Tofu and tiger's head shoes, native products of Dawan, Pu Tian, Xinxian County, are very popular.

I am a person who likes small things. Every time I travel, I will choose local specialties and buy some for others even if I don't need them. This time I went to Dawan, Pu Tian. I was attracted by the dazzling local specialties, and I still lingered until the end of the trip.

Pu Tian Dawan is a beautiful mountain village in Xinxian County, Henan Province. It is a century-old village with beautiful environment, beautiful mountains and rivers and lush pastoral scenery. Arriving in the afternoon, although the mountain village in early winter is bleak, it is lonely and quiet, which makes people feel quiet easily.

Walking into the mountain village, agricultural products can be seen everywhere. Since the fire broke out in Tianwu Bay, the villagers began to sell their own delicious food, the most common of which is tofu milk.

The bean curd in Xinxian county is famous in the whole province, and many people will come to buy it. I fell in love the first time I ate it. In the square in front of the village, the whole piece of tofu is basking in the sun, with yellow in white and attractive color. The villagers said that these are all raw materials for making tofu milk, which are naturally dried and made by hand in the old way. The tofu milk produced by the assembly line tastes different.

After the tofu is cooked, the villagers will sell it at their doorstep. It is milky yellow and neat in blocks. Serve as a side dish or with rice. It has a rich taste and endless aftertaste, and is called "the gold in tofu".

Then I strolled around and entered a handmade embroidery shop, which was filled with embroidery products, from insoles to embroidered shoes to embroidered pillows and hats. It is dazzling with bright colors and rich patterns.

I like tiger-headed shoes, which is the representative of traditional folk crafts, and it is rare now. Tiger shoes are for children. Toes are tiger heads, cute and exaggerated, and tiger statues are used to ward off evil spirits and pray.

Don't underestimate these shoes. The production process is extremely complicated, which requires various stitches such as embroidery, flower picking and seed beating. The colors are mainly red and yellow, and the tiger's mouth, eyebrows, nose and eyes are outlined with thick lines to show its ferocity. I asked, a pair of tiger-headed shoes costs 100 yuan, which doesn't look too high. You know, they are all handmade.

Insoles are more popular than tiger-headed shoes. It is embroidered with colorful patterns, such as mandarin ducks playing in water and peach blossoms in full bloom. The colors are full and gorgeous, and the animal images are lifelike. You know, these are all embroidered with needles, which are rare and precious.

A pair of exquisite insoles takes three days to complete, and the technology behind it is years of accumulation. Craftsmanship is popular now, focusing on polishing a product. According to this requirement, there are many skilled craftsmen in the store Dawan.

There is a bamboo weaving shop in the mountain village. An uncle insisted on knitting utensils with both hands. When we went, he was still knitting a sweater, focusing on his work and not looking at us. Uncle is ingenious, making many articles for daily use into craft bamboo weaving, which is of high quality, elegant and full of natural flavor.

Uncle said he had been doing this for a long time. A simple bamboo basket can only collect two pieces a day. This kind of concentration of doing only one thing in your life is the best ingenuity.

There are many cultural and creative shops in Dawan, Pu Tian, and many small objects are unique to the local area, such as lovely grass dolls. The mountains are covered with grass, which is endowed with agility by the villagers and looks small and lovely.

Pu Tian Dawan is also the first village in Henan with the theme of "Maker". There is a maker park in the village, where young people can display their talents and pursue their dreams.

Since it was changed into a tourist village, the income of local villagers has increased and their happiness has become stronger. Villagers also sell specialty products through e-commerce and expand sales channels. The courtyard that is idle on weekdays has also been changed into a mountain house, which can meet the accommodation of a family. I also eat green farmhouse meal, which is healthy and nutritious.

I saw a beautiful bookstore in the village, Meet by chance, with an elegant name, just like the concept of slow-paced life conveyed by Pu Tian Bowl. Here, meet the real life and meet the warm and peaceful self.

Address: Tianwu Dawan, Xinyang County, Henan Province, no admittance.