I can't move
It is said that one stands at thirty, but after thirty I often feel powerless.
Compared with young people who have just graduated, they lack a kind of desperate drive and no chance of trial and error;
Compared with the elderly who are about to retire, they have less capital to relax, and they also bear the pressure of the whole family.
Simply put, it is the worst state mentioned in the recent talk show:
"Rolling and rolling does not move, and wading and wading are uneven."
It is indeed too difficult for us to wear masks for the past three years, but life must go on and we must find a way to self-regulate.
My way is to travel!
I heard that Danzhai County in Qiandongnan Prefecture, Guizhou Province is just around the corner for the Miao New Year Festival, so I booked a flight ticket to Guiyang, and then directly transferred to the high-speed rail at Guiyang Longdongbao Airport to Sandu Station, and then took a taxi. Danzhai County.
I have to say that the rare sense of relaxation recently was given by this trip to Danzhai Wanda Town.
Introduction to Danzhai
Danzhai County belongs to Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture. Located in the southeast of Guizhou Province, it borders Leishan County in the east, Sandu Shui Autonomous County in the south, Duyun City and Majiang County in the west, and Kaili City in the north. If the high-speed rail arrives, you can choose Sandu Station, Duyun East Station, etc., and then take a taxi.
It is about 140km away from Guiyang, the provincial capital, by car, almost at high speed. If you find it troublesome to transfer to the high-speed rail or take a taxi, you can rent a car and drive to Danzhai after landing in Guiyang. The road conditions are very good, and novices can also drive it.
Introduction to Danzhai Wanda Town
Danzhai Wanda Town is located next to the East Lake in Danzhai County, built around the lake, only 1.5 kilometers away from the center of the old city. Wanda Jinhua Hot Spring Resort Hotel, characteristic inns, conference center, lake-circling runway, Dandiao library, large-scale performing arts, landscape entertainment and other projects are domestic first-class resorts integrating tourism, vacation, culture, leisure, conferences and expansion. .
At the same time, the town integrates the protection, inheritance and experience of intangible cultural heritage and folk culture. Introduce 7 national and 17 provincial intangible cultural heritage projects in Danzhai County into the town to protect, inherit and promote the intangible cultural heritage of Danzhai. Moreover, the small town is a major innovation of Wanda Group's targeted poverty alleviation in Bao County. It integrates local ethnic culture and modern business, making it a unique ethnic cultural tourism destination in Guizhou and even the whole country.
"Bull bullying the world" bullfighting competition
Since you are coming to Danzhai to celebrate the Miao Year (October 29-31), you must experience some local folk customs. The "Bull Domination of the World" bullfighting competition is the top priority of Miao Nian. The event lasted for three days, and there was always a bullfight! For three days, three groups C, B, and A will compete in turn, and awards will be produced in the corresponding groups every day, with a total prize money of up to 320,000. It is understood that the three groups are divided according to the weight of buffaloes. Group C weighs less than 1,450 jin, group B weighs less than 1,600 jin, and group A weighs less than 1,750 jin.
I couldn't wait to watch the bullfight on the first day of the Miao Nian Festival, so what I saw was the contest of Group C. It was the first time I saw such a real bullfight up close, which was very unforgettable for me. Before the start of the bullfight at 10:00, I entered the Niubatianxia Arena, which is known as the "Little Bird's Nest" in Danzhai. Folks from all over the world also came here one after another, followed by the lively opening ceremony. atmosphere.
The Niuba Tianxia Arena is also worth mentioning. It covers an area of 5,513 square meters and has 4,933 seats in six areas. You can see that there is a large broadcast screen on the scene, which can accommodate tens of thousands of people to watch the game at the same time. The opening ceremony of the day was very layered, with singing by Miao girls; there were also energetic cheerleaders dancing; more traditional etiquette made the competition full of ritual.
Next, let’s talk about the bullfighting game I saw. According to the on-site introduction, there are many famous bulls in this year's Niuba World Bullfighting Competition. Each bull has a group number written on its body, and there is also its own domineering name. They come from all over Guizhou, and some of them have become "Bull Kings".
