Matters needing attention in Yunnan tourism

Yunnan Province is located in the southwest border of China, with Kunming as the capital. During the Warring States period, this was the place where Yunnan tribes lived. Yunnan, that is, "the south of colorful clouds", is named because it is located in the south of Yunling. Here are some tips for traveling in Yunnan. Welcome to read!

Notes on Yunnan Tourism 1 Kunming, Dali and Lijiang belong to the southwest monsoon climate of the plateau, with large temperature difference between day and night. Please pay attention to dress to prevent colds. In addition, Yunnan is located in Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, with strong outdoor ultraviolet radiation. Pay attention to sun protection and bring sunscreen products.

Please pay attention to safety when traveling, and don't shoot or climb in dangerous areas; On the waterside, bridge or cliff of Tiger Leaping Gorge in Old Town of Lijiang.

Please pay attention to prepare some personal commonly used drugs in case of emergency;

Pay attention to environmental protection when traveling and respect the customs and habits of local ethnic minorities;

Yunnan is a region inhabited by ethnic minorities, so it is necessary for us to respect the local ethnic customs. Therefore, when you travel in Yunnan, you must listen carefully to the tour guide's explanation, which will not only let you know the precautions of several residential exchanges, but also be a great pleasure to increase your knowledge!

Yunnan's special climate is suitable for the survival of many kinds of flowers, so Yunnan's flowers and dried flowers are definitely cheaper than you have ever seen. I suggest you look more, but I remind you not to buy too many flowers, because they won't last long.

25 ethnic customs that need attention.

Among the 25 ethnic minorities, 15 is unique to Yunnan. They are: Bai, Hani, Dai, Gelao, Wa, Naxi, Jingpo, Bulang, Pumi, Achang, Nu, Jino and so on.

Bai (ba)

Mainly living in Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, Bai people advocate white, and their clothing styles are slightly different, and they are proud of white clothes. The "three teas" with bitter, sweet and aftertaste are the basic etiquette for Bai people to entertain guests and make friends. Good at making milk fans, hides, carved plums and other foods. The biggest national festival is "March Street".

Hani ethnic group

Mainly distributed between Yuanjiang and Lancang River, black is the beauty of clothing, and there are differences in different regions. Hani nationality is a famous nation that can sing and dance, and is good at all kinds of musical instruments, dances and folk songs. The more distinctive folk house is the "Mushroom House". In addition, the Hani people are very good at using terraces to grow rice. Their spirit is "how high the mountain is, how high the water is". Under harsh natural conditions, thousands of years of hard work have changed the face of the earth. It can be said that there are terraces where there are Hani people.

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Many scholars often divide the Dai people into Shui Dai, Han Dai and Hua Dai. Actually, this is not right. Dai people have only one race, but their costumes and living habits are slightly different because of their different places of residence.

Dai people believe in Hinayana Buddhism, so all adult boys must become monks and be disciplined by Misha. After three to five years, it can be secularized, and those who don't become monks will be regarded as minors or uneducated.

The biggest festival of the Dai people is the Bathing Buddha Festival, also called the Water Splashing Festival.

Dai dance is famous for female peacock dance and male elephant foot drum dance.

Lisu

Lisu people, who mainly live in the Nujiang River valley, like singing very much. There is a saying that "you can't eat salt, you can't help singing".

Lisu people are still a people who attach great importance to kindness. According to legend, the traditional festival "Knife and Pole Festival" is to commemorate an ancient Han hero who showed great kindness to the Lisu people. Lisu people regard the memorial day of heroic dedication as a traditional festival of their own nation, and express their feelings of going through fire and water with symbolic ceremonies such as going up the mountain and getting angry.

Lahu

Lahu is a word in this national language. Lahu is a tiger, Hu means barbecue. Therefore, the Lahu people are called "tiger hunters" in history. Lahu people like black, so most clothes are made of black cloth with colorful patterns on them. Ethnic cuisine includes bamboo cooking and barbecue.

