Looking for the mysterious golden triangle wandering in the northernmost part of Thailand

The mystery of the Golden Triangle is well known. During the war years, there were wars everywhere. Now is a peaceful time, and it has become a place for everyone to explore. The northernmost part of Thailand is worth visiting.

Messler: A small town in China with a strong homesickness.

"Meisile" is a transliterated place name, which has a taste of pre-Qin Chinese. Translated into vernacular Chinese, it means: beauty makes happiness. Meissler is the place where China people live. China people are all "Hakkas" when they come to Thailand, so they all live in the mountains when they arrive. Maisler is in Chiang Rai, passing through Chiang Mai, and the car climbed the mountain all the way.

Taipei culture

At the foot of the mountain, the sun is still shining and the sky is clear in Wan Li. When we get to Messler, it will be foggy, and sometimes it will rain cold. Although in summer, it blows like a willow spring breeze. The place where the mountain road changes from uphill to downhill is the location of Messler. The houses are distributed on both sides of the winding mountain road, forming a unique town in China. Cascading mountains and tall trees surround the town of Messler.

When Maisler first settled down, people in China lived a poor life, because it was located in a high mountain, sparsely populated and barren land. However, it was later found that the alpine climate in Messler was suitable for planting and processing alpine tea. After discovering this economic road, they began to bid farewell to poverty. Today, Mesle and Alpine Tea are as famous as leisure tourism.

China people in Messler have never forgotten their motherland. The traditional couplets in China are pasted on the doorframes of houses, and the New Year pictures of door gods can be seen everywhere. Here, you can put down your blunt English and speak Chinese when eating, shopping and staying in hotels. The children here go to schools in Thailand during the day and China at night, which has been handed down from generation to generation. A Xiang, the tour guide, also showed us around the Chinese school. Although it is a bit shabby, it is a place where generations learn the language and culture of their hometown.

A Xiang said that now that China is strong, China's status has become an honor. A Xiang made a gesture of beating his chest and said, "I'm from China. Anyway, I am from China! "

Messer: the fruit holy land of the northernmost city in Thailand

There are many place names with "mae" in Thailand, which translates into "beauty" in Chinese, so there is beauty everywhere. After leaving Messler, further north, I came to Mae Sai, the northernmost town in Thailand. Language is always so magical and connected. In Chinese, "Sai" means border town, and "Mei Sai" means beautiful border town.

Fruit Sheng Di

The United States and Serbia border Myanmar, and people who come here will definitely take pictures at the northernmost border of the town. There is a small bridge between Thailand and Myanmar, and you have to go through customs to get on the bridge. In Thailand, there is a golden classical gatehouse next to the bridge, indicating that it is the northernmost part of Thailand for tourists to visit and take photos. The appearance of Messe Town is messy, but it is orderly in the chaos. Under the surface noise, it is the people's heart of peace.

It is worth mentioning the local fruits. People who like durian are greedy, cheap and especially sweet. Durian is the king of fruits in China, but it is rarely sought after in Thailand because there are too many. If you go to visit relatives and friends with local durian and lotus mist, it will be considered stingy, while bringing some apples and peaches from China is a very high-grade gift, which is just the opposite of what people in China think.

In Messer, I also ate an unknown fruit, the skin is like longan, the head is pipa, the skin is like banana, the sticky juice is like fig, and the taste is like the combination of rambutan and longan. There is also a stall selling green mangoes on the street. Immature mango is peeled and cut into strips, dipped in a salty and sweet powder to eat, crisp and sweet, and mixed with a strange salty taste. It tastes amazing, too. In my impression, Guangdong mango will have sour taste only when it is immature, and Thailand mango feels a little guava.

Golden Triangle

Golden Triangle: Fade away the mystery and take on a new look.

If China people remember the fame of Northern Thailand, even Chiang Mai can't compare with the Golden Triangle.

The Golden Triangle refers to the three branches of the Mekong River, bordering Myanmar in the north, Thailand in the west and Laos in the east. At present, the Golden Triangle tourism is mainly developed in Thailand, and the main form of tourism is to visit the Mekong Delta by boat. When I came to the ferry on the Thai side, there was a wooden sign at the entrance, which read "Golden Triangle" in Chinese characters, and a map of this area was marked next to it. When I got on the boat and sat down, I walked over on the waves. The Mekong River is very open, and the water is muddy yellow, but there is no smell. Therefore, the river wind in Xulaili makes people feel relaxed and happy.

First, visit along the Laos side. The coastal area of Laos has been opened as an economic development zone, and it is said that the investment is also from China, so there is a huge Chinese character written on the shore: Golden Triangle Economic Development Zone. At the tip of the delta, which is the territory of Myanmar, there is no sign of vegetation, only a huge building with a red roof, like a gorgeous hotel. The tour guide said it was a hotel, but it was also an internationally famous gambling place. In fact, gambling is the main industry in Myanmar and Laos in the Golden Triangle, while Thailand has a good tourism development because gambling is prohibited by law.

There is a tourist town in Thailand, with shops selling souvenirs and clothes, and some resort hotels with beautiful environment.

Changjing Village: The collar on the neck is very beautiful in terms of the length of the neck.

There are three villages with long necks in Meihongshan, a suburb of Chiang Mai, and we went to one of them.

At first, I felt a little strange. A car full of tourists made a special trip to see a woman's neck, always feeling that this behavior is not very glorious. But I later learned that there is no need to have this kind of psychological burden, because long-necked people are long-term floating population, have no fixed land, and most of them have no Thai nationality. The reason why they can stand in Thailand is precisely because their customs have unique tourism value. In other words, the more tourists want to see people with long necks, the more stable their lives will be.

Long-necked man

The village is very primitive, all thatched, and the ground is covered with yellow mud, with no trace of modernization. Long-necked women sit in thatched cottages and sell long-necked women's dolls, ethnic scarves and other things.

Of course, their most striking feature is the layers of copper rings around their necks, which makes their necks look much longer than ordinary people. However, this length is actually largely due to the visual extension effect caused by copper rings. Only when the copper ring is worn for a long time, the clavicle and scapula sink and deform, will the neck be really elongated. Despite attracting people to visit, these long-necked women are still very shy. When they meet tourists, they always smile shyly, which makes people a little moved.

Take a long neck as beauty.

Tourists repay them by buying souvenirs, taking photos with them and tipping them. The price of souvenirs is very reasonable. A Xiang, the tour guide, also warned that if you want to buy them, don't bargain. Long-necked women support their families on this meager profit. The tip for taking photos is 20 baht according to the general standard in Thailand, which is equivalent to 4 yuan RMB.