How much do you like a city before you go there again and again.
A story, how to interpret it, will still come to my mind from time to time in my future life.
A kind of delicacy, how refreshing should it be, so that it will still have a lingering fragrance and endless aftertaste after tasting.
Speaking of Guizhou, some people think it is a place with relatively backward economic development; some people think it is a place where ethnic minorities live together;
But for me, Guizhou is a good place that always surprises people and allows people to escape from the hustle and bustle.
In the past few years of traveling, I have actually been to Guizhou many times before and after, but I have never seen its beauty. The scenery here is changeable and colorful.
In Guizhou, you can enjoy the mountains and rivers and feel the natural beauty here; you can also visit the Miao villages and appreciate the simple ethnic customs here.
This time, I walked into the small town of Danzhai, Guizhou during the Mid-Autumn Festival, and left all my love in this "not deeply involved in the world" town.
day1:Shenzhen-Danzhai-Watch the performance of Splendid Danzhai-stay in Wanda Splendid Wanda Town
day2: Danzhai Poverty Alleviation Terraced Fields - Watching the Bullfighting Show - Watching the Night View - Staying in Wanda Fairview Wanda Town
day3: Watching the Sea of Flowers - Return
Danzhai Wanda Town is located in Danzhai County, Guizhou Province, on the bank of East Lake. Originally thought that this "new town" opened in 2017 might just be a "tourist town" invested and built by Wanda Group. But I never thought that it is actually a ethnic town and a historical town. The whole town is built along the lake and backed by mountains. The streamlined lake embankment creates a streamlined layout of the entire town. This is a beautiful town surrounded by mountains and rivers with pleasant scenery. Danzhai Wanda Town covers an area of about 400 mu. It is a characteristic town integrating natural scenery and ethnic customs, and it is also a tourist town integrating culture and commerce.
Walking into the town, the most striking thing is the rows of Miao and Dong-style buildings, blue-gray tiles, flying eaves, hollow wooden windows, and wooden long wooden screens. The door, the hanging red lanterns in a string, and the unique architectural style of the Miao people on stilts, the moment you step in, it gives people a sense of reality and simplicity in the Miao Village.
There are four major squares in Danzhai Wanda Town, and these four squares are also the most important places in the town. The theme of each square is different, but each one is showing people the colorful cultural composition of the Miao people. . Yougong Square was built by the Miao people to worship Chiyou. Chiyou is the ancestor of the Miao people and one of the symbols of Danzhai County. People usually hold sacrifice festivals and dance Lusheng dances on Yougong Square. Tourists can feel the To the profound history of the Miao nationality. The Golden Pheasant Square was established to carry forward the Danzhai Golden Pheasant Dance culture. For the Miao people in Danzhai, the Golden Pheasant Dance is inseparable from both wedding celebrations and welcoming guests. This also shows people their warm hospitality. . The most worth mentioning and the two squares that are very important to the Miao and Dong people in Danzhai must be the Gulou Square and the Miao Nian Square.
Drum Tower Square, as the name suggests, is a square related to the Drum Tower. In the history of the Dong nationality, the Drum Tower was not only a place to discuss major issues, but also an important outpost to resist foreign invasion, and a stage for holding various important activities such as big songs. It can be seen how important the Drum Tower is to the Dong people. In the Drum Tower Square of Wanda Town, there is a thirteen-storey Drum Tower of the Dong nationality. Standing under the Drum Tower and looking up, each floor is painted with exquisite patterns, layered on top of each other, each layer is smaller than the next, up to Tens of meters high, people can't help but marvel at the grandeur of this pagoda-shaped building. Under the Drum Tower, there are old people sitting in the shade, young people talking about love, and children playing and playing. It is a harmonious scene. This simple happiness is the most touching.
The Drum Tower is of great significance to the Dong people, and Miao Nian Square is a very important square to the Miao people. Miao Nian is the most solemn festival of the Miao people, the purpose is to celebrate the harvest and family reunion. In the Miao Nian Square in Wanda Town, tourists can eat the unique "long table banquet" of the Miao people and learn about the farming and food culture of the Miao people.