The game officially begins! The buffaloes are duel in pairs by drawing lots. Let me boldly interpret it: among the buffaloes that enter the arena in turn, there are the "Cheng Yaojin style" buffaloes that beat the enemy with one move at the beginning; there are also "Zhao Yun style" buffaloes that persist in the tug-of-war ;Sometimes you see a bull has been at a disadvantage, but maybe as long as the willpower is strong enough, it will turn defeat into victory in the next second. Then I will call it "Jackie Chan" buffalo for the time being! In short, every duel can attract the audience's exclamation, and it also makes me sweat for the "players" and the staff.
The judging of the outcome is probably like this. When one cow "gave in defeat" and ran away, the other cow won. If the two cows are together for 6 minutes and it is difficult to tell the winner, the judges will use a rope to wrap the cow's legs to separate them, and then make a judgment. I saw that many cows were injured to varying degrees, and the one that moved me the most was that the horns of the cow below were all broken, but it ran against the opponent within the specified time and won the final victory. Look I almost shed tears of excitement!
It's really wonderful! In southeast Guizhou, bullfighting culture and customs have a long history, originating from the worship of bull totems. There is even a local saying: "Food nourishes the body, song nourishes the heart, and bullfighting nourishes the spirit!" Such a saying. Bullfighting culture is also the cultural essence of the Miao and Dong nationalities, and it has gradually become known to people in recent years. As the hinterland and center of the "Oriental Bullfighting" culture in Qiandongnan, we should be thankful for having such a good tourism platform as Danzhai Wanda Town, which hosts professional and high-standard bullfighting events, conducts bullfighting folk performances, and develops bullfighting derivatives, etc. It has played a positive role in the inheritance of Miao's "bullfighting" culture, the creation of "bullfighting culture" IP, and even the development of Danzhai tourism. It is easier for us tourists to see such a high level of bullfighting, isn't it?
Day trip to the town
Miao Nian Festival is really too much fun, right? Come to Danzhai Wanda Town, in addition to the bullfighting competition above, the commercial district of the town is also very easy to visit, whether it is day or night. In order not to miss important events in the block, it is recommended to pay attention to the social platform of Danzhai Wanda Town before coming, so that you can see in advance what activities are held every day and where in the block. For example, when the block opens in the morning, at the entrance of the scenic spot, the very distinctive Miaojia Twelve Gate Wine is not to be missed.
At noon, I saw a long-table feast for thousands of people in the Miao New Year Festival in the block, and the atmosphere was so good! I have seen long table banquets in other places before, but this is the first time I have seen such a large and long table banquet. There are some shocks!
With the arrival of the meal, there are more and more tourists and local residents... We all sit together, which is quite a sense of national unity. The grand banquet ran through the streets of the town, and there was no end in sight. Not only can you taste the special food of the Miao family, but you can also experience the simple ethnic customs.
The Miaojia Amei PLUS version of "High Mountain and Flowing Water" is definitely full of affection. The sweet rice wine and sweet singing, everyone rushed to experience it! The wine is low-alcohol rice wine, which is mainly for experience and will not make people drunk. But the singing voice is really nice. Fifty-six nationalities, fifty-five singing and dancing are definitely not for bragging, haha!
Miao girls have beautiful songs and sweet songs, and the songs and dances of Dong men and women are also wonderful. The clothes with darker fabrics below are the younger brothers and younger sisters of the Dong nationality. The performances they bring are more pure, suitable for immersive listening and feeling. In the forests of various provinces, I seem to have entered their fields and terraced fields, enjoying their carefree life. I have to say that this is the reason why ethnic minorities generally have a higher sense of happiness, right?
In addition to the special activities of the Miao New Year Festival, there are also many special shops in the daily town that are worth visiting. The first ones are the shops related to the Danzhai intangible cultural heritage introduced above. Two of my favorites are Batik Courtyard - Village Story and Bird Cage Courtyard - Dan Cage. Danzhai batik is mostly used for women's dress shoulders, sleeves, aprons, straps and other clothing items, as well as some local daily necessities. The shops in the block have also derived more handicrafts suitable for tourists to buy. Picked a few.
