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Many people will notice that a small yellow railway station with French flavor appeared in the movie "Fanghua". This is not a temporary setting, but a real historical town in southern Yunnan near Vietnam: "Mengzi", and the station name is "Bise Village". Mengzi is also a strategic place for the motherland during its self-defense counterattack against Vietnam. So far, 468 martyrs have been buried in Mengzi Martyrs Cemetery, which is also an important reason for Fanghua to shoot here.

Mongolia, near the border, has been a famous historical city in Yunnan since ancient times. At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, the first customs in Yunnan Province was established here, which created the modern industrial and commercial civilization in Yunnan. Referring to France, Mengzi successively built advanced public facilities at that time, such as post office, railway station and telegraph office. Together with these historical sites, the French Concession site endows Mengzi with a strong French style.

/kloc-More than 0/00 years ago, the French colonized Vietnam and plundered Yunnan's rich mineral resources, so they requisitioned 65,438+10,000 migrant workers in Yunnan, and built the "Yunnan-Vietnam Railway" with their flesh and blood to facilitate transportation, which condensed the blood and tears of many Chinese workers and witnessed a vicissitudes of life, from which Bise Village Railway Station came.

Bise Village, located in Caoba Town, mengzi city, Yunnan, has the title of the earliest railway station in the modern history of China. This is a century-old station of Yunnan-Vietnam Railway, designed by the French. At that time, Bise Village was unprecedentedly prosperous, and businessmen from home and abroad flocked to it, which was called "Little Paris" by Kunming people and Vietnamese people at that time.

(The picture shows Bishe Village Station in Qing Dynasty)

Up to now, the station still retains the French railway buildings and many former sites of French foreign firms.

However, with the gradual decline of the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway, the busiest station in Southeast Asia has also quieted down, leaving only the mechanical wall clock brought by the French 0/00 years ago still turning tirelessly, telling the story of time.

The weather-beaten clock hanging on the wall of the station, the English word Paris is still clearly visible.

The deserted and dilapidated Bise village seems to have played a French romantic joke on the world, hiding behind the pomegranate garden, giving people a sense of loss because of the disorder of time and space.

Looking at the vicissitudes of the house, people can't help but think.

The legacy of history is not only its mottled mark, but also an ancient civilization handed down from generation to generation under the old yellow house.

At that time, Chase could only stand still on this land.

Don't think that Bise Village is a historical relic, it has lost the most beautiful part, but it is not. Now those red tiles and yellow walls are still swaying through the city, rendering French romance everywhere, and have been telling the whole story of southern Yunnan humbly. French brick-and-wood architecture, coupled with the China style of ancient civilization, is permeated with extraordinary cultural atmosphere everywhere on the first floor and the bottom floor, and is still full of charm of the times.

Huang Xuan, the hero of Fanghua, described Mengzi in this way: "I went to Nanhu the afternoon after I came, rented a boat and rowed for two hours. I especially like it here. I felt particularly relaxed when I arrived, without the oppressive feeling and noise of the city. This place is especially suitable for life. Go out for a walk alone every day if you have nothing to do. If I like a place, I will go anywhere. I have been running around since this place. "

You can feel the prosperity and bitterness of the past in the yellow and white French architecture.

Go boating in Nanhu Park and eat the most authentic rice noodles crossing the bridge.

Completely release the railway feelings between the meter rail and the inch rail of the Yunnan-Vietnam railway.

A hundred years ago, in the "Little Paris in the East" Bise Village, I recalled the youthful years when my passion was burning.

In the former site of National Southwest Associated University, reminisce about the fleeting time of romantic figures.

All kinds of rice noodles refresh your understanding of rice noodles to a new height. The 30,000-mu orchard contains the best sweet pomegranate and loquat in China, as well as endless baked tofu and brown sugar rice cakes. Xiaogang Feng and Huang Xuan fell in love with it as soon as they arrived.

If you are a railway fan, a meter-line controller, or just for eating, then you must not miss this low-key town in southern Yunnan.

Yunnan Mengzi Chu impression

It has both Jiangnan tenderness and French charm.

Mengzi

In Yunnan, there is a kind of beauty called "bazi", and Mengzi Dam is the largest dam in southern Yunnan. Over the hill, I came to an open and flat land, passing by lakes and orchards, and the air became warm and humid. The hieroglyphics of MengMeng appeared on the street signs, and people dressed in various national costumes strolled leisurely. Congratulations, you have arrived.

At first glance, Mengzi is not like the small town in Yunnan in the inherent impression. There are bridges and pavilions in Jiangnan style, French architecture and western-style cafes, and the streets are neat and orderly, but the rice noodle shop and tofu shop in Sanbu always remind you that this is self-deception.

24-hour city walk

Bring out a small town in southern Yunnan in time

Compared with Kundali, the name Mengzi is still unknown to many people. However, the beautiful destination hidden here can not only make people travel through youth, but also the legendary story hidden behind it, which may be more exciting than movies. We will take you on a 24-hour deep roaming.

8:00-9:00

||| Eat a bowl of rice noodles bigger than a basin.