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The legend of "Four Gangli" is widely circulated in various areas of Wa nationality. "Li" means cave and "Li" means coming out. This is the Wa people's memory of their ancient cave life.

The famous song "Wa people sing new songs" was written by Yang Zhengren, a soldier of the People's Liberation Army in the Wa mountain area of Ximeng, Yunnan, based on Wa folk songs.

Wa men are inspired by wooden drums, which are sacred to Wa people and regarded as sacred artifacts. The Wa people have the motto that "life comes from water, and the soul seeks the drum", so the biggest festival of the Wa people is "pulling the wooden drum".

Naxi language

Naxi people mainly live in Lijiang City, Yunnan Province. Although the population of more than 300,000 people is not a big nation, it is a nation with profound cultural background and has its own unique national culture-Dongba culture, which is the ancient culture of Naxi nationality. Dongba culture enjoys a good reputation at home and abroad, attracting the interest and attention of the world.

Another focus that Naxi people pay attention to is "double suicide". Due to various factors and the influence of Dongba culture, Naxi young men and women who love each other but can't be together often choose double suicide. The double suicide of Naxi people is undoubtedly an oath to the world. They "would rather die than surrender" for love, so Lijiang is called "the capital of double suicide".

Jingpo

80% of Jingpo people actually live in Shan State, Kachin State, Myanmar, and there are about 6.5438+0.3 million people in Yunnan Province, mainly living in Dehong area. The biggest traditional program is "Munao Zongge", which means "Everyone dances".

Brown

Mainly distributed in Xishuangbanna, Pu 'er, Lincang, Baoshan and other areas. Due to the mild climate and good tea cultivation in residential areas, most of the famous Pu 'er tea is produced in Bulang residential areas.

Pumi

Mainly living in Nujiang, Lijiang, Diqing and other areas, although the residence is scattered, but the language difference is not big, you can talk to each other. According to records, it is a nomadic people on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and moved to Yunnan after Qinghai, Gansu and Sichuan. It is one of the most distant ethnic groups in China.

Achang

Mainly living in Dehong and Luxi areas, but also living in Yingjiang, Ruili, Dali, Baoshan and other places, Achang's ironware is very famous, known as "household knives".

Husa Dao, also known as "Achang Dao", is named because it is mostly produced in Husa and Lhasa areas of Longchuan County where Achang people live in compact communities. This kind of knife is extremely delicate and flexible, and can cut iron like mud. The scabbard made of wood, leather, silver and other raw materials is also very beautiful and deeply loved by people of all ethnic groups nearby. Now Husa Dao has also gone out of Yunnan, exported to the whole country and even collected by foreign friends.

Nuzu

They mainly live in Nujiang, Diqing and other areas. They are ancient residents on both sides of the Nujiang River and Lancang River. Due to the limitation of geographical conditions, the life of Nu people is very difficult. Because they live on both sides of the two rivers, and there was no bridge between the two rivers before, only a few areas with slow water flow had ferries, so the Nu people invented flying over the river with bamboo poles.

The zip line is just an entertainment facility for many people, but it is an indispensable transportation facility for the Nu people on both sides of the Nu River. Every Nu people is good at zip line.

Jino (JN)

Jinuo people call themselves Jinuo people, which means "people who respect their uncles". They mainly live in Xishuangbanna, and were identified as a single ethnic group in the big family of ethnic minorities in China only in 1979. Jinuo Mountain is good at planting tea trees and is one of the six major tea mountains of Pu 'er tea.

De 'ang (Germany)

De 'ang nationality mainly lives in Dehong area, formerly known as "Benglong", and was officially renamed De 'ang nationality with the approval of the State Council in 1985. De 'ang people are also good at growing tea. Bamboo shoots are the vegetables of De 'ang nationality that remain unchanged all year round, and there are all kinds of dried bamboo shoots and sour bamboo shoots.

Delong

Dulong is one of the ethnic groups with a small population in China, with a total population of just over 6,000. The only place of residence is Dulong Nu Autonomous County on the bank of Dulong River at the foot of Gaoligong Mountain. Dulong people have an ancient and unique tattoo custom.

