Photography season: visiting Jinuo people deep in the mountains

The mysterious Jinuo, the last officially recognized minority in China. After the direct transition from primitive society to socialist society, they still believe in primitive religion. Under the protection of the goddess of creation "Yao Bei", they are hidden in the depths of the mountains, slash and burn, and continue from generation to generation ...

Let's follow the lens of the movie camera, go deep into the mountains, go into the past lives of Jinuo people, and explore the survival footprint of this ancient nation. ...

According to the legend of Han nationality, Pangu created the world, and the goddess of mending the sky created people, while in the legend of Jino nationality, it was the goddess Yao Bei who created the world. However, the world was not harmonious at first, and all kinds of creatures fought fiercely for resources. In order to punish them, the goddess caused a big flood and wanted to drown everything. She only put a pair of twin brothers and sisters named Ma Hei and Ma Niu into the drum to save them.

When the flood receded, the two brothers and sisters jumped out of the drums and a whole new world appeared in front of them. Everything in human history began to be written here ... These two brothers and sisters became the ancestors of Jino people.

Jinuo society is matriarchal and worships my uncle very much, and my mother's uncle has a prominent position here. Because it is said that Ma Hei and Ma Niu, the ancestors of Jinuo people, are brothers and sisters, so "Dad" is also an "uncle".

1979, Jinuo was officially recognized as a single nation. From then on, the outside world was attracted by her mysterious culture, and more and more people began to try to get close to her and get to know her.

Nowadays, with the promotion of poverty alleviation work, Jinuo Shanzhai has set up tourist attractions, which has become an important stop for tourists to visit Xishuangbanna, and the ancient stories hidden in the mountains have been circulated.

Hear the light music played by Jinuo people with bamboo tubes, watch the agile dance of Jinuo girls, look up at the blue sky above the cottage and overlook the lush forest. I seem to have regained the most primitive happiness of human beings, the happiness printed in human genes, regardless of nationality or age.

This kind of happiness has been passed down for thousands of years ... it is the optimism and openness of mankind in the face of cruel nature, and it is the torch that illuminates the progress of mankind after the disaster ... May we never lose it. ...