Mengzi

Getting up early to mingle with the locals, squeezing into a big family shop and eating a bowl of authentic chrysanthemum rice noodles across the bridge is the correct way to open Mengzi.

Mengzi Crossing the Bridge Rice Noodles is a "grading system", ranging from 8 yuan to 25 yuan. First, meat, then chopped vegetables, some mint, and finally rice noodles "cross the bridge". Everything is ready, even soup, meat and rice noodles are "sucked" into your mouth, and then you take a sip of soup carefully. The delicious and mellow taste lingers in your mouth. Don't feel too beautiful.

Mengzi

Tongde Square is Mengzi's "Breakfast Street", which is a breakfast shop for crossing the bridge with rice noodles. Each store specializes in one kind of goods. Here you can see shops specializing in "Duck Crossing the Bridge", "Sheep Crossing the Bridge", "Pig Crossing the Bridge" and "Chicken Crossing the Bridge". On Sheng Xing Road, a few blocks away from Zaozao Street, there is an old shop "Wuji Mutton Rice Noodles" which has been open for more than 40 years. The soup base is mellow and often patronized by old people. In addition, there are burning houses and chrysanthemum crossing the bridge rice noodles, which have a good reputation.

Other recommendations: Tuanshan beef rice noodle on Honghe Avenue has a good reputation.

9:00- 10:00

||| Look at the "most dazzling national style" in the museum.

Mengzi

The best place to get to know a city quickly is the museum. Mengzi is the seat of Honghe Prefecture, whose full name is Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture. There are 10 ethnic groups living here: Hani, Yi, Zhuang, Miao, Yao, Dai, Hui, Buyi, Lahu, Han and Bulang. In addition to the usual civilization and historical evolution, the most worth seeing in Honghe Museum is the exhibition of costumes and houses of all ethnic groups, which is really the "most dazzling ethnic customs".

Address: West of Honghe Square, Honghe Prefecture Administration Center, No.65 Tianma Road (free of charge)

10:00- 12:00

|||| Be a grounded South Lake boatman

Mengzi

South Lake is to Mengzi what Cuihu is to Kunming and West Lake is to Hangzhou. However, South Lake is not a "small park" without stories. This is the birthplace of the real rice noodle crossing the bridge, and it is also the place where Professor The National SouthWest Associated University and his students often get together. These two points alone have already killed a number of city parks. More importantly, boating in South Lake is really a great pleasure. The blue sky and white clouds on the plateau fall in the green water, and the flowers on the shore are red and green. A breeze is blowing, and you are drunk!

Address: 8:00-23:00 Nanhu South Road (free)

12:00- 13:00

|||| Have an authentic Hani "Long Street Banquet"

Mengzi

Yuanyang terraced fields make Hani rice famous, and the five-colored rice in Honghe Prefecture is the love of many foodies. Every year on the October Festival of the Lunar New Year, Hani villages hold a "long street banquet" to celebrate the harvest. Hundreds of meters of banquets will be held, including valley flower fish, Hani dipped chicken, bamboo chicken, boiled snail, cold olive bark, banana leaf wrapped barbecue, three-color eggs and glutinous rice Baba.

Mengzi

Of course, if you can't catch the long street banquet, it is also a good choice to find an authentic Hani restaurant in the city. An authentic and rich Hani meal can still be a full meal.

Mengzi

Hani's house is not far from South Lake. After visiting the South Lake, you can stop for dinner. It's hidden in the alley factory. After entering, it has a unique sinkhole and strong national characteristics. The dishes are sour, spicy and salty, and the taste is better than the impression. Beef jerky, dried loach, peanut potherb soup, rapeseed Baba and blood sausage are not found anywhere else.

Address: In the Agricultural Technology Extension Center of Nanhu South Road, Wen Lan Town.

13:00- 15:00

|||| Have an afternoon tea with The National SouthWest Associated University.

Mengzi

Mengzi is a small town, but it is not backward. This is the earliest trading port in Yunnan. /kloc-At the end of 0/9, foreign businessmen from France, Britain, the United States, Japan, Italy, Germany, Greece and other countries landed in succession. Now the coffee shop in Yunnan is very famous, and the first coffee shop in Yunnan is opened in Mengzi.

Mengzi

Walking along the road around the lake, French-style buildings appear. The former site of Mengzi Customs, French Consulate, Columbia Foreign Firm and the "first floor" of Zhou Baizhai are all former sites of Mengzi Campus of National Southwest Associated University. Walk slowly, watch carefully, and then have a cup of Liandatong afternoon tea in the French garden. This afternoon has something to do with those eventful years.

Mengzi

French Garden Bar, located in the former site of Mengzi Customs, is one of the few bars in Li Wenbao. The bar retains the original European style, with long curtains, ivory shutters, carved iron bars, European-style wall lamps, and the wine cabinet is full of dazzling red wine, which is full of exotic atmosphere.

Address: Customs Road

15:00- 18:00

|||| Dream of a Little Paris in the East.

