantly transporting tea, sugar, salt and other necessities for the mainland and China's frontier, as well as horses and furs for the mainland and frontier, so this ancient road is called "Tea-Horse Ancient Road". Like the Silk Road, the ancient tea-horse road once played an important role in China.

With the decline of the Qing government, the tea trade began to be affected, and the subsequent looting of several fires and wars made this ancient road gradually decline. Coupled with the rapid rise of modern means of transportation, the ancient road gradually got lost in chaos and became an inaccessible place.

Although the glory of the ancient tea-horse road has become a thing of the past, Pu 'er tea culture is in the same strain, and the ancient tea mountain is giving off a new breath and writing a new chapter of Pu 'er tea ... Dai cuisine with unique flavor enjoys a unique reputation in Yunnan cuisine, with glutinous rice, sour taste, barbecue and aquatic products as the main ingredients and wild cultivated plants as the seasoning, which has a unique national flavor. Citronella, spices, peppers, prickly ash and other spices are always added to Dai cuisine, and sour, spicy and fragrant are the biggest characteristics of Dai flavor.

One of the representatives of Dai cuisine, fragrant bamboo rice, which is called "fetters" in Dai language, can only be cooked with fragrant bamboo with special flavor. Fragrant bamboo is a kind of Joe's bamboo, the stem is as thin as a wine glass, and the inner wall is covered with a layer of white bamboo pulp, which has a special fragrance. Cook fragrant bamboo tube rice, choose tender bamboo that grew in that year, cut it by sections, and leave sections for each section. Put the glutinous rice in a bamboo tube, soak it in clear water for 15 minutes, and then bake it with charcoal fire or low fire in the oven. When eating, pat the bamboo tube to soften it, and the bamboo film on the inner wall of the bamboo tube will stick to the rice. Cut it in half with a knife, and the fragrant bamboo rice will come out, with rich aroma and soft and delicate rice. This kind of rice is not only convenient to eat, but also easy to carry, and it is the staple food used by Dai people to entertain guests.

Dai people have three meals a day, mainly rice, and like glutinous rice. The Dai food in Jinghong is rich and colorful, including glutinous rice products, meat and fish products, vegetable products, melon and fruit products, bath rice products, insect rice products and so on. There are more than 100 cooking methods, including roasting, steaming, boiling, pickling, chopping and frying, which are characterized by "sour, spicy, sweet and fragrant".