What should I pay attention to when I go to Cangyuan to participate in the "Touch Your Black" activity?

Book the hotel in advance, otherwise there may be no place to stay and the price is very expensive. Prepare some clothes, covered in mud, and definitely need to change clothes.

It is not easy to go to Cangyuan to attend the Black Carnival. The first is the traffic problem. There is no train here, so you can only take a bus, but there is no expressway. I flew from Kunming to Lincang and took a bus for three and a half hours to Gengma County (all the inns in Gengma County were full at this time). The next morning, I took an hour and a half bus to Cangyuan County and got off to find accommodation. Almost all of them are full. The price of a room in a small inn, which is usually only a few tens of yuan, has also risen to 400 yuan.

"Touch Your Black" Carnival is a large-scale tourism and cultural activity in Cangyuan County since 2004. It is held every May1-May 4th in Cangyuan County. Known as the "Contact Carnival with the largest number of participants in the world", "Touch Your Black" is not just playing with mud, but the communication between people, that is, experiencing the traditional culture of the Wa people, so that participants can experience the feeling of mutual contact.

At 2 pm, the activity officially started. When people enter the venue, they are still very reserved and orderly, looking for their own "touch" goals. The mud used here is made from the bottom of the pot, cow blood and mud. It is said that natural medicine "Never Fall" has been added, which has the effects of sun protection, beauty and beauty.

People attending the carnival, both men and women, quickly discredited each other and blessed each other. Have a dull face and be happy for a year; Be smeared and be happy for life. Touch the girl's face, the girl is more beautiful. Touch the old man to wish him health. Touch distant boys, children, friends and guests. At this moment, whoever is black is the most beautiful; Whoever has more mud will be happy. Black you means blessing you!

There are tens of thousands of people in the square at the moment, and the initial reserve is only a moment. Soon, you can touch whoever you see and wherever you go. In the end, you won't touch it but "splash" it into the mud. No one in the square was spared, and people outside the square left in a hurry.

Enthusiastic young people sang and danced, singing "Touch your black ... Touch your black ..." A long time ago, there was no mud in the mud trough, so unhappy people used clothes to support the mud on the ground. At this time, the whole square was covered with wet yellow mud. A girl was stuffed into a mud bucket by a dizzy boy, and all kinds of madness continued to be staged. The police were not spared. Unlike people who socialize, they are highly nervous and tired all day.

There is a river on the edge of the square. After the madness, people came here to wash themselves, and the clear river immediately became turbid. In fact, mud is very washable, as long as there are bubbles, it can be easily washed out.