The biggest attraction of Mengzi is the mini "Little Paris in the East"-Bise Village. Whether for history, architecture, railways or exotic customs, this French-style place hidden in a mountain village in Yunnan is worth a visit. This is also one of the main locations of Fanghua.

This is the intersection of the meter-gauge Yunnan-Vietnam Railway and the inch-gauge Bishi Railway. At that time, trading companies, garages, customs, police stations, hotels, basketball courts, tennis courts and cafes were all available. More than 100 years ago, Bise Village has become a hot topic in European cafes in Paris. Now only the clock that has lost its hands proves to the world that it comes from distant Paris.

Address: Caoba Town, Mengzi County

18:00-20:00

|||| Have a barbecue fantasy night starring "Burning Tofu"

▲ Photo: Weibo @ Mu Chunshan

Mengzi

When you return to the city at night, you can start the barbecue night. A "tip of the tongue" let Jianshui burn tofu out of Yunnan and reach the heart of eating goods. In Mengzi, tofu and all kinds of barbecues are not inferior to Jianshui at all. The night in Mengzi belongs to barbecue, with all kinds of ingredients and fancy dipping in water, so a fantastic barbecue night was born.

Recommendation: Just see a crowded place on the street.

Go straight along the estuary for two hours and transfer to Vietnam.

Experience French romance through time and space

Mengzi

Enough sightseeing in Mengzi, you can take the train to Hekou, 1.5 hours, about 2 hours by car. This is the last stop of the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway in China, facing Vietnam Old Street across the Red River, where the Mekong River meets the Red River. Most people will choose a one-day tour or a two-day tour in Vietnam when they come here.

|||| Visit the estuary.

The local food is mainly hot and sour Vietnamese food. Tropical fruits, whole insect banquet night market, Vietnamese rice noodles, Vietnamese rolls and Vietnamese Zongba are all available. If you want to eat special dishes, you can go to the night market. The border trade street next to the port is full of Vietnamese who come to do business, from snacks to wooden slippers, the price is sometimes cheaper than Vietnam.

Mengzi

The estuary is separated from Vietnam by a river, and the taste is both Yunnan and Vietnam. Not only can you eat Yunnan delicacies such as Huafan, Hekou Zongba and Insect Banquet, but Vietnamese rolls, French sticks and Vietnamese coffee can also be seen everywhere. What's more gratifying is that those tropical fruits, such as jackfruit, Sakyamuni, pitaya and passion fruit, are cheap and delicious.

◆ One-day or two-day tour information in Vietnam:

There are many travel agencies going to Vietnam near Bianmao Street, offering one-day and two-day tours to Sabah, or Laojie+Sabah, Sabah+Fangchenggang, Sabah+Xibote, Sabah+Nha Trang and so on.

At present, one-day tours are quoted in 480 yuan, and two-day tours in Laojie and Sabah are usually chosen. The quotation is about 580 yuan per person, with certificate+Chinese tour guide+room and board. You can bring your passport and ID card (passport is faster). If you go one day in advance, the travel agency can apply for a pass.

|||| Vietnam Old Street Transfer Station

Vietnam crossed the Sino-Vietnamese Bridge at the customs from the port of Honghe Prefecture, Yunnan Province, and arrived at the old street in Vietnam. It is said that many Vietnamese come from Vietnam's old streets to work at the mouth of China River to make a living in the morning, and then return to China at night. One of their iconic features is that women wear hats and men wear green helmets.

Laojie is a border city in northwest Vietnam and the capital of Laojie Province. Compared with the wide streets and high-rise buildings in China, Vietnamese houses have a very Nanyang style. Every household is a small and slender building, painted in colorful colors, with a typical Southeast Asian style. This city is more like China in 1980s, full of socialist aesthetics.

◆ Recommended tourist routes in Vietnam

Route 1: Hekou-Laojie-Sabah (two days and one night)

Viet Nam

Sabah is 38km away from Laojie, and the driving time is about 1 hour. Because of its spring-like climate, Sabah has been a holiday resort for French colonists since the19th century. European colonial colors and minority cultures complement each other, forming a unique Vietnamese style. Sabah is very small, so you can't see the night scene on a one-day tour, but a two-day tour is just right.

Route 2: Hekou-Laojie-Hanoi-Halong Bay-Da Nang-Nha Trang-Saigon (more than one week)

Viet Nam

If you are going to take a long trip to Vietnam through the estuary, this route is recommended. From north to south, all the way through Vietnam's major tourist cities and scenic spots, from mountains and rivers to cities, across lakes and seas and through ancient cities, all the way south, Vietnam is more beautiful, and finally arrived in the capital Ho Chi Minh, taking all the most beautiful things in Vietnam into the bag.

Practical strategy

Transportation:

There is no airport in Mengzi for the time being, so we can only choose railway or highway, and railway is more comfortable. At present, there is only one local express train, which takes 4 hours from Kunming to Mengzi and 0/.5 hours from Mengzi to Hekou.

Accommodation:

There is still some distance from the railway station to the downtown area of Mengzi, but the accommodation here is very cheap, so you can consider finding a homestay or inn in the urban area.

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