In Zhuomulang Village, Dali, the Yi people, unwilling to go out of the secret realm, live an idyllic life in the mountains.

Zhuomulang Village is located 20 or 30 kilometers northeast of Dacang Town, at the junction of Fengyi County, Midu County and Weishan County, and is a Yi people's settlement. The Yi people here don't want to leave the secret Yi people and live an idyllic life in the mountains. Overlooking Bijia Village is like a fairyland on earth; If it is in the early morning and rainy season, it will be beautiful.

Zhuomulang village is located at an altitude of more than 2000 meters, belonging to a typical alpine mountain area. The crops here are mainly corn, and there are peas, broad beans and wheat in Koharu. The local animal husbandry is developed, and almost every household raises cattle, sheep, horses and other livestock. The economic model is mostly self-sufficient and the commodity economy is weak. They live a life of "work at sunrise and rest at sunset" every day.

Zhuomulang village is not too far away, but it is more closed than the Yi people in other parts of Weishan, and it also completely retains traditional customs and traditional lifestyles.

Through the photographer's shooting of Zhuomulang Village in Dacang Town, Weishan, Dali, it is found that the natural environment here is relatively remote and the farming civilization is deeply accumulated.

Although they live a simple and hard work every day, the old people still retain their natural optimism and maintain a peaceful, optimistic and open-minded attitude. When they entered Bijia village, they saw murals of Yi farming, allusions and handwritten couplets on ancient walls.

Yi women are very traditional and basically unwilling to go down the mountain. Most people like to do housework at home, such as embroidery, and bear the heavy physical labor of feeding horses and raising cattle.

The architectural style of Zhuomulang Village maintains the essence of Nanzhao Yi people, which is exactly the same as Dali Bai people's style of "three rooms and one wall" and "four entrances and five patios". The Yi architecture here tends to be abstract wood carving, brick and wood structure and brick along the house. Many villagers' logs in Zhuomulang Village are carried back from the mountains. They are thick, round and huge, and no two or three people can move at all.

I heard rumors: before someone went to Zhuomulang village to play, he was fascinated by the "fairyland" in front of him, so he asked the shepherd boy who hit the wooden trough at the entrance of the village what place it was; The shepherd boy mistakenly thought that he was asked what to do, so he said that the tourists in the "wooden trough" had mistakenly heard about pecking at Mulang, so they spread it to the outside world in the name of "pecking at Mulang".

According to the local people, Zhuomulang village is a descendant of Nanzhao and fled here because of the country's destruction. At that time, the rebels destroyed Nanzhao royal family, and some members of Nanzhao royal family hid in deep mountain caves, in front of which a complete spider web was formed. The rebels mistakenly thought that there was no talent to give up hunting. In order to commemorate the rebirth, the ancestors of the Yi nationality still carved exquisite spider patterns on some Yi costumes.

Authentic natural and pollution-free home-cooked dishes such as buckwheat dipped in honey, rice sausage, chicken blood rice, wild vegetables, wild edible fungi, native chicken and tuorou at the banquet of the Yi people in Zhuomulang village are not available in areas where the Yi people live in compact communities. The picture shows the Yi mother drying clothes at home.

The folk music of the Yi Dance Troupe in Zhuomulang Village has regional characteristics. The Yi people in Zhuomulang village pay great attention to playing songs and have strong regional characteristics. Folk songs are sung in various forms, involving a wide range of contents and unique styles and colors; There are many kinds of folk musical instruments. Here, Yi folk music is presented in various ways. They have been well protected and passed down, bearing the history and culture of Yi people for thousands of years, and containing and embodying the charm of Yi music. The picture shows a Yi girl playing a skipping game in Zhuomulang village.

Young Yi men and women in Zhuomulang village gather once a week to sell corn, peas, broad beans and wheat planted in the field in the market, and then change some daily necessities. The picture shows young Yi men and women in Zhuomulang village huddled in a van, ready to go down the mountain to the market.

Zhuomulang Village mainly has surnames such as Bi, Yang and Zha, among which Bi is the most prosperous and Bijia Village has the best cultural and architectural landscape. Uncle Bi, 70 years old in the village, said, Don't underestimate these Yi costumes. Yi girls wear Yi costumes when they get married, ranging from 10,000 to 20,000.

The old people in Zhuomulang village are not idle, and often help their families graze cattle and sheep. Every morning, they drive the cattle and sheep to the mountain to eat grass, and then drive them down the mountain at night.

Local Yi women wear Yi costumes every day, which are bright and charming. At present, only middle-aged and elderly women wear Yi costumes every day, and young girls are not used to wearing Yi costumes. Wear formal Yi costumes only at weddings, funerals and traditional festivals. The happy event here is more grand than the Spring Festival, and the funeral here has more Yi characteristics than the happy event, including playing songs and Yi music, which are rare customs outside.

Thousands of years ago, Zhuomulang Village and Nanzhao, the last part of the Yi people, landed in Zhuomulang Village, Weishan County, Yunnan Province, which was fascinating. It is a place where the Yi people thrive. The buildings and houses here are basically undamaged and well preserved.

The Yi people here have pure local customs. Houses, buildings and villages of the Yi people are open to welcome guests, and the paths between the neighborhoods are casual and leisurely. No matter which angle you look at, you can almost see that your home and neighbor's house are covered with corn cobs and full of local flavor.