Damei

Damei

Bamei village, whose Zhuang language name is mbanj bak Maex, is located in Guangnan County, Wenshan Prefecture, Yunnan Province. The village is known as the real version of Tao Yuanming's peach blossom garden. It is poetic and hard to compare with river valley, flowing water, green bamboo, waterwheel, farmland, cottage and peach blossom.

The legend of Damei

Legend one

It is said that a thousand years ago, the Zhuang leader of the Northern Song Dynasty, Nong Zhigao, unyielding to national oppression, set up an army against the Song Dynasty. In May 1052, he was defeated by Di Qing in Kunlun, Yongzhou (now Nanning, Guangxi), and led his troops to retreat to temodao (now Guangnan County, Yunnan), headed by his stepfather Nong Xiaqing. In 1055, the Song court sent Yang Guangwen to encircle and suppress, and Nong Zhigao led his troops After leaving the encirclement, he moved to ako (now Guangnan ako township) and fought with the song army. Finally, because he was outnumbered, he withdrew from ako and fought in Kaiyuan, Mengzi, Qiubei and other places. Her daughter fled to Bamei, a very remote place, changed her name and lived in seclusion. Later, she married a young Zhuang nationality and bred her offspring. She gradually formed a group of Zhuang villagers, living a life of farming men and weaving women.

Legend 2

In ancient times, there were frequent wars in this area, and a pair of hard-working mothers and sons fled everywhere to avoid the war. Although Xiaoshun's son is only sixteen or seventeen years old, he still carries a pair of baskets on his thin shoulders, one with his mother and the other with his belongings, and comes to Bamei village. With the disappearance of the road, a turbid, turbulent river across in front, the mother said: "son, your filial piety has been done, do not care about me, you cross the river alone!" With that, he would jump into the river, but his son would not, so he had to carry his mother across the river. At this time, a sweet song came from the middle of the river: "the river is green, the river is green, the little boy shows filial piety and carries his mother across the river..." A beautiful Zhuang girl came to them in a pigsty boat When mother and son successfully crossed the river and reached the paradise, the river became clear and shallow, and became Tuoniang river. This is a very old story, but it is widely spread among the villagers, because the spirit of respecting the elderly and helping the weak conveyed in the story is highly respected by the local people.

Main attractions

Overlooking

Surrounded by mountains, after carrying a canoe through two natural, several kilometer long, dark water caves, there is a beautiful village like a fairyland in Taoyuan, which is full of your vision. That is Damei. The mountains around Damei are very big and high, but Damei is very small and low. From the back of the mountain, Damei looks like a small, beautiful and natural bonsai, as well as a green pearl.

life

"Damei" is a transliteration of Zhuang language, which means "cave in the forest". It is 450 kilometers away from Kunming and belongs to Guangnan County, Yunnan Province. There is no road or electricity in this village. You have to feel the rock wall or water to get in and out of the village. Due to its remote location and isolation from the world, people in the village basically still use the farming method of more than 300 years ago. The wooden plow and harrow are used for farming, the old wooden water wheel is used for watering and irrigation, the cotton and self-woven cloth are planted, and the water mill or stone mill is used for milling rice. Without electricity, Zhuang people use biogas to light lamps and use firewood to cook.

Bamei is surrounded by mountains on all sides, with verdant trees on the mountain and green trees in the dam. In particular, the big banyan trees in the village make the whole dam beautiful. Under the banyan tree, several Zhuang women with pajiao tied on their heads and wearing indigo dyed clothes are sitting on the bare roots of a big tree, embroidering flowers; a little flower dog is lying next to them, looking for food; an old hen is leading a group of chickens, looking for food leisurely, a quiet and peaceful scene. Bamei keeps the original customs intact. Such as the road is not found, not closed at night, good neighborly and friendly, and so on. These fine social customs preserve the essence of Chinese traditional culture. In addition, Zhuang's unique sacrifice, duel songs, dragon teeth crooked, kicking grass ball, planting Shentian at night and so on recorded the original symbols.

land of idyllic beauty

From ancient times to the present, Bamei village has kept in touch with the outside world with almost only a limestone water cave. As long as there is salt to eat, Damei can refuse all contact with the outside world. They can enjoy themselves as much as possible and solve all their own problems

The boat, supported by the bamboo pole shared by the young boatman, skimmed over the shadow of the jungle and rowed into an A-shaped hole on the mountain wall. It was soon submerged in the darkness of the hole. Only when it was illuminated by a weak flashlight, could it not hit the cave wall or the rocks in the water. Everyone held his breath, only to hear the rustle of the hull across the water and the drip of the cave. Like fishermen in Tao Yuanming's works, we are going through a deep and mysterious karst water cave to Damei, a village almost isolated from the world and known as today's Peach Blossom Land.

