What kind of experience is it to go to Guizhou for the fair?

Guizhou is known as the "Mountain Kingdom". For a long time, people have been scattered on the foothills and dams, and the inconvenient transportation has greatly limited the scope of people's activities. Therefore, the market is not only the most important material exchange platform among villagers in Guizhou, but also a busy day with many functions such as socialization, entertainment and information sharing.

People who came to the market through mountains and rivers. Photography _ Xiong Yaping

The earliest market records in Guizhou can be found in Hongzhi's New Records of Guizhou Pictures in Ming Dynasty. This is the first provincial history book in Guizhou. From the beginning, the author put down the historian's cold vision and lamented that Guizhou is rich in materials and orderly in the market.

It would be a pity to travel to Guizhou if you don't take the time to catch a collection.

-0 1- Come to the market for a game.

Bapa "Bullfighting Market" in Qiandongnan Prefecture. Photography _ Yang Tongrong

Guizhou has "a hundred miles of different customs", and the Dong area is no exception. Baba and Luoxiang are both Dong people's settlements, only a few tens of miles apart. In the region, people are not interested in bullfighting, but Dong villagers in the surrounding areas are very fascinated by bullfighting. Eating cows and watching bullfighting is the theme of this market.

At the beginning of the bullfight, the crowd cheered, and two cows rushed at each other crazily and fought. Photography _ Yang Tongrong

At 8 o'clock in the morning, the sun climbed the hillside, and villagers from all directions began to gather in the bullring. The main purpose of arriving early is to catch the "audience" in the bullring. Under the guidance of flags and lusheng, bullfighting in each village began to come gradually. The bullfight is well dressed-it has long feathers on its head and red cloth embroidered with its name. Young people are majestic around the bullfight. A lively and extraordinary market has gradually formed.

There are the most beef stalls in the market. People usually don't buy beef to take home, but enjoy it directly in the market. The beef stall is also a temporary kitchen. With a stove and simple tables and chairs, it becomes a temporary canteen. After a hearty meal, the bullfight will begin. This afternoon, a dozen couples fought a bullfight here. People cheered, roared, cheered and lamented the situation on the field ... After the bullfight, the crowd gradually dispersed and the mountains were covered with a gentle golden light. It became quiet all around as if nothing had happened. However, the connection with bullfighting is not over.

-02- All dramas are ponytail embroidery.

The shadow of ponytail embroidery can be seen everywhere on the market day in Sandong Township. Photography _ Lu Yukun

In Sandu County in southern Guizhou, more than 60% of the nation's aquatic animals live here. Shui nationality is famous for its long history of "Shui Shu" and ponytail embroidery. The basic technology of ponytail embroidery is not complicated. The ponytail is wrapped with thin thread to make it thick. Use this thick line to outline the periphery of the pattern. After the pattern is formed, it is only necessary to fill the outline with Ping Xiu. Seemingly simple, in fact, ponytail embroidery takes a lot of time. Embroidery mothers also use the money obtained from this craft to buy daily expenses in the market.

In this way, in the market, the ancient horsetail embroidery in the form of goods, glow with new vitality.

The uniqueness of horsetail embroidery lies not in embroidery, but in horsetail embroidery. Photography _ Lu Yukun

-03- Tofu pudding rice in the market

Bing 'an Ancient Town is located in Danxia landform, far away from the transit point where Sichuan salt enters Guizhou, close to the bridgehead where the Red Army crosses Chishui, and the center of Fiona Fang Shili. Mountain people often walk to Bing 'an for several hours, so the market in Bing 'an has been busy since 7 am. At this time, a bowl of hot tofu pudding rice is the breakfast to comfort the newcomers.

On the market day, the surrounding residents came from the riverside and the mountains, and peace was very lively. Photography _ Lu Yukun

The thick and soft soybean milk squeezed from bean curd brain is worth eating in the world with freshly baked fried dough sticks. Cut the pressed tofu into pieces, a bowl of white rice and a piece of tofu. First scoop the tofu into a spoon or rice bowl, then mash it with dried Chili with chopsticks, dip it in water with oil and salt, and finally swallow the tofu and rice together. It's another delicious lunch.

Tofu pudding rice

The accessibility of modern logistics and the diversity of entertainment methods will change the market. Everything that happens now may become history in an instant, or the same sentence: come early.

Small vendors selling all kinds of daily necessities are walking in the Bing 'an market. Photography _ Lu Yukun

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