It is worth mentioning that in any of the four squares in Wanda Town, or in the folk culture activity center in the town, there will be regular folk performances every day, maybe Lusheng Dance, maybe Golden Pheasant Dance, maybe It is a big song, in short, it is a link that tourists should not miss. No matter what the performance is, you can always see the Miao girls wearing exquisite national costumes, dancing with shiny silver ornaments, and the shy Miao brothers playing the lusheng. It has to be said that every performance is a national feast, which is enough to feast your eyes.
On the main street, you can see many small shops full of Miao and Dong characteristics. Here, tourists can buy clothes full of Miao and Dong characteristics from the unique ethnic clothing stores, and they can also buy them in the century-old silversmith shops of the Miao people. Fine silver jewelry, and some quirky bric-a-brac at well-decorated craft shops.
In addition to some small shops with distinctive ethnic characteristics, there are also some relatively modern shops such as bars, cinemas, and fast food in the town, but the difference is that their decoration styles are greatly integrated with the simple and simple style of the town. , Naturally, there is less impetuousness. Walking on the main street of Wanda Town, there are always some small places that can attract you, maybe a simple decoration, maybe just an interesting signboard.
In Danzhai Wanda Town, in addition to feasting your eyes, tourists can also feast on their mouths. All kinds of restaurants with novel names and interesting styles make people unconsciously want to go in and find out. In addition to restaurants, the special snacks on the street are also eye-catching. The aunt in Miao costumes, with her hair in a bun, skillfully holds a big wooden hammer and beats glutinous rice in a stone mortar. This is the famous Miao rice cake. Tourists are often attracted by the Miao family's skillful way of making glutinous rice cakes, and then they are impressed by the delicious glutinous rice cakes. In addition to glutinous rice cakes, there are also special snacks of the Miao nationality such as leek root and fish in sour soup, which are also worth trying.
In addition to the landscape and food, the scenes of life in small towns are also fascinating. In the small town, you can see girls in national costumes everywhere, some are waiting for performances, some are in the most everyday appearance, always smiling at people, that simple and simple appearance makes people feel surprisingly comfortable . There are also some older grandmas who sit in twos and threes to enjoy the shade and chat, giving people a kind of kindness and kindness that has accumulated over the years, allowing tourists to unconsciously blend into their leisurely life atmosphere.
There is another good place in Danzhai. If you want to enjoy the scenery of the East Lake, you must go to the suspension bridge. Following the guidance of the road signs, you will pass a path of stone steps along the way. On both sides of the path are wooden fences, and on both sides of the fence are grasslands planted with trees. Even the street lamps on the trees are in the shape of birdcages. Although it is a section of road, it is different. Interesting.
After walking this path, we came to one end of the suspension bridge. What caught our eyes was the two trapezoidal large stone pillars at the entrance of the suspension bridge, which had a structure like a roof. The plaque in the middle was engraved with the word "Danzhai", which was magnificent. . When you come to the bridge, you can see the whole East Lake and the scenery of the lake. The suspension bridge spans the East Lake. Sitting quietly, showing a peaceful appearance.
You can also choose to walk or run on the jogging track around the lake to enjoy the natural scenery of mountains and green waters along the way, or take a flat boat to enjoy the beautiful scenery on the East Lake.
In the small town, you can also find many handcraft experience workshops and small yards with elegant decoration and distinctive themes. Among them, I have to mention the three famous intangible cultural heritage courtyards in Danzhai Wanda Town, which are batik courtyard, ancient papermaking courtyard and birdcage courtyard.
Batik technology is a very ancient dyeing technology in the history of our country, and Miao batik is the most complete traditional dyeing technique that has been handed down to this day. The clever Miao people dipped a wax knife into the melted wax to paint on the cloth, and then dipped it with indigo. In the batik courtyard, you can not only appreciate the excellent batik works from various places in Danzhai, but also experience the magic of batik by yourself.