"Kara Birdcage" is named after the production of Kala Village in Danzhai County. Kala Village is a village of Miao ethnic minorities. In Miao language, "Kara" means good; The village specializes in cages, and its weaving birdcages are sold at home and abroad. The weaving skills have a history of more than 400 years. In 2007, Kara Village was named "Hometown of Birdcage Weaving Art" by the Guizhou Provincial Department of Culture. I also saw birdcages of various styles and sizes in the shops in the neighborhood, which were very delicate.
Of course, tourists come here not only to buy products, but also to experience the production process in almost every intangible cultural heritage store, which is especially suitable for parent-child research. On the same day, we also met a group of tourists who came to experience the production in Danlong. Everyone was serious, as if they had raised a lot of birds at home and needed to replace it with a more beautiful "house"? In fact, even if you don't raise birds, it is very memorable to bring a small birdcage made by yourself as a souvenir.
The shops and commodities in Danzhai Wanda Town are really dazzling and too numerous to enumerate. I like this kind of life-style tourism. For example, there is a sports park in the block, which has rock climbing, trampoline and basketball. Even if you are traveling, it is inevitable that you will feel a little itchy when you encounter sports that are often played in daily life, so you took off your jacket and played basketball with the children on the scene.
Personally think ah! Wanda's targeted poverty alleviation is really "success in the present, benefit in the future". For example, when I was a child, I lived in a small county in East China, which was a little richer than the mountainous area of Guizhou. But how can I have such a good field to play basketball since I was a child? And now the children in Danzhai have such a good gymnasium and other educational facilities, which will be an excellent impetus to their life and social development, because "a strong youth makes China strong".
night tour town
During the day, I played in the small town until dinner time. When night fell, my friends and I came to the small town again. Because I live near a small town, I can walk here anytime. At this time, the street folk music festival and the colorful drone light show are the highlights.
The street folk music festival is held from 16:00 to 21:30 in the Drum Tower of the block, and young singers will bring some modern pop songs to tourists. They are all well-known songs. When you are tired, you can sit here, listen to them, and sing along. It is very comfortable.
The best place to watch the colorful drone light show is the viewing platform next to the Drum Tower. That night, according to the site host, a total of 320 drones gathered in the town. The first to appear was 80 performance planes carrying Kongming lanterns, and first gave blessings to the audience present. Then the performance drones changed their formation along with the music, and all 320 drones were dispatched! For a while, the bullfighting was displayed, and for a while, various patterns of Danzhai characteristics such as the Drum Tower were displayed. Almost everyone at the scene recorded this wonderful moment with their mobile phones and shared them with family and friends.
conclusion
One of the world's most authoritative travel guides, "Lonely Planet", once described Danzhai in this way: Sometimes, the glistening mountain scenery in Danzhai County, Guizhou Province, China, reminds people of the Alps in summer.
Around Danzhai Wanda Town, there are many tourist attractions such as Wanda Danzhai Poverty Alleviation Tea Garden, Gaoyao Terraced Fields, Paiting Waterfall, and Kara Village. Due to the limited time and bad weather of this trip to Danzhai, the whole focus was on experiencing the Miao New Year Festival. I'm a little sorry! I think it also planted the seeds for my next trip to Danzhai.
In fact, this is not the first time I have come to the Qiandongnan area. I have to say that the folk customs of the Miao, Dong and other ethnic minorities here are really worth experiencing. In the past, because of the lack of commercial tourism carriers like Danzhai Wanda Town, it was difficult for us to experience such a rich local culture in a "one-stop" or systematic way. In other words, many good places really need the intervention of Danzhai Wanda Town, which has brought very positive help to the spread of culture and local income.
Because I followed the social platform of Danzhai Wanda Town, I saw that there will be corresponding themed activities in the next November and December.
Action is worse than heartbeat! Come to Danzhai for a winter vacation, enjoy folk customs and soak in hot springs, wouldn’t it be beautiful?