What does the Eighteen Monsters of Yunnan mean?

Eighteen Monsters of Yunnan:

Four bamboo rats in a sack, broad beans and peanuts to sell by the count;

Pocket ponies are so capable, they fall in love again with dolls on their backs ;

Wearing the same clothes in all seasons will produce good vegetables all year round;

Take off the straw hat as a pot lid, and three mosquitoes will share a plate of vegetables;

Stones grow long Outside the sky, it rains here and dries there;

Eggs are sold on skewers with straw, and the train is not as fast as the car;

The young monks can fall in love, and they can sing and dance if they have anything to say. ;

Grasshoppers are used as appetizers, and bamboo tubes are used as hookahs;

Flowers bloom all year round, and toes are exposed all year round.

The so-called "Eighteen Monsters of Yunnan" describe some unique and even strange phenomena or lifestyles resulting from the unique geographical location and folk customs of Yunnan.

There are many versions of the Eighteen Monsters in Yunnan. Some phenomena have gradually disappeared, some are still retained, and some terms are exaggerated. With the development of society, Yunnan's economic construction has achieved remarkable results, and the Eighteen Monsters of Yunnan have also become the new Eighteen Monsters of Yunnan that are different from the original ones.

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1. Bamboo tubes are sold as pots for cooking: It is an ancient custom to use pots for cooking, but in areas such as Xishuangbanna, people can often see bamboo tubes used as pots for cooking. The bamboo tube rice is made in a cylindrical shape, wrapped in a layer of white bamboo pulp, and has a pleasant fragrance.

2. Milk is made into fans for sale: Dengchuan Bazi, Eryuan, Dali, located at the foot of Cangshan Mountain and on the shore of Erhai Lake, produces a kind of fan-shaped curd flakes made of milk through a special process. It is commonly known locally as "Ru fan" ", is a favorite food of thousands of households in Yunnan.

3. Everyone loves Guoqiao Rice Noodles: Yunnan Guoqiao Rice Noodles are characterized by their white rice noodles, exquisite ingredients, good combination of meat and vegetables, oily but not greasy, and delicious taste, suitable for all ages. Boiling hot chicken soup paired with raw meat, lettuce and rice milk make up Yunnan's most famous flavor: a kind of "thread", "crossing the bridge rice noodles".

4. Using straw hats as pot lids: Straw hats are a craft that all ethnic groups in Yunnan are particularly good at. Straw chairs, straw piers, straw curtains, and pot lid hats can be seen everywhere. Outsiders are dazzled by the world of straw woven hats, and mistakenly think that similar-shaped straw hats are pot lids. Of course, it is strange.

5. Rice cakes are called bait cakes: In ancient times, rice was cooked in the Central Plains to make cake-shaped dry food and snacks called "baits", which were easy to carry and eat, and had a unique taste. Speaking of "bait", it is a bit like fishing bait, but it is more accurate to describe it as Beijing's three-dreg cake (referring to the color and shape).

6. Eggs are sold tied with grass: More than 90% of Yunnan is mountainous, and the roads are bumpy and rugged. Villagers go to the streets to sell eggs, wrapping them with grass to prevent the eggshells from breaking and making it easier to sell. .

7. Three grasshoppers in one dish: Yunnan food source Under certain historical conditions, people eat moss, fungi, bamboo worms, bee pupae, fried grasshoppers, and look at the strange food Crispy and delicious. It doesn't taste like insects and is crispy.

8. Steamed chicken sold in earthen pots with holes: It is said that in ancient times, in order to flatter the county magistrate, a clever chef used an earthen pot with holes to steam "steam pot chicken" that was fragrant and extremely tender, and contained "steam pot chicken". The meaning of "cultivating righteousness" later became widely spread among the people and became a famous dish in Yunnan cuisine.

9. Love is expressed through songs: The ethnic minorities in Yunnan are good at singing and dancing. During festivals and celebrations, singing is indispensable. Young people often start their love affair with antiphonal singing.

10. Bamboo tubes for cigarette pouches: Yunnan is rich in bamboo resources, and bamboo is widely used, such as gantry bamboo buildings, bamboo chairs, bamboo hats, etc. Especially the bamboo chimney is the most distinctive. The smoke passes through the bamboo tube that stores water, and when inhaled, it makes a rhythmic gurgling sound, moisturizing the throat, and has sound, color and taste.

11. The fish boundary in Xingyun Lake: At the junction of Xingyun Lake in Jiangchuan, Yunnan and Fuxian Lake in Chengjiang, although the water is connected, the fish in the two lakes do not interact with each other. The herring in Fuxian Lake in the east and the herring in Fuxian Lake in the west The yellow croaker in Xingyun Lake is bounded by the "fish boundary stone" and turns around at this point.

Twelve, the bride should wear sunglasses: The day before the wedding, the bride bids farewell to her parents and will cry hard. Therefore, your eyes will be swollen from crying on the wedding day. Wearing sunglasses can cover the swollen eyes.

13. Men take dolls with them when going out: In the eyes of the Han people, this is a role reversal, but it actually means they do not understand the equality between men and women. The mountains in Yunnan are high and the slopes are steep. It is not only safe and reliable for men to carry dolls on their backs, but also shows the true nature of men.

14. Wear the same clothes in all four seasons: Kunming is known as the "Spring City". The average annual temperature is between 21 degrees and 10 degrees. "Wearing clothes randomly in all seasons" has become a characteristic of Kunming. Great feature. There is also such a season in Wuhan. It is not "dressing randomly in the four seasons", but "dressing randomly in February, April and August (lunar calendar)".

15. Marble heads sold as paintings: Marble is fine in texture, smooth and moist, and has bright patterns. Marbles with exquisite compositions and colors are called natural stone paintings. They have high artistic appreciation value and are sold as "stone paintings".

16. Trains are not as fast as cars: Before the emergence of standard-gauge railways, Yunnan had meter-gauge railways at the beginning of this century. Due to the many peaks, ravines and holes, trains ran winding through the mountains and were sometimes not even as fast as oxcarts. , with a speed of only about 30 to 40 kilometers per hour, Yunnan is the only existing section of "inch gauge" (72 centimeters) railway in the country.

It was still in use until the early 1990s, but was slower in comparison. Cars have great advantages in transportation in Yunnan. It looks really weird, and it can be said to be the weirdest among the eighteen monsters.

17. Stones are born outside the sky: In Yunnan, strange peaks and rocks towering on the high mountains and ridges can be seen everywhere in various shapes and forms.

18. Flowers bloom in all four seasons: Yunnan’s three-dimensional climate and abundant sunshine in all four seasons make Yunnan, known as the “Kingdom of Plants”, bloom all the time.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Eighteen Monsters of Yunnan