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If Xishuangbanna is a beautiful peacock, then the peacock's tail is in Olive Dam, and Daijiayuan is the most dazzling feather on the peacock's tail.
This year, it happens to be the 20th anniversary of the opening of the Lanlanba Daijiayuan Scenic Area.
In the past 20 years, Xishuangbanna Prefecture has become the only tourist scenic spot in Xishuangbanna Prefecture that focuses on the characteristics of Dai people's religion, history, culture, customs, architecture, clothing and food, and has become a place for tourists to visit Xishuangbanna.
Olive Dam is called "Menghan" in Thai, and the scenic spot is mainly composed of five villages: Manjiang, Manchunman, Mancha, Manting and Manga. Olive Dam is only over 500 meters above sea level. It is the lowest and hottest place in Banna Prefecture, where the Dai people mainly live. The place is named for its shape resembling an olive, and the Lancang River runs through the entire Bazi from north to south.
In the 5th century BC, the ancestors of the Dai nationality lived in the middle and upper reaches of the Lancang River and the Nu River and founded Daguang and other tribal alliance countries. , divided and combined, combined and divided, and finally formed its own unique language, culture, living customs, architectural forms, and religious beliefs on the basis of integrating the wisdom of the Han people and Indian religious forms, creating a unique The long history of the nation, and eventually the formation of Dai tribes belonging to China, Thailand, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam, Cambodia and India continues to this day. Olive Dam Dai Homeland is just a microcosm of the Dai epic.
Walking into the Dai homeland, the strong Dai style is overwhelming, and the eyes are simply overwhelmed!
In the five natural villages of Daijiayuan, every household farms fields and every family grows fruits, and there are tropical forests in the villages. Wandering around, Dai stilt-style buildings are scattered in various tropical forests. In the whole scenic area, there are not only the stilted houses of the aborigines, but also modern inns with pure Thai style; There are small merchants hawking. This is not only a typical Dai village, but also looks like a modern town, where you can eat, live, travel, play, watch and even take pictures. You can do whatever you want, which is very exciting. But these landscapes are only the extension of the Dai homes, and their connotations are the Buddhist temples and pagodas hidden in the various villages here.
More than 2,000 years ago, people from southern India introduced Buddhism to Sri Lanka and then to Thailand, Laos, and Myanmar, and then directly to the Dai area in Yunnan, my country. The spread along this road is called Theravada Buddhism, referred to as Theravada Buddhism. Southern Buddhism. To visit Olive Dam Dai Homeland, you must first check in the Theravada Buddhist temples in each village. The Buddhist temples in the five villages have their own characteristics and never repeat themselves. The layout of each Buddhist temple is wonderful, and the interior decoration of the temple is magnificent. The eclectic nature adds to the mystery of the Buddhist belief here.
Entering the Olive Dam Dai Homeland, the first thing that catches the eye is Manchun Manzhai. The "ID card" issued by the local public security bureau in this village is actually called "Mansunman". Perhaps because the word "Sun" is not good-looking for tourism or other reasons, "Mansunman" has become Manchunman in publicity, meaning For the garden village. The Manchunman Great Buddha Temple was built in 583 AD in the early Sui Dynasty. It is said that it was the first Buddhist temple built after Theravada Buddhism was introduced to the Dai area of Xishuangbanna. Although it is not the first one that has no historical records, its status as the Buddhist temple in the center of Olive Dam is unshakable. This temple has been repaired and rebuilt many times over the past 1,000 years. The main building during the Cultural Revolution miraculously survived, because people used it as a granary and a circle for raising livestock at that time, but Buddhist buildings such as pagodas and statues were destroyed during the Cultural Revolution. Destroyed, it was rebuilt in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The main buildings of the Manchunman Great Buddha Temple include the mountain gate, the main hall, the precept hall, the pagoda, the Buddhist scriptures pavilion, the drum tower, and the monk's house.
The most worth seeing in Manchunman Dafo Temple is the group of murals decorated around the lobby. These murals use surreal techniques to describe the stories of Manchunman Dafo Temple, Menghan and Olive Dam five Dai villages spanning thousands of years——
The first feudal kingdom "Jinglong Jindian Kingdom" in Dai history was born;
The Dai king divided his land into 12 parts, each with 1,000 fields—the origin of the name "Twelve Thousand Fields" or "Xishuangbanna";
The king of Dai decreed to build a Buddhist temple on the banks of the Lancang River - the past life of Manchunman Buddhist Temple;
There are more and more people worshiping, and a lively market has gradually formed around the Buddhist temple;
Sakyamuni and his disciples came to Manchunman along the Lancang River on a bamboo raft. Everyone sincerely welcomed Sakyamuni, and Sakyamuni walked ashore on the "Pahan" (white cotton cloth) laid by people. Later, because the white cloth was not long enough, sincere believers rolled and spread, spread and rolled, and finally invited Sakyamuni into his hometown. Sakyamuni was so moved that he named this place "Menghan". This is the origin of the name of Menghan Town (Meng, place, Han, meaning rolled up);
With the original Buddhist temple as the center, the people continued to expand the Manchun Man Buddhist Temple. Soon, with Manchunman Buddhist Temple as the core, it gradually developed into five villages: Manjiang, Manchunman, Mancha, Manting and Manga. Buddhist temples are also built in each village, and people who pursue beliefs come here one after another; Manchunman Buddhist Temple is well-known in Southeast Asia. Every year there are major Buddhist events, monks and religious believers from Sri Lanka, Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Xishuangbanna and other places will come to Manchunman. Pilgrimage and chanting at Chunman Buddhist Temple. The king of Thailand gave cassocks to the Manchunman Buddha Temple more than 10 times;
All Buddhist temples in Olive Dam were destroyed by the Cultural Revolution rebels;
After the Thirteenth Plenary Session set things right and rebuilt...
One thing that needs special attention is that there is a special notice in the Manchunman Buddhist Temple saying: When passing through these places, don’t talk about Hinayana Buddhism. "Hinayana" is discriminatory and insulting to those who believe in Theravada Buddhism. .
In addition to the Manchunman Buddhist Temple in the Buddhist holy land of Daijiayuan in Olive Dam, the Buddhist Pagoda Temple in Manting Village, which was first built in 669 AD, is also famous. In November 2013, the king of Thailand once bestowed cassock on Manting Pagoda Temple. It is said that the White Pagoda in the Manting Buddhist Pagoda Temple was built in the Tang Dynasty. There is a princess well near the White Pagoda. It is said that a princess from Laos once funded the construction of the White Pagoda. There is also a famous "pagoda-wrapped tree" landscape around the Manting pagoda temple. The bodhi tree wrapped in the pagoda is more than 200 years old.
The Chanting Pavilion of the Pagoda Temple in Manting Village is magnificent. It is said that a philanthropist living in Thailand donated money to build it at the behest of his parents. The statue of Sakyamuni in the Buddhist hall is the tallest Sakyamuni in Olive Dam. picture.