In the small courtyard of ancient papermaking, you can appreciate the ancient stone bridge papermaking technology still preserved in Danzhai. This is one of the oldest papermaking technologies in China. Only in Danzhai can you appreciate the original The ancient method of papermaking, this kind of papermaking technology is based on nature. There are more than a dozen processes in the manufacturing process, and it is completely made by hand. Therefore, the ancient papermaking technology was included in my country's first batch of intangible cultural heritage list. In the small paper-making courtyard in the town, visitors can see all kinds of tools for making ancient paper, and appreciate the finished ancient paper pieces. Like the batik courtyard, in the paper courtyard, visitors can also experience the ancient papermaking method, which is very interesting.
The Miao family in Kala Village in Danzhai is good at making birdcages. It is said that it has a history of more than 400 years. The birdcages made by the Kala people are also called Kala birdcages, and "Kara" means "good" in Miao language. the meaning of. The birdcages hand-woven by the Kara people are beautiful in appearance and durable, and are very famous in Guizhou and even the whole country. This ancient hand-weaving technique is also one of the intangible cultural heritages of Guizhou Province.
When I came to the birdcage courtyard, I was first attracted by the decoration style of the courtyard. When I entered the birdcage display area, I was even more dazzled. Against the background of green plants and warm yellow lights, all kinds of birdcages became beautiful. It is particularly eye-catching, and people can't help but admire the ingenuity of the Miao people. In addition to watching, tourists can also experience the fun of making birdcages in such an elegant and quiet environment, or sit in the yard drinking a cup of tea and teasing the birds, which is really a pleasure.
At three o'clock in the afternoon every day in Danzhai Wanda Town, you can also enjoy a large-scale performance-Splendid Danzhai performance. "Splendid Danzhai" is a very important large-scale performance in Wanda Town, and it is also a large-scale song and dance sitcom that best reflects the development of the Miao people from ancient times to the present. The whole performance is composed of six wonderful performances: "Rice Flower God Sacrifice", "Zhuolu Love Song", "Fengmao Fangyou", "The Road to Seeking Rice", "Love Sprinkles the World" and "Dance of Totem". People show the history of the migration and development of the Miao people.
Jinxiu Danzhai mainly takes Danzhai’s national intangible cultural heritage “Golden Pheasant Dance” as the main element. Danzhai is the birthplace of the Golden Pheasant Dance. In the myths of the Miao people, the ancestors of the Miao people were helped by the golden pheasant during the famine , Since then, the local people have regarded the golden pheasant as their lucky auspicious star, and they will dress up in the shape of the golden pheasant every year and festival, and dance the Lusheng dance in imitation of the golden pheasant's courtship gait to express their gratitude to the golden pheasant. "Golden Pheasant" is regarded as a totem for the Miao people, and this kind of performance also experiences the friendly love between man and nature living in harmony.
The whole performance was very exciting. In addition to the sincere expressions of the actors, the distinctive costumes were also unforgettable. Of course, the stage effect is also another major feature of this performance. The advanced equipment in the performance field presents the best scene effects. The whole performance uses super large LED display screens, dazzling lighting effects, perfect sound effects, and various realistic shapes that fit the performance scenes. Plant rockery, fountains, fire techniques and other props. When I watched it, I even had the illusion that I was in an ancient fairy tale.
One story after another, the state involuntarily follows the performance of the actors, and is brought into one scene after another, as if experiencing the hardships of the development of the Miao nationality personally. Whether it is the Golden Pheasant Dance in honor of Nayou, who turned into a Golden Pheasant to bring rice seeds to the people, or the bonfire party to convey the gratitude of the Miao people, the wonderful performances one after another are amazing. This is a shocking sensual feast.
There is also a high-altitude tea garden near Danzhai. This poverty alleviation tea garden in Danzhai is a poverty alleviation public welfare project developed by Wanda Town. There are not many tourists here, so it is well-deserved that it can be called an "inexperienced" scenic spot. , the next morning, you can drive half an hour from Danzhai Wanda Town to arrive here. When you come to Danzhai Poverty Alleviation Tea Garden, a burst of unique fragrance of tea trees will come along with the wind. This fragrance has the freshness of green grass. It has the fragrance of tea tree itself, mixed with a little earthy fragrance of soil. Smelling such a smell, I can't help but breathe hard, so that the negative oxygen ions can enter the body as much as I want.
