The secret land of the Wa people in Yunnan, a secret valley where animals dare not go.

There is a Wa legend that people will go to a place in a hundred years. This is a quiet valley with gurgling streams and mottled trees. When you first see it, you won't associate it with fear and awe until you know its past life. ?

This is the holy land of Longmoye, located in Mengsuo Longtan Scenic Area in Ximeng Wa Autonomous Region. Mengsuo Longtan is a natural tropical rain forest freshwater lake, located in the south of Ximeng County. The elevation of the lake is1170m, and the surrounding environment is quiet and beautiful. ?

Once upon a time, the Wa people made a living by farming. When they encounter natural disasters, pests and diseases, they have to worship their gods to bless them. Sacrifices are often the heads of domestic animals (pigs, sheep). ?

Sacrificing gods with animal heads originated from the most primitive religious beliefs, and taking animal life as the form of "blood sacrifice" is very common among ethnic minorities, among which the blood sacrifice of the Wa nationality is the most grand. ?

Sometimes the disaster becomes more serious, and the Wa people seek more spiritual animals, such as the monkey head and the dog head, and the situation seems to have improved. But from a scientific point of view, this will only aggravate the escalation of the conflict. ?

Finally, after the once-in-a-century insect disaster, the Wa people tried the "red festival" in the confusion and hardship of no harvest. ?

Each village chooses a candidate voluntarily. The candidate must be an adult male, healthy, strong and bearded. For his tribe and relatives, he sacrificed himself and became the highest level of sacrifice. ?

His family solemnly sent this sacrifice to the valley, and the village held grand activities of "calling the soul of the valley" and "pulling the wooden drum", thinking that he could live forever in the forest and his family would receive special care from the gods. ?

Decades later, fewer and fewer men came forward voluntarily, which led to the "hunting and sacrifice" war between Wa people and different nationalities, even between different villages of the same nationality. ?

This custom has brought great disasters to the Wa people and seriously affected their normal production and life. 1958, mainland culture entered the mountains several times before it was completely overthrown and replaced by tauren. ?

In the Yi language of "dragon master", "dragon" stands for forest and "master" stands for buffalo head, which is completely used to this change. Today's Wa people laugh that this is an upgrade from primitive people to modern people. ?

Wa people's eating habits are also quite special. When entertaining guests and festivals, we will cook a pot of porridge and add chicken, beef or horse meat to cook. Among them, horse meat porridge is the rarest. ?

Supplemented by food supplement, it is the root of cold leek. The root of leek is actually the root of leek. Add chopped peanuts, garlic and millet to make it spicy and delicious, with endless aftertaste. ?

Wa people's water wine is also quite special. Fermented Redmi or wheat is put into a bamboo tube and then poured with clear water, and sucked out of the mouth with a thin bamboo tube or hose. This low-alcohol fruit juice is the Wa people's water wine. ?

What's more, a large bamboo tube is used to introduce the mountain spring into the first class, and a small outlet is opened on the side of the bamboo tube, which makes the alcohol content of water wine lower. There is also a saying that "the water does not stop, and the wine does not stop". ?

Generally, there is only one cup on the wine table of the Wa nationality. After the host fills a glass of wine, he raises his glass in front of friends who want to toast. The other party needs to raise their hands and say "ah" (Wa people mean "please drink"). Then the host gulps it down, fills a cup and hands it to the other party. ?

Wa people drink a lot because their drinking level is low. After several hours of wheel wars, they slowly accumulated alcohol and drank too much unconsciously. ?

For the primitive Wa people, rejection is disrespectful to the host, so get ready to get drunk! ?