Robbing people on the edge of the desert

Rob people who gradually retreat from Lop Nur desert stubbornly live on the edge of the desert. Don't grow grain or raise fish, two people pull up a Hu Yangshu together, a centenarian is the groom's baby, and a little Haizi marries him? Rob, what is mystery?

If Lop Nur is a mysterious and difficult desert to set foot on, then the village of Luobu people is a treasure land, and everyone can set foot on Lop Nur culture to appreciate and explore it.

Luobu people, also known as Lop Nur people, lived in Lop Nur at first, and then gradually moved out of Lop Nur due to soil and water changes, plague and other reasons. Rob village is one of the settlements of the migrated Rob people. Located on the Tarim River in Dunrun Township, Yuli County, on the northeast edge of Tarim Basin in Xinjiang, it is 85 kilometers away from Korla, the capital of Bazhou, with a total area of 72 square kilometers.

Here, you can enjoy the magical landscape of Populus euphratica in the desert, track wild camels, red deer and wild boar, watch the sunrise in the desert, sunset in the sand sea and mirage. You can also taste the unique flavor of Luobu people's grilled fish and roasted whole sheep, listen to Luobu Naoer's rich folk songs and appreciate the ancient and unique culture and art such as Luobu people's lion dance.

The groom of a centenarian, he fishes for food.

Luobu people are the oldest ethnic group in Xinjiang. They live near Xiaohaizi on the Tarim River. We don't grow grain or graze livestock, but we fish by boat. ? Its dialect is also one of the three major dialects in Xinjiang, and its folk customs, folk songs and stories have unique artistic value. This is a single fish-eating nation, and rich nutrition makes many people live forever. Eighty or ninety-year-olds are all good laborers, and there are even centenarian grooms. Rob married a little Haizi, which is probably unique in the world.

Young men and women of Luobu people can freely fall in love, usually choose from each other among tribes, and the wedding is unique. When Miss Rob got married, the dowry was a small Haizi (lake). On the wedding day, relatives and friends of both men and women gathered in Haizi, lit a bonfire and grilled fish to eat, and then everyone sang and danced around Haizi to complete the wedding with joy. With Haizi, a couple can raise him for a living.

Rob is very hospitable. If you go to Rob's house, there will be music, singing and dancing besides big bowls of wine and big pieces of meat. Rob: Women will play winter blues for you, sing melodious folk songs, and girls and boys in flowered skirts will dance to the music. At this time, happiness will definitely infect you, so you can't help but join in.

Although they eat simple food and wear coarse clothes made of apocynum venetum, they still live happily here.

The change of change

Legend has it that Rob is very good, and they can pull up a Hu Yangshu together. Speak loudly and can spread far away; Rob people's hunting bows and arrows are made of red willows. When bandits and Mongols from Qinghai came to rob, the Luobu people shot with red willow arrows and hit the attackers, often fleeing.

Historically, robbing people? Use reeds for houses and fish for food? Most houses are made of wicker and reeds, and the doors are made of Populus euphratica wood. Earlier, Luobu people did not eat beef and mutton, or even food, but only fish. In the Qing Dynasty, Vae said in Waterway to the Western Regions: Rob people don't eat grain, don't graze livestock, but fish in boats for food. ? Sometimes they chew white reed rhizome, drink corn flour mixed with Elaeagnus angustifolia paste, and occasionally catch some animals to eat. The clothes they wear are generally made of apocynum venetum.

Later, due to the deterioration of the environment in Lop Nur area, the water of Tarim River gradually shortened, and the lakes on which Lop Nur people lived dried up one after another. Migrate westward along the Peacock River to Ruoqiang County, Xinjiang. 1920, a plague occurred in Ruoqiang County, and a large number of people and animals died. Luobu people migrated in four branches and fled to Yuli, Ruoqiang, Luntai and Luopu counties, with a registered population of 10000. Whether these statements are accurate or not is inconclusive, which needs further research and textual research by historians.

Due to the change of living environment, some Luobu people have learned to graze and even grow crops. Perhaps, there will be fewer and fewer Rob people fishing for food.

Travel information

Ok: where do we start? Urumqi 550KM? Korla 85KM? Wei Li is about 20 kilometers? Luobu village Luobu Village is located 20 kilometers south of Korla, Yuli County, with convenient transportation. There are planes and shuttle buses from Urumqi to Korla (the first section of expressway, the first-class highway), and Luobu Village is open to the public all the year round. Do you have it now? Western holidays? Wait until this line is opened.

Eat: The eating habits are the same as those in Xinjiang. Rice, steamed bread, meat and vegetables remain unchanged all the year round. Lop Nur people use a magical plant, Apocynum venetum, to make tea, so many diseases heal themselves. This custom has a history of more than 3000 years and is a unique dietary custom.

Accommodation: It is recommended to stay in Yuli, a two-star hotel, with about 90 people/night, double standard independent bathroom and 24-hour hot water supply.

Buy: honey, apocynum venetum