In this tea garden, everything is the product of the most primitive nature, fertile and nutritious land, high-quality climate and environment, and the most rustic tea farmers, everything is just right. So behind the saying "good tea comes from good mountains" is the hard work of all Danzhai tea farmers and the land of Danzhai. If it wasn’t for knowing that this is the Danzhai Poverty Alleviation Tea Garden, you would have the illusion of being in the terraced fields of Yunnan in an instant, because like the terraced fields, it is the crystallization of human wisdom and a great product of nature.
When walking on the path of the tea mountain, when you turn around and look back at the road you walked, you will find that you have actually walked several hundred meters before you know it. Looking at the surrounding tea mountains, the mountains and plains are full of yellow and green. Dozens of tea trees are planted in every piece of farmland, and one ridge after another turns the original mountain into a very orderly tea mountain. If you have enough time, you must stay here for a few hours, because in the tea mountain There is no trace of fatigue when walking, but I feel very relaxed and free to walk this way.
Because the Poverty Alleviation Tea Garden is located on a mountain with an altitude of 1,000 meters, the tea garden is surrounded by mist all year round. Walking here is like entering a fairyland on earth. The tea trees in front of you are full of green, which makes people feel happy about the tea trees. Coupled with the high altitude here, the time to receive sunlight is just right, which is especially suitable for the growth of tea trees. Therefore, the tea trees growing here grow in clusters every time the tea comes out, so that they can't wait to bend the branches of the tea trees.
If you are lucky, you will meet many enthusiastic tea growers in the tea garden, and they will entertain you with the new tea picked just this year. The tea here is mainly divided into Danhong and Dangreen. In the national poverty alleviation policy, these two teas have become the two business cards of the poverty alleviation tea garden in Danzhai. The taste of Danhong is mellow, the color of the tea is ruddy, and the aroma of the tea is compelling. Compared with ordinary black tea, it is a little sweeter. Dangreen has a sweeter taste, and if you taste it carefully, it will have a little grassy freshness.
If you want to enjoy the entire Danzhai Wanda Town, you must not miss the various folk activities and the scenery of the tea fields in the mountains, and you must not miss the performance about animals here - bullfighting! Bullfighting has been one of the traditional folk activities of the Miao people since ancient times. In the past, it could only be seen during important festivals, but now you can enjoy this exciting performance in Wanda Town at 3 o'clock every afternoon. According to legend, Chi You, the ancestor of the Miao people He is a warrior with the head of a cow, so in the eyes of the Miao people, the cow is a very sacred existence. The Miao people love and respect the cow. It can be said that the cow is an indispensable and important part of the life of the Miao people.
When I came to the bullring, the drums on both sides rested on the brackets that looked like bull heads. There were three steps, and there were pillars carved with bull heads on both sides. There was a plaque in the middle of the bullring that read "Bull dominates the world". , You can already hear the sound of drums in the arena, you can already feel the bullish atmosphere, and it makes people look forward to the bullfight even more.
Before the start of the bullfighting competition, whether it was the locals from far and wide, or those who came here curiously, we were very excited and sat in the auditorium to discuss loudly. In the bullring, the referee brother was making preparations. Bull owners from all over the world Then he brought his own war ox ready to go, and it was very lively. Before the official start of the competition, each cattle owner will lead his cattle around the arena. The locals call this "stepping on the field". The purpose is to let the cattle adapt to the field in advance and ensure better performance. With the referee giving orders, the bullfighting competition officially begins. The two bullfighting bulls on the field first confronted each other with their horns, and then began to entangle each other. When the bulls fight, the dust in the bullring rises. After a series of exciting competitions, the referee will put a "big red flower" on the winning bullfight and toast the owner of the bull to express his congratulations. In addition to bullfighting, the town also has a bird fighting arena and a cockfighting arena, which are also worth watching.