Dulong girls grow up to the age of twelve or thirteen, and the tattooed female elders tattoo their faces, which also means that the girls have reached adulthood. 1967, the Dulong tattoo custom was completely abolished. At present, there are less than 40 tattooed women alive. With the passage of time, the ancient and mysterious tattooed women will disappear in the long river of history.

There are more than 5,000 other ethnic groups in Yunnan Province, but there are 9 non-endemic ethnic groups, namely Miao, Zhuang, Hui, Tibetan, Yi, Yao, Manchu, Mongolian and Shui.

Miao ethnic group

The main population of Miao nationality is concentrated in Guizhou and Hunan, which are distributed all over Yunnan, and the residents in Wenshan and Honghe areas are relatively concentrated. Australian ethnologists once lamented that "there are two suffering and unyielding peoples in the world, namely, the Miao people in China and the Jews distributed all over the world", which shows that the Miao people are suffering and constantly migrating.

the Zhuangs

Zhuang is the most populous of the 55 ethnic minorities in China, with 87% in Guangxi and 0/10,000 in Yunnan, mainly distributed in Wenshan.

the Huis

Hui nationality is the most widely distributed minority in China. There are about 700,000 people in Yunnan Province, and the most famous ancient Hui in Yunnan should be Zheng He, whose ancestral home is Jinning. Because his grandfather and father both sailed to Mecca, the holy place of Islam, he was influenced from an early age and dreamed of sailing, which laid a good foundation for him to lead the Daming fleet to the Western Ocean for seven times.

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Most Tibetans live in Tibet and Qinghai Province, and the main place of residence in Yunnan is Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. In addition, Lijiang, Eryuan, Gongshan, Fan Ning and Dali are also distributed. James hilton, a famous British writer, described Shangri-La as a county in Diqing Autonomous Region in his novel The Lost Horizon.

Yi ethnic group

Yi people were originally called "Yi people" in 1956. When the name of "Yi people" was broken down in the old society, the chairman proposed to change "Yi people" into "Yi people", which meant that there were rice, silk and grain under the house. Mainly distributed in Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan provinces, 60% of them live in Yunnan, and they are distributed all over Yunnan, and their costumes are also different. The most familiar image spokesperson of Yi people should be Ashima of Shilin Yi Autonomous Region.

Yao (the legendary leader of the tribal alliance in the late period of the patriarchal clan society in ancient China)

Yao people mainly live in Guangxi, Hunan, Guangdong and Guizhou provinces. 6.6% live in Yunnan Province, mainly distributed in Wenshan, Honghe, Xishuangbanna, Pu 'er and other areas. Because of historical reasons, some European and American countries also have Yao nationality, but little known, and they are called "Oriental Gypsies".

Manchu

Manchu people mainly live in three northeastern provinces, but also some northern and big cities. Yunnan Manchu10.2 million people, mainly distributed in Kunming, Baoshan, Simao, Dehong, Qujing, Lincang, Honghe and Chuxiong. Manchu in Yunnan mainly came to Yunnan with Wu Sangui in the early years of the Qing Dynasty. Later, Wu Sangui rebelled and Kangxi sent Qing soldiers to suppress it. After the rebellion subsided, some Qing soldiers stayed in Yunnan.

the Mongol nationality

After the Yuan Dynasty went to Yunnan with the army, the Mongols in Yunnan settled in Tonghai. Yunnan Mongolians, also known as Kazuo people, are a branch of Tonghai Mongolians in Yuxi, with a population of about 1.3 million, mainly concentrated in Meng Xing Mongolian township. Living in Yunnan for many years has integrated this Mongolian cultural custom with the local ethnic groups, forming a unique Kazuo culture.

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The aquarium group should live in Guizhou, and there are 1.2 million aquarium people in Yunnan, mainly living in Shuizu Township, Gu Gan, Fuyuan County and Huangnihe Town.