On the morning of November 29, when Master Erhe drove to Dali from Lijiang, which is 200 kilometers away, it was already 9 o'clock in the morning. The six of us set off immediately after getting on the bus. The distance from Dali to Mangshi was less than 400 kilometers, and it took nearly 5 hours to drive. As soon as we arrived at 2:00 p.m., we immediately visited the Shubao Pagoda and the Menghuan Shwedagon Pagoda, and then drove for more than 100 kilometers to Ruili’s forest of single trees. On the morning of the 30th, we continued to visit the Jiegao Port and Yizhai.
The Tiecheng Pagoda was first built in the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty. It is called "Guangmu Jielie" in Dai language. It is commonly called Shubao Pagoda. It is about ten meters high and octagonal. There are Buddha statues in the shrine of the pagoda. Cracks appeared in the brick tower over time, and the cracks gradually filled with dust. By chance, a banyan tree seed fell into the crack of the tower, germinated and took root in the rain, and then grew many air roots deep into the ground. The body of the pagoda is tightly wrapped, with deep roots and luxuriant leaves, forming a wonderful spectacle of tree-wrapped pagoda, pagoda-long tree, and tree pagoda. The Menghuan Great Golden Pagoda is located on the top of Leiyarang Mountain at an altitude of 1,800 meters in Mangshi. It belongs to the architectural style of the Dai palace in South Asia. It is resplendent and magnificent, and it is a landmark building in Mangshi. Legend has it that Sakyamuni lived here when he was reincarnated as a golden rooster. Hundreds of years after Nirvana, Buddhist disciple Zhao Handa came to this mountain to practice in person to spread the teachings of Buddha. All the thorns get out of the way, so it is called Leiya Rang Mountain. As a cultural symbol of the Dai people's belief in Buddhism, the Menghuan Great Golden Pagoda, the Dai people's villages and their subtropical natural features are harmonious and unified, legendary and confusing.
The Lone Tree Forest is located in Manling Village on the south side of National Highway 320, 9 kilometers away from downtown Ruili. There is a huge banyan tree that is more than 500 years old. The outstretched arms seem to welcome visitors from afar. "Bianzhai Beacon", "Legend of Dance and Music", "Journey to the West" and other film and television films have been filmed here. Now the villagers have built a park around the big tree to collect tickets. In fact, the banyan tree is very adaptable and has no strict requirements on the soil, and it can take root in the humid air. Alpine banyan and banyan banyan, which are used as shelter or lonely rewards, can be found everywhere in southern villages, and it is not uncommon to see single trees forming forests in tropical rainforests. Jiegao Port is the largest border trade port in Yunnan, and nearly half of Yunnan's border trade materials enter and exit from here. Jiegao is a Dai language, which means old city. It faces Ruili River in the west, faces Ruili City across the river, and borders Muse City in Myanmar on the east, south and north. In the past, only bamboo rafts and wooden boats were used to cross the river. As an "enclave", the Jiegao Bridge across the river was built in 1989 to connect the two banks. The unique geographical location, the exclusive open frontier and the unique border style have become a bright pearl embedded in the southwest of my country.
Jiegao Port is a state-level border trade port. It is built along the border. The main gate in the middle is written "Ruili Port of the People's Republic of China". . The border of the port is 4186 meters long, with nine boundary markers separated by iron fences. When we arrived at the port at 8 o'clock, the sun had just risen, and many tourists took pictures against the light in front of the gate to commemorate it.
Following a tour group, we came to the iron fence on the right side of the country gate and listened to the tour guide's introduction. Jiegao is the terminus of National Highway 320. It is connected to the Burma Highway and the Stilwell Highway. It is the intersection point of the my country-Myanmar and China-India Highways. golden channel. China and Myanmar are the "Paukphaw" states. The China-Myanmar "herringbone" economic corridor is an important part of my country's "Belt and Road" initiative. After the completion of the China-Myanmar Economic Corridor, it will definitely have a huge impact on the economic development of China and Myanmar. impetus.
There are duty-free shops and many emerald shops near the port, and some low-priced tour groups have fierce quarrels between the tour guides because of shopping. Our group price is high and there are few people, there is no shopping arrangement, and it is not enough to have a tour guide, so we can relax and enjoy ourselves. After visiting the port, walk on the Jiegao Bridge. The iron fences on both sides of the bridge are separated, and the bridge is under construction. I want to take a few photos of the Ruili River. If I am not allowed, I will go directly to the scenic spot of Yizhai and Two Countries in the southwest of Ruili to visit the typical The geographical wonder of "one village, two countries".
The national border divides a Dai village into two. Boundary Pillar No. 71 on the China-Myanmar border stands in the middle of the village. The one on the Chinese side is called Yinjing, and the one on the Burmese side is called Mangxiu. The people in the village speak the same language and have the same customs. The national border is tortuous, criss-crossed, and has no obvious boundaries. Sometimes it is bounded by bamboo fences, village roads, ditches, and soil ridges. The border residents of the two countries who come and go in and out of the border ride motorcycles and bicycles as they see everywhere. Or walking tractors come and go freely. Since there is no natural barrier at the national border, it is not uncommon for Chinese melon vines to climb to Burmese bamboo fences to produce melons, and for Burmese hens to go to Chinese residents' homes to lay eggs. The villagers of the two countries lived in the same village, drank from the same well, went to the same fair, and lived in harmony, which has been passed down from generation to generation.
What needs to buy a ticket to enter the park is the Yizhai and Two Kingdoms tourism project developed on the side of Yinjing. According to the Dai-style architectural style, there are Shwedagon Pagoda, Screw Pagoda, Mangxiu Pagoda, Bagan Pagodas and Splashing Square, building a house with two countries, one well with two countries, one stone with two countries, and one bridge spanning two countries and The geographical wonders of Fulin Three Realms. The China-Myanmar jade border is paved with 5,068 jade hearts to commemorate the important moment of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Myanmar on June 8, 1950. Yellow stands for China, representing broadness and tolerance, and white stands for Myanmar, representing purity and hobbies. Full length 423 meters, the most expensive national border in the world.
Along the China-Myanmar Yushi border, cross the bridge of the two countries, stroll in the village of the two countries, and feel the scenery of the well of the two countries, which is quiet and peaceful. All tourists, almost without exception, will come to Boundary Pillar 71 and record this moment with cameras and mobile phones. There is a two-country swing near the boundary marker. Many people wait in line to sit on the swing and swing gently, feeling the convenience of going abroad in an instant. In the houses of the Dai people, we also met Burmese people who live and work in our country. When they communicate in Chinese, they don’t feel any sense of alienation or discomfort. Thanks to the guardians of the Buddhist scriptures, they came from afar on the "phoenix bird" to guard the Buddhist scriptures for the villagers in the border villages, and spread the harmony and tranquility on the border between China and Myanmar.
(Diary of a Winter Travel to Yunnan 2 2020.11.28-12.23 tour 1.3 written in Zhuhai)
(Menghuan Shwedagon Pagoda)
(Menghuan Shwedagon Pagoda)
(elephant sculpture)
(Golden Phoenix Sculpture)
(Overlooking Mangshi)
(tree bag tower)
(Lone tree becomes forest)
(Lone tree becomes forest)
(Ruili Port)
(Terminal of National Highway 320)
(Jiegao Bridge)
(One Bridge, Two Countries)
(Two countries along the way)
(Shwedagon Pagoda)
(Burmese houses)
(Myanmar family)
(Screw stupa)
(Boundary Pillar No. 71)
(one well and two countries)
(Advertisement on the wall in Myanmar)
(one swing two countries)
(One Village and Two Countries Scenic Area)
(remember)