If the Danzhai Wanda Town during the day has a fresh and elegant appearance, then the Danzhai Town at night has a more mysterious atmosphere, which is indispensible due to the various colored lights. The whole town is brightly lit, and colorful lights are projected on the lake. The huge waterwheel by the lake changes the lights of various colors, which looks more charming than during the day.
In the grass by the lake, the blue light beams are like a kind of luminous plants, spreading out in groups, romantic and beautiful, and the houses next to them are also soft and peaceful under the light. The Drum Tower in the Drum Tower Square is not to be outdone, and it lights up layers of lights, making the entire Drum Tower look more layered.
The performance here at the Night View Drum Tower will be more attractive. You can see the Dong people in national costumes sitting in two rows, practicing big songs, surrounded by audiences, tourists enjoying the cool air, and children playing. It is a lively scene. The shops on the main street also lit up the red lanterns in front of the door, which made the whole town look more ancient. From time to time, you can meet new people who take wedding photos, and the happiness on their faces makes outsiders deeply infected.
If the four major squares are the places with the strongest cultural landscape and ethnic customs in Wanda Town, then the scenery along the lake in the town is the best embodiment of natural landscape. So on the last day, I decided to go to the "flower sea" opposite the town to have a "colorful" romance. There are thousands of acres of flower fields in the flower sea. Walking on the path, you can see the clear lake water, green grass, and dots of flowers in the grass, and the nose smells the faint fragrance of flowers and fresh grass.
Wandering in the sea of flowers, there is a romantic and beautiful feeling that is rarely seen in life in a big city. Breathing the negative ions in the air can really make people relax and enjoy the beauty of nature, which is very pleasant. Occasionally stop, bend your body and poke your head into the flowers, you can see a few small green grasshoppers on the delicately blooming flowers, which is very interesting.
However, in addition to the flowers, there is also the largest waterwheel that holds the Guinness World Record. The scene looks like a picture in a fairy tale, fresh and dreamy.
After admiring the sea of flowers, I returned to the starting point, and ended the Mid-Autumn Festival trip with love to Danzhai. Three days and two nights are enough to visit this colorful, intoxicating and lingering Wanda Small Town. town.
During the Mid-Autumn Festival in Wanda Town, in order to make the trip more comfortable, I chose the Wanda Jinhua Hot Spring Hotel with a superior location and beautiful scenery. When I first met this hotel, its appearance was eye-catching. Although it is located in the depths of the courtyard and surrounded by a group of green bamboos, it created a feeling that makes people want to "see the moon through the clouds and mist". atmosphere.
I thought that Wanda Jinhua Hot Spring Hotel created this mysterious atmosphere only to attract tourists. When I walked into the lobby of the hotel, I realized that the interior of this hotel is also unique and has a lot of background. The hotel is a combination of Chinese resort style and ancient Miao Village style. The Chinese-style design style is generous yet concise, low-key yet luxurious. The Miao family's unique textile patterns and satins are the main decorations of the entire hotel. The strong ethnic customs permeate the entire hotel, making people feel that what they enter is not a hotel but a mini Miao Village full of ethnic customs.
If you have time to visit this hotel carefully, you will find that in addition to the ethnic characteristics of these large objects, the design of every detail of this hotel is also ingenious. The hotel has many special details. For example, the sofa seats in the lobby are all Chinese-style handmade solid wood sofas. In order to prevent them from being a bit uncomfortable, the hotel also carefully placed batik pillows with unique patterns of the Miao nationality on them.
Then the design of the hotel rooms is also very comfortable. The whole style still follows the perfect combination of Chinese design and Miao Village style. A lot of wood design in the room, coupled with warm lighting makes the originally lifeless hotel rooms warm. Many, when you return to the hotel at night and see the warm lights, you can relieve the hard work of the journey in an instant.
In the three days in Wanda Town, I tasted three special delicacies, and the per capita consumption was between 50-80 yuan.