What's strange is that there is a "sky cave" on the high dome of the boat, which shows the dazzling sky light. A total of three skylights, they are not the same, there is also a window hanging a whirling green tree. Sometimes the cave is as high and wide as a hall, sometimes it is so narrow that only a small boat can pass through. Of course, there are many strange rocks and rocks in the cave. The faeces of bats and swallows are thick. About 20 minutes later, light came from the water, and the hole came.

Abandoned ship ashore hole, in front of the bright people squint. It is a beautiful and narrow small Bazi (basin), with a radius of about two or three square kilometers. The sun is warm and the birds sing and dance. Surrounded by mountains like barriers, the green hills stand like magnificent traditional Chinese painting screens. A winding fence path leads us to an ancient village. It is scattered on the southwest facing hillside, covered by giant banyan trees. As you can see, there are only a few houses and camellia flowers. What I heard was only a few cocks and dogs barking, and the tactful sound of birds. I know. This is Damei.

Bamei is a Zhuang village in Guangnan County, Yunnan Province. In Zhuang language, "Bamei" means "cave in the forest". It is located in karst landform, surrounded by mountains on all sides. A river passes through three karst caves. Karst caves are the only access to the village, just like a paradise in the world. When you are near the entrance of the cave, you can see the river valley, flowing water, green bamboo, waterwheel, farmland and cottage. For the people of Bamei village, the paradise described by Tao Yuanming is their own home Bamei village has a small area, relatively few tourists and quiet environment, which is very suitable for meditation.

Special food

Damei is located in Guangnan County, Yunnan Province. Guangnan has been rich since ancient times, and there are many ethnic minorities, so there are many special food. In Bamei, almost every hotel also has a restaurant with original ingredients, fresh and delicious. In addition to some typical farmhouse dishes, some of them have to be tasted in Damei

Five flower rice

Many local people sell rice with five flowers on their backs. It is made of glutinous rice soaked in maple leaf juice, purple and blue grass juice (called "Kezhan" in Zhuang language), red grass juice (called "kexie" in Zhuang language) and yellow flower juice (called "Huamai" in Zhuang language) and steamed with natural color (that is, white). Wuhua rice is full of color, fragrance and flavor.

The production process of Wuhua rice is very complicated. First of all, the good glutinous rice is washed and dried. At the same time, we go to the mountains to pick all kinds of plants that are good for our body and boil them into red, yellow, blue, orange, black and other colors. Then, we soak the washed glutinous rice in various kinds of plant dyes. When all kinds of bright colors have been deeply soaked in the quality of the rice and the color of the rice has completely changed, we take it to the water and wash it, and then steam it in the sieve. At this time, man Zhen Zi is red, yellow, blue, orange and black. Bright colors are shining in the thick steam, and pure fragrance is flowing all over the house. In the face of such delicious food, even if you have enough wine and food, you can't help but taste a few.

Bashang chicken

Bashang chicken is also called "Shanba Dali chicken", "Bashang" means "pickled vegetables", "Bashang chicken" is also "pickled vegetables chicken". Wenshan is located in the subtropical zone. The Zhuang people living in Pingba of the river valley like sour food and spicy food. Therefore, bamang chicken in Guangnan County of Wenshan has become famous in Kunming and central Yunnan, just like Liu Sanjie's folk song, which has attracted countless people. According to the records of Guangnan Prefecture, Ba rammed chicken was first popular in the Song Dynasty, and it was the most popular in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It used to be a famous dish from the folk when the official family held a wedding banquet. Later, it became the first rare honor to honor the superior and even the imperial court. It can be seen that it has a long history and is of extraordinary origin.

Tourism strategy

Tourism season

The most beautiful season of Bamei is in the early spring of each year. At this time, the valley is full of pink peach blossoms, coupled with rape flowers all over the mountains, which brings the pastoral style to the extreme.

Ticket Guide

The ticket is 100 yuan. It should be noted that the charged scenic spots in Bamei include Taoyuan cave, monkey climbing rock, peach blossom Valley and tangna cave. Taoyuan cave and tangna cave are the two caves in and out of the village. They need to take a boat. Taoyuan cave is the entrance, tangna cave is the exit, and they also need to take a boat to monkey climbing rock. You can take a carriage from monkey climbing rock to the exit of tangna cave. So the tickets include four scenic spots, three sections of boat tickets and a section of carriage.

Accommodation guide

You can stay in Guangnan for one night. The hotel conditions in the county are generally not too bad, about 50 yuan / standard room. After entering the village, it is suggested that accommodation can be provided at the villagers' home. Generally, each meal is not more than 10 yuan / person, which is very cheap. Bamei village is full of Zhuang people. It has a tradition of being hospitable and good at drinking as much as possible

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