The first restaurant: Anong Miao Village, you can feel the strong Miao village atmosphere from the moment you stand at the door of this restaurant. One is because the overall design of Anong Miao Village is the most distinctive design style of Miao Village. As soon as you walk into the Anong Miao Village, you can see that the entire hotel is a combination of green plants and yellow wood products. A dense old tree occupies the center of the hotel, under the tree there are many rectangular wooden tables and chairs, the old trees and wooden tables and chairs create a unique atmosphere close to nature of the Miao people. Many guests sat around and chatted. The Miao Village's special costumes are displayed on the wall, and the private room is designed like a karaage birdcage. Like the Wanda Jinhua Hot Spring Hotel, every place here shows thousands of unique styles of the Miao Village.
The second is because of the authentic food here, recommended by the store, I ordered the three dishes of the Miao nationality's characteristic ace sour soup fish, Miaojia waxed three treasures, rice pepper and kidney flower. The ace fish in sour soup is made of wild grass carp. The meat is delicious, tender and juicy. It is served with the soup with pickled cabbage. The sourness is quite exciting. Miaojia La Sanbao is a platter of cured bacon, cured sausage and blood tofu. This dish is a must-eat dish when you come to Miao Village. They are all firm and delicious. It is a super meal Dishes, there is a saying in Miao Village that "only the three treasures of Miao family can have the taste of home"! The last rice pepper and kidney flower is made of local specialty millet pepper and the kidney flower of the farm’s self-raised pig. Friends who can’t eat it should try it, because this dish is completely for friends who like spicy food prepare. The tender and juicy kidney flowers are plump and mixed with the spicy taste of millet. This plate of rice pepper kidney flowers is definitely enough to eat several bowls of white rice.
The second shop: Hero Fighting Chicken Flavor, the hero fighting chicken flavor hall. Their game chicken is a major feature of Danzhai. They choose their own free-range game chicken, and stew the firm meat game chicken in an earthen pot and stove for an hour or two. , and then stir-fried with their special sauce and garlic, millet and spicy peanuts. There is also a fried konjac with bacon, which tastes salty and fragrant. The home-made bacon has been marinated for a winter, and now it is the best when it is taken out. It is fried with spicy konjac and millet, which tastes delicious and special.
The third restaurant: Mama Danzhai. Compared with the Hero Fighting Chicken Restaurant, Mama Danzhai’s dishes are more home-cooked, and the farm’s fried pork should be the most representative dish among the home-cooked dishes. In Danzhai’s mother’s house, this dish not only retains the original taste of the farm’s fried pork, but also makes some improvements on this basis. After improvement, the taste of the farm’s fried pork is more delicious, and the taste is more tender, which is the best meal. vegetable. There is also a stir-fried wild mushroom. The wild mushroom used is the wild mushroom from the tea mountain. This is the finishing touch of this dish. When cooking the wild mountain fungus, throw a few tea leaves and cook together, so that the wild mountain fungus can drink the juice of the tea leaves, so that people can taste the freshness of the tea leaves with every bite. , the freshness and sweetness of wild mountain mushrooms. These two restaurants finished eating in one go, and the food was just right. Sure enough, if you want to understand a place more deeply, you must not only see its scenery, but also taste the food that belongs to this place.
Plane: Departure - Guiyang
Longdongbao Airport——Passenger East Station——Bus——Danzhai
From the airport, you can see taxis waiting outside any domestic arrival exit (you can also look at the airport signs or ask the airport staff). Take a taxi to Guiyang East Passenger Transport Station, which is about five kilometers from the airport and takes 10 minutes. It takes about two hours from the East Passenger Transport Station to Danzhai, and you can directly reach the entrance of Danzhai Wanda Town. The bus runs 3 times a day, and you can choose to take it according to your arrival time.
High-speed rail: Departure point - Duyun East
Duyun East - Duyun Passenger Terminal - Bus - Danzhai
The bus from the passenger terminal to Danzhai takes about an hour, and tickets can be booked on the website. The fare is about 20-30 yuan.
Self-driving:
Starting from Guiyang by car: Guiyang East Toll Station or Qinyu Toll Station—Xiarong Expressway—Yu’an Expressway—Danzhai County Toll Station—Danzhai Wanda Town, it takes about 2-4 hours.